cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bestand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ænd
Forms: form: bestands
form: bestanding
form: bestood
form: bestood
Etymology: From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (“to surround, support”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + stand.
Senses: glosses: To stand by or near; stand around.
examples: text: [...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]
ref: 1880, Sidney Lanier, Alfred Kappes, Sir Thomas Malory, The Boy's King Arthur:
glosses: To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.
examples: text: Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]
ref: 1846, Polydore Vergil, Sir Henry Ellis, Polydore Vergil's English history:
glosses: To surround; encompass.
examples: text: [...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.
ref: 1904, Donald Grant Mitchell, American Lands and Letters:
text: Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would always bestand them well?
ref: 1907, Donald Grant Mitchell, The works of Donald G. Mitchell:
glosses: To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.
Synonyms: sense: to serve
word: bestead
nuzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌzl̩/
ipa: /ˈnʌz(ə)l/
ipa: [ˈnʌzɫ̩]
rhymes: -ʌzəl
Forms: form: nuzzles
Etymology: PIE word
 *néh₂s
The verb is derived from Middle English noselen (“to bend down”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:
* a back-formation from noseling, noselyng (“on the back, supine; with the face downward, prone”, adverb), from nose (“nose”) (from Old English nosu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”)) + -ling, -lyng (suffix forming adverbs denoting direction, manner, or position); or
* from nose (see above) + -el, -elen (diminutive or frequentative suffix) (in which case the English word is, by surface analysis, nose + -le (frequentative suffix)).
Sense 2.3 (“to settle or lie comfortably and snugly”) is possibly influenced by nestle or nursle (frequentative of nurse).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Compare nozzle.
Senses: glosses: An act of nuzzling (all verb senses).
recept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːsɛpt/
rhymes: -iːsɛpt
Forms: form: recepts
Etymology: From Latin receptum (“thing received”), neuter singular of receptus, perfect passive participle of recipiō (“take back; receive”). Doublet of receipt.
Coined by G.J. Romanes in 1888.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: concept
precept
glosses: An idea that is formed by the repetition of percepts.
wikipedia: G.J. Romanes
bond distortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bond distortions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any change in the lengths of chemical bonds, and in the angles between them, caused by steric hindrance and similar forces
steric hindrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steric hindrances
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several effects, most common in organic chemistry, in which the structure or reactivity of a molecule is affected by the physical size and proximity of neighbouring parts of the molecule.
Related terms: neighbouring group participation
neighbouring group participation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neighbouring group participations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many effects in organic chemistry in which the course of a reaction, or its rate, is affected by the presence of a neighbouring functional group; anchimeric assistance
Related terms: steric hindrance
ex gratia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ex grātiā (literally “out of grace”).
Senses: examples: text: an ex gratia payment
glosses: Given as a favour; given as a gift.
ex gratia
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ex grātiā (literally “out of grace”).
Senses: examples: text: a payment given ex gratia
glosses: As a favour; as a gift.
rebolter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebolters
Etymology: From rebolt + -er.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person who replaces dangerous or broken climbing bolts in frequently-used climbs
Related terms: rebolting
climbing bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climbing bolts
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A bolt permanently fixed to a rock face to allow climbers to attach ropes etc
upupa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upupas
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, like hoopoe.
Senses: glosses: A hoopoe.
aguti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agutis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of agouti.
nolens volens
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin nōlēns (“unwilling”), from nōlō (“I am unwilling”) and volēns (“willing”), from volō (“I am willing, I will”).
Senses: examples: text: Now I would not, quoth my uncle Toby, get a child, nolens, volens, that is, whether I would or no, to pleaſe the greateſt prince upon earth——
ref: 1765, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXXIII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume VIII, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 183:
text: “Well, nolens volens, you must hold your tongue,” said Pleydell.
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter L, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Boats with soldiers were sent under the direction of the padres to capture Indians and bring them to the missions, where they were made Christians nolens volens.
ref: 1843, Edward Belcher, Narrative of a Voyage Round the World:
text: He won't go very “dangerous lengths,” but thinks the truth lies half-way between Agassiz and the ‘Origin.’ As he goes thus far he will, nolens volens, have to go further.
ref: 1887, Charles Darwin, “To T. H. Huxley. Down, August 8 [1860]”, in Francis Darwin, editor, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, volume II, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 123:
glosses: Willing or unwilling; willy-nilly.
earthquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthquake
radiolesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiolesions
Etymology: From radio- + lesion.
Senses: glosses: Any lesion produced by ionizing radiation.
radioli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiolus
radiolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioli
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The barbule of a feather
barbule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbules
Etymology: PIE word
 *bʰardʰéh₂
Borrowed from Latin barbula (“little beard”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small barb or beard.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.
Derived terms: barbuled
radioligand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioligands
Etymology: From radio- + ligand.
Senses: glosses: Any molecule that has a radioactive tracer attached, especially one used for radioimmunoassay
radiolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiolites
Etymology: From radio- + -lite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of igneous rock that has a radial, fanlike texture of crystals; a hippurite
Related terms: radiolitic
radiolocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiolocations
Etymology: From radio- + location.
Senses: glosses: The detection and locating of distant objects using microwave radiation; especially radar
glosses: The locating of an object that is fitted with a radio tag
glosses: A location so identified
radiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radiology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radiology.
Derived terms: radiologic technologist
Related terms: radiological
radiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons.
Derived terms: cardioradiological
clinicoradiological
nonradiological
post-radiological
radiological agent
radiological anatomy
radiological bomb
radiological defence
radiological dispersal device
radiological dose
radiological emergency
radiological environment
radiologically
radiological monitoring
radiological operation
radiological physics
radiological protection
radiological survey
radiological warfare
radiological weapon
teleradiological
Related terms: radiologic
cupboardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cupboardy
form: most cupboardy
Etymology: From cupboard + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Caroline and Amelia were rather short in their tempers that night at hair-brushing time, and Lucy was glad to have her funny little cupboardy room all to herself.
ref: 1877, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, In Great Waters, and Other Tales, Adamant Media Corporation, →ISBN, page 231:
text: 1886, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney, Bonnyborough, Houghton, Mifflin, p. 129,
I detest a room that is for nothing but eating; and one that is only for leather and paper and printer's ink gets cupboardy and musty in a hardly less undesirable way."
text: 1889, J. E. (Jane Ellen) Panton, Bypaths and Cross-roads, Ward and Downey, p. 265,
Ah ! we may smile as we walk behind our hostess as she discourses eagerly over her pickles and preserves, and we scent the queer lavender "cupboardy" smell that hangs about the upstairs rooms, each bed appropriately attired in a ghost-like dust-sheet.
text: 1907, William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries, G. Bell, etc p. 287,
(editors note after a letter by Thomas Ratcliffe re cubbardy) "Cupboardy" is recorded in the 'NED' as a nonce-word, with a quotation from Miss Braddon.
text: 1969, David Wright, Deafness: A personal Account, Faber & Faber, read in Jill Jepson, No Walls of Stone: An Anthology of Literature by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers, Gallaudet University Press (2002) →ISBN, p. 156,
I was ushered along a dark cupboardy passage that led to the dining-room.
glosses: Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
examples: text: Down, Jack, you cupboardy dog!" The rough terrier thus unceremoniously addressed had been making a tour of inspection round Else ever since her arrival; but a sudden impression that there was such a thing as bread and butter to be had overmastered curiosity, and turning away...he sat up on end and wagged his paws just in front of his mistress.
ref: 1880, Cecilia Findlay, Cross purposes, Marcus Ward & Co, page 32:
glosses: Associated with cupboard love.
radiolucent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + -lucent.
Senses: glosses: transparent to X-rays
radiolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiolyses
Etymology: From radio- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The dissociation of a molecule as a result of radiation
radiomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radiomimetic
form: most radiomimetic
Etymology: From radio- + mimetic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a biological effect similar to that of radiation
radiomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiomimetics
Etymology: From radio- + mimetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A radiomimetic drug
radiomutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiomutations
Etymology: From radio- + mutation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A genetic mutation due to the effects of ionizing radiation
radion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radions
Etymology: From radius + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The radius modulus of an extra dimension in a compactification. Coined in 1998 by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and John March-Russell in the paper "Stabilization of Sub-Millimeter Dimensions: The New Guise of the Hierarchy Problem".
radionecrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radionecroses
Etymology: From radio- + necrosis.
Senses: glosses: Any necrosis caused by exposure to ionizing radiation.
radioneuritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + neuritis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: neuritis caused by exposure to ionizing radiation
radionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- (“pertaining to rays or radiation”) + (electr)onics.
Senses: examples: text: Tiller observes that pendulums, dowsing rods and radionics devices all serve to reduce the signal/noise ratio. They help the average individual who is not blessed with the gifts of concentration that are apparently inherent in gifted healers […]
ref: 2004, Daniel J. Benor, Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing, page 465:
glosses: Any of several techniques supposed to detect and modulate "life forces" and to provide healing using various electric black boxes.
radionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- (“pertaining to radio waves”) + (electr)onics.
Senses: examples: text: But it's also because the Cambridge is British made by Sinclair Radionics Ltd, Europe's largest calculator manufacturer, with all the cost advantages of scale that this entails.
ref: 1973 August 2, New Scientist, volume 59, number 857, page 273:
glosses: electronics, especially in radio technology.
radionucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radionucleotides
Etymology: From radio- + nucleotide.
Senses: glosses: Any nucleotide labelled with a radioactive tracer.
Derived terms: radionucleotide cisternogram
radiopasteurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + pasteurization or radiopasteurize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: pasteurization by exposure to ionizing radiation
pasteurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasteurizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pasteurisation.
Derived terms: radiopasteurization
subpasteurization
superpasteurization
ultrapasteurization
day late, dollar short
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of a day late and a dollar short.
synonyms: word: a day late and a dollar short
falda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faldas
Etymology: From Italian falda, from Lombardic *falda, from Proto-Germanic *faldō, *falþō, related to Middle High German falde, falte (“a fold”). More at English fold.
Senses: glosses: A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.
sea-front
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-fronts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of seafront.
second-stringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-stringers
form: second stringer
Etymology: From second string + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string" player is unavailable.
glosses: A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup.
secularist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secularists
Etymology: From secular + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in or supports secularism.
secularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛkjələɹaɪˌzeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˈsɛkjələɹəˌzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: secularizations
form: secularisation
Etymology: From secular + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
glosses: The deconsecration of a church.
Synonyms: deconfessionalization
deconsecration
desacralization
laicization
Related terms: secular
secularizable
secularize
secularizer
secularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: secularizes
form: secularizing
form: secularized
form: secularized
form: secularise
Etymology: From secular + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make secular.
Hyponyms: deconsecrate & Thesaurus:desecrate
Derived terms: desecularize
secularizable
secularizer
unsecularize
Related terms: secular
secularization
laicize
Denny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Denis or Dennis.
glosses: A surname of Scottish origin.
glosses: A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8082).
Related terms: Denni Feminine form of name
semipermeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmiˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/
/ˌsɛmaɪ-/
Forms: form: more semipermeable
form: most semipermeable
Etymology: From semi- + permeable.
Senses: glosses: Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.
Related terms: osmosis
sensuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛns.juː.əs.nəs/
Forms: form: sensuousnesses
Etymology: From sensuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sensuous.
glosses: The product or result of being sensuous.
sensualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensualists
Etymology: From sensual + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: pleasure seeker
voluptuary
glosses: A person who believes in enjoying sensuality and the experience of pleasant sensations.
synonyms: Aristippian
Cyrenaic
Epicurean
glosses: One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
Synonyms: word: bon viveur
word: epicure
word: epicurean
word: hedonist
word: high-stepper
word: lapling
word: lotus-eater
word: pleasure seeker
word: pleasurist
word: sensualist
word: softling
word: sybarite
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
Hypernyms: word: person
word: wanton
Hyponyms: word: drunkard
word: glutton
word: libertine
word: Aristippan
word: Aristippian
word: Cyrenaic
word: Cyrenian
word: Cyrenean
word: Epicurean
word: bon vivant
word: boulevardier
word: man about town
word: woman about town
word: Corinthian
word: flaneur
Related terms: word: sensation
word: sense
word: sensual
word: sensualism
word: sensuality
word: pleasure
sensuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensuously
form: most sensuously
Etymology: From sensuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sensuous manner.
sequestration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequestrations
Etymology: From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).
Senses: examples: text: In possession of ample property, it was not from motives of retrenchment he had quitted the frequented scenes of life; sequestration during the first months of marriage had been his choice, equally as that of his partner;[…]
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 123:
text: At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
glosses: The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
Derived terms: carbon sequestration
desequestration
Related terms: Sequestration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
shallowly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shallow + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a shallow manner, without depth.
sharer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharers
Etymology: From share + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] the true gamesters pretended to be ill, and refused their glass, while they plied heartily two young fellows, who were to be afterwards pillaged, as indeed they were without mercy. Of this plunder I had the good fortune to be a sharer, though I was not yet let into the secret.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones:
text: He was densely distressed—and perhaps I should have sympathized with him if I had been able to detach my mental vision from the unsuspected sharer of my cabin as though he were my second self. There he was on the other side of the bulkhead, four or five feet from us, no more, as we sat in the saloon.
ref: 1909, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer:
text: Job sharers find that they can approach the job in a fresher and more positive manner because they are only working for a part of the week, as opposed to a complete week.
ref: 2017, Jonathan Sutherland, Key Concepts in Business Practice:
glosses: One who shares.
examples: text: Can we order the seafood platter as a sharer?
glosses: A dish at a restaurant, etc. intended to be shared between several people.
Derived terms: needle sharer
time-sharer
shouter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shouters
Etymology: From shout + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who shouts.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A singer with an expressive, loud vocal style seen as reminiscent of shouting.
examples: text: It certainly had merit as a punkish shouter with its machine-gun-spatter underbeat.
ref: 2013, James Arena, First Ladies of Disco, page 53:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A song performed in this manner.
shovelful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shovelfuls
form: shovelsful
Etymology: From shovel + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain.
text: Two workers each had a shovelful of snow. There were two shovelsful of snow.
text: As to the fireman, the sight of him at work, swinging round with his shovelful of coal and at the same moment lightly depressing his right heel and so working the pedal which causes the steam-operated firedoors to open like magic in front of the shovel, was always a pleasure.
ref: 1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39:
text: The doors are at the right level for firing, which normally is down one side of the firebox at a time, unlike our own practice, which is to fire each side of the firebox with alternate shovelfuls.
ref: 1961 February, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 109:
glosses: The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
shutterbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʌtəbʌɡ/
ipa: /ˈʃʌtɚbʌɡ/
Forms: form: shutterbugs
Etymology: From shutter + bug, from their tendency to work the camera's shutter frequently.
Senses: examples: text: Aerial photography was coming into its own, and flying shutterbugs pushed the envelope, striving to outsnap each other.
ref: 1992, Popular Mechanics, volume 169, number 11, page 18:
text: She was contrite, but presented herself as just another frustrated shutterbug with access to Photoshop.
ref: 2024 March 11, Mark Landler, “Even Photoshop Can’t Erase Royals’ Latest P.R. Blemish”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A person who makes a hobby of photography.
skinflick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skinflicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skin flick.
douchebaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌduːʃˈbæɡəɹi/
ipa: /ˈduːʃˌbæɡəɹi/
Forms: form: douchebaggeries
Etymology: From douchebag + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: This kind of douchebagery deserves no reply...
ref: 1998 June 11, Roy Carlton, “Re: WANKADIA PAUL SAPAL MICHAEL - jerkwad??”, in alt.config (Usenet), retrieved 04 Oct 2018, message-ID <6lo7o5$7g0@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>:
text: Perhaps he imagines that by planting this request and filling it so conveniently, those who have been downloading mp3s will fall for it. In this way he can "get" us and "teach us a lesson." A very immature and obvious attempt by the king of douchebagery.
ref: 1999 September 8, Rom Zirin, “Re: changes”, in alt.music.yes (Usenet), retrieved 04 Oct 2018, message-ID <7r4n78$o8i$1@winter.news.rcn.net>:
text: Watkins obviously promotes low life douche baggery.
Mr Al doesn't quite suit you... seems to elicit that used car dealer odor.
ref: 2000 July 10, Sheldon via aol.com, “Re: Choices at Penzeys”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):
text: The only way for you to do that is to support your position. Agressive[sic] douchebaggery and asserting that your position is unquestionable won't work on me.
ref: 2002 April 10, Isaiah Camacho, “Re: Kick 'er out of the house!^”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
text: I don't know why i don't just turn the page whenever i see the name jonathan valania in the byline. I just don't, OK? I read it, I get annoyed at the incessant douchebaggery, and I come over here to piss all y'all off
ref: 2004 April 21, James Andrews, “record geeks”, in alt.fan.kieran-snyder (Usenet):
text: Unless the daughter was in on it, it's remarkable douchebaggery.
ref: 2004 September 23, Joseph Michael Bay, “Re: Protesters Get Creamed at Dem Rallies, Too!!”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
text: So basically what this asshole wants is a minstrel show for a lily white audience.... I've seen a lot of douchebaggery in this biz, but that one takes the cake.
ref: 2005 March 1, John Shaughnessy, “Re: Going gig rates?”, in alt.guitar.bass (Usenet):
text: Actually, with a better centre back who won't be pushed around by Drogba's douchebaggery in the box, Bayern would have a better chance.
ref: 2005 April 6, Adrian Cocot, “Re: UCL 2004-2005 Quarter-Finals Day Two”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):
glosses: Contemptible or obnoxious behaviour.
Synonyms: assclownery
asshattery
assholery
douchery
dirtbaggery
skyjacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skyjackers
Etymology: From skyjack + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who commits skyjacking.
skyjack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪd͡ʒæk/
Forms: form: skyjacks
form: skyjacking
form: skyjacked
form: skyjacked
Etymology: Blend of sky + hijack
Senses: glosses: To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers and/or crew members.
skyjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪd͡ʒæk/
Forms: form: skyjacks
Etymology: From the brand name Skyjack, from sky + jack.
Senses: examples: text: Concrete was placed continuously, with an observer in a skyjack above the column communicating with the pump operator to avoid overfilling[...]
ref: 2003, Concrete International, volume 25:
text: A skyjack—a thirty-foot-high filming platform that rises on a hydraulic scissors lift—is in place, with a cameraman overseeing the practice.
ref: 2007, Don Wallace, One Great Game:
glosses: Synonym of scissor lift.
synonyms: word: scissor lift
substantival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌbstənˈtaɪvəl/
rhymes: -aɪvəl
Etymology: From substantive + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a substantive.
glosses: Of or relating to physical substance; material.
Synonyms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: substantive
Related terms: substantivalism
substantivalist
residual risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residual risks
Senses: glosses: The risk left over after safeguards (mitigation strategies) have been implemented.
Karditsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Καρδίτσα (Kardítsa).
Senses: glosses: A city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece; it is the capital city of the prefecture with the same name.
glosses: A prefecture in western Thessaly.
coprophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coprophils
Etymology: From copro- + -phil.
Senses: glosses: a coprophilous microorganism
coprophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From copro- + -philous.
Senses: synonyms: fimicolous
glosses: living in, or growing on excrement
radiopharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiopharmaceuticals
Etymology: From radio- + pharmaceutical.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any radioactive substance used as a pharmaceutical.
radiopharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + pharmacology.
Senses: glosses: The science of the manufacture and use of radiopharmaceuticals
Related terms: radiopharmaceutical
house poor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: house-poor
Senses: glosses: In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.
Related terms: land poor
Demiurge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/
ipa: /ˈdɛmɪˌɝd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: Demiurgos
form: Demiurgus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós), see demiurge.
Senses: qualifier: Platonism
glosses: The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
examples: text: For the rest, we meet in the Demiurge of the Valentinians all the traits of the world-god with which we have by now become familiar and can therefore deal here very briefly
ref: 2001, Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God, page 191:
topics: Gnosticism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.
listful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstfʊl/
Forms: form: more listful
form: most listful
Etymology: From list + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The boundless, — infinite, — Almighty Power, Is ceaseless rolling on our listful ears — Through all th' immensity which every where appears.
ref: 1853, James Dodd (farmer.), William Antliff, The village; and other poems, page 37:
text: Like the former, this meeting was equally listful and attentive, breaking up in the best of order and apparent satisfaction.
ref: 2003, Robert S. Levine, Martin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader, page 100:
text: These are historical facts that cannot be controverted, and therefore proclaim in tones more eloquently than thunder, the listful attention of every oppressed man, woman, and child under the government of the people of the United States of America.
ref: 2012, Martin Robison Delany, The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States:
glosses: Attentive, listening.
examples: text: Unfortunately, listful style can be very inefficient. This is due to the space required to store the intermediate lists, and the time required to traverse them.
ref: 1986, Dissertation Abstracts International: The sciences and engineering:
text: True joy permeates from the commander of common grace, his matrix of pleasure flows throughout with a listful liberation of joy.
ref: 2009, Carl Wahlstedt, Brokenwing of an Angel, page 152:
text: If you embrace the philosophy of listful thinking, you can get your life back— because thinking in terms of bitesized goals is much easier than biting off a Guy Fierisized chunk.
ref: 2019, Mary Hartley, Power of Lists:
glosses: Using or based on lists.
examples: text: Leaving the coach sitting there horseless of shaft and decidedly listful at the front end.
ref: 1982, Bill Reed, Ihe: A Novel, page 152:
glosses: Tending to list or lean.
Related terms: listen
listful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstfʊl/
Forms: form: listfuls
form: listsful
Etymology: From list + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Tony had the rest of the day off so he went on to Winslow, for a haircut, parts for a generator, several listsful of groceries and miscellaneous other items.
ref: 1956, Arizona Cattlelog - Volume 12, page 16:
text: And these loving couples and individuals are waiting by the listful to adopt children regardless of race; children with terminal illnesses, like AIDS; and children with special medical needs, like Downs Syndrome and Spina Bifida.
ref: 1995, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax provisions in the Contract with America designed to strengthen the American family:
text: The Medoc peninsula north of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Gironde river produces a good listful of the world's most famous reds.
ref: 1998, Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 1999, page 177:
text: As a rough guess, activities are worth one quarter of a grade point; maybe a half point in truly extraordinary cases. It is better to devote yourself to your studies than to explain your weak grade-point average with a listful of activities.
ref: 2012, Donald Asher, Graduate Admissions Essays:
glosses: As many as fill a list.
Capoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Capoids
Etymology: From Cape + -oid.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: a member of the racial classification of humanity composed of the Khoi and San people of Southern Africa.
gabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tagalog gabi, from Proto-Philippine *gabi.
Senses: glosses: Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
glosses: Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
glosses: Food from a taro plant.
acalculiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acalculiac
bennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benny
bennies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of benny
plateaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæˈtoʊ(z)/
rhymes: -əʊz
Senses: examples: 1957: Justin O’Brien, The Fall, 1976 reprint, ch. 2, pp20–21 (Penguin Books; →ISBN; a translation from the original 1956 French work La Chute, by Albert Camus
In the mountains I used to flee the deep valleys for the passes and plateaux; at the very least, I was a man of the uplands.
glosses: plural of plateau
pronunciatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pronunciation.
ageusia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈɡjuːzɪə/
/æˈɡjuːzɪə/
/əˈɡjuːʒə/
/æˈɡjuːʒə/
Forms: form: ageusias
form: ageustia
Etymology: From a- (negative prefix) + Ancient Greek γεῦσις (geûsis, “taste”) + -ia. See also γεύω (geúō, “to taste”).
Senses: glosses: Absence of the sense of taste.
glosses: Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.
Coordinate terms: anosmia
blindness
deafness
Related terms: ageusiac
ageusic
dysgeusia
parageusia
bedizen
ageusias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ageusia
ageustias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ageustia
hemophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemophiliacs
form: haemophiliac
form: hæmophiliac
Etymology: From hemo- + -philiac.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person with hemophilia.
hemophiliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemophiliac
ageusiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈɡjuːzɪæk/
/æˈɡjuːzɪæk/
/əˈɡjuːʒæk/
/æˈɡjuːʒæk/
Forms: form: ageusiacs
Etymology: From ageusia + -ac.
Senses: glosses: A person who has no sense of taste, or who has lost the sense of taste.
Related terms: ageusia
ageustia
daimyos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daimyo
rebake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebakes
form: rebaking
form: rebaked
form: rebaked
Etymology: From re- + bake.
Senses: examples: text: "Do not attempt to rebake the tubes at home, as the housewife's oven is no more suited to that work than it is to firing china."
ref: 1919, Lydia Ray Balderston, Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping, page 272:
glosses: To cook something by baking again.
good-natured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/
Forms: form: more good-natured
form: better-natured
form: most good-natured
form: best-natured
form: good natured
form: goodnatured
Senses: examples: text: “It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children.[…]”
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 22:
text: For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball—better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest—laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 81:
text: There are a good many of these girls whom it is quite enough to spoil the temper of the best-natured woman in the world to have in the house with them.
ref: 1852, [Richard Hildreth], chapter LI, in The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive, Boston, Mass.: Tappan and Whittemore; Milwaukee, Wis.: Rood and Whittemore, page 332:
text: Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.
ref: 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “Mackerel Trolling”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 181:
text: However, the immediate howls of outrage from the industry were in many cases less than good-natured.
ref: 1964 August, “Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76:
text: I had a rival for Marcel’s affections, a boy who later became the king of recorded classical music and confrère of Herbert von Karajan. I was vile to this poor chap who, like a cheerful Papageno, was much better-natured than I was.
ref: 2017, Charles Duff, “What About the Linen?”, in Charley’s Woods: Sex, Sorrow and a Spiritual Quest in Snowdonia, London: Zuleika, →ISBN, page 145:
glosses: Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Derived terms: good-naturedness
Related terms: good nature
saber-toothed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having long, sharp, curved fangs.
Hypernyms: toothed
Related terms: saber-toothed cat
saber-toothed salmon
saber-toothed tiger
three-fourths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three fourths
Senses: examples: three-fourths of a ton is too much
a three-fourths majority
synonyms: three-quarters
glosses: Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
Related terms: fraction
harvest mite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvest mites
Senses: examples: text: I wonder what I look like to the intrepid harvest mite, with his six red hungry legs, nosing through the crusted dirt of the Via Solis to find a soft pouch of blood at the base of my forefinger?
ref: 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 181:
glosses: Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.
Synonyms: sense: in the larva stage
word: chigger
sense: Trombicula
word: harvest bug
sense: Trombicula
word: harvest louse
sense: Trombicula
word: harvest tick
sense: Trombicula
word: red bug
sense: Trombicula
word: trombiculid mite
sense: Trombicula
word: scrub-itch mite
sense: Trombicula
word: berry bug
paralepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paralepses
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of paraleipsis.
paraleipsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈliːpsɪs/
ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈleɪpsɪs/
ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈlaɪpsɪs/
Forms: form: paraleipses
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of paralipsis.
azuki bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azuki beans
form: adsuki bean
form: aduki bean
form: adzuki bean
Senses: examples: text: The Chinese characters for azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi], 小豆, means^([sic]) “small bean,” while the kanji characters for soybean, 大豆, mean “big bean.” These characters also reflect the relative importance of these two crops in East Asia, where they are the main legumes in people's diets.
ref: 2005 March 16, chapter 11, in Ram J. Singh, Prem P. Jauhar, editors, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, CRC Press, →ISBN:
glosses: An annual vine (Vigna angularis), widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small bean.
glosses: A bean of this vine.
Synonyms: red mung bean
Coordinate terms: soybean
adsuki bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adsuki beans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of azuki bean.
aduki bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aduki beans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of azuki bean.
adzuki bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adzuki beans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of azuki bean.
Lughnasadh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish Lughnasadh (obsolete form of Lúnasa (“August”)), from Old Irish Lugnasad.
Senses: examples: text: The Celtic people of Ireland viewed they year in two equal halves, Samhain, side of dark, and Beltaine, side of light. Dividing these halves are the harvest festival of Lughnasadh and the spring festival of Imbolc. The Celtic year begins November 1st, but I have started my collection in the fall harvest festival of Lughnasadh, a time of year where memories abundant dance in my head like the leaves in which my brothers and I played.
ref: 1998, Kelly Ann McMillin, Seasons of Time, Lulu.com, page i:
text: It was first light and the kitchens were alive with activity, this was Thar's day, the day of the festival of Lughnasadh, the beginning of a new year.
ref: 2012, Tony Collins, The Lost Crystal: Key to the ancient world of Thar Cernunnos, AuthorHouse, page 203:
text: August brings us to the eighth month of our modern calendar and the celebrations of the first harvest at Lughnasadh and the Corn Moon.
ref: 2014, Lotuswulf Satyrhorn, Tribes of the Moon: A Book of Otherkin Coventry, Seasonal Rituals and Lunar Magick for All 13 Months, AuthorHouse, page 138:
glosses: A Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.
Related terms: Lammas
bean-feast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bean-feasts
Senses: examples: text: There was to be no official opening ceremony, but nevertheless the inhabitants of Chard were not going to neglect this opportunity for a bean-feast, for they were also to celebrate the demolition of the town's East Gate.
ref: 1954 February, R. J. Sellick, “Railways to Chard”, in Railway Magazine, page 121:
glosses: Alternative form of beanfeast.
bean-pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bean-poles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beanpole.
autumnal equinox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autumnal equinoxes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting away from the observer, taking place in September in the northern hemisphere and March in the southern hemisphere.
Synonyms: fall equinox
Coordinate terms: summer solstice
vernal equinox
winter solstice
Related terms: September equinox
March equinox
JavaBean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JavaBeans
Etymology: From Java + bean, continuing the coffee association of the name, now often shortened to just bean.
Senses: examples: text: You then simply access the compiled JavaBean from all your JSP script pages.
ref: 2006, Susan Sales Harkins, Bryan Chamberlain, Darren McGee, Mastering Dreamweaver MX Databases, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 291:
text: Every Java user interface class is a JavaBeans component.
ref: 2009, Y. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming: Comprehensive Version, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 1050:
synonyms: bean
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: A reusable software component written in Java, allowing access to its properties using standardized getter and setter methods.
Hyponyms: managed bean
jumping bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumping beans
Senses: glosses: A Mexican jumping bean.
Mexican jumping bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican jumping beans
Senses: glosses: A type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.
locust bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locust beans
Senses: synonyms: carob bean
glosses: A seed of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
Derived terms: locust bean gum
Related terms: African locust bean
mescal bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mescal beans
Senses: glosses: Shrubs or small trees of genus Dermatophyllum of the pea family Fabaceae, native to southwestern North America from western Texas to Arizona in the United States and from Chihuahua to Nuevo León in Mexico, that bear toxic beans used in ordeal rituals by native peoples.
Synonyms: sense: frijolito, mountain-laurel
word: Calia
word: hot bean
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dermatophyllum arizonicum
word: Arizona mescalbean
taxonomic: Dermatophyllum gypsophilum
word: Guadalupe mescalbean
taxonomic: Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
word: Texas mescalbean
session bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: session beans
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In Samsung Enterprise Edition specifications of the Java Platform, a type of Enterprise Bean that maintains the state for a particular session with a client.
Related terms: Entity Bean
Message-driven Bean
wax bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax beans
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean); the butter bean.
Derived terms: purple wax bean
yellow wax bean