cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ricket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rickets
form: ricketing
form: ricketed
form: ricketed
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).
Senses: examples: text: As it stands now, Earth's own structure must go ricketing down in the near future, the Outer Worlds will slowly degenerate and decay in a somewhat further future, but the new colonies will be a new and healthy strain, combining the best of both cultures.
ref: 1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:
text: Suddenly he went ricketing down the street, beads of gin breaking out profusely on his forehead. He had left his car beside Gus Venske's umbrella. And now he remembered another recognizing clue and hoped that Ronald Colman didn't know his last name.
ref: a. 1940, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Homes of the Stars:
glosses: To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or reckless manner.
ricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rickets
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).
Senses: glosses: A racket or disturbance.
glosses: A policeman's rattle.
examples: text: Superintendent Butler said that after he had been questioned at Cannon Row police station Wilson said, "You obviously know a lot. I've made a ricket somewhere. I'll have to take my chance. I don't see how you can make it stick without the poppy—and you won't find that."
ref: 1964, John Gosling, Dennis Craig, The Great Train Robbery, page 42:
text: You could get really neurotic if you listened to everything that people say about you when you concede a goal. I know when I've had a bad game, when I have dropped a ricket.
ref: 1996, Jason Tomas, White Heat: The Leeds United Dream Team, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Instant replays highlighted the glaring error, but none of the five officials on the pitch were actually allowed to use video evidence to see what a ricket they'd made of it.
ref: 2017, Justyn Barnes, Aubrey Day, The Random History of Football, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: An error; a mistake.
Related terms: rickets
rickety
ricketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ricket
monobromonaphthalene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monobromonaphthalenes
Senses: examples: text: Subsequently we investigated the influence of a mixture of ferric chloride and bromine on monobromonaphthalene.
ref: 1912, Journal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, page 527:
text: Even 10-15 min treatment at low temperature in saturated aqueous solution of monobromonaphthalene may bring about the desired representation of chromosome morphology in certain groups of plants.
ref: 2020, Archarna Sharma, Chromosome Techniques, page 5:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A volatile oily liquid, C₁₀H₇Br, used as an embedding agent in microscopy and as an immersion fluid for determining the refractive index of crystals.
monobromonaphthalenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monobromonaphthalene
codebug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codebugs
form: codebugging
form: codebugged
form: codebugged
Etymology: From co- + debug.
Senses: examples: text: Developers can invite others into their workspace to coedit, cobuild, or codebug and can communicate with one another in the workspace itself.
ref: 2014, K. Chandrasekaran, Essentials of Cloud Computing, page 152:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To debug together.
codebugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codebug
codebugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of codebug
codebugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codebug
nagkesar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nagkassar
form: nagsara
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नागकेसर (nāgakesara).
Senses: glosses: Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
Related terms: nahor
nagkassar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nagkesar.
nagsara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nagkesar.
nabobry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nabobery.
nakedweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Chondrilla juncea.
nakedwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nakedwoods
Etymology: From naked + wood.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the genus Colubrina.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Colubrina asiatica
word: Asian nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina stricta
word: Comal nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina cubensis
word: Cuban nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina glandulosa
word: glandular nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina californica
word: Las Animas nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina greggii
word: Sierra nakedwood
taxonomic: Colubrina verrucosa
word: Urban's nakedwood
Napoleoniana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Napoleonana
Etymology: From Napoleon + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Objects, materials, or documents relating to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleonana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Napoleon + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Napoleoniana.
Napoleonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Napoleonistic
form: most Napoleonistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Napoleonism.
naphthalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of naphthalizing.
narcoticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narcotism (“addiction to a narcotic drug”).
Nascapi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Naskapi.
Naskapee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Naskapi.
Nascapee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Naskapi.
naucrar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naucrars
Senses: glosses: The leader of a naucrary.
naucrars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naucrar
naumkeag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naumkeags
Etymology: From the manufacturing company's name, from Naumkeag.
Senses: examples: text: Every well appointed shoe factory equips such machines as edge trimmers, heel shavers, rough rounders, naumkeags, bottom, tip and tap scourers and brushes with a hooded metal pipe, into which the leather dust and buffings are drawn as soon as made.
ref: 1912, Insurance Library Association of Boston, Lectures on Fire Insurance:
glosses: A machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.
naumkeag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: naumkeags
form: naumkeaging
form: naumkeaged
form: naumkeaged
Etymology: From the manufacturing company's name, from Naumkeag.
Senses: glosses: To smooth the parts of a shoe using this machine.
Derived terms: naumkeager
naumkeags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naumkeag
naumkeags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of naumkeag
naumkeaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of naumkeag
naumkeaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of naumkeag
naumkeager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naumkeagers
Etymology: From naumkeag + -er.
Senses: glosses: The operator of a naumkeag machine.
naumkeagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naumkeager
Meiteism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Meitei + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sanamahism.
synonyms: word: Sanamahism
glosses: A system, school of thought or theory based on Meitei language, culture and history.
glosses: A tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of Meitei people.
glosses: A doctrine, ideology or principle of Meitei culture.
Turkestanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turkestani
Mitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Fathima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fatima.
Sawtell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sawtells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
caramelisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caramelisation
chug-a-lugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chug-a-lug
chug-a-lugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chug-a-lug
community centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of community centre
co-producer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-producers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coproducer.
co-producers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-producer
Elizabethanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Elizabethan + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The fact or quality of being Elizabethan.
echoistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more echoistic
form: most echoistic
Senses: glosses: Echoing; repeating back; mimicking.
fresh blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of new blood (“newcomers to a project or organization”).
synonyms: word: new blood
extra: newcomers to a project or organization
hypoboles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypobole
junkfood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkfoods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of junk food.
junkfoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkfood
lip synced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lip sync
lip syncing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lip sync
manospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manosphere
micromanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more micromanic
form: most micromanic
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to micromania.
nunchuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nunchuks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nunchaku.
nunchuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nunchuk
pie crust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie crusts
form: piecrust
Etymology: From pie + crust.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40:
glosses: The crust of a pie.
examples: text: A new generation is already taking to the silk scarf in hair and around necks, velvet headbands as well as pearls and pie crusts.
ref: 2020 November 26, Lauren Cochrane, “Pie crusts and pearls: the unexpected return of the Sloane Ranger”, in The Guardian:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Ellipsis of pie crust collar.
Derived terms: pie crust collar
pie crust lease
pie crusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pie crust
quadannual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quad- + annual.
Senses: examples: text: Under mounting pressure from native people, who began attending their quadannual conventions in the mid-1970s, both the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and World Parks Congress have voted by wide majorities their approval of […]
ref: 2011, Mark Dowie, Conservation Refugees, page 155:
text: The quadannual cycle and the 36 day cycle were also observed in the spectra of SE and SW regions.
ref: 2011, S. D. Attri, L. S. Rathore, M. V. K. Sivakumar, Challenges and Opportunities in Agrometeorology, page 78:
text: FGI functions as a contractual, fundraising, and coordinating entity for the quadannual Guidelines revision process, supporting the work of the independent Health Guidelines Revision Committee […]
ref: 2014, James T. Tweedy, Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management, Third Edition, page 95:
hyponyms: quarterly
glosses: Once every four years; quadrennial.
port de bras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French port de bras (literally “carriage of the arms”).
Senses: examples: text: As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.
ref: 1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: An exercise in which the arms are moved to different positions, sometimes also incorporating upper-body movements.
prank calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prank call
prank called
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prank call
rock hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rockhole.
rock holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock hole
Lizalde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lizaldes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Lizalde, shortened form of Elizalde, a surname of Basque origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
stage hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stage hands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stagehand.
stage hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stage hand
Marouns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maroun
Lizaldes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lizalde
third sexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third sex
thinks through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think through
thinking through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of think through
water-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more water-proof
form: most water-proof
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waterproof.
large light cruiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large light cruisers
Etymology: From Admiral John Fisher's use of subterfuge to evade a Royal Navy moratorium on the construction of new capital ships by declaring ships of this type to be large versions of light cruisers.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.
wikipedia: Courageous-class battlecruiser
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
large light cruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of large light cruiser
ant hills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ant hill
Higman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Higmans
Etymology: Variant of Hickman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
duct taped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duct tape
duct taping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duct tape
Iftikhar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iftikhars
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”), a popular surname in Pakistan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
bindee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bindees
Etymology: From bind + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: [S]upposing the NP has raised in (18), the potential bindees are the clitic and the trace of the focalized NP, neither of which qualifies as a syntactic variable.
ref: 1999, Georges Rebuschi, Laurice Tuller, The Grammar of Focus, page 290:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language element that is grammatically bound.
bindees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bindee
Iftikhars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Iftikhar
acromikria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acromicria.
Higmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Higman
deaditors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deaditor
Nauset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nausets
form: Nauset
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American tribe who lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, east of Bass River and lands occupied by the Wampanoag.
Nausets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nauset
Niralee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nirali.
Jeppsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jeppsens
Etymology: Variant of Jepsen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Danish.
Inguanzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Inguanzos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Inguanzo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Inguanzos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Inguanzo
Jeppsens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jeppsen
axis mundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin axis mundi.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The axis of Earth between the celestial poles, important in ancient geocentric coordinate systems.
neathmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: lowest; undermost
nayaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nahoor
Senses: glosses: The bharal or blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur.
Finkler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Finklers
Etymology: Variant of Finkel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ferenczes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ferencz
Finklers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Finkler
Nebaioth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nebajoth
Etymology: From Hebrew נְבָיוֹת.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The first son of Ishmael, according to the Hebrew Bible.
Nebajoth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nebaioth.
Asiatic peafowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asiatic peafowls
Senses: glosses: The two species of Peafowl in the genus Pavo, both of which are native to Asia
Hyponyms: also see Pavo
Asiatic peacock
Asiatic peahen
Indus Valley bullfrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indus Valley bullfrogs
Senses: glosses: Any member of species Hoplobatrachus tigerinus of large frogs, found in Pakistan and India.
Eveleth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eveleths
Etymology: Altered form of Eveleigh.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Faivre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Faivres
Etymology: Borrowed from French Faivre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Faivres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Faivre
Eveleths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eveleth
Shakhtarsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shakhtyorsk
form: Shakhtersk
Senses: glosses: A city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
necessitatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From necessitated + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And we may add a second, namely, God's divine complacency for a necessitatedly pure and benevolent angel.
ref: 1884, The Methodist Review, volume 66, page 188:
glosses: By necessity; necessarily.
neckercher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckerchers
Etymology: From Middle English nekcher, neke-kycher; equivalent to neck + kercher.
Senses: glosses: A neckerchief.
neckerchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckercher
Asiatic peafowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asiatic peafowl
Gladue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gladues
Etymology: Altered form of French Gladieux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Gladue factor
Gladue report
spot-billed pelican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot-billed pelicans
Senses: glosses: Pelecanus philippensis (grey pelican)
necessitatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From necessitating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Spirit of God is not pleased to work, either compulsively or necessitatingly, upon the hearts and wills of men, but only so as to leave them at liberty.
ref: 1915, Thomas Rees, The Holy Spirit in Thought and Experience, page 196:
glosses: So as to necessitate.
Childrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Childreys
Etymology: From either the Old English personal name *Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Childreys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Childrey
Gladues
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gladue
necromorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a pupa: resembling the imago except for being perfectly quiescent, as if dead.
Indus River dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indus River dolphins
Senses: glosses: A member of species Platanista minor, river dolphins only found in the Indus River in Pakistan.
distancing effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distancing effects
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
theater
synonyms: alienation
estrangement
Verfremdungseffekt
glosses: According to Bertold Brecht, performance in such a way that the audience is hindered from simply identifying itself with the characters in the play, and must evaluate their actions on an overt, conscious level.
distancing effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distancing effect
needlebush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlebushes
Etymology: From needle + bush.
Senses: glosses: The plant Hakea sericea.
Related terms: needlebush acacia
needlebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needlebush
McGolrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGolricks
Etymology: Variant of McGoldrick.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
needlewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlewoods
Etymology: From needle + wood.
Senses: glosses: The plant Acacia palustris.
needlewoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needlewood
neglectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more neglectively
form: most neglectively
Etymology: From neglective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neglective manner.
Willshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willshaws
Etymology: Variant of Wiltshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
scrannish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scrannish
form: most scrannish
Etymology: From scran + -ish, perhaps influenced by famished.
Senses: glosses: Hungry.
neglectproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neglectproof
form: most neglectproof
Etymology: From neglect + -proof.
Senses: examples: neglectproof machinery
glosses: That will not suffer damage through being neglected.
Indus River dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indus River dolphin
Willshaws
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Willshaw
Indus Valley bullfrogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indus Valley bullfrog
McGolricks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGolrick
negrodom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From negro + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of negros.
nectarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /nɛkˈtɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: nectaria
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of nectary.
synonyms: word: nectary
nectaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nectarium
Neengatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nheengatu.
spot-billed pelicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spot-billed pelican
mule kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mule kicks
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A move by which the wrestler, facing away from a charging opponent, bends down and pushes out one foot, striking the opponent with the sole.
mule kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mule kick
featherfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of featherfoot
Farway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1895).
Negrophobist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negrophobists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Negrophobe.
synonyms: word: Negrophobe
Negrophobists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Negrophobist
Negrophobiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negrophobiacs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Negrophobe.
synonyms: word: Negrophobe
Negrophobiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Negrophobiac
Nehantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nehantics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Niantic.
Nehantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nehantic
Wheatcroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wheatcrofts
Etymology: From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).
glosses: A placename:
A city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Nekkar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Beta Boötis, a star in the northern constellation of Boötes.
Shucksmith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shucksmiths
Etymology: Altered form of Shoesmith.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shucksmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shucksmith
Wheatcrofts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wheatcroft
neobotany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + botany.
Senses: glosses: The branch of botany that deals with plants that still exist in modern times, as opposed to paleontology.
neozoology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + zoology.
Senses: glosses: The branch of zoology that deals with animals that still exist in modern times, as opposed to paleozoology.
neozoologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neozoologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies neozoology.
neobotanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neobotanists
Senses: glosses: One who studies neobotany.
neozoologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neozoologist
neobotanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neobotanist
neobotanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neobotany.
neozoological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neozoology.
praseodidymium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of praseodymium.
neodidymium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of neodymium.
neographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This section presents a typology of neographic transformations observed in the French SMS corpus. These are categorized into three broad types: phonetic spelling, syllabograms (rebus writing), and logograms […]
ref: 2007, Brenda Danet, Susan C. Herring, The Multilingual Internet, page 97:
glosses: Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
forest giraffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forest giraffes
Senses: glosses: An okapi (Okapia johnstoni).
forest giraffes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forest giraffe
zebra giraffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra giraffes
Senses: glosses: An okapi (Okapia johnstoni).
zebra giraffes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebra giraffe
neoza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neozas
Senses: glosses: A pine nut.
Related terms: neoza pine
neozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoza
nephewship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nephew + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a nephew.
'jak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'jaks
Etymology: Clipping of soyjak.
Senses: qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: A soyjak.
'jak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 'jaks
form: 'jakking
form: 'jakked
form: 'jakked
Etymology: Clipping of soyjak.
Senses: qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: To quote (someone) on an imageboard with the addition of a soyjak image.
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: To trace over the photograph of (a person) to produce a soyjak image.
vernacular name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vernacular names
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A name other than a taxonomic name, in a vernacular language, used to refer to an organism, often corresponding to a taxonomic name, but often not.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A name that does not unambiguously define a substance.
Related terms: common name
trivial name
systematic name
scientific name
nervimuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nervomuscular.
vernacular names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernacular name
North Newnton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and hamlet in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1257).
Nestorianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Nestorianizes
form: Nestorianizing
form: Nestorianized
form: Nestorianized
Etymology: From Nestorian + -ize.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: To teach or follow the Nestorian doctrine.
Derived terms: Nestorianizer
Nestorianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Nestorianize
Nestorianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Nestorianize
Nestorianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Nestorianize
Nestorianizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nestorianizers
Etymology: From Nestorianize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who Nestorianizes.
Nestorianizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nestorianizer
nettle-monger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nettle-mongers
Senses: glosses: The common reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus.
nettle-mongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nettle-monger
taxonomic name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxonomic names
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: scientific name
glosses: A name, Latin in form, used to identify, in principle unambiguously, an organism (or group of organisms), formerly usually based solely on shared morphological feature, now usually on hypothesized common evolutionary descent.
Related terms: systematic name
common name
vernacular name
binomial name
trivial name
common or garden
neugroschen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neugroschens
form: neugroschen
Senses: glosses: A Saxon Scheidemünze coin minted from 1841 to 1873.
neugroschens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neugroschen
netleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From net + leaf.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Applied to certain plants having reticulated or net-like leaves.
Derived terms: netleaf barberry
netleaf bundleflower
netleaf clematis
netleaf hackberry
netleaf leatherflower
netleaf oak
netleaf swamp privet
netleaf white oak
netleaf willow
neuraxone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuraxones
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of neuraxon.
neuraxones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuraxone
neurilemmatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neurilemma.
neurilemmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neurilemma.
neurologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neurologizes
form: neurologizing
form: neurologized
form: neurologized
Etymology: From neurology + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: My discussion is not in any way intended to neurologize the subject of empathy. Rather, I am simply suggesting that certain disturbances in the perception and expression of emotion among neurologically impaired may be relevant […]
ref: 2014, Joseph D. Lichtenberg, Melvin Bornstein, Donald Silver, Empathy I (Psychology Revivals), page 74:
glosses: To reduce to a matter of neurology; to treat as neurological.
neurologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of neurologize
neurologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of neurologize
neurologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of neurologize
antichess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + chess.
Senses: glosses: A misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of their pieces or to be stalemated.
neuromyic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: neuromuscular
neurhypnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neurohypnology.
neuterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuter + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Jim wrote a tune for me called, “The Seed Of Desire,” which he insisted on announcing as a celebration of my perfect neuterdom. Pretty soon, half the country knew I was a safe lay.
ref: 2001, Stuart Leslie Munro, Superman Canyon Road: Travelogue, page 191:
text: And yet, apart and distinct from, although at the root of this abnormal neuterdom, wherein the traits of one sex are so antagonised by those of the other that the finest powers of both are nullified—[…]
ref: 2022, Arabella Kenealy, Feminism and Sex-Extinction:
glosses: The quality of being neuter.
neuterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neuter + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neuter manner.
nevyanskite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of osmiridium containing over 40% iridium.
Nevome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pima Bajo (“Mexican indigenous language”).
synonyms: word: Pima Bajo
extra: Mexican indigenous language
Nevome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subgroup of the Pima Bajo people, historically living along the Sonora River and Yaqui River.
Pima Bajo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people residing in a mountainous region along the line between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico.
Pima Bajo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mexican indigenous language of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
Tepiman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Piman.
synonyms: word: Piman
newsful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newsful
form: most newsful
Etymology: From news + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: From their empirical analysis of weekly use the iPad scored as the most newsful device, followed by e-readers and the iPhone.
ref: 2014, Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth, The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media, page 140:
text: Three days ago I recvd. your welcome letters of 18th & 19th July, & to-day came that of 24th, as well as a long & newsful letter from Father, all in good spirits, so I was very glad to have them, […]
ref: Quoted in 2022, Michelle Fink, Robert Boyd, John McCaldin Loewenthal (page 137)
glosses: Full of news; supplying news.
recvd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Three days ago I recvd. your welcome letters of 18th & 19th July, & to-day came that of 24th, as well as a long & newsful letter from Father […]
ref: Quoted in 2022, Michelle Fink, Robert Boyd, John McCaldin Loewenthal (page 137)
glosses: Contraction of received.
newspaperize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: newspaperizes
form: newspaperizing
form: newspaperized
form: newspaperized
Etymology: From newspaper + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To adapt to the format of a newspaper.
newspaperized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of newspaperize
newspaperizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of newspaperize
newspaperizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of newspaperize
newsbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsbills
Etymology: From news + bill.
Senses: glosses: A sheet of news; a handbill bearing news.
newsbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsbill
newsboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsboats
Etymology: From news + boat.
Senses: glosses: A boat used to relay news from one place to another.
newsboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsboat
neyanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant of species Dracaena trifasciata, mother-in-law's tongue.
newsish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newsish
form: most newsish
Etymology: From news + -ish.
Senses: glosses: newsy; containing or resembling news
nibber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nibbers
Etymology: From nib + -er.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for cutting the nib of a pen.
nibbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nibber
renib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renibs
form: renibbing
form: renibbed
form: renibbed
Etymology: From re- + nib.
Senses: glosses: To supply (a pen) with a new nib.
renibbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renib
renibs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renib
renibbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renib
nibong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nibongs
form: nibung
Senses: examples: text: Some very fine specimens of the sealing-wax palm are to be seen in the Gardens; and also rich clumps of nibongs.
ref: 1951, K. H. Khaw, Penang Information Guide, page 19:
glosses: The Asian palm tree Oncosperma tigillarium.
nibung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nibungs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nibong.
nibungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nibung
nibongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nibong
NICI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NCI
Senses: glosses: Initialism of negative ion chemical ionization.
nibsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nibsome
form: most nibsome
Etymology: From his nibs + -some.
Senses: qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: gentlemanly
Nickneven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A hag or evil spirit in Scottish folklore.
nightwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From night + walking.
Senses: examples: text: Lee Lynn Pierce, an ex-prostitute active in the Prostitutes' Union of Massachusetts (PUMA), discussed the night walking law, which states that any woman walking at night unaccompanied by a man can be considered to be soliciting for sex and can be arrested and charged with prostitution.
ref: 1979 August 11, Kathy MacDonald, “King 'On Trial' for Rape in Women's Street Court”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 1:
glosses: The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
glosses: Synonym of sleepwalking.
synonyms: word: sleepwalking
Related terms: nightwalker
Nilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nilots
Senses: glosses: A Nilotic person.
Nilots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nilot
Horapollonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Horapollo, the supposed author of a treatise, titled Hieroglyphica, on Egyptian hieroglyphs, extant in a Greek translation by one Philippus, dating to about the 5th century.
nimbated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nimbate.
Nipponization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of nipponizing, or making Japanese.
Ninevite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪnəvaɪt/
/ˈnɪnɪvaɪt/
Forms: form: Ninevites
Etymology: From Old English Niniuete, from Latin Ninivita; by surface analysis, Nineveh + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Nineveh.
glosses: Synonym of Assyrian script.
synonyms: word: Assyrian script
Derived terms: Ninevitic
Ninevitical
Ninevitish
Ninevite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪnəvaɪt/
/ˈnɪnɪvaɪt/
Forms: form: more Ninevite
form: most Ninevite
Etymology: From Old English Niniuete, from Latin Ninivita; by surface analysis, Nineveh + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Related to Nineveh.
Ninevites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ninevite
Ninevitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ninevitic
form: most Ninevitic
Etymology: From Ninevite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
Ninevitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ninevitish
form: most Ninevitish
Etymology: From Ninevite + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
Ninevitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ninevitical
form: most Ninevitical
Etymology: From Ninevite + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ninevites.
sideroborine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideroborines
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a synonym of lagonite
sideroborines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideroborine
Niuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Niuans
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Niuean.
Niuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Niuean.
Niuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Niuan
nocktat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nocktats
Senses: glosses: An old unit of length used in surveying, equivalent to 1/12 of an archin.
nocktats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nocktat
noctiluminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noctiluminous
form: most noctiluminous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of noctilucent.
synonyms: word: noctilucent
noctilucal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noctilucal
form: most noctilucal
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noctilucous.
Normanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Normanesque
form: most Normanesque
Etymology: From Norman + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Normanesque architecture
synonyms: Normanish
glosses: Reminiscent or characteristic of the Normans (mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples).
Nosairi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nosairis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nusayri.
Nosairis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nosairi
Nosairian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nusayrian.
Nusayrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Nosairian
form: Nusairian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Nusayris.
Alawitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Alawism.
dough scrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dough scraper
noseward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nose + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the nose.
noseward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nose + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the nose.
nosewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nose + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Towards the nose.
notekin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notekins
Etymology: From note + -kin.
Senses: examples: text: […] (should not I collect her fine notekins and reposit them here?) […]
ref: 1881, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude, Reminiscences, volume 1, page 461:
glosses: A brief letter or note.
notekins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notekin
tyin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyins
form: tyin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tiyn.
nothingist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nothingists
Etymology: From nothing + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: nothingarian
glosses: A person of no particular beliefs.
nothingists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nothingist
lagunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagunites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lagonite.
lagunites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagunite
suck cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks cheese
form: sucking cheese
form: sucked cheese
form: sucked cheese
Senses: examples: text: Anna assured me that the band was pretty bad, as jazz bands went—in fact, her exact words were that they “sucked cheese"—but I'd never felt so sophisticated in my entire life. “This is the life,” I said. “Hanging out in the city,[…]
ref: 2008 April 8, Adam Selzer, Pirates of the Retail Wasteland, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 196:
text: ... stories about people who remember walking in and thinking, “This place is a death trap,” but I've never run across an anecdote of someone saying, “I was just whispering to the person next to me that the show really sucked cheese.
ref: 2013 September 8, Adam Selzer, The Ghosts of Chicago: The Windy City's Most Famous Haunts, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: To be of terrible quality.
Synonyms: suck balls
sucks cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck cheese
sucking cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suck cheese
sucked cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suck cheese