cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
treacle water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treacle waters
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, such as hartshorn, flowers, the roots and juices of various plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle.
treacle mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treacle mustards
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.
divisional plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divisional planes
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plane of separation between rockmasses.
divisional planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divisional plane
on a pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of at a pinch.
Loir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Loir
Etymology: Borrowed from French Loir.
Senses: glosses: A left tributary of the Sarthe in Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire, France, indirectly a tributary of the Loire.
glassy feldspar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glassy feldspars
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sanidine
sanidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanidine
HoReCa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hotel + restaurant + café
Senses: glosses: The hotel and catering industry.
HORECA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of HoReCa.
load water line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: load water lines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: load line
load water lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of load water line
load line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: load lines
form: loadline
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
Synonyms: load water line
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
load lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of load line
ultramarine ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultramarine ashes
Senses: glosses: A pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted, and which was formerly used as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies.
ultramarine ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultramarine ash
green ultramarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment.
Malay Archipelago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Malay Archipelago
Senses: glosses: An archipelago and cultural region of Southeast Asia consisting of the islands between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Malaysia (the part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo) and East Timor.
Meronyms: Sunda Islands
most an end
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: See anend.
Senses: examples: text: She sleeps most an end.
ref: 1634, Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, A Very Woman:
text: 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist
[We] have most an end, a strong inclination to make a farce of it, and mingle buffoonry with the most serious scenes.
glosses: generally; most often
mossycups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mossycup
Mitchell's hopping mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mitchell's hopping mice
Senses: glosses: Notomys mitchellii, a bipedal Australian rodent with large back legs.
Mitchell's hopping mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mitchell's hopping mouse
jerboa kangaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerboa kangaroos
Senses: synonyms: brush-tailed bettong
brush-tailed rat kangaroo
glosses: The woylie (Bettongia penicillata).
jerboa kangaroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerboa kangaroo
sociable number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociable numbers
Senses: examples: text: The numbers in the sequence <1264460, 1547860, 1727636, 1305184> are sociable numbers.
topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: Any of a sequence of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the next number in the sequence; in the case of the last number of the sequence, the sum of the divisors, excluding that number, is equal to the first number of the sequence.
Related terms: abundant number
amicable numbers
deficient number
perfect number
sociable numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociable number
sociable weaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociable weavers
Senses: glosses: A weaverbird that builds composite nests, Philetairus socius.
sociable weavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociable weaver
immersion lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immersion lenses
Senses: glosses: A microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.
foundership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: founderships
Etymology: From founder + -ship.
Senses: examples: the foundership of a monastery
glosses: The condition of having founded something.
founderships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundership
mousily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mousily
form: most mousily
Etymology: From mousy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She peeped mousily around the corner.
glosses: In a mousy manner.
uninvadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uninvadable
form: most uninvadable
Etymology: From un- + invadable.
Senses: glosses: Not invadable
Derived terms: uninvadability
unflusterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unflusterable
form: most unflusterable
Etymology: From un- + fluster + -able.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to fluster.
lentil shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lentil shells
Senses: glosses: A small bivalve shell of the genus Ervilia.
prest money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press money
Etymology: So called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.
Senses: glosses: Money paid to men when they enlisted into the British service.
aeolian attachment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeolian attachments
Senses: glosses: A device that can be attached to a pianoforte to prolong the vibrations, increase the volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the strings.
chafing gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: chafe guard
chafing guard
glosses: Any material, usually rope or canvas, used to protect sails, rigging, etc., at points where they are exposed to friction.
wikipedia: United States Navy
chaffier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
chaffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chaffy: most chaffy
chaffiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chaffy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being chaffy.
genital cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genital cords
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of sex cord.
synonyms: word: sex cord
genital cords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genital cord
player-managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of player-manager
cuddly toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuddly toy
spicinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiciness
Maluku Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Moluccas.
synonyms: word: Moluccas
Moluccan Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Moluccas.
synonyms: word: Moluccas
Maluku islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maluku Islands
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Moluccas.
synonyms: word: Moluccas
Spice Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the importance of the islands for the supply of certain important spices. Clove trees are native to the Maluku Islands, and for some centuries a monopoly of supply existed, until plants were smuggled out and cultivated in Zanzibar.
Senses: examples: text: Blue leagues beckoned him, the Humboldt Current helped him north along the western Patagonian shore, fair trade winds sped him westerly when he set his course for the Spice Islands.
ref: 1976, Ernest Stanley Dodge, Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia, page 3:
text: There followed a remarkable period of maritime expansion by the Portuguese, who by the end of the century would establish a sea route to the Indies, rounding Africa and crossing the Indian Ocean to reach the subcontinent itself and the Spice Islands that lay beyond.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 5:
text: The Portuguese established trading ports at Goa, India, and Sri Lanka and moved farther east to Malacca, Malaysia, and the Spice Islands (the Moluccas) bringing back pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and mace.
ref: 2006, Susheela Raghavan, Handbook of Spices, Seasonings, and Flavorings, 2nd edition, page 8:
text: Halmahera is the largest of the Spice Islands. In contexts involving foreign exploitation of spices, the term Spice Islands sometimes refers only to the five tiny clove-growing islands that lie off the western coast of Halmahera.
ref: 2010, Charles Edward Miller Pearce, Frances M. Pearce, Oceanic Migration, page 4:
glosses: The Moluccas or Maluku Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia comprising the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku.
examples: 2008, Andrew Young, Memoirs of a World Traveler, Volume 1: Journeys of a Lifetime, page 170,
I decided to prolong my stay in the Spice Islands until the upcoming Zanzibar Cultural Festival and International Film Festival, before heading back to Nairobi.
glosses: The Zanzibar Archipelago, in the Zanzibar semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.
ballgag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballgags
Etymology: From ball + gag.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ball gag.
ballgags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballgag
auditory canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auditory canals
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The ear canal.
auditory canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auditory canal
nonexpanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + expanding.
Senses: glosses: Not expanding.
Marmara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːməɹə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːɹməɹə/
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sea of Marmara.
synonyms: word: Sea of Marmara
Derived terms: East Marmara
West Marmara
windings-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winding-up
watchmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchmates
Etymology: From watch + mate.
Senses: glosses: A companion during a watch.
watchmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchmate
clearance space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clearance spaces
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In a steam engine, the space enclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke, including the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc.
Valsalvian experiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Valsalva manoeuvre.
John Doree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Dorees
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of John Dory.
John Dorees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of John Doree
John Bullism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Bullisms
Etymology: From John Bull + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: After a little deliberation, we now were touched to shake off a part of the John Bullism that had encrusted us […].
ref: 1791, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 337:
glosses: Typical English (or British) character or nature.
glosses: Something characteristic of the English (or British); an English act, word or characteristic.
John-apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John-apples
Senses: glosses: applejohn
John-apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of John-apple
Namaqua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region in Matzikama in South Africa
Derived terms: Namaqua chameleon
Namaqua darkling beetle
Namaqua dove
Namaqualand
Namaqua rain frog
Namaqua rock rat
namaquensis
bassboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bassboats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bass boat.
bassboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bassboat
Matzikama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of the Western Cape, South Africa.
bass boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass boats
form: bassboat
Senses: glosses: A small boat, usually made from aluminum or fiberglass and propelled by two motors, designed and equipped primarily for fishing for bass or other panfish.
bass boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass boat
panfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panfish
palanquine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palanquines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of palanquin.
palanquines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palanquine
Nakhichevan-on-Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Nakhichevan, one of the ancient areas of Armenia.
Partial calque of Russian Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́ (Naxičevánʹ-na-Donú).
Senses: synonyms: Nakhichevan-na-Donu
New Nakhichevan
Nor Nakhichevan
glosses: Originally a town established on the right bank of Don in Russia by Armenians resettled from Crimea; later incorporated into the city of Rostov-on-Don.
wikipedia: Nakhichevan-on-Don
Nakhichevan-na-Donu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́ (Naxičevánʹ-na-Donú).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nakhichevan-on-Don.
synonyms: word: Nakhichevan-on-Don
Nor Nakhichevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Նոր Նախիջեւան (Nor Naxiǰewan).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nakhichevan-on-Don.
synonyms: word: Nakhichevan-on-Don
New Nakhichevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Translating Armenian Նոր Նախիջեւան (Nor Naxiǰewan).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nakhichevan-on-Don.
synonyms: word: Nakhichevan-on-Don
DAMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DAMFs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of dumbass motherfucker.
dripping pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dripping pans
Senses: synonyms: word: drip pan
word: latchpan
glosses: A pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat during roasting.
dripping pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dripping pan
wrecking pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrecking pumps
Senses: glosses: A pump especially adapted for pumping water from the hull of a wrecked vessel.
wrecking car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrecking cars
form: wrecking-car
Senses: synonyms: wrecker car
wreck car
glosses: A railway car fitted with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck resulting from an accident.
Related terms: crane car
cantoral staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantoral staffs
form: cantoral staves
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, used to mark time for the singers.
look sharp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks sharp
form: looking sharp
form: looked sharp
form: looked sharp
Senses: glosses: Pay attention; be alert.
examples: text: Have you made a fire in the grate? / Not yet, I am just going to make one. / Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very fierce.
ref: 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:
synonyms: look snappy
glosses: Hurry up; work quickly.
cheer ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheers ship
form: cheering ship
form: cheered ship
form: cheered ship
Senses: glosses: To salute a passing ship with cheers from sailors stationed in the rigging.
enchanter's nightshade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enchanter's nightshades
Senses: examples: text: Given space and the right conditions, however, enchanter’s nightshade does spread by fine, brittle, white running rhizomes.
ref: 2012 July 10, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: getting rid of liverwort and enchanter's nightshade”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: Any of the genus Circaea of perennial plants, having opposite and petiolate leaves
Derived terms: broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade
Canada enchanter's nightshade
eastern enchanter's nightshade
small enchanter's nightshade
enchanter's nightshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enchanter's nightshade
bulkhead lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulkhead line
at six and seven
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of at sixes and sevens.
depress the pole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depresses the pole
form: depressing the pole
form: depressed the pole
form: depressed the pole
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
Related terms: depressed pole
garlic pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garlic pears
Senses: glosses: Any tree in the genus Crateva, or its garlic-scented fruit.
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nikolayevsk-na-Amure
Senses: glosses: A town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the Amur River.
Synonyms: sense: name until 1926
word: Nikolayevsk
sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Miaojie
ouster le main
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊstəɹ lə meɪn/
ipa: /-mæn/
Senses: examples: text: he had to pay half - a - year's profits as a fine for suing out his ouster le main , or livery
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose.
Nikolayevsk-na-Amure
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре (Nikolájevsk-na-Amúre).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.
galactopyranosylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactopyranosylamine
libricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libricide
lactorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + -rrhea.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of galactorrhea.
synonyms: word: galactorrhea
foxtail saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxtail saws
Senses: glosses: dovetail saw
bryostatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bryostatin
Bryony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the bryony plant in the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English.
black bryony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black briony
Etymology: Named from its dark glossy leaves and black root.
Senses: synonyms: black bindweed
glosses: The plant Tamus communis.
dub out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dubs out
form: dubbing out
form: dubbed out
form: dubbed out
Senses: qualifier: plastering
glosses: To fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections
pituitous fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pituitous fevers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: typhoid fever
distendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From distend + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being distended.
frigidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frigidity
charlottes russes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charlotte russe
join the majority
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joins the majority
form: joining the majority
form: joined the majority
form: joined the majority
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go over to the majority (“to die”).
synonyms: word: go over to the majority
extra: to die
go over to the majority
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes over to the majority
form: going over to the majority
form: went over to the majority
form: gone over to the majority
Etymology: Referring to the fact that most of the people who have ever been born are now dead.
Senses: glosses: To die.
Synonyms: join the majority
Onega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Onego
Senses: glosses: a freshwater lake in the north-west European part of Russia, located on the territory of Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast
Synonyms: Lake Onega
Lake Onega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Onega.
synonyms: word: Onega
Onego
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Onega.
blushlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blushlike
form: most blushlike
Etymology: From blush + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a blush.
oilcanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oil-canning.
rigor caloris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A heat-induced form of rigor mortis
drawing slate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing.
Synonyms: black chalk
drawing chalk
goafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goaf
distilled verdigris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from distilled vinegar.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid of copper acetate.
phenol phthalein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phenolphthalein.
cometographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cometography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cometography.
cometographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cometography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cometography.
sacrifice hit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacrifice hits
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of sacrifice bunt.
synonyms: word: sacrifice bunt
unsophistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsophistic
form: most unsophistic
Etymology: From un- + sophistic.
Senses: glosses: Not sophistic.
unsophistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsophistically
form: most unsophistically
Etymology: From unsophistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not sophistical.
Pakistaniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pakistani + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristic of being Pakistani.
Punjabiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Punjabi + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: These days {...} his Punjabiness would probably be more of an issue on the nation’s ethnic battleground than his Bengaliness.
ref: 2002, Kamila Shamsie, Kartography, Bloomsbury (2003), pages 43-44:
glosses: The quality or characteristic of being Punjabi.
armorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From armorial + -ly.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: In terms of or by means of armorial bearings.
bastard verdict
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First used by Sir Walter Scott.
Senses: glosses: The verdict of "not proven" in Scottish law.
apostleships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apostleship
whet slate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whet slates
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; oilstone.
novaculites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novaculite
novaculitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more novaculitic
form: most novaculitic
Etymology: From novaculite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to novaculite.
wasting palsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wasting palsies
Senses: glosses: progressive muscular atrophy
Duchenne-Aran disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: progressive muscular atrophy
crocus of Venus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Copper oxide.
Related terms: crocus of Mars
microlaminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + laminated.
Senses: glosses: Having undergone microlamination.
micropsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + psychotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to micropsychosis.
micropsychosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropsychoses
Etymology: From micro- + psychosis.
Senses: glosses: transient psychosis
polt foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polt feet
form: poult foot
Senses: examples: text: But how miſerable ſo ere it ſeemes to others, the Perſian King makes many happy harveſts; filling every yeere his inſatiate coffers with above three hundred and fifty ſeven thouſand Tomans (a Toman is five markes ſterlin,) in our money, 1190000 pound ſterlin: a great revenue, the more to be admired at, ſince he extracts it from raw ſilke, cuſtoms and cotton; not thinking any way meane or diſhonourable that brings in money. So thought Abbas; and thence deriv’d that unkinkly trade of ſending into the market, his dayly preſents of fruits and flowers (for without ſome piſcaſh was no ſaluting him;) a kind of thrift, he not only boaſted of (I imagin as Ageſilaus did of his polt-foot) but ſeemed to complain of the too great nicity of other Kings.
ref: 1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book II, page 225:
glosses: clubfoot
costodiaphragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From costo- + diaphragmatic.
Senses: examples: text: costodiaphragmatic recess
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.
bibasilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æsɪlə(ɹ)
-æzɪlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From bi- + basilar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the bases of both lungs.
united flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: united flowers
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A flower of a kind that has the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
rap and rend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raps and rends
form: rapping and rending
form: rapped and rended
form: rapped and rended
form: rapped and rent
form: rapped and rent
Senses: glosses: To snatch (physically, or steal).
creophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: flesh-eating
oil of spike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: spike oil
glosses: An aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavandula latifolia), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine.
unvictimizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvictimizable
form: most unvictimizable
Etymology: From un- + victimizable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being victimized.
scaled dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaled doves
Senses: glosses: Columbina squammata, a South American dove with coloured feather tips.
scaled doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaled dove
trilitha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilithon
fetch candle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetch candles
Etymology: See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).
Senses: synonyms: corpse candle
glosses: A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.
sigmoid flexure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sigmoid flexures
Senses: glosses: sigmoid colon
caballine aloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An inferior, impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary medicine.
Synonyms: horse aloes
gibbed lathe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gibbed lathes
Senses: glosses: An engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
gibbed lathes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gibbed lathe
levin brand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levin brands
Senses: glosses: A lightning bolt.
privileged debt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: privileged debts
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.
privileged debts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privileged debt
salinixanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The light-harvesting carotenoid antenna of xanthorhodopsin.
xanthorhodopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthorhodopsins
Etymology: From xantho- + rhodopsin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A light-driven carotenoid proton pump found in Salinibacter ruber
STEAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of serial time-encoded amplified microscopy.
glosses: Abbreviation of science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, a grouping of several fields of education.
Related terms: topics: science
sciences
technology
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
mathematics
sciences
word: STEM
topics: science
sciences
technology
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
mathematics
sciences
medicine
sciences
word: STEMM
riband jasper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riband jaspers
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of jasper banded with different colours.
occipital point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occipital points
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
maritime loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maritime loans
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A loan secured by bottomry or respondentia bonds.
maritime loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maritime loan
twine reeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twine reelers
Senses: glosses: A kind of spinning machine for twisting twine.
twine reelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twine reeler
filbert gall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filbert galls
Senses: glosses: A gall shaped like a hazelnut, growing in clusters on grapevines, produced by the larva of a gallfly (genus Cecidomyia).
chicken cholera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fowl cholera, caused by Pasteurella multocida.
Synonyms: avian cholera
avian pasteurellosis
avian hemorrhagic septicemia
uninsulted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + insulted.
Senses: glosses: Not having been insulted.
slake trough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slake troughs
Senses: glosses: A water trough used by a blacksmith to cool a forging or tool.
slake troughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slake trough
in passing
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We mostly talked about his mother's illness, but he told me in passing that he'd won a small prize in the lottery.
text: Did she mention my name just in passing?
ref: 1968, “Did She Mention My Name?”, performed by Gordon Lightfoot:
text: And that number, 400 million[subscribers], does not account for the people who watch MrBeast’s videos in passing, or who are aware of his cultural presence because of their children, or who just sort of know who he is but don’t have any intricate awareness as to why he is famous.
ref: 2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025:
glosses: Incidentally; as a brief diversion from another topic etc.
method of indivisibles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the method of indivisibles
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
Related terms: Cavalieri's principle
Cassiopeia's Chair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of six stars in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.
oiled silk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oiled silks
Senses: glosses: Silk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.
Azania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀζανία (Azanía, “a region of East Africa, variously defined but often corresponding to modern Ethiopia and Somalia”).
Senses: glosses: The region of East Africa as known by the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
glosses: A state in modern Somalia.
glosses: Synonym of Republic of South Africa.
synonyms: word: Republic of South Africa
onion seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onion seeds
form: onionseed
form: onion-seed
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.
glosses: The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella, Nigella sativa, which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.
criminal code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criminal codes
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
Synonyms: penal code
Related terms: civil code
penal code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penal codes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of criminal code.
synonyms: word: criminal code
state visit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: state visits
Senses: synonyms: working visit
glosses: A formal visit by a head of state or a cabinet minister to another nation.
image magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The most common maleficent technique was the use of image-magic, by making a model in wax or clay of the proposed victim and then sticking pins or bristles in the part which was to be afflicted.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 492:
text: According to Michael Taussig, Frazer (in the vein of Edward Tylor before him) implies in his extensive treatment of image magic that the images are copies that represent their intended victim.
ref: 2008, Derek Collins, Magic in the Ancient Greek World, page 18:
text: In the sense that magical practices employ representations or apparent representations […] all magic is image magic.
ref: 2013, Frank Klaassen, The Transformations of Magic, page 33:
glosses: The use of visual or plastic representations of people, spirits etc., for magical purposes.
free bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freebench
form: free-bench
Etymology: From free + bench, after Anglo-Norman franc banc (“frank bank”).
Senses: examples: text: In most manors, free-bench consists of one half of the husband's copyhold; although, in others, it consists of a third or fourth part, and in some few, of the whole copyhold.
ref: 1808, William Cruise, A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property, page 329:
text: The widow enjoyed the right of freebench, that is, of succession to a portion of her late husband's holding, ranging from a quarter to the whole, according to local manorial custom.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 541:
text: Some widows in Brigstock also probably sold free bench lands, despite the customary restriction on such sales.
ref: 1987, Judith M Bennett, Women in the Medieval English Countryside, page 165:
topics: law
glosses: A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement.
Related terms: widow-bench
widow's bench
freebench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of free bench.
frank bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman franc banc.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Free bench.
arguments from design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argument from design
Pindus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pindos
form: Pindhos
Etymology: From Latin Pindus, from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"
Pindos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pindus.
Pindhos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pindus.
Bay of Riga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gulf of Riga.
synonyms: word: Gulf of Riga
Rostov-on-the-Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rostov-na-Donu.
synonyms: word: Rostov-na-Donu
Ore Mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ore Mountains
Etymology: Calque of German Erzgebirge.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range dividing Germany and the Czech Republic.
Samarqand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Samarkand.
Derived terms: Samarqandi
araliaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Araliaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Araliaceae.
Saint Lawrence River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Saint Lawrence River
form: St. Lawrence River
form: Saint-Lawrence River
form: St.-Lawrence River
form: St-Lawrence River
Etymology: From Saint Lawrence + river. Calque of French fleuve Saint-Laurent. From Middle French Fleuve sainct Laurens. Named after Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. Coined by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604. In turn named after the Saint Lawrence estuary, itself coined by another French explorer, Jacques Cartier, which lies at the mouth of the river. That bay was named for being discovered on the Feast Day of Saint Lawrence, 10 August 1535.
Senses: glosses: A large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
wikipedia: en:Jacques Cartier
etchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From etch + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being etched.
St. Lawrence River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the St. Lawrence River
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Lawrence River.
fetchingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fetching + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being fetching or attractive.
corroding lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A very pure lead (the metal), used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
voiding knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voiding knives
Senses: glosses: A long, usually wooden, knife used for gathering up crumbs and other remnants of food after a meal, to put them into a voider (type of basket).
voiding knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voiding knife
upon the tapis
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Compare French mettre sur le tapis.
Senses: examples: text: […] when any thing was supposed to be upon the tapis worth knowing or listening to, it was the rule to leave the door, not absolutely shut, but somewhat ajar […]
ref: 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:
text: Of this, however, I was not aware; although, in the present instance, I saw clearly that something of a whimsical nature was upon the tapis with my friend, and that Hermann was its especial object.
ref: 1837, Edgar Allan Poe, Mystification:
glosses: Under discussion or consideration.
Synonyms: on the tapis
on the tapis
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana (...) is really over head and ears in love with that sailor (...); she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth's election.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 165:
text: And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.
ref: 1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of upon the tapis.
calking iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calking irons
Senses: examples: text: Their left hand does the calking iron guide.
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
glosses: Alternative spelling of caulking iron.
calking irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calking iron
rifle pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rifle pits
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A trench dug to shelter riflemen.
rifle pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rifle pit
third eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third eye
electroencephalographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroencephalographer
interconvertibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interconvertibility
noncomparability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncomparabilities
Etymology: From non- + comparability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being noncomparable.
Scandinavian Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scandinavian Peninsula
form: Scandinavian peninsula
Senses: glosses: A peninsula comprising the mainlands of Norway and Sweden, and the northwestern part of Finland (compared to Fennoscandia which comprises all the three countries Norway, Sweden and Finland); the largest peninsula in Europe (with an area of three-quarter million square kilometres).
phyllomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyllo- + -morphy.
Senses: glosses: phyllody
Related terms: phyllomorph
electroencephalographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroencephalographers
Senses: glosses: A specialist in electroencephalography
Scandinavian peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Scandinavian Peninsula.
dichlorodifluoromethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In response to your request for background information on ozone depletion by CFMs or dichlorodifluoromethanes, I am providing a short scientific description of CFMs' chemic reaction in the atmosphere.
ref: 2003, Elaine Freedman Fredericksen, A New World of Writers: Teaching Writing in a Diverse Society:
text: A series of freons (dichlorodifluoromethanes) is included in this group. Freon-12 was shown to be an excellent foaming agent yielding a 0.62-0.65 foaming factor
ref: 1986, USSR Report: Chemistry - Numbers 15-17
text: This gas may be used in conjunction with dichlorodifluoromethanes to produce a non-toxic, non-flammable low-pressure aerosol dispersant.
ref: 1945, Continental Can Company. Research dept, Bulletin - Numbers 1-31:
glosses: plural of dichlorodifluoromethane
virescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virescence
chloranthy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: phyllody, especially a complete form in which the flowers resemble leaf buds
glosses: floral virescence
bargain away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bargains away
form: bargaining away
form: bargained away
form: bargained away
Senses: examples: text: to bargain away one's birthright
text: The heir […] had somehow bargained away the estate.
ref: 1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: To dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.
obstinatenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bless yon," Miss Penelloe went on, " clocks d' 'ave their ways, and fancies, and wakenesses, and obstinatenesses just like Christians.
ref: 1895, The Living Age - Volume 205:
glosses: plural of obstinateness
mellifluousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Nice cross-section of his work, worth having if you like his mellifluousnesses
ref: 1960, Midwest Folklore - Volumes 10-11:
glosses: plural of mellifluousness
shelter tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelter tent
waxing kernel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxing kernels
Etymology: See wax (“to grow”); so called because supposed to be caused by growth of the body.
Senses: examples: text: […]Waxing Kernels, called by some Scrophula
ref: 1655, Thomas Ruthven, The Ladies Cabinet Enlarged and Opened:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children.
waxing kernels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxing kernel
yucca moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yucca moths
Senses: glosses: Tegeticula yuccasella, a prodoxid moth whose larvae feed on yucca.
yucca moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yucca moth
larvally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From larval + -ly.
Senses: glosses: As, or in terms of, larvae.