cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sensated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sensate
sensates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sensate
Bizantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bizantine
form: most Bizantine
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Byzantine.
Pipil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈpiːl/
other: /piˈpiːl/
Etymology: Presumably from Classical Nahuatl pīpiltin, plural of pilli (“noble; child”).
Senses: glosses: The Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.
glosses: A group of people indigenous to western El Salvador.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Pipil terms
oneirocritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oneirocritical
form: most oneirocritical
form: oneirocritic
Etymology: Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós) (from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “able to discern”)) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: oneirocritical literature
text: he may employ himself a while in that new kind of observation which my oneirocritical correspondent has directed him to make of himself.
ref: 1714 October 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, September 22, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 597; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to the interpretation of dreams.
Derived terms: oneirocritically
leveeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of levee
inkled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inkle
inkles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inkle
applauseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From applause + -less.
Senses: examples: text: the normal applauseless life of us all
ref: 1986, Richard Ford, The Sportswriter:
text: Then, tearless and laughless and, most damningly for a woman still stretching for girlhood, applauseless, I realize the other reason I had hysterics.
ref: 2005, Emma Forrest, Cherries In The Snow, page 206:
glosses: Devoid of applause.
musers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muser
organed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of organ
introversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of introversion
extroversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extroversion
derogators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derogator
noniterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + iterable.
Senses: glosses: Not iterable.
e-catalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-catalogues
Etymology: From e- + catalogue.
Senses: glosses: A catalogue in electronic format.
e-catalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-catalogue
nonresidency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonresidencies
Etymology: From non- + residency.
Senses: glosses: Lack of residency; not living in a specified area.
nonresidencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonresidency
nonmoderns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmodern
nonreceipt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreceipts
Etymology: From non- + receipt.
Senses: examples: text: Senior management should establish procedures to evaluate nonreceipts of payments and to alert all concerned parties to potential problem situations.
ref: 1998, Robert C. Effros, Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V:
glosses: Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
nonreceipts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonreceipt
nonstyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonstyles
Etymology: From non- + style.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the findings of recent critics, who have taken issue with the word, disputing its appropriateness to realism, this perception of the characteristic style of realism as a nonstyle has nevertheless been hard to dislodge.
ref: 1995, Lilian R. Furst, All Is True: The Claims and Strategies of Realist Fiction, page 147:
text: Dada and Surrealism and other nonstyles
ref: 1999, Amelia Jones, Andrew Stephenson, Performing the body/performing the text, page 144:
text: His nonstyle is painfully evident when he is less than inspired: the "Faust" overture: empty bombast; the Wesendonck-Lieder: empty sentimentality.
ref: 2002, John Hargraves, Music in the works of Broch, Mann, and Kafka, page 52:
text: A laissez-faire style, characterized by passive indifference about the task and subordinates, is essentially a nonstyle.
ref: 2008, Montgomery Van Wart, Leadership in Public Organizations: An Introduction, page 274:
text: The novel reveals its contradictory theory of representation when the narrator, describing the young Evadne's notebook, praises its style as a nonstyle[…]
ref: 2012, Zarena Aslami, The Dream Life of Citizens, page 141:
glosses: That which is not a style; lack of style.
nonstyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonstyle
nonmodernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + modernity.
Senses: glosses: Lack of modernity; the quality of not being modern.
headscarved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: headscarfed
Senses: glosses: Wearing a headscarf.
headscarfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: headscarved
Etymology: From headscarf + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Among the first to arrive is a headscarfed mother with teenage sons from Tyre, whose house was destroyed in an Israeli strike.
ref: 2024 October 29, Scott Peterson, “In Israel-Hezbollah war, a rising cry from Lebanese: Why were we bombed?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Wearing a headscarf.
nonmoderates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmoderate
nonrancid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rancid.
Senses: glosses: Not rancid.
nonrandomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + randomizing.
Senses: glosses: Not using randomization.
nonrandomization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + randomization.
Senses: glosses: Lack of randomization.
nonpar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: With a nonpar policy, the company fixes a premium rate it figures will be high enough to finance all the policy's guarantees and low enough to be competitive. And then it must stick with that rate.
ref: 1972 May, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 26, number 5, page 36:
topics: business
finance
glosses: nonparticipating
e-governance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + governance or e-govern + -ance.
Senses: glosses: The use of computer technology in governance.
e-education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-ducation
Etymology: From e- + education.
Senses: glosses: Education assisted by computer technology.
Related terms: e-learning
e-kiosk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-kiosks
Etymology: From e- + kiosk.
Senses: glosses: A kiosk offering information or services by means of a computer screen.
e-kiosks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-kiosk
resignify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resignifies
form: resignifying
form: resignified
form: resignified
Etymology: From re- + signify.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, sometimes leatherdykes resignify sexed bodily zones.
ref: 2002, Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay, Sexualities in history: a reader, page 428:
glosses: To give a new signification to.
resignifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resignify
resignifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resignify
resignified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resignify
leatherdyke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛðɚˌdaɪk/
ipa: /ˈlɛðəˌdaɪk/
Forms: form: leatherdykes
Etymology: From leather + dyke.
Senses: examples: text: […] I began exploring SM and participating in leatherdyke friendship circles and community structures, primarily in Los Angeles.
ref: 1997, Phillip Brian Harper, Jose Esteban Munoz, Trish Rosen, Queer Transexions of Race, Nation, and Gender:
text: Furthermore, sometimes leatherdykes resignify sexed bodily zones.
ref: 2002, Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay, Sexualities in history: a reader, page 428:
text: Is it now the children who take precedence, and anyhow, why are leatherdykes, drag queens, radical faeries, and motorcycle dykes offensive on any level?
ref: 2008, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, page 103:
glosses: A female homosexual involved in BDSM practices.
Related terms: leatherman
leathersex
leatherdykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leatherdyke
inhabitancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhabitancy
inhabitance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inhabitances
Senses: examples: text: Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance.
ref: 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of inhabitancy.
inhabitances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhabitance
browsings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of browsing
interceders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interceder
seave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: seaves
Etymology: From Old Norse sef, whence also Danish siv, Icelandic sef and Swedish säv (“club-rush”).
Senses: glosses: A rush (the plant).
glosses: A wick made from this plant.
seaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seave
niggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggy
cascadingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cascadingly
form: most cascadingly
Etymology: From cascading + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cascade; as if falling one after the other.
subattribute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subattributes
Etymology: From sub- + attribute.
Senses: glosses: A lesser or secondary attribute.
submethod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submethods
Etymology: From sub- + method.
Senses: glosses: A method or technique used as part of another method.
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A method in a subclass that overrides the corresponding method in its superclass.
subattributes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subattribute
submethods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submethod
redolency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redolencies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redolence.
redolencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redolency
affirmants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affirmant
breaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bream
breamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bream
hosteller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒstələ/
ipa: /ˈhɑstəlɚ/
Forms: form: hostellers
form: hosteler
Etymology: Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who keeps a hostel or inn.
examples: text: A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:
glosses: A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
hostellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hosteller
respondentias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respondentia
reshaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reshapers
Etymology: From reshape + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which reshapes.
reshapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reshaper
egressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egression
leams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leam
gastightness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gastight + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being gastight.
floricomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin flos, floris (“flower”) + coma (“hair”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the head adorned with flowers.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a certain kind of ovipositor, characteristic of the Cnephasiini, consisting of papillae anales with a section of flat-headed setae.
christener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: christeners
Etymology: From christen + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who christens.
christeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of christener
extirpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extirper
diaphoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diaphoretical
form: most diaphoretical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diaphoretic.
Dansker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danskers
Etymology: From Danish dansker.
Senses: examples: text: Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: He was an old Dansker long anglicized in the service […]
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: A Dane.
Danskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dansker
calid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkælɪd/
rhymes: -ælɪd
Forms: form: more calid
form: most calid
Etymology: From Latin calidus (“hot”), from caleō (“I am warm or hot; glow”) + -idus, from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Cognate with Italian calido (“hot”), French chaud (“warm, hot”), Portuguese cálido (“warm”), and Spanish cálido (“warm”).
Senses: examples: text: As the flaming / Pit of damnation deep expands its jaws / Of liquid fire! throwing its curly waves / Of calid flames, and smoke of sulph'rous fumes, / O'er the deep gulf of woe! I hear the lost / Spirit shriek, but shriek in vain!
ref: 1874, Roswell Rice, “Descant on Time and Immortality”, in An Oration on Messiah's Kingdom and Descant on Time and Immortality: With a Variety of Poetry on Moral and Religious Subjects, Albany, N.Y.: Munsell, page 451:
text: Few States possess a territorial patrimony like that of Argentina, with all the climatic and all the physical conditions required to meet the necessities of a civilized people. Within its frontiers every climate is met with, from the most calid to the coldest.
ref: 1919, Carlos A. Tornquist, The Economic Development of the Argentine Republic in the Last Fifty Years, Buenos Aires: Ernesto Tornquist Co., Limited, page XVII:
text: The great abundance of limestone, and the conditions of a wet and calid weather, have determined a wide distribution of carsic manifestations (caves, rounded-summit hills, hills, lapies, etc.)
ref: 1982 September 12, “Archipelago Consists Of Over 1,600 Islands”, in The Japan Times, number 30054, Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
text: He walked through to Caitlin's bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he smelled her light perfume and the calid closeness of a room where a woman had slept the night.
ref: 1993, Joe Donnelly, Still Life, London […]: Century, →ISBN, page 419:
text: A calid sun, just risen, cast a fiery glow over the House of Nevisanus.
ref: 2001, Jacqueline Heath Hume, The House of Nevisanus, Seattle, W.A.: Hara Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 118:
text: Eliot, happening by to find out what progress they were making, enquired with characteristic politeness whether their conversation was of a private nature or whether, if it were general, he might be accorded the pleasure of joining in. 'Certainly you may,' said Keats civilly, 'we're just shooting the bries.' Eliot whimpered dimly in the calid afternoon.
ref: 2008, Tom Mathews, “Not with a Bang”, in Keats and Chapman, Dublin: New Island Books, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: Warm, hot.
Related terms: calidarium
calidity
instillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instiller
instillations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instillation
Carlovingian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː.ləˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/
ipa: /kɑɹ.ləˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiən
Etymology: From French carlovingien.
Senses: examples: text: Charlemagne belonged to the Carlovingian race of kings
glosses: Relating to or descended from Frankish dynasty of Charles Martel; Carolingian.
Carlovingian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː.ləˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/
ipa: /kɑɹ.ləˈvɪn.dʒi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiən
Forms: form: Carlovingians
Etymology: From French carlovingien.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Frankish dynasty of Charles Martel; a Carolingian.
decolorants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decolorant
idlesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdləs/
Senses: examples: text: All which my daies I haue not lewdly spent,
Nor spilt the blossome of my tender yeares
In ydlesse.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 378:
text: A maiden was seated apart from her companion, the very flowers scattered neglected by her side; but it was obvious that idlesse—that first sweet symptom of love—was pleasanter than her graceful task; for the colour was rich upon her cheek, and the smile parted her scarce conscious lips.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 143:
text: Next a lover, with a dream
’Neath his waking eyelids hidden;
And a frequent sigh unbidden'
And an idlesse all the day
Beside a wandering stream;
ref: 1838, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Earth and her Praisers”, in The Seraphim, and Other Poems, London: Saunders & Otley, page 242:
glosses: idleness
endangerest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: endanger + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of endanger
endangereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: endanger + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endanger
idleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: idle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of idle
nasopalatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From naso- + palatal.
Senses: glosses: nasopalatine
pantalooned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pantaloon + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in pantaloons.
anorexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anorexies
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of anorexia.
tête-de-pont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: têtes-de-pont
Etymology: Borrowed from French tête de pont (“head of a bridge”).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a bridgehead.
têtes-de-pont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: plural of tête-de-pont
alkalescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkalescences
form: alkalescency
Senses: glosses: A tendency to become alkaline.
examples: text: Rectified wood vinegar has been successfully employed by Klaatsch, Teufel, and Schubarth, in the gelatinous softening of the stomach with a disposition to alkalescence
ref: 1838, Alexander Ure, A Practical Compendium of the Materia Medica:
glosses: The state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominate.
magistratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magistratic
form: most magistratic
Etymology: From magistrate + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magistratical.
Tenebrae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnəˌbɹeɪ/
/ˈtɛnəˌbɹiː/
Forms: form: Tenebræ
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrae (“shadows, darkness”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Christian religious service celebrated by the Western Church on the evening before or early morning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, involving the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited.
recuperatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recuperatory
form: most recuperatory
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recuperatorius.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to recuperation; tending to recovery.
pentiments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentiment
paila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pailas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish paila. Doublet of patella.
Senses: glosses: An earthenware bowl used as a plate in parts of South America.
Christmascard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmascards
Senses: examples: text: Arthritis? Could this be any more like a Christmascard update: And Billy finished swimming lessons, and Todd knocked up his girlfriend, and Aunt Louise had her bunions removed.
ref: 2011, Gayle Forman, Where She Went, Dutton Books, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Christmas card.
Christmascards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmascard
birthdaycard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthdaycards
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of birthday card.
birthdaycards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthdaycard
sideglance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sideglances
form: sideglancing
form: sideglanced
form: sideglanced
Etymology: From side + glance.
Senses: glosses: To quickly look at something to the side, usually without turning one's head; to glance sidelong.
sideglance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideglances
Etymology: From side + glance.
Senses: glosses: A quick look at something to the side, usually without turning one's head, a sidelong glance.
sideglances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideglance
sideglances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sideglance
sideglancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sideglance
sideglanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sideglance
fustilug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fustilugs
Etymology: From fusty + lug, suggesting something heavy to be drawn or carried.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fustilugs.
southrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southron
get ahead of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets ahead of oneself
form: getting ahead of oneself
form: got ahead of oneself
form: got ahead of oneself
form: gotten ahead of oneself
Senses: examples: text: Montgomerie suspected he was getting ahead of himself. "I think I am thinking about next week too much," he said.
ref: 1997 July 12, Andy Farrell, “Sport: Fulke's 12 birdies fail to fell Lehman”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 25 Jul 2012:
text: "I felt like she plays just one shot at a time. She never gets ahead of herself."
ref: 1998 July 28, Ira Berkow, “GOLF: Raised To Be A Champion; Father's Firm Push Sent Pak To the Top of Women's Golf”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Jul 2012:
text: The eager American warriors were getting ahead of themselves. The Allies had neither the troops nor the landing craft needed to carry out Operation Sledgehammer or Roundup or the other code-named plans.
ref: 2001 June 24, Bruce W. Nelan, “Cover/D-Day”, in Time:
glosses: To focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.
examples: text: Channel 4 News's Samira Ahmed rather got ahead of herself when she told viewers on Saturday afternoon that Liverpool had beaten Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final-even thought it was still 90 minutes away from kick-off.
ref: 2006 April 28, “Media Monkey: Channel 4's crystal ball”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 25 Jul 2012:
text: “Frankly,” he said in a moment, “I think the chief constable has got ahead of himself on this one. There's no real evidence the man was murdered.”
ref: 2007, Cassandra Chan, Village Affairs, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Mother sometimes got ahead of herself and didn't think things through.
ref: 2011, Ann Evans, Dream Baby, →ISBN:
glosses: To develop an opinion based on insufficient information or to take action prematurely.
examples: text: She talked so excitedly that she got ahead of herself and looked bewildered and cried out, "What was I saying?"
ref: 1951, Tennessee Williams, “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and Coffin”, in John Updike, Katrina Kennison, editors, The Best American Short Stories of the Century, published 2000, →ISBN, page 316:
text: I think he just got ahead of himself in telling first of the arrest of John, then jumped back to the earlier baptism of Jesus.
ref: 2005, Christopher B. Sanford, Matthew: Christian Rabbi, →ISBN, page 64:
text: People often interrupt themselves mid-sentence. Why? Perhaps they're excited over something and get ahead of themselves as they speak.
ref: 2011, Laura Schellhardt, Screenwriting for Dummies, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: To speak or write in a manner in which one makes points out of logical or chronological sequence.
Related terms: jump the gun
talk out of turn
file-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file-cards
form: file card
Etymology: From file (“cutting and smoothing tool”) + card (“material with embedded wire bristles”).
Senses: glosses: Material with embedded wire teeth used for cleaning files; card-clothing
glosses: A tool for removing debris from between the teeth of a file.
Related terms: teasel
selfline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selflines
Etymology: From self + line.
Senses: glosses: A consumer product (especially confectionery) consisting of many identical items within a single package, such as chocolate buttons.
Coordinate terms: countline
selflines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selfline
countinghouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countinghouse
minigolfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minigolfers
Senses: glosses: One who plays minigolf.
minigolfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minigolfer
file card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: file cards
form: file-card
Senses: glosses: A tool for removing debris from between the teeth of a file.
glosses: A card used as part of a file system.
shroud-laid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shroud + laid.
Senses: glosses: Composed of four strands, twisted clockwise around a central core that provides additional strength.
raw_tags: of rope
Related terms: cable-laid
hawser-laid
shroud knot
card-clothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Wire card used to cover the cylinders and slats of a carding-machine and for other purposes.
Related terms: file-card
ticket designator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticket designators
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: a code on airline tickets to indicate what type of discount is applied, such as for a child or infant, or airline employee.
saxonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxonites
Etymology: From Saxon + -ite?
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.
saxonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxonite
ridottoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridotto
riebeckites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riebeckite
pleurodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleuro- + -odont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones
Derived terms: pleurodonty
subpleurodont
Related terms: thecodont
acrodont
pleurodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurodonts
Etymology: From pleuro- + -odont.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any reptile with teeth of this kind.
pleurodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurodont
scutibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scute + -i- + branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata)
scutibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scutibranchiates
Etymology: From scute + -i- + branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the Scutibranchiata.
scutibranchiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scutibranchiate
wire cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fabric of woven metallic wire.
Related terms: hardware cloth
mesh
peregrinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peregrinator
wirecloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wirecloths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wire cloth.
wirecloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wirecloth
mentoree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mentorees
Etymology: From mentor + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One being mentored.
Synonyms: mentee
mentorees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mentoree
oneirocriticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oneiro- + criticism.
Senses: synonyms: oneirocritics
glosses: dream interpretation
e-catalog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-catalogs
Etymology: From e- + catalog.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-catalogue.
e-brochure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-brochures
Etymology: From e- + brochure.
Senses: glosses: A brochure in electronic format.
e-catalogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-catalog
e-brochures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-brochure
gloamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloaming
pathoclitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pathoclisis.
pathobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pathobiology
pathobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathobiologists
Etymology: From patho- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies pathobiology.
pathobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathobiologist
pathnames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathname
unshamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshamed
form: most unshamed
Etymology: From un- + shamed.
Senses: examples: text: [Oscar] Wilde, being a first-class subversive, implies that the Wicked Lady, an unshamed adventureress and serial lover, ought be admired for the courage of her convictions: by contrast he mocks the aristocrats as immoralists desperate to be caught in a good light.
ref: 2002 February 22, Nicholas de Jongh, “Escapist pleasure as Vanessa and Joely share stage”, in Evening Standard, London, page 7:
glosses: Not shamed.
Synonyms: unashamed
get one over on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one over on
form: getting one over on
form: got one over on
form: got one over on
form: gotten one over on
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put one over.
organographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: organographical
Etymology: Compare French organographique.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to organography.
matadore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matadores
Senses: glosses: Dated form of matador.
anomalistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anomalistical
form: most anomalistical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anomalistic.
coadjutress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coadjutresses
form: coadjutrix
Etymology: From coadjutor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female coadjutor or assistant.
coadjutresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coadjutress
coadjutrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coadjutrix
coadjutrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coadjutrix
coadminister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coadministers
form: coadministering
form: coadministered
form: coadministered
Etymology: From co- + administer.
Senses: synonyms: coadministrate
glosses: To administer (a drug, etc.) along with another material.
Related terms: coadministration
coadministers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coadminister
coadministering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coadminister
demilunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demilune
lookings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of looking
Islamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Islamite
earl marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earl marshals
form: earls marshal
Senses: glosses: A hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom, responsible for state funerals and coronations.
fumidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fumid + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being fumid or smoky.
vaticinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaticinator
gitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Likely from gotch.
Senses: qualifier: Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Manitoba
glosses: Underwear.
Related terms: ginch
gonch
gonchies
gotch
gotchies
stereochemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo- + chemic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to stereochemistry
postorbitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postorbital
recapitulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recapitulator
impellents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impellent
Guelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Forms: form: Guelfs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Guelph.
Guelfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guelf
overloops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overloop
overloops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overloop
Shafiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shafiites
Etymology: From Shafi'i + -ite, from the founder's name.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence.
Shafiites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shafiite
Hmongic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hmongic
form: most Hmongic
Etymology: From Hmong + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Hmong people.
glosses: Relating to Hmongic, the language family
Hmongic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hmong + -ic.
Senses: glosses: An internally diverse language family spoken in southwest China including, among others, the languages Hmong, Bunu, Hmu, and Qo Xiong.
Cliffordian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cliffordian
form: most Cliffordian
Etymology: From Clifford + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), English mathematician and philosopher.
interjoining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interjoin
interjoined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interjoin
interjoins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interjoin
interkinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to interkinesis.
Peruvianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Peruvian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Peruvian.
olfactories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olfactory
co-hosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-host
co-hosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of co-host
co-hosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of co-host
co-hosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of co-host
VUSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvuːzə/
rhymes: -uːzə
Forms: form: VUSAs
Etymology: Modelled on visa?
Senses: examples: text: Thus, both domestic and international competition among U. S. carriers will tend to spread the benefits of attractive VUSAs to all international carriers […]
ref: 1979, Aviation Law Reporter, page 314:
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Abbreviation of visit USA: a type of discounted airfare for travel within the United States that can only be sold outside the USA in conjunction with an international return fare starting outside the USA.
FiOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɪs/
Senses: glosses: Fiber Optic Subscribers
go-show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-shows
Etymology: Blend of go + no-show?
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: The situation where a passenger checks in at an airport in the hope of getting an earlier flight than was reserved.
guaranteed arrival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guaranteed arrivals
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
qualifier: hotel
glosses: A hotel reservation that is either pre-paid or confirmed to a credit card, and will be honoured regardless of how late the guest checks in.
fare basis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fare bases
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: An alphanumeric or alphabetic code used to indicate the type of fare used on an airline ticket, even if the fare is not shown.
Synonyms: fare basis code
fare base
UNCK WT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (on an airline ticket) Abbreviation of unchecked weight.
asymptotic giant branch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The region of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram populated by evolving low to medium-mass stars.
Synonyms: AGB
Derived terms: AGB
asymptotic giant branch star
Kroat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kroats
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Croat.
geosystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geosystems
Etymology: From geo- + system.
Senses: glosses: A geographically localized ecosystem
hydrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hydrochemistry
strokings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stroking
examples: text: […] the rival queens expressed their passion by all the ways in their power: The cook entertained me with choice bits, the dairy-maid with stroakings […]
ref: 1748, Tobias Smollett, chapter 40, in The Adventures of Roderick Random, volume 2, London: J. Osborn, page 34:
glosses: Strippings; the last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
fulmining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fulmine
stockkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockkeepers
Etymology: From stock + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
topics: business
glosses: A person responsible for stock control
Related terms: stockkeeping
stockkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockkeeper
paniolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paniolo
tentwallahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tentwallah
discordancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discordancy
lactific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lækˈtɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more lactific
form: most lactific
form: lactifical
Etymology: From Latin lac, lactis (“milk”) + facere (“to make”).
Senses: examples: text: The necklace of clear rock-crystal, still commonly worn by wet-nurses, is a survival of the belief in the lactific virtue of this variety of limpid quartz.
ref: 2003, E. P. Evans, Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture, page 37:
glosses: Producing or yielding milk.
traditionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traditionist
sibilancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sibilancy
scraffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æfəl
Forms: form: scraffles
form: scraffling
form: scraffled
form: scraffled
Etymology: See scramble. Compare Middle Dutch schraeffelen (“to scrape; sweep; put together”).
Senses: examples: text: he told how he had visited their cousin Margaret in Yorkshire , who was sadly off, scraffling on with a drunken husband and large family
ref: 1812, Author of the two brothers, Scotch Lawsuits:
glosses: To scramble or struggle; to wrangle.
glosses: To be industrious.
scraffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scraffle
scraffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scraffle
scraffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scraffle
teocallis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teocalli
tonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tony
megalopses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalops
idiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From idio- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The study of individuals
Derived terms: idiographic
moderatrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moderatrix
unpeopling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpeople
grenadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grenado
intersectant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Intersecting.
catecholborane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catecholboranes
Etymology: From catechol + borane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organoboron compound derived from catechol and a borane, useful in organic synthesis.
catecholboranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catecholborane
disiamylboranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disiamylborane
chorographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorography
petrographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more petrographical
form: most petrographical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of petrographic.
crush pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crush pens
Senses: qualifier: animal husbandry
glosses: A passage of fence with one narrow end that is used to handle large domestic animals, such as cattle or sheep.
ensilaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensilage
ensilaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensilage
envisagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of envisager
crush pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crush pen
engrossers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engrosser
reposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reposer
animalcular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more animalcular
form: most animalcular
form: animalculine
Etymology: From animalcule + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: In my lecture on Dust and Disease in 1870 , I referred to an experiment made by Helmholtz upon himself which strikingly connected hay fever with animalcular life.
ref: 1871, John Tyndall, Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Lectures, and Reviews:
glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
gobbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobbing
loopie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loopie
form: most loopie
Senses: examples: text: The guidwife had repeatedly given Peter the hint to throw the shawl into the bed, as it would be there concealed till the husband was gone; but Peter, the loopie — for who ever saw a packman that was not loopie? — began to think that he might manage to carry off both shawl and buckles […]
ref: 1825, Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother:
glosses: deceitful; cunning; sly
torsoless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From torso + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a torso.
dividents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divident
koori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kooris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koori.
liquated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liquate
taglionis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taglioni
demandants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demandant
bearwards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bearward
ospray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osprays
Senses: glosses: Dated form of osprey.
osprays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ospray
dominionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dominion + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without dominions.