cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
loff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loffs
Etymology: From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lofe.
loff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loffs
form: loffing
form: loffed
form: loffed
Etymology: From Middle English loven, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”). More at lofe, love (Etymology 2).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lofe.
loave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loaves
Etymology: From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lofe.
loave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loaves
form: loaving
form: loaved
form: loaved
Etymology: From Middle English loven, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”). More at lofe, love (Etymology 2).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lofe.
EAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EABs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of emerald ash borer.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of emergency air breather.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of echelons above brigade.
EABs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EAB
emerald ash borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emerald ash borer
child-bride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: child-brides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of child bride.
childbride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childbrides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of child bride.
child-brides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of child-bride
childbrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childbride
execratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more execratory
form: most execratory
Senses: examples: text: I shall take the liberty of narrating Lancelot's fanatical conduct, without execratory comment
ref: 1848, [Charles Kingsley], Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC:
glosses: Tending to execrate or cause execration.
computer engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A branch of engineering that deals with design and application of computers.
Howell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊ(w)əɫ/
Forms: form: Howells
Etymology: From Welsh Hywel. Doublet of Huell and Powell.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
glosses: A placename:
A city, the county seat of Livingston County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Howell Township.
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Asgarby and Howell parish, north of Heckington, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1346).
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Howell County.
Derived terms: Asgarby and Howell
County of Howell
Howell County
Howellian
Howell movement
Howells
Related terms: Powell
Powells
Howells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Howellses
Etymology: From the given name Howell + patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A village in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in the town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York, United States.
Howells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Howell
Pearce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The Pearce post office is still in existence (2023).
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Related terms: Pierce
guard of honour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guards of honour
form: honour guard
form: honor guard
Senses: examples: text: With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
ref: 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
glosses: A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Two frenched racks of lamb placed together with the ribs interlinked.
Related terms: receiving line
Pearson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪə.sən/
enpr: pîr
ipa: /ˈpɪɹ.sən/
Forms: form: Pearsons
form: Pierson
form: Peirson
Etymology: From Piers + -son.
Senses: glosses: A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A placename:
A city, the county seat of Atkinson County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in the town of Ainsworth, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A ghost town in south-east Victoria, Australia.
glosses: Ellipsis of Toronto Pearson International Airport, an airport in Mississauga, Ontario
Derived terms: Fujita-Pearson scale
Neyman-Pearson lemma
Pearson box
Pearson correlation
Pearsonian
Pearson's long-clawed shrew
Pearson sluice
Pearson sluice box
Pearson sluicebox
Pearson syndrome
Nicholson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪkəlsən/
Forms: form: Nichelson
Etymology: From Nicholas + -son. Doublet of Nielsen.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A number of places and rivers in Australia:
A coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, north-west Queensland.
glosses: A number of places and rivers in Australia:
A river in the Northern Territory and Queensland which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
glosses: A number of places and rivers in Australia:
A town in East Gippsland, Victoria.
glosses: A number of places and rivers in Australia:
A river in Victoria which flows through the town.
glosses: A number of places and rivers in Australia:
A river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia which joins the Ord River.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Jackson County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough and township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Bear Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Mount Nicholson
West Nicholson
Hutchinson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌt͡ʃɪnsən/
Forms: form: Hutchinsons
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, named after founder C. C. Hutchinson.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A city and township in McLeod County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
A village in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename in the United States:
Ellipsis of Hutchinson County.
glosses: A village in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, named after Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
Derived terms: Hutchinson County
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome
Hutchinsonian
hutchinsonite
Related terms: Hutch
Hutchin
Hutchins
Robson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒb.sən/
ipa: /ˈɹɑb.sən/
rhymes: -ɒbsən
Etymology: From Rob + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A community in the West Kootenay region of south-east British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Hodgson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒd͡ʒ.sən/
ipa: /ˈhɑd͡ʒ.sən/
Etymology: From Hodge + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Fisher, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms: hodgsonii
Hodgsonius
Nichols
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪkəlz/
Forms: form: Nicholses
form: Nicholds
form: Nicholls
form: Nickalls
form: Nickells
form: Nickels
form: Nickolds
form: Nickolls
form: Nickols
form: Nicolls
Etymology: From Nichol, medieval vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood and historic village in Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Tioga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Marion County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Nicholite
Nicholls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a medieval vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An electoral division in Victoria, Australia.
Walters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Walter + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.”
ref: 2020 September 30, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares and Steve Osunsami, “Black Americans are leaving their homes to start their own all-Black communities”, in ABC News:
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A small city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States.
Stephens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈstiːvənz/
/ˈstiːfənz/
Etymology: From the given name Stephen + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Ouachita County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
Derived terms: Port Stephens
Stephens County
Stephensian
Owens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Owings
Etymology: From the given name Owen + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.
Derived terms: owensite
Watkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive of the given name Walter + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Adams County and Arapahoe County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Benton County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Meeker County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Miller County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Watkins Glen
Watkinsville
Pritchard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃɚd/
Forms: form: Prichard
Etymology: Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A community in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
O'Brien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɹaɪən/
ipa: /oʊˈbɹaɪən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Etymology: Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Briain, meaning “descendant of Brian”.
Senses: examples: text: Landlady: O'Brien? He don't live here any more. Not lived here for months. I made him sling his hook. Never paid his lodgings.
ref: 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shasta County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Haskell County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
glosses: A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, also known as Eduardo O'Brien.
Derived terms: O'Brien County
Related terms: O'Brian
O'Neill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈniːl/
ipa: /oʊˈnil/
ipa: /əʉˈniːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Etymology: Anglicisation of an Irish surname meaning "descendant of Niall".
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Holt County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms: Neillsville
O'Neill colony
O'Neill cylinder
O'Neillian
O'Neillism
O'Neillite
O'Connor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: O'Conner
Etymology: Anglicisation of Irish Ó Conchúir, meaning "descendant of Conor".
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, while O’Connor is alright, Ramón is not.
ref: 2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025:
glosses: A patrilineal surname from Irish.
glosses: A place name:
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A place name:
A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A township in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.
Neill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neills
form: Naill
form: Neeld
form: Neild
Etymology: Variant spelling of Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic/Irish Niall.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil.
glosses: A surname from Irish or transferred from the given name, variant of Neil.
Derived terms: BNC
BNC connector
N
NC
NC connector
N connector
TNC
TNC connector
Goodwin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdwɪn/
Etymology: From Old English gōd (“good”) + wine (“friend”).
Senses: glosses: A medieval male given name from Old English, rare today.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
glosses: A locality in the Municipal District of Greenview, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States, on the border with Iowa.
glosses: A town in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Goodwin Sands
Related terms: Goodwyn
bimuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From bi- + muscular.
Senses: examples: text: Bivalve molluscs are bimuscular.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having two adductor muscles.
spasmodical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spasmodical
form: most spasmodical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spasmodic.
venust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more venust
form: most venust
Etymology: From Latin venustus, from Venus (“the goddess of love”).
Senses: examples: text: The variant vestur of the venust vaill.
ref: 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid:
text: The Chancellour pretermits no Animadverſion that may adorn the Law, and make it venuſt and taking[…]
ref: 1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus:
glosses: beautiful; having an attractive appearance
verditure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verditures
Etymology: Compare verditer.
Senses: glosses: A very faint, pale green dye.
verditures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verditure
blatterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blatterers
Etymology: From blatter + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who blatters; a babbler.
blatterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blatterer
close-bodied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more close-bodied
form: most close-bodied
Senses: examples: text: it was the custom to wear underneath their hykes (the hyke was a large woollen blanket) a close bodied frock or tunic , not unlike the Roman tunic.
ref: 1829, Robet Hawker, A new uniform edition of the works of the rev. Robert:
glosses: Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
hierologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierologists
Etymology: From hierology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A student of, or expert in, hierology.
hierologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierologist
vermily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The same she tempred with fine Mercury / And virgin wax that never yet was seald, / And mingled them with perfect vermily […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Vermilion.
unpersuasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + persuasion.
Senses: examples: text: The word here used for disobedience signifies properly unpersuasion; and nothing can more properly express the nature of unbelief than that; and it is the very nature of our corrupt hearts […]
ref: a. 1684, Robert Leighton, A Practical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Peter:
glosses: The state of not being persuaded; disbelief or doubt.
disavower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disavowers
Etymology: From disavow + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who disavows.
disavowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disavower
unevitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unevitable
form: most unevitable
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inevitable.
introductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: introductors
Etymology: From Latin introductor.
Senses: examples: text: The models, therefore, they copy after, are usually fetched from other countries; and they are very desirous of being thought the introductors of any improvements derived from abroad.
ref: 1771, The Monthly Review, volume 43, page 340:
glosses: Someone who introduces someone or something.
Derived terms: introductress
introductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of introductor
lifestring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifestrings
Etymology: From life + string.
Senses: examples: text: these Lines are the Veins, the Arteries,
And undecaying Life-strings of those Hearts
ref: 1599, Samuel Daniel, Musophilus:
glosses: A nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.
lifestrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifestring
Ottomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ottomites
Senses: examples: text: Why, how now, ho! From whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks? And to ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the Ottomites?
ref: Othello Act 2, Scene 3, Page 8
glosses: A Turk, specifically from the Ottoman Empire.
Ottomites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ottomite
xenovenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the venom of certain ants.
knubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Waste silk formed when unwinding the threads from a cocoon.
precedently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precedent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: beforehand; antecedently
egalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egality
egality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɡælɪti/
Forms: form: egalities
Etymology: From Middle English egalitee, from Middle French egalité, esgalité.
Senses: examples: text: That cursed France with her egalities!
ref: 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the poem)”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Equality.
lienteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lientery
lientery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lienteries
Etymology: From Latin leinteria, ultimately from Ancient Greek λειεντερία (leientería), which is composed of λεῖος (leîos) and ἔντερον (énteron); compare French lientérie.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of diarrhea in which food passes through the body with little or no digestion.
radiostrontiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiostrontium
lamellicorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamellicorn
lamellibranchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamellibranch
multicommand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + command.
Senses: examples: multicommand software functions
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one command.
diarrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarrhea
postglenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + glenoid.
Senses: examples: text: postglenoid foramen
text: postglenoid process
text: postglenoid vein
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.
foxly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foxly
form: most foxly
Etymology: From Middle English *foxlich (compare Middle English foxliche (adverb)), equivalent to fox + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: His foxly object was attained. The attention of the hunters was diverted.
ref: 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix:
text: But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lionlike cruelty, power to do hurt more than either aspis or basiliscus, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, […]
ref: 1968, Hugh Latimer, Allan Griffith Chester, Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer:
text: Howe and the army settled into New York where the population was friendly, including a huge contingent of prostitutes whom both Americans and British described as a terrifying lot: “bitch foxly jades, hogs, strums.”
ref: 2008, Joseph R. Conlin, The American Past: A Survey of American History:
glosses: Sly like a fox; foxlike.
grantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grant + -able.
Senses: examples: text: grantable wish
text: grantable holidays
glosses: Capable of being granted.
Derived terms: ungrantable
lenitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lenitive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lenitive.
mountainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountainers
Etymology: From mountain + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] in the Countrey of Attica there were as many factions as there were diuerse sorts of the territorie: for the Mountainers were Democraticall; those of the champion countrey, Oligarchical; and they that dwelt neer the sea, desired a middle kind of gouernement […]
ref: 1598, John Dee, transl., Aristotles Politiques, or Discourses of Gouernment, London: Adam Islip, Book 5, Chapter 3, p. 267:
text: He also sent Embassadors to the Mountainers of the Pyrenes, & to the Gaules, to obtaine a quiet passage:
ref: 1614, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World, London: Walter Burre, Part 1, Book 5, Chapter 3, p. 427:
text: Vossius […] makes the highest MOUNTAIN there not to exceed Ten Furlongs; Which, saith Vossius, it is scarce possible for any one to reach, unless he be a Mountainer born; any other will scarce be able to ascend above Six Furlongs perpendicular;
ref: 1693, Thomas Pope Blount, A Natural History, London: R. Bentley, page 374:
synonyms: highlander
mountaineer
glosses: A person who lives in a mountainous area.
mountainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountainer
gazogene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazogenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gasogene.
gazogenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazogene
multitactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multitactical
form: most multitactical
Etymology: From multi- + tactical.
Senses: glosses: Employing multiple tactics.
electress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪs/
Forms: form: electresses
form: electoress
Etymology: From elector + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: I often wish I were, not a butterfly nor a bird—nothing so ridiculous—but an Electress!
ref: 1868 May 23, Punch, page 228:
text: Free and independent electresses might object to be set in the forefront of the battle to shield their husbands and brothers from consabulary buckshot.
ref: 1881 November 12, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 603:
text: To be an electress is the greatest honour imaginable; and to be the husband of an electress—why, it doubles a man's income at once.
ref: 1907, “Women's rights in realms afar”, in The Fortnightly, volume 82, page 419:
glosses: A woman who can vote in an election.
examples: text: Nothing could equal the astonishment of both, on hearing the door open without their command, and seeing the electress enter, who was the person in the world they least expected, and to the duchess, perhaps, the least welcome.
ref: 1773, The Literary Register: Or, Weekly Miscellany, volume 5, page 177:
text: The Electress Magdalena Sybilla was a woman of character, virtuous, kind, conventional and managing.
ref: 1938, CV Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, page 63:
text: In July 1697 Electress Sophie had given an informal party for Peter which was attended only by her immediate family and the electresses of Brunswick and Hanover.
ref: 1971, James Cracraft, The Church Reform of Peter the Great, page 31:
text: On Sunday 13 June the electress attended mass at the Santo and visited the relics of the saint, on which occasion Guadagni sang, as usual, Vallotti's antiphon 'O linque benedicta'; in the evening she was entertained at an accademia di musica in the Giustinian palalace, where Guadagni is numbered among the performers; the following evening she heard him again in a performance of her own short opera, Il trionfo della fedeltà (first performed in Dresden, 1754) at the Palazzo Dondi Orologio.
ref: 2014, Patricia Howard, The Modern Castrato: Gaetano Guadagni and the Coming of a New Operatic Age:
glosses: The wife of a German elector, often used as a title.
Related terms: elector
electresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electress
electoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electoresses
Etymology: From elector + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electress.
electoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electoress
overlove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overloves
form: overloving
form: overloved
form: overloved
Etymology: From over- + love. Compare Old English oferlufu (“excessive love”, noun).
Senses: glosses: To love too much.
overloved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlove
overloves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlove
overloving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlove
refortification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refortifications
Etymology: From re- + fortification.
Senses: examples: text: promoting the refortification of a city
ref: 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
text: With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer.
ref: 2003, Rodney Castleden, King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend:
glosses: A second or subsequent fortification.
refortifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refortification
unfusible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfusible
form: most unfusible
Etymology: un- + fusible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of infusible (“not fusible”).
odically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From odic + -ally.
Senses: examples: odically positive matter
glosses: In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
lamellibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having lamellar gills; relating to the lamellibranchs
Derived terms: autolamellibranchiate
lamellibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamellibranchiates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A lamellibranch
lamellibranchiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamellibranchiate
epidermidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of epidermal.
unstrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unstrains
form: unstraining
form: unstrained
form: unstrained
Etymology: From un- + strain.
Senses: examples: text: Then, to prison of the night
Did condemn those sisters bright,
There for ever to remain,
'Less they could the knot unstrain
ref: 1611, Ben Jonson, Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly:
glosses: To relieve from strain; to relax.
unstraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstrain
unstrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstrain
unglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unglazes
form: unglazing
form: unglazed
form: unglazed
Etymology: From un- + glaze.
Senses: examples: text: It is but a few hours' work for any good ordinary man to unglaze the whole of these border protectors, and to reglaze them, the 'clips' being already there.
ref: 2008, Samuel Wood, The Forcing Garden, page 8:
text: Matisse said he had to do battle with his host before he could unglaze and rehang the pictures.
ref: 2017, Hilary Spurling ·, Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: 1909-1954:
text: The serjeant carried him into a house near Charing Cross, whither flocked many of the Marquis's servants and others, broke open the house, setting ladders to it to unglaze and untile it, got in, beat the serjeants so that one of them died since, threatened to blow up the house with gunpowder, took the prisoner, brought him forth, and, with swords drawn, conducted him to Whitehall and there put him in.
ref: 2024, Andrew Bisset, The History of the Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England, page 130:
glosses: To strip (a window, etc.) of glass.
examples: text: Among the many recommendations endorsed by the groups were having an institutional commitment to global education, thinking beyond and across disciplinary lines, empowering faculty to infuse global issues throughout the corriculum, enlarging student experiences, offering faculty incentives, using non-U.S. source material, emphasizing the importance of study abroad and international internships using "whatever pedagogical means necessary to unglaze students' eyes ."
ref: 2008, Angelo Carfagna, “Breaking Down Notions of Us and Them”, in Scott Sernau, editor, Contemporary Readings in Globalization, page 85:
text: His eyes seemed to unglaze.
ref: 2011, Elizabeth George, Playing For The Ashes:
text: Rhen blinked once, but once was all it took for his gaze to unglaze and his features to retreat, to harden.
ref: 2015, Kaitlyn Davis, The Shadow Soul:
glosses: To bring into or come into focus.
raw_tags: of eyes
examples: text: Dress the chickens on a dish after they are thoroughly cooked and pour the tomatoes over; unglaze the bottom of the pan with a glass of sherry and a little good gravy; range this around the chickens .
ref: 1897, Adolphe Gallier, The Majestic Family Cook-book, page 255:
text: At the last moment drain off the endives; arrange them on a dish and unglaze the saucepan with a little half-glaze sauce (No. 413) or light béchamel No. 409), then strain the sauce over.
ref: 1912, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean, page 827:
text: You think they're burnt, but these nasty-looking particles are the hidden flavor in many sauces — that is, if you can deglaze (or if you prefer, unglaze) the pan.
ref: 1994, Elaine Corn, Now You're Cooking: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know to Start Cooking Today, page 108:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of deglaze.
synonyms: word: deglaze
Related terms: deglaze
unglazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unglaze
unglazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unglaze
woebegoneness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woebegone + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being woebegone.
woebegonely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woebegonely
form: most woebegonely
Etymology: From woebegone + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a woebegone manner.
tabuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tabu
tabtoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabtoxin
inconfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconfused
form: most inconfused
Etymology: From in- + confused.
Senses: glosses: Not confused
salvatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salvatory
salvatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salvatories
Etymology: From Latin salvatorium, from salvare (“to save”).
Senses: examples: text: the admirable powers of Sensation, of Phantalie, of Memory, in what Salvatories or Repositories the species of things past are conserved
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
glosses: A place where things are preserved; a repository.
viminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪmɪnəl/
Forms: form: more viminal
form: most viminal
Etymology: From Latin viminalis (“pertaining to osiers”), from vimen (“a pliant twig, osier”).
Senses: examples: text: The plantation was then a model of beauty and vigorous health, clothed in a dense viminal mass.
ref: 1883, Francis George Heath, Forestry: A Journal of Forest and Estate Management:
synonyms: vimineous
glosses: Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or producing twigs.
Related terms: Viminal Hill
epitomizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epitomizers
Etymology: From epitomize + -er. Equivalent to epitome + -izer.
Senses: examples: text: When that epitomizer of Trogus had to the full described and set out King Ptolemy's riot as a chief engine and instrument of his overthrow
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: One who epitomizes, a writer of epitomes, a summarizer.
Synonyms: epitomist
epitomator
summarizer
epitomizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epitomizer
vility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/
other: /vaɪlɪti/
Etymology: From vile + -ity, from Latin vīlitās: compare French vileté, Middle French vilité, Old French vilté.
Senses: examples: text: The Comedians wore these to represent the vility of the Persons they represented; as debauch'd young Sparks, old crazy Misers, Pimps, Parasites, Strumpets, and the rest of that Gang.
ref: 1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome:
glosses: The quality of being vile or base.
witenagemote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witenagemotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witenagemot.
witenagemotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witenagemote
lunular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lunular
form: most lunular
Etymology: Compare French lunulaire. See lunula.
Senses: examples: text: lunular ring on an insect
text: lunular depression on mollusks
text: lunular spot on a butterfly
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a shape like that of the new moon; crescent-shaped.
grogshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grogshops
form: grog shop
Etymology: Compound of grog + shop.
Senses: glosses: A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and/or drunk.
Synonyms: word: dramshop
word: sample room
grogshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grogshop
embryoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From embryo + plastic.
Senses: examples: text: embryoplastic cells
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; embryogenetic.
heartburned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heartburned
form: most heartburned
Etymology: From heart + burned.
Senses: examples: text: How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heart-burned an hour after.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: Having heartburn.
overmeddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmeddles
form: overmeddling
form: overmeddled
form: overmeddled
Etymology: From over- + meddle.
Senses: glosses: To meddle unduly or excessively.
overmeddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmeddle
overmeddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmeddle
stonehearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stonehearted
form: most stonehearted
form: stone-hearted
form: stonyhearted
Etymology: From stone + hearted.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hardhearted.
synonyms: word: hardhearted
Related terms: heart of stone
antetemple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antetemples
Etymology: From ante- + temple.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
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antetemples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antetemple
subovate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subovate
form: most subovate
Etymology: From sub- + ovate.
Senses: glosses: Nearly ovate in shape.
unpeerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpeerable
form: most unpeerable
Etymology: From un- + peer + -able.
Senses: glosses: Without an equal; peerless.
unbarricade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbarricades
form: unbarricading
form: unbarricaded
form: unbarricaded
Etymology: From un- + barricade.
Senses: examples: text: You shall not unbarricade the door.
ref: 1612–1613 (date written), John Webster, The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy. […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: unbarricade the door
ref: 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 6:
glosses: To unbolt or unbar; to open.
unbarricades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbarricade
unbarricading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbarricade
walaway
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of wellaway.
unbank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbanks
form: unbanking
form: unbanked
form: unbanked
Etymology: From un- + bank (“financial institution”).
Senses: examples: text: We must..use a bank to unbank the banks, to the extent that may be necessary.
ref: 1834, J. C. Calhoun, Works (1874), volume 2, page 363:
glosses: Synonym of debank
synonyms: word: debank
unbank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbanks
form: unbanking
form: unbanked
form: unbanked
Etymology: From un- + bank (“embankment”).
Senses: examples: text: We may forget them, ay forget the world,
Its cares, its kingdoms, and unbank the hours
ref: 1842, Henry Taylor, Edwin the Fair:
glosses: To remove a bank or barrier from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
glosses: To make (a fire) burn up by raking off the ashes from the top, opening draughts, etc.
unbanking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbank
unbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbank
assaultable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more assaultable
form: most assaultable
Etymology: From assault + -able.
Senses: examples: text: assaultable enemy
text: assaultable fortress
glosses: Capable of being assaulted.
Derived terms: unassaultable
novelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novelisms
Etymology: From novel + -ism.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The dominance of the novel as a literary form.
glosses: novelty, innovation
novelisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novelism
ghostologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghostology
ghostology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəʊsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: ghostologies
Etymology: From ghost + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: It did not lessen Septimius's surprise, however, to think that such a singular being was established in the neighborhood without his knowledge; considered as a real occurrence of this world, it seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft.
ref: a. 1865 (date written; first published 1872 January–August), Nathaniel Hawthorne, edited by Una Hawthorne, Septimius Felton; or The Elixir of Life, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, published 1872, →OCLC, page 75:
text: This, as all students of ghostology are aware, has frequently been the case; and it was precisely the case with the ghost seen by the famous Lord Brougham, […]
ref: 1908, H. Addington Bruce, “The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham”, in Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters:
text: Experts in ghostology know exactly, where ghosts live, how they behave, how to deal with them, how to make them appear and disappear.
ref: 1957, William L. Fischer, Critical Notes on Evolution, page 30:
glosses: The knowledge or study of ghosts or spirits; the science of the supernatural; spiritism.
Related terms: ghostological
ghostologist
ghostlore
viscoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more viscoidal
form: most viscoidal
Senses: glosses: Somewhat viscous
glosses: Of or relating to viscoid (a powdered amorphous form of cellulose).
Related terms: word: viscoid
word: viscoid
eyeservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʌɪ səːvɪs/
Forms: form: eyeservices
form: eye service
form: eye-service
Etymology: From eye + service, by analogy with lipservice.
Senses: examples: text: pay eyeservice to someone
text: eyeservice to your master's interest
antonyms: heart-service
glosses: Work or service done only when one's employer is watching; service done for show.
Hypernyms: service
Related terms: eyeservant
eyeservices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeservice
inorganical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: the lowest and the most inorganical Parts of Matter
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Archaic form of inorganic.
romanticly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more romanticly
form: most romanticly
Etymology: From romantic + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He tells us romanticly on the same argument , that "many posts went too and fro, between Peter Martyr and Cranmer[…]"
ref: 1694, John Strype, Memorials of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury:
glosses: Archaic form of romantically.
wildering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wilderings
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.
wildering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wildering
form: most wildering
Senses: examples: text: Alas! how weak is reason's wildering chain!
How low we fall, from heights we seek to gain!
The lamp of Science, through the mists afar,
Fades like the sun upon the Georgian star; […]
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Georgian Planet, page 88:
glosses: Bewildering.
wilderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildering
monamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monamines
Senses: examples: text: Xenylamine shows less tendency than most other monamines to the formation of substitution-derivatives.
ref: 1868, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume 5, page 1055:
glosses: Archaic form of monoamine.
monamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monamine
groanful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more groanful
form: most groanful
Etymology: From groan + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest, / That backe againe it did aloft rebownd, / And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
glosses: agonizing; painful
interpause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interpauses
Etymology: From inter- + pause.
Senses: glosses: An intermission