cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
arabophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabophones
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, it does not take much to realise that if the dynamics of divergence and exclusion prevail, the result is civil war and repression: for example, in Chad, the political marginalisation of arabophones educated in Egypt and Sudan caused them to join the secessionist Frolinat in the 1960s.
ref: 1993, Jean-François Bayart, translated by Mary Harper, Christopher Harrison, and Elizabeth Harrison, “The Reciprocal Assimilation of Elites: The Hypothesis of an Intermediate Scenario”, in The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly, London: Longman, →ISBN, part two (Scenarios in the Pursuit of Hegemony), page 153:
text: My thesis supervisor asked me to join her association on the study of traditional Arabic poetry. The reason is that she’s not very good, and she knows it, and she knows that others know. She’s the director of the history department, can you imagine? A francophone leading a department of arabophones.
ref: 2008, Andrea Liverani, quoting Mohamed B., “[Algerian associations from voice to loyalty] Patrons and clients in associations”, in Civil Society in Algeria: The Political Functions of Associational Life (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics; 8), London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 95:
text: Leaving the arabophones to pursue their own ideas, he said, was not possible for Berbers, especially Kabyles. In actuality, they are the victims of Arabization since their language is used only marginally in official media.
ref: 2011, David Porter, “[French Anarchist Positions] Organisation Communiste Libertaire (OCL)”, in Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria, Oakland, Calif.: AK Press, →ISBN, part IV (The Chadli, Boudiaf and Zeroual Regimes (1979–1999): Berber and Urban Revolts, Liberalization and Military/Islamist Civil War), page 230:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Arabophone.
Germanophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Germanophone
form: most Germanophone
form: germanophone
Etymology: From Germano- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The Allies conquered Germany's overseas dependencies, and thereby helped to prevent the emergence of a Germanophone Africa, tied by language, commerce and administrative tradition to Central Europe.
ref: 1975, Lewis H. Gann, “Economic development in Germany's African empire, 1884–1914”, in Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann, editors, Colonialism in Africa 1870–1960, Volume Four: The Economics of Colonialism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 252:
text: Indeed he could do it well enough for him to act as liaison interpreter between his Francophone grandparents and the Germanophone family cook, asking the latter to fetch milk, light the lamp, etc., for the former.
ref: 1978 October 1, Language Interpretation and Communication, volume 1977, Plenum Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 164:
synonyms: Teutonophone
Teutophone
glosses: German-speaking.
Germanophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Germanophones
form: germanophone
Etymology: From Germano- + -phone.
Senses: synonyms: Teutonophone
Teutophone
glosses: A speaker of the German language.
serow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈsɛɹəʊ/
Forms: form: serows
Etymology: From Lepcha ᰠᰶᰛᰨ (să-ro, “long-haired Tibetan goat”).
Senses: examples: text: The peninsula is home to an estimated four hundred macaques, the world's most northerly colony of wild monkeys, and a growing population of red-haired, goat-like serow, both of which are a protected species.
ref: 1999, Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, The Rough Guide to Japan, page 265:
text: The serow differs in being larger, at least 32 inches (81 cm) tall, whereas gorals are never more than 28 inches (71 cm). Serows are also distinguished in having small face glands that give out a duikerlike odor.
ref: 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, International Wildlife Encyclopedia, page 2323:
text: Where official protection is accorded, it is usually on paper only, as the serow is hunted for meat and its body parts, which are used in local medicine. (For example, it is believed that the broth obtained by boiling a serow head is a remedy for arthritis.)
ref: 2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Grazers, page 147:
glosses: Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Capricornis milneedwardsii
word: Chinese serow
taxonomic: Capricornis thar
word: Himalayan serow
taxonomic: Capricornis crispus
word: Japanese serow
taxonomic: Capricornis milneedwardsii
alt: formerly identified as Sumatran serow
word: mainland serow
taxonomic: Capricornis rubidus
word: red serow
alt: = Sumatran serow
word: southern serow
taxonomic: Capricornis sumatraensis
word: Sumatran serow
taxonomic: Capricornis swinhoei
word: Taiwan serow
ISAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaisæf/
Forms: form: Isaf
Senses: glosses: Acronym of International Sailing Federation (world governing body for the sport of sailing).
examples: text: ISAF, an international peacekeeping force, has been sent to Kabul.
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 377:
glosses: Acronym of International Security Assistance Force (NATO-led mission in Afghanistan which was established on 20 December 2001).
glosses: International Shark Attack File (global database of shark attacks)
toastrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toastracks
Senses: examples: text: There are eight 4-wheel coaches of the open toastrack type, but provided with roofs, and during the holiday season, usually beginning at Whitsuntide, trains are run as required on the one-engine-in-steam principle.
ref: 1941 July, “The Isle of Man Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 315:
glosses: Alternative spelling of toast rack.
germain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germain
form: most germain
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of germane.
interdental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more interdental
form: most interdental
Etymology: From inter- + dental.
Senses: examples: text: It is recommended to use an interdental brush, or dental floss, to clean between the teeth.
glosses: Pertaining to the space between the teeth.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.
Derived terms: interdentalize
interdentally
interdental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: interdentals
Etymology: From inter- + dental.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A speech sound pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.
examples: text: After he was struck by lightning, Melnyk suffered chronic problems with his teeth, despite brushing and flossing and using interdentals and even a Water Pic.
ref: 2012, The Malahat Review, numbers 178-181, page 79:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small toothbrush for cleaning in between adjacent teeth.
muntjac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌntd͡ʒæk/
ipa: /ˈmʌntd͡ʒɑːk/
Forms: form: muntjacs
Etymology: From Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese mencek (“small deer”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.
Synonyms: sense: Muntiacus
word: barking deer
sense: Muntiacus
word: baikree
sense: Muntiacus
word: ratwa
sense: Muntiacus
word: rib-faced deer
Derived terms: taxonomic: Muntiacus crinifrons
word: black muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus atherodes
word: Bornean yellow muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus reevesi
word: Chinese muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus muntjak
word: common muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus feae
word: Fea's muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus vuquangensis
word: giant muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus gongshanensis
word: Gongshan muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus crinifrons
word: hairy-fronted muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus vaginalis
word: Indian muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus vuquangensis
word: large-antlered muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus putaoensis
word: leaf muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus malabaricus
word: Malabar red muntjak
taxonomic: Muntiacus vaginalis
word: northern red muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus puhoatensis
word: Pu Hoat muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus putaoensis
word: Putao muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus muntjak
word: red muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus reevesi
word: Reeves's muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus rooseveltorum
word: Roosevelt's muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus muntjak
word: southern red muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus muntjak montanus
word: Sumatran muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus feae
word: Tenasserim muntjac
taxonomic: Muntiacus truongsonensis
word: Truong Son muntjac
barking deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barking deer
Senses: glosses: A muntjac.
hispanophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hispano- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants, not only from the Caribbean but also, mostly illegally, from Mexico, has meant that today nearly one person in five in the United States is hispanophone; in New York estimates put it between one in three and one in two.
ref: 1987, Christopher Small, “Styles of Encounter IV: A Very Satisfactory Black-Music Circle”, in Music of the Common Tongue: Survival and Celebration in Afro-American Music, London: John Calder; New York, N.Y.: Riverrun Press, →ISBN, page 442:
text: Although the majority of the islands are anglophone, the largest are not (Cuba and Hispaniola [the Dominican Republic and Haiti]); and Puerto Rico is chiefly Spanish speaking. The mainland all the way from Guyana to the United States is hispanophone with the exception of Belize.
ref: 1992, Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pätzold, “[English in America] The languages of the Caribbean”, in A Survey of Modern English, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part 3 (National and regional varieties of English), page 384:
text: For instance, whereas most KBIP activities are conducted in English, there are hispanophone and francophone subsets of emerging KBCs that conduct activities in their first language (Comconeixer and RIFCO, which stands for Réseau international francophone de coélaboration de connaissances).
ref: 2015, Thérèse Laferrière, Stéphane Allaire, Alain Breuleux, Christine Hamel, Nancy Law, Mireia Montané, Oscar Hernandez, Sandrine Turcotte, Marlene Scardamalia, “The Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP): Scaling Up Professional Development Using Collaborative Technology”, in Chee-Kit Looi, Laik Woon Teh, editors, Scaling Educational Innovations (Education Innovation →ISSN), Singapore: Springer, →ISBN, part III (International Networks for Scaling Professional Development of Teachers), page 272:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hispanophone.
hispanophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hispanophones
Etymology: From hispano- + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The sound /i/ is difficult for francophones and hispanophones because it is not found in the phonetic system of French or Spanish.
ref: 1972, Nicolas Ferguson, “The phases of an audio-visual lesson”, in Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Theory and Practice, Lausanne: Foma, page 190:
text: He bases his proposal on data from acquisition of English by francophones (Eubank 1993/94), of German by a hispanophone (Eubank 1994) and of English by a germanophone (Eubank 1996).
ref: 2000, Julia Rogers Herschensohn, The Second Time Around: Minimalism and L2 Acquisition, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, →OL, page 106:
text: Researchers asked German speakers and Spanish speakers to describe objects with opposite gender assignments in German and Spanish and found that their descriptions conformed to gender stereotypes, even when the testing took place in English. For example, teutophones tended to describe bridges (feminine in German, die Brücke) as beautiful, elegant, fragile, peaceful, pretty, and slender, whereas hispanophones tended to describe bridges (masculine in Spanish, el puente) as big, dangerous, long, strong, sturdy, and towering.
ref: 2018 August 8, Neel Burton, “How the Language You Speak Influences the Way You Think”, in Psychology Today, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 17 Nov 2023:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hispanophone.
moonrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnɹæt/
Forms: form: moonrats
form: moon rat
Etymology: From moon + rat, a calque of Malay tikus balan (tikus (“rat”) + bulan (“moon”)).
Senses: examples: text: Incidental observations on moonrats Echinosorex gymnurus in Malaysia suggests that this species is uncommon everywhere but does occur in low numbers in logged^((1-12:51)) forest in peninsular Malaysia (Johns 1989a).
ref: 1997, Andrew Grieser Johns, Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain Forests, page 87:
text: The smell of rotting onions, stale sweat, or ammonia may indicate the presence of a moonrat, which produces a strong scent from two glands near the anus. The animal uses this powerful odor to mark its territory. A solitary creature, the moonrat will emit hiss-puffs and low roars if it encounters another member of its species.
ref: 2004, Fred Cooke, The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide, page 86:
text: Moonrats are a lowland forest species which feed primarily on worms and arthropods.
ref: 2005, E. Meijaard, editor, Life After Logging, page 82:
glosses: A gymnure, especially the greater gymnure, Echinosorex gymnura.
gymnure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jim′n(y)u̇(ə)r′
ipa: /ˈdʒɪmˌnjʊər/
Forms: form: gymnures
Etymology: From New Latin Gymnura, former genus name, from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Senses: examples: text: Unlike hedgehogs, all gymnures produce a strong ammoniac smell reminiscent of rotten garlic, the better to establish territories and to deter enemies when frightened.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 50:
glosses: A carnivorous mammal, subfamily Galericinae, related to the hedgehogs and resembling a large rat, which inhabits various parts of south-east Asia.
Synonyms: hairy hedgehog
moonrat
lusophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone.
lusophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lusophones
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone.
weighted average
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weighted averages
Senses: glosses: An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings.
Synonyms: weighted mean
weighted mean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weighted means
Senses: topics: arithmetic
synonyms: weighted average
coordinate_terms: arithmetic mean
glosses: An average calculated after biasing values according to agreed weightings.
war widow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war widows
Senses: hyponyms: gold star wife
coordinate_terms: war widower
glosses: The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
glosses: A woman whose spouse has been killed in any conflict.
Related terms: war orphan
military widow
war bride
piperidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piperidones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric compounds derived from piperidine by substituting a carbonyl for a methylene group
pipework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipeworks
Etymology: From pipe + work.
Senses: examples: text: The amount of external pipework is also unusual in a British locomotive, though apparent in the most recent L.M.S.R. designs, such as the Class "4" 2-6-0s; but while lacking the tidiness of the old school of British locomotive engineering, this has obvious application for maintenance purposes in present circumstances.
ref: 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274:
glosses: Any system of pipes or tubes; piping.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The pipes and stops of an organ.
pivalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pivalates
Etymology: From pivalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of pivalic acid; trimethylacetate.
Derived terms: dipivefrine
divabuterol
pivampicillin
pivoxazepam
pivalic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic carboxylic acid 2,2-dimethylpropanoic acid
Synonyms: neopentanoic acid
trimethylacetic acid
Derived terms: pivalate
plasticiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasticisers
Etymology: From plasticise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of plasticizer.
Derived terms: superplasticiser
platinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplatɪnət/
ipa: /ˈplatɪneɪt/
Forms: form: platinates
Etymology: From platinum + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several oxyanions of platinum, or the salts containing these ions.
Derived terms: hexafluoroplatinate
platinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplatɪnət/
ipa: /ˈplatɪneɪt/
Forms: form: platinates
form: platinating
form: platinated
form: platinated
Etymology: From platin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To platinize.
Derived terms: platination
polyacrylonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyacrylonitriles
Etymology: From poly- + acrylonitrile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics
polyalkene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyalkenes
Etymology: From poly- + alkene.
Senses: glosses: Polyolefin.
yills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yill
yills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yill
polychlorobiphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychlorobiphenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: polychlorinated biphenyl
polychloroprene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychloroprenes
Etymology: From poly- + chloroprene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of neoprene.
synonyms: word: neoprene
polychlorotrifluoroethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychlorotrifluoroethylenes
Etymology: From poly- + chlorotrifluoroethylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene
polyisobutene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyisobutenes
Etymology: From poly- + isobutene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer of isobutene; butyl rubber.
polymerisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polymerisable
form: most polymerisable
Etymology: From polymerise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of polymerizable.
polymerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polymerises
form: polymerising
form: polymerised
form: polymerised
Etymology: c 1865, polymer + -ise
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polymerize.
Derived terms: depolymerise
electropolymerise
photopolymerise
polymerisable
polymerisation
prepolymerised
unpolymerised
polyolefine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyolefines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polyolefin.
jackdaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackdaw
jackhammering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jackhammer
jackhammered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jackhammer
jingled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jingle
joggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jogger
joggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: jogger
tracksuit
glosses: A tracksuit, particularly the trousers.
Derived terms: dry joggers
Related terms: trainers
swad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɒd/
ipa: /swɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Forms: form: swads
form: swod
Etymology: Related to swaddle?
Senses: examples: text: "[…]Ye'd oughta see th' swad a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that."
ref: 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 102:
glosses: A bunch, clump, mass
glosses: A crowd; a group of people.
examples: text: Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad.
ref: 1591, unknown author, The Troublesome Reign of King John, scene 2:
text: There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.
ref: 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Country swains, and silly swads.
ref: 1588, Robert Greene, Perimedes:
glosses: A boor, lout.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
examples: text: They must bee gathered in the decrease of the moone, presently vpon their being ripe, for else they drie vp and fall out of their swads:
ref: 1600, Charles Estienne, Maison Rustique, Or The Covntrie Farme, page 695:
text: ... the Bean is not seen till first it be unhusk'd, and that its swad or hull be shaled, and pilled from off it : […]
ref: 1653, François Rabelais, The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua, and His Sonne Pantagruel, Together with the Pantagrueline Prognostication, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and Response of the Bottle. Hereunto are Annexed the Navigations Unto the Sounding Isle, and the Isle of the Apedefts: as Likewise the Philosophical Cream with a Limosin Epistle All Done by Mr. Francis Rabelais, in the French Tongue, and Now Faithfully Translated Into English ...1653, page 390:
text: Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.
ref: 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia:
text: ... it is the stem and leaf that is wanted , more than the swad or grain.
ref: 1840, John French Burke, British Husbandry: Exhibiting the Farming Practice in Various Parts of the United Kingdom ..., page 19:
text: It is a fruit growing on a tree, a species of acacia. "The pods hang down, and only the swad is used for feeding cattle." Why , then , does the Chancellor of the Exchequer tax locust beans as a kind of wheat? Have his Park-lane friends warned him against manna?
ref: 1902, The Speaker, page 100:
glosses: A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
Synonyms: sense: bunch, clump
word: bunch
sense: bunch, clump
word: clump
sense: bunch, clump
word: mass
jumbos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumbo
joyrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joyride
joyrides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of joyride
junkyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkyard
jumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumble
jumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jumble
jumbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jumble
jumbling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumblings
Senses: examples: text: Nor is your Skill, or Labour less, / When bent upon some smart Lampoon, / You toss and turn your Brain till Noon; / Which, in its Jumblings round the Skull, / Dilates, and makes the Vessel full […]
ref: 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean:
glosses: The act by which something is jumbled or confused.
porphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porphines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of porphin.
jumpsuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumpsuit
juicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of juice
juicing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juicings
Senses: glosses: The process of extracting the juice from something.
junkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junket
junkets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of junket
jumpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of jumpy: more jumpy
porphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porphins
Etymology: Related to porphyrin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A ring or four pyrrole rings linked by methine groups; it is the structure at the centre of hemoglobin, chlorophyll and other porphyrins
Derived terms: porphinoid
junkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of junky: more junky
potentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of potentiate
potentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more potentiated
form: most potentiated
Senses: glosses: enhanced
Derived terms: unpotentiated
junkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of junky: most junky
juniors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junior
examples: text: Near-synonym: junior school
text: It was around the time I moved from infants to juniors, which was based in a different building, so it felt like going to big school.
ref: 2011 January 21, Craig Revel Horwood, All Balls and Glitter: My Life, Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:
text: Although of course we did harder work in the juniors than we did in infants, there were still times when we relaxed and just enjoyed ourselves.
ref: 2013 February 1, Simon Webb, The Best Days of Our Lives: School Life in Post-War Britain, The History Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: Key Stage 2
coordinate_terms: infants
glosses: The section of a primary school for the education of older children, typically the years (grades) three to six.
juniors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of junior
preformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preform
preformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: formed, constructed or assembled in advance
pregreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pregrease
pregreasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The greasing of something (especially a bearing) in advance of use
pregrease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pregreases
form: pregreasing
form: pregreased
form: pregreased
Etymology: From pre- + grease.
Senses: glosses: To grease something prior to use or assembly
pipistrelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɪpɪˈstɹɛl/
Forms: form: pipistrelles
Etymology: From French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello (“bat”), variant of vipistrello, from Latin vespertilio.
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
Derived terms: Nathusius's pipistrelle
pregrinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pregrind + -ing (participle ending).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pregrind
pregrinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pregrind + -ing (gerund ending); or perhaps from pre- + grinding.
Senses: glosses: The grinding of something prior to use.
pregrind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pregrinds
form: pregrinding
form: preground
form: preground
Etymology: From pre- + grind.
Senses: glosses: To grind something prior to use or assembly
premixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premix
premixed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For example, more than 900 pre-mixed cocktail brands are listed on Drizly, the largest e-commerce alcohol marketplace in North America, which has tracked the following rise in RTD offerings: […]
ref: 2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Mixed prior to use or sale.
premixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premix
premixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premixings
Senses: glosses: mixing prior to use or sale
premixture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premixtures
Etymology: From pre- + mixture.
Senses: glosses: Something premixed
kaleidoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaleidoscope
preparative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpæɹətɪv/
Forms: form: more preparative
form: most preparative
Etymology: From Middle English preperatif, from Middle French preparatif and Medieval Latin prēparātīvus.
Senses: examples: preparative chromatography
glosses: That serves to prepare something
examples: preparative discussions
glosses: preliminary or preparatory
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the synthesis, purification, or isolation of compounds from mixtures or raw materials.
Derived terms: micropreparative
preparative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpæɹətɪv/
Forms: form: preparatives
Etymology: From Middle English preperatif, from Middle French preparatif and Medieval Latin prēparātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: necessary preparatives for our voyage
ref: 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
text: a preparative unto sermons
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, / The champions and enthusiasts of the state: / Turbid ardors and vain joys / Not barrenly abate— / Stimulants to the power mature, / Preparatives of fate.
ref: 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War/The March into Virginia:
glosses: Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
presulfiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presulfidings
Etymology: From pre- + sulfiding.
Senses: glosses: Treatment with sulfur or sulfide prior to some other operation
lacier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lacy: more lacy
laciest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lacy: most lacy
propanal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propanals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: propionaldehyde
Derived terms: propanal oxime
laded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lade
propionaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propionaldehydes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CHO; it is used in the manufacture of plastics etc.
propanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propanoates
Etymology: From propanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of propanoic acid; propionate.
Derived terms: dipropanoate
propargyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propargyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical HC≡C-CH₂- derived from propyne
Derived terms: deprenyl
dipropargyl
homopropargyl
homopropargylic
mifepristone
parconazole
parsalmide
plomestane
propargyl alcohol
propargylamide
propargylamine
propargylation
propargylchloride
propargylglycine
propargylic
propyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propynes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the alkyne HC≡C-CH₃
Synonyms: allylene
methylacetylene
Related terms: propadiene
kokan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kokum.
propionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propionic
form: most propionic
Etymology: From French propionique.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to propionic acid or its derivatives; propanoic
propionitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propionitriles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitrile CH₃-CH₂-CN; ethyl cyanide
propiophenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propiophenones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketone C₆H₅-CO-CH₂-CH₃; ethyl phenyl ketone
tuhon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuhons
Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano tuon (“to study”).
Senses: qualifier: Filipino martial arts
glosses: A martial arts instructor.
Avalon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ăv′ə-lŏn′
ipa: /ˈav.əˌlɒn/
note: conservative
ipa: /ˈæv-/
note: older
ipa: /-ˌlɔːn/
ipa: /ˈæv.əˌlɑn/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈæv.əˌlɔn/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈæv.əˌlɒn/
ipa: /ˈæv.əˌlɔn/
ipa: /ˈɛv.əˌlɒn/
ipa: /ˈav.əˌlɔn/
ipa: /ˈav.aˌlɔn/
rhymes: -ævəlɒn
Forms: form: Avallon
form: Avilion
Etymology: From Latin Avallōnia and īnsula Avallōnis, from Proto-Brythonic *aβaln (“apple tree”), from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Welsh Afallon /Afallach.
Senses: qualifier: Arthurian legend
glosses: An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.
glosses: A city in Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America.
unhot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhot
form: most unhot
Etymology: From un- + hot.
Senses: examples: text: Yet why hasn't that city's train system been crippled by heat as ours has been since before even (the unhot) Melbourne Cup Day?
ref: 2009 January 30, Andrew Bolt, “A sprawling meltdown”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Not hot
Synonyms: nonhot
hobos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoboes
Senses: glosses: plural of hobo
hobos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hoboes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hobo
hoboes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobos
Senses: glosses: plural of hobo
muron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῠ́ρον (mŭ́ron).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chrism.
synonyms: word: chrism
pushmi-pullyu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushmi-pullyus
form: pushme-pullyou
Etymology: From Pushmi-pullyu, the name of a fictional animal with two heads at opposing ends of its body, along with very sharp horns on each side of the head, in Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle.
Senses: examples: text: This is the age of the Cry-Bully, a hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper. They are everywhere, these duplicit Pushmi-Pullyus of the personal and the political
ref: 2015 April 21, Julie Burchill, “Meet the Cry-Bully: a hideous hybrid of victim and victor”, in The Spectator:
glosses: A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner.
pushmi-pullyu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pushme-pullyou
Etymology: From Pushmi-pullyu, the name of a fictional animal with two heads at opposing ends of its body, along with very sharp horns on each side of the head, in Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle.
Senses: examples: text: It's one of the most characteristic behavior patterns of human beings, this pushmepullyou approach to life. We say one thing and do another […]
ref: 1998, B. J. Wylie, Enough: Lifestyle and Financial Planning for Simpler Living, Northstone Publishing:
text: They don't want some sort of hopeless compromise, some perpetual pushme-pullyou arrangement in which we stay half-in and half-out in a political no man's land - with no more ministers round the table in Brussels and yet forced to obey EU laws.
ref: 2018 June 20, The Independent:
glosses: Conflicting or contradictory.
examples: text: What […] are the steps from […] the sort of inarticulate pushmi-pullyu comprehensions the bee has and the dim sort of pushmi-pullyu comprehension that mediates responses to behavior releasers, to articulate, well-differentiated, and uncommitted human beliefs and desires […]?
ref: 2004, R. G. Millikan, “On Reading Signs: Some Differences Between Us and Others”, in D.K. Oller, U. Griebel, editors, Evolution of Communication Systems, MIT Press, page 22:
glosses: in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content.
tutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tutu + -in.
Senses: glosses: A poisonous compound found in the New Zealand tutu plant, with powerful convulsant effects.
Japhetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Japhetic
form: most Japhetic
form: Iapetic
form: Japhethic
Etymology: The English Japheth or the Latin Iapetus, + -ic. Coined in the first half of the 19th century alongside Semitic and Hamitic.
Senses: topics: anthropology
ethnography
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the supposed languages spoken by the descendants of Japheth.
Synonyms: Japhetite
Japhethitic
Japhetitic
Japhethic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Japhetic.
Japhetite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Japhethite
Senses: glosses: Japhetic
Japhetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japhetites
form: Japhethite
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A supposed descendant of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah.
Japhethitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Japhetic.
medical tourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.
examples: text: In June 2007, the American Medical Association (AMA) provided a clear-eyed assessment of a growing phenomenon: medical tourism. […] Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.
ref: 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152:
glosses: Travelling across international borders to obtain health care.
Synonyms: health tourism
eloin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eloins
form: eloining
form: eloined
form: eloined
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of eloign.
Derived terms: eloinment
Indo-Germanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch), especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic). By surface analysis, Indo- + Germanic.
Senses: glosses: Indo-European (a major language family)
glosses: Proto-Indo-European (a hypothetical language)
glosses: Pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European.
Indo-Germanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch), especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic). By surface analysis, Indo- + Germanic.
Senses: glosses: Indo-European.
tokin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊkɪn/
Forms: form: tokins
Senses: examples: text: The second Fairy saith, Sir Knight, my tokin
Is of a nature wondros to be spokin
ref: 1785, John Hall-Stevenson, Crazy Tales:
glosses: Obsolete form of tocsin.
tokin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊkɪn/
Forms: form: tokins
Etymology: From Japanese と金 (tokin).
Senses: topics: board-games
games
shogi
glosses: A promoted pawn.
perfumy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perfumy
form: most perfumy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perfumey.
histologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From histological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a histological manner.
Derived terms: cytohistologically
neurohistologically
palaeohistologically
pathohistologically
32mo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 32mos
Etymology: From 32 + -mo.
Senses: qualifier: paper
glosses: Abbreviation of thirty-twomo; a size of paper cut from standard uncut free sheets, corresponding to such a sheet folded into thirty-two leaves, yielding sixty-four pages when printed on both sides. Page size is dependent on the size of sheet used, with the largest standard size, Atlas (36" by 26") yielding a page size of 6-1/2" by 4-1/2".
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A book with leaves of such size, about the size of a contemporary trade paperback.
Synonyms: sense: page size
word: trigesimo-secundo
sense: page size
word: thirty-twomo
sense: page size
word: 32º
sense: book size
word: trigesimo-secundo
sense: book size
word: thirty-twomo
sense: book size
word: 32º
sense: book size
word: Tt
kylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kylins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qilin.
Rossi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Rossi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Esposito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Esposito.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Related terms: Exposito
patin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patine.
reput
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reputs
form: reputting
form: reput
form: reput
Etymology: From re- + put.
Senses: glosses: To put (something) again.
newish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newish
form: most newish
Etymology: From new + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Many more people join at intermediate stations, such as the newish station at Cranbrook, which serves a huge new housing estate; [...].
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
glosses: Somewhat new
Derived terms: newishly
newishness
flooder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flooders
Etymology: From flood (noun) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You know, Dan, that's the man I rowed with all day, never did know I had a peg leg in that big boot, and that I wasn't really a flooder.
ref: 1941, Elisabeth Sinclair Peck, Tibb's flooders: a tale of the Ohio River flood of 1937, page 156:
text: Different operators give different answers. One experienced miscible flooder says a minimum of 30% more.
ref: 1961, Oil & Gas Journal - Volume 59, page 44:
glosses: A person employed to handle issues arising from flooding.
potchky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potchkies
form: potchkying
form: potchkied
form: potchkied
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַטשקען (patshken, “to daub, smear”).
Senses: glosses: to work in an amateur fashion for little gain
glosses: to tinker
moton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motons
Etymology: From Middle English moton, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French, compare Norman moton (“chin”), from Old French menton (“chin; mentonnière, chinguard (of a helmet)”); alternatively, compare mouton (“sheepskin”).
Senses: examples: text: […], the pauldrons covered the back of the shoulders, motons were worn over a gusset of mail at the right armpit, and the elbow-plates were of large size.
ref: 1848, Herbert Haines, editor, A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses … in the Possession of the Oxford Architectural Society:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small plate covering the armpit in armour of the 14th century and later.
nepit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nepits
Etymology: Blend of Neperian + digit
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
synonyms: word: nat
extra: logarithmic unit of information
hell or high water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Even though sportswriters are supposed to be impartial, I'm a Brooklyn boyo and Dodger fan through hell or high water, so my beer is Schaefer.
ref: 1998, Charles Rosen, Barney Polan's Game: A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals, page 11:
text: Bankers call this a hell-or-high-water deal because it protects the buyer from the directors and offers from other bidders.
ref: 1999, Aaron Bernstein, Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines, page 44:
text: Corn had to be hoed three times and plowed five in spite of hell or high water
ref: 2002, John Foster West, Time Was, page 230:
glosses: Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.
hell or high water
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I am a man of my word, hell or high water.
ref: 1987, James A. Michener, Texas, page 1040:
glosses: No matter what the adverse circumstances.
hell or high water
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "The barn goes down tomorrow, rain or shine, hell or high water, with your cooperation or without it."
ref: 1992, Barbara Michaels, Vanish With the Rose, page 195:
glosses: No matter what the adverse circumstances.
Related terms: rain or shine
Lord willing and the creek don't rise
on the come
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Players often bet when their hand needs to improve to win, this semi-bluff is known as "on the come."
ref: 2006, Lou Krieger, The Poker Player's Bible:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Betting on cards that may come in the future.
examples: text: He didn't mind not being on salary, with all of his compensation on the come.
topics: business
glosses: For compensation based on future success.
tagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew.
Senses: glosses: plural of tag (decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls)