cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
-escent
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”).
Senses: glosses: beginning to be; becoming
glosses: resembling
Related terms: sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: acaulescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: accrescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: acquiescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: adolescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: albescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: arborescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: canescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: caulescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: decrescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: effervescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: evanescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: excrescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: flavescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: frondescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: incalescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: incandescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: increscent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: juvenescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: lactescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: liquescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: marcescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: obsolescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: postpubescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: prepubescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: pubescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: putrescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: quiescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: rubescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: rufescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: senescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: spinescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: suffrutescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: tabescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: tumescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: virescent
sense: terms ending in -escent otherwise formed
word: viridescent
sense: otherwise related
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: -esce
sense: otherwise related
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: -escence
glove box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glove boxes
form: glovebox
Etymology: From glove + box.
Senses: examples: text: There's a map in the glovebox.
text: So I went for the shotgun in the Hilux, but could only find one rat-shot shell in the glove box.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 25:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
glosses: A plastic box or similar enclosure containing a controlled environment, with rubber gloves fastened around holes in the front of the box through which a person can manipulate things in the box without introducing outside contamination; an isolator.
Synonyms: glove compartment
pathologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: pathologists
Etymology: From pathology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.
Derived terms: anatomopathologist
cardiopathologist
cytopathologist
dermatopathologist
dermopathologist
fetopathologist
haemopathologist
hematopathologist
hemopathologist
hepatopathologist
interpathologist
micropathologist
nephropathologist
neuropathologist
neurophysiopathologist
nonpathologist
osteopathologist
palaeopathologist
paleopathologist
physiopathologist
phytopathologist
psychopathologist
speech pathologist
telepathologist
uropathologist
pathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pathologic
form: most pathologic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: pathological
glosses: Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
Derived terms: clinicopathologic
contrapathologic
copathologic
cytopathologic
hemopathologic
immunopathologic
myopathologic
neuropathologic
nonpathologic
osteopathologic
paleopathologic
phytopathologic
psychopathologic
glove compartment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glove compartments
Senses: examples: text: Such was my enthusiasm to get there, I probably went faster than was prudent over such a dodgy road, but by the time I arrived the only damage was that the glove compartment had rattled loose.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 206:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.
Synonyms: word: glove box
word: glovey
word: jockey box
pathobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathobiologies
Etymology: From patho- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.
Hyponyms: pathoanatomy
pathophysiology
Derived terms: neuropathobiology
Related terms: etiology
pathophysiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathophysiologies
Etymology: From patho- + physiology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.
Synonyms: physiopathology
Derived terms: immunopathophysiology
neuropathophysiology
pathophysiologic
pathophysiological
pathophysiologically
psychopathophysiology
periodate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.deɪt/
Forms: form: periodates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two oxyanions of iodine; any salt containing these anions.
Derived terms: metaperiodate
orthoperiodate
Related terms: periodic
periodic acid
periodinate
periodinated
periodination
periodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periodicities
Etymology: From French périodicité. By surface analysis, periodic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Recurrence of a woman's periods; menstruation.
examples: text: The implications of this association of women and the moon would suggest that women were the first observers of the basic periodicity of nature, the periodicity upon which all later scientific observations were made.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 97:
text: A recent wavelet analysis of the turbidity data showed clear periodicities of turbidity in the three Pilbara datasets during both the baseline and dredge phases of the studies (Stark, unublished data) peaking semidiurnally associated with tides, diurnally associated with daily sea breezes and sometimes fortnightly associated with spring-neap cycles.
ref: 2015 October 8, “Temporal Patterns in Seawater Quality from Dredging in Tropical Environments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
coordinate_terms: recurrency
glosses: The quality of being periodic; tendency to recur at regular intervals.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality of a function with a repeated set of values at regular intervals.
Derived terms: antiperiodicity
bioperiodicity
multiperiodicity
photoperiodicity
quasiperiodicity
subperiodicity
Related terms: period
periodic
periodicize
disordered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/
ipa: /dɪsˈɔːdəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disorder
disordered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/
ipa: /dɪsˈɔːdəd/
Forms: form: more disordered
form: most disordered
Senses: glosses: Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
glosses: in an incorrect or unexpected order.
raw_tags: of a sequence
examples: text: The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind.
ref: 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
glosses: Deranged.
examples: text: a disordered gambler
glosses: Having a medical disorder.
Derived terms: disorderedly
disorderedness
nondisordered
predisordered
quasidisordered
undisordered
Related terms: disorderly
eating-disordered
mental-disordered
mentally disordered
ordered
pathophysiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + physiologic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to pathophysiology.
pathophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + physiological.
Senses: examples: text: What, beyond abnormal, dysregulated cell division, was the common pathophysiological mechanism underlying cancer?
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 285:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to pathophysiology.
Derived terms: histopathophysiological
neuropathophysiological
pathophysiologically
Mackem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmakəm/
Forms: form: Mackems
form: Makem
form: Mak'em
Etymology: From regional form of make + 'em, generally linked to the history of shipbuilding in Sunderland. In relation to the nearby port of Newcastle, Sunderlanders would supposedly say "we mack 'em and they tack 'em", with tack being either a regional form of "take" or referring to any of the nautical senses of tack.
Senses: examples: text: Your article on England's regional accents confirmed that Geordie has already completely replaced the mackem-speak of Sunderland and other variants in the north-east.
ref: 2011, Peter Cain, The Economist, letter, 18 Jun 2011:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sunderland, England.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A Sunderland A.F.C. supporter.
Synonyms: Sunderlander
Mackem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmakəm/
Forms: form: Makem
form: Mak'em
Etymology: From regional form of make + 'em, generally linked to the history of shipbuilding in Sunderland. In relation to the nearby port of Newcastle, Sunderlanders would supposedly say "we mack 'em and they tack 'em", with tack being either a regional form of "take" or referring to any of the nautical senses of tack.
Senses: glosses: The dialect spoken in these areas.
pathophysiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pathophysiological + -ly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: In a pathophysiologic manner.
recurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recurrences
Etymology: From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“I return, I recur”) (English recur).
Senses: glosses: Return or reversion to a certain state.
examples: text: I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.
ref: 1860, Isaac Taylor, Logic in Theolog, Without Controversy:
glosses: The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
examples: Near-synonym: relapse
antonyms: remission
glosses: A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
glosses: Recourse.
Synonyms: sense: process of recurring
word: recurrency
sense: instance of recurring
word: reoccurrence
word: reoccurrence
Hyponyms: recrudescence
reemergence
resurgence
Derived terms: eternal recurrence
null recurrence
Poincaré recurrence time
positive recurrence
recurrence relation
recurrence time
Related terms: recur
recurrent
recursive
recursivity
recursion
chaotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chaotically
form: most chaotically
Etymology: From chaotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a chaotic manner.
Derived terms: nonchaotically
thew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjuː/
ipa: /θ(j)u/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: thews
form: thewing
form: thewed
form: thewed
Etymology: From Middle English theuen, thewe (“to instruct in morals or values; to teach, train”) [and other forms], from theu, thew (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs).
Senses: glosses: To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone).
Derived terms: word: thewed
word: thewedly
thewless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thewless
form: most thewless
form: thowless
Etymology: From Middle English thewless, theweles, from Old English þēawlēas, equivalent to thew (“strength; virtue; vigour”) + -less. Cognate with Scots thowless.
Senses: glosses: Lacking morals or virtue.
glosses: Lacking vigour or energy; listless; weak; nerveless.
Derived terms: thewlessness
Related terms: thieveless
thewness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thew + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Vigour; robustness.
thewy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːi
Forms: form: more thewy
form: most thewy
Etymology: From thew + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The rest of the crew, myself included, merely stood up to our spikes in heaving, whereas, unwontedly exhilarated, at every turn of the ponderous windlass, my belted comrade leaped atop of it, with might and main giving a downward, thewy, perpindicular heave, his raised eye bent in cheery animation upon the slowly receding shore.
ref: 1854, Herman Melville, The Encantadas:
glosses: Muscular; brawny.
glosses: Sinewy.
Related terms: thewed
thewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjuːd/
ipa: /θuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Etymology: From Middle English thewed (“well raised, well mannered, virtuous; habituated, trained”), from Old English ġeþēawod, past participle of Old English þēawian, ġeþēawian (“to make mannered, form the habits or character of a person, educate”), equivalent to thew + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having thews or muscles.
examples: text: The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
ref: a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 130, lines 145–147:
english: The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
translation: The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
bold_translation_offsets: 104
110
text: They bene so well thewed, and so wise
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Accustomed or educated.
Derived terms: well-thewed
thewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjuːd/
ipa: /θuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Etymology: From thew + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thew
belabor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈleɪ.bə/
Forms: form: belabors
form: belaboring
form: belabored
form: belabored
Senses: examples: text: In terms of the overall story of the finale, it’s smart how much emphasis the episode puts on the juice in the portal gun, as that’s going to be a major factor in “Rickmurai Jack;” the portal gun is low key the most important invention in Rick’s arsenal, and the episode does a good job of underlining that without belaboring the point.
ref: 2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, in AV Club:
glosses: US spelling of belabour.
Derived terms: belaboredly
belaborer
unbelabored
Australia Felix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Australia + Latin felix (“fortunate, happy”). Proposed as a name for parts of Victoria (Australia) explored by Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855).
Senses: examples: text: 1839, Thomas Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2, Gutenberg eBook #13033,
I named this region Australia Felix, the better to distinguish it from the parched deserts of the interior country where we had wandered so unprofitably and so long.
text: Victoria, known as Australia Felix, is bounded on the north and north-east by a straight line drawn from Cape How to the nearest source of the Murray River ; on the west by the eastern boundary of South Australia, or the 141° of east longitude, from the River Murray to the sea coast, and along the coast, including the adjacent islands, to Cape How.
ref: 1851, Henry Saxelby Melville, The Present State of Australia: Including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia and New Zealand, page 59:
ref: 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix:
glosses: A name for the comparatively lush areas of western Victoria, Australia.
rivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪvɚz/
ipa: /ˈɹɪvəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of river
rivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪvɚz/
ipa: /ˈɹɪvəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of river
maar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑː/
ipa: /mɑːɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: mar
Forms: form: maars
form: maare
Etymology: Borrowed from German Maar; English usage from 1825, from Vulgar Latin *mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mare (“a large, dark plain; a lake on Titan”) and mere (“a body of standing water”).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: A broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
Related terms: crater lake
performing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈfɔɹmɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Etymology: From perform + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The greatest recovery was recorded by London Overground, where the level of journeys was at 55.9% of that recorded two years previously. ScotRail (32.2%) was the lowest-performing operator.
ref: 2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68:
glosses: present participle and gerund of perform
performing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈfɔɹmɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Forms: form: performings
Etymology: From perform + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings, failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.
ref: 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits, page 248:
glosses: A performance.
Derived terms: higher-performing
lower-performing
overperforming
performing arts
underperforming
preparing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepare
preparing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pɹɪˈpɛɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: preparings
Senses: examples: text: It must be remembered that different methods are adopted in these preparings to produce the different kinds of yarn required for the different kinds of worsted fabrics which are manufactured[…]
ref: 1854, The Ladies' Repository, volume 22, page 361:
text: For, as I draw closer and closer to the end, I travel in the circle, nearer and nearer to the beginning. It seems to be one of the kind smoothings and preparings of the way.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: preparation
quantities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kwŏnʹtĭtēz
ipa: /ˈkwɑntɪtiz/
ipa: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of quantity
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Major Mitchell's cockatoos
Etymology: Named after the Australian explorer Major Thomas Mitchell.
Senses: glosses: A cockatoo of species Cacatua leadbeateri (syn. Lophochroa leadbeateri), having distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest, principally of arid Australia.
wikipedia: Major Thomas Mitchell
Synonyms: sense: cockatoo
word: Leadbeater's cockatoo
sense: cockatoo
word: pink cockatoo
checkered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more checkered
form: most checkered
form: chequered
Etymology: From checker + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: That is a checkered tablecloth.
glosses: Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
examples: text: “What a checkered career!” said Newman.
ref: 1876 October, Henry James, Jr., chapter XII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
Derived terms: checkered flag
green-white-checkered
uncheckered
Related terms: checked
chequered
checkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chequered
Etymology: From checker + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of checker
MPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MP
Heimlich maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heimlich maneuvers
form: Heimlich manoeuver
form: Heimlich manoeuvre
Etymology: Named after American physician Henry Heimlich (1920–2016), who described the procedure in 1974.
Senses: examples: text: There's a story I've been told several times of a dinner at London's Balthazar several years ago, at which assembled guests fell silent as Larry Gagosian[…]visibly choked on his food. Within seconds, another diner had pulled Gagosian to his feet and was performing the Heimlich manoeuvre.
ref: 2025 June 14, Orlando Whitfield, “How to survive a gallery dinner (and not embarrass yourself)”, in FT Weekend, Collecting, page 10:
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
synonyms: Heimlich
glosses: A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient is lifted from behind, squeezing their diaphragm to expel air and thereby dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe.
Related terms: abdominal-thrust maneuver
gett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: getts
Etymology: From Scots gaet.
Senses: glosses: A nasty person.
glosses: A child, especially a mischievous one.
gett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: getts
Etymology: From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get (“Jewish writ of divorce”).
code-switching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codeswitching
form: code switching
Senses: examples: text: As with many bilingual families, it was normal to observe frequent code-switching at our dinner table.
text: Within the English language, a good example of code-switching in daily life is weaving back and forth between African American Vernacular English and General American English.
text: In addition, our combined syntax-function approach sheds new light on a syntactic analysis of code-switching.
ref: 1997, Miwa Nishimura, Japanese/English Code-switching, P. Lang, page 36:
ref: 2008, Elena Gluth, Code-switching: grammatical, pragmatic and psycholinguistic aspects, Bod Third Party Titles:
ref: 2009, Barbara E. Bullock, Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching, Cambridge University Press:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: code-mixing
glosses: The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.
Related terms: word: code-switch
word: accommodation
code-switching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codeswitching
form: code switching
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of code-switch
Related terms: Chinglish
Dunglish
Finglish
Franglais
Hinglish
Japlish
Engrish
Konglish
Runglish
Spanglish
Taglish
pidgin
Coolgardie safe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coolgardie safes
Etymology: Named after the West Australian town of Coolgardie.
Senses: glosses: A food storage cabinet keeping its contents cool by evaporation of water from sides made of hessian.
walloper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallopers
Etymology: From wallop + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who wallops.
glosses: A cudgel, a shillelagh.
glosses: penis; (by extension) an idiot, a stupid person.
examples: text: Police! Everyone out! The bloody wallopers are on their way!
ref: 1950, Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory:
text: Two days later we were picked up by the wallopers on Clucas' information.
ref: 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 84:
text: Understandably the wallopers were called, and they cleared everybody out.
ref: 2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 106:
glosses: A police officer.
examples: text: I'd had some wonderful fishing, but I hadn't landed a real walloper.
ref: 1969, Field & Stream, volume 74, number 1, page 138:
glosses: Something big; a whopper.
Synonyms: sense: police officer
word: police officer
Derived terms: dock walloper
pot-walloper
shark baiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shark baiters
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, baiter.
examples: 1912, Arthur Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms,
It might be only some foolhardy ‘shark baiter’ as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called.
1964, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) Division of Fisheries, et al., Fisheries Newsletter, Volume 23, page 26,
Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected.
glosses: A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.
ratification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: ratifications
Etymology: From Middle French ratification, from Medieval Latin ratificatio.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.
glosses: A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.
Minorcan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Menorcan
Etymology: From Minorca + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Minorcan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Minorcans
form: Menorcan
Etymology: From Minorca + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Minorcan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Menorcan
Etymology: From Minorca + -an.
Senses: glosses: The variety of Balearic Catalan native to Minorca.
Minorca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/
Forms: form: Menorca
Etymology: From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Ibiza
Formentera
Mallorca
glosses: An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca.
Minorca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/
Forms: form: Minorcas
form: Menorca
Etymology: From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.
Senses: examples: ”Yet another breed which has fallen from grace, more through unwise breeding than any fault of its own is the Minorca. See ref. p.43.
glosses: A domestic chicken of a certain breed originating on the island of Menorca.
combo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmbəʊ/
Forms: form: combos
form: comboing
form: comboed
form: comboed
Etymology: Clipping of combination + -o
Senses: glosses: To combine.
topics: video-games
glosses: To perform a combo attack on.
horizontal integration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horizontal integrations
Senses: examples: text: This process of vertical and horizontal integration has resulted in consolidation of control over basic transformation technologies used in the genetic modification of crops; control over proprietary traits; and control over the elite germplasm resources for many of the world's most important commercial crops.
ref: 2003, Rachel Schurman, Dennis D. Kelso, chapter 1, in Engineering trouble: biotechnology and its discontents, →ISBN, page 28:
text: In the 1930s, Brandeis argued that large companies would inevitably exploit their workers, convert their profits into political influence, and corrode both the market and the machinations of government. But the Reagan administration and subsequent lawmakers have allowed vertical and horizontal integration on the theory that economies of scale often benefit both employees and consumers.
ref: 2016 September 11, Derek Thompson, “America's Monopoly Problem”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: vertical integration
glosses: The integrating of identical stages in the production or marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization, typically by mergers and acquisitions in the same industry, to increase market share, reduce competition, or achieve economies of scale.
Related terms: horizontal divestiture
horizontally integrated
vertical integration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertical integrations
Senses: examples: text: The prevailing wisdom today is that any benefits of vertical integration tend to be outweighed by the greater advantages of specializing in a narrow range of vertical activities.
ref: 2005, Robert M. Grant, chapter 13, in Contemporary strategy analysis, →ISBN, page 392:
text: In the 1930s, Brandeis argued that large companies would inevitably exploit their workers, convert their profits into political influence, and corrode both the market and the machinations of government. But the Reagan administration and subsequent lawmakers have allowed vertical and horizontal integration on the theory that economies of scale often benefit both employees and consumers.
ref: 2016 September 11, Derek Thompson, “America's Monopoly Problem”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
topics: economics
sciences
antonyms: horizontal integration
glosses: The integrating of successive stages in the production and marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization.
Hypernyms: integration
Related terms: vertically integrated
triathlon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈæθlɒn/
ipa: /tɹaɪˈæθˌlɑn/
ipa: /tɹaɪˈæθəˌlɑn/
Forms: form: triathlons
Etymology: From tri- + -athlon.
Senses: glosses: An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.
glosses: A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash.
glosses: Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports.
Derived terms: cross triathlon
equestrian triathlon
winter triathlon
triathlete
Related terms: cross training
biathlon
pentathlon
hexathlon
heptathlon
octathlon
decathlon
Makem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Makems
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mackem.
Mandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmændi/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Mandys
form: Mandies
Senses: examples: text: But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.
ref: 1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, in Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories:
text: Without looking up, she asked: "Is your name Mandy or Amanda Price?"
"Mandy, Miss Etienne." In other circumstances Mandy would have pointed out that if her name were Amanda the CV would have said so.
ref: 1994, P.D.James, Original Sin, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Amanda, popular as a formal given name in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
Mandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmændi/
rhymes: -ændi
Forms: form: Mandys
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Mándy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
janitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒænɪtɚ/
Forms: form: janitors
form: janitress
form: janitrix
Etymology: From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
glosses: Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).
glosses: A doorman.
synonyms: jannie
janny
glosses: A moderator for a discussion forum.
Synonyms: word: caretaker
word: cleaner
sense: One who maintains a collection, especially in a museum
word: curator
word: custodian
sense: One who cleans and maintains a garden
word: groundskeeper
word: maintenance person
sense: One who maintains a forum
word: moderator
sense: One who maintains a forum
word: mod
word: porter
Derived terms: janitor fish
janitorial
janitoriat
janitoring
janitorship
jannie
underjanitor
jurisconsult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪskənˈsʌlt/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈkɒnsʌlt/
Forms: form: jurisconsults
Etymology: From Latin iūris consultus (“one skilled in the law”).
Senses: qualifier: Roman and civil law
glosses: A person authorised to give legal advice.
qualifier: civil law
glosses: A master of civil law. Abbreviation: J.C.
topics: law
glosses: A master of jurisprudence.
topics: law
glosses: Someone who has studied law.
examples: text: The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges, elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.
ref: 1945, United Nations, Statute of International Court of Justice:
topics: law
glosses: A jurist.
quadragenerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadragenerians
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of quadragenarian.
quartic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪk
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the fourth degree.
quartic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪk
Forms: form: quartics
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve describing such an equation or function.
Hyponyms: squircle
Derived terms: Klein quartic
quartic equation
quartic function
quatrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/
Forms: form: quatrains
Etymology: Borrowed from French quatrain.
Senses: glosses: A poem in four lines.
examples: text: Example:
text: Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
text: Has flung the Stone that puts the stars to flight:
text: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
text: The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of light.
text: The menu card was designed by Mr. Arthur Hacker, and further enriched by some charming verses in Omarian quatrains from Mr. Le Gallienne, who read them to a sympathetic audience.
ref: 1894 December 26, The Sketch, London, page 396, column 1:
glosses: A stanza of four lines.
Synonyms: sense: four-line stanza
word: tetrastich
Related terms: couplet
tercet
terzain
cinquain
sestet
septet
octave
somnambulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“I walk”) + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: Hopeless lost souls of hell, trudging through a decaying shitstream of traffic, wandering, somnambulant herds of the damned, […]
ref: 2015, Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes, New York, N.Y. […]: Infinitum Nihil/Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 397:
glosses: Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.
Synonyms: sense: walking while asleep
word: somnambulic
sense: walking while asleep
word: somnambulistic
Related terms: somnambulate
somnambulism
somnambulist
somnambulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somnambulants
Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“I walk”) + -ant.
Senses: glosses: A sleepwalker.
soufflé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: so͞oʹflā
ipa: /ˈsuːfleɪ/
enpr: so͞oflāʹ
ipa: /suːˈfleɪ/
Forms: form: soufflés
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”).
Senses: examples: text: Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.
ref: 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).
Derived terms: soufflé Rothschild
soufflé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: so͞oʹflā
ipa: /ˈsuːfleɪ/
enpr: so͞oflāʹ
ipa: /suːˈfleɪ/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”).
Senses: topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of colour, as if blown from a bellows.
kawazugake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kawazugake
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 河津掛け, literally hooking backward counter throw.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his opponent's leg from the inside, pulls it forward and across his own body, taking him over backwards.
kekaeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kekaeshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蹴返し, literally "minor inner foot sweep".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps his opponent's leg from under him by kicking it from the inside; often accompanied by a slap on the back.
ketaguri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketaguri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蹴手繰り, literally pulling inside ankle sweep.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker leaps aside at the tachiai and sweeps his opponent's front leg from the inside while slapping the shoulder or pulling the arm.
kimedashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimedashi
Etymology: From Japanese 極め出し (kimedashi).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks the opponent's arms by wrapping his own arms round them from the outside, then grabs one of the wrists and pulls up and in and then swings or marches his opponent backwards and out. An arm-barring force-out.
kimetaoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimetaoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 極め倒し, literally "arm barring force down".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks his opponent's arms from the outside then forces him down by throwing his weight on top of him
kirikaeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirikaeshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 切り返し, literally "twisting backward knee trip".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker puts his knee behind his opponent's leg then twists him backwards over the knee.
smackeroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smackeroos
form: smackaroo
Etymology: From smacker + -eroo. See also smackeroonies & ackers.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of smacker (a kiss).
synonyms: word: smacker
extra: a kiss
examples: text: If Delta raises and Spirit drops, you will be looking at a $190 price difference. Those intangibles just became tangible in the form of 190 smackaroos.
ref: 2016, Aaron Keller, Renée Marino, Dan Wallace, The Physics of Brand: Understand the Forces Behind Brands that Matter, Blue Ash, OH: HOW Books, →ISBN, page 143:
glosses: Synonym of smacker (a unit of currency).
synonyms: word: smacker
extra: a unit of currency
but then
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: He may finish writing his novel next year; but then, he may never finish.
glosses: then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible.
-ez
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: text: "snicker. Ladiez and gentlemen heheheh. I give you, the Shunned Center."
ref: 1992 October 3, Rick Jones, “[KQ] Marcel/Wasters [Waster's HQ] ...They really are a scream....”, in alt.pub.dragons-inn (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: Cube bussez some cra-z shizit in this rekkid!
ref: 1992 November 18, K-Jinx@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu, “Cube....._The Predator_”, in alt.rap (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: You picked your mom at a showoff cat place? Is that like a SPCA place? It has verry small boxez with barrz n us catz in lots of em n d*gs in biggerr boxez.
ref: 1996 February 22, John & Melinda, “MEOW: Tally; here it is”, in rec.pets.cats (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: Sorry about the glitchez earlier with this story... here it goes again!
ref: 1996 October 1, myers, “A Haunted Lakeside Mansion Part I”, in alt.folklore.ghost-stories (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: She musta had az much shampane herself az she poured fur uther kittiez, and when we got home she just stumbled around dripping gray ashez all over efurryfing, and then she went to sleep wif her pawz wrapped round thuh empty shampane bottle.
ref: 1996 November 6, Sherry Laing, “MEOW: Costume Contest WINNERS!!”, in rec.pets.cats (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: Congratulations and best wishez and stuff.
ref: 1999 September 27, Blitz the Cat, “Jelliebun & Balloo's First Weeding Anniversary”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: Hi, I have a table "Invoices", and i want to do something like this.. every 15 of every month, i need to open every registry of invoices.. take the price of each record and crete a new record with that price * 1.21 (I'm from argentina, and we pay some taxez :)
ref: 2001 March 5, fano, “multiple inserts”, in mailing.database.mysql (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: I MISS YOU LIKE THE DESSAT MISSEZ THE WRAIN!!!1!
ref: 2001 May 19, just me, quoting Firky, “CALLING KIRBY”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
text: Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat waz invisible, & he maded the skiez & da earths, but he did not eated it.
ref: 2007 October 10, “Genesis 1”, in LOLCat Bible Translation Project, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2007:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of -es.
Related terms: -z
rescind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɪnd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɪnd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ɹəˈsɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
Forms: form: rescinds
form: rescinding
form: rescinded
form: rescinded
Etymology: From the Latin rescindō (“I cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“I cut”).
Senses: examples: text: The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
text: Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers. Some of those new hires had already quit their previous jobs, or were relying on Coinbase to maintain their work visas.
ref: 2022 June 29, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Crypto Crash Widens a Divide: ‘Those With Money Will End Up Being Fine’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: cancel
annul
repeal
countermand
revoke
recall
glosses: To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
glosses: To cut away or off.
Related terms: rescindable
rescinder
rescindment
rescinsion
rescission
subheading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subheadings
Etymology: From sub- + heading.
Senses: examples: text: And puritans give much the same warning in a manner suggesting that though the eating of rich foods is not among the seven deadly sins, it is at least a bona fide subheading under the general category of gluttony.
ref: 1981 May 9, Mimi Sheraton, “DE GUSTIBUS; WHEN IS FOOD RICH? IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS”, in The New York Times:
text: Most subheadings don’t do much to enhance a document. The whistle-blower’s subheadings do what the best subheadings do: They structure the complaint and provide a clear outline of what the document contains: […]
ref: 2019 September 27, Jane Rosenzweig, “The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided.
glosses: A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).
Synonyms: subhead
dek
iatrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
Forms: form: more iatrogenic
form: most iatrogenic
Etymology: From iatro- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner
ref: 2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology, Pearson Education, Inc., page 494:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: injury; or other adverse outcome; injury; or other adverse outcome
glosses: Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
raw_tags: of a disease
Hyponyms: english: applied to infections and their causal agents
translation: applied to infections and their causal agents
word: nosocomial
Derived terms: iatrogenically
iatrogenicity
offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: offenders
form: offendor
form: offendour
Etymology: From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.
ref: 1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169:
glosses: One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
glosses: A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Derived terms: habitual offender
juvenile offender
main offender
multioffender
non-offender
offendress
repeat offender
sex offender
status offender
young offender
youthful offender
requiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of require
requiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: requirings
Senses: examples: a. 1798, Joshua Evans
In the days of my sorrow for sin, I fully believed there was in God alone, a rest for the righteous; and no true rest in any other way, than through obedience to his holy requirings.
glosses: A requirement.