cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ninnyhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninnyhammers
Etymology: Apparently from ninny (although attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin; perhaps compare earlier hammer-headed.
Senses: examples: text: 1608, A Yorkshire Tragedy, dubiously claimed to be by William Shakespeare
Why, the more fool she; aye, the more ninny hammer she.
text: "You silly, awkward, ill-bred country sow," quoth one, "have you no more manners than to rail at Hocus that has saved that clod-pated numskulled ninny-hammer of yours from ruin, and all his family?
ref: 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:
text: 'Silly noodle!—foolish simpleton!—bewildered ninnyhammer! He had brains in his head once.'
ref: 1836, Joanna Baillie, Enthusiasm, act 2:
text: 'Well, if I don't deserve to be hung on the end of one as a warning to numbskulls! You're nowt but a ninnyhammer, Sam Gamgee: that's what the Gaffer said to me often enough, it being a word of his. Rope!'
ref: 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King:
glosses: A foolish person; a simpleton.
Synonyms: ninny
nincompoop
boob
flooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌdɪd/
rhymes: -ʌdɪd
Forms: form: more flooded
form: most flooded
Senses: glosses: Filled with water from rain or rivers.
glosses: Filled with too much fluid.
examples: text: Our phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.
glosses: Overwhelmed with too much of something.
Synonyms: inundated
Derived terms: flooded gum
nonflooded
flooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌdɪd/
rhymes: -ʌdɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flood
guaranteed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guarantee
guaranteed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gtd
Senses: examples: text: $100k guaranteed = at least 100,000 dollars are going to be split among the winners in a game of poker
text: A movie guaranteed to have you in tears.
glosses: Made certain; promised.
Derived terms: guaranteed arrival
guaranteed equity bond
guaranteedly
nonguaranteed
unguaranteed
nominating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nominate
frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹeɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Senses: glosses: plural of frame
frames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹeɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frame
dead in the water
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Unaware of her compatriots' fate, Aaron Ward found herself staring down the gun barrels of Kirishima, a fight that did not end well for the destroyer, which was soon dead in the water.
ref: 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 22:59 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion.
examples: text: I'm afraid we have to inform the Prime Minister that Operation Undertow is dead in the water.
ref: 1981, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only, spoken by Frederick Gray (Geoffrey Keen):
text: Each case I handle convinces me further that marriage is dead in the water.
ref: 2004, Aline Brosh McKenna, Robert Harling, Laws of Attraction, spoken by Audrey Woods (Julianne Moore):
text: Lambie said the crossbench had been clear it also wanted a better approvals process in place before the end of the year, but the minister’s reforms would be “dead in the water if she doesn’t tighten up the standards”.
ref: 2021 June 16, Adam Morton, quoting Jacqui Lambie, “‘Dead in the water’: key crossbenchers reject Coalition demand to back new environment standards”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Priti Patel’s plans to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel are already “dead in the water”, an immigration workers’ union has said.
ref: 2021 September 9, Jamie Grierson, “Patel’s plans to send migrant boats back to France unworkable, union says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Doomed; unable to succeed.
feel for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels for
form: feeling for
form: felt for
form: felt for
Senses: examples: text: I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.
glosses: To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.
examples: text: He felt for his purse.
text: Harry felt for his purse in his left-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tried his right-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tested the left hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then explored the right-hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then darted a hand into each of the pockets of his shooting-jacket, but it was not there.
ref: 1896, Stephen Wyke, The Yorkshire Cousins, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).
campaigning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campaignings
Etymology: From campaign + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He has had crosses and losses; terrible campaignings against the Turk, in old times; and always such a stock of quarrels, at home, as must have been still worse to bear.
ref: 1858, Thomas Carlyle, “Journey Homewards from the Reich; Catastrophe on Journey Homewards”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 238:
text: And even though their numbers have been halved—that’s the unofficial tally given in one of the strategy sessions—everyone from Sansa to Daenerys to Varys is wondering who is going to rule over which pile of smoking ruins. That’s when the campaigning begins, much to Jon and Dany’s chagrin.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
glosses: gerund of campaign: the act of taking part in a campaign.
Derived terms: e-campaigning
noncampaigning
Related terms: mainstreeting
campaigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From campaign + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of campaign
get even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets even
form: getting even
form: got even
form: got even
form: gotten even
Senses: examples: text: But I warn you, Anita, we're through. I'm through with all of you! I'll get even. Just wait! You'll be sorry! You fools! You...YOU IDIOTS!
ref: 1961, 101 Dalmatians:
text: Pinkerton man, murdering bastard / I’m gonna get even, get even with you
ref: 2013, Clutch, “Book, Saddle, & Go”:
glosses: To inflict trouble or harm on another in return, typically the same as that inflicted on oneself.
Synonyms: reciprocate
retaliate
Related terms: taste of one's own medicine
feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feed
feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feed
His Royal Highness
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
glosses: A title given to certain male members of a royal family, abbreviated HRH.
Related terms: Her Royal Highness
Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
Her Highness
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
HRH
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Initialism of His Royal Highness.
glosses: Initialism of Her Royal Highness.
Related terms: HH
HM
HM
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: H.M.
form: H. M.
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king).
glosses: Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen).
Related terms: HAM
HCM
HFM
HGDH
HH
HI&RM
HIll.H
HMG
HMS
HRH
HSH
HM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMs
form: H.M.
form: H. M.
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Home Minister.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of hospital corpsman.
examples: text: When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?
ref: 1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of heavy metal.
examples: text: For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc.
ref: 2023 March 12, Quinton O'Connor, “Pokemon Emerald: The 16 Best Hoenn HM Mules”, in TheGamer:
glosses: Initialism of hidden machine
Derived terms: HM mule
HM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: H.M.
form: H. M.
Etymology: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Hindley-Milner.
examples: text: She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).
ref: 2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011.
in no time
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Just give me a ring and I'll be over in no time.
glosses: Very soon.
examples: text: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: Neil Lennon and his players have, in no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
synonyms: in a flash
glosses: Very quickly.
Synonyms: in no time flat
in nothing flat
mandrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.dɹəl/
Forms: form: mandrels
Etymology: From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum , from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).
Senses: examples: text: The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
glosses: A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
examples: text: This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
ref: 1920, Lester Gray French, Machinery, volume 26, page 491:
text: When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
ref: 1961, Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing, page 46:
glosses: A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
Synonyms: spindle
arbor
Coordinate terms: chuck
mandrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.dɹəl/
Forms: form: mandrels
form: mandreling
form: mandrelling
form: mandreled
form: mandreled
form: mandrelled
form: mandrelled
Etymology: From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum , from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).
Senses: glosses: To shape with a mandrel.
jump ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps ship
form: jumping ship
form: jumped ship
form: jumped ship
Senses: examples: text: As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To depart from a ship, especially without permission.
examples: text: I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.
text: The few stalwarts praising the prime minister’s non-remorse today will be of small comfort to him, given their ranks include Ann Widdecombe and Patrick O’Flynn of the Express, while another of their ilk, the Telegraph’s Allison Pearson, has jumped ship altogether.
ref: 2022 January 13, Polly Toynbee, “Finally the Tory papers have caught on that Johnson is a liar – what kept them?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly.
Related terms: abandon ship
role-playing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: role-playings
form: roleplaying
Senses: glosses: Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character.
Derived terms: role-playing game
roll-playing
Related terms: LARP
role-playing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roleplaying
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of role-play
Derived terms: LARPing
updates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of update
updates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of update
know the score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows the score
form: knowing the score
form: knew the score
form: known the score
Senses: examples: text: I've seen it before / I know the score / You're trying to be wild and carefree / You really can't take it no more
ref: 1980, “Somehow”, in New Clear Days, performed by The Vapors:
text: Our love wasn't perfect I know, I think you know the score / When you say you love me, oh boy, I can't ask for more
ref: 1990, Stock Aitken Waterman, “Better the Devil You Know”, in Rhythm of Love, performed by Kylie Minogue:
glosses: To be aware of a situation, especially of the consequences of misconduct.
Related terms: know the drill
role-play
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: role-plays
form: role-playing
form: role-played
form: role-played
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roleplay.
role-play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: role-plays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roleplay.
Her Royal Highness
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Victoria.
glosses: A title given to certain female members of a royal family, abbreviated HRH.
Related terms: His Royal Highness
Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
Her Highness
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
money doesn't grow on trees
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps it was a Scotsman who, in response to an idea for lavish expenditure, first said "Money doesn't grow on trees".
ref: 1943, William Budington Duryee, Farming for security, page 187:
text: Today's money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn't grow on trees.
ref: 1975, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 39:
text: Money doesn't grow on trees — and even the paper for money isn't made of wood!
ref: 2005, Kathie Rechkemmer, I Want to Teach My Child about Money, page 28:
glosses: Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.
Synonyms: there's no such thing as a free lunch
Related terms: money tree
magic money tree
a buck's a buck
money talks
money does not smell
needless to say
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.
text: Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind."
ref: 1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:
glosses: Clearly, obviously.
Related terms: go without saying
not to mention
suffice to say
it goes without saying
Your Honour
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: your Honor
Senses: glosses: A title used to address a judge or magistrate in court.
glosses: A title used to address a provincial lieutenant-governor.
Related terms: My Lord
My Lady
Your Lordship
Your Ladyship
Your Worship
karting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kart + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
Synonyms: kart racing
Related terms: go-karting
Mr President
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Nonstandard form of Mr. President.
glosses: Alternative form of Mister President.
by-and-by
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of by and by.
bypath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪˌpɑːθ/
ipa: /ˈbaɪˌpæθ/
Forms: form: bypaths
form: by-path
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bypath; by surface analysis, by + path.
Senses: examples: text: Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit.
ref: 1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections), volume 78, number 7, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 129:
text: During these days, the boy rode Sir Mortimer abroad in many directions until he knew every bypath within a radius of fifty miles of Torn. Sometimes the old man accompanied him, but more often he rode alone.
ref: 1927, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Outlaw of Torn, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
glosses: An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
byroad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byroads
form: by-road
Etymology: From by- + road.
Senses: glosses: A road less frequented than a highway; a byway.
byword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.wɚd/
Forms: form: bywords
Etymology: From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German pīwurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English bīspel (“proverb, example”), bīcwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).
Senses: glosses: A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
glosses: A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
examples: text: Illustrious unfortunates attract a wider sympathy, not because their griefs are more intense, but because, being set on lofty pedestals, they the better serve mankind as instances and bywords of calamity.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Christmas Banquet”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
glosses: Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
examples: text: He hath made me also a byword of the people […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 17:6:
text: "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word."
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
glosses: An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
glosses: A nickname or epithet.
Related terms: bispel
byspel
anionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ă′-nī-ŏ′-nĭk
ipa: /ˌæ.naɪˈɑ.nɪk/
enpr: ă′-nē-ŏ′-nĭk
ipa: /ˌæ.niˈɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more anionic
form: most anionic
Etymology: From anion + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).
ref: 2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI:
text: Inspection of CD data reveals that, similar to previously reported data for megainin^([sic]) peptides [ 33 ], preference of α-helical conformation of TM2 and TM3 segments are different in anionic (SDS) and zwitterionic (DPC) media, reflecting the importance of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions between the peptides and micelles.
ref: 2015 August 20, Amrita Roy Choudhury et al., “Structural Model of the Bilitranslocase Transmembrane Domain Supported by NMR and FRET Data”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an anion.
Derived terms: anionically
anionic detergent
anionicity
catanionic
dianionic
monoanionic
oxyanionic
polyanionic
tetraanionic
trianionic
anionic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ă′-nī-ŏ′-nĭk
ipa: /ˌæ.naɪˈɑ.nɪk/
enpr: ă′-nē-ŏ′-nĭk
ipa: /ˌæ.niˈɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: anionics
Etymology: From anion + -ic.
Senses: glosses: an anionic detergent
quadrennium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɑˈdrɛniəm/
ipa: /kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm/
ipa: /kwəˈdrɛnɪəm/
Forms: form: quadrenniums
form: quadrennia
Etymology: From Late Latin quadrennium, from Latin quadriennium, from quadriennis (“4-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
Senses: glosses: A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.
Synonyms: tetraeteris
tetraeterid
olympiad
Hypernyms: quartet
Related terms: word: quadrennial
quaintness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkweɪntnəs/
Forms: form: quaintnesses
Etymology: From quaint + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Cunning; craftiness.
glosses: Skill, artfulness.
examples: text: As for good Terence, I allow the quaintnesse [translating mignardise] and grace of his Latine tongue, and judge him wonderfull conceited and apt[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness.
glosses: The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.
quaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quakier
form: quakiest
Etymology: From quake + -y.
Senses: glosses: Inclined to quake; tremulous.
quaky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quakies
Etymology: From quaking aspen.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quaking aspen (“Populus tremuloides”).
synonyms: word: quaking aspen
extra: Populus tremuloides
qualitatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more qualitatively
form: most qualitatively
Etymology: From qualitative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a qualitative manner.
examples: text: You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively.
ref: 2014 November 12, Theck, “Paladinning in Warlords of Draenor”, in Sacred Duty:
text: Russia “will perceive launches of long-range missiles guided by US military experts as a qualitatively new phase of war by the West,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a news conference at the summit, according to Russian state media TASS.
ref: 2014 November 19, Kayla Tausche and Kevin Liptak, “Biden’s major missile reversal complicates potential western diplomatic thaw with Moscow”, in CNN:
glosses: With respect to quality rather than quantity.
qualmish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɑːmɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɑːmɪʃ
Etymology: From qualm + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I awoke rather qualmish, but, dressing and going upon deck, the sharp air recovered me.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 77
text: I had sought out a dark corner, since by now I did indeed feel rather qualmish inside my yellow skin.
ref: 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 53:
glosses: Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
Derived terms: qualmishly
qualmishness
desnudas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desnuda
desnuda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛsˈnuːdɑ/
ipa: /dɛsˈnudɑ/
Forms: form: desnudas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish desnuda, the feminine singular of desnudo (“naked, nude, undressed”), ultimately from Latin nūdus (“naked, nude, undressed”) and Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare, naked”).
Senses: examples: text: She shielded her nipples until they were cloaked with brush strokes[.] […] This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips.
ref: 2015 August 14, Collen Wright, “The Desnudas of Times Square, Topless but for the Paint”, in The New York Times:
text: Muslims, and a number of Americans alike, would be alarmed with some of the street performers found in New York's Times Square, especially the daily routine of desnudas.
ref: 2017, Tim Delaney, Social Deviance:
glosses: A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square.
quantification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkwɒn.tɪˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkwɑn.təˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [ˌkwɑn.ɾəˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən]
ipa: /ˌkwɔn.təˌfɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: quantifications
Etymology: Coined by Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton: "quantification of the predicate".
Senses: glosses: The act of quantifying.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.
Synonyms: quantitation
Derived terms: bioquantification
histoquantification
immunoquantification
misquantification
overquantification
quantificational
requantification
semiquantification
aeromechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + mechanics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics
aeromechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeromechanic
quantifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quantify
quantitatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quantitatively
form: most quantitatively
Etymology: From quantitative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a quantitative manner.
glosses: With respect to quantity rather than quality.
quarrelsomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒɹəlsm̩nəs/
Etymology: From quarrelsome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature.
quavery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkweɪvəɹi/
Forms: form: more quavery
form: most quavery
Etymology: From quaver + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In the middle of the square a fountain poured a quavery thread of shining water into its stone font.
ref: 2011, Adam Roberts, By Light Alone, Gollancz, published 2012, page 110:
glosses: Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
queerness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queernesses
Etymology: From queer + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being queer or odd.
glosses: Something queer; an oddity.
glosses: Homosexuality.
examples: text: My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.
ref: 2023 June 26, Billy Lezra, “Opinion: Going sober taught me something about Pride”, in CNN:
glosses: The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
Synonyms: sense: state of being
word: queerhood
topics: state
word: abnormality
raw_tags: of being odd
word: oddness
word: weirdness
word: strangeness
alt: an oddity
word: deviance
word: irregularity
word: outlier
word: anomaly
sense: state of not conforming to sexual norms
word: nonheterosexuality
Hyponyms: sense: state of not conforming to sexual norms
word: gayness
sense: state of not conforming to sexual norms
word: homosexuality
querulously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛɹ.ʊ.ləs.li/
ipa: /ˈkwɛɹ.jʊ.ləs.li/
ipa: /ˈkwɛɹ.jə.ləs.li/
Forms: form: more querulously
form: most querulously
Etymology: From querulous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was his last demonstration for that time; as, after shedding some more tears and querulously complaining that he couldn't breathe, he slowly fell into a slumber.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “What was behind Mr. Pancks on Little Dorrit’s Hand”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 313:
text: "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously. "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous.[…]"
ref: 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter II (The Science of Deduction), page 14:
text: "I wish to 'eaven I 'adn't these silly sandals on," he cried querulously to the universe. "They give the whole blessed show away."
ref: 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The German Air-fleet”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, § 2, page 113:
text: "If we're heroes," Dane asked a little querulously, "what are we doing locked up here?"
ref: 1956, Andre Norton, chapter XVII, in Plague Ship:
glosses: With grumbling, complaining, or whining.
Synonyms: sense: with grumbling
word: fretfully
sense: with grumbling
word: peevishly
sense: with grumbling
word: whiningly
Related terms: querulous
querulousness
questionably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more questionably
form: most questionably
Etymology: From questionable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a questionable manner
questioningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɪŋli/
Forms: form: more questioningly
form: most questioningly
Etymology: From questioning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The clumping of hobnailed boots on the gravel outside proclaimed the approach of Manning. John looked questioningly at Poirot. The latter nodded.
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 63:
text: Ricky nodded, but it was clear his mind worked overtime to assess his situation. He looked around in quick nervous glances. “Fine. Do I get my hands untied?”
Baker looked questioningly at Bruce, who nodded “yes” to him […]
ref: 2014, Carol Golembiewski, The Projection Room, page 140:
glosses: In a questioning manner.
quick-wittedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quick-wittedly
form: most quick-wittedly
Etymology: From quick-witted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a quick-witted manner.
quick-froze
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quick-frozen.
mortgager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortgagers
form: mortgagor
Etymology: From mortgage + -er.
Senses: hypernyms: borrower
coordinate_terms: mortgagee
glosses: One who uses property they own as security for a loan: the borrower in a mortgage agreement.
mortgagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortgager
necking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of neck
necking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckings
Senses: examples: text: Necking helps young male giraffes test which one has a stronger neck.
ref: 2005, Barbara Keevil Parker, Giraffes, page 26:
glosses: A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
topics: architecture
glosses: A neckmould.
examples: text: For Lent, he gave up necking and cigarettes.
coordinate_terms: shotgunning
glosses: Chugging beer.
glosses: Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.
necked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: From neck + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Cracked.
raw_tags: of a treenail
Derived terms: barenecked
black-necked crane
black-necked grebe
black-necked screamer
black-necked swan
blue-necked ostrich
boatnecked
brass-necked
bull-necked
bullnecked
dark-necked tailorbird
ewe-necked
frill-necked lizard
goosenecked
gray-necked bunting
grey-necked bunting
grey-necked wood rail
high-necked
longnecked
long-necked
neckedness
open-necked
pencil-necked
rednecked
red-necked buzzard
red-necked francolin
red-necked grebe
red-necked phalarope
red-necked stint
red-necked wallaby
red-necked woodpecker
ring-necked duck
ring-necked parakeet
ring-necked pheasant
short-necked
side-necked turtle
snake-necked turtle
stiff-necked
straw-necked ibis
swan-necked
turtle-necked
white-necked myna
yellow-necked field mouse
yellow-necked mouse
necked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Etymology: From neck + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of neck
destine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛstɪn/
rhymes: -ɛstɪn
Forms: form: destines
form: destining
form: destined
form: destined
Etymology: From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner. Doublet of destinate.
Senses: glosses: To preordain.
glosses: To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use.
glosses: To attribute a particular destination.
Derived terms: foredestine
Related terms: destinate
destination
destined
destiny
destines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of destine
netherworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netherworlds
form: nether world
Etymology: From nether- (“beneath, lower”) + world.
Senses: examples: text: In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, instead of the heavens.
text: As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:
glosses: The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
examples: text: While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.
glosses: The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
examples: text: The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
glosses: Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
examples: text: Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.
text: Flicks is a large bar which has been in some conflict since it opened […] The nature of that conflict has been characterized as gay-straight, by the bar managers; as crazies-sane, by some residents; as predators-prey, by some bar patrons; and as "netherworld"-respectable, by some bureaucrats.
ref: 1975 December 20, Joe Beckmann, “The Vara Bars--What Solution”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 3:
glosses: A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
Synonyms: sense: subterranean region for spirits of the dead
word: Hades
sense: subterranean region for spirits of the dead
word: hell
sense: subterranean region for spirits of the dead
word: nether region
sense: subterranean region for spirits of the dead
word: underworld
sense: location of the spirit world or afterlife
word: astral plane
sense: location of the spirit world or afterlife
word: heaven
sense: place of punishment after death
word: damnation
sense: place of punishment after death
word: Hades
sense: place of punishment after death
word: hell
sense: place of punishment after death
word: underworld
sense: hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture
word: underworld
netherworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netherworld
nether world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nether worlds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of netherworld.
nether worlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nether world (alternative spelling of netherworlds).
detentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detente
devoré
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French dévoré, past participle of dévorer (“to devour”).
Senses: examples: text: Boiling, felting or printing using devoré techniques is employed to alter the handle or appearance of the cloth.
ref: 1995, Textile Outlook International, numbers 57–59, Economist Publications Limited, page 53:
text: For instance, she is combining cotton cheesecloth and polyester chiffon to make cloqué jackets or using devoré to distress linen/silk to produce a “shaggy” layer bonded to gauze.
ref: 2002, Katherine Duncan Aimone, The Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art, New York, N.Y.: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 19:
text: Large areas of the velvet pile have been removed using devoré, leaving most of the fabric as a transparent gauze.
ref: 2020, Sue Westergaard, Screenprinting on Textiles: The Complete Guide, Ramsbury, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.
devore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: devores
form: devoring
form: devored
form: devored
Senses: examples: text: I said that the astrologer should not be eaten by dogs. He was eaten — I saw the carnivorous animals devoring him […]
ref: 1875, Richard Cobbold, Zenon, the Roman Martyr, page 133:
glosses: Archaic form of devour.
devores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devore
off the record
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: off record
form: off-the-record
Senses: examples: text: RAIL spoke to many people in the course of our investigation - all off-the-record^([sic]), as no one wished to be quoted.
ref: 2025 July 9, Mel Holley, “How much should a station cost?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 25:
glosses: Not for publication.
glosses: Unofficial.
Related terms: on the record
on record
not for attribution
on background
deep background
off the books
dicta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪk.tə/
enpr: dĭkˈ -tə
Forms: form: dictums
Senses: glosses: plural of dictum
counter-trial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-trials
form: countertrial
form: counter trial
Etymology: From counter- + trial.
Senses: glosses: A staged trial, running in parallel with a real one that is thought to be politically motivated or otherwise rigged, in which the truth can be made public.
dilates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dilate
diluvia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diluvium
glosses: plural of diluvion
disciplines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discipline
disciplines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discipline
myxo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: myx-
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”).
Senses: synonyms: blenno-
muco-
glosses: mucus.
Related terms: word: mucoso-
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: myco-
dispenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispense
disperses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disperse
distad
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more distad
form: most distad
Etymology: From disto- + -ad.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
museophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: museophiles
Etymology: From Greek mouseîon (seat of the Muses), μουσείον, museum, + -phile.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:museophile.
glosses: One who loves museums.
Related terms: museography
museology
museum
arctophile
audiophile
bibliophile
conspirophile
vexillophile
videophile
doblas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobla
dobla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doblas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish dobla.
Senses: examples: text: “Prithee, Pepe,” commenced the soldier, “how many hundred doblas a year do they pay, in that service of thine, and how often do they renew that fine leathern doublet?”
ref: 1840, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter I, in Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to Cathay. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, page 19:
glosses: A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.
museophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of museophile
domes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dome
dominas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domina
domine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domines
Etymology: From Latin dominus. Doublet of dom, dominie, dominus, and don.
Senses: glosses: Lord; master.
glosses: A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
glosses: A West Indian fish (Epinnula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae.
Related terms: donzel
domines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domine
dorad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorads
Etymology: Compare French dorade.
Senses: glosses: The sea bream.
dora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːɹə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Forms: form: doras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ドラ (dora), a clipping of Japanese ドラゴン (doragon), from English dragon.
Senses: topics: board-games
games
mahjong
glosses: Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜 (han)) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the dead wall.
museography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: museographies
Senses: glosses: The description of museum collections.
Related terms: museographer
museographic
museographist
museology
museophile
dotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dōts
ipa: /dəʊts/
ipa: /doʊts/
rhymes: -əʊts
Senses: glosses: plural of dote
dotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dōts
ipa: /dəʊts/
ipa: /doʊts/
rhymes: -əʊts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dote
dotara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotaras
form: dotar
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).
Senses: glosses: A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.
wikipedia: Bengali-Assamese languages
Derived terms: dotarist
Related terms: dutar
dotaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotara
duchen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: duchens
form: duchening
form: duchened
form: duchened
Senses: examples: text: In a lengthy essay R. Gaguine explains why in London the Sephardim duchen on the festivals and High Holy Days only and in Amsterdam and Morocco Birkat Kohanim takes place on Shabbat as well as on festivals and High Holy Days.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 112:
glosses: To administer the Priestly Blessing.
duras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dura
dures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dure
pretentiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretentiousnesses
Etymology: From pretentious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
text: Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.
ref: 2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:
synonyms: pretentiosity
gentility
glosses: The quality of being pretentious.