cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pigopolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigopolist
pigopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigopolies
Etymology: Blend of pig + monopoly
Senses: examples: text: It is no more than a tie between the players in the Two-Party Pigopoly* of our government. ¶ […] ¶ *term courtesy of The Register […]
ref: 2002 February 1, "Ayn R Keey" (username), "Re: Democrat National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe does not hold office", in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and other newsgroups, Usenet
text: That's actually quite encouraging; it shows that no matter how much they try, pigopolies like the MPAA can't stop technology with legislation.
ref: 2003 November 19, Tacit, “Re: Screen capture from DVD”, in comp.graphics.apps.photoshop (Usenet):
text: I think it is one thing to not have DRM built in in the first place, and keep your board from being being massacred by the pigopoly, but quite another to have built-in DRM and not implemet it.
ref: 2005 February 21, news, “Re: Mac OS X and the Cell Processor: A Marriage Made in Heaven?”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet):
text: […] a lot of smaller ISPs were getting their feed from a certain pigopoly company that had decided to save money and unplug a heap of their storage units & sell them off.
ref: 2006 November 7, Data Banks, “Re: a quick semi-OT question”, in alt.games.the-sims (Usenet):
glosses: A cartel of greedy, overcharging businesses, specifically the entertainment industry.
Derived terms: pigopolist
pigopolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigopoly
neuropsychodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + psychodynamic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
neuropsychodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + psychodynamics.
Senses: glosses: The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
Derived terms: neuropsychodynamic
psychodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + dynamics.
Senses: glosses: The dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behaviour.
Derived terms: neuropsychodynamics
psychodynamic
psychodramatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more psychodramatically
form: most psychodramatically
Etymology: From psychodramatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: By forcing their suitors to be earnest or sincere, the women psychodramatically circumscribe them.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: In a psychodramatic way; in terms of a psychodrama.
psychogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychogenesis
psychodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From psychodynamic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a psychodynamic way.
gettering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of getter
gettering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: getterings
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The removal of gas by sorption.
gettered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of getter
precatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a precative way.
Janelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Janel
form: Jenelle
Etymology: From Jane + -elle, q.v.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Senses: examples: text: That must be her name. Janelle Waters. It sounded smooth as silk. Sweet as honey.
ref: 2007, Gail Herman, Everybody Hates Romeo and Juliet, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: A female given name.
Janelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Janelles
form: Janel
form: Jenelle
Etymology: Borrowed from French Janelle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
hPSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hPSCs
Senses: examples: text: "The primary advantages of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC, which includes hES and iPS cells)-derived cardiomyocytes for use in drug discovery are...."
ref: 2009, Blake Anson, Junyi Ma, Jia-Qiang He, “Identifying Cardiotoxic Compounds (archived article)”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of human pluripotent stem cell.
thermal contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When objects are brought into thermal contact, the macroscopic properties may initially change but after some time no further changes will occur.
ref: 2004, Bruno Linder, chapter 2, in Thermodynamics and Introductory Statistical Mechanics, →ISBN, page 13:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: A state in which two or more systems can exchange thermal energy.
pride cometh before a fall
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pride comes before a fall.
antibrachium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antibrachia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of antebrachium.
antebrachium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antebrachia
form: antibrachium
Etymology: From ante- + brachium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The forearm
Derived terms: antebrachial
brachium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachia
form: brachiums
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper arm.
Synonyms: word: aftarm
Derived terms: antebrachium
Jalali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jalalis
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian جلالی
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Queen of Sheba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Queens of Sheba
Etymology: From the Biblical and other traditional accounts of the Queen of Sheba.
Senses: examples: text: "It is very fine weather," Miss Fotheringay said, in an Irish accent, and with a deep rich melancholy voice. . . . "And very warm," continued this empress and Queen of Sheba.
ref: 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in The History of Pendennis:
text: At three o'clock that afternoon the Sayre limousine stopped in front of Nina's house, and Mrs. Sayre, in brilliant pink and a purple hat, got out. Leslie, lounging in a window, made the announcement. "Here's the Queen of Sheba," he said.
ref: 1922, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 17, in The Breaking Point:
text: "Where is she?" Um-Nadia cries out. "Where is that Queen of Sheba?" Sirine is yawning. It was quite late when she finally walked out of Han's big dark car and into her house.
ref: 2004, Diana Abu-Jaber, Crescent, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: A pampered woman with an aristocratic demeanor.
fish story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish stories
Etymology: From the generally held belief that fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their catch. Unrelated to the figurative sense of fishy.
Senses: synonyms: fish tale
tall tale
glosses: An exaggerated or boastful story.
Related terms: cock-and-bull story
shaggy-dog story
traveller's tale
whopper
conciliabule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conciliabules
form: conciliable
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.
Senses: examples: text: That Council of Pisa rose in imposing superiority above these secluded and fugitive conciliabules
ref: 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
glosses: An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
conciliabules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conciliabule
septuples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of septuple
septupling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of septuple
septupled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of septuple
WSTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: West Sussex Teachers Association.
glosses: Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
glosses: A radio station in the US Virgin Islands.
galactogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactogens
Etymology: From galacto- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide composed of galactose residues.
Related terms: galactogenic
débouchés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of débouché
interactives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interactive
prothese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protheses
Etymology: From Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek; cognate with German Prothese, Dutch prothese and French prothèse.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement)
I must go
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: I must leave
implanter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: implanters
Etymology: From implant + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A cold and impersonal doctor, unless he's just a mechanical implanter, can't work successfully with these patients.
ref: 1988 April 8, Judith Moore, “Health: It's Not Easy Being Hard”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Someone or something that implants.
implantables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of implantable
disposure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disposures
Senses: examples: text: but scarce had I drawn back mine arms, strained the outward flexure of my knee-joints, and was fixed in an apt disposure to take the corvetto primo and leap-valiant of the cour, when methought suddenly there came in and did appear before me mine ancient, most reverend and singular good friend, the rector of Saynt Andrew of S—, nearest in neighbourhood, but not of mine own cure, myself being of D— manor house in the same vicinage,—who astonished beyond measure at my so extasied gladness, demanded wherefore I did carry myself on this wise?
ref: 1843, Bernard M— (of S—), A Dream of a Queen's Reign, page 4:
glosses: The way things are disposed or laid out; arrangement.
glosses: Disposition.
disposures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disposure
mock exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mock exams
Senses: glosses: Clipping of mock examination.
mock exams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mock exam
philosophate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈlɒsəfeɪt/
Forms: form: philosophates
form: philosophating
form: philosophated
form: philosophated
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin philosophārī, from philosophus (“philosopher”).
Senses: examples: text: If, as some say, to philosophate be to doubt; with much more reason, to rave and fantastiquize, as I doe, must necessarily be to doubt[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Logick, as it is well understood, is the Organe with which we philosophate[…].
ref: 1661, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salusbury, Dialogues on Two World Systems:
glosses: To philosophize.
methyltetrahydrofolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methyltetrahydrofolate
soldatesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soldatesque
form: most soldatesque
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: As he strode down Clavering High Street, his hat on one side, his cane clanking on the pavement, or waving round him in the execution of military cuts and soldatesque manoeuvres […]
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 23, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: soldierly, soldierlike
gorgerette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɔɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɛt/
ipa: /ˌɡɔɹ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/
Forms: form: gorgerettes
Etymology: From French gorgerette.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorgerette.
glosses: Synonym of gorget (“piece of armor; piece of clothing”).
synonyms: word: gorget
extra: piece of armor; piece of clothing
chevrettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chevrette
gorgerettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorgerette
fierté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fjɛɹ.teɪ/
/fi.(j)ɛɹ.teɪ/
Etymology: From French fierté.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e understood that Godfrey's fiertè had proceeded from the jealous sensibility of a gentleman declined into the vale of misfortune.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Pride, high self-esteem.
tendresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tendresses
Etymology: Borrowed from French tendresse
Senses: examples: text: When Papillon makes his last impossible try for freedom they embrace with the tendresse of lovers, however manly and platonic.
ref: 1974 February 2, Jonathan Cross, “Poor Butterfly”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 4:
text: Tár has furthermore conceived a tendresse for a new cellist.
ref: 2023 January 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Tár review – Cate Blanchett is perfect lead in delirious, sensual drama”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: tenderness, gentle intimacy or affection
extraits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extrait
particule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particules
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of particle.
particules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particule
transcendences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcendence
-ency
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-ɪnsɪ/
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin -entia.
Senses: examples: transparency
glosses: Forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states.
Related terms: -ancy
transcendencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcendency
combinational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kambɪˈneɪʃɪnəl/
Etymology: From combination + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a combination, or the process of combining.
Derived terms: combinational circuit
combinationalism
combinationalist
combinational logic
pictural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/
Forms: form: picturals
Etymology: From picture + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Thence brought them to the second rowme, whose wals
Were painted faire with memorable gestes
Of famous wisards; and with picturals Of magistrates , of courts , of tribunals[…]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A picture.
pictural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/
Forms: form: more pictural
form: most pictural
Etymology: From picture + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Horace Walpole, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a pictural sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow limits of the proper garden and orchard.
ref: 1828 March, Walter Scott, “Article XV. On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Edinburgh, 8vo, 1828. From the Quarterly Review.].”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume XXI, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1836, →OCLC, pages 79–80:
glosses: Pictorial.
Derived terms: picturality
unpartable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + partable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being parted or divided; indivisible.
air bursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air burst
appellate court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appellate courts
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: appeals court
appeal court
court of appeal
court of appeals
court of second instance
glosses: A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a lower court's decisions.
appellate courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appellate court
shout from the rooftops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shouts from the rooftops
form: shouting from the rooftops
form: shouted from the rooftops
form: shouted from the rooftops
Senses: examples: text: This softly spoken but fluent communicator describes himself as an introvert who prefers not to shout from the rooftops.
ref: 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Delivering a basis for rail changes”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 30:
glosses: To announce eagerly and widely; to proclaim.
bench trials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench trial
breach of contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breaches of contract
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract.
contributory negligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The rule of law under which an act or omission of plaintiff is a contributing cause of injury and a possible bar to a complete recovery.
wrong numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong number
yeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yep
I'm hungry
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: I have a strong appetite to eat.
Related terms: I could eat a horse
made the grade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make the grade
escheats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escheat
escheats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of escheat
escheating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of escheat
bo's'ns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bo’s’ns
Senses: glosses: plural of bo’s’n
shabbos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːbɪs/
/ˈʃɑːbəs/
Forms: form: shabbosim
form: shabboses
form: Shabbes
form: shabbes
form: Shabbos
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שבת (shabes), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). Doublet of Shabbat and Sabbath.
Senses: examples: text: I told that Kraut a fuckin' thousand times, I don't roll on shabbos!
ref: 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Walter Sobchak (John Goodman):
glosses: Shabbat or shabbat (the biblical seventh-day Sabbath).
Derived terms: shabbos goy
shabbos gentile
shomer shabbos
shabboses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shabbos
I'm thirsty
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I am thirsty
Senses: glosses: I need something to drink (e.g., water).
glosses: I need something, or want something a lot.
glosses: I want an alcoholic beverage.
glosses: Being too eager for something; desperate. Usually in reference to attention or sexual needs.
Related terms: I need a drink
noping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nope
looks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look up
looking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look up
looked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look up
Miranda warnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Miranda warning
plea bargains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plea bargain
quasi-contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-contracts
Etymology: From quasi- + contract.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
quasi-contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasi-contract
remittitur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remittiturs
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The reduction by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
Related terms: additur
remittiturs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remittitur
additur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: additurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin additur.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
Related terms: remittitur
additurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of additur
mouse mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouse mat
North American Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North American Indians
Etymology: 1748 noun, 1845 adjective, from North American + Indian.
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the indigenous peoples of North America (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
Synonyms: Aboriginal
Aboriginal person
American Indian
First Nations person
Indian
Native
Native American
North American Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more North American Indian
form: most North American Indian
Etymology: 1748 noun, 1845 adjective, from North American + Indian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of North America (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
Synonyms: Aboriginal
American Indian
First Nations
Indian
Native
Native American
voir dires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voir dire
North American Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North American Indian
ensuites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensuite
Alford plea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alford pleas
Etymology: Originated in the US legal case before the Supreme Court of the United States, North Carolina v. Alford (1970).
Senses: examples: text: Alford Plea. A plea under which a defendant may choose to plead guilty, not because of an admission to the crime, but because the prosecutor has sufficient evidence to place a charge and to obtain conviction in court. The plea is commonly used in local and state courts in the United States.
ref: 1992, Walter John Raymond, Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms, Brunswick Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 9:
text: Under the Alford doctrine, a defendant does not admit guilt but admits that the state has sufficient evidence to find him or her guilty, should the case go to trial.
ref: 1996, Kathleen Daly, Gender, Crime, and Punishment, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Alford plea. A guilty plea entered as part of a plea bargain by a criminal defendant who denies committing the crime or who does not actually admit his guilt. In federal courts, such plea may be accepted as long as there is evidence that the defendant is actually guilty. Named after North Carolina v. Alford (1970.)
ref: 2006, Susan Ellis Wild, Webster's New World Law Dictionary, Webster's New World, →ISBN, page 21:
text: When offering an Alford plea, a defendant asserts his innocence but admits that sufficient evidence exists to convict him of the offense.
ref: 2009 November, Michael T. Judge, Stephen R. McCullough, “Criminal law and procedure”, in University of Richmond Law Review, page 339, Vol. 44:
topics: law
glosses: A plea in criminal court in which the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes the government has sufficient evidence to convict.
Synonyms: Kennedy plea
Alford pleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alford plea
bill of particulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bills of particulars
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A written statement or specification of the particulars of the demand for which an action at law is brought, or of a defendant's set-off against such demand, furnished by one of the parties to the other, either voluntarily or in compliance with a judge's order for that purpose.
topics: law
glosses: A written statement or specification of the charges made against a defendant.
bills of particulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill of particulars
I'm tired
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Gosh, I'm tired today.
glosses: Indicates that the speaker is in need of rest or sleep.
meseta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesetas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish meseta.
Senses: examples: text: This factor is particularly relevant to the history of Spanish, since Spanish has its geographical roots in what is now the northern part of the province of Burgos, an area of the northern meseta which was remote from the centres of economic activity and cultural prestige in Roman Spain, which was latinized fairly late, […]
ref: 2002, Ralph Penny, “The Latin of Spain”, in A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge University Press:
glosses: A plateau, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
sacralgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sacro- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: sacrodynia
glosses: Pain in the sacral region.
modioli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modiolus
exigeant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exigeant
form: most exigeant
Etymology: From French exigeant. Doublet of exigent.
Senses: glosses: exigent; demanding
exigeante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exigeantes
Etymology: From French exigeante, feminine form.
Senses: examples: text: Now mammas are sometimes exigeantes; and on a winter's evening I am loath to leave my comfortable fireside because Tommy has over-eaten himself and has the stomach-ache, or because that angel, Miss Lucy, has fallen down […]
ref: 1871, My Heroine: A Story, page 2:
glosses: A demanding woman.
exigeante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exigeante
form: most exigeante
Etymology: From French exigeante, feminine form.
Senses: examples: text: One has had a bad supper, an exigeante dowager that he was obliged to escort having prevented his enjoying anything […]
ref: 1841, Society in India; by an Indian officer, page 111:
glosses: Of a woman: demanding.
exigeantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exigeante
spiraeic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spiraeic (from the Latin plant name Spiraea (“spirea”) + -ic) + acid.
Senses: examples: text: Acetyl and spiraeic acid are the eponymous main ingredients of aspirin.
synonyms: salicylic acid
glosses: a natural acid, found in the plant genus Spiraea (spirea)
saisons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saison
rainbow runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow runners
Senses: examples: text: Rainbow runners are fished for food and sport in warm waters.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The marine fish species Elagatis bipinnulata, which is brilliantly striped yellow and blue
ossi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: bone
oto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: ot-
Senses: glosses: ot- + -o-
pepsinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepsinogens
Etymology: From pepsin + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
peptogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peptogenic
form: most peptogenic
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Producing peptones or pepsin
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Aiding digestion
Related terms: peptogen
commemoratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commemoratory
form: most commemoratory
Etymology: First attested in 1695; borrowed from New Latin commemorātōrius, from Latin commemorō. Cognate with French commémoratoire, by surface analysis, commemorate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to commemoration.
examples: text: The succeeding paschal sacrifices, though commemoratory of the first, yet varied something from it.
ref: 1695, George Hooper, A Discourse concerning Lent, 271:
glosses: Comemmorative
reflexogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reflex + -o- + -genic.
Senses: synonyms: reflexogenous
glosses: That induces a reflex.
rhinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhino- + -genic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Originating in the nose.
sporogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sporo- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Producing spores.
glosses: Reproducing via spores.
onces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of once
human geography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: anthropogeography
coordinate_terms: political geography
glosses: The branch of geography that studies the relationships between the physical environment and the activities of humans.
Related terms: human geographer
Auslan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Australian + sign + language, coined by Trevor Johnston in the early 1980s, although the language itself is much older.
Senses: glosses: The sign language of the Australian deaf community.
Synonyms: Australian Sign Language
Related terms: ASL
BSL
NZSL
acyrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/
Senses: examples: text: Ancient commentators found the phrase distinctive, as well, but in a peculiar way: one of them labelled [one phrase] an instance of catachresis, a type of solecism. Similarly, Servius calls [another] an instance of acyrology, also a type of solecism.
ref: 2016, Joseph Farrell, “Ancient Commentaries on Theocritus’ Idylls and Virgil’s Eclogues”, in Christina S. Kraus, Christopher Stray, editors, Classical Commentaries: Explorations in a Scholarly Genre, →ISBN, page 402:
glosses: The incorrect use of language.
Related terms: acyrologia
boxer briefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxer-briefs
Senses: examples: text: "Wait. Well, well… lookie here!" Monika says as she lifts the top of Derek's suitcase. "Seems like your boy wears boxer briefs, wears Calvin Klein cologne, and plays poker.
ref: 2013, Simon Elkeles, Wild Cards - Volume 1, page 109:
text: Please include four digital photos, taken with no makeup, no hair products. One from the front, two profile shots to show facial structure, one full body in white briefs or boxer briefs.
ref: 2022, Colton Haynes, Miss Memory Lane: A Memior, page 100:
glosses: A style of underpants for men that combines the snugness of briefs with the longer length of boxer shorts.
Related terms: bikini briefs
compression shorts
midway briefs
trunk briefs
usu.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of usually.
usu.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of usual.
hold down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds down
form: holding down
form: held down
form: held down
Senses: examples: text: Please hold the noise down.
text: You hold him down while I search him.
synonyms: word: restrain
word: hold back
word: behedge
word: guard
word: bind
word: chasten
word: check
word: contain
word: vanquish
word: cork
word: curb
word: bury
word: curtail
word: dampen
word: hamshackle
word: hold back
word: hold down
word: limit
word: repress
word: restrain
word: restrict
word: shackle
word: stay
word: stifle
word: stop
word: straiten
word: subdue
word: suppress
word: throttle
word: underbring
word: withhold
word: withstrain
glosses: To restrain; to check.
examples: text: I held down that job for years.
text: Thank you to everyone who's been holding us down while we've been going through this difficult time.
glosses: To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support.
Related terms: hold it down
complimentarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more complimentarily
form: most complimentarily
Etymology: From complimentary + -ly. Piecewise doublet of complementarily.
Senses: glosses: in a complimentary manner
cubic centimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubic centimeter
weekend warriors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weekend warrior
goaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊti/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊti/
Forms: form: goatier
form: goatiest
Etymology: From goat + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "Your face is curiously like Pan's," said Lou to him at dinner. ¶ It was true, in a commonplace sense. He had the tilted eyebrows, the twinkling goaty look, and the pointed ears of a goat-Pan.
ref: 1925, D. H. Lawrence, St Mawr:
text: It’s high in butterfat and protein, and low in bacteria (which is what can give goat cheeses a goaty, barnyard taste).
ref: 2011 November 29, Sue Riedl, “Seriously, you need to try this goat cheese”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
Derived terms: goatiness
Related terms: caprine
goatish
goaten
goatlike
haedine
hircine
goatier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of goaty: more goaty
goatiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of goaty: most goaty
generable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Capable of being generated or created.
Derived terms: ungenerable
generable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generables
Senses: glosses: Something that can be generated.
propugnator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propugnators
Etymology: From Latin prōpugnātor.
Senses: glosses: A champion or defender.
mereotopology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɹɪətəˈpɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: mereotopologies
Etymology: Blend of mereology + topology
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theory combining mereology and topology, investigating relations between parts and wholes and boundaries between them.
Derived terms: mereotopological
mereotopologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mereotopology
yellow jersey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjɛləʊ ˈdʒɜːzi/
ipa: /ˌjɛloʊ ˈdʒɝzi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
Forms: form: yellow jerseys
Etymology: Calque of French maillot jaune: maillot (“jersey, shirt; vest”) + jaune (“yellow”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: The evergreen Marianne Vos, a multiple world champion, crowned her illustrious career by taking her first yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes after emphatically winning stage two of the week-long race in Provins.
ref: 2022 July 25, Jeremy Whittle, “Marianne Vos takes yellow jersey on second stage of Tour de France Femmes”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2022:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
racing
sports
glosses: Especially in the Tour de France: the yellow shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time.
examples: text: The timing of the incident raised the question, almost certainly destined to remain unanswered, of whether, having allowed the escapers to pass by unhindered, the culprit had waited specifically for the yellow jersey group before sowing his mischief.
ref: 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
racing
sports
glosses: A cyclist who wears such a jersey or shirt; hence, the leader of a stage of a cycling race, or the winner of a cycling race.
Coordinate terms: green jersey
pink jersey
polka-dot jersey
red jersey
red number
white jersey
yellow number
Derived terms: yellow jersey on the road
unintellectually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unintellectually
form: most unintellectually
Etymology: From unintellectual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unintellectual way.
yeap
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: "Yeap, I do. D'you see that chair on the porch?"
ref: 1950, Conrad Aiken, The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken:
text: I told her, "Yeap. I'm here on vacation." We both smiled, as she told me, "Me too."
ref: 2003, Rick W. White, Comes Like a Raging Fire:
text: Yeap, I'm coming back in my next life as a daughter of one of my friends. I would never have to worry about looking ugly.
ref: 2009, Terri Lee Ryan, Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman's Life After 40:
glosses: Alternative spelling of yep.
hydroxyprolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxyproline
possies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possie
unimaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + imaged.
Senses: examples: text: What form of speech may express the happiness of the one half-hour passed beside that lonely pool, which never before imaged a love-meeting so perfect in its affection?—the delicious silence broken by unconscious exclamations; the asking looks that question without a sound; the forgetfulness of past and future, as if life were centred in this one present and dearest dream. Let it pass unimaged, unless by memory.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 251:
text: What does the unimaged side of Mercury look like and what processes have influenced its surface?
ref: 2001, Iwan P. Williams, Nicolas Thomas, Solar and extra-solar planetary systems, page 170:
glosses: That has not been imaged.
demergers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demerger
demergers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demerger
unmerge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmerges
form: unmerging
form: unmerged
form: unmerged
Etymology: From un- + merge.
Senses: glosses: To separate (something previously merged); to demerge.
unmerges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unmerge
unmerging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unmerge
unmerchantability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unmerchantable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unmerchantable.
flupenthixol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flupentixol.
Derived terms: clopenthixol
flupentixol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluːˈpɛn.tɪkˌsɔl/
Forms: form: flupenthixol
Etymology: Probably from flu(oro)- + phen- + thi(o)x(anthene) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A typical antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthenes.
propanedioic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Malonic acid.
underided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + derided.
Senses: glosses: Not derided.
Synonyms: unmocked
unmocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mocked.
Senses: glosses: Not mocked.
Synonyms: underided
deridingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more deridingly
form: most deridingly
Etymology: From deriding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a deriding way; mockingly.
Chilunda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lunda.
vestibulocochlear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛˌstɪb.jʊl.əʊˈkɒk.li.ə/
ipa: /vɛˌstɪb.jəl.oʊˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/
ipa: /vɛˌstɪb.jəl.oʊˈkɑk.li.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɒkliə(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊkliə(ɹ)
Etymology: From vestibulo- + cochlear.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: cochleovestibular
glosses: Of or pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea in the inner ear.
Derived terms: vestibulocochlear nerve
egglessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eggless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: With the dried egg withdrawn, the country relapsed into virtual egglessness. My parents couldn't imagine life without the egg.
ref: 2004, Gina Mallet, Last chance to eat: the fate of taste in a fast food world:
glosses: Lack of egg or eggs.
undevised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + devised.
Senses: glosses: That has not been devised.
Synonyms: uninvented
undesigned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + designed.
Senses: examples: text: The living in this manner vvith him, and his vvith me, vvas certainly the moſt undeſigned thing in the VVorld; he often proteſted to me, that vvhen he became firſt acquainted vvith me, and even to the very Night vvhen vve firſt broke in upon our Rules, he never had the leaſt Deſign of lying vvith me; that he alvvays had a ſincere Affection for me, but not the leaſt real inclination to do vvhat he had done; […]
ref: 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, pages 142–143:
text: “Yes,” he ſaid, “I will ſend him anything I have;” and then began to enumerate the different articles in his power, among which he mentioned the bread-fruit. This was the exact point to which I wiſhed to bring the converſation; and, ſeizing an opportunity, which had every appearance of being undeſigned and accidental, I told him the bread-fruit-trees were what King George would like; upon which he promiſed me a great many ſhould be put on board, and ſeemed much delighted to find it ſo eaſily in his power to ſend any thing that would be well received by King George.
ref: 1792, William Bligh, chapter VI, in A Voyage to the South Sea, […] in His Majesty’s Ship The Bounty, […], London: […] George Nicol, […], →OCLC, page 73:
text: She knows nothing herself, and looks upon Emma as knowing every thing. She is a flatterer in all her ways; and so much the worse, because undesigned. Her ignorance is hourly flattery.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Not designed, not intended.
examples: text: Paul Poiret, the first celebrity couturier, left nothing undesigned, not only what a woman wore but everything she touched.
ref: 1985 December 30, Martha Duffy, “Just the Way You Look Tonight Couture”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2013:
text: No, the new caring world of sustainable, recyclable, organic food gets the sustainable, recyclable, organic packaging it deserves and we must select from ranks of hessian bags marked with stout, sans-serif faces from a simpler era – packages that have been designed to within an inch of their lives to say “undesigned”.
ref: 2012 February 24, Tim Hayward, “Memories served cold”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Not designed, not drawn or planned before being made.
Synonyms: sense: not intended
word: designless
word: unintended
word: unintentional
sense: not designed
word: unpremeditated
word: impromptu
Derived terms: undesignedly
goatish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goatish
form: most goatish
Etymology: From goat + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: Many are the men, of every rank, quality, and degree here, who would much rather riot in these goatish embraces, than share the pure and lawful bliss derived from matrimonial, mutual love.
ref: 1774, Edward Long, chapter XIII, in The History of Jamaica, volume II, London: Lowndes, page 328:
text: Though I call them satyrs, they showed nothing of the satyr except little horns and a goatish head; all the rest of their form was human.
ref: 1887, Benvenuto Cellini, translated by John Addington Symonds, Autobiography, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, published 1910, Book 2, Chapter XXI, p. 294:
text: He went through a pantomime of examining a joint of meat, with goatish sniffs.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Burmese Days:
text: She was perfumed, and beside the wave of her perfume, Mendel perceived uneasily the heavy, goatish odor of Pavel's sweating body.
ref: 1985, Primo Levi, chapter 12, in William Weaver, transl., If Not Now, When?, New York: Summit, page 330:
glosses: Goaty, goatlike.
Derived terms: goatishly
goatishness
Related terms: caprine
goatlike
goaty
goaten
haedine
hircine
goatishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goatish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being goatish.
Synonyms: goatiness
goatishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more goatishly
form: most goatishly
Etymology: From goatish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a goatish way.
Synonyms: goatily
Coordinate terms: sheepishly
pages up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of page up
paging up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of page up
paged up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of page up
pages down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of page down
paging down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of page down
paged down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of page down
stompily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stompily
form: most stompily
Etymology: From stompy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stompy manner.
Synonyms: stompingly
OOTQ
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of out of the question.
oozingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oozingly
form: most oozingly
Etymology: From oozing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an oozing manner.
Synonyms: oozily
oozily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oozily
form: most oozily
Etymology: From oozy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an oozy manner.
Synonyms: oozingly
PgUp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pg Up.
PgDn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pg Dn.
goatee'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goatee'd
form: most goatee'd
Senses: examples: text: The balding pate shines, the brow wrinkles, the watery eye winks, the goatish smile smeared over a goatee'd face, the face of your own future?
ref: 2002, Jeffrey Lilly, Wise Hyenas, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Alternative spelling of goateed.
stompingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stompingly
form: most stompingly
Etymology: From stomping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stomping manner.
unbolded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bolded.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Not bolded; not in a bold typeface.
Synonyms: nonbold
prop up the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: props up the bar
form: propping up the bar
form: propped up the bar
form: propped up the bar
Senses: glosses: To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.
Related terms: barfly