cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
batology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “blackberry”) + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: […]more than another that has always been clearly recognized by British botanists, it is R. leucostachys, in spite of the various forms, which, before they were detected as hybrids, were often a puzzle to our predecessors in British batology.
ref: 1905, Berthold Seemann, editor, Journal of Botany: British and Foreign, volume 43, page 202:
text: Further knowledge of Rubus plant geography is steadily emerging, particular[ly] as co-workers such as D. Grant and T. Schofield are also contributing substantially to Yorkshire batology.
ref: 1999, The Naturalist, volumes 124-127, page 112:
text: In Species Plantarum, in 1753, [Carl] Linnaeus identified two European species of Rubus within the large five-petaled family^([sic]) Rosa, thus beginning one of taxonomy’s largest studies—batology.
ref: 2003, the Office for Soft Architecture, “A Common Architectural Decorative Motif in the Temperate Mesophytic Region: Rubus Armeniacus”, in The Clear Cut Future, Astoria, Ore.: Clear Cut Press, →ISBN, page 83:
text: There seems to be a term for just about everything… it turns out there’s even a term for the scientific study of members of the Rubus genus— batology. No, not the study of bats. In exploring batology you’ll find that the most commonly cultivated brambles come from a complex lineage…
ref: 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, in The Fruit Nut:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific study of plants in the genus Rubus, commonly known as brambles.
batology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bat + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Batology is the study of bats, while a batologist is someone who studies or collects bats as a hobby.
ref: 2023 August 11, “Batologist vs Chiropterologist: Decoding Common Word Mix-Ups”, in The Content Authority:
glosses: The study of bats (the flying mammal).
Synonyms: chiropterology
Related terms: batologist
hydatidiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydatidiform
form: most hydatidiform
Etymology: From hydatid + -iform.
Senses: examples: a hydatidiform mole
glosses: Resembling a hydatid.
cholecystokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystokinins
Etymology: From cholecysto- + kinin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
Synonyms: word: CCK
Derived terms: anticholecystokinin
cholecystokininergic
Related terms: cholecystokinase
cholecystokinetic
lexicostatistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lexico- + statistics.
Senses: glosses: A statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on the proportion of cognates.
Derived terms: lexicostatistical
Related terms: Swadesh list
glottochronology
cemeteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cemetery
erythropoietin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌɹɪθɹəˈpɔɪ.ɪtɪn/
Forms: form: erythropoietins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.
Senses: examples: text: Exogenous administration of erythropoietin can, theoretically, improve endurance exercise performance in the same way as conventional blood doping procedures.
ref: 1994, Herbert A. DeVries, Terry J. Housh, Physiology of Exercise for Physical Education, Athletics, and Exercise Science, WCB Brown & Benchmark, →ISBN, page 589:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.
Synonyms: EPO
Epo
Derived terms: continuous erythropoietin receptor activator
detention home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detention homes
Senses: synonyms: word: remand home
glosses: An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.
Related terms: detention centre
remand centre
pronaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹoʊˈneɪ.ɒs/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈneɪ.əs/
Forms: form: pronaoi
form: pronaoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρόναος (prónaos, “vestibule of a church”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple
Related terms: naos
900 number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 900 numbers
Etymology: In the original North American Numbering Plan, phone numbers beginning with an area code of "800" were reserved for so called toll-free numbers, where the party receiving the call pays the charges. The telephone companies later developed a corresponding set of numbers beginning with the area code "900" which would permit the owner of the number to receive additional fees from the caller.
Senses: glosses: A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
Related terms: 1-900
800 number
premium-rate telephone number
900 numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 900 number
premium-rate telephone number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premium-rate telephone numbers
Etymology: In the original North American Numbering Plan, phone numbers beginning with an area code of 800 were reserved for so called toll-free numbers, where the party receiving the call pays the charges. The telephone companies later developed a corresponding set of numbers beginning with the area code 900, which would permit the owner of the number to receive additional fees from the caller.
Senses: glosses: A telephone number for which an extra charge is assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
wikipedia: North American Numbering Plan
Synonyms: 900 number
Related terms: 1-900
800 number
premium-rate telephone numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premium-rate telephone number
1-900
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 900
form: (900)
Etymology: From 1, used to dial long-distance numbers and 900, the North American premium charge area code.
Senses: glosses: Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, having an additional charge assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of the number.
Related terms: 1-555
1-800
1-976
3-D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 3D
Senses: examples: text: Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.
ref: 2020 June 12, Anna Bahney, “The new rules of buying and selling a house in a coronavirus world”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Abbreviation of three-dimensional.
4-H
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from the four beginning letters of "Head, Heart, Hands, and Health", the organization's former motto.
Senses: glosses: In the United States, a youth organization administered by the Cooperative Extension System of the United States Department of Agriculture with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development."
Derived terms: 4-H'er
4-H'er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfɔɹˈeɪtʃɚ/
Forms: form: 4-H'ers
Etymology: From 4-H + -er.
Senses: glosses: A participant in 4-H.
4-H'ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-H'er
Diann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, variant of Diane.
cringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cringers
Etymology: From cringe + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That's Koops, from Petalburg. He's got confidence issues... He's a...cringer, y'know?
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Petalburg:
glosses: A person who cringes or shies away.
Related terms: cringe
cringing
calpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calpas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalpa.
statute law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statute laws
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch or case law made by court precedent.
topics: law
glosses: The completecorpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulations or case law.
Synonyms: sense: the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction
word: statutory law
Related terms: common law
true density
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The density of the particles that make up a powder or particulate solid, in contrast to bulk density, which measures the average density of a large volume of the powder in a specific medium (usually air).
Synonyms: particle density
kantele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæntələ/
ipa: /ˈkæntəleɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɑntəleɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈkɑntɛleɪ̯/
Forms: form: kanteles
Etymology: From Finnish kantele. Ultimate etymology contested; see Proto-Finnic *kandël for theories.
Senses: examples: text: With his fingers Väinämöinen played / with its strings the kantele rang out […].
ref: 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLIV:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.
Hypernyms: Baltic psaltery
chordophone
psaltery
zither
Hyponyms: concert kantele
small kantele
myocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myocardium
ribosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribosome
myocardial infarctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myocardial infarction
semantician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semanticians
Etymology: From semantic + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who studies semantics, the science of meaning in words.
semanticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semantician
syntacticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syntactician
railroad station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railroad stations
Senses: glosses: A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.
Synonyms: word: railway station
word: train station
train station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: train stations
Senses: examples: text: I got into the cab and told the cabman to drive up to the Dover train station.
ref: 1856 November 14, “The Great Gold Robbery. Extraordinary Disclosures.”, in The Daily News, number 3,275, London, page 5, column 3:
glosses: A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.
Synonyms: word: railway station
word: railroad station
Derived terms: how do I get to the train station
rephrases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rephrase
rephrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rephrase
rephrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rephrasings
Senses: examples: text: Emanuel’s version was already blander — and later rephrasings have inevitably become more so.
ref: 2009 August 2, Jack Rosenthal, “A Terrible Thing to Waste”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something differently phrased.
rephrased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rephrase
gusli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guslis
Etymology: From Russian гу́сли (gúsli).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A plucked psaltery-like string instrument, usually played on the lap and sometimes created with table legs so that the musician can play it seated next to the instrument, originating in ancient Russian music.
Hypernyms: chordophone
psaltery
stringed instrument
Hyponyms: clavichord gusli
helmet gusli
winged gusli
Related terms: gusle
Sahaba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sahabah
form: sahaba
form: sahabah
Etymology: From Arabic صَحَابَة (ṣaḥāba, “companions”), plural of صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”).
Senses: glosses: plural of Sahabi
astonishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astonishment
Sahabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sahaba
form: Sahabah
form: Sahabis
form: sahabi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَحَابِيّ (ṣaḥābiyy, “companion”), from صَحِبَ (ṣaḥiba, “to be a companion”).
Senses: glosses: A (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
jack-rabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack-rabbits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jackrabbit.
spit wad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spit wads
form: spitwad
Senses: glosses: A spitball (moistened piece of paper).
glosses: A wad of spittle that has been spat by someone.
ratepayers group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratepayers groups
Senses: glosses: A collection of residents representing a geographic or otherwise connected residential or business area who together ensure that their communities development interests are known, represented and supported.
bickerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bickerers
Etymology: From bicker + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bickers; one who engages in nagging or trivial arguing.
bickerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bickerer
spitwad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitwads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spit wad.
belligerences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belligerence
get one's panties in a wad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's panties in a wad
form: getting one's panties in a wad
form: got one's panties in a wad
form: got one's panties in a wad
form: gotten one's panties in a wad
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
synonyms: word: get one's knickers in a twist
pucka
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pucka
form: most pucka
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. S[mart].— […] Are you not aware, Fanny, that he [Lieut. Marsden] is only Acting-Assistant Sub-Deputy Inspector? Do you imagine that I should give my child to a man whose appointment was not pucka? / F[anny].—But, Mamma, is Mr. Cholmondeley's appointment pucka? / Mrs. S.—How can you talk such nonsense, child? […] Mr. Cholmondeley is a landed gentleman, and draws twelve thousand rupees a month from his estates in Derbyshire, besides holding Government paper to a large amount.
ref: 1863, H. Broughton [pseudonym; Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet], The Dawk Bungalow; or, “Is His Appointment Pucka?” … Acted at Belvidere, Dec. 21, 1863, Calcutta: Published by Messrs. Thacker, Spink, and Co., →OCLC, act I, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of pukka.
tintinnabulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm/
Forms: form: tintinnabula
Etymology: From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).
Senses: examples: text: ...it is worth while to enumerate the different kinds of bells named by Hieronymus Magius in his work De Tintinnabulis:—1. Tintinnabulum, a little bell, otherwise called tinniolum, for refectory or dormitory, according to Belethus, but Durandus names squilla for the refectory...
ref: 1878, Hugh Reginald Haweis, "Bell", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, Volume III, pages 536–7
glosses: A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
glosses: A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.
Synonyms: tinniolum
Related terms: tintinnabulation
chime
tintinnabula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tintinnabulum
clinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clink
clinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clink
clinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clink
clinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinkings
Senses: examples: text: A slight clinking behind me made me turn my head.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205:
glosses: A noise that clinks.
Derived terms: clinkingly
triangularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triangularities
Etymology: From triangular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of having the shape of a triangle.
triangularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From triangular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a triangular manner.
wincing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wince
wincing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wincings
Senses: examples: text: poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats
ref: 1855, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass:
glosses: The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
postlapsarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/
Forms: form: post-lapsarian
Etymology: From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden).
Synonyms: sense: Judeo-Christianity
word: sublapsarian
sense: Judeo-Christianity
word: infralapsarian
Related terms: lapsarian
remonstrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remonstrate
triangulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of triangulate
triangulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of triangulate
triangulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of triangulate
penult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈnʌlt/
ipa: /pɛˈnʌlt/
ipa: /ˈpiˌnʌlt/
ipa: /pɛˈnʌlt/
rhymes: -ʌlt
rhymes: -iːnʌlt
Forms: form: penults
Etymology: Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).
Senses: glosses: The next-to-last syllable of a word.
glosses: The next to the last in a series.
Coordinate terms: sense: names of syllables
word: ultima
sense: names of syllables
english: last
translation: last
word: ult
sense: names of syllables
word: penultima
sense: names of syllables
word: penultimate
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultima
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultime
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but two
translation: last but two
word: antepenult
sense: names of syllables
alt: præantepenultima
word: preantepenultima
sense: names of syllables
word: preantepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but three
translation: last but three
word: preantepenult
sense: names of syllables
word: propreantepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but four
translation: last but four
word: propreantepenult
contra dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contra dances
Etymology: From French contredanse.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Duchess, and the dandies, and the member's wife and all the rest of their tribulations, were happily hidden from the view by the towering bouquets of the gold plateau vases at the head of the room. [...] A contra-dance after supper was felt to be a national duty; but behind those fatal vases a plot had already been concocted by the recondites for rewarding their previous self-denial, not by a quadrille, but a galoppe.
ref: 1836, [Catherine Gore], chapter VIII, in Mrs. Armytage; or, Female Domination. […] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 134:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length.
contra dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contra dances
form: contra dancing
form: contra danced
form: contra danced
Etymology: From French contredanse.
Senses: glosses: To participate in a contra dance.
penults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penult
antepenult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/
ipa: /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
ipa: /ˌantiˈpiˌnʌlt/
ipa: /ˌantɪˈpiˌnʌlt/
ipa: /ˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/
rhymes: -ʌlt
rhymes: -iːnʌlt
Forms: form: antepenults
Etymology: Either formed from ante- + penult and modelled on Latin or a shortening of Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba).
Senses: examples: text: This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:
synonyms: antepenultimate
glosses: The third-to-last syllable of a word.
Coordinate terms: sense: names of syllables
word: ultima
sense: names of syllables
english: last
translation: last
word: ult
sense: names of syllables
word: penultima
sense: names of syllables
word: penultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but one
translation: last but one
word: penult
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultima
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultime
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
alt: præantepenultima
word: preantepenultima
sense: names of syllables
word: preantepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but three
translation: last but three
word: preantepenult
sense: names of syllables
word: propreantepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but four
translation: last but four
word: propreantepenult
Derived terms: preantepenult
antepenults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antepenult
monosyllables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monosyllable
occupancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occupancy
osteectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: osteectomies
Etymology: From osteo- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of a bone.
intrigante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intrigantes
Etymology: Borrowed from French intrigante.
Senses: examples: text: It is curious to find her on one occasion surreptitiously opening a letter of her husband's to one Sarah Ryan, a housekeeper, an intrigante […]
ref: 1862, The Living Age, volume 72, page 188:
glosses: A female intriguer.
greasewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːswʊd/
Forms: form: greasewoods
Etymology: From grease + wood.
Senses: examples: text: He worked his way north among the tall cactuses and greasewood, staying just out of sight of the railroad.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 445:
glosses: Spiny shrubs containing oil, of the genus Sarcobatus, native to the United States, especially Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
glosses: Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise).
glosses: Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
glosses: Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Glossopetalon spinescens (spiny greasewood, Nevada greasewood).
glosses: Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Gutierrezia spp. (broomweed, snakeweeds, matchweeds).
glosses: Any of several other North American desert shrubs with glossy or resinous leaves in several species. including:
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush).
Related terms: fatwood
longsleeved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longsleeved
form: most longsleeved
Etymology: From long + sleeved.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of long-sleeved.
ice-skated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ice-skate
skated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skate
uncomprehending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪŋ
Forms: form: more uncomprehending
form: most uncomprehending
Etymology: From un- + comprehending.
Senses: examples: text: Around four o’clock Billy woke up—partially, at least—and looked around with bleary, uncomprehending eyes. “Are we still here?”
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
glosses: Lacking comprehension or understanding.
residuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residual
unobtainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unobtainable
form: most unobtainable
Etymology: From un- + obtainable.
Senses: examples: text: With secondhand bullhead rail almost unobtainable, the NYMR has been forced to go for new flat-bottom rail and orders are being placed; 58 fb rails are already en route to the railway.
ref: 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:
text: Common Goal’s grand ambition is to reach a position where 1% of football’s entire multibillion dollar industry is donated to charity. It might seem an impossible dream – just as a young boy’s fantasy of becoming a top footballer almost always seems unobtainable. But Mata was one of those who fulfilled his footballing dream.
ref: 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian:
synonyms: unattainable
ungettable
unprocurable
antonyms: see at obtainable
glosses: Unable to be obtained: not able to be acquired or reached.
Derived terms: unobtainability
unobtainableness
unobtainably
unobtainium
unobtanium
Related terms: unavailable
unborrowable
unbuyable
unstealable
unobtainable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unobtainables
Etymology: From un- + obtainable.
Senses: examples: text: On the whole they are at present fairly cheap, and are not overburdened with long priced stamps, and still fewer unobtainables.
ref: 1896, The American Journal of Philately, volume 9, page 294:
text: Refusals, or unobtainables, are difficult to predict, but seem to be affected by the nature of the respondent, the sponsorship of the study, and the nature of the questions. Some refusals are definite and final […]
ref: 1975, Gerald Zaltman, Philip Burger, Marketing research: fundamentals and dynamics, page 293:
glosses: Someone or something that cannot be obtained.
Lie group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lie groups
Etymology: Named for Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie.
Senses: examples: text: 1994, Silvio Levy (translator), Albert S. Schwarz, Topology for Physicists, [1989, A. S. Shvarts, Kvantovaya teoriya polya i topologiya], Springer, 1996, 2nd Printing, page 233,
Every connected Lie group is homotopically equivalent to its maximal compact subgroup. This reduces the study of the homotopy and homology of Lie groups to the compact case.
text: A Lie group is a manifold on which the group manipulations, product and inverse, arc defined. Lie groups play an extremely important role in the theory of fibre bundles and also find vast applications in physics.
ref: 2009, Mikio Nakahara, Geometry, Topology and Physics, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis, page 207:
text: As is well known, in finite dimensions each Lie group is, at least locally near the identity, completely described by its Lie algebra.
ref: 2009, Boris Khesin, Robert Wendt, The Geometry of Infinite-Dimensional Groups, Springer, page 1:
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: Any group that is a smooth manifold and whose group operations are differentiable.
wikipedia: Sophus Lie
Hypernyms: topological group
Hyponyms: circle group
Möbius group
Related terms: group of Lie type
Lie algebra
power line communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power line communications
form: PLC
form: power-line communication
Senses: glosses: The distribution of data and other signals via electric power distribution wires
material support
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: (in the context of support for terrorism) Any property, or service, including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, and transportation, except medicine or religious materials
quinquereme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinqueremes
Etymology: From Latin quīnquerēmis (“5-oared”), from quīnque (“five”) + rēmus (“oar”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir / Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks, / Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
ref: 1902, John Masefield, “Cargoes” (poem)
glosses: An ancient Carthaginian or Greek galley having three banks of oars, rowed by five oarsmen: two to an oar in each of the upper rows, and one to the lower oar.
Synonyms: sense: galley
word: pentere
word: pentereme
Related terms: unireme
monoreme
penteconter
bireme
trireme
quadrireme
septireme
pentere
polyreme
Carthaginian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑɹθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
ipa: /ˌkɑːθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Etymology: Latin carthāginiānus, from Carthāgō + -iānus.
Senses: synonyms: Punic
glosses: Of or pertaining to Carthage.
Carthaginian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑɹθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
ipa: /ˌkɑːθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Carthaginians
Etymology: Latin carthāginiānus, from Carthāgō + -iānus.
Senses: synonyms: Punic
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
polyacrylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyacrylates
Etymology: From poly- + acrylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer of acrylic acid or its esters or salts
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of polyacrylic acid
polyacrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + acrylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a polyacrylate
Derived terms: polyacrylic acid
polyacrylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyacrylics
Etymology: From poly- + acrylic.
Senses: glosses: Any of several thermoplastic materials made from polyacrylates.
glosses: A fibre made from this material.
polyacrylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyacrylic acids
Etymology: From poly- + acrylic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer of acrylic acid
Related terms: polyacrylate
exsiccatae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exsiccata
magic sword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic swords
Senses: glosses: A sword, usually from mythology or fiction, imbued with magical power to increase its strength or grant it other supernatural qualities.
magic swords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic sword
rebelliously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbɛljəsli/
Forms: form: more rebelliously
form: most rebelliously
Etymology: From rebellious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Hold on a minute there," he said, and while they hung rebelliously on the step, looked them over at his leisure.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: In a rebellious manner.
rapturously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rapturously
form: most rapturously
Etymology: From rapturous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rapturous manner.
rancorously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rancorously
form: most rancorously
form: rancourously
Etymology: From rancorous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rancorous manner.
rampantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rampantly
form: most rampantly
Etymology: From rampant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike most mosses, stairstep moss can grow rampantly if conditions are favorable; in the forests of northern Sweden, it often forms dense carpets.
ref: 2006, Robert Mohlenbrock, This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests, page 204:
text: Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly and must be tackled aggressively if we want life to get back to normal soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday.
ref: 2021 March 14, Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, “The US is now in a vulnerable spot with Covid-19. Don’t make the same mistakes Europe did, Fauci says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021:
glosses: In a rampant manner.
raffishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more raffishly
form: most raffishly
Etymology: From raffish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a raffish manner.
rambunctiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rambunctiously
form: most rambunctiously
Etymology: From rambunctious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rambunctious manner.
rakishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rakishly
form: most rakishly
Etymology: From rakish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The stair carpets are hanging on lines in the back garden, and Susanna, with her cap rakishly on one side, is always to be seen polishing the stair rods.
ref: 1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
text: Wearing a suit the colour of a London bus, a rakishly tilted flat cap and carrying a walking cane, he resembles an eccentric country squire out for a ramble: the Day Tripper.
ref: 2005, Dorian Lynskey, Dr John: Barbican, London, in: The Guardian, January 13 2005
glosses: In a rakish manner.
ragingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ragingly
form: most ragingly
Etymology: From raging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a raging manner.
recognizably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more recognizably
form: most recognizably
Etymology: From recognizable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The body was badly burned, but still recognizably human.
antonyms: unrecognizably
glosses: in a recognizable manner
redoubtably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more redoubtably
form: most redoubtably
Etymology: From redoubtable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a redoubtable manner.
redundantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more redundantly
form: most redundantly
Etymology: From redundant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a redundant manner.
remorselessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more remorselessly
form: most remorselessly
Etymology: From remorseless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without remorse; in a remorseless manner.
remorsefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more remorsefully
form: most remorsefully
Etymology: From remorseful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With remorse; in a remorseful manner.
ritualistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ritualistically
form: most ritualistically
Etymology: From ritualistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: For fifty years, ritualistically, he had been repeating the same jokes, laughing at them because they were so infantile and stupid
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 376:
glosses: Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'
ritualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɪt͡ʃuəˈlɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more ritualistic
form: most ritualistic
Etymology: From ritual + -istic.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a ritual.
glosses: Of or relating to habitual behavior.
Barbary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹi/
Forms: form: Barbarie
Etymology: From Berber + -y, influenced by barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”). See also Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”).
Senses: examples: text: [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary,
How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: Have all his ventures fail'd? What! not one hit?
From Tripolis, from Mexico, and England;
From Lisbon, Barbary, and India?
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.
Derived terms: Barbary duck
Barbary sheep
jealous as a Barbary pigeon
ritualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ritualisms
Etymology: From ritual + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
examples: text: A carousing zone is a place where the ritualism of generating antinomian excitement prevails and may even be institutionalized.
ref: 2009, Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory, page 256:
glosses: The practice of engaging in rituals.
ritualisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ritualism
riotously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪ.ət.əs.li/
Forms: form: more riotously
form: most riotously
Etymology: From riotous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The overpowering sense of somebody beyond reach who lived in a world riotously happening only in his own mind.
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 138:
glosses: In a riotous manner.
glosses: In a manner that causes or involves uncontrollable laughter.
republish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈpʌb.lɪʃ/
ipa: /ɹiˈpʊb.lɪʃ/
Forms: form: republishes
form: republishing
form: republished
form: republished
Etymology: From re- + publish.
Senses: examples: text: To remove a custom thumbnail and use the Aquafadas DPS automatically generated thumbnail of the article, click the Delete button and republish or repreview the article or project.
ref: 2012, Pariah S. Burke, ePublishing with InDesign CS6, page 502:
text: There may be no taboo greater in Germany than to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kampf." But historians in Munich are breaking it.
ref: 2016 January 1, Ben Brumfield, “Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' republished in Germany, on sale in bookstores”, in CNN:
text: While American Herald Tribune pays some contributors like King for original content, it also republishes articles from elsewhere and then lists the people who wrote those articles as contributors to its site.
ref: 2020 January 24, Donnie O'Sullivan, “Exclusive: This site pays Americans to write ‘news’ articles. Signs indicate it originates in Iran”, in CNN:
text: The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
ref: 2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN:
text: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
ref: 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN:
glosses: To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.
republishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of republish
republishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of republish
republished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of republish
barbary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English barbarye (“barbarian, non-Christian”), from Old French [Term?] and Medieval Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: barbarian; non-Christian
damn with faint praise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: damns with faint praise
form: damning with faint praise
form: damned with faint praise
form: damned with faint praise
Etymology: From a poem by Alexander Pope.
Senses: examples: text: Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer.
ref: 1735, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Doctor Arbuthnot:
text: The patronizing manner in which the hero of Nashville is damned with faint praise would amuse were it not so exasperating.
ref: 1887, Donn Piatt, Memories of the Men who Saved the Union, page 296:
text: Four of them returned it with a cold, printed note of rejection; one of them “damned with faint praise.” They wrote that “Our readers report that they find some merit in your story, but not enough to warrant its acceptance.”
ref: 1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “The Alpine Path: The Story Of My Career”, in Everywoman's World:
text: And then, finally, when W. could avoid it no longer, he mentioned Vice, damning with faint praise: “Dick Cheney’s advice was consistent and strong.”
ref: 2010 November 16, Maureen Dowd, “The Way They Were”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Oct 2013:
glosses: To provide praise that is minimal or inconsequential, implying that such praise is the best that could be said.
wikipedia: Alexander Pope
Related terms: backhanded compliment
cherry-pick
left-handed compliment
praise with faint damns
Carthaginians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carthaginian
bloodsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/
Forms: form: bloodsuckers
form: blood-sucker
form: bloudsucker
form: bloud-sucker
Etymology: From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.
Senses: glosses: An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
glosses: Any parasite.
glosses: Any mosquito, gnat, midge, or other small bug which consumes human blood.
synonyms: gadfly
glosses: One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
examples: text: Meyer, in turn, offered a chaste variation on the promiscuous bloodsuckers of Anne Rice. And back in Rice’s heyday of the 1980s and ’90s, mass market copies of her “Interview With the Vampire” occupied the same spinning racks as other critically slammed authors of the ’70s and ’80s: Danielle Steel, Sidney Sheldon, Judith Krantz, Jackie Collins.
ref: 2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A vampire.
glosses: The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
Derived terms: bloodsuckery
Related terms: bloodsucking
bloodsuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodsucker
blood-sucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood-suckers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bloodsucker.
blood-suckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood-sucker (alternative spelling of bloodsuckers).
yue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yue
form: yues
form: yo
Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龠 (yuè).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Chinese unit of volume, notionally equivalent to the space occupied by 1200 millet seeds.
yue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yue
form: yues
Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 籥 (yuè).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An ancient Chinese wind instrument thought to have been a long piece of bamboo with holes drilled in
sketch pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sketch pads
Senses: glosses: a book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketchbook
Minnesotan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/
ipa: [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]
Etymology: From Minnesota + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Minnesota.
Minnesotan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/
ipa: [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]
Forms: form: Minnesotans
Etymology: From Minnesota + -an.
Senses: examples: text: When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, page 29:
text: […] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]
ref: 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:
text: "If you are a true Minnesotan it is gray duck," wrote Darold Schaefer. "If not it would be goose. The only time that gray goose is acceptable is if it is vodka."
ref: 2017 October 15, “Reader Response: It's Duck, Duck, Gray Duck”, in Mankato Free Press, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023:
glosses: A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
Hypernyms: American
Minnesotans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minnesotan
pulp magazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulp magazines
Etymology: Derived from the inexpensive wood pulp used to make low-priced mass marketed magazines in the United States from the early 1900s.
Senses: glosses: A magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing, containing shocking or sensationalist text fiction by low-paid writers.
Related terms: pulpeteer
pulp magazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulp magazine
cosmetic surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmetic surgery
A+'s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A+
morris dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The performance of a morris dance.
morris dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of morris dance