cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
syllabify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭlăʹbĭfī
ipa: /sɪˈlæbɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: syllabifies
form: syllabifying
form: syllabified
form: syllabified
Etymology: First attested in 1799–1802; back-formation from syllabification; compare the Old French sillabifier.
Senses: examples: text: A method alſo of teaching the learners “to ſyllabify with the counters” is pointed out.
ref: 1799–1800, P.V. Lenoir, either “French Pronunciation and Reading made Eaſy, or the Logographic-emblematical French Spelling-Book, &c.” (1799, Dulau and Co.) or “The Logographic-emblematical Engliſh Spelling-Book, or a Method of teaching Children to read” (1800, Booſey), quoted in article 35–36 of The British Critic, volume 19 (1802, January–June), page 97
text: syllabicate 2    syllabication 1
syllabify 2        syllabification 1
syllabize 1     syllabization 3
One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
ref: 1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2
glosses: To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize.
Synonyms: syllabicate
syllabize
syllabication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭlă'bĭkāʹshən
ipa: /sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: syllabications
form: sillabication
Etymology: First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”).
Senses: examples: text: I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.
ref: 1631, James Mabbe, tr. of Fernando de Rojas’s 1499 The Spanish Bawd, represented in Celestina: or, The Tragicke-comedy of Calisto and Melibea, chapter 18, page 180
ref: 1654, Joseph Brooksbank, Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words, main title:
text: Instances both of the unemphatic do and of the distinct syllabication of the final ed are numerous in the present play.
ref: 1857, George Lillie Craik, The English of Shakespeare, part 2: “Philological Commentary on Shakespeare’s Julius Cæsar”, act 1, scene 1, page 73
text: syllabicate 2    syllabication 1
syllabify 2      syllabification 1
syllabize 1     syllabization 3
One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
ref: 1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2
glosses: The act of syllabifying; syllabification.
syllabification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭlă'bĭfĭkāʹshən
ipa: /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: syllabifications
Etymology: First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).
Senses: examples: text: Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages.
ref: 1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237
text: syllabicate 2    syllabication 1
syllabify 2      syllabification 1
syllabize 1     syllabization 3
One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
ref: 1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (first edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2
text: Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare.
ref: 1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation, § 7.1.2, page 203:
glosses: The division of a word into syllables.
Synonyms: word: syllabation
word: syllabication
Derived terms: word: syllabificate
english: both are non-standard and rare
translation: both are non-standard and rare
word: syllabificating
word: syllabify
Related terms: hyphenation
syllogistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more syllogistic
form: most syllogistic
Etymology: From syllog(ism) + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal."
ref: 1879, George Eliot, chapter 12, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a syllogism.
Derived terms: nonsyllogistic
polysyllogistic
prosyllogistic
syllogistical
syllogistically
syllogistic fallacy
sylphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sylphic
form: most sylphic
Etymology: From sylph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to a sylph
glosses: slender and graceful
sylphlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sylphlike
form: most sylphlike
Etymology: From sylph + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Soon advancing through the hall, he saw the sylphlike figure of the lovely Olympia […]
ref: 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley, chapter IV, in St. Irvyne:
text: […] the thin robes
Floating like light clouds ’twixt our gaze and heaven;
The many-twinkling feet so small and sylphlike,
Suggesting the more secret symmetry
Of the fair forms which terminate so well—
ref: 1821, Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, act IV, lines 57–61:
text: Arm's length from her he saw the sylphlike grace of her girlish body
ref: 1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg:
text: Once Tex had said to me, very sister-to-sister, “Aren’t we mad, we gay boys, starving ourselves to sylphlike fragility, all so we can attract a straight cop with a beer belly?”
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
text: Here we see a few of the 48 diminutive hopefuls who showed up that day, awaiting their turn to impress the judges with a high instep or a particularly sylphlike extension.
ref: 2001 December 2, “Emily Eakin, The Way We Live Now: 12-02-01: Phenomenon; Tiny Dancers”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful.
symbioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbiosis
symbioses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of symbiose
mantelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæntlət/
Forms: form: mantelets
Senses: examples: text: They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm.
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
glosses: Alternative form of mantlet.
symbolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbolizations
Etymology: From symbol + -ization or symbolize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic meaning.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.
symmetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more symmetrically
form: most symmetrically
Etymology: From symmetrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry
sympathetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪmpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)li/
Forms: form: more sympathetically
form: most sympathetically
Etymology: From sympathetical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological.
examples: text: Still she didn't stir, so he patted her shoulder and added sympathetically, 'Come now, don't take it so much to heart.'
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 90:
glosses: In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately.
sympathizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sympathizers
form: sympathiser
Etymology: From sympathize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war.
text: […] she exposed herself to the fury of the sympathizers with slavery, without fear, and suffered their blows without flinching.
ref: 1869, Sarah Hopkins Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, Auburn, NY: W.J. Moses, page 102:
text: ‘[…] And I tell you that the slightest suspicion of my loyalty could be ruin for me, ruin! If it were ever breathed that I were even a sympathiser with this rebellion, there iss an end of me.’
ref: 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 13”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
text: The Ardent Spirit pupils now belong to him alone and through them he’ll set his plans in motion, moulding them to be warrior saints, brilliant in deceit against the West and its sympathisers here at home.
ref: 2013, Nadeem Aslam, chapter 4, in The Blind Man’s Garden, London: Faber & Faber:
glosses: A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
examples: text: […] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […]
ref: 1655, George Hutcheson, A Brief Exposition on the XII Small Prophets, London: Ralph Smith, Prophecy of Amos, page 157:
text: […] I am a sympathizer in every part of thy distress, except (and yet it is cruel to say it) in That which arises from thy guilt.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 220:
text: Not a mood of his but what found a ready sympathiser in Margaret; not a wish of his that she did not strive to forecast, and to fulfil.
ref: 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 41, in North and South:
glosses: A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.
Derived terms: comsymp
Related terms: fellow traveller
symposia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symposium
synagog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synagogs
Senses: examples: text: I drove to the synagog where a swastika had been painted on the wall.
ref: 2000 September 11, Press Secretary, “Remarks by the President”, in Clinton Presidential Materials Project, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2016:
text: The musical traditions of the synagog are closely allied to the unique experiences of the Jewish people.
ref: 2009, Jonathan L. Friedmann, Music in Jewish Thought: Selected Writings, 1890-1920, McFarland, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Alternative spelling of synagogue.
synagogal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synagogal
form: most synagogal
Etymology: From synagog or synagogue + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a synagogue.
Synonyms: word: synagog
word: synagogic
word: synagogical
word: synagogue
Derived terms: synagogally
Related terms: synagogically
synagogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synagogical
form: most synagogical
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a synagogue.
Synonyms: word: synagog
word: synagogic
word: synagogal
word: synagogue
Derived terms: synagogically
syndicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syndicate
syndicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
glosses: published in multiple newspapers or magazines simultaneously via an agency.
raw_tags: of a news article
Derived terms: nonsyndicated
unsyndicated
evanescently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more evanescently
form: most evanescently
Etymology: From evanescent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an evanescent manner
syndication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syndications
Etymology: From the verb syndicate (1925).
Senses: glosses: The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously
Derived terms: word: syndication agency
word: syndication feed
english: really simple syndication
translation: really simple syndication
word: RSS
natheless
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪθlɪs/
Forms: form: na'theless
form: nathless
Etymology: From Middle English natheless, equivalent to no + the + less. Compare netheless.
Senses: examples: text: Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart?
ref: a. 1772 (date written), Dante [Alighieri], “[Translations.] Dante. Canto 33, dell’ Inferno.”, in Thomas Gray, transl., edited by Edmund Gosse, The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. […], volume I (Poems, Journals, and Essays), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 157:
text: And if he doth not return, this Wilfred may natheless repay us our charges when he shall gain treasure by the strength of his spear and of his sword, even as he did yesterday and this day also.
ref: 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
text: With the first light she laughed, and the last light
 Glows round her still; who natheless in the night
 At length must make an end.
ref: 1871, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sunset Wings, lines 18–20:
text: He had tortured the lady with exceeding tortures, natheless she would not confess to him aught […].
ref: 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 13”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
synonyms: word: even so
word: nonetheless
word: withal
word: all that said
word: anyhow
word: all the same
word: be it as it may
word: be that as it may
word: but
word: even so
word: having said that
word: howbeit
word: however
word: just the same
word: maugre
word: natheless
word: nevertheless
word: nonetheless
word: notwithstanding
word: still
word: still and all
word: that being said
word: that said
word: though
word: withal
word: yet
glosses: Nevertheless.
synergism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synergisms
Senses: glosses: synergy
glosses: The theological doctrine that salvation is brought about by a combination of human will and divine grace
synergistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synergistic
form: most synergistic
Etymology: From synergy + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Farber and Lasker struck up a synergistic partnership that would stretch over decades.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 115:
glosses: Of or pertaining to synergy or synergism; synergic; co-operative, working together, interacting, mutually stimulating.
hungering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hunger
Derived terms: hungeringly
hungering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hungerings
Senses: examples: text: [H]e findeth moreover revealed in him the Saviour of the World and the absolute neceſſity of cloſing with him, for life at the which he findeth hungerings and thirſtings after him, to which hungerings, &c., the promiſe is made.
ref: 1680, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], 5th edition, Edinburgh: […] Iohn Cairns, […], →OCLC, page 80:
glosses: The condition of one who hungers.
synfuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synfuels
form: syn-fuel
form: syn fuel
form: synthfuel
form: synth-fuel
form: synth fuel
form: synthetic fuel
Etymology: Blend of synthetic + fuel.
Senses: examples: text: President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation.
ref: 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 6, in Merchants of Doubt:
glosses: Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.
glosses: Any of several fuels created by chemical synthesis from simple feed stock inputs, of power, energy, heat, water, carbon dioxide, or simple compounds.
synthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of synthesize
synthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: produced by synthesis
raw_tags: of a substance
glosses: produced by a synthesizer
raw_tags: of music
systematization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: systematizations
Etymology: From systematize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of systematizing
glosses: A systematic organization
Related terms: system
systematic
systematize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪstəməˌtaɪz/
Forms: form: systematizes
form: systematizing
form: systematized
form: systematized
form: systematise
Etymology: From systematic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: And it will be observed, that the intermediate kinds now, for the first time, systematized, are the most refined, and more closely resemble those which constitute the beauty of pictorial colouring.
ref: 1845, David Ramsay Hay, The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized, William Blackwood and Sons, page 48:
text: In this book Nietzsche elaborated and systematized his criticism of morals, and undertook to show why he considered modern civilization degrading.
ref: 1908, Henry L[ouis] Mencken, “[Nietzsche the Man.] The Prophet of the Superman.”, in The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, 1st U.K. edition, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 46:
text: The European eighteenth century saw the establishment and expansion of two important and interlinked entities: the British Empire and the systematizing of nature.
ref: 2003, Sarah Jordan, The Anxieties of Idleness: Idleness in Eighteenth-century British Literature and Culture, Bucknell University Press, page 123:
text: To get to your sweet spot, you also have to take into account your ability to systematize every aspect of your business. You may think (like Eric) that your industry is too unique or nuanced to systematize, but that's not the case.
ref: 2012, Mike Michalowicz, The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field, Penguin Random House (Portfolio), page 46:
synonyms: systemize
glosses: To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system
Derived terms: systematization
Related terms: system
systematic
systemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more systemically
form: most systemically
Etymology: From systemic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a systemic manner.
examples: text: Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a manner that affects an entire system.
worthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of worth
anti-predator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antipredator
Etymology: From anti- + predator.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: That provides a defence against predation or predators
typewrote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of typewrite
typicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typicalities
Etymology: From typical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: typicalness
typicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From typical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being typical or of a type.
Related terms: type
typicality
typification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typifications
Etymology: From type + -ification.
Senses: synonyms: exemplification
exemplifying
glosses: The act of typifying.
examples: Near-synonym: exemplar
glosses: Something which typifies: which serves as a type.
Derived terms: subtypification
Related terms: typing
tyrannically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈrænək(ə)li/
Forms: form: more tyrannically
form: most tyrannically
Etymology: From tyrannical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tyrannical or oppressive manner; as by a tyrant.
Synonyms: autocratically
despotically
dictatorially
oppressively
slot-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈslɒthaʊnd/
Forms: form: slot-hounds
Etymology: From slot (“track”) + hound.
Senses: examples: text: Thou seest, maiden, what an ill-fated wretch thou dost labour to assist; be wise, and let me go, ere the misfortunes which track my footsteps like slot-hounds, shall involve thee also in their pursuit.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of sleuthhound.
tyrannosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/
ipa: /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/
rhymes: -ɔːɹəs
Forms: form: tyrannosauri
form: tyrannosauruses
Etymology: From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Senses: glosses: Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Coordinate terms: tyrannosaur
arblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːblɑːst/
ipa: /ˈɑɹblæst/
Forms: form: arblasts
form: arbalest
form: arbalist
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English arblast, from late Old English arblast, from Old French arbaleste (modern French arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.”
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XIV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 281:
glosses: A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones, etc.
cannery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canneries
Etymology: From can + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Jim had a summer job cleaning and packing salmon at the fish cannery.
synonyms: packing plant
packinghouse
glosses: A factory that produces canned goods.
Derived terms: canneryman
Related terms: bottler
canneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannery
stone cold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stone-cold
form: stonecold
Senses: examples: text: I forgot to turn on the burner under the soup and found it sitting there, still stone cold, twenty minutes later.
glosses: Very cold; lacking any semblance of warmth.
examples: text: a stone-cold killer
glosses: Lacking emotion or compassion.
examples: text: "A hike on Thursday looks a stone cold certainty," Howard Archer, chief UK economist at Global Insight, said.
ref: 2006 November 6, Philip Thornton, “Interest rate rise a 'stone-cold certainty' despite industry plea”, in The Independent:
glosses: Certain; definite; obvious.
Derived terms: stone-cold fox
cardsharps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card sharps
form: card-sharps
Senses: glosses: plural of cardsharp
naker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪkə/
Forms: form: nakers
form: nakir
Etymology: From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra, “drum”).
Senses: examples: text: the Norman trumpets from the battlements […], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
cardsharper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardsharpers
Etymology: From card + sharper.
Senses: examples: text: I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of cardsharp.
synonyms: word: cardsharp
cardsharpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardsharper Alternative form of cardsharps.
burn one's bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burns one's bridges
form: burning one's bridges
form: burned one's bridges
form: burned one's bridges
form: burnt one's bridges
form: burnt one's bridges
Etymology: Originally in military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning a bridge one has crossed) to commit oneself to a course of action, later used primarily to mean “alienate former friends”.
Senses: examples: text: Even if you are dismissed from a job in the worst way, take care not to burn your bridges with unseemly comments on the way out, since you never know who you will meet again.
synonyms: cross the Rubicon
glosses: To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
Derived terms: burn that bridge when one comes to it
Related terms: build bridges
burn one's boats
point of no return
assoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɔɪl/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: assoils
form: assoiling
form: assoiled
form: assoiled
Etymology: Possibly from a- (intensifying prefix) or ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, toward’, or indicating an addition or tendency) + soil (“to make dirty”), perhaps influenced by assoil (etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: Is it that the world has assoiled my soul? Yet I have not tasted of worldly joys; all that I have known of it has been suffering and tears.
ref: 1845, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter V, in Sybil; or The Two Nations. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book VI, page 192:
glosses: To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
assoilzie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɔɪl(j)ɪ/
Forms: form: assoilzies
form: assoilzieing
form: assoilzying
form: assoilziing
form: assoilzied
form: assoilzied
Etymology: A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille which were dropped in modern English spoken in England.
Senses: examples: text: There is more than mere strength, there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed!—it is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 301:
text: "Cousin," replied Desmond, "one son of York made my father, whose soul God assoilzie! Lord Deputy; another chopped off his head—so much for the White Rose![…]"
ref: 1830, [Mary Shelley], chapter [XVI], in The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 306:
glosses: Synonym of assoil.
To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
examples: text: The verdict, when in writing, is authenticated by the subscriptions of the chancellor and clerk of the jury, and accompanied with a list of the names of the jurors, and a state of the vote of each individual, "whether condemning or assoilzieing;" Regulations 1672, No. 9.
ref: 1826, Robert Bell, William Bell, “CRIMINAL PROSECUTION”, in A Dictionary of the Law of Scotland, 3rd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] John Anderson & Co. […], and Bell & Bradfute, →OCLC, page 334:
text: In these circumstances, I will uphold the defender’s fourth plea-in-law […] and assoilzie the defender from the craves of the initial writ.
ref: 2017, Sheriff Ross, Macdonald v. Clydesdale Bank:
topics: law
glosses: Synonym of assoil.
Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.
call it even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls it even
form: calling it even
form: called it even
form: called it even
Senses: examples: text: Since you paid for dinner last time, I'll pay this time, and we'll call it even.
synonyms: call it quits
glosses: To declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.
Related terms: be even
be quits
be square
close shave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: close shaves
Senses: examples: text: He used a new razor blade for a good close shave.
glosses: A shave that is very short or near the skin.
examples: text: I had a close shave with somebody who pulled out in front of me on the road, but I swerved and managed not to hit him.
glosses: A near accident or mishap; a dangerous or risky encounter or incident.
Synonyms: close call
close thing
narrow escape
narrow squeak
near shave
near thing
Related terms: by a hair's breadth
tirelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tirelessly
form: most tirelessly
Etymology: From tireless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The volunteers worked tirelessly to improve the content.
glosses: In a tireless manner; without tiring, flagging, or ceasing.
carpeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetings
Senses: examples: text: As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed.
glosses: Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
glosses: Cloth or materials for carpets.
examples: text: She got a carpeting from the boss.
glosses: A severe reprimand or telling-off.
Synonyms: carpet
carpeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: She considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.
glosses: present participle and gerund of carpet
appetites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appetite
petals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petal
petals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of petal
hangings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanging
Castile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kasˈtiːɫ/
ipa: /kəsˈtiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: Castille
form: Castill
Etymology: From (possibly through a Middle French form) Spanish Castilla from Old Spanish Castiella from Medieval Latin Castella from the plural of Latin castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”); supposedly derived from the many castles constructed in the region.
Senses: glosses: A medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain.
glosses: A vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile.
glosses: A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.
Related terms: Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
Castile soap
Castilian
castle
New Castile
Old Castile
País Vasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish País Vasco (literally “Basque Country”).
Senses: glosses: Basque Country
Navarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Navarras
Etymology: From Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Sephardic Jewish surname, from the region Navarre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Moldavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒlˈdeɪvi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪviə
Senses: glosses: A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania.
coordinate_terms: Wallachia
glosses: Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova).
examples: text: In Moldavia, a young Leonid Brezhnev orchestrated the postwar subjugation of the newly annexed Romanian territory, ordering thousands of executions and shipping off 30,000 people to Siberian labor camps.
ref: 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:
glosses: Nonstandard form of Moldova.
Derived terms: Romanian Moldavia
Western Moldavia
Related terms: Moldova
ogreish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ogreish
form: most ogreish
form: ogrish
Etymology: From ogre + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an ogre; cruel and wicked.
Derived terms: ogreishly
okey-doke
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Okeydoke, well, I 'preciate yer time, Ms. Jolene.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:
text: “Wait. You're all coming, right? 'Cause you did RSVP yes.” “Eh... sort of hard to shuffle things around at this late stage, but let us think on it.” “This is a really good book, so...” “[sighs] Okey doke.”
ref: 2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (1:06 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 9, spoken by The Guide (Kristen Schaal):
glosses: OK
Related terms: okey-dokey
okey-dokey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: “Ensign, the bridge is yours. Be gentle but attentive. Get her where she needs to be. Guide her home.” “Okeydokey. (chuckles) Uh, maintain course.” (all screaming) (alarm blaring)
ref: 2020 August 13, Chris Kula, “Envoys” (11:35 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero):
text: “Okey dokey. I just got off the phone with Gizmo and gave him our locaysh.”
ref: 2024 December 2, Shana Gohd & Paul Simms, “Come Out and Play” (15:33 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):
glosses: An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.
Derived terms: okey-dokey artichokey
'keydokey
okey-dokey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more okey-dokey
form: most okey-dokey
Etymology: Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: “Hi, Maria. How are you?” “Okey-dokey and Clarissa’s okey-dokey too!”
ref: 1985, Cathie Linz, chapter 11, in Tender Guardian, Large Print edition, Thorndike, Me.: G.K. Hall & Co., published 1996, →ISBN, page 212:
text: Feeling okey-dokey, Audrey? Why don’t you hop in?
ref: 1990, Ronald Frame, “Un Homme et une Femme”, in Bluette, Sevenoaks, Kent: Sceptre, published 1991, →ISBN, part I (Aquae-Regis), page 76:
text: “Are you okey-dokey, Jo?” a high-pitched, childish voice piped up.
ref: 2004, Linda Lehmann Masek, chapter 13, in The Poison Tree, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Books, →ISBN, page 117:
glosses: Okay, OK.
Chihuahua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chĭwäʹwä
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state.
Senses: glosses: A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
glosses: A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
glosses: A state of Mexico.
Derived terms: Chihuahua flower
Chihuahuan
Chihuahua pine
Related terms: Chihuahuan Desert
Chihuahuan raven
Chihuahua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chĭwäʹwä
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/
Forms: form: Chihuahuas
form: chihuahua
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state.
Senses: examples: text: The first time I saw a Chihuahua, I thought it was a battery-powered toy. Eyes too big for the face, ears of a large dog, took tens of steps to keep up, squeaked like a two-month-old pup.
ref: 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Memoirs of a Namaaso”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 157:
synonyms: word: Chi
glosses: The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.
Related terms: word: ay, chihuahua
raw_tags: of surprise
occlusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkluːsɪv/
Etymology: From occlusion + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That tends to occlude.
Derived terms: arterioocclusive
hepatovenocclusive
hepatoveno-occlusive
nonocclusive
occlusive ileus
occlusively
occlusivity
postocclusive
semiocclusive
subocclusive
thrombo-occlusive
unocclusive
vasoocclusive
vaso-occlusive
venoocclusive
veno-occlusive
occlusive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkluːsɪv/
Forms: form: occlusives
Etymology: From occlusion + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A speech sound produced by obstructing airflow in the oral vocal tract, but not necessarily into the nasal cavity.
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin.
occupationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more occupationally
form: most occupationally
Etymology: From occupational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: as part of an occupation
oceanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ocean + -ology.
Senses: glosses: oceanography
Synonyms: marine science
oceanography
Derived terms: oceanologic
oceanological
oceanologist
odds-on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more odds-on
form: most odds-on
Senses: examples: text: The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.
ref: 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London):
text: Trump described the man odds-on to take the keys to Gracie Mansion in November as a “Communist” who “is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”
ref: 2025 October 11, Jonathan Derbyshire, “Bringing back the S-word”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
glosses: Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
glosses: In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
examples: text: Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.
ref: 1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385:
glosses: Very likely.
odiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more odiously
form: most odiously
Etymology: From odious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an odious manner.
odored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: odoured
Etymology: From odor + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having an odor, especially having a specified odor.
oiliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilinesses
Etymology: From oily + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: During his retirement, Deeley devised a method for testing the oiliness of lubricants, which he communicated to the Physical Society in 1919; […].
ref: 1944 September and October, “The Late R. M. Deeley”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:
glosses: The quality of being oily.
oilskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The place had the empty and musty feel and smell usual to a dwelling no longer inhabited. Everywhere was a thick litter of discarded and ragged garments, old sea-boots, leaky oilskins -- all the worthless forecastle dunnage of a long voyage.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
synonyms: oilies
glosses: A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.
oafishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oafishly
form: most oafishly
Etymology: From oafish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an oafish manner
oafishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oafish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
Related terms: oaf
oarswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oarswomen
Etymology: From oar + -s- + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female oarsman.
oatcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oatcakes
Etymology: From oat + cake.
Senses: synonyms: oatmeal cake#Noun
hypernyms: cake#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: pancake#Noun
english: nearly hypernymous
translation: nearly hypernymous
word: bannock#Noun
word: ;
english: other grains
translation: other grains
word: corncake#Noun
english: bread or cookie
translation: bread or cookie
word: ;
word: oatbread#Noun
word: oatmeal cookie#Noun
glosses: Any of many flat biscuits, or cakes, made from oatmeal.
Erdős number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erdős numbers
form: Erdos number
form: Erdoes number
form: Erdœs number
form: Erdös number
form: Erdós number
Etymology: Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A number describing the degree of collaboration between a mathematician and Paul Erdős, defined such that a mathematician who has written a paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1, a mathematician who has written a paper with somebody having an Erdős number of 1 has an Erdős number of two, and so on.
Related terms: Bacon number
turtle hull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtle hulls
Senses: glosses: The trunk of a car; a storage compartment under the hood.
glosses: A rumble seat.
hee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Good evening, Kristen," said I; "what are you telling that creates such fun?" "Hee, hee, hee!" screamed the youngsters, with great glee depicted in their faces; "Kristen has told us about the smith and the devil, and then about the lad who got him into the nut, and now he says he's going to tell us about Peter Sannum, whose horse the fairies stopped on the Asmyr hill."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 251:
glosses: An expression of laughter.
examples: text: Hyde: (Leaps from desk. LADY BUGG runs behind the sofa. HYDE follows.) Hee, hee, hee! LADY BUGG: Help! Murder! Police!
ref: 1995, Tim Kelly, Dr. Jekyll.. Please Don't Hyde!, page 14:
text: Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
ref: 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a)
text: Listen! Fire Thunder sprang from the back of the dying pony to the back of a passing buffalo! Hee-hee! He landed facing the tail! He grabbed that tail and twisted it and made his buffalo go wherever he wanted to go. Hee-hee!
ref: 2003, Walter Wangerin, The Crying for a Vision, page 14:
glosses: Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
Related terms: haw
hee haw
hee-haw
hee-hee
hee hee hee
tee hee
tee-hee
tee hee hee
te-hee
hee
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: He ended, and the Son gave signal high
To the bright Minister that watchd, hee blew
His Trumpet
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of he (sometimes emphatic).
foot feed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot feeds
Senses: glosses: The accelerator or gas pedal, so called when the throttle control was moved from the column to the floor.
quandry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of quandary.
Interlaken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntəˌlɑːkən/
ipa: /ˈɪntɚˌlɑkən/
Etymology: From German Interlaken.
Senses: glosses: A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
bayamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bayamos
Etymology: From Spanish bayamo, from Bayamo, the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba.
Senses: examples: text: There was a bayamo upon the Sea.
ref: 1977, Stephen R. Donaldson, The Illearth War, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 310:
glosses: A violent storm in the Caribbean.
glosses: A violent force.
Labor Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Labor Days
form: Labour Day
Senses: glosses: The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September.
glosses: An annual holiday held on May 1 to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
Knights Templar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Knights Templar
Senses: glosses: A chiefly military order of medieval knights that existed for nearly two centuries during the Crusades
glosses: Any of several branches of Freemasonry that claim descent from the medieval order.
Knights Templar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Knight Templar
Derived terms: neo-Templarism