cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fog up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fogs up
form: fogging up
form: fogged up
form: fogged up
Senses: examples: text: My glasses fogged up when he opened the shower door.
glosses: To coat, or become coated, with condensation. To steam up.
glosses: To get (someone) drunk.
glosses: To confuse (somebody).
harlekin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlekins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of harlequin.
delitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more delitable
form: most delitable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of delightable.
Serra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Serras
Senses: glosses: A surname.
modii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modius
motate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motates
form: motating
form: motated
form: motated
Senses: glosses: To run at very high speed, sprint.
dekagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dekagrams
Etymology: From deka- + gram.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decagram.
eparchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕpʹär'kē
ipa: /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/
ipa: /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/
Forms: form: eparchies
Etymology: Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), from Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”) from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”); equivalent to epi- + -archy.
Senses: glosses: A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
qualifier: Ancient Greece; Byzantine Empire; Ancient Greece; Byzantine Empire
glosses: A provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire)
glosses: An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
topics: Christianity
glosses: In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
topics: Christianity
synonyms: eparchate
glosses: In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
Derived terms: eparchial
Related terms: eparch
eparchate
archeparch
archeparchy
medium wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium waves
form: mediumwave
Senses: glosses: a radio wave with a frequency between 300 kHz and 3 MHz.
Related terms: long wave
short wave
oorie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oorie
form: most oorie
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ourie.
ourie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ourie
form: most ourie
Etymology: From Old Norse úr (“precipitation”), from Proto-Germanic *ūrą, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).
Equivelant to dialectal Swedish urrigt (“chill; having the sensation of cold; shivering”, literally “urr-ie”) – urrigt väder = “chill weather” – partly stemming from urr (“the feeling of shivering”), an onomatopoetic word akin to brr, but potentially also derived from ur (historical alternate spelling: urr).
Senses: glosses: Chill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering.
examples: text: Familiar with all the seasons he represents the phases of a northern winter with a frequency characteristic of his clime and of his fortunes; her tempests became anthems in his verse, and the sounding woods "raise his thoughts to Him that walketh on the wings of the wind"; full of pity for the shelterless poor, the "ourie cattle," the "silly sheep," and the "helpless birds," he yet reflects that the bitter blast is not "so unkind as man's ingratitude."
ref: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" (BURNS, ROBERT [1759-1796], Scottish poet)
glosses: Bleak; melancholy.
the apple does not fall far from the stem
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree.
the apple does not fall far from the trunk
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree.
the apple never falls far from the tree
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree.
ontological proof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontological proofs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ontological argument.
synonyms: word: ontological argument
striking distance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: striking distances
Senses: examples: text: "Nay, sir, a soldier, who is about to be posted within striking distance of his enemy, can never speak, with confidence, of separations that are to be short."
ref: 1845, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 19, in Satanstoe:
text: The two brigades at either end of the Boer lines had lost no chance of pushing in, and now they had come within striking distance.
ref: 1900, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Paardeberg”, in The Great Boer War, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 337:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent.
examples: text: I'm working on an invention of a new aeroplane stabilizer, and if I go now it will be just at a time when I am within striking distance of success.
ref: 1917, Victor Appleton, chapter 4, in Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders:
text: The probe breakthrough confirmed that French and British tunnelers were within striking distance of completing the first tunnel under the English Channel.
ref: 1990 November 12, Christopher Redman et al., “Europe An Island No More Hello! Allo!”, in Time:
glosses: A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it.
Synonyms: striking range
flex one's muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flexes one's muscles
form: flexing one's muscles
form: flexed one's muscles
form: flexed one's muscles
Senses: glosses: To tense and bend one's flexor muscles.
examples: text: But at a time of a growing perception in the West that China is flexing its muscles [...], countries closer to China’s shores also worry that it might be getting more assertive.
ref: 2010 January 21, “Choppy waters”, in The Economist:
text: Gomez's goals were his 10th and 11th of the season but only Hart's excellence prevented that total being extended, as the four-time European Cup winners flexed their muscles.
ref: 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To show off one's strength or skills.
speed humps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speed hump
speed demons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speed demon
skywalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skywalker
rare bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rare birds
Etymology: Calque of Latin rāra avis, part of a commonly quoted line from Juvenal's Satire VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan").
Senses: examples: text: Finds it more physical, that's an important word / Always seen first then heard / Such a rare bird
ref: 1977, “106 Beats That”, in Pink Flag, performed by Wire:
text: This makes him a rare bird, for most Democrats running for re-election are staying mum or apologising for their votes for reform.
ref: 2010 October 14, “Coming back to bite him”, in The Economist:
synonyms: rara avis
glosses: An unusual or exceptional person or thing.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, bird.
Related terms: strange bird
straighten up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: straightens up
form: straightening up
form: straightened up
form: straightened up
Senses: examples: 2006, American Motoryclist - Jan 2006, Victory's Kingpin goes its own way
bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch...
glosses: To become straight, or straighter.
examples: 13 October 2010, Blackpool Gazette, 'Bad driving' led to biker death crash
He said "As I came out of the bend I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning."
glosses: To steer straight.
examples: text: Horse skin smells good. Lay your cheek against his neck and have a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit loosely.
ref: 2005, Heike Lebherz, Riding For Pleasure:
glosses: To sit up straight, to stop hunching.
examples: 1994, Mccook Daily Gazette, Jul 12, 1994, Mail Delivery Trying To Get Up To Speed
The Postal Service sent a special task force to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach
glosses: To deal with; to put in order.
examples: text: The lockers were all standing wide open with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work the next day.
ref: 2005, Richard R. Simmons, A Long Hard Ride:
glosses: To tidy; to tidy up.
glosses: To clarify.
glosses: To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior.
Derived terms: straighten up and fly right
strap up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: straps up
form: strapping up
form: strapped up
form: strapped up
Senses: glosses: To fasten with a strap
stop off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stops off
form: stopping off
form: stopped off
form: stopped off
Senses: examples: text: It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.
text: Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk.
text: I stopped off at Welwyn North and took some photos.
synonyms: word: stop#Verb
word: stop by
word: stop in
word: keep
word: lodge
word: quarter
word: sleep over
word: sojourn
word: stay
word: stay over
word: stop
word: stop off
word: stop over
word: tarry
coordinate_terms: drop by
drop in
drop off
pop in
stay over
glosses: To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: plug up
stop up
stuff#Verb
glosses: To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
step in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steps in
form: stepping in
form: stepped in
form: stepped in
Senses: examples: text: McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
glosses: To act as a replacement or substitute.
glosses: To get involved; to act
stress out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stresses out
form: stressing out
form: stressed out
form: stressed out
Senses: glosses: To become stressed.
examples: text: Will you stop worrying? You're stressing me out.
text: With her thesis defence coming up, she is completely stressed out.
glosses: To inflict stress on (someone).
stub out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stubs out
form: stubbing out
form: stubbed out
form: stubbed out
Senses: synonyms: snub
glosses: To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.
glosses: To eradicate.
sweat off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweats off
form: sweating off
form: sweated off
form: sweated off
Senses: examples: 4 October 2010, Express, REBECCA ADLINGTON TAKES THE BUS LANE TO BRONZE
The shocked Aussie fighters started to sweat off the excess pounds, but competition manager Lenni Gama denied any problem with the scales.
glosses: To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).
sweep up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweeps up
form: sweeping up
form: swept up
form: swept up
Senses: examples: text: I'll wash the floor after sweeping up.
text: We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop.
glosses: To clean by sweeping.
examples: text: The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps
ref: 1897, Edmondo De Amicis, Maria Hornor Lansdale, Morocco its people and places:
glosses: To transport to shore by waves.
examples: text: We got swept up in the excitement.
glosses: to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.
swing by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings by
form: swinging by
form: swung by
form: swung by
Senses: examples: text: I'll swing by later if I can clock off early.
synonyms: swing over
glosses: To pay a brief, informal visit.
table wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table wines
Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(2).
Senses: glosses: Wine that is not fortified or sparkling.
glosses: A low-quality wine, suitable for drinking at mealtimes.
qualifier: US standards of identity
glosses: A grape wine containing at most fourteen percent alcohol by volume.
tape up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tapes up
form: taping up
form: taped up
form: taped up
Senses: glosses: To repair using tape.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To use tape to restrict the movement of muscles, putatively in order to aid healing after workouts.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To use tape on the fingers to protect them from gritstone rash.
tear duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪədʌkt/
Forms: form: tear ducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A duct that transports tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
Synonyms: nasolacrimal duct
Related terms: nasolacrimal sac
tearstain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪəsteɪn/
Forms: form: tearstains
Etymology: From tear + stain.
Senses: glosses: Any stain produced from tears from the eye.
teenth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teenths
Etymology: Short for sixteenth.
Senses: glosses: A dram, a sixteenth of an ounce.
raw_tags: used in measuring drugs
tense up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tenses up
form: tensing up
form: tensed up
form: tensed up
Senses: glosses: To become tense.
thornbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθoɹnˌbɪl/
ipa: /ˈθɔːnˌbɪl/
Forms: form: thornbills
Etymology: From thorn + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia.
glosses: Any of the hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, native to the Americas.
Derived terms: brown thornbill
King Island brown thornbill
buff-rumped thornbill
chestnut-rumped thornbill
inland thornbill
mountain thornbill
Papuan thornbill
slaty-backed thornbill
slender-billed thornbill
striated thornbill
Tasmanian thornbill
western thornbill
yellow-rumped thornbill
overlearn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈləːn/
Forms: form: overlearns
form: overlearning
form: overlearned
form: overlearned
form: overlearnt
form: overlearnt
form: over-learn
Etymology: From over- + learn.
Senses: examples: text: Why the rigmarole of a military survey before enacting a measure most Americans already favoured? Maybe he over-learned the lesson of the clobbering Bill Clinton got when he barged into this area right at the start of his presidency.
ref: 2010 October 14, “An own goal on gay rights”, in The Economist:
glosses: To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart.
topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive.
qualifier: modeling
glosses: Mostly when talking about neural networks, to learn a task to the point where responses actually start to degrade. Compare with overfit, in model tuning contexts.
overlearned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlearn
overlearning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlearn
overlearns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlearn
through ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: through balls
form: through-ball
Senses: examples: text: It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.
ref: 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
text: And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.
ref: 2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A forward pass played between opposition defenders.
Torquay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tɔɹˈkiː/
Etymology: From tor + quay.
Senses: glosses: A town and coastal resort in Torbay borough, in southern Devon, England.
glosses: A town in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A village in the Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms: Torquay pottery
Torquay ware
porcinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcini
as follows
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Originally an impersonal construction = ‘as it follows’.
Senses: examples: text: The main points are as follows
text: I have come up with a new plan, as follows.
glosses: In the manner described hereafter.
division rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of division ring
division signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of division sign
PS/2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: PS/1
glosses: Initialism of Personal System/2, IBM's second generation of personal computers, released in 1987.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Ellipsis of PS/2 port, the serial I/O interface standard created for the IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
PS1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: PS1s
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: PS
PSX
PSOne
glosses: Initialism of PlayStation 1.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Misspelling of PS/1.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
software
typography
glosses: Abbreviation of PostScript Level 1.
topics: art
arts
glosses: Ellipsis of MoMA PS1, a contemporary art institution in Long Island City.
Related terms: sense: Sony
word: PSX
sense: Sony
word: PS2
sense: Sony
word: PS3
sense: Sony
word: PSP
sense: Sony
word: PSOne
sense: Sony
word: PS4
sense: Sony
word: PS5
topics: publishing
media
word: PS
topics: publishing
media
word: PS2
topics: publishing
media
word: PS3
topics: publishing
media
word: EPS
PS/1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: PS/2
glosses: Ellipsis of IBM PS/1, a line of personal computers.
PS3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PS3s
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Sony PlayStation 3
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
software
typography
glosses: PostScript level 3
Related terms: sense: Sony
word: PSX
sense: Sony
word: PS1
sense: Sony
word: PS2
sense: Sony
word: PSOne
sense: Sony
word: PS One
sense: Sony
word: PSone
sense: Sony
word: PSP
sense: Sony
word: PS4
sense: Sony
word: PS5
topics: publishing
media
word: PS
topics: publishing
media
word: PS1
topics: publishing
media
word: PS2
topics: publishing
media
word: EPS
eps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ep
smoking rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoking room
pulli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pullus
pullorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊˈlɔːɹəm/
Etymology: From Latin pullorum, originally as part of a specific name Bacterium pullorum, now as the name of a serovar.
Senses: examples: text: I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 246:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
basso profondos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basso profondo
reddit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reddits
form: redditing
form: reddited
form: reddited
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Reddit.
redditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redditors
Senses: examples: text: This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it.
ref: 2017 February 22, Madison Malone Kircher, “‘Things You Did on Ambien’ Is Peak Reddit”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2018:
text: “We will not tolerate profit-seeking entities like Anthropic commercially exploiting Reddit content for billions of dollars without any return for redditors or respect for their privacy,” Ben Lee, Reddit’s chief legal officer, said in a statement.
ref: 2025 June 4, Mike Isaac, quoting Ben Lee, “Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Redditor.
replum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpləm/
Forms: form: replums
form: repla
Etymology: From Latin replum (“door frame”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off
repla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of replum
oeconomus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /iːˈkɒnəməs/
Forms: form: oeconomi
Etymology: From Latin oeconomus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule”).
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A married priest (chiefly Orthodox Christian and Uniate usage), as opposed to a hieromonk.
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A priest or other person who serves as the bursar or finance officer of a diocese or religious institution (chiefly Roman Catholic usage), an episcopal oeconomus temporarily takes charge of church property in the event of an episcopal vacancy.
glosses: A Byzantine title given to the chief steward or treasurer of a household or institution.
sagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sagan
sextarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextariuses
form: sextarii
Etymology: From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary.
Senses: glosses: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time.
glosses: A Roman unit of dry measure.
Synonyms: sense: unit of liquid volume
word: sextary
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: Roman pint
sense: unit of liquid volume
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: pint
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of liquid measure
word: lingula (1
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: 48 sextarius)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: cyathus (1
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: 12 sextarius)
sense: unit of liquid measure
alt: ⅛ sextarius
word: acetabulum
sense: unit of liquid measure
alt: ¼ sextarius
word: quartarius
sense: unit of liquid measure
alt: ½ sextarius
word: hemina
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: congius (6 sextariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: urna (24 sextariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: amphora (48 sextariuses)
sense: unit of liquid measure
word: culeus (960 sextariuses)
sense: unit of dry measure
alt: ½ sextarius
word: hemina
sense: unit of dry measure
word: modius (16 sextariuses)
sextarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextarius
silurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siluri
form: siluruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.
MOCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOCCs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of maintenance operations control center.
increasest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: increase + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of increase
stinkpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinkpot
stinkeroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinkeroo
stepwives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stepwife
spidergrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spidergram
Sogdians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sogdian
sideroads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideroad
shoogling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoogle
shoogled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoogle
snaggleteeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snaggletooth
snaggletooths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snaggletooth
pigouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigout
woodcare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wood + care.
Senses: examples: text: We sell a range of varnishes and other woodcare products.
glosses: The care and treatment of wood.
unsubscriber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsubscribers
Etymology: From unsubscribe + -er or un- + subscriber.
Senses: examples: text: It is also important to find out why readers unsubscribe from the blog. If the organization has the unsubscriber's e-mail address, it should send a follow-up email and a minisurvey asking why the person chose to unsubscribe.
ref: 2010, Beth Kanter, Allison Fine, Randi Zuckerberg, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change, page 127:
glosses: One who unsubscribes.
unsubscribers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsubscriber
nonreceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + receptive.
Senses: glosses: Not receptive.
portscanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portscanners
Etymology: From port + scanner.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program that performs portscans.
portscanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portscanner
portresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portress
infantcare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From infant + care.
Senses: glosses: The act of supervising and taking care of infants.
Related terms: babycare
childcare
minisurvey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisurveys
Etymology: From mini- + survey.
Senses: examples: text: The first edition, translated into 6 languages, appeared to fulfil a need, and a minisurvey of UK veterinarians graduated 2–40 years ago showed unanimous support for such a revision […]
ref: 2005, Anthony David Weaver, Guy St. Jean, Adrian Steiner, Bovine surgery and lameness:
glosses: A small or short survey.
minisurveys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisurvey
sponsee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sponsees
Etymology: From sponsor + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: What expectations would you have of me if I were your sponsee?
ref: 2004, Geraldine A. Miller, Learning the language of addiction counseling, page 197:
synonyms: sponsoree
glosses: One who is sponsored.
sponsees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sponsee
sponsorer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sponsorers
Etymology: From sponsor (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sponsors; a sponsor.
sponsorers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sponsorer
cardholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From card + holding.
Senses: glosses: The ownership of a card used for financial transactions.
cardholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From card + holding.
Senses: examples: a cardholding member of the Communist party
glosses: Owning a card (identity card, financial, etc.).
Synonyms: card-carrying
sailmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sail + making.
Senses: glosses: The occupation of making sails.
Related terms: sailmaker
friska
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friskas
Senses: glosses: The fast section of a csardas.
unproblematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unproblematically
form: most unproblematically
Etymology: From unproblematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Without problems.
rimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rimmer
bi-endian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + endian.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Supporting both big-endian and little-endian processing.
Synonyms: bytesexual
ungradated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gradated.
Senses: glosses: Not gradated.
noncreditworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + creditworthy.
Senses: glosses: Not creditworthy.
anigif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anigifs
Etymology: Shortening of animated GIF.
Senses: examples: text: The gentleman's original complaint was that his gifs (not anigifs) had been turned into anigifs. The answer you gave would be okay IF he only had one type of graphic involved.
ref: 1997 May 8, Ken M. Hale, “Gifs now Anigifs, How to turn them back?”, in microsoft.public.publisher (Usenet), message-ID <01bc5c0c$d93dcc00$e27681ce@premier1.premier1.net>:
text: If you are asking about making an anigif then the other posts have addys that are good. If you're asking about placing an anigif on yer page, the answer's easy: Place it on like anyother^([sic]) picture.
ref: 1998 January 18, Rancie, “Animated Gif”, in alt.homepages.geocities (Usenet), message-ID <34c3b930.0@news1.ibm.net>:
text: Stella, once you've converted the anigif to avi, insert it into PPT (using Insert/Movie/From File), then right-click it and select Custom Animation.
ref: 2001 March 18, Echo S, “Powerpoint 97”, in microsoft.public.design.gallery (Usenet), message-ID <3AB4C80A.E55238BE@indy.net>:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An animated image in the GIF format.
anigifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anigif
oeconomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oeconomus
firelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fireless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When anthropologist James Frazer examined reports of prehistoric firelessness, he found them equally full of fantasy, such as fire being brought by a cockatoo or being tamed after it was discovered in a woman's genitals.
ref: 2010, Richard Wrangham, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, page 27:
glosses: The absence of fire.
noncapable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + capable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable.
noncapitalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + capitalized.
Senses: glosses: Not capitalized; not written with an uppercase letter or letters.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Not capitalized.
withgo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: withgoes
form: withgoing
form: withwent
form: withgone
Etymology: From Middle English withgon (“to be in opposition to, vanish”), from Old English wiþgān (“to go against, oppose, pass away, vanish, disappear”), equivalent to with- + go.
Senses: examples: text: Bisbie, being then in the 55th year of his age, and 30th year of his incumbency, by vertue of an unrighteous Act of a factious and rebellious convention, was deprived of the rectory of Long Melford for not withgoing his faith and sworn allegiance to King James the Second and transferring it to William, Prince of Orange.
ref: 1903, John Henry Overton, The nonjurors: their lives, principles, and writings:
glosses: To go against; oppose; transgress.
examples: text: "[...] In the name of all that is dear to you, let us help you to withgo the vengeance."
ref: 1895, Aroda Reym, A life contrast:
text: It has been reported in the newspapers that in South Australia several women who could afford to withgo the allowance have drawn £5, and contributed the money to the funds of the Liberal party.
ref: 1914, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary debates: Senate and House of Representatives:
text: Operators in areas outside Chicago were urged to withgo experiments with radio truck communication until the experiment in Chicago had proved the practicability and efficiency of such a highway communication program.
ref: 1946, Traffic Service Corporation, Traffic world:
text: Thus, many railroads have been forced to withgo the payment of dividends in recent years while established industrial companies were able to return to a dividend schedule following the curtailment of the early thirties.
ref: 1957, William Hollow Husband, James Carlton Dockeray, Modern corporation finance:
text: Abraham Gonsales, when his daughter died, wrote how it had "pleased God to take her from this miserable world ... it has caused us a great deal of grief and sorrow . . . give us strength to withgo so much sorrow for it has touched out hearts.
ref: 2001, Richard Grassby, Kinship and Capitalism:
glosses: To forgo; give up; pass up; forfeit.
paraphrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈfɹɛnɪk/
Forms: form: more paraphrenic
form: most paraphrenic
Etymology: From paraphrenia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or pertaining to paraphrenia.
Derived terms: somatoparaphrenic
paraphrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈfɹɛnɪk/
Forms: form: paraphrenics
Etymology: From paraphrenia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His case well illustrates the schiztic character of a certain class of paraphrenics.
ref: 1920, The Psychoanalytic Review, volume 7, page 254:
glosses: A person who has paraphrenia.
hurters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurter
paraphrenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphrenias
Etymology: From para- + -phrenia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: The state of being paraphrenic, the most severe form of the mistrustful-paranoid-paraphrenic personality spectrum, related to paranoid personality disorder.
Derived terms: somatoparaphrenia
Related terms: paraphrenic
paraphrenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphrenia
paraphrasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphrast
paraphraseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paraphrasable.
Goggin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Goggin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Goggin
Related terms: Goggins
solifluctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solifluction
solifugids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solifugid
Aka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Either of two lakes in Alaska.
Aka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aka
Senses: glosses: A member of a nomadic Mbenga people.
eggburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggburgers
Etymology: From egg + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A hamburger served with a fried egg as a topping.
eggburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggburger
nondream
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dream.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a dream.
nontennis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tennis.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to the sport of tennis.
Apa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-pa⁴.
Senses: examples: text: In August 1935, the Red Army continued to march north in two columns — the right led by the Central Committee of the Party and Comrade Mao Tsetung; the left by Chu Teh, Chang Kuo-tao and Liu Po-cheng. However, when the left column reached Apa (now in the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou in Szechuan), Chang Kuo-tao again refused to carry out the decision of the Central Committee and, detaining Chu Teh and Liu Po-cheng, took the troops south.
ref: 1972, Chen Chang-feng [陳昌奉], “About the Long March”, in On the Long March with Chairman Mao [跟随毛主席长征], 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 119:
english: 跟随毛主席长征
translation: 跟随毛主席长征
text: The road between Maowen and Peichuan counties was opened to traffic on 30 December, 1973. The "Maopei" road runs (east) from the county town of Maowen in Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou to Peichuan County in Mienyang special district, and is over 110 km long.
ref: 1974 March 27 [1974 February 23], “New Road in Szechwan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, number 60, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page E 2:
text: This area now forms part of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Region, in which is included the Chiang Autonomous County - the Chiang people being those who were formerly known as the Mantsu. Capital of the Apa region is Maerkung, formerly a small opium-trading post and scene of the historic meeting of the main part of the Red Army under Mao Tse-tung with the North Szechuan Fourth Front Army under Chang Kuo-tao.
ref: 1976, Wilfred Burchett, “Fifty Thousand Policeless States”, in China: The Quality of Life, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43:
text: Last year both the total grain output and the number of livestock of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were 3 times those of the year preceding the democratic reform.[…]
In Apa Prefecture, two-thirds of the cadres are of minority nationalities and many of the leading cadres were poor peasants or herdsmen before liberation.
ref: 1976 July 8 [1976 July 7], “NCNA Notes Changes in Szechwan Minority Area”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 132, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages J1, J 2:
glosses: Alternative form of Aba (Ngawa).
Related terms: Apa Tani
AINEC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of and it's not even close.
Ede
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Ede.
Senses: glosses: A city in Gelderland province, Netherlands.
glosses: A municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands.
Ede
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Edes
Etymology: Variant spelling of Eade.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unshameable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshameable
form: most unshameable
Etymology: From un- + shameable.
Senses: synonyms: shameless
glosses: Impossible to shame.
Related terms: unshameful
shameable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shameable
form: most shameable
Etymology: From shame + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Girls from my village are best [as maids] because they are shameable – I can report them to their parents.
ref: 2010, Francis B Nyamnjoh, Intimate Strangers, page 303:
glosses: Possible to shame.
surculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surculi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surcle.
Senses: glosses: A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.
Related terms: surcle
surculose
surculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surculus
draughtproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of draughtproof
draughtproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draftproofing
Etymology: From draughtproof + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The material which is used to make something draughtproof.
glosses: The act of making something draughtproof.
draughtproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draftproofing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of draughtproof
Borel measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Borel measures
Etymology: After Emile Borel
Senses: examples: text: We are now in a position to construct a definitive theory for measuring subsets of #92;mathbb#123;R#125; based on the idea that the measure of an interval is its length. We begin with a more general (but only slightly more complicated) construction that yields a large family of measures on #92;mathbb#123;R#125; whose domain is the Borel σ-algebra #92;mathcal#123;B#125;#95;#123;#92;mathbb#123;R
ref: 1999, Gerald B. Folland, Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications, 2nd edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, §1.5, page 33:
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A measure whose domain is the Borel σ-algebra of a locally compact Hausdorff space.
wikipedia: Emile Borel
outer regular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: (of a Borel set) That its measure is equal to the infimum of the measures of all open sets which contain it.
Related terms: inner regular
regular
inner regular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Whose measure is equal to the supremum of the measures of all compact sets which are contained by it.
raw_tags: of a Borel set
Related terms: outer regular
regular
σ-compact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The 'σ' stands for "countable union".
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: That is expressible as a countable union of compact sets.
raw_tags: of a set in a topological space
σ-finite measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: σ-finite measures
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set, in a measurable space, that is expressible as a countable union of sets of finite measure.
Hypernyms: measure
wither-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: weather-
form: wother-
form: widder-
Etymology: From Middle English wither-, from Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþra-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with.
Senses: glosses: Prefix meaning: "against", "in opposition to"; "in return"; "counter-"; "contrary (to)"; "in the opposite direction (of or to)"; "backwards".
Derived terms: word: witherband
word: witherblench
word: withercraft
word: witherlaw
word: witherling
word: withernam
word: withersake
word: withershins
word: witherward
word: witherweight
word: witherwin
word: witherwrung
goldbeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: goldbeaters
Etymology: From Middle English goldbeter, equivalent to gold + beater.
Senses: examples: text: Zebedee went to the goldbeaters shop, which smelled like lamb because the goldbeater ate a sandwich of lamb every day for lunch.
ref: 2004, Paul Fattaruso, Travel in the Mouth of the Wolf, →ISBN, page 26:
text: The membrane had been used, perhaps since antiquity, to make gold leaf, which goldbeaters produced by starting out with a small ingot of gold and beating it thinner, then sandwiching the leaves between sheets of cow intestines, ultimately creating a stack of alternating goldbeater's skins and gold leaf that could be more than 100 layers deep.
ref: 2015, Ed Regis, Monsters: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Birth of Pathological Technology, →ISBN:
text: In my mind's eye, I see Cristiano on the day he first arrived in my father's workshop, the old goldbeater's assistant now grown into a man.
ref: 2017, Laura Morelli, The Painter's Apprentice: A Novel of 16th-Century Venice, →ISBN:
glosses: A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars.
Derived terms: goldbeater's skin
witherling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)lɪŋ/
Forms: form: witherlings
Etymology: From Old English wiþerling, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + -ling.
Senses: glosses: An opponent, enemy, or adversary.
witherling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)lɪŋ/
Forms: form: witherlings
Etymology: From wither (“to wilt”) + -ling.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which is withered or decrepit.
withername
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)ˌneɪm/
Forms: form: withernam
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English wiþernām (“seizure”, literally “a take-back”), from Old Norse viðrnam, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + nim. More at wither, nim.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal
withernam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withernams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of withername.
to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From to + be.
Senses: examples: text: […] I shall be thy mate no more,
Tho’ following with an upward mind
⁠The wonders that have come to thee,
⁠Thro’ all the secular to be,
But evermore a life behind.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63:
text: Comparing the as-is to the to-be provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.
ref: 2008, Keith D. Willett, Information Assurance Architecture, page 49:
glosses: The future, that which is to come.
Synonyms: the future
Related terms: -to-be
a suffix attached after nouns
to-come