cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
black spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black spots
form: blackspot
Senses: examples: text: In areas where black spot is only a problem after heavy rain or later in the season, restrict spraying to these times, or if yellowing or spotted foliage is detected.
ref: 2006, Mary Moody, Mary Moody's Roses, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves.
examples: text: Indian Queens is a hamlet just off the A30, a well-known traffic black spot, and Yellowknife was Margo Kidder's hometown in Canada.
ref: 2019, Will Birch, Cruel To Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
topics: transport
synonyms: accident blackspot
glosses: A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone.
glosses: A dangerous place or area.
examples: text: What if—like so many rural parts of the county—this was a mobile black spot? That was easily tested. No, she had no problem dialling her own home number.
ref: 2013, Judith Cutler, Life Sentence, Allison & Busby, →ISBN:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A location with poor radio signal reception, e.g. for mobile phones.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: black hole, blind spot
text: Historians began to reanimate elements of the national historical memory partially destroyed by Soviet power. The closed book-shelfs^([sic]) and archives were (at least partially) opened, and “black spots” and taboos could now be tackled by national historians.
ref: 2003, Andreas Kappeler, “The Russian Empire and Its Nationalities in Post-Soviet Historiographies”, in Hayashi Tadayuki, editor, The Construction and Deconstruction of National Histories in Slavic Eurasia, Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: A subject or area about which little or no information is available.
examples: text: I went down on my knees at once. On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand, this short message: “You have till ten to-night.”
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 31:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A fictional judicial device among pirates, consisting of a black circle indicating condemnation.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.
Derived terms: citrus black spot
SEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SEMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of scanning electron microscope.
glosses: Initialism of scanning electron microscopy.
glosses: Initialism of secondary electron multiplier.
glosses: Initialism of search engine marketing.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of standard error of the mean.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of security event management.
blue sky law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue sky laws
form: blue-sky law
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud, requiring the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock brokers and brokerage firms.
blue sky laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue sky law
noscitur a sociis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒskiˈtuˑɹ ˌɑˑ ˌsɔkiːʔiˑs/
ipa: /ˌnəʊsɪtʊə ˈɑː ˌsəʊsiɪs/
Etymology: Latin, meaning "it is known from its associates."
Senses: examples: Foster v Diphwys Casson (1887) 18 QBD 428, involved a statute which stated that explosives taken into a mine must be in a "case or canister". Here the defendant used a cloth bag. The courts had to consider whether a cloth bag was within the definition. Under noscitur a sociis, it was held that the bag could not have been within the statutory definition, because parliament's intention was referring to a case or container of the same strength as a canister.
topics: law
glosses: A canon of construction under which the questionable meaning of a doubtful word can be derived from its association with other words.
Coordinate terms: ejusdem generis
expressio unius est exclusio alterius
calorimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calorimetries
Etymology: From Latin calor (“warmth, heat”) + -metry.
Senses: examples: text: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or differential thermal analysis (DTA) scans (Section 5.5.3) can be employed to distinguish an enantiotrope from a monotrope.
ref: 2011, Gautam R. Desiraju, Jagadese J. Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystal Engineering, page 112:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
glosses: A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
Derived terms: adsorption calorimetry
biocalorimetry
differential scanning calorimetry
magnetocalorimetry
microcalorimetry
nanocalorimetry
Related terms: calorimeter
calorimetric
DSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of differential scanning calorimetry.
glosses: Initialism of digital still camera, more commonly called a digital camera.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Distinguished Service Cross.
topics: broadcasting
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
media
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
radio
telecommunications
telephony
transport
glosses: Initialism of digital selective call, a feature that allows a VHF radio to call another VHF selectively (as opposed to a call that is repeated by all receivers that are on within the range of the caller).
change of state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changes of state
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another.
Ivrit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עִבְרִית (ivrít).
Senses: glosses: the Hebrew language, especially Modern Hebrew
Synonyms: Neo-Hebraic
ijazah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ijazahs
form: ijaza
Etymology: From Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza, “authorization”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, especially Islamic religious knowledge.
ijaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ijazas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ijazah.
philandering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of philander
philandering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philanderings
Senses: examples: text: She wont be convinced by anything short of it; because, you see, I've had some tremendous philanderings before, and have gone back to her after them.
ref: 1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer:
text: Straight critics […] were shocked by the explicit depiction of Peter's sexual philanderings, scenes that in 1977 are ho-hum in their shock value.
ref: 1977 April 23, David Holland, “Hockney: Portrait of the Artist as a Cuckold”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: The action of one who philanders.
hammer home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hammers home
form: hammering home
form: hammered home
form: hammered home
Senses: examples: text: The politicians seem to think that they have to hammer home every policy for the public to understand it: I would have thought we're more intelligent than that.
text: In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point.
ref: 2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, in BBC:
text: Seeing that it was withdrawn in perfectly good working order hammers it home: these trains are on borrowed time.
ref: 2023 August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, in RAIL, number 990, page 49:
glosses: To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.
Synonyms: drive home
kilim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪˈliːm/
ipa: /ˈkiː.lɪm/
ipa: /kiˈlim/
ipa: /ˈkɪ.lɪm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: kilims
form: kelim
form: khilim
form: kylym
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).
Senses: examples: text: The khan they all deferred to was a wiry, hook-nosed man with a growth of grey stubble on his chin, who sat on a kelim, listening to the others' arguments without moving a muscle.
ref: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 183:
glosses: A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
Related terms: kis-kilim
beheadings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beheading
amphibrach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.fɪ.bɹak/
Forms: form: amphibrachs
Etymology: From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
examples: text: Then Banoffsky launched into Glinka's great amphibrachs [...]: Subside, agitation of passion!
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, page 322:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
Related terms: amphibrachic
metrical foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metrical feet
Etymology: Calque of Latin pēs metricus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse.
Related terms: metric foot
amphibrach
anapest
dactyl
iamb
spondee
trochee
mayordomo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayordomos
Etymology: From Spanish mayordomo. Doublet of majordomo.
Senses: glosses: A butler or majordomo in Spain or Latin America.
radges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radge
radges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radge
Brittish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brittish
form: most Brittish
Senses: examples: text: Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren.
ref: 1776, Thomas Jefferson, others, The [United States'] Declaration of Independence:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of British.
smells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smell
smells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smell
Jarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæroʊ/
/ˈd͡ʒærə/
Forms: form: Jarra
Etymology: From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English on Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: in Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).
sinical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: homophone: cynical
rhymes: -ɪnɪkəl
Etymology: From sine + -ical.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of, relating to, or constructed using sines
Sinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnɪk/
homophone: cynic
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Sinicus, from Sina (“China”) + -icus (“-ic”), from Late Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”), from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), q.v. Equivalent to Sino- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Chinese.
glosses: influenced by Chinese culture.
Related terms: Sino-
Sinian
Sinitic
Sinicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnɪsɪzəm/
homophone: cynicism
Forms: form: Sinicisms
Etymology: From Sinic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Chinese culture or custom
glosses: A Chinese word or phrase that has entered another language
Related terms: wasei kango
Japanese Sinicisms
cynicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/
homophone: Sinicism
Forms: form: cynicisms
Etymology: From Cynicism, cynic + -ism; compare cynism.
Senses: glosses: A distrustful attitude.
coordinate_terms: skepticism
glosses: An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of other people. Cynicism can manifest itself by frustration, disillusionment and distrust in regard to organizations, authorities and other aspects of society, often due to previous bad experience. Cynics often view others as motivated solely by disguised self-interest.
glosses: A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
Derived terms: legal cynicism
Related terms: cynic
cynical
cynically
Cynicism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cynic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: the philosophy of the Greek Cynics
sinicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinicizations
form: Sinicisation
form: sinicisation
form: Sinicization
Senses: glosses: The act, action, or result of sinicizing.
Synonyms: word: Sinicising
english: i.e.
translation: i.e.
word: sinicising
word: Sinicizing
word: sinicizing
word: Sinification
word: sinification
word: Sinofication
word: sinofication
word: Sinifying
word: sinifying
word: Sinofying
word: sinofying
sinicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sinicize
judgment proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Of a person whom a judgment cannot be enforced against.
heptyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptyls
Etymology: From heptane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₇H₁₅, formally derived from heptane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: amitriptyline
diheptyl
eptastigmine
heptylamine
heptylic
monoheptyl
call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call signs
form: callsign
form: call-sign
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: call letters
glosses: A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
examples: text: Charlie: I'm Charlotte Blackwood.
Maverick: I'm Maverick.
Charlie: Did your mother not like you?
Maverick: No, it's my call sign.
ref: 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture):
text: Four drone operators, led by Shved, whose call sign means “the Swede” on account of his blond hair, […]
ref: 2023 June 17, Dan Sabbagh, “‘It’s 21st-century warfare’: on Ukraine’s counteroffensive frontline”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: CS
coordinate_terms: name
handle
alias
glosses: Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications.
Derived terms: collective call sign
indefinite call sign
international call sign
net call sign
tactical call sign
heckler's veto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2017, Jeffrey Beall, "What I learned from predatory publishers" in Biochemia Medica (vol 27, no 2), Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
They kept sending the emails to the university chancellor and others, hoping to implement the heckler’s veto. They tried to be as annoying as possible to the university so that the officials would get so tired of the emails that they would silence me just to make them stop.
glosses: Limiting an individual's free expression by heckle.
Paulson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Paul + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Poulsen, Polish Pawelowicz, Slovene Pavič, Pavlovič etc.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Related terms: Paulsen
Pawson
Polson
Poulsom
Poulson
microchips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microchip
microchips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microchip
hyperosmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + -osmia.
Senses: glosses: Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
Related terms: hyperosmic
anosmia
Kev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛv/
rhymes: -ɛv
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Kevin.
Kev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛv/
rhymes: -ɛv
Forms: form: Kevs
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: […] the middle-class males we interviewed also reported that they had to take security measures in relation to fears about intimidation from working-class 'Kevs', as well as racialised anxieties about black youth.
ref: 2005, Tracey Skelton, Gill Valentine, Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures, page 260:
glosses: A working-class male.
Coordinate terms: Sharon
yus
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Etymology: Dialectal form of yes.
Senses: examples: text: Yus, to live in dirt, I feel is a `orrid degradation; but one thing I'd like to know, is it wus than living on it?
ref: 1892, Punch, or The London Charivari, from:
text: Wych Street? Yus, of course I knoo Wych Street. Used to go there with some of the boys -- when I was Covent Garden way.
ref: 1922, Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, compilers and editors, The Best British Short Stories of 1922
glosses: Alternative form of yes.
yus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
rhymes: -ʊs
ipa: /jʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Forms: form: yuses
form: jus
Etymology: Russian юс (jus), from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”)
Senses: glosses: Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.
yus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
rhymes: -ʊs
ipa: /juːz/
rhymes: -uːz
ipa: /jʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
rhymes: -ʊs
Senses: glosses: plural of yu
annelidous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annelidous
form: most annelidous
Etymology: From annelid + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to annelids
fracedinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fracedinous
form: most fracedinous
Etymology: Related to Latin fraceō, fracidus.
Senses: glosses: Producing heat through putrefaction.
chesstree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chesstrees
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Either of two pieces of oak fitted to the topsides of a square-rigged vessel on each side of the bow through which the bowlines were fed; often decoratively carved
chock-a-block
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chock-a-block
form: most chock-a-block
Senses: examples: text: "Parking at the railheads, Morpeth and so on, is just totally chock-a-block now. You won't get a parking space in Morpeth [station car park] after 0730, so we really need to be providing a service at these local stations."
ref: 2019 November 6, Graeme Pickering, “New targets for Northumberland”, in Rail, page 49:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chockablock.
chock-a-block
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chock-a-block
form: most chock-a-block
Senses: examples: text: The first was my experience of motoring, paddling, and poling a dugout canoe through the Equatorial African swamplands that were once inhabited by people who called themselves Nunu and being struck by the astonishing array of micro-environments packed chock-a-block into a region only 40 kilometers long by 20 kilometers wide.
ref: 1999, Robert Harms, Games Against Nature:
text: The Piney Creek General Store in Story, Wyoming, is chock-a-block filled with an enormous range of miscellaneous paraphernalia that includes groceries, gourmet cooking ingredients, beer and wine, cast-iron cookware, and kitschy souvenirs and gifts.
ref: 2007, Becky Mercuri, The Great American Hot Dog Book, page 128:
text: One room was chock-a-block full, to the ceiling; you couldn't get into that bedroom.
ref: 2007, Don Woodland, Simon Bouda, Picking Up the Pieces:
text: The place is chock-a-block full of old empty bottles on shelves, a collection from around the world.
ref: 2010, Kevin C. Mills, Sons and Daughters of the Ocean:
text: The quay teemed chock-a-block with porters, officials, clumps of overcoated people under umbrellas.
ref: 2012, Michèle Roberts, Ignorance, page 218:
text: I've had a feeling ever since this festival started up that one day I was going to get stuck with a case chock-a-block full of arty people.
ref: 2013, Robert Barnard, Death and the Chaste Apprentice:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chockablock.
xanthein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzænθiːn/
homophone: xanthene
homophone: xanthine
Forms: form: xantheins
Etymology: Borrowed from French xantheine, apparently an arbitrary respelling to distinguish it from the similarly spelled xanthine. Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see xanthine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.
Synonyms: xanthin
xanthine
deekies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deeky
deekies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deekies
Senses: glosses: A quick look.
Related terms: deeksies
deekyin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of deeky
carrycot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrycots
form: carry-cot
Etymology: From carry + cot.
Senses: glosses: A rectangular, box-shaped bed with handles, in which a baby can be carried while asleep.
cowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊəd/
ipa: /ˈkaʊɚd/
homophone: coward
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cower
deekied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deeky
creaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cream
creaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: creamings
Senses: glosses: A cookery technique in which fat and sugar are mixed together with the incorporation of air to form a cream.
examples: text: The number of creamings necessary to reduce the impurities to a negligible amount was estimated from the relative volumes of the upper and lower layers, by assuming that the soluble impurities were uniformly distributed between the layers […]
ref: 1933, Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, volume 10, page 482:
glosses: The act by which something is creamed.
Derived terms: creaming soda
deadheading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deadhead
deadheading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadheadings
Senses: glosses: The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds.
glosses: The driving of an unladen vehicle, such as a bus with no passengers, in order to take it from one place to another.
cannit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈkanət]
Forms: form: cannet
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cannot.
feted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fete
feted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feted
form: most feted
Senses: glosses: Honoured; celebrated.
Derived terms: unfeted
Saxon blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A solution of indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid, used as a dye
Synonyms: Saxony blue
Großenhainer Blau
Hayner Blau
indigo carmine
FD&C Blue #2 in the US
and E132 in the EU
Related terms: saxe blue
filigrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filigree
filigrees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filigree
Kinga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Tanzania
Nata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Tanzania
Synonyms: Ikinata
Ikoma
Ndali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Malawi
Ndari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Tanzania
Sambaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Tanzania
natural history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural histories
Senses: glosses: The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.
glosses: The study of all natural phenomena: botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.
glosses: A treatise or similar work that summarizes the known facts of either of the above.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The progression of a medical condition in an individual.
Related terms: naturalist
science
life is not all beer and skittles
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Beer and skittles refers to a carefree, indulgent bar life. Skittles is a British pub game.
Senses: glosses: Not everything about life is pleasurable.
life history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life histories
Senses: examples: text: His life history shows that he frequently moves from town to town, moving from one job to the next.
glosses: An investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Information concerning a person’s diseases and medical disorders suffered during his or her lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.
Related terms: biography
family history
whoopie cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoopie cushions
Senses: glosses: A small, rubber bag with a flap, used in a practical joke. The bag is filled with air and placed on a seat where the unsuspecting victim will sit; once he/she sits on the device, the bag deflates and makes a sound similar to flatulence.
obscureness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obscurenesses
Etymology: From obscure + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being obscure.
onrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onrushing
form: most onrushing
Etymology: From on- + rushing.
Senses: examples: text: The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards.
ref: 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: rushing or flowing forward
glosses: attacking
Synonyms: sense: flowing forward
word: fluent
word: streaming
word: flowing
onrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From on- + rushing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of onrush
outmanœuvered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more outmanœuvered
form: most outmanœuvered
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of outmaneuvered.
outmanœuvered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outmanœuver
outmaneuvered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outmanœuvered
form: outmanoeuvered
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outmaneuver
outmaneuvered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more outmaneuvered
form: most outmaneuvered
form: outmanœuvered
form: outmanoeuvered
Senses: glosses: overcome by the maneuvering of others.
overfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overfeed
overfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overfeedings
Senses: examples: text: It must not be wrongly inferred that these overfeedings bring on the attack, for this will occur no matter how sharply the food-supply may be controlled.
ref: 1893, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, volume 20, number 2, page 452:
glosses: Excessive feeding.
overspilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overspill
stoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoner
overstudying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstudy
palmated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin palmātus (“embroidered with palms”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
zoology
glosses: Having digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having broad, flattened parts with short extensions similar to a webbed appendage.
glosses: palmate
Derived terms: palmated newt
semipalmated
subpalmated
pepperbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepperboxes
Etymology: From pepper + box.
Senses: glosses: A pepper shaker.
examples: text: She had her knees up, resting her wrists on them; the pepperbox muzzle of a flechette pistol emerged from her hands.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 21:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
glosses: A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
examples: text: Large, stately, and dark was its [the château's] outline against the dusky night-sky; there were pepper-boxes and tourelles and what-not fantastically going up into the dim starlight.
ref: 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:
topics: architecture
glosses: A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
examples: text: I also remember the old Royal Mews that stood on the site of the present trumpery National Gallery, with its too suggestive pepper-boxes; […]
ref: 1887, Charles Mackay, Through the Long Day: Or, Memorials of a Literary Life, page 113:
text: Its architect, Wilkins, had the misfortune to be chosen to erect our much-abused National Gallery building, with its condemned "pepper-boxes" of cupolas; […]
ref: 2012, Edward Verrall Lucas, Highways and Byways in London:
topics: architecture
glosses: Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
peppershaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peppershakers
Etymology: From pepper + shaker.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pepper shaker.
pepper pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepper pots
form: pepperpot
form: pepper-pot
Senses: glosses: A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper
glosses: A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.
examples: text: An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A person who is hot tempered; a feisty or argumentative person.
Synonyms: sense: container for pepper
word: peppershaker
sense: soup
word: Philadelphia pepper pot
Related terms: pepper mill
perambulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perambulate
perceptibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perceptibly
form: most perceptibly
Etymology: From perceptible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Where'd you get it?" demanded Limpet, perceptibly livening up for the first time since the curate's entrance.
ref: 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7:
antonyms: imperceptibly
glosses: In a perceptible manner; noticeably.
Synonyms: word: perceptibly
word: sensibly
Hyponyms: word: aurally
word: audibly
word: gustatorily
word: olfactorily
word: tactilely
word: tangibly
word: visibly
plethoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɛθəɹɪk/
ipa: /plɛˈθɒɹɪk/
Forms: form: more plethoric
form: most plethoric
Etymology: From Late Latin plethoricus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πληθωρικός (plēthōrikós), from πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “plethora”). By surface analysis, plethora + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: a horse-leech, whose deep maw
The plethoric King Swellfoot could not fill,
And who, till full, will cling for ever.
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
text: If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.
ref: 1842, Gibbons Merle, John Reitch, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper’s Manual: Comprising Everything Related to Cookery, Diet, Economy and Medicine. By Gibbons Merle. The Medical Portion of the Work by John Reitch, M.D., London: William Strange, 21, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 360, column 2:
text: Harold Atkinson, her host, was a fine handsome grey-haired man, plethoric and somewhat corpulent, with an eye for a pretty woman […].
ref: 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 81:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: flushed
glosses: Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
examples: text: the judges [...] were arranging their robes and coughing into their fists, the ebb and flow of their plethoric wigs like a flock of sheep on the run.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 161:
glosses: Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied.
examples: text: Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack!
See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack,
In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 63:
glosses: Full or excessively full.
Derived terms: antiplethoric
Related terms: plethora
collective call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collective call signs
Senses: examples: CHARLIE PAPA: Command Post of the 1098th Transportation Company (Medium Boat) in Vietnam.
CHARLIE 34: Landing Craft #34 of the 1098th Transportation Company (Medium Boat) in Vietnam.
CHARLIE 6: Commmander of the 1098th Transportation Company (Medium Boat) in Vietnam.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any call sign which represents two or more facilities, commands, authorities, or units. The collective call sign for any of these includes the commander thereof and all subordinate commanders therein.
poling boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poling boats
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any small boat, such as a punt, propelled using a long pole.
post-feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of postfeminism.
postfeminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postfeminisms
form: post-feminism
Etymology: From post- + feminism.
Senses: examples: text: As the ’90s went by, third-wave feminism was edged out by postfeminism, a cheerful, consumerist movement arguing that feminism had achieved what it needed to and now women were largely free to behave just like men, sexually liberated and socially empowered. The catch was that we were also subtly being conditioned to perform.
ref: 2025 April 15, Sophie Gilbert, “What Porn Taught a Generation of Women”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
glosses: Any of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women.
pre-eminently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pre-eminently
form: most pre-eminently
Senses: examples: text: Will not you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole time—as I shall do—not to lose a word; or only looking off just to note down any sentence pre-eminently beautiful?
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 115:
glosses: Alternative spelling of preeminently.
preeminently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɛmɪnəntli/
Forms: form: more preeminently
form: most preeminently
form: pre-eminently
form: preëminently
Etymology: From preeminent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious; and, with respect to [William] Shakespeare in particular, we may presume it to have been full and circumstantial through the generation succeeding to his own, not only from the curiosity, and perhaps something of a scandalous interest, which would pursue the motions of one living so large a part of his life at a distance from his wife, but also from the final reverence and honor which would settle upon the memory of a poet so preëminently successful; […]
ref: 1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4:
synonyms: particularly
distinguishedly
glosses: In a preeminent manner.
resiliency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resiliencies
Etymology: From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ency.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of resilience.
synonyms: word: resilience
revivalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revivalists
Etymology: From revival + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: an Art Deco revivalist
text: And in 1975 one of the hottest Austin ensembles was the posthippie western swing revivalist group known as Asleep at the Wheel.
ref: 2010, Andy Bradley, Roger Wood, House of Hits, page 206:
text: Lynton & Barnstaple Railway revivalists have unexpectedly been given a second chance to purchase the station, after the original sale deal fell through.
ref: 2020 July 1, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western: Bratton Fleming”, in Rail, page 24:
glosses: Someone who seeks to revive something.
glosses: An evangelistic preacher.
revivalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more revivalist
form: most revivalist
Etymology: From revival + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Evangelistic.
Derived terms: revivalistic
seared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sear
seared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more seared
form: most seared
Senses: glosses: blackened by heat; scorched; burned
examples: text: I’m getting more of a seared bite on the Impossible Whopper than I’m getting on the actual Whopper.
glosses: having the surface cooked and crispened (particularly by cooking on a grill or pan)
Derived terms: searedness
stoplist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoplists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stop list.
streamlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹiːmlət/
Forms: form: streamlets
Etymology: From stream + -let.
Senses: examples: text: Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]
ref: 1610, William Camden, “Kent”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 330:
text: [A] ſtreamlet inviting repoſe / Soft-murmuring vvanders avvay, […]
ref: 1760, Anacreon, “Anacreon, Ode 22”, in James Beattie, transl., Original Poems and Translations, London: […] [F. Douglas?]; and sold by A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, page 76:
text: […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell.
ref: 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman & Rees, Volume 1, Preface, p. iii:
text: I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie.
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 19:
glosses: A small stream.
stop word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop words
form: stopword
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, etc.
surcharged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: overprinted with a new value
raw_tags: of a postage stamp
surcharged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surcharge
indefinite call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indefinite call signs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A call sign which does not represent a specific facility, command, authority, activity, or unit, but which may represent any one or any group of these.
Related terms: call sign
international call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international call signs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A call sign assigned in accordance with the provisions of the International Telecommunications Union to identify a radio station. The nationality of the radio station is identified by the first or the first two characters. (When used in visual signaling, international call signs are referred to as “signal letters.”)
Related terms: call sign
net call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: net call signs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A call sign that represents all stations within a net.
Related terms: call sign
houseguest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊsˌɡɛst/
Forms: form: houseguests
Etymology: From house + guest.
Senses: examples: text: We had houseguests for weeks after the wedding.
glosses: A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
Synonyms: guest
tactical call sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tactical call signs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A call sign that identifies a tactical command or tactical communication facility.
hypochorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hypocorism.
camouflet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camouflets
Etymology: Borrowed from French camouflet.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
Related terms: crater
croagh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊɡ/
Forms: form: croaghs
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish cruach. Doublet of rick.
Senses: glosses: A hill or mountain in Ireland.
randomicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From random + -ic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being random.
Synonyms: randomness
licensing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of license
licensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: licensings
Senses: examples: text: To fence Truth about with prohibition and licensings, the weak inventions of fear and policy, is to doubt her strength, and vainly to imagine that she needs our protection in the battle that she is for ever waging with falsehood and with error.
ref: 1874, T. Turner, Lessons in English Literature, volume 1, page 155:
text: As a result of these irregular ordinations and licensings, a rupture occurred between prorevival ministers in southern Kentucky and more conservative members of the Synod of Kentucky.
ref: 2005, Samuel S. Hill, Charles H. Lippy, Charles Reagan Wilson, Encyclopedia of Religion in the South, page 311:
glosses: A giving of license to do something; sanction.
Derived terms: licensing context
licensing fee
naked licensing
prelicensing
self-licensing
self-contempt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + contempt.
Senses: examples: text: [R]egard this Earth / Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou / Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, / And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, / With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.
ref: 1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 19:
glosses: A feeling of contempt toward oneself.
self-pity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + pity.
Senses: examples: text: I was sitting in my room, wallowing in self pity, when my favorite TV program came on.
text: Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
ref: 2021 July 29, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A feeling of pity for oneself.
Related terms: self-pitying
self-pityingly
cry in one's beer
logbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logbook
protosyntax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + syntax.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:protosyntax.
glosses: That part of syntax that omits membership.
Related terms: protosyntactical
protosyntactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + syntactical.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to protosyntax
glosses: able to be defined, but not constructed
theomonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theo- + monism, coined by F. Ballard in Theomonism True: God and the Universe in Modern Light (1906).
Senses: glosses: a monism that recognizes the existence of God
Related terms: monotheism
timber wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timber wolves
Senses: glosses: The gray wolf, Canis lupus.
glosses: A grey color, like that of the animal's coat.
gray wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray wolves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey wolf.
tinkled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tinkle