cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
warp and woof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warps and woofs
form: warp and weft
Senses: glosses: The threads in a woven fabric, composed of the warp (threads running lengthwise) and woof (threads running crosswise) to create the texture of the fabric.
examples: text: The warp and woof of our lives, sensible, sensitive, a veritable 911, she was called upon whenever something went wrong.
ref: 2001, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Simi Berman, At Grandmother’s Table: Women Write about Food, Life and the Enduring Bond Between Grandmothers and Granddaughters, page 85:
text: He unconsciously uses the fitting word and phrase to designate the situation in which he finds himself, thus the fitting word and phrase, the well-chosen modifier and forcible verb become part of the warp and woof of his speech.
ref: 1907, National Education Association of the United States, Addresses and Proceedings, page 496:
text: … the “manifest destiny” theory that justifies the stealing of all territory contiguous to our own, and kindred topics, constitute the warp and woof of conversation.
ref: 1857, Hinton Rowan Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It, page 406:
glosses: The fundamental structure of any process or system.
superfecundity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + fecundity.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
Related terms: superfecund
Malthusian
Malthusianism
overpopulation
synanthy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synanthies
Senses: examples: text: Many of the recorded cases of synanthy are really cases of the adhesion of the inflorescence rather than of the flowers.
ref: 1869, Maxwell Tylden Masters, Vegetable Teratology, page 44:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: the abnormal fusion of two or more flowers
Abomey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.əˈmeɪ/
ipa: /əˈboʊ.mi/
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Zou department, in southern Benin.
Aboukir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.buˈkɪɹ/
other: /ˌæb.uˈkɪɹ/
other: /əˈbu.kɚ/
Forms: form: Abukir
form: Abu Qir
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير (ʔabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير (qīr).
Senses: glosses: A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
glosses: A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by Horatio Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile.
compluvium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compluvia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin compluvium.
Senses: examples: text: In the centre of the floor of the atrium a portion was sunk for the reception of rain water; this was termed the impluvium; and above it an opening of similar dimensions was left in the ceiling or roof, termed the compluvium.
ref: 1881, William Audsley, Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts: Aquila to Baptisterium:
topics: architecture
glosses: A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Cadmus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædməs/
Forms: form: Kadmos
Etymology: Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
Cadmus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædməs/
Forms: form: Cadmuses
Etymology: Uncertain.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kadmos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cadmus.
lararium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɹɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ləˈɹɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: lararia
Etymology: From Latin larārium.
Senses: glosses: In an ancient Roman home, the part of the house set aside as a shrine or chapel for the household gods.
megalosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalosaurs
form: megalosaurus
Etymology: From megalo- + -saur.
Senses: examples: text: As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: A carnivorous dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.
megalosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalosaur
megamouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamouths
Etymology: From mega- + mouth.
Senses: glosses: The megamouth shark.
megamouth shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamouth sharks
Senses: glosses: A rare species of deepwater shark, Megachasma pelagios, a filter-feeder, swimming with its large mouth wide open to capture plankton and jellyfish.
Synonyms: megamouth
megaloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaloscopes
Etymology: From megalo- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A type of speculum that magnifies the orifice.
megaloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaloscope
megaphonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more megaphonic
form: most megaphonic
Etymology: From megaphone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
glosses: Produced by a megaphone
raw_tags: of a sound
glosses: loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
raw_tags: of a voice
Derived terms: megaphonically
megaphonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaphonists
Etymology: From megaphone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who uses a megaphone.
megaphonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaphonist
Megarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /məˈɡɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Megarian
form: most Megarian
Etymology: From Megara + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Megara
Megarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /məˈɡɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Megarians
Etymology: From Megara + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Megara.
Megarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Megarian
megaron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛɡəɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈmɛɡəɹɑn/
Forms: form: megara
form: megarons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέγαρον (mégaron).
Senses: examples: text: The megara faced north (“notebook north” equals true northeast) in the first court behind the archaic East Gate, similar in layout to their predecessors Megara 1 and 2 in the pre-Kimmerian East Court. Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House was built.
ref: 1980, Machteld J. Mellink, “VII. Archaic Wall Paintings from Gordion”, in Keith DeVries, editor, From Athens to Gordion: The Papers of a Memorial Symposium for Rodney S. Young, page 91:
text: The megaron is a hall building with an open-fronted porch, but this porch is not just any laterally confined space.
ref: 1985, G. R. H. Wright, Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine, page 141:
text: Probably he points out that the east room, used as oikos, is wider and shorter than the classical narrow and long megaron form. Although this house is interpreted as two megarons side by side, Akurgal [4] also states that the east wall of the space XIV is added later to the building, which means that the east part is not a megaron, but a rectangular room at the first construction phase.
ref: 2011, H. Gönül, “Main topics and discussions on ancient Greek Architecture on West Anatolia”, in C. A. Brebbia, L. Binda, editors, Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XII, WIT Press, page 64:
topics: architecture
glosses: The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
megara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaron
megaseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megasellers
Etymology: From mega- + seller.
Senses: examples: text: British churches are divided over whether to allow filming of The Da Vinci Code, an adaptation of Dan Brown's biblically revisionist megaseller.
ref: 2005 August 16, “'Da Vinci' film divides British churches”, in USA Today, sourced from Associated Press:
text: Wentz has also achieved notoriety through his business acumen, signing the megaseller Panic! at the Disco to his label, Decaydance Records, and through his exhibitionist tendencies
ref: 2007 February 22, Austin Scaggs, “Q&A : Pete Wentz”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2010:
text: Hunted, the newly published fifth novel in the series, debuted this month atop the USA Today bestseller list, briefly displacing Stephanie Meyer's vampire-themed megaseller, Twilight.
ref: 2009 March 29, Vit Wagner, “Fame's at stake for Cast of two”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A book or other product that has sold in extremely large numbers.
Related terms: bestseller
beddable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beddable
form: most beddable
Etymology: From bed + -able.
Senses: examples: text: […] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.
ref: 1981, James Clavell, Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong, page 958:
text: It was obvious from the twist of his mouth that she was not the beddable woman he'd pictured.
ref: 2011, Beryl Bainbridge, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Because for some reason companies still seem to think that true success is coming through the door to a woman who is both beddable and biddable, the 1950s housewife brought into the office.
ref: 2016 May 12, Harriet Minter, “Enforcing high heels in the office is the height of workplace sexism”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Sexually attractive.
Synonyms: word: fuckable
word: doable
word: shaggable
megasellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaseller
hydrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.
Derived terms: hydrops fetalis
Related terms: edema
megasporange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megasporanges
Etymology: From mega- + sporange.
Senses: glosses: A large sporange.
Related terms: megasporangia
megass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈɡæs/
/məˈɡɑːs/
Etymology: Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse.
Senses: examples: text: The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]
ref: 1846, Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany (Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston), page 119
glosses: Bagasse.
hydropericardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + pericardium.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The accumulation of serous fluid in the pericardium
Manoah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew מנוח (Manoaḥ).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The father of the biblical strongman Samson.
megastardom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + stardom or megastar + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of someone acknowledged as a megastar.
Related terms: stardom
superstardom
hydroperitoneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + peritoneum.
Senses: examples: text: If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries.
ref: 1848, John Bell, Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic, volume 2, page 425:
text: In the greater proportion of cases hydroperitoneum causes no difficulty.
ref: 1906, Sir John Bland-Sutton, The Diseases of women, page 380:
text: There were fourteen cases of primary ovarian cancer, most of them associated with hydroperitoneum.
ref: 1922, International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum
Synonyms: ascites
seroperitoneum
háčeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of háček
megatonnage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megatonnages
Etymology: From mega- + tonnage.
Senses: examples: text: "We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area.
ref: 1988 September 9, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader:
text: That simple idea gained increasing public support in the late 1970s and early 80s as an alternative to the complexities of the arms race, with its continuing posturing and intermittent negotiations about megatonnage, throw weight and inspections.
ref: 2007 October 26, Dennis Hevesi, “Randall Forsberg, 64, Nuclear Freeze Advocate, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: The destructive power of an explosive, measured in megatons.
megatonnages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megatonnage
megilp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡɪlp/
Forms: form: megilps
form: magilp
form: magilph
form: megilph
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint.
ref: 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 202:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing.
megohmmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megohmmeters
form: megaohmmeter
Etymology: From mega- + ohmmeter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that measures extremely high resistances, in megaohms.
Synonyms: megger
megohmmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megohmmeter
megger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meggers
Senses: glosses: A megohmmeter.
megger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meggers
Etymology: From megaphone (which directors traditionally use) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Backers, confronted with the heavy demands of directors, point out that the megger is doing more of a job than the producer […]
ref: 1948 March 6, Billboard, page 44:
text: The megger, as the director is known to the motion picture industry's trade journals, has to be a sort of reservoir of knowledge, know-how, residual bits of information on all subjects and techniques.
ref: 1949, Charles Reed Jones, Your Career in Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, page 180:
glosses: A film director.
meggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megger
Megrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Megrelian
form: most Megrelian
Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli).
Senses: glosses: Mingrelian
Megrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli).
Senses: glosses: Mingrelian (language)
Megrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Megrelians
Etymology: From Georgian მეგრელი (megreli).
Senses: glosses: Mingrelian (person)
Megrelians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Megrelian
hydropneumothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + pneumothorax.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
Mingrelians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mingrelian
mzungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ə)mˈzʊnɡuː/
Forms: form: mzungus
form: wazungu
form: muzungu
form: umuzungu
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili mzungu.
Senses: examples: text: I have given my daughter to an mzungu, and he says he will make her like the wives of the white men.
ref: 1888, Joseph Thomson, E. Harris-Smith, Ulu: an African romance: Volume 1:
text: suspicion about an mzungu wanting a copy of the country's constitution
ref: 2004, Dan McNickle, Teaching and Hunting in East Africa:
glosses: A white person.
Synonyms: umlungu
white person
Derived terms: mzungu time
megstie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Eh, megstie ! " cried the woman, laying down the leather- cap and the tied-up parcel, and holding out both her hands in astonishment.
ref: 1828, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, David Macbeth Moir:
text: Megstie me, gudeman," cried Mrs Gables, " are ye speaking of ganging o'er to the Whigs ? you that was such a desperate Tory. I'll no alloo't
ref: 1832, Blackwood's Magazine, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 649:
glosses: An expression of surprise.
mehari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meharis
Etymology: From Arabic مَهَارٍ (mahārin, “a mehari camel or dromedary”), from مَهَرَ (mahara, “to be deft or skillful”)
Senses: glosses: A type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport.
meharis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mehari
Meibion Glyndwr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: meibion (plural of mab (“son”)) + anglicisation of Glyndŵr (surname of Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler.
Senses: glosses: A Welsh nationalist movement formed in the 1960s.
scapha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaphae
Etymology: From Latin scapha (“light boat; skiff”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.
taid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taids
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh taid (“grandfather”).
Doublet of dad.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: nain
text: Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams, dads, nains and taids of Wales to see where they go to treat their kids to some really good, tasty food.
ref: 2015 July 15, Lorna Doran, “The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by YOU”, in WalesOnline, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2018:
synonyms: tadcu
glosses: A grandfather.
Related terms: mamgu
Caesarea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːzəˈɹiːə/
enpr: sē'zə-rēʹə
ipa: /ˌsɛzəˈɹiːə/
enpr: se'zə-rēʹə
ipa: /ˌsɛsəˈɹiːə/
enpr: se'sə-rēʹə
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: Cæsarea
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa, from Caesar + -ea. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.
Senses: glosses: A port city in Israel.
glosses: Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including
Former name of Kayseri: a city in central Turkey.
glosses: Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including
Former name of Cherchell: a city in northern Algeria; the former capital of Mauretania and Numidia in the Roman Empire.
Synonyms: sense: Israeli city
word: Qesarya
sense: Israeli city
word: Caesarea Maritima
sense: Israeli city
word: Caesarea Palestina
sense: Israeli city
word: Caesarea Palaestinae
sense: Israeli city
word: Caesarea Stratonis
sense: Israeli city
word: Caesarea Sebaste
Derived terms: New Caesarea
Related terms: Caesarea in Mauretania
Caesarea Iol
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Mauretaniae
Caesarea Mazaca
Caesarea Palaestinae
Caesarea Palestina
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Sebaste
Caesarea Stratonis
Iol Caesarea
cardinal spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardinal spider
hidradenitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /haɪdɹədɪˈnaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: hidradenitides
Etymology: First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρῶτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the sweat glands.
Hyponyms: hidradenitis suppurativa
hydrosanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hydro-sanitary
Etymology: From hydro- + sanitary.
Senses: glosses: Describing any sanitary apparatus that employs water.
hydrosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosols
Etymology: From hydro- + sol.
Senses: glosses: A sol (colloid) in which the continuous phase (dispersing medium) is water
Derived terms: hydrosolic
hydrosulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulfates
Etymology: From hydro- + sulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sulfate of an organic base
hydrosulfurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + sulfurous.
Senses: glosses: hyposulfurous
Derived terms: hydrosulfurous acid
kelson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kelsons
Senses: examples: text: Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low?
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of keelson.
kelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kelson
whaleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whalemen
Etymology: From whale + -man.
Senses: glosses: A (male) whaler.
whalemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaleman
chicken salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Look at that man, eating No Name chicken salt from a noodles packet; not bothering to chase after the packet being blown by the wind towards the forest.
ref: 1999, Peter Craven, editor, Best Australian essays:
text: ‘Chicken salt. That′s all it was. He wanted chicken salt and he got ordinary salt and so he whinged at me.’
ref: 2005, Bill Condon, chapter IC, in No Worries, page 62:
text: “Yes, twenty six small cheeseburgers with diet coke. Oh, and some medium fries. Err... About ten bags. No, I don′t want chicken salt! I never want chicken salt! I hate chicken salt!”
ref: 2010, Reece Hauxby, chapter IC, in Justin Gale Deals with Death, page 119:
glosses: A seasoning comprising table salt blended with herbs, spices, flavourings, and sometimes monosodium glutamate, often containing chicken extracts.
Related terms: hei hei salt
petrologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From petrological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a petrological way.
untroubledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untroubledly
form: most untroubledly
Etymology: From untroubled + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untroubled way.
wetwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wet + work.
Senses: examples: text: From the very beginning, when he and Dewey had conceived the consortium and the operation that would make wetwork history, he had planned to be present...
ref: 1997, Robert Littell, Walking back the cat:
text: Once upon a time, Wilcox had been reluctant to take wetwork assignments, national security be damned. But he had been married then.
ref: 2001, Christopher Golden, Rick Hautala, Brain Trust:
text: Some little task — some wetwork you'd rather hire out than do yourself?
ref: 2004, John Dalmas, The Second Coming:
glosses: Alternative form of wet work.
downtempo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down-tempo
Etymology: From down + tempo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of house music and ambient music with an ethereal sound and a driving beat.
Synonyms: chillout
downtempo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more downtempo
form: most downtempo
form: down-tempo
Etymology: From down + tempo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a slow tempo.
glosses: Having a slow, relaxed pace.
downtempo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more downtempo
form: most downtempo
form: down-tempo
Etymology: From down + tempo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: At a slow tempo.
glosses: At a slow, relaxed pace.
Coordinate terms: midtempo
Wiener schnitzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wiener schnitzels
form: Wiener Schnitzel
form: wiener schnitzel
form: Wienerschnitzel
form: wienerschnitzel
Etymology: From German Wiener Schnitzel (literally “Viennese schnitzel”). Attested in English since the 1850s.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve had genuine delicate Wiener schnitzel in Vienna, authentic big-as-a-plate Milanese cutlets in Milan and the well-loved Milanesa in Argentina, sometimes as a sandwich.
ref: 2013 September 20, David Tanis, “Breaded and Fried Cutlets Can’t Miss”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A veal cutlet dipped into flour, egg and breadcrumbs, then fried.
graupels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graupel
thereinunder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From therein + under.
Senses: glosses: In and under that (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.).
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
deathmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛθmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈdɛθmʊŋɡə/
Forms: form: deathmongers
Etymology: From death + monger.
Senses: examples: text: So what if arms dealers are money-grabbing deathmongers? This is a revelation?
ref: 1990, Nat Segaloff, Hurricane Billy: the stormy life and films of William Friedkin:
text: And then there were those who died and were martyred in the struggle to maintain a Jewish lifestyle, murdered at the hands of deathmongers, pillagers […]
ref: 2002, Reuven P Bulka, Modern folk Judaism: the reality and the challenge:
text: Having babies spits in the eye of the Ludendorffs and Kaiser Wilhelms and the Krupps and all the other deathmongers who'd kill the lot of us if they could.
ref: 2006, John Biggins, The Two-Headed Eagle:
glosses: One who peddles death; a murderer of many.
deathmongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deathmonger
subcookie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcookies
Etymology: From sub- + cookie.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cookie-like piece of data stored with others in a single cookie (so as to circumvent restrictions on the number of cookies a single web site may create).
subcookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcookie
dehires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dehire
dehiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dehire
dehired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehire
jambo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jambos
form: jamboes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of jambul.
peachily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peachily
form: most peachily
Etymology: From peachy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Gloomily, I noted the splendor of Melody's thighs, peachily tan.
ref: 1991, Lindsley Cameron, The Prospect of Detachment:
glosses: In a peachy way; like a peach.
examples: text: Otomo's manga-influenced hyperbole of the viscerally brutal and the peachily sentimental creates a contemporary animated vision of the apocalyptic city...
ref: 2000, Chris Darke, Light readings: film criticism and screen arts:
glosses: In a peachy way; excellently, marvellously.
peachlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peachlike
form: most peachlike
Etymology: From peach + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a peach.
Synonyms: peachy
back-bites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-bite
back-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of back-bite
back-bitten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of back-bite
melalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pain in a limb.
Derived terms: acromelalgia
nutritional melalgia
Wiener Schnitzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wiener Schnitzels
Senses: examples: text: Just don't count on scarfing traditional Wiener Schnitzel at any of the crude wooden benches—table waits for small parties can exceed an hour.
ref: 2004 October 4, Corinne Iozzio, “October Bar Buzz”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2007:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Wiener schnitzel.
telebureaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telebureau
troublers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troubler
tremissis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A coin of late Ancient Rome, worth one third of a solidus.
Synonyms: tremis
upthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upthrows
form: upthrowing
form: upthrew
form: upthrown
Etymology: From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.
Senses: examples: text: For fifty tons of water were upthrown / By them per hour [...].
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.29:
glosses: To throw or cast upwards.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
raw_tags: of a mass of material
upthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upthrows
Etymology: From Middle English upthrowen, equivalent to up- + throw.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
upthrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upthrow
upthrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of upthrow
upthrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upthrow
upthrown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of upthrow
mumpsimuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumpsimus
Old Cornish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An early form of the Cornish language, used circa 800-1200 AD.
obmutescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obmutescens, obmutescentis.
Senses: glosses: Silent; unable or refusing to speak.
Related terms: obmutescence
obmutescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obmūtēscō.
Senses: glosses: Silence; inability or refusal to speak.
Related terms: obmutescent
crowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crowlike
form: most crowlike
Etymology: From crow + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crow (the bird).
Related terms: crowly
dunelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dunelike
form: most dunelike
Etymology: From dune + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dune.
bell towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bell tower
pesak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesakim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of psak.
full of one's self
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more full of one's self
form: most full of one's self
Senses: glosses: Dated form of full of oneself.
prunella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Forms: form: prunellas
Etymology: From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals.
prunella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Etymology: From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat.
Derived terms: prunella salt
sal prunella
prunella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Etymology: Probably a variant of prunello, with reference to the colour of the fabric. Compare French prunelle.
Senses: examples: text: When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
glosses: A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes and clergymen's gowns.
Derived terms: leather and prunella
prunellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prunella
frequentatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From frequentative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frequentative way.
unitarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unitary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a unitary way.
wormfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormfishes
form: wormfish
Etymology: From worm + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.
wormfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wormfish
upcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upcard
toelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toelike
form: most toelike
Etymology: From toe + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A complete digitate impression is made up of three elements: an anteriorly radiating semicircle of four elongate-ovoid toelike impressions...
ref: 1939, Yale University, The American journal of science:
glosses: Resembling a toe.
budlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more budlike
form: most budlike
Etymology: From bud + -like.
Senses: examples: text: His excellent hands were eagerly moving restlessly for the close embrace of the covering of the budlike breasts of Apita-kuca.
ref: 1969, Jagdish Lal Shastri, Arnold Kunst, editors, Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology:
glosses: Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
bedlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bedlike
form: most bedlike
Etymology: From bed + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The carriage is a bedlike platform that slides back and forth within the frame so that you can perform a variety of exercises […]
ref: 2001, Karon Karter, The complete idiot's guide to the Pilates method:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bed.
omentums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omentum
omenta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omentum
apronlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apronlike
form: most apronlike
Etymology: From apron + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I had buttoned up the collar [of the dress] and tied the belt, apronlike, in back.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 15, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 80:
text: As a result, the apronlike greater omentum is composed of four layers of peritoneum.
ref: 1992, Keith L Moore, Clinically oriented anatomy:
glosses: Resembling an apron.
baglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baglike
form: most baglike
Etymology: From bag + -like.
Senses: examples: text: If small baglike objects are hanging on your evergreens or trees, each bag covered with bits of leaves or stems, you have bagworms.
ref: 1935, Alfred Carl Hottes, My Better Homes and Gardens's Helper:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bag.
basinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basinlike
form: most basinlike
Etymology: From basin + -like.
Senses: examples: text: There are two wide, convex walled vessels, probably a basinlike form, one of which has a looped handle set vertically on the rim […]
ref: 1989, Barbara L Stark, Patarata pottery:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
basketlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basketlike
form: most basketlike
Etymology: From basket + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a basket.
cigarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cigarlike
form: most cigarlike
Etymology: From cigar + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They then saw a cigarlike flying object flying toward the southeast.
ref: 2000, Paul Dong, China's Major Mysteries:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cigar.
Related terms: cigarettelike
tonguelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tonguelike
form: most tonguelike
Etymology: From tongue + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tongue.
toothlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toothlike
form: most toothlike
Etymology: From tooth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tooth.
tomblike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tomblike
form: most tomblike
Etymology: From tomb + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 416:
text: He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.
ref: 1994, Terry Brooks, The Talismans of Shannara:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tomb.
purselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more purselike
form: most purselike
Etymology: From purse + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] holding his head cocked to the side and his mouth set purselike, as he always did when he was fixing to deliver a pronouncement.
ref: 2002, Charles F Price, The Cock's Spur:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
riverlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more riverlike
form: most riverlike
Etymology: From river + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Impounded reservoirs provide complex physical mixing characteristics, with upper regions providing a riverlike environment […]
ref: 2008, John E Till, Helen A Grogan, Radiological Risk Assessment and Environmental Analysis:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a river.
hatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hatlike
form: most hatlike
Etymology: From hat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hat.
hooklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hooklike
form: most hooklike
Etymology: From hook + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hook.
hoodlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoodlike
form: most hoodlike
Etymology: From hood + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hood.
handlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more handlike
form: most handlike
Etymology: From hand + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a hand.
footlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more footlike
form: most footlike
Etymology: From foot + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a foot.
cigarettelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cigarettelike
form: most cigarettelike
Etymology: From cigarette + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes if he had drunk enough whiskey he would tell the youngsters about it: the great ships with slim cigarettelike funnels belching flame and smoke […]
ref: 1995, Russell Spurr, A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato, April 1945:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cigarette.
Related terms: cigarlike
glumelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glumelike
form: most glumelike
Etymology: From glume + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a glume.
dreamware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dream + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...
ref: 1901, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World:
text: The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware. Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.
ref: 1994, William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work:
text: So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!
ref: 2008, Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration:
glosses: Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
examples: text: […] the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.
ref: 1989, Visual Resources Association, Bulletin:
text: Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware.
ref: 1989, Information Access Company, Datamation:
text: You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.
ref: 1999, Jessica Keyes, Internet Management:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Speculative software or hardware products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
spurlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spurlike
form: most spurlike
Etymology: From spur + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a spur.
mandarin fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandarin fish
clubroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clubroots
Etymology: From club + root.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
synonyms: finger-and-toe
glosses: A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.
glosses: A root thus affected.
clubroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubroot
Riemannian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Riemannians
Etymology: From Riemann + -ian.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: One who uses or supports the work of German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.
Related terms: Riemann
Riemann integral
noshery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosheries
Etymology: From nosh + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A restaurant.
nosheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noshery
sparrowgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparrow grass
form: sparrow-grass
Etymology: From sparrow + grass.
Senses: examples: text: I ſhall deſcribe it thus, it comes up with ſeverall ſprouts like Sparrowgraſs, […]
ref: 1652, Walter Blith, “Onely treats of Hops Plantation, and how Land is Improved thereby”, in The English Improver Improved, or the Survey of Husbandry Surveyed, London: John Wright, page [237]:
text: I remember my lars’ customer, the very lars’ customer that ever I ’ad. He was a Mr. Moses Gluckstein, a city gent and very pleasant and fond of sparrowgrass and chokes, […]
ref: 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Epilogue”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, page 384:
text: “I never use them things,” he said, pointing to the special utensil for handling asparagus. “I find as it isn’t done. I was dining with Ockleford t’other night, and he didn’t use them. I only learnt about asparagus not long since, and now I make a point of losing no opportunity of getting used to it. I took some ’ome in a bit o’ paper to my missis the night before last. ‘’Ere’s a bit o’ sparrowgrass, missis,’ I said. Slavey came in while I was eating it, and caught me picking it up with my fingers. Next morning she says to my missis, so missis told me, ‘’Ow does master eat ’is sparrowgrass when ’e’s out with company, mum?’ says she.”
ref: 1926, Arnold Bennett, “Sam’s Lunch”, in Lord Raingo, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, part I, pages 127–128:
glosses: Eggcorn of sparagus (“asparagus”) .
masculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
people mover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people movers
Etymology: Genericized trademark of the PeopleMover, a Disneyland attraction from the 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: HS2 Ltd has issued a periodic indicative notice to start pre-procurement market engagement and consultation on the planned automated people mover which will link the High Speed 2 Interchange station with the NEC, Birmingham International station and Birmingham Airport.
ref: 2020 April 8, “Network News: HS2 begins Birmingham people mover process”, in Rail, page 16:
glosses: A fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system, typically serving a small area such as an airport.
glosses: A car with a higher than normal passenger capacity, typically eight or nine passengers.
people movers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of people mover
people carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people carriers
Senses: glosses: A car or minivan designed for spaciousness.