cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
exundation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exundations
Etymology: From Latin exundatio.
Senses: examples: text: It is more worthy of the Deity to attribute the creation of the world to the exundation and overflowing of his transcendent and infinite goodness, which is, of its own nature, and in the very notion of it, most free, diffusive, and communicative.
ref: 1691, John Ray, The wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation:
glosses: An overflow, flooding or overflowing abundance.
paleotechnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + technic.
Senses: examples: text: The oldest art-traces of the palæotechnic men of central France not only surpass those of many savage races, but they indicate an intellectual aptitude in no degree inferior to the average Frenchman of the nineteenth century.
ref: 1876, Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric Man:
glosses: Relating to ancient art.
examples: text: paleotechnic capitalism
text: paleotechnic sound poetry
text: paleotechnic era
text: The Neotechnic phase, though itself as yet far from completely replacing the paleotechnic order which is still quantitatively predominant in most of our cities, begins itself to show signs of a higher stage of progress, as in the co-ordination of the many industries required for the building of a ship, or in the yet more recent developments which begin to renew for us the conception of the worthy construction of a city.
ref: 1893, Patrick Geddes, Civics:
glosses: Pertaining to a period where industry is predominantly based on the use of hand tools, craft industries, and the use of coal and iron
myxinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myxinoid
form: most myxinoid
Etymology: From translingual Myxine + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: pertaining to, the hagfish class Myxini.
myxinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myxinoids
Etymology: From translingual Myxine + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A hagfish.
myxinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxinoid
siphoniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more siphoniferous
form: most siphoniferous
Etymology: From siphon + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: The shell of the nautilus is siphoniferous.
text: siphoniferous mollusc
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Siphon-bearing.
withoutforth
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English withouteforth, from withoute + forth, equivalent to without + forth.
Senses: examples: text: And I sawȝ, and loo! an hoond was sent to me, in whom was a boke foldyn. And he leide it abrood before me, the which was writen withinforth and withoutforth. And lamentaciouns, and dite, or soong, and woo, was writen in it.
ref: c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Ezekiel 2:9, page 505, column 1:
english: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
translation: And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
bold_translation_offsets: 150
157
text: [It is much greater] labour for to withinforth call into mind, without sight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew and thought upon.
ref: c. 1449-1455, Reginald Pecock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie:
glosses: Without; outside; outwardly.
Coordinate terms: withinforth
Athanasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Athanasian
form: most Athanasian
Etymology: From Athanasius + -an.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Of or relating to Athanasius of Alexandria.
Derived terms: Athanasian Creed
Athanasian wench
Pashons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bashans
Etymology: Borrowed from Coptic ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (pašons), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-ḫnsw. Compare Ancient Greek Παχών (Pakhṓn) from the same source, whence English Pachon.
Senses: glosses: The ninth month of the Coptic calendar, lying between 9 May and 7 June in the Gregorian calendar.
offshorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more offshorable
form: most offshorable
Etymology: From offshore + -able.
Senses: examples: text: How many US jobs are offshorable?
glosses: Capable of being offshored.
mumpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumpreneurs
form: mompreneur
Etymology: From mum + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: A mother who works as a business entrepreneur in addition to her family commitments.
Derived terms: mumpreneurship
mumpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumpreneur
mompreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mompreneurs
Etymology: From mom + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mumpreneur.
mompreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mompreneur
mommybloggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mommyblogger
osmundine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Osmunda + -ine
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The roots of ferns of the genus Osmunda, used in growing orchids etc.
overprovision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overprovisions
Etymology: From over- + provision.
Senses: glosses: Excessive provision.
overprovision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overprovisions
form: overprovisioning
form: overprovisioned
form: overprovisioned
Etymology: From over- + provision.
Senses: glosses: To provide more than is necessary.
overprovisioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overprovision
overprovisioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overprovision
peaknik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peakniks
Etymology: From peak + -nik.
Senses: examples: text: Many of the new, nontraditional preparedness converts are “Peakniks,” Mr. Rawles said, referring to adherents of the “Peak Oil” theory. This concept holds that the world will soon, or has already, reached a peak in oil production, and that coming supply shortages might threaten society.
ref: 2008 April 6, Alex Williams, “Duck and Cover: It’s the New Survivalism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: peakist
glosses: One who believes that the peak oil point is approaching.
peakniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peaknik
cryptogamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptogamists
Etymology: From cryptogam + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
cryptogamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptogamist
xerocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɪəˈɹɒkɹəsi/
ipa: /zɛ-/
ipa: /ziːˈɹɑkɹəsi/
ipa: /ziːə-/
rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi
Etymology: From xero(x) + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: On the occasion of his son's death, the Ayatullah [Ruhollah Khomeini] wrote a letter to the Iranian people that is now regarded as the crucial document of the revolution. [...] Khomeini thus established himself as leader of the revolution by calling upon the armed forces to overthrow the Shah [Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]. Hundreds of thousands of copies of the letter were distributed in Iran. As a Tehran University professor put it [in October 1978]: "We were struggling against autocracy for democracy, by means of Xerocracy."
ref: 1978 October, “Iran: The Unknown Ayatullah Khomeini”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, published 16 July 1979, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2019:
text: As someone said, what was happening was a revolution for democracy, against autocracy, led by theocracy, made possible by xerocracy.
ref: 1981, Mohamed Heikal, Iran: The Untold Story: An Insider’s Account of America’s Iranian Adventure and Its Consequences for the Future, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 139:
text: In San Francisco, the organization of the event [Critical Mass] has been as much a part of its success as anything else. There is no one in charge. Ideas are spread, routes shared, and consensus sought through the ubiquitous copy machine—a "xerocracy" in which anyone is free to make copies of their ideas and pass them around.
ref: 1999, Orion Afield, Great Barrington, Mass.: Orion Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 3:
text: Xerocracy, or "rule through photocopying," is the dominant paradigm of Critical Mass and rests on the premise that anyone can print, photocopy, and solicit media that advocate and/or explain the ride. [...] Xerocracy is thus not only a means of shaping participant and public perceptions of about bicycle transportation (through facts, statistics, images, and personal narratives); it is also a part of a larger communicative shift, where cyclists take ownership of, and responsibility for, the meaning of the event.
ref: 2010, Zack [Zachary Mooradian] Furness, “Critical Mass and the Functions of Bicycle Protest”, in One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility (Sporting Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Political influence achieved by copying and distributing leaflets and similar material.
Related terms: xerocratic
xenophthalmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + ophthalmia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Ophthalmia caused by foreign matter in the eye.
operosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From operose + -ity, from Latin operositas.
Senses: examples: text: [T]here is a kinde of operoſity in ſin, in regard vvhereof ſinners are ſtiled, The vvorkers of iniquity: […]
ref: 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LXV, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 187:
glosses: Laboriousness; painstakingness.
harmonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonists
Etymology: From harmony + -ist. Compare French harmoniste.
Senses: examples: text: The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
glosses: One who shows the agreement of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four Biblical evangelists.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a composer.
harmonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonist
bord service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bordar (or perhaps bord (“a board”)) + service
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Service due from a bordar; bordage.
webutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webutations
Etymology: Blend of Web + reputation
Senses: examples: text: Have you seen what that person is saying about you online? They are destroying your webutation.
glosses: A person's or company's reputation on the World Wide Web.
lazurites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazurite
intextured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intextured
form: most intextured
Etymology: From in- + textured.
Senses: qualifier: literal or figurative
glosses: inwrought; woven in or intrinsic
sarcophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/
ipa: /sɑɹˈkɑfəɡəs/
Etymology: sarco- + -phagous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to genus Sarcophaga or its members.
Synonyms: sense: feeding on flesh
word: carnivorous
sense: feeding on flesh
word: sarcophagic
sense: feeding on flesh
word: zoophagous
Related terms: sarcophagus
annexionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annexionists
Etymology: From annexion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An annexationist.
annexionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annexionist
motherworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motherwort
micraster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micrasters
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of the extinct genus †Micraster of infaunal echinoids.
micrasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micraster
cornutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornutors
Etymology: Related to Latin cornu (“horn”). Compare English horner.
Senses: examples: text: Or as the Spaniel who loves his Master the more for beating him, so doth not the Cornutee love the Cornutor the more for cudgelling his wife with his Flabellum […]
ref: 1659, Robert Heath, “Why the Cornutee loves the Cornutor?”, in Paradoxical Assertions and Philosophical Problems Full of Delight and Recreation for all Ladies and Youthful Fancie:
text: He that thinks every man is his wife's suitor, / Defiles his bed, and proves his own cornutor.
ref: c. 1680, Thomas Jordan, “On a Citizen that was so unreasonably jealous of his wife, that he durst not trust her with the neerest in blood of her own kindred”, in The Muses Melody in a Consort of Poetrie with Diverse Occasionall and Compendious Epistles:
glosses: One who makes another person into a cuckold.
Synonyms: cuckolder
cornutors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornutor
threnode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threnodes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidía). Doublet of threnody, compare similar terms in -ode, like epode.
Senses: synonyms: threne
threnody
glosses: A dirge or funeral song.
threnodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threnode
anthropolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropolites
Etymology: From anthropo- + -lite.
Senses: examples: text: It was in conglomerates of this kind that were discovered the famous Carib skeletons, known as anthropolites, that is, "stone men," one of which is preserved in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
ref: 1901, Augustus Henry Keane, Central and South America, volume 2, page 401:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A petrified human body, or of any portion of it.
anthropolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropolite
biocellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + ocellate, see ocellated.
Senses: examples: text: a biocellate wing/insect
topics: biology
botany
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots.
manurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manurances
Etymology: From manure + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: although there should none of them fall by the sword , nor be saine by the soldier , yett thus beinge keepte from manurance , and theire cattle from runinge abroade
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
text: For as the wronging or cherishing of seeds or young plants is that that is most important to their thriving, and as it was noted that the first six kings being in truth as tutors of the state of Rome in the infancy thereof was the principal cause of the immense greatness of that state which followed, so the culture and manurance of minds in youth hath such a forcible (though unseen) operation, as hardly any length of time or contention of labour can countervail it afterwards.
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
glosses: cultivation
manurances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manurance
algazel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algazels
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الغَزَال (al-ḡazāl)
Senses: glosses: A gazelle, probably the Arabian gazelle.
algazels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algazel
tronage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tronages
Etymology: From trone (“a steelyard”) + -age.
Senses: glosses: The weighing of wool.
examples: text: he gave an account also of the profits of the tronage; as appears in the accompts of the customs, in the times of king Edward the first , Edward the second , Edward the third
ref: 1787, Francis Hargrave, A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England:
glosses: A toll or duty paid for weighing wool.
Related terms: tronator
tronages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tronage
melasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of molasses.
stalkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stalk + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having no stalk; sessile.
infaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infauna + -al.
Senses: glosses: Belonging to the infauna.
Derived terms: macroinfaunal
microinfaunal
semi-infaunal
disthrone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disthrones
form: disthroning
form: disthroned
form: disthroned
Etymology: From dis- + throne: compare Old French desthroner.
Senses: glosses: To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
disthroned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disthrone
disthrones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disthrone
disthroning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disthrone
enmew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enmews
form: enmewing
form: enmewed
form: enmewed
Etymology: From en- + mew.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of emmew.
enmewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enmew
enmewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enmew
enmews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enmew
emmews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emmew
feracity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin feracitas.
Senses: synonyms: fruitfulness
glosses: The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
myographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myography
myography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: myographies
Etymology: From myo- + -graphy. Compare French myographie.
Senses: examples: text: As there is no adequate description of recent developments in the technique of myography, it may be useful if an account is given of the torsion- wire myograph and of other details of procedure […] Successful measurement of such relatively brief intervals as the latent period and the period of rigidity of skeletal muscle requires a mechanical recording instrument of enhanced accuracy. Several myographs have been utilized[…]
ref: 1926, John Farquhar Fulton, Muscular Contraction and the Reflex Control of Movement, page 541:
text: Wire myography is an in vitro technique that allows us to examine functional responses and vascular reactivity of isolated small resistance arteries. […] The four-channel myograph is most commonly used, because it allows the simultaneous study of four vessels in individual organ baths. Other models (such as two-channel myographs), […] are also available. Myography starts with the careful dissection of small arteries, […]
ref: 2008 February 2, Angela Spiers, Neal Padmanabhan, “A Guide to Wire Myography”, in Jérôme P. Fennell, editor, Hypertension: Methods and Protocols, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, pages 91-92; republished as Andrew H. Baker, editor, (Please provide a date or year):
text: 7.2 Myography. / To measure force production during contraction, a technique called myography is often utilized. Like the previously mentioned sensors (inertial sensors, etc.), myography can be used to track motion patterns and characterize gestures. […]
ref: 2018 August 8, Raymond Tong, Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: The scientific study of muscles, typically via myographs.
Derived terms: acceleromyography
electromyography
magnetomyography
mechanomyography
myographic
myographical
phonomyography
sonomyography
cicatrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cicatrose
form: most cicatrose
Senses: examples: text: The application of Pinus Canadensis (fluid extract) tends to strengthen the delicate cicatrose tissue
ref: 1874, The Eclectic Medical Journal:
glosses: Full of scars.
Related terms: cicatrix
maties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maty
maty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maties
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: MATY, in the Madras Presidency, a house servant who cleans up
ref: 1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India:
glosses: A native house servant in India.
maty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of matey
Derived terms: matily
imbrocado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Alternative spelling of imbroccata
imbrocadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbrocado
aid-major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aid-majors
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: adjutant.
aid-majors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aid-major
bitterwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitterworts
Etymology: From bitter + wort.
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian), which has a very bitter taste.
Synonyms: sense: Gentiana lutea
word: yellow gentian
sense: Gentiana lutea
word: bitter root
bitterworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitterwort
enigmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enigmatizes
form: enigmatizing
form: enigmatized
form: enigmatized
Senses: glosses: To make or talk in enigmas; to riddle.
glosses: To make into an enigma; to make mysterious.
enigmatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enigmatize
enigmatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enigmatize
enigmatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enigmatize
philippium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Philippe + -ium, after Philippe Plantamour of Geneva, Switzerland.
Senses: glosses: A supposed metallic element obtainable from samarskite, later discovered to be a mixture of yttrium and terbium.
billyboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billyboys
Etymology: Perhaps connected with bilander.
Senses: examples: text: Most of these billyboys were small craft, seldom carrying more than 100 tons; but there were larger craft schooner rigged.
ref: 1951, Basil Greenhill, The Merchant Schooners, volume 2, page 94:
glosses: A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel, used for trade along the east coast.of England in the 19th century.
billyboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billyboy
syndactylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: syndactyl
form: syndactyle
form: syndactylic
Etymology: See syndactyle.
Senses: examples: text: Kingfishers are syndactylous.
text: syndactylous cattle
text: syndactylous cow
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed.
examples: text: syndactylous digits
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Firmly joined together for a long distance, but not webbed.
raw_tags: of toes
Related terms: syndactyle
syndactyly
gressorial
peculiarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peculiarizes
form: peculiarizing
form: peculiarized
form: peculiarized
Etymology: From peculiar + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: meddle with those matters that are peculiarized to another coat
ref: 1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age:
glosses: To make peculiar; to set apart or assign as an exclusive possession.
peculiarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peculiarize
peculiarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peculiarize
peculiarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peculiarize
impaint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impaints
form: impainting
form: impainted
form: impainted
Etymology: From im- + paint?
Senses: examples: text: to impaint his cause
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To paint; to decorate with colours.
impainted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impaint
impainting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impaint
impaints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impaint
disedge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disedges
form: disedging
form: disedged
form: disedged
Etymology: From dis- + edge.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 55–56:
glosses: To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.
examples: text: I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], lines 94–97:
glosses: To take the edge off (someone's) hunger; to satiate.
disedged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disedge
disedges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disedge
disedging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disedge
force multiplier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: force multipliers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A factor or a combination of factors that significantly increases the effectiveness, capabilities, or combat power of personnel, weapons, or units beyond their normal capacity.
Related terms: leverage
jif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jifs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jiff.
glosses: Abbreviation of JFIF.
jud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juds
form: judd
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A mass of coal holed or undercut so as to be thrown down by wedges.
pattern matching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of a pattern
niggerlips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggerlips
Etymology: From nigger + lips, in reference to the stereotype that black people have large lips.
Senses: examples: text: From the hoardings Mr Eugene Stratton grinned with thick niggerlips at Father Conmee.
ref: 2016 January 17 [1922 February 2], James Joyce, ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series), e-artnow, →ISBN:
text: Fuck off and take your niggerlips with you.
ref: 2005 April 4, Bateau, “T'Pol in a bikini”, in alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise (Usenet):
text: Hey, do you have any Ubangis in your family? Do old people with lip plates
have trouble keeping them in as they age & get all saggy & stuff? Man, I'd
hate to have a granny with floppy, wrinkled up niggerlips. Ugh.
ref: 2006 May 19, Dr. Lily White, “Kenya cuts dependence on donors”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
text: Seka smudged little boys' penises using her niggerlips, and niggerlips was a thing which went around, it was inversely goading antiblackism.
ref: 2012 August 13, Jason Hurlburt, Cold Blood, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: And, if it's even possible, he lies more than normal niggers; who lie every time
their niggerlips move. That's hard to top, but our Head Nigger in Charge and Liar in
Chief did it. So, at least he accomplished something besides failure.
ref: 2014 February 15, Reb Biker, “Good Morning niggers!”, in alt.flame.cincinnati (Usenet):
glosses: Lips of a black person.
examples: text: He was like "Fuck you,
niggerlips...you can come along if you suck all of our dicks on a daily
basis."
ref: 1997 September 30, KarJacka, “I'm going on tour with Ink & Dagger”, in alt.music.hardcore (Usenet):
text: Ruth ran into Sternsen in New York in 1930 and said to him, "Now don't you
call me Niggerlips, or I'll break your arm."
ref: 2000 August 16, Steve Cutchen, “First black major leaguer: Babe Ruth”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet):
text: so you want your teacher to talk about niggerlips - and you think your
boyfriend is immature? so you want your boyfriend to hang out in trees
masturbating and you think your boyfriend is immature?
ref: 2005 September 10, Susan, “OT: Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney!”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):
text: Brad Shitt and Niggerlips Jolie are going there for their honeymoon !
ref: 2006 March 4, Niggercrusher, “Re: AND YOU ARE PROUD OF THESE FUCKING DUNCES???????”, in alt.rap (Usenet):
glosses: A person, especially a black person, with large lips.
ducktape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducktapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duck tape.
ducktapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ducktape
duck tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck tape
coon eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of raccoon eyes.
raccoon eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From raccoon + eyes, in reference to the colour surrounding the eyes of raccoons.
Senses: related: word: coon eyes
synonyms: eyecup
shiner
glosses: The state of the orbits of the eyes (especially the undereye region) having a bluish-purplish coloration.
Related terms: black eye
reverse panda
masking tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masking tapes
Senses: synonyms: painter's tape
glosses: A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.
painter's tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painter's tapes
Senses: glosses: masking tape specifically intended to protect areas from paint, having a weaker adhesive than regular masking tape
painter's tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painter's tape
masking tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masking tape
free press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free presses
Senses: examples: text: 1768, Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette — cited in: Emord, Jonathan W. (1991). Freedom, Technology, and the First Amendment. Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. p. 61.
There is nothing so fretting and vexatious, nothing so justly TERRIBLE to tyrants, and their tools and abettors, as a FREE PRESS.
text: One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.
ref: 1943, Robert H. Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Supreme Court of the United States, page 319 U.S. 624:
text: In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection is must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people.
ref: 1971, Hugo L. Black, New York Times Company v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, page 403 U.S. 713:
glosses: Alternative form of freedom of the press.
electrical tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrical tapes
Senses: synonyms: electric tape
insulating tape
coordinate_terms: duct tape
friction tape
gaffer tape
glosses: A poorly conductive plastic tape used to insulate electrical wires.
electrical tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrical tape
insulating tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insulating tapes
Senses: glosses: Electrical tape.
insulating tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulating tape
plangence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: already the smoke from the flares and the lights and plangence of the music provided a wild note of romantic colour, a felicity and unbridled expansiveness to the proceedings [...].
ref: 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1355:
glosses: Plangency.
input-output table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: input-output tables
Senses: glosses: A table used in the analysis of industrial and economic structures, as well as in making economic forecasts.
APSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Auxiliary Provisions Sub Surface - diesel powered transport submarine
Coordinate terms: LPSS
SS
AC
AD
AF
AG
AK
AO
AP
AR
AS
AV
LPSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LPSSes
Senses: glosses: Initialism of landing provisions sub surface - diesel powered amphibious transport submarine.
Coordinate terms: APSS
SS
LPD
LSD
LST
LCT
LC
fundiloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fundiloons
Senses: examples: text: What really gets me is that the fundiloons (yeah, know, like the real ones) of the world are so troubled by Harry Potter because it's "getting at the kids before they can discern truth from falsehood", but nearly every church I know of does the exact same thing.
ref: 2001 December 4, Beowulf, “Where was God?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
text: Yes, I did request a US trip -- wonder how many requests it would take to get them to brave the fundiloons here.
ref: 2003 July 30, Ron Sullivan, “NEWS: Skinless Child Show”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Note: Religious people regularly lie about being/having been secular or atheists. Interesting ; even if youarentthere isn't a fundiloon, he sure as hell is an ignorant bigot.
ref: 2003 August 10, Paul Robson, “Emigration”, in alt.france (Usenet):
text: This fundiloon is becoming more and more worrisome. The good news is that he's apparently flagging in the polls.
ref: 2007 December 31, johac, “Huckabee: "...take this nation back for Christ."”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: A fundamentalist loon, that is, a person who is fundamentalist (religiously and socially conservative) and (regarded as) crazy.
Synonyms: wingnut
rootzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rootzones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of root zone
rootzones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rootzone
chainwale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chainwales
Etymology: From chain + wale.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3).
industry discount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: industry discounts
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A discounted air fare for airlines staff.
global indicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: global indicators
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A two-letter indicator used in fare construction to indicate the basic routing that the fare applies to.
black economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black economies
Senses: examples: text: No one knows how large the black economy really is.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A sector of a nation's economy that is illegally undeclared and undocumented due to cash payments or tax avoidance
Related terms: black market
car phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car phones
form: carphone
form: car-phone
Senses: glosses: A mobile phone device specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile.
center back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: center backs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of centre-back.
centre back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centre backs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of centre-back.
central locking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: central door locking
glosses: A locking system in vehicles, where locks to all the doors can be locked or unlocked in a single operation.
cervicectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Etymology: From cervix + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Surgical removal of the cervix.
Synonyms: trachelectomy
bicircular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + circular.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of two circles.
examples: text: a bicircular curve
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having nodes at the two circular points at infinity.
bigravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + gravity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A bimetric interpretation of gravity.
bimagnon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimagnons
Etymology: From bi- + magnon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A double magnon
bimagnons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimagnon
cascadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cascadable
form: most cascadable
Etymology: From cascade + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be cascaded.
cophenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + phenetic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to two phenetic systems or groupings
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: cyclonite, RDX
equispaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of equispace
equispaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Spaced apart at equal distances.
Derived terms: nonequispaced
nanolatex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + latex.
Senses: glosses: A form of latex composed of nanoparticles; a nanocomposite containing such particles
plurigenera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plurigenus
plurigenus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plurigenera
Etymology: From pluri- + genus.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The dimension of a canonical ring.
pseudoinverses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoinverse
rattleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlebacks
Etymology: rattle + back
Senses: glosses: A form of spinning top that will spin preferentially in one direction (rattling, then reversing, if spun in the other direction).
supergrating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supergratings
Etymology: From super- + grating.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A system of superimposed gratings
supergratings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergrating
1900s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /naɪn.tiːnˈhʌn.dɹədz/
Senses: examples: text: LeZotte also gives readers a sense of M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language), used by the islanders through the mid-1900s but never fully documented, by combining "home signs" she used as a child with variations of American Sign Language.
ref: 2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
glosses: A period that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1999; almost the same period as the 20th century (which, however, was from year 1901 to 2000)
examples: text: Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]
ref: 1981, Donald F. Klein, Judith G. Rabkin, Anxiety: new research and changing concepts:
text: There are never-published treasures like British entrepreneur William Turner's scenes of Shanghai life in the early 1900s — probably taken with a homemade pinhole camera.
ref: 2010 May 3, Don Morrison, “The Capture of Shanghai”, in Time:
synonyms: noughties
glosses: A period that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909; almost the same period as the 1st decade of the 20th century, which, however, was from year 1901 to (the end of) 1910.
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s
2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s
00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
zeros
zeroes
aughts
noughties
oughts · oneties
tens
teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
Nuberu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Asturian mythology
glosses: The god of the clouds.
supralinear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + linear.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: above the lines of normal text
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: greater than linear
Derived terms: supralinearity
decadron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The glucocorticoid drug dexamethasone
decamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkəmiːn/
Senses: glosses: The antimicrobial agent 1,1'-decamethylenebis[4-aminoquinaldinium acetate].
decandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Linnaean class of plants Decandria
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having ten stamens
decanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanoate
decanoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛkəˈnəʊɪn/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triglyceride of decanoic acid; caprin
oneties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oneties
Etymology: From one + -ties (“plural of -ty”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc).
Senses: examples: text: Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.
ref: 1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 4, page 6:
text: Marking its thirty-fifth anniversary, the Class of 1910 University College, first of the "Oneties", held its seventh five-yearly reunion and the third under wartime conditions, during Commencement week.
ref: 1945, Alumni association, University of Toronto, “University of Toronto monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 45, number 9, page 232:
glosses: The second decade of a century: the 1910s, the 2010s, etc. The tens.
Synonyms: 1910s
2010s
teens
Teens
tens
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s
2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s
00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
zeros
zeroes
aughts
noughties
oughts · oneties
tens
teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
decanormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌdɛkəˈnɔːməɫ]
Etymology: From deca- + normal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a concentration ten times that of a normal solution
Related terms: decinormal
decinormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈdɛsɪnɔːməɫ]
Etymology: From deci- + normal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a concentration one tenth that of a normal solution
Related terms: decanormal
decapacitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəpæsɪˈteɪʃən/
Etymology: From de- + capacitation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The prevention of capacitation (and subsequent inability to fertilize ova) in spermatozoa.