cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reverse cowgirl position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse cowgirl positions
Senses: synonyms: reverse cowgirl
glosses: A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing towards his feet.
Related terms: cowgirl position
natural convection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural convections
Senses: glosses: free convection
Related terms: convection
forced convection
vibrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibron
vibrions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibrion
take the wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the wheel
form: taking the wheel
form: took the wheel
form: taken the wheel
Senses: examples: text: Can you take the wheel for a minute while I take off my gloves?
glosses: To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.
glosses: To assume control of a situation.
Derived terms: Jesus, take the wheel
Related terms: behind the wheel
vanitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vanitizes
form: vanitizing
form: vanitized
form: vanitized
Etymology: From vanity + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: "I told her she was a great goose," said Goda, who like a sensible being was snugly tucked up in bed; "it is a great deal too cold to vanitize."
ref: 1876, Fontnell S. Chad: A Reminiscence, J. Masters and Co., page 43, […] when I went up to administer to Carrie a small lecture on imprudence, the vain child was still at the glass, trying the effect of a pair of earrings on the background of her hair which hung loose round her shoulders […]
text: I don't defend, offend or vanitize my body or appearance so compliments or insults in that area go over my head and past me.
ref: 2006 September 27, <aine_nicneven@hotmail.com>, “Re: ainshe niceneven”, in alt.religion.druid (Usenet):
glosses: To embellish for reasons of vanity.
sholde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: should
permutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permutants
Senses: glosses: Anything that undergoes permutation.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group (permutation) of proteins derived from another by covalent linkage of its N- and C- termini (to form a circular protein) and subsequent cleavage of its backbone
unphilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unphilosophical
form: most unphilosophical
Etymology: From un- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: not philosophical
permutons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permuton
dreadfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dreadfull
form: most dreadfull
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of dreadful.
satisfie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] but if Two Millions, or what elſe may be thought a Convenient Stock, ſhould be underwrit, then there will be no difficulty in Carrying on the Trade, without any Intermiſſion, or danger, than what may be feared by the changing of Committees now Annually made, and the increaſe of the Stock, as it will ſatisfie the Complaints that ariſe from the Contraction of the ſaid Trade, and difficulties of Admiſſion into it, ſo it will occaſion the inlarging thereof; […]
ref: 1697, [John Pollexfen], A Discourse of Trade and Coyn, London, pages 109–110:
glosses: Archaic spelling of satisfy.
oxyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxydes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of oxide.
far fetched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more far fetched
form: most far fetched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of far-fetched.
denaturant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denaturants
Etymology: From denature + -ant.
Senses: glosses: a substance used for denaturation
demagogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demagogue
demagogues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demagogue
sockless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sock + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The village was full of sockless children.
glosses: Without socks; not wearing socks.
Derived terms: socklessness
gravitational convection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravitational convections
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by buoyancy forces which are dependent on gravity acting upon density differences within the fluid.
Related terms: convection
forced convection
free convection
natural convection
Nylonkong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: NYLONKONG
Etymology: Apparently coined by a Time Magazine article of 17 January 2008.
Senses: glosses: Three cities, New York, London and Hong Kong, that form a global network that facilitates the global economy.
Related terms: NYLON
centrifugation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centrifugations
Etymology: From centrifuge + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: “Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 339:
glosses: The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
Derived terms: centrifugational
cryocentrifugation
cytocentrifugation
microcentrifugation
postcentrifugation
recentrifugation
ultracentrifugation
cerebroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebrosides
Etymology: From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue
Derived terms: ceramide
cerebrosidase
galactocerebroside
glucocerebroside
lactocerebroside
Related terms: asteriacerebroside
myelin
cofractionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cofractionated
form: most cofractionated
Etymology: From co- + fractionate.
Senses: glosses: fractionated together with one or more other components
coimmunoprecipitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-immunoprecipitation
Etymology: From co- + immunoprecipitation.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The immunoprecipitation of multiple antigens at the same time
Related terms: coimmunoprecipitate
immunoprecipitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoprecipitations
Etymology: From immunoprecipitate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: We carried out sequential immunoprecipitations of cell lysates.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique.
Derived terms: coimmunoprecipitation
fluoroimmunoprecipitation
radioimmunoprecipitation
reimmunoprecipitation
Related terms: immunoprecipitate
precipitation
immunoprecipitative
immunoprecipitator
contactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contactins
Etymology: From contact + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several glycoproteins active in cell adhesion.
coverslip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coverslips
Etymology: From cover + slip.
Senses: synonyms: coverglass
glosses: A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
coverslip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coverslips
form: coverslipping
form: coverslipped
form: coverslipped
Etymology: From cover + slip.
Senses: glosses: To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
deconvolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈvɒɫvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deconvolve
deconvolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈvɒɫvd/
Forms: form: more deconvolved
form: most deconvolved
Senses: glosses: separated by the use of deconvolution
Derived terms: nondeconvolved
undeconvolved
demyelinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demyelinate
demyelinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demyelinated
form: most demyelinated
Senses: glosses: From which myelin has been removed
demyelinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈmaɪ(j)əlɪneɪt/
Forms: form: demyelinates
form: demyelinating
form: demyelinated
form: demyelinated
Etymology: From de- + myelin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve
Derived terms: demyelination
dysmyelination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysmyelinations
Etymology: From dys- + myelination.
Senses: hypernyms: myelination#Noun
coordinate_terms: demyelination#Noun
glosses: A condition in which there is a much reduced amount of myelin in nervous tissue.
electrophoretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electrophoretic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: by means of electrophoresis
endosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endosomes
Etymology: From endo- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes
Derived terms: endosomal
endosomic
endosomotropic
interendosome
domiciliate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: domiciliates
form: domiciliating
form: domiciliated
form: domiciliated
Senses: glosses: To establish a permanent residence.
examples: text: Worms frequently cause diseases in trees by domiciliating themselves between the bark and the wood.
ref: 1853, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 421:
glosses: To establish a permanent residence for (someone).
glosses: To settle (oneself) into a mode of thinking or the like.
ensheathed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensheathe
ensheathed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ensheathed
form: most ensheathed
Senses: glosses: enclosed in a sheath
Synonyms: vaginate
vaginated
equilibrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of equilibrate
equilibrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more equilibrated
form: most equilibrated
Senses: glosses: Subject to equilibration
Derived terms: nonequilibrated
preequilibrated
unequilibrated
equilibration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equilibrations
Senses: glosses: The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
Derived terms: coequilibration
disequilibration
preequilibration
reequilibration
theory of musical equilibration
Related terms: equilibrate
ILPC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ILPCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of inner loop power control.
Related terms: OLPC
TPC
TPC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: TSC
glosses: Initialism of thermoplastic composite, any fibre-reinforced plastic with a thermoplastic resin rather than a thermosetting resin.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of transmit power control.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of total plate count.
glosses: Initialism of technology performance certificate.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Tournament Players Club.
Related terms: ILPC
OLPC
splashback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splashbacks
Etymology: From splash + back.
Senses: glosses: Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
examples: text: The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback.
text: In 1959, for a girl there were toy cookers in clinical white stove enamel, with a time clock set in the splash-back, and with two hot plates which really worked by using special fuel tablets which burnt from ten to 15 minutes.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 201:
glosses: A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
Synonyms: sense: easily cleaned shield
word: backsplash
sluttiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of slutty: most slutty
bottle bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle banks
Senses: glosses: A large container into which glass bottles are placed for recycling.
corrector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correctors
form: correctour
Etymology: From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.
ref: 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
text: Time! the corrector where our judgments err,
The test of truth, love,—sole philosopher,
For all beside are sophists, […]
ref: 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, stanza [HTTP://WWW.GUTENBERG.ORG/FILES/5131/5131-H/5131-H.HTM 130]:
text: A family we knew had one of those “Papa's-sister” Aunts who took it upon herself to be a corrector of manners not only for her own nieces but for young Canadians in general.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Characters”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
glosses: One who corrects.
examples: text: Seeing therefore those who now possess the employment by all evident signs wish themselves well rid of it; and that no man of worth, none that is not a plain unthrift of his own hours, is ever likely to succeed them, except he mean to put himself to the salary of a press corrector; we may easily foresee what kind of licensers we are to expect hereafter, either ignorant, imperious, and remiss, or basely pecuniary.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
text: To have a competent knowledge of what has been recited, besides a quick and discerning eye, are the proper accomplishments by which a Corrector may raise his own and his Master's credit: for it is a maxim with Booksellers, to give the first edition of a work to be done by such Printers whom they know to be either able Correctors themselves, or that employ fit persons, though not of Universal learning, and who know the fundamentals of every Art and Science that may fall under their examination.
ref: 1770, Philip Luckombe, A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing, London: J. Johnson, published 1771, pages 440–41:
glosses: A proofreader.
glosses: A director or governor.
Derived terms: corrector magnet
correctorship
correctress
political corrector
Schmidt corrector plate
cash crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cash crop
short-wave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shortwave.
drop the gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops the gloves
form: dropping the gloves
form: dropped the gloves
form: dropped the gloves
Etymology: From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights.
Senses: examples: text: Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard dropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too.
ref: 2007 March 27, Mike Brophy, “Getting rid of the goons”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 14 Oct 2008:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To fight.
examples: text: But Bradley, who dropped the gloves on Gore in a combative debate Wednesday night and called the vice president chronically dishonest, ignored Sullivan's advice.
ref: 2000 January 30, Thomas DeFrank et al., “George W. & Al Bank on Bubba”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 14 Oct 2008:
glosses: To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.
lowgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of low-grade.
abodements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abodement
adoptedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more adoptedly
form: most adoptedly
Etymology: From adopted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: In a manner of something adopted.
advocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advocations
Etymology: From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson
Senses: glosses: Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
topics: law
glosses: The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
Derived terms: advocational
Related terms: avocation
advocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advocation
affied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of affy
Allhallowmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Alhalwemesse, from Old English ealra hālgena mæsse, from eall + halga + mæsse; literally, “the mass of all the saints”.
By surface analysis, all + hallow (“saint, holy person”) + -mas (“mass, church festival, holiday”); compare Christmas, Marymas / Marymass, and Michaelmas.
Senses: glosses: All Saints' Day.
allottery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allotteries
Etymology: From allot + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: [A]llow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 60-63:
glosses: An allotment, a portion, an allocation.
allotteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allottery
Almain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/
Forms: form: Almayne
Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
Senses: examples: text: The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge.
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
text: The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter.
ref: 1994, Marianne Constable, The Law of the Other, page 162:
glosses: Germany.
Almain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/
Forms: form: Almains
form: Almayne
Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
Senses: examples: text: Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 31:
glosses: A German.
glosses: A kind of dance. See allemande.
Almain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/
Forms: form: more Almain
form: most Almain
form: Almayne
Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
Senses: examples: text: Fauſtus theſe bookes thy wit and our experience / Shall make all nations to canonize vs, / As Indian Mooꝛes obey their Spaniſh Loꝛds, / So ſhall the ſubiects of euery element / Be alwaies ſeruiceable to vs thꝛée, / Like Lyons ſhall they guard vs when we pleaſe, / Like Almaine Rutters with their hoꝛſemens ſtaues, / Oꝛ Lapland Gyants trotting by our ſides, / Sometimes like women, oꝛ vnwedded maides, / Shadowing moꝛe beautie in their ayrie bꝛowes, / Then in their white bꝛeaſts of the queene of Loue: […]
ref: 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [A4], recto:
glosses: German.
Derived terms: almond-furnace
Related terms: almain rivet
anticly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anticly
form: most anticly
form: antickly
Etymology: From antic + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an odd or grotesque manner.
araise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: araises
form: araising
form: araised
form: araised
Etymology: From a- + raise.
Senses: examples: text: A medicine […] whose simple touch
 Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: To raise.
arrivance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arrive + -ance.
Senses: glosses: Arrival
assemblance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assemblances
form: assemblaunce
Senses: examples: text: [C]are I for the limbe, the thevves, the ſtature, bulke and big aſſemblance of a man: giue me the ſpirit […]
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
examples: text: […] A rout of people farre away; / To whom his courſe he haſtily applide, / To weete the cauſe of their aſſemblaunce wide.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 230:
glosses: An assembling; assemblage.
assemblances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assemblance
assubjugate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assubjugates
form: assubjugating
form: assubjugated
form: assubjugated
Senses: glosses: To bring into subjection.
attainture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attaintures
Etymology: From Medieval Latin attinctūra, used to translate Old French ateint, from Vulgar Latin *attinctus (perfect passive participle of Latin attingō).
Senses: examples: text: […] thus, I fear, at last
Hume’s knavery will be the duchess’ wreck,
And her attainture will be Humphrey’s fall:
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: 1637, Philemon Holland (translator), Britain, or A Chorographicall Description […] by William Camden, London: George Latham, “The O-Neales, and their rebellions in our time,” p. 122,
The title and place of Earle of Tir-Oen was presently granted: but as touching the inheritance, considering that upon the forfaiture and attainture of Shan O-Neale the Kings of England were invested therein, the matter was referred unto Queene Elizabeth:
synonyms: attainder
attaintment
condemnation
glosses: A state of being found guilty of an offence.
examples: text: […] you may come,
And take more strickt directions from his highnesse,
Then he thinkes fit his letters should containe,
Without the least attainture of your valure;
ref: 1608, George Chapman, The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, London: Thomas Thorppe, act III, scene 1:
text: […] they must dig up the good name of these prime worthies […] and brand them as the Papists did thir bodies; and those thir pure unblamable spirits, which live not only in heaven, but in thir writings, they must attaint with new attaintures which no Protestant ever before aspers’t them with.
ref: 1644, John Milton, “To the Parliament”, in The Judgement of Martin Bucer […] now Englisht, London:
synonyms: attainder
disgrace
glosses: Imputation of dishonour.
examples: text: […] if the infirmitie b[e] old and dangerous, or if there b[e] any attainture in the Lungs or L[i]uer […]
ref: 1630, Gervase Markham, “Another Receipt for any extraordinary Cold, dry Cough, or pursicknesse in a Horse […] ”, in Markhams Faithfull Farrier, London: Michael Sparke, page 68:
text: But because there is but one Truth, and one perfection, I will, under the description of the perfect Horse, that is untainted, shew all the imperfections and attaintures, that either nature or mischance can put upon the Horse of greatest deformity.
ref: 1676, John Halfpenny, “General Observations, Helps and advertisements, for any man when he goeth about to buy an Horse”, in The Gentlemans Jockey, London: Hen. Twyford and Nath. Brook, page 34:
synonyms: disease
glosses: Unhealthy bodily condition.
Related terms: attaint
attaintures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attainture
attemptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more attemptable
form: most attemptable
Etymology: From attempt + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
Derived terms: unattemptable
atwain
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtweɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: From a- + twain.
Senses: examples: text: [S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […]
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 292, column 1:
text: Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]
ref: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “To—”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: […] a much wider valley into which a great reef of rocks thrust out from the high mountain, so that the northern half of the said vale was nigh cleft atwain by it;
ref: 1896, William Morris, chapter 11, in The Well at the World’s End, volume 2, London: Longmans, Green, page 55:
text: You must believe me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.”
ref: 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 295:
synonyms: word: apart
word: asunder
word: in twain
word: in two
word: apart
word: asunder
word: half and half
word: in sunder
word: piecemeal
glosses: Into two parts.
augurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augurers
Etymology: From augur + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of augur.
synonyms: word: augur
augurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augurer
avouching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that he never went out of his Cell; though both Cambridge and Rome pretend to his habitation.
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Durham”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 293:
glosses: present participle and gerund of avouch
avouched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of avouch
avouches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of avouch
banisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banishers
Etymology: From banish + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who banishes.
banishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banisher
barbermonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbermongers
Etymology: From barber + monger, literally "one who frequents the barber's shop."
Senses: examples: text: Ile make a sop oth' Moonshine of you, you whoreson, Culyenly barbermonger, draw.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 292, column 1:
text: Those who live in this century, have an invincible antipathy to every thing natural an original, and I call for nothing else in justification of this, than any girl of fifteen, and boy of twenty, within hearing of this place--only look at the paint on her cheeks, and observe his dress, the poor girl stands trembling with cold, (nothing under heavens on but a little muslin hardly decent in appearance !) and he! an unmannerly barber-monger, has all her cloths stuffed into his 'neckerchief! Ah, young man, you need not try to stick your hair up, only look in the glass, and if it don't go up itself, I'm very much mistaken.
ref: Nov. 20, 1802. "The Censor" in the "Original Essays." section of Boston Weekly Magazine, No. IV, Vol. I., p. 13 co. 2
synonyms: word: metrosexual
word: popinjay
word: barbermonger
word: beau
word: blade
word: blood
word: buck
word: carpet knight
word: cockscomb
word: dandy
word: dike
word: dood
word: dude
word: dudelet
word: exquisite
word: fashionable
word: fast man
word: fine gentleman
word: fop
word: foretop
word: fribble
word: gallant
word: go
word: jack-a-dandy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: jetter
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: metrosexual
word: mignon
word: petit maître
word: popinjay
word: pretty boy
word: prig
word: puss-gentleman
word: smart
word: spark
word: spiff
word: swell
word: tippy
word: toff
glosses: A fop; a dandy.
barbermongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbermonger
bastardizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bastardize
bastardizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastardizings
Senses: glosses: The act or process by which something is bastardized.
bastardizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bastardize
bawdry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bawdries
form: baw'ry
Senses: glosses: The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
glosses: Illicit intercourse; fornication.
examples: text: [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 26:
text: Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly gone mad erotically—a thing compared to which Falstaff's unbeglamored drinking and drabbing is respectable and rightminded.
ref: 1901, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Three Plays for Puritans”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], →OCLC, page xxix:
glosses: Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
burgomasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgomaster
butcherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊtʃəli/
Forms: form: more butcherly
form: most butcherly
Etymology: From butcher + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Alexander comming to the Ocean of India, cast in favour of Thetis many great rich vessels of gold into the Sea, replenishing moreover her Altars with a butcherly slaughter, not onely of innocent beasts, but of men[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun.
ref: 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 1, in Have His Carcase:
glosses: Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Derived terms: butcherliness
butcherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊtʃəli/
Forms: form: more butcherly
form: most butcherly
Etymology: From butcher + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
burdenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burdenous
form: most burdenous
Etymology: From burden + -ous.
Senses: examples: ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book BUT STILL THE TYRANT STERNELY AT HIM LAYD, / AND DID HIS YRON AXE SO NIMBLY WIELD, / THAT MANY WOUNDS INTO HIS FLESH IT MADE, / AND WITH HIS BURDENOUS BLOWES HIM SORE DID OUERLADE., Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 12:
glosses: Heavy; oppressive.
bug-bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bug-bear
aediles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aedile
canakin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkænəkɪn/
Forms: form: canakins
form: canikin
form: cannakin
form: cannikin
form: kannakin
Etymology: From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin.
Senses: examples: text: And let me the canakin clink, clink;
And let me the canakin clink
A soldier's a man;
A life's but a span;
Why, then, let a soldier drink.
Some wine, boys!
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 84, in Moby Dick:
text: That our Dutchman was a gay fellow, who loved, to clink the canakin and spend his leisure in social jollification, his face and art most royally proclaim.
ref: 1935 December 7, The Herald, Melbourne, page 37, column 5:
glosses: A little can or cup.
canakins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canakin
fleshment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flesh + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
EV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: E.V.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of English Version (of the Bible)
glosses: Abbreviation of Early Version (of the Wycliffite Bible)
EV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVs
form: E.V.
Senses: examples: text: But compared with gasoline or diesel-powered cars and trucks, E.V.s also require special or seriously modified components, and out-of-the-ordinary mechanical and physical attention (or inattention, as we’ll see below).
ref: 2021 February 4, Stephen Williams, “E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors …”, in The New York Times:
text: Despite progress towards a 2045 zero-emission goal, the high price of EVs has created a headache for governments[.]
ref: 2023 August 26, Ajit Niranjan, “Europe hits roadblocks in the race to switch to electric cars”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
text: The automakers are pleased with the slower ramp-up. "Moderating the pace of EV adoption in 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 was the right call because it prioritizes more reasonable electrification targets in the next few (very critical) years of the EV transition.
ref: 2024 March 20, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “New EPA, DOE fuel regs give automakers longer to reduce CO₂ emissions”, in Ars Technica:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of electric vehicle (a type of road vehicle).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of extracellular vesicle.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Initialism of expected value.
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of estradiol valerate.
Hypernyms: english: low emissions vehicle
translation: low emissions vehicle
word: LEV
Hyponyms: english: battery electric vehicle
translation: battery electric vehicle
word: BEV
english: fuel cell electric vehicle
translation: fuel cell electric vehicle
word: FCEV
english: fuel cell vehicle
translation: fuel cell vehicle
word: FCV
english: hybrid electric vehicle
translation: hybrid electric vehicle
word: HEV
english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
translation: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
word: PHEV
english: zero emissions vehicle
translation: zero emissions vehicle
word: ZEV
Derived terms: english: battery electric vehicle
translation: battery electric vehicle
word: BEV
english: fuel cell electric vehicle
translation: fuel cell electric vehicle
word: FCEV
english: hybrid electric vehicle
translation: hybrid electric vehicle
word: HEV
english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
translation: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
word: PHEV
english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with long electric range
translation: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with long electric range
word: PHEVLER
Related terms: english: ultra low emissions vehicle
translation: ultra low emissions vehicle
word: ULEV
cheveril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheverils
Senses: glosses: Soft leather made of kid skin.
cheveril
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made of cheveril; pliant.
leapling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliplɪŋ/
Forms: form: leaplings
Etymology: From leap + -ling (from leap year).
Senses: glosses: Someone born on a leap day, the 29th of February.
everything and the kitchen sink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.
demagoguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demagogue
demagogued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demagogue
decors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decor
zucchinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zucchini
showmance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showmances
Etymology: Blend of show + romance
Senses: examples: text: I notoriously fell for my leading man. I really did. By the third or fourth leading man I said "No, Mom, it's real. I love him. I know it is sort of like a pattern but I love him." There is legitimacy to a showmance."
ref: 2004, David Wienir, Jodie Langel, Making It on Broadway: Actors' Tales of Climbing to the Top, New York, Allworth Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 115:
text: Eventually the tale of a stagehand who seemed to be separated from his housebound wife, but, oddly, not when she came to visit, seemed more amusing than appalling, and I learned not to wince at the various (sometimes painfully) young women who arrived breathless and eager for a Showmance—whether or not there was a wife in the background. [sic]
ref: 2005, Jane Ganahl, Single Woman of a Certain Age: 29 Women Writers on the Unmarried Midlife—Romantic Escapades, Empty Nests, Shifting Shapes, and Serene Independence, New World Library, →ISBN, page 161:
text: In addition to mud-slinging, deception and drama, showmance is one aspect that makes reality television so addicting.
ref: 2008, David Lyle quoted in "Love is in the Air This Valentine’s Day When Fox Reality Channel Premieres 'The Top 25 Hottest Reality Showmances,'" Business Wire, February 11, 2008, 09:00 AM EST, (article)
glosses: A romance between cast members or production crew of a play or television show (often reality shows) which only lasts the duration of the show, or its filming.
zests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zest
zests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zest
haciendas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hacienda
haemophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemophiliacs
form: hemophiliac
Etymology: From haemo- + -philiac.
Senses: glosses: A person with haemophilia.
Related terms: haemophilic
haemophiliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemophiliac
prevalant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prevalent.
galactocerebroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactocerebrosides
Etymology: From galacto- + cerebroside.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cerebroside in which the sugar component is galactose
galactolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactolipids
Etymology: From galacto- + lipid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycolipid in which the sugar component is galactose
Derived terms: lysogalactolipid
galactosphingolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosphingolipids
Etymology: From galacto- + sphingolipid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose
galactosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˌlaktəs(ʌ)ɪlˈtɹanzfəɹeɪz/
Forms: form: galactosyltransferases
form: galactosyl transferase
Etymology: From galactosyl + transferase.
Senses: examples: text: The gene is the recipe for galactosyl transferase, an enzyme, i.e. a protein with the ability to catalyse a chemical reaction.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities.
kittle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kittles
form: kittling
form: kittled
form: kittled
form: kittel
Etymology: From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.
Senses: glosses: To tickle, to touch lightly.
Derived terms: kittlish
kittle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: kittler
form: kittlest
form: kittel
Etymology: From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.
Senses: glosses: Ticklish.
synonyms: troublesome
difficult
variable
glosses: Not easily managed
Derived terms: kittle cattle
kittle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kittles
form: kittling
form: kittled
form: kittled
Etymology: From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit + -le.
Senses: glosses: To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
Related terms: kitling
ganglioside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gangliosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several galactocerebrosides found in the surface membranes of nerve cells.
Derived terms: antiganglioside
gangliosidic
gangliosidosis
lysoganglioside
monoganglioside
monosialoganglioside
sialoganglioside
kittles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kittle
kittling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kittle
kittling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kittlings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kitling.
glutathione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡluːtəˈθaɪəʊn/
Forms: form: glutathiones
Etymology: From gluta- + thione.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tripeptide formed from glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine, that is active in many biological redox reactions.
Synonyms: word: GSH
Derived terms: word: deglutathionylation
word: diglutathione
word: formylglutathione
word: glutathiol
english: GSHPX
translation: GSHPX
word: glutathione peroxidase
word: glutathionuria
word: glutathionyl
word: GSH
word: homoglutathione
word: nonglutathione
word: trypanothione
kittled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kittle
kittler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of kittle: more kittle
kittlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of kittle: most kittle
binzuke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bintsuke.
glycosylphosphatidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycosyl + phosphatidyl.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many radicals derived from glycolipids
Synonyms: glycophosphatidyl