cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bloviates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bloviate
marbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marbled
form: most marbled
Etymology: From marble + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares,
 Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face
 Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue
 Neuer preſented.
ref: c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92, column 1:
synonyms: bemarbled
glosses: Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
glosses: Having marbling.
glosses: Resembling marble.
topics: food
lifestyle
meat
meats
glosses: Interlaced with fat.
Derived terms: marbled cat
marbled crayfish
marbled duck
marbled eel
marbled frog
marbled goby
marbled godwit
marbled murrelet
marbled newt
marbled orb-weaver
marbled polecat
marbled salamander
marbled white
multimarbled
unmarbled
marbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From marble + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marble
bloviating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bloviate
bloviated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bloviate
furls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of furl
furling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of furl
furling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furlings
Senses: antonyms: unfurling
glosses: The act by which something is furled.
Derived terms: furling drum
furled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)ld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of furl
murther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: murthers
Senses: examples: text: Murther most foul, as in the best it is; / But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
text: We have some Inſtances of publick Puniſhment inflicted on ſuch Midwives, in the Neighbouring Kingdom of France, for being acceſſory to the murther both of the Mother and Child.
ref: 1699, Robert Barret, A Companion for Midwives, Child-Bearing Women, and Nurses., London, Sect. I, Chapter I, p. 5:
glosses: Obsolete form of murder.
murther
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: murthers
form: murthering
form: murthered
form: murthered
Senses: examples: text: In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered.
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 26, columns 1–2:
text: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murther me?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: Obsolete form of murder.
Derived terms: word: murtherer
word: murtherous
Related terms: murth
embryo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: embryo.
glosses: The earliest stage of something.
board games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of board game
armamentariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armamentarium
armamentaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armamentarium
middlegame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middlegames
Etymology: From middle + game.
Senses: examples: text: Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.
ref: 2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening, page 55:
hypernyms: midgame
qualifier: board games
glosses: The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
relays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relay
relays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relay
relaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The paid permanent way staff prepare and refettle the track during the week and at weekends volunteer gangs of some 30/40 people are engaged on relaying — [...].
ref: 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:
glosses: present participle and gerund of relay
relaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relayings
Senses: examples: text: Most of the relayings produced by an interpreter consist of renditions.
ref: 1999, Melanie Metzger, Sign Language Interpreting, page 114:
glosses: An instance of something being relayed.
relayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːleɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relay
brochures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brochure
inching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inch
Derived terms: inchingly
inching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Forms: form: inchings
Senses: examples: text: From behind the trucks of the box-car a slender pole, headed with what appeared to be an empty oyster tin, and trailing a black line of fuse, was projecting itself along the ground by slow inchings, creeping across the lighted space […]
ref: 2019, Francis Lynde, Empire Builders:
glosses: Very gradual movement.
inched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪntʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inch
inched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪntʃt
Senses: glosses: Being a certain number of inches in length.
toddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toddy
wusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wuss
wussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wussy
dunnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunny
schnitzels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schnitzel
streusels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streusel
sopaipilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːə
Forms: form: sopaipillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sopaipilla.
Senses: examples: text: Between bites of sopaipilla, I ask why so many restaurants in Valparaíso are serving American-style food.
ref: 2020, Marjorie Agosín, translated by Alison Ridley, “Changes Afoot”, in The Maps of Memory: Return to Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series; 2), New York, N.Y.: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, published September 2021, →ISBN, part 1 (The Esmeralda Returns), page 41:
synonyms: sopaipa
glosses: A small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey.
sopaipillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sopaipilla
guide dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guide dog
calculable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kjə.lə.bl/
[ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩]
Forms: form: more calculable
form: most calculable
Etymology: From calcul(ate) + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be calculated; calculatable.
Derived terms: calculableness
calculably
noncalculable
recalculable
uncalculable
calculative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calculative
form: most calculative
Etymology: From calculate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
calfskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæfˌskɪn/
Forms: form: calfskins
Etymology: From calf + skin.
Senses: glosses: A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
Hyponyms: skin
calibrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calibrators
Etymology: From calibrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person or device that calibrates.
calk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calks
Senses: related: word: caulk#Noun
synonyms: calkin#Noun
caulkin#Noun
caulken#Noun
glosses: A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
examples: Near-synonym: cleat
coordinate_terms: crampon#Noun
glosses: A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.
glosses: Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”).
Related terms: roughshod
calk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calks
form: calking
form: calked
form: calked
Senses: examples: text: When a joint was calked, the bell piece was then separated,
ref: 1915 April 1, Gas Age, volume 35, page 328:
glosses: Alternative spelling of caulk.
glosses: To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
glosses: Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
Derived terms: calker
recalk
calk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælk/
rhymes: -ælk
homophone: calc
homophone: calque
Forms: form: calks
form: calking
form: calked
form: calked
form: calque
Etymology: From French calque, ultimately derived from Latin calcō (“I trample”). Doublet of calque.
Senses: glosses: To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
calligraphist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calligraphists
Senses: glosses: calligrapher
call-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from call in.
Senses: synonyms: dial-in
glosses: In which members of the public telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter.
raw_tags: of a TV or radio programme
call-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from call in.
Senses: glosses: A TV or radio programme allowing members of the public to telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter.
glosses: A telephone call of this kind.
glosses: A caller who makes such a call.
soldier's heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Dating to the American Civil War.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas shell shock was relatively infrequent in other campaigns, soldier's heart was relatively frequent ...
ref: 1916, The Times History of the War, page 334:
text: Parkinson and Koefod have investigated the immediate effect of smoking five cigarettes in forty minutes on the circulation of forty smokers, of whom thirty were suffering from soldier's heart and ten were healthy soldiers.
ref: 1918, Arthur F. Hurst, Medical diseases of the war, page 285:
text: The extension of our knowledge in regard to cardiac disorders and arrhythmias was largely incorporated in the seventh edition of this work, but to them has been added the more recent studies upon Effort Syndrome or Soldier's Heart.
ref: 1920, Austin Flint, A manual of physical diagnosis, page iv:
glosses: Da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
Related terms: shell shock
battle fatigue
combat fatigue
operational exhaustion
combat stress reaction
post-traumatic stress disorder
callosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callosities
Etymology: From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.
Senses: glosses: A callus.
examples: text: The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.
ref: 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 291:
synonyms: callousness
hardheartedness
insensitivity
glosses: A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
Derived terms: ischial callosity
callowness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callownesses
Etymology: From Middle English calowʒnes (“baldness”), equivalent to callow + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kealens (“baldness”).
Senses: examples: text: It is likely that historians will look back on American life and see it — with its truths and errors, its callownesses and obsessions and insights, its childishness and its power — as one of the memorable civilizations of history.
ref: 1957, Max Lerner, America as a Civilization, page 61:
glosses: The condition of being callow; immaturity.
call-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call-ups
form: callup
Etymology: Deverbal from call up.
Senses: examples: text: Fly-half Aaron Cruden hyper-extended his knee horribly in contact and was carried off the pitch, forcing Graham Henry to bring on Donald - a man who was fishing for whitebait a fortnight ago before injuries to Dan Carter and Colin Slade triggered his emergency call-up.
ref: 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
text: In addition, the call-up placed an enormous strain on the nation's railroads, suddenly faced with having to provide hundreds of trains to rush guardsmen to the border.
ref: 2015, Charles H. Harris, Louis R. Sadler, The Great Call-Up, page 6:
text: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday.
ref: 2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN:
glosses: An order to report for military service.
Derived terms: September call-up
webumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webumentaries
Etymology: Blend of Web + documentary.
Senses: examples: text: 1996, “Inside the Tobacco Deal”, Links & Further Readings, FRONTLINE online, Public Broadcasting Service
This web site also offers a 'webumentary' analysis of the thousands of pages of internal Brown & Williamson Corporation documents which were posted on the internet in 1995 and reveal three decades of tobacco industry secrets.
text: 1996 November 18, “Canon goes on-air and on-line to raise consumer awareness for its award-winning PowerShot 600 digital camera”, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire
The World's Widest Web, 50-feet wide, takes Web surfers on a "Webumentary" visit to one of Los Angeles' most famous tourist attractions, Venice Beach, all showcasing the digital imaging power of the PowerShot 600.
text: Your webumentary should be an essay or a journal entry (500 words or less) with photos and images that help tell your story.
ref: 1997 September 16, Corey Beckner, “Teen Search for Feature Writers!”, in school.teachers (Usenet):
text: There's a big webumentary on the making of at www.starwars.com, including interviews with the guy and some video of some training sequences.
ref: 1999 May 22, K. Kalani Patterson, “Opinions, anyone?”, in alt.fairs.renaissance (Usenet):
text: 2000 December 4, “Yoko Ono to Chat Live On ABCNEWS.com to Mark the 20th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death”, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire, as quoted in “Wednesday, December 6, 2:00 pm ET YOKO CHAT!”, rec.music.beatles, Usenet
The chat will take place during the week of the 20th anniversary of Lennon's death, and the day after ABCNEWS.com's premiere of the webumentary, "Lennon in New York."
glosses: A Web-based documentary using elements specific to the Web (links, images, audio, video, interaction, etc.) in conjunction with standard documentary composition elements.
hupaithric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hypaethric
form: upaithric
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) with the addition of -ic, the former from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air, ether”).
Senses: examples: text: that spacious cell
Like an upaithric temple wide and high,
Whose aëry dome is inaccessible,
Was pierced with one round cleft through which the sunbeams fell.
ref: 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 287:
text: Their temples were mostly hupaithric; and the flying clouds, the stars, or the deep sky, were seen above.
ref: 1980, William Blackwood, Blackwood's Magazine:
synonyms: hypaethral
hypethral
glosses: Roofless; open to the sky.
Timmy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪmi/
rhymes: -ɪmi
Forms: form: Timmie
Etymology: From Tim + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Timothy.
Derived terms: little Timmy
Timmy's
daad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daads
form: dad
form: zad
Senses: glosses: The letter ض in the Arabic script.
chicken-wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken-wings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chicken wing.
chicken-wing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chicken-wings
form: chicken-winging
form: chicken-winged
form: chicken-winged
Senses: examples: text: Don't chicken-wing it!
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
volleyball
glosses: To pass a hard-hit ball with the upper arm extended out from the body. This usually has the lower arm pulled in toward the body and is reminiscent of a chicken's wings when trussed.
voorwerp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɔːɹˌwɛɹp/
Forms: form: voorwerps
form: Voorwerp
Etymology: From Dutch voorwerp (“object”), after Hanny's Voorwerp, discovered in 2007 by Dutch schoolteacher Hanny van Arkel.
Senses: examples: text: The voorwerp turns out to be a cloud of gas tens of thousands of light-years across, which has somehow been heated to high enough temperatures to emit visible light. The exact mechanism of the heating is still under debate, but probably[…]
ref: 2014 December 9, Chad Orzel, Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist, Basic Books, →ISBN:
text: Other voorwerps have since been spotted, but Hanny holds the distinction of finding the first, with nothing more exotic than a public website and the power of the human brain.
ref: 2018 February 15, Matt Brown, Everything You Know About Space is Wrong, Batsford, →ISBN:
text: But regardless of which explanation is correct, or even if some other explanation is needed, the voorwerp is fascinating. Suppose, for instance, that it really is a quasar mirror. As we've seen, this means that the voorwerp is a huge collection of mirrors, echoing the light of the quasar at many different times over the quasar's lifetime. That means light from the voorwerp is a bit like a biography of the quasar, […]
There's even a voorwerp project, and the Zooites have successfully hunted down several more voorwerps. In all, Galaxy Zoo has been used to write 22 scientific papers, on a wide variety of topics, and many more papers are on the way.
ref: 2020 April 7, Michael Nielsen, Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 132, 140:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An ionization or light echo, especially the quasar ionization echo known as Hanny's Voorwerp.
wikipedia: Hanny's Voorwerp
roguelike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/
Forms: form: roguelikes
form: rogue-like
form: Rogue-like
Etymology: From Rogue + -like, after the 1980 computer game Rogue, which introduced the genre.
Senses: examples: text: If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating.
ref: I “Like-Like” Roguelikes (Because Love Should Never Be So Cruel), 2011
topics: video-games
glosses: Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.
Coordinate terms: hacklike
Derived terms: roguelike-like
rogue-lite
modder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdə/
ipa: /ˈmɑdəɹ/
rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: modders
Etymology: From mod (“to modify (an object) from its original condition”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Senses: examples: text: Content creators (or ‘modders’) are individuals who create additional content for computer games. […] The creation of 3D models requires a lot of skill, with modders needing to have knowledge of 3D design software and coding so that the models can function within the game itself.
ref: 2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in Rail, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62:
glosses: Often preceded by a descriptive word: one who modifies a mass-manufactured object, especially computer hardware or software, or a motor vehicle.
Related terms: english: modification
translation: modification
word: mod
english: to modify (something) from its original condition
translation: to modify (something) from its original condition
word: mod
word: modding
word: modify
word: hackerspace
word: makerspace
modder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdə/
ipa: /ˈmɑdəɹ/
rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ)
Etymology: From mod + -er (suffix forming the comparative forms of adjectives).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mod: more mod
Puducherry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.
Senses: glosses: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
glosses: The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.
Synonyms: Pondicherry
birth control glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth-control glasses
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: BCG
BCGs
glosses: The brown-framed prescription eyeglasses issued to new recruits in the U.S. military, or similar glasses issued to inmates at certain state or federal prisons, and perceived as notoriously unattractive.
BCGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of birth control glasses.
non-flammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonflammable.
regexp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡˌɛksp/
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒˌɛksp/
Forms: form: regexps
Senses: examples: text: I guess it also can come in handy when trying to learn regexps because it is possible to experiment with them.
ref: 1999, Tim Altom, Mitch Chapman, Programming with Python, Prima Tech, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of regex.
subdural hematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdural hematomas
form: subdural hematomata
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A mass of blood formed between the dura and the arachnoid membranes, usually as a result of trauma to the head.
razzmatazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæz.mə.tæz/
rhymes: -æz
Forms: form: razzmatazzes
form: razmataz
form: razzamatazz
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps an extended form of razz(le-dazzle). Compare pizzazz.
Senses: examples: text: He says he's late for the meeting because his daughter had an emergency at school, but I don't buy this razzmatazz.
synonyms: claptrap
double-talk
glosses: Ambiguous or meaningless language.
examples: text: A few politicians are creating some razzmatazz about reinstating the draft.
glosses: Empty and tiresome speculation.
examples: text: Is he really the next big thing, or is all the media attention just a bunch of razzmatazz?
text: But plans to build a stage over water at the Bellagio hotel fountains had to be abandoned, along with the traditional 'war rooms', where team officials discuss their strategy throughout.
While the unique circumstances meant the draft lacked its usual razzmatazz, it more than made up for it by offering fans a rare glimpse into the homes and lives of some of the game's biggest names.
ref: 2020 April 24, “NFL draft 2020: Joe Burrow first pick for Cincinnati Bengals”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: razzle-dazzle
glosses: Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse.
examples: text: When I finally got done dealing with all the razzmatazz of college registration, I decided to go out and have a drink.
synonyms: drudgery
glosses: A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks.
glosses: Energy, excitement, vigor.
raw_tags: in the original sense
chief of staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiefs of staff
form: chiefs of staffs
Senses: examples: Holonym: general staff
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: staff officer
glosses: The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The head of any of several political departments in several nations.
Related terms: commander in chief
chain of command
winos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wino
infinito
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of infinite.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning
cleanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkliːn.nəs/
rhymes: -iːnəs
Forms: form: cleannesses
Etymology: From Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
glosses: Moral purity; innocence.
examples: text: "But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers?
"I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that.
ref: 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 56:
glosses: The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
erring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From the verb err.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of err
erring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: errings
Etymology: From the verb err.
Senses: examples: text: […] these errings and strayings are here, according to the language of Scripture, compared to those of sheep, and lost sheep.
ref: 1837, Matthew Hole, John Allen Giles, Practical discourses on the liturgy of the Church of England, page 116:
glosses: The act of one who errs; sin.
erring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From the verb er.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of er
Derived terms: erringly
inerring
unerring
screen door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screen doors
Senses: examples: text: 1970 Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi" (Lyrics) from "Ladies of the Canyon"
Late last night I heard the screen door slam. / And a big yellow taxi took away my old man.
text: He's got this book tour- what's the subtitle of his book? 'Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival'. This is about as subtle as a screen door on a submarine. It's pretty clear what's going on here, but he says he's not going to announce until June.
ref: 2023 February 28, David Axelrod, 3:57 from the start, in Axelrod calls out the 'brazenness' of DeSantis' 'non-campaign', CNN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2023:
glosses: A light door of mesh, outside of another door, used to prevent ingress by insects.
Coordinate terms: storm door
Derived terms: screen-door effect
syndactyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syndactylies
Etymology: From syn- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits.
examples: text: Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly.
ref: 2008, Guinness World Records — Human Body — Extreme Bodies — Most Fingers and Toes — Living Person:
text: 2012, Donald S. Bae, Chapter 47: Release of Simple Syndactyly, John M. Flynn, Sam W. Wiesel (editors), Operative Techniques in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 326,
• Syndactyly refers to the failure of separation between adjacent digits, resulting in "webbed" fingers.
• Congenital syndactyly is classified according to the extent of digital involvement and the character of the conjoined tissue.
• Complete syndactyly extends to the digital tips (FIG 1A), whereas incomplete syndactyly ends proximal to the fingertips (FIG 1B).
• Simple syndactyly refers to digits connected only by skin and soft tissue. Complex syndactyly denotes bony fusions between adjacent phalanges.
• Complicated syndactyly refers to the interposition of accessory phalanges or abnormal bones between digits.
text: Fig. 2.2f.1 Complete syndactyly. Schematic (A) shows syndactyly of hand excluding the thumb. The thumb may be included in the syndactyly, as evident in the left hand of the patient with Apert syndrome (B). The great toe is usually included in syndactyly of the foot.
ref: 2016, David B. Everman, “2: Hands and Feet”, in Roger E. Stevenson, Judith G. Hall, David B. Everman, Benjamin D. Solomon, editors, Human Malformations and Related Anomalies, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, page 137:
text: Complex syndactylies are more often part of a syndrome such as Apert, Carpenter, or Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.
ref: 2021, Angelo B. Lipira, Joel S. Solomon, Jourdan A. Carboy, Juliana E. Hansen, “40: Congenital Hand Differences”, in Seth R. Thaller, Zubin J. Panthaki, editors, Tips and Tricks in Plastic Surgery, Springer, page 683:
topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web.
Synonyms: syndactylism
Coordinate terms: alt: adactylism
word: adactyly
Derived terms: acrocephalosyndactyly
polysyndactyly
syndactylism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syndactylisms
Etymology: From syn- + dactyl- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of syndactyly.
synonyms: word: syndactyly
flow battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flow batteries
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of electrochemical storage cell in which electrolyte flows between connected tanks; the direction of flow being opposite when the cell is charging and discharging; used to store electricity from intermittent suppliers such as wind farms.
storage cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storage cells
Senses: synonyms: secondary cell
glosses: A rechargeable battery.
amphibolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æmˈfɪb.əˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: amphibolites
Etymology: From amphibole + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.
ref: 2020, Tianfeng Wan, The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Any of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
Derived terms: amphibolitize
orthoamphibolite
Related terms: amphibolitic
amphibolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphibolitic
form: most amphibolitic
Etymology: From amphibolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amyloidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: amyloidoses
Etymology: From amyloid + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
Derived terms: amyloidotic
paraamyloidosis
urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome
analcime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnæl.siːm/
ipa: /əˈnæl.saɪm/
Forms: form: analcimes
Etymology: Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction; from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλκιμος (análkimos, “weak”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
Synonyms: analcite
analcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analcites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Analcime.
Derived terms: analcitic
Anamnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the vertebrates, fish and amphibians, which lack an amnion during development.
Related terms: Amniota
anaplasmosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaplasmoses
Etymology: Anaplasma + -osis
Senses: glosses: A disease of ruminants and sometimes humans caused by infection with Anaplasma bacteria, normally transmitted by hard ticks.
Synonyms: gallsickness
valvoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valvoplasties
Etymology: From valvo- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Plastic surgery to repair a valve, such as a heart valve or venous valve.
Synonyms: valvuloplasty
andalusite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andalusites
Etymology: From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
uraniscus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uranisci
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρανίσκος (ouranískos, “ceiling”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The palate or roof of the mouth.
Derived terms: uraniscoplasty
uranoplasty
MENA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Middle East News Agency, a news agency based in Cairo, established in 1955, nationalized and affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Information in 1960.
examples: ref: 2006, The MENA region is anything but stable today, A. H. Cordesman, K. R. Al-Rodhan, The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, →ISBN, page 65:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Middle East and North Africa.
Derived terms: word: MENAFATF
Related terms: word: EMEA
word: EMEAI
word: EMEIA
stratopause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stratopauses
Etymology: From strato- + -pause.
Senses: glosses: In the atmosphere, the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.
mesopause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesopauses
Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + -pause (“boundary”).
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: In the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere or ionosphere. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value.
Coordinate terms: Kármán line
McDowell line
psychosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychosurgeries
Etymology: From psycho- + surgery.
Senses: examples: text: This was studied in humans where amygdalotomies were done not to control seizures but to control aggression. Such psychosurgery provoked fiery controversy in the 1970s. And I don't mean scientists not saying hello to each other at conferences. I mean a major public shit storm.
ref: 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness.
Derived terms: psychosurgeon
psychosurgical
Related terms: lobotomy
neurosurgery
steamfitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steamfitters
Etymology: From steam + fitter.
Senses: hypernyms: pipefitter
glosses: A person qualified to handle the installation and maintenance of pipes that carry steam.
steamfitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steamfitter
steaminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːminɪs/
ipa: /ˈstiːmɪ-/
ipa: /-nəs/
ipa: /ˈstiminɪs/
ipa: /-nəs/
Etymology: From steamy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being steamy.
steepen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steepens
form: steepening
form: steepened
form: steepened
Etymology: From steep + -en. Compare Old English stīepan (“to steepen”).
Senses: examples: text: With a rare and beautiful ease one can now ring up a boffin, as I did the other day, and say: "As a price for not opposing our Parliamentary Powers for a new marshalling yard, the Council at X demands that the bridge over X Lane shall have 16 ft. 6 in. headroom. This means steepening our gradient from 1 in 70 to 1 in 65 for half a mile on a 20-chain curve. What difference will this make to the loads of Type "2", "3" and "4" diesels please?". Back comes the answer.
ref: 1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244:
glosses: To make steeper.
examples: text: H. Miller
As the way steepened […] I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path.
text: Soon after Crowhurst, the down grade steepens to 1 in 100 as the line descends the side of a valley, at the mouth of which a glimpse of the sea can be caught—the only one.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 528:
text: Immediately beyond Churn Lane the climb begins at 1 in 78, steepening to 1 in 66. Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here.
ref: 1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170:
glosses: To become steeper.
steeper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From steep + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of steep: more steep
steeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steepers
Etymology: From steep + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The piping A', B', C' is arranged so that the contents of each cistern can be passed through any one of the steepers. The steepers have perforated false bottoms, shown in plan in Fig. 2, […]
ref: 1879, H. Wilson, patent 4035, in Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications: […], page 38
glosses: A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped.
glosses: The stem of a shrub or small tree in a hedgerow, often laid by being partially cut through at the base in the process of laying a hedge.
examples: text: "Thou may weel say a time like this," replied Ab, switchign the rain from his hat, "for it's a steeper, and nought else. It's I've bin th' weetest back - end we'n had this ten year! down to th' market, an' just as I coom by th' Cross, owd Job Sutcliffe, th' barber, axed me to co' wi' a pair o' razzors he's […]"
ref: 1878, Edwin Waugh, The Hermit Cobbler, page 46:
text: It's a steeper, nah, is this, an' reight an' all.
ref: 1898 May 7, Leeds Merc. Suppl., quoted in the EDD
glosses: A downpour; a soaking rain.
steepest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of steep: most steep Being steep to the greatest degree.
staunchness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From staunch + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Property of being staunch.
staunchly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more staunchly
form: staunchlier
form: most staunchly
form: staunchliest
Etymology: From staunch + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a staunch manner.
Related terms: staunch
staunchness
statically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From static + -ally.
Senses: examples: a statically charged film
a software application that is statically linked to its libraries
glosses: In a static manner.
Derived terms: statically typed
steakhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsteɪk.haʊs/
Forms: form: steakhouses
form: steak house
Etymology: From steak + house.
Senses: examples: text: They're of the generation that believes that steak houses should be dimly lit and frostily chilled (hell, they actually believe in steak houses).
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “Celebrities Die”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 112:
glosses: A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
Hyponyms: chophouse
steakhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steakhouse
psychosurgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychosurgery
mesopauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesopause
stratopauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratopause
stratospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratosphere
tropopauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropopause
tropospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troposphere
valvoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valvoplasty
efficiencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efficiency
cañons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cañon
cañones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cañon
vinyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinyard
amylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylase
amethysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.θɪsts/
Senses: glosses: plural of amethyst
Benjamins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Benjamin
Benjamins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Benjamin
jiggering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jigger
venture capital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In this unreflective boomerism of American hypercapitalism, one has to hype one's project to attract venture capital.
ref: 2017, William Irwin Thompson, Self and Society, →ISBN:
topics: business
glosses: Money invested in an innovative enterprise in which both the potential for profit and the risk of loss are considerable.
Synonyms: risk capital
Derived terms: venture capitalist
vulture capitalist
Heliopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.
Senses: synonyms: word: Iunu
english: its name in Ancient Egypt
translation: its name in Ancient Egypt
word: Iwnw
word: On
word: Awen
word: Heliopolis in Augustamnica
glosses: The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt.
synonyms: Heliopolis Syriaca
Heliopolis in Syra
Heliopolis in Coelosyria
Heliopolis in Phoenicia
glosses: An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek.
glosses: A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
glosses: A suburb of Athens, Greece.
theurges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theurge
refrigerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refrigerator
stinkbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkbugs
form: stink bug
form: stink-bug
Etymology: From stink + bug.
Senses: glosses: Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes, which they use to discourage predators.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various insects of the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"), in the suborder Heteroptera, principally in the superfamily Pentatomoidea or Coreoidea.
glosses: A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
Synonyms: shield bug
shieldbug
chust bug
Derived terms: word: brown marmorated stink bug
alt: Catacanthus incarnatus
word: man-faced stinkbug
word: southern green stink bug
word: twice-stabbed stink bug
stinkbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinkbug
stink bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stink bugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stinkbug.
stink bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stink bug
shieldbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shieldbugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shield bug.
benzaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzaldehydes
Etymology: From benz- + aldehyde.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound (C₆H₅CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.
examples: benzaldehydes with polar substituents
glosses: Any of various derivatives of benzaldehyde.
Derived terms: bromobenzaldehyde
chlorobenzaldehyde
cyanobenzaldehyde
dimethoxybenzaldehyde
dimethylaminobenzaldehyde
mercaptobenzaldehyde
nitrobenzaldehyde
sulfobenzaldehyde
Related terms: benzal
shield bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield bug
shieldbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldbug
traitoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of traitor
traitored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of traitor
hawkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawker