cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
midpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/
ipa: /ˈmɪd.poɪnt/
rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Forms: form: midpoints
form: mid-point
Etymology: From mid + point.
Senses: examples: text: The tram stop serving HS2 will be located close to the existing Curzon Street building, underneath what will be the midpoint of the station, with step-free access provided from platform to street level.
ref: 2023 August 9, Chris Howe, “The new face of Curzon Street station”, in RAIL, number 989, page 60:
glosses: A point equidistant between two extremes.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
Synonyms: word: center
word: middle
word: midpoint
word: midway
Hypernyms: word: point
Hyponyms: word: midbook
word: midpage
word: midplace
word: midlife
word: midnight
word: midscream
word: midshaft
word: midship
word: midwing
Derived terms: gyromidpoint
maltitude
midpoint ellipse
midpoint load
midpoint method
midpoint polygon
midpoint theorem
Related terms: word: intermediate
line segment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line segments
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A part of a straight line bounded by two points.
Pauli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname of German origin.
Derived terms: Paulian
Pauli effect
Pauli exclusion principle
Pauli matrix
Related terms: Wolfgang Pauli
Austrian theoretical physicist
Pauli exclusion principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pauli exclusion principle
Etymology: For Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian physicist
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A principle in quantum mechanics that states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.
wikipedia: Wolfgang Pauli
pel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pels
Senses: glosses: pixel
Derived terms: megapel
insubordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insubordinate
form: most insubordinate
Etymology: From in- + subordinate, on model of French insubordonné.
Senses: examples: text: I remembered with confusion my insubordinate and stealthy conduct, and when I saw where it had brought me […] I felt ashamed to look him in the face.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
Derived terms: insubordinately
insubordinateness
insubordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insubordinates
Etymology: From in- + subordinate, on model of French insubordonné.
Senses: glosses: A person who defies authority.
headboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headboards
Etymology: From head + board.
Senses: glosses: A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
examples: text: A new use has been found for the L.M.S.R. observation car which previously worked in the Llandudno area. Mr. W. G. S. Wike writes that, still carrying headboards with the inscription "Llandudno and Blaenau Festiniog", it found its way to the Blackpool District, where it was used for familiarising enginemen with the various routes of access to this populous resort.
ref: 1939 June, “What the Railways are Doing: Novel Use of an Observation Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 462:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
glosses: A grave marker made of wood.
Derived terms: headboarded
Related terms: footboard
bedhead
headstone
globefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globefishes
form: globefish
Etymology: From globe + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.
ref: 1981 November 29, Steve Lohr, “ONE MAN'S FUGU IS ANOTHER'S POISON”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021:
text: Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.
ref: 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2021:
glosses: Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
fishhawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishhawks
form: fish hawk
form: fish-hawk
Etymology: From fish + hawk.
Senses: glosses: The osprey.
electro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: electros
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: An electrotype.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.
examples: text: First a great big hug to Lynette for her tips on makeup, and shaving. I dressed last weekend, and at a distance my face would definitely pass. (need lots of electro to fix this though).
ref: 1993 March 2, Kelley Ann Lewis/Stephen Hathorne, “today”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 21 Mar 2022:
text: PS I think laser [hair removal] will be approved as at least as perm [permanent] as electro.^([sic]) and much quicker and less painful.
ref: 1998 April 14, W J Peterson, “Re: Unwanted body hair”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), retrieved 21 Mar 2022:
text: The truth is that even of the [sex change] surgery WAS covered by Kaiser - he could not have afforded the additional expenses (like hormones, electro and psych counseling sessions) that weren't covered.
ref: 2010 March 6, JenniferFlusher [username], “Re: THE MYTH OF HOWARD THOMAS USHER'S (aka Jennifer Usher) SEX CHANGE”, in ba.personals (Usenet), retrieved 21 Mar 2022:
glosses: Electrolysis.
Derived terms: complextro
electro swing
hellektro
electro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: electros
form: electroing
form: electroed
form: electroed
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: To electrotype.
supertanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertankers
Etymology: From super- + tanker.
Senses: examples: text: But the task is like trying to turn a super tanker round 180 degrees - it can't be done quickly.
ref: 2024 June 12, Sir Michael Holden, “A manifesto for our railway to thrive”, in RAIL, number 1011, page 42:
hypernyms: oil tanker
tanker
glosses: An extremely large tanker ship.
supertankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertanker
subsoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsoils
Etymology: From sub- + soil.
Senses: examples: text: In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.
ref: 1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28:
glosses: The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.
subsoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subsoils
form: subsoiling
form: subsoiled
form: subsoiled
Etymology: From sub- + soil.
Senses: glosses: To turn up the subsoil of.
Derived terms: subsoiler
suavely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more suavely
form: most suavely
Etymology: From suave + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Your Highness's wish is my command," says Sir Joshua suavely, for he is intensely curious as to the contents of the document.
ref: 1900 March 31, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, NSW, page 6, column 4:
glosses: In a suave manner.
suaveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suave + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: suavitude
suavity
glosses: The property of being suave.
subarea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subareas
Etymology: From sub- + area.
Senses: glosses: A physical region that makes up part of an area.
examples: text: Books like this aim to arrive at a more unified understanding of a broad area, and how its subareas are related.
ref: 2021, Paul C. van Oorschot, Computer Security and the Internet, page xxv:
glosses: Part of a topic or discipline.
Derived terms: subareal
subcutaneously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subcutaneous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The injection was given subcutaneously, which should have hurt less than intramuscularly but still hurt a great deal.
text: In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Under the cutaneous layer of the skin.
decahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛkəˈhiːdɹən/
Forms: form: decahedra
form: decahedrons
Etymology: From deca- + -hedron.
Senses: glosses: A polyhedron with ten faces.
Derived terms: decahedral
Related terms: pentagonal dipyramid
octagonal prism
square antiprism
square cupola
pentagonal trapezohedron
o/b/o
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: b/o
form: B/O
form: OBO
form: o.b.o.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of on behalf of.
o/b/o
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: b/o
form: B/O
form: OBO
form: o.b.o.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of or best offer.
glosses: Initialism of offered by owner (commonly seen in real estate sales advertisements).
glosses: Initialism of on behalf of (commonly seen in business correspondence).
gas-hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas-hogs
Etymology: From gas + hog.
Senses: glosses: A vehicle that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
landscaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more landscaped
form: most landscaped
Senses: glosses: Included in a landscape.
Derived terms: unlandscaped
landscaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of landscape
screamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹiːməʊ/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: Blend of scream + emo
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: posthardcore
glosses: A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by hardcore or metalcore guitar riffs.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.
slickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪknɪs/
rhymes: -ɪknɪs
Forms: form: slicknesses
Etymology: From slick + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being slick.
slickly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slickly
form: most slickly
Etymology: From slick + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "We've demonstrated that when push comes to shove, we can be really fast, we can be agile, we can do things more slickly.
ref: 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 35:
glosses: In a slick manner; slipperily.
slicker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪkɚ/
ipa: /ˈslɪkə/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology: From the adjective slick.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of slick: more slick
slicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪkɚ/
ipa: /ˈslɪkə/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: slickers
Etymology: From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which slicks.
glosses: A waterproof coat or jacket.
glosses: A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
glosses: A swindler or conman.
glosses: A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
glosses: A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
examples: text: There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.
ref: 2009, Vicky Halls, The Complete Cat, page 225:
glosses: Synonym of slicker brush
synonyms: word: slicker brush
Synonyms: sense: waterproof coat or jacket
word: poncho
slicker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪkɚ/
ipa: /ˈslɪkə/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: slickers
form: slickering
form: slickered
form: slickered
Etymology: From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.
ref: 1883, Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural Society:
text: I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them.
ref: 2013, Quinn Higgins, The Waiting Room, →ISBN, page 41:
text: That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.
ref: 2015, Joshua Gaylord, When We Were Animals, →ISBN:
glosses: To slither, as on a slick surface.
examples: ref: 1976, Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland, The Education of Little Tree, →ISBN, page It was at the crossroads store where I got slickered out of my fifty cents.:
text: I knew he had been slickered again.
ref: 1979, John Greenway, Susan Perl, Tales from the United States, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: To con or hoodwink.
examples: text: ...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.
ref: 1911, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade marks, Volume 38:
text: The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water.
ref: 1962, Central Leather Research Institute (India), Leather Science - Volume 9, page 209:
glosses: To use a slicker on.
examples: text: Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me.
ref: 2008, Preston Wilson, Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: To smooth or slick.
glosses: To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
Related terms: city slicker
slipperiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slipperinesses
Etymology: From slippery + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 475:
glosses: The property of being slippery.
glosses: The result or product of being slippery.
slier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sly: more sly
sliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sly: most sly
slightness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slightnesses
Etymology: From slight + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Poor nutrition explained his slightness.
glosses: The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
sliminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sliminesses
form: slimeyness
Etymology: From slimy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being slimy.
slimness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slimnesses
Etymology: From slim + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being slim.
glosses: The result or product of being slim.
sloppiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloppinesses
Etymology: From sloppy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sloppy.
glosses: The result or product of being sloppy.
slops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: A pair of slops.
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: Loose trousers.
examples: text: The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.
ref: 2012, Philip Haythornthwaite, Nelson's navy, page 26:
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: open-kneed breeches
glosses: Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
glosses: plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
Synonyms: sense: an item of footwear
word: list in flip-flop
slops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.
glosses: plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
slops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
slushiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slushy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being slushy.
smelter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smelters
Etymology: From smelt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He works as a smelter.
glosses: A person employed to do smelting.
examples: text: Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
glosses: A machine used to smelt metal.
examples: text: We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.
synonyms: smelting works
glosses: A place where smelting is done.
Derived terms: smelter dust
super smelter
smidgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smidgins
Senses: examples: text: In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?
ref: 1952 September 19, John Steinbeck, chapter 23, in East of Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, book 3, section 3, page 289:
text: Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs.
ref: 1962 July, John Steinbeck, “Part 1”, in Travels with Charley in Search of America, London: William Heinemann, published 1962, →OCLC, page 106:
glosses: Alternative spelling of smidgen.
smidgins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smidgin
smokiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smoky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
glosses: The state or quality of being smoky.
smugness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smugnesses
Etymology: From smug + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being smug.
glosses: The result or product of being smug.
stuffily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stuffily
form: most stuffily
Etymology: From stuffy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps, indeed, it was one of their best qualities that they spent the greater part of their time stuffily indoors.
ref: 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 3:
glosses: In a poorly ventilated and close manner.
examples: text: a stuffily tedious lecture on art
glosses: In a boring and pompous manner.
glosses: In an angry and obstinate manner.
Synonyms: sense: in a poorly-ventilated manner
word: oppressively
Related terms: stuffiness
stuffy
stupendously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stupendously
form: most stupendously
Etymology: From stupendous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stupendous manner.
sturdily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sturdily
form: most sturdily
Etymology: From sturdy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This table is so sturdily built that I can stand on it without fear of it breaking.
text: Look at the little fellows, mere bundles of fluff, paddling along so busily and sturdily.
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 5:
text: I love the idea of setting a mystery in the midst of a women's newspaper; and the lesbian community, with our controversies and our collectives for local color, is a juicy topic for satire. However, most of the time, Schulman is incapable of setting us up sturdily enough to make knocking us down into an interesting enterprise.
ref: 1984 December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9:
glosses: In a sturdy manner.
sturdiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sturdinesses
Etymology: From sturdy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being sturdy.
subcompact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcompacts
Etymology: From sub- + compact.
Senses: glosses: Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car.
subcompact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + compact.
Senses: glosses: Smaller than the compact version.
streetwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹiːtˌwɔːkə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: streetwalkers
form: street walker
Etymology: From street + walker.
Senses: synonyms: word: abandons
word: alley cat
word: almah
word: bangtail
word: Bankside lady
word: bargirl
word: bat
word: beotch
word: blouze
word: blowen
word: blowsabella
word: brass nail
word: brasser
word: brass
word: broad
word: business girl
word: calico queen
word: callet
word: cat
word: chippy
word: chromo
word: coaster
word: cockatrice
word: cocotte
word: comfort girl
word: comfort woman
word: commoner
word: Covent Garden nun
word: creature of the night
word: croshabell
word: daughter of joy
word: dollymop
word: doxy
word: drab
word: Dutch widow
word: escort
word: fille de joie
word: flap
word: floozie
word: fornicatrix
word: frail sister
word: Fulham virgin
word: gamester
word: gay lady
word: geebag
word: gillian
word: gill
word: girl rented overnight
word: good-time girl
word: GRO
word: hackney
word: harlot
word: Haymarket ware
word: hireling
word: 'ho
word: hoer
word: hoe
word: hook
word: hooker
word: hustler
word: Japayuki-san
word: jay
word: karayuki-san
word: KTV girl
word: laced mutton
word: lady of leisure
word: lady of light virtue
word: lady of pleasure
word: lady of the evening
word: lady of the night
word: lightskirt
word: loose woman
word: lot lizard
word: meat puppet
word: meretrix
word: mermaid
word: minx
word: mob
word: moll
word: mort wap-apace
word: mot
word: mud kicker
word: mud-kicker
word: mudkicker
word: musk cat
word: mutton
word: nun
word: nymph of darkness
word: nymph of the pavé
word: nymph of the pavement
word: painted lady
word: Paphian
word: party girl
word: pavement princess
word: perdita
word: pimpette
word: pretty horsebreaker
word: priestess of Venus
word: pro skirt
word: prossie
word: prossy
word: pross
word: prostie
word: prostitute
word: prostitutor
word: prosty
word: prozzie
word: prozzy
word: pro
word: public woman
word: pucelle
word: puella publica
word: pug
word: punk
word: pussygirl
word: puta
word: put
word: quail
word: quean
word: quene
word: quiff
word: ribibe
word: scrubber
word: sex labourer
word: sex worker
word: skainsmate
word: skivvy
word: slag
word: slapper
word: slit
word: slut
word: sodomitess
word: soiled dove
word: stem siren
word: stew
word: street taco
word: strumpet
word: succubus
word: Suzi Wong
word: Suzie Wong
word: Suzy Wong
word: tart
word: tawaif
word: thotty
word: thot
word: tib
word: tom
word: treddle
word: trick turner
word: trollop
word: trug
word: trull
word: tweak
word: vice girl
word: wanton
word: wapping dell
word: wapping moll
word: wapping mort
word: wench
word: whore
word: woman of easy virtue
word: woman of ill fame
word: woman of ill repute
word: woman of the night
word: woman of the street
word: woman of the town
word: working girl
glosses: A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
glosses: Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
streetwalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streetwalker
strategist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/
Forms: form: strategists
Etymology: From strategy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
glosses: A person who devises strategies.
Derived terms: e-strategist
strategists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strategist
superfluously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From superfluous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a superfluous manner.
superfluousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfluousnesses
Etymology: From superfluous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being superfluous.
straw-colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straw-colored
form: most straw-colored
Senses: glosses: Pale yellow, the color of straw.
strategically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more strategically
form: most strategically
Etymology: From strategic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 211:
glosses: In a strategic manner.
stridently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stridently
form: most stridently
Etymology: From strident + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
ref: 2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 53, about Liverpool Street station in London:
glosses: In a strident manner.
stringiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stringinesses
Etymology: From stringy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being stringy.
ensurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensurances
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ensurance
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of insurance.
porn star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porn stars
form: pornstar
Senses: examples: text: Bonnie, straddling the kayak like a porn star, smiled and acted like she had no clue as to what they were laughing about.
ref: 2012, Bruce Norris, What Lurks Below, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: An actor or actress famous for appearing in pornographic films.
examples: text: ‘I had no idea she was filming me. I was a reluctant porn star, you could say,’ Adam replied.
ref: 2017, Carmel Harrington, Cold Feet: The Lost Years:
glosses: A person who performs sex acts in a pornographic film.
Synonyms: adult actress
adult star
Derived terms: pornstar experience
porn star martini
porn star name
glim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: glims
Etymology: From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
Senses: glosses: Brightness; splendour.
examples: text: 'Let's have a glim,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Look after your legs if you do!'
ref: 1837, Charles Dickens, chapter 16, in Oliver Twist:
text: "Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a jiffy;" and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to lead the way.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick:
text: 'Sure enough, they left their glim here,' said the fellow from the window.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 5, in Treasure Island:
glosses: A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
glosses: An eye.
glosses: A pair of glasses or spectacles.
glosses: A look; a glimpse.
glosses: Gonorrhea.
examples: text: Tayler Tom lent me a shillin wish I send inklosed and yu must porn sumthing for anuther shilling and get Joe the Loryer to rite a fake for William not a glim (loss by fire) but a brakd say as e ad a hors fell downe with the mad staggurs an broke all is plates and dishes an we are starvin you can sa that the children is got the mesuls[…]
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the 'Screevers,' or Writers of Begging-Letters and Petitions”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 312:
glosses: Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
Derived terms: sense: eye
english: angry
translation: angry
word: glimflashy
glim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: glims
form: glimming
form: glimmed
form: glimmed
Etymology: From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
Senses: examples: text: Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany.
ref: 1714, Memoirs of the Right Villainous John Hall:
glosses: To brand on the hand.
glosses: To illuminate.
examples: text: About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me.
ref: 1918, Tommy West, The Long, Long Trail in the World of Sport:
text: Heibers further states he glimmed the following on Maxwell Street on a Sunday morning[…]
ref: 1943 December 11, “Pipes for Pitchmen”, in Billboard, page 55:
glosses: To see; to observe.
deque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
homophone: deck
Forms: form: deques
form: dequeue
Etymology: Shortened from double-ended queue.
Senses: examples: text: This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
text: As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.
ref: 2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: list
stack
queue
glosses: A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
reeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːlɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reel
reeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːlɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Forms: form: reelings
Senses: examples: text: Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
glosses: The motion of something that reels.
virion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪɹiɑn/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹiɑn/
ipa: /ˈvaɪɹiən/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹiɒn/
rhymes: -ɪɹiɒn
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: virions
Etymology: From French virion. By surface analysis, virus + -on.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).
Derived terms: adenovirion
coronavirion
intravirion
intravirionic
kilovirion
lentivirion
naked virion
nonvirion
polydnavirion
previrion
prion
provirion
pseudovirion
retrovirion
subvirion
virionic
Related terms: capsid
reassortment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reassortments
form: re-assortment
Etymology: From re- + assortment.
Senses: glosses: The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.
saturnalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saturnalia
awakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of awake
creach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creachs
form: creagh
Etymology: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.
Senses: glosses: an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
glosses: booty, prey
creach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creachs
form: creaching
form: creached
form: creached
form: creagh
Etymology: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.
Senses: glosses: to raid, plunder
stir up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stirs up
form: stirring up
form: stirred up
form: stirred up
Senses: examples: text: What one man can do himself directly is but little. If however he can stir up ten others to take up the task he has accomplished much.
ref: 1900 June 1, Wilbur Wright, Letter to Octave Chanute:
text: All those wretched quarrels, in his humble opinion, stirring up bad blood, from some bump of combativeness or gland of some kind, erroneously supposed to be about a punctilio of honour and a flag […]
ref: Episode 16
synonyms: word: instigate
word: provoke
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
synonyms: stir
swizzle
glosses: To mix (ingredients) by stirring.
synonyms: agitate
muddle
roil
trouble
glosses: To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid.
Synonyms: incite
Derived terms: stir up a hornets' nest
stirs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stir up
stirring up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stir up
stirred up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stir up
post script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post scripts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of postscript.
beer bongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer bong
beerbong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beerbongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beer bong.
beerbongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beerbong
intersexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sexual.
Senses: glosses: Between the sexes.
raw_tags: of a competition
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.
Synonyms: intersex
intersexed
Derived terms: intersexualism
intersexualist
intersexualization
intersexualize
intersexually
intersexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intersexuals
Etymology: From inter- + sexual.
Senses: glosses: An intersex person.
Synonyms: intersex
Derived terms: intersexy
Related terms: androgynous
androgyne
epicene
hermaphrodite
theobromine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theobromines
form: theobromin
Etymology: From the genus Theobroma + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Kola [...] contains a greater quantity of caffeine and theobromine than the best teas and coffees.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 107:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa.
Related terms: theobromide
test of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tests of time
Senses: examples: text: to stand the test of time
text: to pass the test of time
text: Reason away, but the test of time will prove me right.
text: It’s thrilling when you make something that passes the test of time. Because I didn’t even think in those terms when I was making it. I just wanted to put my finger on the pulse of the time.
ref: 2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, quoting Susan Seidelman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The correlation of longevity with validity of an idea or trend.
Related terms: fullness of time
time-tested
time will tell
wait-and-see
bath mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bath mats
form: bathmat
Senses: glosses: A small mat used next to a bathtub to absorb water and thus prevent slipping.
bathmat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathmats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bath mat.
there's no time like the present
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: no time like the present
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: he who hesitates is lost, never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, procrastination is the thief of time
glosses: Now is an appropriate time to take a particular action.
fuckaduck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: fuckaduck!
form: fuck a duck
Etymology: Formed from fuck by way of rhyming reduplication.
Senses: examples: text: “Fuckaduck!” she gasped, “That was a bit bloody scary!”
ref: 2003, Patricia Bensky, A Lizard in the Sun: Three Years of Zero Budget Travels:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise.
breathy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛθi/
rhymes: -ɛθi
Forms: form: breathier
form: breathiest
Etymology: From breath + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She had cold sores on her upper lip which made her mouth look swollen and ugly. But from a distance it was not noticeable – like the spit and breathy sounds.
ref: 1985, Bernard MacLaverty, Short story, 'Across the Street', Irish Times Summer Stories. (Also published in 'The Great Profundo and Other Stories', 1987, Penguin Books paperback: see at p.138-139)
glosses: Accompanied by audible breathing.
Derived terms: breathily
breathiness
nonbreathy
unbreathy
breathily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more breathily
form: most breathily
Etymology: From breathy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Shall I slip into something more comfortable?" she said breathily.
glosses: In a breathy manner.
Lord love a duck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Variant of earlier (18th century) Lord love you, God love us, etc. used as exclamation of exasperation or surprise. The significance of the duck is unknown. Attested from the late 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: "Lord love a duck!" he observed in a dazed voice — "What's this?"
ref: 1913, Ian Hay, The Writings of Ian Hay:
text: Gypsy Rose passed me a tuna on rye. "Lord love a duck, I hope she's not Carita Magenta's ghost.
ref: 2000, Noreen Wald, Death Never Takes a Holiday:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
Michael Quinion
dean and chapter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deans and chapters
Senses: glosses: The governing body of a cathedral; the chapter consisting of a group of canons or prebendaries.
scientism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scientisms
Etymology: From science + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, with good reason, this psychology aims to be a psychology of a purely empiriological type. It is pervaded and overwhelmed on every side, however, by a pseudometaphysics of the most vulgar character, which Freud is all the less anxious to dispense with as he imagines he has no philosophy or metaphysics at all. I say pseudometaphysics of the most vulgar type, because it combines all the prejudices of deterministic, mechanistic scientism with all the prejudices of irrationalism.
ref: 1964, Jacques Maritain, “Freudianism and Psychoanalysis [Freudisme et psychanalyse]”, in William Birmingham, Joseph E. Cunneen, editors, Cross Currents of Psychiatry and Catholic Morality, page 351:
english: Freudisme et psychanalyse
translation: Freudisme et psychanalyse
text: This claim, espoused by scientific naturalists, is called scientism, the view that science is the paradigm of truth and rationality. There are two forms of scientism: strong and weak. Strong scientism […]
ref: 2007, Ted Cabal, The Apologetics Study Bible, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN:
text: This is the view of scientism. The historical roots of scientism can probably be traced to the Enlightenment with its ideology of progress and perfectibility. Perhaps its best-known historical advocate is the French social philosopher Auguste […]
ref: 2008, Peter Meusburger, Michael Welker, Edgar Wunder, Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 111:
text: Habermas's work of the middle and late 1960s is centrally concerned with the philosophical and sociological issues raised by scientism, the reduction of all knowledge to that furnished by the empirical sciences, where these are conceived as […]
ref: 2013, William Outhwaite, Habermas: A Critical Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: 'Scientism means ... that we no longer understand science as one form of possible knowledge, but rather identify knowledge with science.' Habermas's critique of scientism focuses on its relation to positivism, since positivism provides […]
ref: 2013, David Held, Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: First, I want to make clear that what I am attacking is not science but scientism: the mistaken belief that the natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and their derivatives) can or will give a complete description and even explanation of […]
ref: 2014, Raymond Tallis, Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.
glosses: The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science.
Derived terms: scientistic
lutherie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈluːtəɹi/
Etymology: From French lutherie (“manufacture of stringed instruments”).
Senses: glosses: The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
Related terms: lute
luthier
subfreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + freezing.
Senses: examples: text: The arctic cold front brought subfreezing temperatures, snow, freezing rain and treacherous driving conditions.
text: A subfreezing December 1955 wind blows whistle steam past cab as J-5a 5439 with the Queen City yells for a Dayton (O.) crossing.
ref: 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 20 (photo caption)
glosses: Colder than the freezing point of water; below zero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
submicroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + microscopic.
Senses: glosses: Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope
Related terms: submicroscopy
submissiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From submissive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being submissive.
sublease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subleases
form: sub-lease
Etymology: From sub- + lease.
Senses: topics: law
property
synonyms: word: underlease
word: subtenancy
word: undertenancy
word: subletting
word: underletting
word: sublet
word: underlet
antonyms: headlease
superior lease
hypernyms: lease
tenancy
letting
glosses: A lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.
Related terms: sense: tenant of
word: subtenant
word: undertenant
word: sublessee
word: underlessee
sense: landlord of
word: sublessor
word: underlessor
word: sublandlord
word: underlandlord
word: subletter
word: underletter
word: subleaser
word: underleaser
word: head tenant
word: superior tenant
sublease
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subleases
form: subleasing
form: subleased
form: subleased
form: sub-lease
Etymology: From sub- + lease.
Senses: examples: text: These had been sub-leased from EMR (and previously East Midlands Trains) for more than a year to cover for Mk 4s undergoing planned maintenance.
ref: 2019 November 20, “Fleet News”, in Rail, page 31:
topics: law
property
synonyms: word: sublet
word: underlet
word: underlease
word: subtenant
word: sublet
glosses: Synonym of sublet.
leases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lease
subnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subnormal
form: most subnormal
Etymology: From sub- + normal.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: below average
text: His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.
antonyms: supernormal
glosses: Less than normal.
examples: text: Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.
ref: 2007, Ward Cheney, David Kincaid, Numerical mathematics and computing, page 704:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: denormal
glosses: idiot, stupid.
subnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnormals
Etymology: From sub- + normal.
Senses: examples: text: the IQ scores of mental subnormals
glosses: A person whose abilities are less than normal.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of denormal.
synonyms: word: denormal