cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
whatso
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From Middle English whatso, from Old English hwæt swā; equivalent to what + so.
Senses: examples: text: So she went out to fetch her needful from the Bazar and Alaeddin retired to his chamber and taking the Lamp rubbed it, when forthright appeared to him its Slave and said, "Ask, O my lord, whatso thou wantest."
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
text: Whatso looks lovelily / Is but the rainbow on life's weeping rain. / Why have we longings of immortal pain, / And all we long for mortal?
ref: 1889, Francis Thompson, “Ode to the Setting Sun”, in The Works of Francis Thompson, volume I (Poems), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons […], published 1913, →OCLC, page 125:
glosses: Whatever, whatsoever.
whatso
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English whatso, from Old English hwæt swā; equivalent to what + so.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of whatsoever.
élan vital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪˈlɑn viˈtɑl/
Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French élan vital (“life force”, literally “vital impetus or force”), coined by Henri Bergson in 1907.
Senses: examples: text: Progress was a labyrinth. . . people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it. . . the invisible king—the élan vital—the principle of evolution. . .
ref: 1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 5, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 285:
text: She turned astonished blue eyes towards Mr. Wimbush, then let them fall on to the seething mass of élan vital that fermented in the sty.
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 5, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 40:
text: Electricity! the force of the future—for everything, you know, including the élan vital itself, will soon be proven electrical in nature.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, reprint edition (fiction; paperback), New York: Penguin Books, published 2007, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 714:
glosses: The life force or vital principle posited in the philosophy of Henri Bergson; any mysterious or creative vital principle.
Related terms: vitalism
circs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝks/
ipa: /sɜːks/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ks
Senses: glosses: plural of circ
circs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝks/
ipa: /sɜːks/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ks
Senses: examples: text: I'm covered as far as iPod and automobile go as I have a solid library of music I've ripped from CD and purchased. But music throughout the house is trickier. And, under normal circs, subscription is no answer.
ref: 2009 May 21, Christopher Breen, “Subscriptions, Sonos, and the Second Coming”, in Macworld:
text: Charlie Gilmour's father is an old Etonian poet; his stepfather a superannuated rock star worth around £78m whose most famous ditty insisted, somewhat amusingly under the circs, that "We don't need no education."
ref: 2010 December 16, Julie Burchill, “Spare us these pampered protesters who riot in defence of their privilege”, in The Independent:
text: All this royal pomp and circs and magnificence and significance and sacred music and you are, quite rightly, your unaffected modern English selves.
ref: 2011 May 1, Joanna Trollope, “Royal wedding: is this a fairytale? No, it is the real thing”, in The Telegraph:
text: "They were trapped in circs that they didn't know anything about, that they could not have foreseen […]
ref: 2011 June 14, Jennifer Peltz, “Defense: Fatal NYC tower fire a 'bad circumstance'”, in BusinessWeek:
glosses: Circumstances.
circs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝks/
ipa: /sɜːks/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circ
unplowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unplowed
form: most unplowed
Etymology: From un- + plowed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unploughed.
roome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roomes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of room.
diuerse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of diverse.
signifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: signify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of signify
gasolene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasolenes
Etymology: From Cazeline (possibly influenced by Gazeline, the name of an Irish copy), a brand of petroleum-derived lighting oil, from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell, and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864.
Senses: examples: text: REFINED COLZA, GASOLENE, PETROLENE, and all Oils suitable for Paraffin and other Lamps.
ref: 1863, The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 09-12, p, 8:
text: Naphtha, of the kind usually known as gasolene, is taxed five per cent ad valorem
ref: 1864 May 27, The Pittsburgh Commercial, page 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gasoline.
obtaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: obtain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obtain
basketful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basketfuls
form: basketsful
Etymology: From Middle English basket ful, baskett full, equivalent to basket + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Basketsful of mail for Svetlana began to arrive, friendly notes of welcome to America, marriage proposals, invitations to join religious organizations, as well as the occasional variation of "Go back home, Red dog! Our cat is better than you. She takes care of her children."
ref: 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 320:
glosses: The amount that will fit into a basket
Coordinate terms: boxful
cabinetful
drawerful
shelfful
beseemeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈsiː.məθ/
Etymology: beseem + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beseem
careth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: care + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of care
continuall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of continual.
beginneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: begynneth
form: begynnethe
Etymology: begin + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of begin
delighteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: delight + -eth
Senses: examples: text: Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 112:1:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of delight
breathe out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes out
form: breathing out
form: breathed out
form: breathed out
Senses: glosses: To exhale.
in general
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English in general.
Senses: examples: text: Thou art a grave and noble counsellor,
Most wise in general:
ref: c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, act V, scene 1:
text: Yet is the kindness but particular;
’Twere better she were kiss’d in general.
ref: c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act IV, scene 5:
glosses: In the general case; without further assumption; without qualification; in all respects.
glosses: As a rule; usually.
Synonyms: sense: in the general case
word: as a whole
word: generally
sense: as a rule
word: chiefly
word: normally
word: mostly
word: usually
trans-Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It also would cut deeply into the trans-Atlantic alliance at the worst possible time by giving anti-American, anti-capitalist nationalists and protectionists in Europe a platform to thrive. Anti-American sentiment will grow, and Europe risks a retreat to protectionism. Those of us who make the case for the trans-Atlantic alliance will have a much harder job.
ref: 2019 February 21, Guy Verhofstadt, “A Trump trade war with Europe would hurt the trans-Atlantic relationship”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of transatlantic.
Indian poker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of poker where each player sees all cards but his own.
take a bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a bullet
form: taking a bullet
form: took a bullet
form: taken a bullet
Senses: glosses: To purposely receive a gunshot that was intended for another.
take a risk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a risk
form: taking a risk
form: took a risk
form: taken a risk
Senses: glosses: To do something risky.
Synonyms: roll the dice
take a chance
take a flyer
take a gamble
take a look
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a look
form: taking a look
form: took a look
form: taken a look
Senses: examples: text: Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?
synonyms: have a look
take a gander
glosses: To examine or observe.
draug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of draugr.
Rachmanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Rachman + -ism, from Peter Rachman, accused of being an unscrupulous British landlord.
Senses: glosses: The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.
wikipedia: Peter Rachman
Related terms: rack rent
slumlord
trem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /trɛm/
Forms: form: trems
Etymology: Clipping of tremolo.
Senses: examples: text: Remember that the footswitch has to be working and plugged in for the trem and vibrato to work.
ref: 1995, Mike Thompson, Great Tube Amp and Guitar Mods, →ISBN, page 31:
text: When you pick up the bar to use it, the trem unlocks and becomes a floating bridge again.
ref: 2002, Barry Lipman, Guitar Questions: The Novice's Guide to Guitar Repairs, →ISBN, page 89:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The vibrato system on a guitar.
get in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets in with
form: getting in with
form: got in with
form: got in with
form: gotten in with
Senses: examples: text: I'm very worried about her – she's got in with the wrong crowd.
text: I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.
ref: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 40:
text: What would she do if he went to some other pit, obtained work, and got in with another woman?
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 3, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: To become liked or accepted by and/or involved or associated with (especially a group of people)
abalienating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abalienate
abalienations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abalienation
abscessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abscession
abstinents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstinent
Acheans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Achean
googling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of google
googled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of google
Brazilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brazilian
Hawaiians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawaiian
sieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of sieve
sieves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sieve
sieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sieve
sieving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sievings
Senses: glosses: The act of passing something through a sieve.
examples: text: The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.
ref: 2008, D. K. Maheshwari, Potential Microorganisms For Sustainable Agriculture, page 79:
glosses: Material that has passed through a sieve.
Canberrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canberran
OKing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of OK
OKed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of OK
bwanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bwana
fellahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellah
transgenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans-genders
Senses: glosses: plural of transgender (“(now often offensive) a transgender person”)
transgenders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transgender
transgendering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transgender
exteriors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exterior
rebinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebind
rebinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebindings
Senses: glosses: The act or process by which something is rebound.
followings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of following
kestrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kestrel
communisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communism
Angolans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angolan
Hispanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hispanic
cotter pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotter pins
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A split pin, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.
head_nr: 1
glosses: A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together; a cotter.
Hispanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hispano
haquebuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haquebut
septs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sept
dinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dino
dinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεῖνος (deînos).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.
heatwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heatwave
accensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accension
quicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quick
quicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quick
accusants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accusant
yorks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of york
yorking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of york
yorked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of york
upsilons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upsilon
phis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phi
Bahamians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bahamian
Pakistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pakistani
Cambodians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cambodian
Cameroonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cameroonian
Iranians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranian
Mongolians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mongolian
Zimbabweans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zimbabwean
Ugandans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ugandan
Caymanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caymanian
Chadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chadian
Constantinopolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Constantinopolitan
Saudis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saudi
Calabrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Calabrian
arced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)kt
Forms: form: arcked
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arc
arced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)kt
Forms: form: more arced
form: most arced
form: arcked
Senses: examples: text: Designing a tribal tattoo requires the capacity to draw up to 60 arced or swirled lines with no definite spatial or thematic structure[.]
ref: 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 215:
glosses: Having the form of an arc; arched.
sicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: six
sics
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sick
sicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sick
sicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sick
Achaians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Achaian
brines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of brine
brines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brine
brining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brine
brined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Senses: glosses: Stored in brine
Derived terms: brined cheese
unbrined
brined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brine
barrancas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barranca
puritans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puritan
pachinkos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pachinko
biweeklies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biweekly
glutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glut
glutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluttings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is glutted; a satiation.
glutted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glutted
form: most glutted
Derived terms: unglutted
glutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glut
crusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crust
crusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌstɪŋ
Forms: form: crustings
Senses: examples: the crustings on a barrel
glosses: Encrusted material.
crusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌstɪd/
Etymology: From crust + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crust
schwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schwa
fuckups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuckup
stalemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stalemate
stalemates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stalemate
stalemating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stalemate
stalemated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stalemate
omening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of omen
omening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omenings
Senses: examples: 5 July, 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge letter to Mr. Poole
However, as I am doing nothing, and in the prospect of doing nothing settled, I was afraid to give way to the omenings of my heart; and accordingly I accepted his proposal […]
glosses: An omen or harbinger.
varmints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varmint
shams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sham
impellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impeller
flamencos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamenco
pongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pong
pongs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pong
ponging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pong
ponged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pong
politburos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politburo
paps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pap
paps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pap
quartetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartetto
quattrini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quattrino
emailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of email
okays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of okay
okays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of okay
Muslimizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Muslimize
Muslimizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Muslimize
madders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madder
madders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of madder
facsimiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of facsimile
facsimiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of facsimile
quartets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartet
longas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longæ
form: longe
Senses: glosses: plural of longa
henges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henge
odes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊdz
Senses: glosses: plural of ode
xysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyster
acupuncturations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acupuncturation
azurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azurine
azymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azyme
Aventines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aventine
avisos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aviso
circumcisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumcision
bitterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittern
burkes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burke
dangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dang
danging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dang
danged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dang
danged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Those danged mosquitoes won't leave me alone!
glosses: damned; accursed; objectionable
Derived terms: dangedest
I'll be danged
proselytizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proselytize
proselytizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proselytizings
Senses: examples: text: […] a radical alteration in the very conception of female sexuality, an alteration that began with the proselytizings of Free Love advocates like Victoria Woodhull and Emma Goldman […]
ref: Quoted in: 1997, Philip C. Kolin, Venus and Adonis: Critical Essays (page 398)
glosses: proselytism
shatters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shatter
dearths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dearth
creatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creative
homestretches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homestretch
bogarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogart
bogarts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bogart
bogarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bogart
bogarted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bogart
moas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moa
effs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfs/
rhymes: -ɛfs
homophone: efs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eff
effs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfs/
rhymes: -ɛfs
homophone: efs
Senses: glosses: plural of eff
osiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osier
elutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elute
eluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elute
eluted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elute
glycosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycoside
spoofings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoofing
heterosexisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosexism
lathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lather
lathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lather
lathering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latherings
Senses: glosses: The act of lathering; a covering with lather.
lathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lather
lathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lathered
form: most lathered
Senses: examples: text: Well it would have been a quiet evening but of course Freddie got lathered pretty quick for a Saturday night.
ref: 2010, John Osborn, Gloria: A Novel of New Beginnings, page 248:
glosses: Drunk.
Derived terms: unlathered
boyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyard
chubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: glosses: plural of chub
chubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: examples: text: "You better watch it, Chubs," Rocky hissed directly into Gwen's face.
"CHUBS!" Gwen shrieked.
ref: 1986, Terri Fields, Hearts Don't Lie, page 185:
glosses: Term of address for a fat person.
detents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detent
dickeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickey
doles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dole
doled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dole
escrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escrow
escrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of escrow
exuded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exude
gilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilder
gnarls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnarl
gnarls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gnarl
gnarling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gnarl
gnarling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnarlings
Senses: examples: text: the gnarlings of the old trees
glosses: A gnarled portion of something.
inheres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inhere
inhering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inhere
inhered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inhere
kolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kola
lawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawing
molls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moll
mullahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mullah
prigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prig
sambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samba
sambas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of samba
scatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scat
scatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scattings
Senses: glosses: scat singing
scatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scat
swags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swag
swags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swag
tenons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenon
tenons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tenon
tulles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tulle
ulans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulan
blanching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blanch
blanching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blanchings
Senses: examples: text: Multiple blanchings soften the flesh of the chiles and subdue their heat a bit.
ref: 1999, Marilyn Tausend, Cocina De La Familia:
glosses: The act by which something is blanched.
Derived terms: blanchingly
nonblanching
unblanching
bonanzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonanza
disqualifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disqualification
dissectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissector
feminizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feminization
frostbites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frostbite
girdles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girdle
girdles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of girdle
girdled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more girdled
form: most girdled
Derived terms: black-girdled barbet
Cape girdled lizard
false-girdled reefgoby
girdled reefgoby
ungirdled
girdled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of girdle
horsebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horseback
impersonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impersonation
impropriations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impropriation
invectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invective
irritations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irritation
kneads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
homophone: needs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knead
kneading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːdɪŋ/
homophone: needing
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English knedynge; equivalent to knead + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knead
kneading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːdɪŋ/
homophone: needing
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: kneadings
Etymology: From Middle English knedynge; equivalent to knead + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.
ref: 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual:
glosses: The process by which something is kneaded.
Derived terms: kneading trough
relights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relight
relighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relight
relighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relight
scoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scoot
examples: text: I had the scoots after eating that big bowl of chili con carne.
glosses: diarrhea
scoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scoot
scooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scoot
scooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scoot
shriving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English shryvyng; equivalent to shrive + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shrive
shriving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrivings
Etymology: From Middle English shryvyng; equivalent to shrive + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The hearing of a confession of sins.
Derived terms: shriving-time
tumbleweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumbleweed
unsheathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsheathe
unsheathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsheathings
Senses: glosses: The removal of something from a sheath.
unsheathed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsheathe
unsheathed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: an unsheathed copper cable
glosses: Not protected by a sheath.
uproots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uproot
uproots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uproot
uprooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uproot
uprooting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uprootings
Senses: examples: text: This was reproduced by the only sound that broke their supreme embrace when, a month later, the "arrangement," as her periodical uprootings were called, played the part of the horrible forceps.
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
text: […] the vision of all the separate terrors, anguishes, uprootings and rendings apart […]
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence:
glosses: A tearing up.
wheezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheeze
wheezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wheeze
airwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airwall
smoothies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoothie
glosses: plural of smoothy
cannibalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cannibalise
veganisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veganism
lightered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lighter
mediations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediation
dunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dunk
babblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babbler
Babylonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Babylonian
adempting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adempt
movals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moval
mems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mem
biros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biro
hovels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hovel
toffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toff
spiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiff
spiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spiff
spiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spiff
spiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiffed
form: most spiffed
Senses: examples: text: “He said you got a little spiffed together.” “Love that George,” she said. “I'm getting a little spiffed again.
ref: 1953, Jonathan Craig, Red-headed Sinners, page 54:
text: He said to me: "Ed Hickey is a little spiffed this evening, or could I be mistaken?"
ref: 1974, Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown, page 130:
text: She got spiffed at the preview dinner and told some people...she said I was HIV positive, that I was one of those Typhoid Marys who looked perfectly healthy but was the kiss of death.
ref: 2012, Donna Huston Murray, Final Arrangements, page 12:
glosses: Intoxicated.
examples: text: Hunt Wilford again at his peak, years past on the run, and Clyde Bowles happy for once at the prom, all spiffed in his dinner jacket, beaming hope.
ref: 1991, Reynolds Price, Foreseeable Future, page 252:
text: But now, when we drove down to the harbor where the open sky and sea awaited us in the pale early morning sunlight—there she was, our dream boat, all spiffed, ready and waiting to take us wherever we wanted to go.
ref: 2008, C.A. Belmond, A Rather Curious Engagement, page 222:
glosses: Neat, attractive, in good condition; spiffed up.
examples: text: “Found that spiffed overcoat, have you?” Sanders said, chuckling. “Well, the man that sells it ought to have fifty dollars.”
ref: 1905, Wilbur D. Nesbit, “The spiffed overcoat”, in American Illustrated Magazine, page 530:
text: In short, what $ 35,000-a-year sales person with an apartment and a car payment let alone a mortgage and a family can avoid pushing a "spiffed" item that translates into a colder, harder cash commission ?
ref: 1999, National Golf Foundation, The Retail Side of Golf: Trends and Techniques, page 47:
glosses: Having an associated spiff for selling.
pedicels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedicel
kanakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kanaka
archimandrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archimandrite
nationalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nationalism
epics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪks/
Senses: glosses: plural of epic
everts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evert
everting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evert
everted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of evert
acquaintants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquaintant
embonpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embonpoint
tusking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tusk
tusking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuskings
Senses: topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A tusk (projecting member).
IBMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IBM
trances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trance
sundowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sundowner
arils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aril
ubergeeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubergeek
primulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primula
teleconferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleconference
teleconferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teleconference
beauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjuːts/
rhymes: -uːts
homophone: buttes
Senses: glosses: plural of beaut
pissants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pissant
forlesings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forlesing
servitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servitude
baobabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baobab
weaklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weakling
rollbacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rollback
behind closed doors
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: What you do with your girlfriend behind closed doors is none of my business.
text: A brilliant piece of undercover reporting revealed extraordinary details of how senior City executives behave behind closed doors.
ref: 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian:
text: A major problem has been the making of bad decisions behind closed doors.
ref: 2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:
synonyms: closed door
with closed doors
glosses: In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure, in camera.
examples: Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004158/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/soccer-world-libya-idINDEE83J07G20120420
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Without public spectators.
examples: text: In other research, scientists have found that people who kept cereal out in the open were often about 20 pounds heavier than people who kept cereal behind closed doors.
ref: 2015 May 18, Angus Chen, How We Store Food At Home Could Be Linked To How Much We Eat:
glosses: stored in a hidden place.
rollbacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rollback
sergeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sergeant
cooping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːpɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coop
cooping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːpɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: The restriction (1835) of the time of voting to one day reduced the practice of cooping.
ref: 1907, William Page, The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk, volume 2:
text: Cooping, the political version of the shanghai, involved kidnapping citizens […]
ref: 1977, Aubrey C. Land, Lois Green Carr, Edward C. Papenfuse, Morris Leon Radoff, Law, society, and politics in early Maryland:
text: The Tories also engaged in "cooping," intimidating people into voting Tory.
ref: 2001, Paul Knepper, Explaining criminal conduct: theories and systems in criminology:
text: Since then, there have been many other theories, including death from delirium tremens, mugging, and "cooping" (the electioneering practice of kidnapping and holding people in rooms, plying them with alcohol and/or opium and then forcing them to vote repeatedly at different locations).
ref: 2014, Corinna Wagner, editor, Gothic Evolutions: Poetry, Tales, Context, Theory:
glosses: The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
sizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sizing
gelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelt
borging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of borg
borged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of borg
inspissates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inspissate
inspissating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inspissate
mimicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mimic
mondos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mondo
balubas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baluba
facades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facade
backlogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backlog
pyrroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrrole
heterodynes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heterodyne
willings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willing
discretized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discretize
discretized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subjected to discretization
Derived terms: prediscretized
bogrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogroll
dynamites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dynamite
dynamiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dynamite