cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mythers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of myther
ecosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecosexuals
Etymology: From eco- + sexual, after the pattern of metrosexual and retrosexual.
Senses: examples: text: Ecosexuals are an evolving breed of city dweller for whom keeping green is every bit as important in their romantic life as in their choice of household cleanser, dinner food, or wall paint.
ref: 2006 November, Stefanie Olsen, “In search of a nice Gaia”, in San Francisco:
glosses: An environmentally conscious person whose adherence to green living extends to their romantic and/or sexual life (particularly their choice of partner).
Related terms: ecosex
ecosexuality
ecosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecosexual
skepticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skepticizes
form: skepticizing
form: skepticized
form: skepticized
Etymology: From skeptic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: to skepticize, where no one else will […] hesitate
ref: 1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody”, in Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, volume II, London, published 1732:
glosses: To doubt; to be skeptical
skepticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skepticize
skepticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skepticize
skepticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skepticize
serpulite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpulites
Etymology: From serpula + -ite.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossilized serpula shell.
serpulites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpulite
hemidactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemidactyls
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko
hemidactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemidactyl
subdecuple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + decuple.
Senses: glosses: Having the ratio of one part to ten.
hornito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornitos
form: hornitoes
Etymology: Diminutive from Spanish horno (“oven”), from Latin furnus. See furnace.
Senses: examples: text: When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him that the heat of the hornitos had formerly been much greater. The thermometer rose to 203° when placed in the fissures exhaling aqueous vapour.
ref: 1832, The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
hornitoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hornito
hornitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hornito
henfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: henfish
form: hen-fish
form: hen fish
Etymology: From hen + fish.
Senses: glosses: A marine fish, the sea bream.
examples: text: It was a fat nineteen-inch female and we released the handsome henfish to spawn again that fall.
ref: 1994, Ernest Schwiebert, Remembrances of Rivers Past, page 86:
text: Spawning fish on the redds. A henfish will often be attended by two or three cockfish – whilst displaying ritual combat between themselves, one cock will mate, others may follow [image caption]
ref: 2005, Roderick Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, “Life in the Nursery”, in Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 23:
synonyms: spawner
hen
coordinate_terms: cock
cockfish
glosses: A female fish, especially a salmon or trout.
examples: text: the parental responsibility shouldered by the male lumpfish as he guards his unborn spawn and later his newborn fry has earned the master of the house the rather unlikely name of “henfish.”
ref: 1975, Braz Walker, Oddball Fishes & Other Strange Creatures of the Deep, page 117:
text: the lumpsucker gets its name from the sucker on the underside of its body. It is also called the henfish because of the devotion with which the male fish guards the eggs.
ref: [1994, The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals, page 189:
glosses: A fish that broods its eggs or fry, especially a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopteridae).
laryngo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Of the throat or larynx.
eudiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eudiometer + -ry. Compare French eudiométrie.
Senses: examples: text: He also discussed eudiometry, and although Priestley had not achieved a sense of compound in the Lavoisian sense, he didn't make the mistake that Leslie did in assuming that nitrous acid was variable in the proportions of its ingredients.
ref: 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Penn State Press, published 2004, page 307:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
Derived terms: eudiometric
eudiometrical
sycoceric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.
pashalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pashalics
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pashalik.
pashalics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pashalic
postnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin postnatus (“second or subsequently born”), from post (“after”) + natus (“born”).
Senses: examples: text: The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.
ref: 1647, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse Concerning Prayer Ex Tempore:
glosses: subsequent
hydrocarburet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocarburets
Etymology: From hydro- + carburet.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Carburetted hydrogen.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrocarbon.
hydrocarburets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocarburet
bornless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From born + -less.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
occultism
religion
glosses: Without birth; not born.
stitch-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stitch-ups
Etymology: From stitch + up.
Senses: examples: text: The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
glosses: An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
examples: text: Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
text: Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
ref: 2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18:
glosses: Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
Related terms: stitch up
adjument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒʊmənt/
Forms: form: adjuments
Etymology: Latin adiūmentum, for adiuvāmentum, inflected form of adiuvō (“to help”), from ad- (“toward, to”) + iuvō (“to help”).
Senses: examples: text: 1641 June 15, Charles I: Debate on a Motion for abolishing of Deans, Chapters, &c., 1807, The Parliamentary History of England, Volume II: 1625—1642, Hansard, page 831,
Thus their office is declared to ne these particulars following: […] 3. To be adjuments, or assistants, to the bishops in cathedrals, as be the archdeacons abroad; […] .
text: But by all things needful or requisite, all necessary power either operative or elective, all necessary instruments and adjuments extrinsical and intrinsical, and all conditions are intended.
ref: 1656, Thomas Hobbes, John Bramhall, “The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance, Clearly Stated and Debated between Dr. Bramhall and Thomas Hobbes”, in William Molesworth, editor, The English Works of Thomas Hobbes, volume V, published 1861, page 386:
text: For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.
ref: 1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XIV, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 214:
glosses: Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
Derived terms: coadjument
adjuments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjument
primipilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpɹaɪmɪˈpaɪlə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Latin primipilaris, from primipilus (“the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion”), from primus pilus (“the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army”).
Senses: examples: text: Upon ſuch grounds it may be reaſonable to allovv S. Peter a primacy of order; ſuch an one as the Ring-leader hath in a Dance, as the primipilar Centurion had in the Legion, or the Prince of the Senate had there, in the Roman State; […]
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The I. Supposition Discussed, that Saint Peter had a Primacy over the Apostles]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 49:
glosses: Of or relating to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.
chuffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: chuffier
form: more chuffy
form: chuffiest
form: most chuffy
Etymology: From chuff + -y.
Senses: glosses: Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
glosses: Rough; boorish; surly.
Derived terms: chuffily
chuffiness
putrilage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French putrilage, Latin putrilago (“putrefaction”).
Senses: glosses: Something undergoing, or having undergone putrefaction.
coadjutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There is no mischief that we fall into, but that we our ſelves are at least a coadjutive cause, and do help to further the thing.
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
North Caucasus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia.
Synonyms: Ciscaucasia
Related terms: South Caucasus
Krasnodar Krai
Stavropol Krai
Adygea
Chechnya
Dagestan
Ingushetia
Karachay-Cherkessia
Kabardino-Balkaria
North Ossetia-Alania
ecosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + sexuality.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being ecosexual.
supersulphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersulphates
Etymology: From super- + sulphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid sulphate.
Related terms: supersulphate cement
supersulphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersulphate
retribute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹɪbjuːt/
Forms: form: retributes
form: retributing
form: retributed
form: retributed
Etymology: Latin retributus, past participle of retribuo (“I retribute”); prefix re- + tribuo (“I bestow, assign, pay”). See tribute.
Senses: examples: text: to retribute someone for their kindness
text: to retribute just punishment to a criminal
text: retribute to him, so far as calm reason and conscience dictate, what is proportionate to his transgression
ref: 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:
glosses: To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
Related terms: retribution
retributed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retribute
retributes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retribute
retributing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retribute
Muzarabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Mozarabic.
Muzarab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muzarabs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Mozarab.
Muzarabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muzarab
mercurification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare French mercurification. See mercurify.
Senses: glosses: The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury.
Dickboy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Richard Bryant (the noted "DICKBOY") was of this gang, as were Ben. Kayford and Geo. Ward (alias DAGGER) and some others, all hanged at Gloucester, Bristol, Salisbury, and Ilchester.
ref: 1881, Henry Ellacombe, History of the parish of Bitton, in the county of Gloucester, Volume 1, page 212:
text: Also I give the use of my Negro Dickboy to my daughter Mary Womack during her life and after her death I give and bequeath the said Negro Dickboy to my son Francis Farley and his heirs forever.
ref: 1943, Jesse Farley, Paul Hardman, Twelve generations of Farleys, page 34:
text: And then there was Dickboy Cheney leading him around like a pig with a ring.
ref: 2008, Richard Grossinger, The Bardo of Waking Life, page 322:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
merchand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: merchands
form: merchanding
form: merchanded
form: merchanded
Etymology: From French marchander. See merchant.
Senses: examples: text: Besides that, Ferdinando had but newly taken breath from the war with the Moors; and merchanded at this time with France for the restoring of the counties of Russignon and Perpignian, oppignorated to the French.
ref: 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 91:
glosses: To trade; to traffic.
merchanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of merchand
merchanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of merchand
merchands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of merchand
docimacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See at docimasy. With the suffix -cy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of docimasy.
supercarbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercarbonates
Etymology: From super- + carbonate.
Senses: examples: text: supercarbonate of lime
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: bicarbonate
supercarbonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercarbonate
araucarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæɹɑˈ-/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌɛɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌɛɹɑˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: Araucaria + -n
Senses: examples: text: The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.
text: Araucarian Conifers
ref: 1863, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae.
araucarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæɹɑˈ-/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌɛɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌɛɹɑˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: araucarians
Etymology: Araucaria + -n
Senses: glosses: Any tree of the genus Araucaria.
supersemination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + semination.
Senses: examples: text: No good Christian can diſlike the Husbandſman's sowing of wheat, but every good Christian doth diſlike the envious man's ſuperſemination
ref: 1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism:
glosses: The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
sowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sowing
maltonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: .
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: dextronic acid
glosses: gluconic acid
latreutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λατρευτικός (latreutikós), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, to worship”), + -al. Compare -latry.
Senses: glosses: Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.
examples: text: [I]n this ſacred Supper there is a ſacrifice (in that ſenſe vvherein the Fathers ſpoke) none of vs euer doubted: but that is then, either Latreuticall (as [Robert] Bellarmine diſtinguiſhes it not ill) or Euchariſticall: […]
ref: 1614, Jos[eph] Hall, “No Peace with Rome. […]. Section 19. Concerning the Sacrifice of the Masse..”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, page 878:
text: We have already highlighted the primacy of the first of these, the latreutical end of this et-et, that is, of the adoration of God.
ref: 2020, Truth Is a Synthesis: Catholic Dogmatic Theology, translation of original by Mauro Gagliardi, page 656:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Of or pertaining to latria.
extruct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɹʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: extructs
form: extructing
form: extructed
form: extructed
Etymology: From Latin extructus, exstructus, past participle of extruere, exstruere (“to build up”), from ex (“out”) + struere (“to build”).
Senses: examples: text: These high extructed Spires he writ / That mortal Deltius must quit.
ref: a. 1763, John Byrom, Critical Remarks in English and Latin, upon several Passages in Horace:
glosses: To construct.
extructed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extruct
extructing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of extruct
extructs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extruct
oxyphenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: pyrocatechol
first and last
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This is the first and last time I'm doing this.
glosses: only
Related terms: one and only
first and last
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firsts and lasts
Senses: examples: text: Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient.
 OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number].
glosses: A person's combined given name and surname.
first and last
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He is a gentleman, first and last.
text: I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.
ref: 1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns, page 345:
synonyms: word: absolutely
word: all-out
word: all the way
word: altogether
word: at large
word: at length
word: cap-a-pie
word: categorically
word: completely
word: detailly
word: downright
word: entirely
word: exhaustively
word: finally
word: first and last
word: flat-out
word: flat out
word: from aardvark to zymurgy
word: from A to Z
word: from head to toe
word: from soup to nuts
word: from stem to stern
word: from the rooter to the tooter
word: from top to bottom
word: from top to toe
word: fully
word: handsomely
word: heartily
word: head to foot
word: head to tail
word: head to toe
word: hook
word: line
word: and sinker
word: in detail
word: in full
word: lock
word: stock
word: and barrel
word: one hundred percent
word: out-and-out
word: out and out
word: outright
word: particularly
word: perfectly
word: plumb
word: purely
word: quite
word: right
word: root and branch
word: soundly
word: soup-to-nuts
word: straight up
word: through and through
word: top to tail
word: top to toe
word: totally
word: totes
word: to the bone
word: to the core
word: to the full
word: utterly
word: well and truly
word: whole
word: whole cloth
word: wholly
glosses: altogether; wholly
seizes upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize upon
seizing upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seize upon
seized upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seize upon
latches on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of latch on
latching on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of latch on
latched on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of latch on
gets off on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get off on
getting off on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get off on
got off on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get off on
gotten off on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get off on
pushes on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push on
pushing on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of push on
pushed on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of push on
puts horns on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put horns on
bothe
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of both.
bothe
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of both.
elderwed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elderweds
Etymology: From elder + wed, by analogy with newlywed.
Senses: examples: text: Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.
ref: 2002 January 8, Cheong Suk-Wai, “Faith in a new tomorrow”, in The Straits Times:
glosses: An elderly married person, especially one whose marriage occurred late in life.
elderweds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elderwed
burian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burians
form: burien
form: berien
Etymology: From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: A tomb; sepulchre.
qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: A burial mound.
qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: A camp; hill-fort.
burgess-ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burgess + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being a burgess; citizenship.
Synonyms: burgessy
Affghanistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 1840 Narrative of the war in Affghanistan in 1838-39 (volume 1) by Captain Henry Havelock; Henry Colburn, London, (1840)
text: BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: The line of conduct we have pursued for the last forty years in dealing with Affghanistan and Persia has been most injudicious.
ref: 1873 Jun, “Our Coming Guest”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 715:
glosses: Archaic spelling of Afghanistan.
emotag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊˌtæɡ/
ipa: /ɪˈmoʊˌtæɡ/
ipa: /əˈ-/
Forms: form: emotags
Etymology: Blend of emotion + tag, likely by analogy with emoticon.
Senses: coordinate_terms: emoticon
glosses: A mock HTML tag incorporated into writing to express a state of mind.
emotags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotag
dumping one's load
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dump one's load
shooting one's load
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoot one's load
blowing one's load
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow one's load
river horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river horses
form: river-horse
form: riverhorse
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Compare Middle English water hors (“hippopotamus”). By surface analysis, river + horse.
Senses: examples: text: The river-horse feeds upon the herbage of the Nile, and the behemoth is said to eat grass like an ox.
ref: 1808, Thomas Shaw, Travels Or Observations:
text: Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder.
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Winding-up”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 303:
text: It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Here, before a feast that would prick the dead with appetite, were shapes of beasts with heads of men, asses, elephants, bulls, horses, swine, foxes, riverhorses, dromedaries; […]
ref: 1909, George Meredith, The Palace of Aklis:
glosses: Hippopotamus.
river horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of river horse
master plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of master plan
entreprenerd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜːd/
ipa: /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: entreprenerds
Etymology: Blend of entrepreneur + nerd.
Senses: examples: text: He [Bill Gates] is Jobs's opposite. A virtuoso software engineer with virtually zero charisma, he is the ultimate entreprenerd.
ref: 1988 October 24, John Schwartz, “Steve Jobs Comes Back”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A person who builds a business around their technical skills or expertise.
entreprenerds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entreprenerd
Iqalungmiut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪkaˈlʊŋmiːʊt/
Forms: form: Iqalungmiut
form: Iqalummiuq
form: Iqalummiut
Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut [Term?].
Senses: glosses: One or more inhabitants of Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay).
Iqalungmiut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪkaˈlʊŋmiːʊt/
Forms: form: more Iqalungmiut
form: most Iqalungmiut
form: Iqalummiuq
form: Iqalummiut
Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut [Term?].
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay).
Iqalummiut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iqalungmiut
Senses: glosses: plural of Iqalummiuq
Iqalummiuq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iqalummiut
form: Iqalungmiut
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the city of Iqaluit, Canada.
fusarole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusaroles
Etymology: From French fusarolle, from Italian fusaruolo, from fuso (“spindle, shaft of a column”). See fusee (“a conical wheel”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A moulding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
Synonyms: astragal
fusaroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusarole
preformative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preformatives
Etymology: From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).
Senses: examples: text: Ch. a prefix prep. as in Hebrew, the sign of the dative; also of the genitive and accusative; and as a conj. before the future, which then rejects the preformative, that
ref: 1828, Moses Stuart, A Grammar of the Hebrew Language:
synonyms: preformant
coordinate_terms: afformative
glosses: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.
raw_tags: in Semitic languages
Related terms: preforming
preformative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to preformation.
glosses: Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.
raw_tags: in Semitic languages
preformative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preformatives
Etymology: In many cases merely a typo; less commonly, sometimes due to a misapprehension of morphology.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of performative.
Related terms: word: preform
raw_tags: of perform
word: preformance
raw_tags: of performance
preformatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preformative
glaucic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Glaucium + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: fumaric acid
Cologne earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the city Cologne.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An earth of a deep brown colour, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
spearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈspɪɹɚ/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈspɪəɹə(ɹ)/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈspiɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈspiəɹə/
ipa: /ˈspiɹəɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈspɛːɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
homophone: sparer (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: spearers
Etymology: From spear + -er.
Senses: examples: a spearer of fish
glosses: One who uses a spear.
spearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spearer
tisar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tisars
Etymology: French tisard.
Senses: glosses: The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven in glassmaking.
tisars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tisar
capreolate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capreolate
form: most capreolate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin capreolātus, from capreolus (“wild goat, tendril”) + -ātus, from caper (“goat”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French capréolé.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a tendril or tendrils.
tricrotous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪkɹətəs/
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tricrotic.
Priscillianist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Priscillian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Priscillianism.
Priscillianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Priscillianists
Etymology: From Priscillian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Ávila in Spain in the fourth century AD, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manichaeism with Christianity.
Related terms: Priscillianism
Priscillianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Priscillianist
parliamentarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more parliamentarily
form: most parliamentarily
Etymology: From parliamentary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a parliamentary manner; in the context of parliament or via parliamente.
roughrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roughriders
Etymology: From rough + rider.
Senses: glosses: A horsebreaker.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry whose duty is to assist the riding master.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A member of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War
Related terms: roughriding
rough rider
roughriders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roughrider
horsebreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsebreakers
Etymology: From horse + breaker.
Senses: glosses: One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
Derived terms: pretty horsebreaker
Related terms: horsebreaking
horsebreakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsebreaker
opisthocomine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Opisthocomus lives upon fruits, leaves, etc.[…]No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known.
ref: 1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).
Related terms: opisthocomid
counterseal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterseals
form: countersealing
form: countersealed
form: countersealed
Etymology: From counter- + seal.
Senses: examples: text: like conditions, will have counter-sealed.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: To seal or ratify with another or others.
counterseal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterseals
Etymology: From counter- + seal.
Senses: glosses: An additional seal applied to the reverse of the main seal.
countersealed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterseal
countersealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterseal
counterseals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterseal
commorant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin commorans.
Senses: examples: text: All freeholders within the precinct […] and all persons commorant therein.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.
topics: law
glosses: Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.
commorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commorants
Etymology: From Latin commorans.
Senses: examples: text: a Commorant in Cambridge
ref: 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:
glosses: A resident.
commorants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commorant
semipendent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-pendent
Etymology: From semi- + pendent.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Partially drooping
subdisciplinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + disciplinary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subdiscipline.
gailliarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gailliardes
Etymology: See galliard (“a dance”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of galliard (“dance”).
gailliardes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gailliarde
indicial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indicial
form: most indicial
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an indicia; indicative
glosses: Of or pertaining to an index
antonomasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antonomasy
antonomasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antonomasies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antonomasia.
antonomasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antonomasia
pygopodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /paɪˈɡɒpədəs/
Forms: form: more pygopodous
form: most pygopodous
Etymology: From pygopod + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body.
pygo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ, “tail, rump”)
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: rump, posterior
Derived terms: pygopodous
catasterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catasterisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταστερισμός (katasterismós, “star legend”), from καταστερίζω (katasterízō, “to place among the stars”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The transformation of a hero or mythological creature, into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.
Related terms: catasterize
catasterismus
catasterisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catasterism
causidical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin causidicalis, from causa (“a cause in law”) + dicare (“to say”).
Senses: examples: text: causidical expenses/politician/skill
glosses: Relating to an advocate (lawyer), or to the maintenance and defence of lawsuits.
prosencephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prosencephalon + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
subpartial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sub-partial
Etymology: From sub- + partial.
Senses: glosses: Less than partial.
Derived terms: sub-partial differentiation
subpartial hysterectomy
subpartial lobectomy
methoxetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A chemical of the arylcyclohexylamine class, used as a designer drug.
methoxydine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 4-methoxyphencyclidine, a dissociative anaesthetic drug with hallucinogenic and sedative effects.
arylcyclohexylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylcyclohexylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of pharmaceutical, designer, and experimental drugs, composed of a cyclohexylamine unit with an aryl moiety attachment.
Synonyms: arylcyclohexamine
arylcyclohexylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylcyclohexylamine
arylcyclohexamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylcyclohexamines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arylcyclohexylamine.
arylcyclohexamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylcyclohexamine
feeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: fees
Forms: form: feezes
form: feezing
form: feezed
form: feezed
form: fease
form: feaze
form: feese
form: pheese
form: pheeze
form: phese
form: vease
form: veeze
Etymology: From Scots feeze, from Old Scots fize (“screw”, noun), from Dutch vijs (“screw”), from Middle Dutch vise (“screw, windlass, winch”), from Old French vis, viz (“vise, vice”), from Latin vītis (“vine”). Doublet of vice, vise, and withe.
Senses: examples: text: What pushing and crushing
Amang the lads and lasses;
What squeezing and feezing
Wi' ilka ane that passes
ref: 1825, James Bissett, An Attempt to delineate Ceres Fair:
text: For forty years—like Rob the Ranter, I've feezed about my rhymin' chanter' Blawn up the bag, and cock'd my bonnet, And tried to "croon an ault Scots sonnet,"
ref: 1845, Charles Gray, A familiar epistle addressed to P. M'Leod, etc., page 4:
text: The superintendent stated that he had tried it, or examined it, the day before and could not budge or feeze it.
ref: 1904, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of the state of Kansas, page 511:
qualifier: on; up; on; up
glosses: To twist or turn with a screw-like motion; to screw.
raw_tags: with off
glosses: To insinuate.
examples: text: In short, Tibbie made maist praiseworthy efforts to feeze her fingers oot o' my loof as lang as I held them fast.
ref: 1864, William Duncan Latto, Tammas Bodkin: Or, The Humours of a Scottish Tailor, page 270:
text: The thread that joins us baith will sune Feeze oot and snap in twa!
ref: 1875, Peter Whytock, The Skein O' 'Oo:
text: I can't feeze it out among these strange entanglements of circumstance and personalities.
ref: 2014, David L. Birdsall, “The Moon Past Noon”, in 4 Ergomont plays, page 277:
glosses: To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a thread or rope.
glosses: To rub hard; to do a piece of work with passion.
raw_tags: with at or up
feeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: fees
Forms: form: feezes
form: feezing
form: foze
form: fozen
form: feese
form: fease
form: feaze
form: feese
form: pheese
form: pheeze
form: phese
form: vease
form: veeze
Senses: examples: text: “How does the snow come;" he asks. “Mama says God makes it snow. Does he keep it up there, and all the rain, too. I s'd t'ink he'd feeze. Mama al'as says, come in Willie, you'll feeze in 'e snow."
ref: 1881 March 2, Cora Coral, “A New Year's Story”, in Fountain of Light: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Light Seekers, volume 1, number 21, page 325:
text: “Fine weather for feezing! fine weather for feezing! answered the latter, with a mocking look which Sylvandire caught, and which frightened her.
ref: 1897, Alexandre Dumas, Sylvandire. The woman with the velvet necklace, page 366:
text: When we walked—I carried Linda and held Carol's hand—Carol would whisper to herself over and over, “Going to feeze to deff, going to feeze to deff.”
ref: 2009, Lois Schillie Eikleberry, One 20th Century Woman: The Life and Times of a Distaff Doctor:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of freeze.
graith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪθ/
rhymes: -eɪθ
Forms: form: graiths
form: graithing
form: graithed
form: graithed
Etymology: From Middle English graithen, greithen, graiden, grathen, from Old Norse greiða (“to make ready, prepare, arrange, disentangle”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, dispose, order, provide for, harness”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaidjan, “to enjoin”).
Senses: examples: text: Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […]
ref: 1776, David Herd, Collected Songs (reprinted in 1870 as Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs)
text: And graith my horse!
ref: 1802, Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border:
qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland
glosses: To make ready; prepare; put in order; make fit for use.
examples: text: At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men.
ref: 1748, “The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, the epitaph of Habbie Simson”, in Poems in the Scottish Dialect by several celebrated Poets, page 9:
text: Where didst thou steal that goodly coat of green, That thou art graithed in?
ref: 1820, Wallace; a historical tragedy, in five acts:
text: Many a winsome dwarf was seen, graithed in rich attire;
ref: 1903, “The Dwarf King's Court”, in The Masterpieces and the History of Literature:
glosses: To dress (someone or oneself) or be dressed.
graith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪθ/
rhymes: -eɪθ
Forms: form: graiths
Etymology: From Middle English graith, graythe, greithe, from Old Norse greiði (“preparation, arrangement”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidiją (“apparatus, gadget”). Cognate with Icelandic greiðe, greiði (“preparation, arrangement, order, hospitality”), Faroese greiði (“requisite articles”), Norwegian greida (“implements, tackle”), Norwegian greide (“harness”).
Senses: examples: text: […] tho' foul and tatter'd / In my present garb and graith
ref: 1821, John Stagg, The Cumbrian Minstrel:
text: Is your razor in good graith? (B.K.)
ref: 1900, B.K., quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary, page 704
glosses: Preparation; arrangement; condition.
examples: text: Item, to James Homel, to buy graith for the King's vellum doublet, 0[L.] 10[s.] 0[d.]
ref: 1797, An Account of Charge and, of John Bishop of Glasow, Treasurer to James III, for the Year 1474, rendered into modern English in The History Of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart
text: The Earl of Moray, however, looking very sharply after his royal sister's personal property, came to Sir Robert Melville's house and insisted "on seeing what graith belonging to the Queen he had got there." Among these were a knot of pearls and a piece of gold […]
ref: 1856, Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses:
glosses: Accoutrements: clothes, materials, equipment, furniture, etc.
Related terms: gradely
protreptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protreptical
form: most protreptical
Etymology: From protreptic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast in the faith, and to beware of infidelity.
ref: February 16, 1668, Seth Ward, The Sinfulness of Infidelity (sermon preached at Whitehall)
glosses: Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
disco stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disco sticks
Etymology: Popularized by a lyric in the 2008 song "LoveGame" by Lady Gaga: "Let's have some fun, this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick." Gaga explained how she coined the term in a Rolling Stone interview: "It's another of my very thoughtful metaphors for a cock. I was at a nightclub, and I had quite a sexual crush on somebody, and I said to them, 'I wanna ride on your disco stick'."
Senses: examples: text: But Frankie still gave him the condom. "That I know. What I don't know is where your disco stick has been."
ref: 2011, Erin McCarthy, The Chase, Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: The penis.
disco sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disco stick
costotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costotomes
Etymology: From costo- + -tome.
Senses: glosses: An instrument to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity in post mortems.
Related terms: costotomy
costotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costotome