cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
macro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmækɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmækɹəʊ/
Etymology: From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Senses: examples: macronucleus
glosses: large
examples: macrobiotics
glosses: long
examples: macroinstruction
glosses: inclusive
glosses: intensely, extremely, or exceptional
examples: macrosociology, macroanatomy, macrobenthos
glosses: great in scope or scale, to analyse at a high level, or existing in such a frame of reference
examples: macronutrient, macrodose
glosses: large in quantity
Synonyms: word: super-
word: supra-
word: hyper-
word: ultra-
word: uber-
word: arch-
word: over-
word: mega-
word: maxi-
word: giga-
word: -zilla
word: grand
Derived terms: macromere
macroscopic
Related terms: macron
unsophisticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsophisticated
form: most unsophisticated
Etymology: From un- + sophisticated.
Senses: examples: text: The wonder and awe which pervaded Isabella's mind at some periods, the delight she expressed at others, her unsophisticated sentiments, her kind-heartedness, the manner in which (when she was the most moved or charmed) she wished for her sisters to partake her pleasures, were all sources of the sweetest joy to her husband, to whom she was as a dear child whom it was luxury to indulge, and amusement to develop.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:
synonyms: word: artless
word: callow
word: childlike
word: clueless
word: credulous
word: dewy-eyed
word: cute
raw_tags: used ironically
word: fleeceable
word: green
word: guileless
word: ingenuous
word: innocent
word: jejune
word: Panglossian
word: Panglossic
word: quaint
raw_tags: used ironically
word: simple
word: simple-hearted
word: simple-minded
word: starry-eyed
word: unaffected
word: undesigning
word: unpretentious
word: unsophisticated
word: untested
word: unworldly
word: wide-eyed
word: immature
word: born yesterday
word: wet behind the ears
word: virgin
glosses: Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
Derived terms: unsophisticatedly
unsophisticatedness
hillock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪl.ək/
rhymes: -ɪlək
Forms: form: hillocks
Etymology: From Middle English hillok, equivalent to hill + -ock.
Senses: examples: text: As he rounded a hillock, he perceived that the roadway was now a crying mass of wagons, teams, and men.
ref: 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107:
text: With the setting sun sending long shadows loping ahead of them over the smooth hillocks of the downs, they came up with the lagoon; a contentful return home, with appetite brisked up by a ten-mile walk, and plenty of food to satisfy it.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Just upstream of Dryburgh Abbey, a reproduction of a classical Greek temple stands at the top of a wooded hillock on the river’s north bank.
ref: 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A small hill.
Synonyms: toman
Derived terms: axon hillock
hillocked
hillocky
Related terms: hummock
wilted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wilted
form: most wilted
Etymology: From wilt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Drooping, typically due to lack of water.
raw_tags: of plants
wilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wilt + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wilt
organised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more organised
form: most organised
form: organized
Etymology: From organise + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It has been two months since I last checked my feed, during which time Facebook has sent me notifications I didn't sign up for, informing me every time someone posts, and invited me to attend locally organised focus groups.
ref: 2018 June 15, Emma Brockes, “No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of organized.
Derived terms: preorganised
unorganised
organised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: organized
Etymology: From organise + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of organise
Derived terms: organised crime
seeing to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See see to, verb.
Senses: examples: text: […] the weeping landlord of the pub, who I dragged away from the cellar where three of the lads were still giving him a seeing to.
ref: 2012, Ivor Baddiel, Steve Fist, Bottle: The Completely True Story of an Ex-Football Hooligan:
glosses: A beating.
examples: text: When he wants some sex he says, 'You look as if you're in need of a seeing-to,' even though it would be obvious to anyone else that I am not in need of a seeing-to.
ref: 2010, Debby Holt, The Ex-Wife's Survival Guide:
glosses: An act of sexual intercourse.
glosses: A thorough cleanup or repair.
tortillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortilla
shiznit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪznɪt/
Etymology: From shit + -iz-.
Senses: glosses: stuff, things
glosses: (preceded by the) the best of its kind
Synonyms: shit
shiz
shizzle
Goldman roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goldman rolls
Senses: examples: text: Cattle futures settled lower as funds transferred some of their August long positions into October cattle futures on this day three of the five days of the Goldman Roll.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The five-business day period (the 5th through 9th business day of the month proceeding the futures expiration month) when the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is rolled forward (in 20% increments) into the next futures expiration month.
bureaucratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: more bureaucratic
form: most bureaucratic
Etymology: Borrowed from French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”), equivalent to bureaucrat + -ic or bureau + -cratic.
Senses: examples: text: [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.
ref: 2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
text: European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
ref: 2017 December 8, Steven Erlanger, “Brexit Talks Headed for a Second, More Difficult Phase”, in The New York Times:
text: “We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said on Thursday morning.
ref: 2025 March 27, Jessica Glenza, “RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
Derived terms: antibureaucratic
bureaucratical
bureaucratic centralism
bureaucratic inertia
bureaupathic
contrabureaucratic
debureaucratic
extrabureaucratic
multibureaucratic
nonbureaucratic
postbureaucratic
probureaucratic
pro-bureaucratic
technobureaucratic
unbureaucratic
Related terms: bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratese
bureaucratically
administrative
hematemesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematemeses
form: haematemesis
form: hæmatemesis
Etymology: From hemat- + emesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Blood within vomitus; the vomiting of blood.
vomitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: vomitous
Forms: form: vomita
Etymology: From Latin vomitus.
Senses: examples: text: Every observant mother has learned the importance of noting the character of her baby's vomitus, the color of its stools, the evidence of inflation of its stomach, etc.
ref: 1905, Monthly Bulletin, California State Board of Health, page 70:
text: Or, in sorrow, he might have started drinking one night, become intoxicated, vomited, aspirated the vomitus into his lungs, and developed a lung abcess or aspiration pneumonia.
ref: 1991, Eric J Cassell, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, Oxford University Press, page 112:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Vomit (the product of an emesis).
Derived terms: coffee ground vomitus
emetology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From emeto- + -logy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
hard matte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard mattes
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: A technique where the top and bottom of the film frame are masked off in camera, as opposed to soft matte.
soft matte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft mattes
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: A technique where the full frame is filled, and the projectionist is relied upon to matte out the top and bottom of the frame in the theatrical projector.
Related terms: closed matte
open matte
spherical
Super 35
dehiscence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈhɪsəns/
Forms: form: dehiscences
Etymology: From New Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō. By surface analysis, dehisce + -ence.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
glosses: Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
larded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lard
larded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more larded
form: most larded
Senses: glosses: coated or stuffed with fat or strips of bacon etc
Derived terms: unlarded
glaik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glaiks
Senses: glosses: A fool or eccentric person.
Synonyms: sense: fool
word: doofus
word: geck
word: wantwit
word: fool
sense: eccentric person
word: kook
word: odd duck
word: weirdo
word: strange person
Related terms: glaiky
glaikit
haunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɒnt͡ʃ/
note: some accents
ipa: /hɑːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɔnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɑnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːnt͡ʃ
Forms: form: haunches
form: haunce
form: haunse
form: hanch
form: hance
form: hanse
Etymology: From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.
Senses: examples: text: But I had no time to pursue these reflections; for the gray horse came to the door, and made me a sign to follow him into the third room where I saw a very comely mare, together with a colt and foal, sitting on their haunches upon mats of straw, not unartfully made, and perfectly neat and clean.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms):
text: And the rabbit from his path-way
Leaped aside, and at a distance
Sat erect upon his haunches.
ref: 1855 November 10, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “chapter III”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
text: While Heracles, - the thews and cordage of his thighs
Straitened and strained beyond the utmost stretch
From quivering heel to haunch like sweating hawsers.
ref: 1916, Wilfred Owen, The Wrestlers:
text: The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbor and city
on silent haunches and then moves on.
ref: c. 1918, Carl Sandburg, Fog:
text: He [Novak Djokovic] dropped to his haunches just inside the baseline as Centre Court rose to acclaim the champion, hugging South African [Kevin] Anderson at the net before skipping over towards his box and celebrating wildly in front of his coaching team and wife Jelena.
ref: 2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic Wins Fourth Wimbledon by Beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2019:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
examples: text: Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they; / But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is—Obey!
ref: 1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, “The Law of the Jungle”, in The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 25:
text: On the rough-hewn oaken table the venison haunch was shared.
ref: a. 1892, John Greenleaf Whittier, The Garrison of Cape Ann:
glosses: The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
topics: architecture
glosses: A squat vertical support structure.
glosses: A jerked underhand throw.
Derived terms: haunch bone
haunch holder
haunchless
haunchy
haunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɒnt͡ʃ/
note: some accents
ipa: /hɑːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɔnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /hɑnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːnt͡ʃ
Forms: form: haunches
form: haunching
form: haunched
form: haunched
form: haunce
form: haunse
form: hanch
form: hance
form: hanse
Etymology: From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: To provide with a haunch or supporting structure.
glosses: To throw with an underhand movement.
letters close
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A sealed legal document, once issued by a monarch or government, granting a right, title etc to a person or corporation.
closed matte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a closed matte DVD
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Of a soft matte film, transferred to a home video format, especially DVD, with the theatrical mattes intact.
glaiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glaik
glaikit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glaikit
form: most glaikit
Etymology: From Scots glaikit.
Senses: examples: text: All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit.
ref: 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86:
glosses: Senseless; silly, foolish.
Derived terms: glaikitness
levofloxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌli.voʊˈflɑk.səs.ɪn/
Etymology: From lev- + ofloxacin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent (trademark Levaquin) that is the levorotatory isomer of ofloxacin.
Hypernyms: ofloxacin
Coordinate terms: dextrofloxacin
Black Country
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From black + country - from the smoke and heavy industry of the area, well known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
Senses: examples: text: […] and with the two promised Sheffielders, Driver Elliott and Fireman Lewis, we were soon on our way over the most unapproachably dreary region of the whole run, scarcely to be paralleled in the Black Country itself.
ref: 1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
glosses: An area of West Midlands, England; traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
open matte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: an open matte DVD
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Of a soft matte film, transferred to a home video format with the full frame exposed, thus having the theatrical mattes removed.
linemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lineman
litanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litanic
form: most litanic
Etymology: From litany + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 1798, John Shepherd, A Critical and Practical Elucidation of the Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church of England, London: F. and C. Rivington and R. Faulder, 2nd edition, p. 321,
This prayer […] is drawn up in the metaphorical, but expressive, language of Scripture; has been long employed in the conclusion of Litanic, and other forms of prayer, by the churches of the west; and retains strong marks of primitive devotion.
text: A low litanic lament was indulged in from time to time, by the musical voices of the choirs […]
ref: 1862, Charles Piazzi Smyth, chapter 17, in Three Cities in Russia, volume 1, London: Lovell Reeve, page 284:
text: “Unimum et unimorum,” he intoned in a nasal litanic tone.
ref: 1961, John Steinbeck, chapter 1, in The Winter of Our Discontent, Penguin, published 1996, page 11:
text: “Last one to bed turn out the lights,” Lydia would say, in her litanic fashion.
ref: 1989, John Irving, chapter 4, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: William Morrow, page 173:
text: He leant down and wiped his friend’s face with a rag; a low litanic mumble came from Klimt’s dry lips […]
ref: 2007, Lewis Crofts, chapter 15, in The Pornographer of Vienna, London: Old Street, page 273:
glosses: Of, relating to, or in the style of litany.
Little League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: little + league. From being a sports league for children (little ones).
Senses: glosses: an organization that sponsors and organizes baseball and softball leagues for children.
Derived terms: Little League home run
Little Leaguer
LLBWS
LLSWS
LLWS
Little League
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: little + league. From being a sports league for children (little ones).
Senses: examples: text: If nothing else, I now have the perfect retort to those little league Stalinists who try to insist that homosexuality is bourgeois decadence that doesn't exist under socialism!
ref: 1983 April 16, John Kyper, “Cuba: A Little Sex, No Drugs, and Lotsa Rock 'n Roll”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
related: word: little league
word: little-league
word: Little-League
qualifier: slightly derogatory
glosses: Petty, amateur, not worth taking seriously.
littlun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: littluns
Etymology: From little + un.
Senses: examples: text: “So let's hear from that littlun who talked about a beast and perhaps we can show him how silly he is.” The littluns began to jabber among themselves, then one stood forward.
ref: 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies, page ?:
glosses: Little one; a child or a young animal.
log drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: log drives
Senses: glosses: the transport of timber down a river to a sawmill as a floating raft
XFF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of X-Forwarded-For: an HTTP header indicating that a message or request was forwarded by a proxy.
Via Crucis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Way of the Cross.
examples: text: But the belief which became imprinted on him was that of the onerousness of God's ‘call’, a via crucis of religious duties – prayers, fasting, church attendance, Bible reading, soul-searching – from which he equally continually shied away
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 187:
glosses: Any extremely arduous or painful experience requiring strength or courage to endure.
Via Dolorosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin, literally "way of grief".
Senses: glosses: The route believed to have been taken through Jerusalem by Christ on his way to Calvary.
glosses: The Way of the Cross.
via media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin via media (“middle way”).
Senses: examples: text: The quip highlighted the extent to which the philosophes were seeking a via media between what they saw as the morally and intellectually impoverished tradition of Christian revelation and its embattled polar opposite, a sceptical materialism [...].
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 199:
glosses: A third way; a middle course, a compromise.
Related terms: middle ground
golden mean
via affirmativa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The medieval Roman Catholic Church recognized two opposite roads to grace: the via negativa of the monk's cell and the hermit's cave, and the via affirmativa of immersion in human affairs, of being in the world whether or not one is of it.
ref: 1986 December 28, John Barth, “A Few Words About Minimalism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A concept of God built up through positive statements about his nature.
Related terms: cataphatic
via negativa
via negativa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The medieval Roman Catholic Church recognized two opposite roads to grace: the via negativa of the monk's cell and the hermit's cave, and the via affirmativa of immersion in human affairs, of being in the world whether or not one is of it.
ref: 1986 December 28, John Barth, “A Few Words About Minimalism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A concept of God built up through negative statements about his nature.
Synonyms: apophatic theology
Related terms: via affirmativa
copout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copouts
Etymology: Deverbal from cop out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cop-out.
Way of the Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Latin via crucis.
Senses: glosses: A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.
glosses: Religious devotions in connection with these stages.
Synonyms: Via Dolorosa
R&R
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R-n-R
form: R and R
Senses: glosses: Initialism of rock and roll.
examples: text: In other news, Taylor [Swift] and Travis Kelce are currently getting in some R&R during the [Kansas City] Chiefs' "Bye Week," which happens to coincide with Taylor's break from the Eras Tour.
ref: 2024 October 10, Mehera Bonner, “The Levi's Shortalls Taylor Swift Can't Stop Wearing Are Still on Sale Post Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Initialism of rest and recuperation/recreation/relaxation.
R&R
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: R-n-R
form: R and R
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of revise and resubmit.
examples: text: That was my story so far. I really need a better title so please R&R!
ref: 2000 December 19, ajangel912 [username], “Re: Putting the Pieces Back Together (JC)”, in alt.tv.er.creative (Usenet):
text: What would happen if our favorite potions teacher accidently^([sic]) became a famous muggle movie star? Please R&R.
ref: 2003 July 25, hansaplatz [username], “Re: HP FanFic and praise for book 5”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: Summary:When offered the opprotunity^([sic]) to have a lost comrade restored to them, Picard must make the decision- even if it mean^([sic]) disregarding Starfleet's Prime Directive. Please R&R!!
ref: 2003 August 1, abraon [username], “STNG - One of the Living [PG] (Q, all) 3/16”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of read and review: used to request that people read a work (generally fan fiction) and give feedback.
Related terms: MWR
R'n'R
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: R&R
form: R-n-R
Senses: glosses: rock and roll
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: rest and recuperation (or recreation)
inconsistencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inconsistency
breviloquence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /brɪˈvɪl.ə.kwəns/
Etymology: Latin breviloquentia.
Senses: glosses: A pertinent and terse style of speech; a style of speech exhibiting brevity.
Related terms: breviloquent
brevity
conciseness
laconic
pithiness
succinctness
terseness
breviloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more breviloquent
form: most breviloquent
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
Sand Dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sand Dancers
form: Sand-Dancer
form: Sandancer
Senses: glosses: Someone from South Shields.
Synonyms: Sandy
South Shields
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ ˈʃiːldz/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England (OS grid ref NZ3667).
Related terms: North Shields
Sandancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sandancers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sand Dancer.
Sand-Dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sand-Dancers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sand Dancer.
debeak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbiːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: debeaks
form: debeaking
form: debeaked
form: debeaked
Etymology: From de- + beak.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Why not let them out to roam and scratch and peck at insects and worms and see if they come home in the evening and peck each other? Why debeak hens for something you are doing wrong?’
ref: 2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 344:
glosses: To remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms.
rhinestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/
Forms: form: rhinestones
Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).
Senses: examples: text: Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.
synonyms: strass
glosses: An artificial diamond, strass.
Derived terms: rhinestone cowboy
rhinestone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/
Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).
Senses: examples: text: Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.
text: I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower / That you made with plastic power / Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away
ref: 2010, “Rhinestone Eyes”, in Plastic Beach, performed by Gorillaz:
glosses: Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.
rhinestone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/
Forms: form: rhinestones
form: rhinestoning
form: rhinestoned
form: rhinestoned
Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).
Senses: glosses: To decorate with rhinestones.
rhinestones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhinestone
rhinestones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rhinestone
encrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: incrusted
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encrust
encrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encrusted
form: most encrusted
form: incrusted
Senses: examples: text: Here the appearance at the head of the train of a grime-encrusted Eastern Region "K3" 2-6-0, No. 61967, did nothing to raise the spirits of the recorder; [...].
ref: 1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 721:
coordinate_terms: caked
;
crusty
glosses: Having an incrustation.
Derived terms: bioencrusted
unencrusted
oppugned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oppugn
oppugn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpjuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: oppugns
form: oppugning
form: oppugned
form: oppugned
Etymology: From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”).
Senses: examples: text: If nothing can oppugne love,
And virtue invious ways can prove,
What may not he confide to do
That brings both love and virtue too?
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
text: It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts
ref: 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 180:
glosses: To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
Derived terms: oppugnable
oppugnancy
oppugnant
oppugner
unoppugned
Related terms: impugn
pugnacious
repugnant
loosestrife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loosestrifes
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion), as if from λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle, strife”).
Senses: examples: text: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91,
He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
text: Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South.
ref: 2008, Allan M. Armitage, Herbaceous Perennial Plants, 3rd edition, page 672:
text: 2013, Théodore de Saussure, Jane F. Hill (translator), Chemical Research on Plant Growth, [Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation], page 22,
I grew some peas, loosestrifes, and fleabanes [“inules”] in profound darkness, beneath two identical receptacles filled with atmospheric air.
glosses: Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are in different taxonomic families.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ludwigia spp.
word: false loosestrife
taxonomic: Lysimachia ciliata
word: fringed loosestrife
taxonomic: Lysimachia clethroides
word: gooseneck loosestrife
alt: Papaipema lysimachiae
word: loosestrife borer
taxonomic: Lythrum salicaria
word: purple loosestrife
taxonomic: Lythrum portula
word: spatulaleaf loosestrife
taxonomic: Lythrum tribracteatum
word: threebract loosestrife
taxonomic: Lysimachia vulgaris
word: yellow loosestrife
loperamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊˈpɛ.ɹə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /loʊˈpɛɹ.əˌmaɪd/
Etymology: From (ch)lo(ro)- + (pi)per(idine) + -amide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic antidiarrheal agent of the opiate class (trademark Imodium) that slows intestinal peristalsis and is taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₉H₃₃ClN₂O₂·HCl to control acute nonspecific diarrhea or chronic diarrhea associated with inflammatory bowel disease or to reduce fecal volume discharged from ileostomies.
Derived terms: loperamide hydrochloride
what with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: She was sleeping very badly these days, what with the new baby and all the activity surrounding him.
text: What with it being too late and raining, we decided to stay home.
text: Her half-brother had now ample means again, but what with debts and what with new madness wasted them most fearfully again.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 39:
text: It was hard to take him seriously, though, what with his multi-colored eye makeup.
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Owing to; because of; as a result of.
lose count
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses count
form: losing count
form: lost count
form: lost count
Senses: examples: text: I have lost count of the number of girls I have kissed.
glosses: to forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally.
Related terms: lose track
Luhyia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people (or "tribal nation") of western Kenya.
Luhyia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of this people.
Lumasaaba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ‘Add to that, I am Ganda: don’t even speak Lumasaaba.’
ref: 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Love Made in Manchester”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 287:
glosses: a Bantu language spoken in eastern Uganda.
casters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caster
Lungwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a language spoken in parts of Tanzania
metalhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalheads
Etymology: From metal + -head.
Senses: glosses: Someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.
Synonyms: headbanger
metaller
Related terms: hesher
Lusoga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Bantu language spoken in the Busoga region of Uganda.
metalheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metalhead
Busoga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the five traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Munukutuba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the official languages of the Republic of the Congo.
exultant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzʌl.tənt/
Etymology: From Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult.
Senses: glosses: Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
Synonyms: cheerful
content
ecstatic
gay
happy
jovial
joyful
jubilant
merry
pleased
triumphant
Derived terms: exult
exultance
exultantly
exultation
unexultant
Related terms: exult
Machame
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Bantu language spoken in parts of Tanzania
vampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vampire
vampires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vampire
magnetoencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: magnetoencephalographies
form: magnetencephalography
Etymology: From magneto- + encephalography; compare magnetencephalography.
Senses: glosses: a technique used to measure and analyze magnetic activity in the brain
Synonyms: word: MEG
Related terms: magnetoencephalogram
electroencephalography
encephalography
make away with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes away with
form: making away with
form: made away with
form: made away with
Etymology: From make away + with.
Senses: examples: text: Thieves made away with £50,000 of jewellery in last night's heist.
glosses: To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains.
glosses: To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.
glosses: To do away with; to destroy.
glosses: To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense).
glosses: To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense).
College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.
College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.
Synonyms: make off with
make merry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes merry
form: making merry
form: made merry
form: made merry
Senses: glosses: To enjoy oneself in a jolly and festive manner.
vampyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vampyres
Senses: examples: text: The Servians paint crosses with tar on the doors of houses and barns to keep out vampyres.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 153:
glosses: Archaic form of vampire.
symbiote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbiotes
Etymology: From sym- + -biote.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of symbiont.
synonyms: word: symbiont
Related terms: symbiosis
spear gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spear guns
Etymology: From spear + gun.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A form of mechanical gun that fires a spear as a projectile; generally used under water when spearfishing.
spear guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spear gun
tactual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tactual
form: most tactual
form: tactuall
Senses: examples: text: […] how doth Psyche heare or see
That hath nor eyes nor eares? She sees more clear
Then we that see but secundarily.
We see at distance by a circular
Diffusion of that spright of this great sphere
Of th’Universe: Her sight is tactuall.
The sunne and all the starres that do appear
She feels them in herself […]
ref: 1642, Henry More, Psychodia Platonica, Cambridge, Book 3, p. 61:
text: […] the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name “king’s evil” now bears the humbler one of “scrofula” […]
ref: 1906, Ambrose Bierce, “king's evil”, in The Cynic’s Word Book, London: Arthur F. Bird […], →OCLC, page 211:
text: My world is built of touch-sensations, devoid of physical color and sound […]. Every object is associated in my mind with tactual qualities which, combined in countless ways, give me a sense of power, of beauty, or of incongruity: for with my hands I can feel the comic as well as the beautiful in the outward appearance of things.
ref: 1908, Helen Keller, chapter 1, in The World I Live In,, New York: The Century Co., page 8:
text: ‘Going to the Feelies this evening, Henry?’ enquired the Assistant Predestinator. ‘I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.’
ref: 1932, Aldous Huxley, chapter 3, in Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
glosses: Of, or relating to the sense of touch.
Synonyms: tactile
Derived terms: tactuality
tactually
spearfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spear + fishing.
Senses: examples: text: Today, Riffe International makes all of its spearfishing equipment a few miles down the road in San Clemente.
ref: 2020 July 14, Tom Mashberg, “Jay Riffe, Spearfishing King, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.
Derived terms: spearphishing
Nephilim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”).
Senses: examples: text: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
ref: 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Genesis 6:4:
text: We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.
ref: 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Numbers 13:33:
glosses: plural of Naphil
Nephilim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nephilim
form: Nephilims
form: nephilim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”).
synonyms: word: Naphil
extra: a member of the race of Nephilim
weirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weir
safari park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safari parks
Senses: glosses: A commercial tourist attraction, similar to a zoo, in which visitors drive through animal enclosures.
recessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recession + -al.
Senses: examples: text: A recessional hymn is sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
glosses: Of or relating to recession or withdrawal, particularly at the end of a religious service or wedding.
recessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recessionals
Etymology: From recession + -al.
Senses: glosses: Music played during a church recession.
Coordinate terms: processional
orchestrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchestrators
Etymology: From orchestrate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Apart from acting, Wongkrachang was also an active participant in Thailand's politics, known for his pro-royalist sentiments. Many netizens pointed out that he was allegedly one of the chief orchestrators of the 2014 coup, which removed the Thai democratic government and put the nation under military dictatorship.
ref: 2021 December 1, Tuba Waqar, “Thai and Korean netizens oppose debut of H1-Key's Sitala over father's alleged support of dictatorship”, in sportskeeda.com, sportskeeda, retrieved 03 Dec 2021:
text: He was, however, the orchestrator of this England performance as he showed maturity and an impressive range of passing to set off a succession of attacks, especially in the first 45 minutes.
ref: 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: One who orchestrates.
reform school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reform schools
Senses: examples: text: And through this one small error of judgment, Elwood’s life is changed when he is sent to a reform school called Nickel.
ref: 2019 July 26, Aminatta Forna, “The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead review”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: borstal
word: reformatory
word: residential school
glosses: A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
reformatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/
Forms: form: more reformatory
form: most reformatory
Senses: examples: text: Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 49:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
reformatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/
Forms: form: reformatories
Senses: examples: text: It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45:
glosses: A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
Synonyms: sense: for juveniles
word: reform school
sense: for juveniles
word: borstal
sense: for juveniles
word: approved school
sense: for juveniles
word: youth detention centre
sense: for juveniles
word: juvenile hall
sense: for juveniles
word: detention home
iatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iatric
form: most iatric
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰατρικός (iatrikós, “medical”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a physician or physicians.
Derived terms: -iatric
ice bucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice buckets
Senses: glosses: An often insulated container for holding ice cubes.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
Derived terms: ice bucket challenge
ice bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice bags
form: icebag
Etymology: From ice + bag. The second sense is possibly a calque of a Philippine language.
Senses: glosses: A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack.
glosses: A thin plastic bag, of varying sizes, used primarily for freezing water to be sold as ice.
nasciturus rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the nasciturus rule
Etymology: From Roman law (Digest 1.5.7): "nasciturus pro iam nato habetur quotiens de commodo eius agitur".
Senses: examples: text: The right of a child to sue for prenatal injuries is recognised in law, but the more difficult question is whether such an action should be allowed by using the nasciturus rule or by using the ordinary principles of the law of delict. The contention that the recognition of an action for prenatal injuries is logically impossible without the conferment of legal rights, and hence legal personality, upon the unborn child, as achieved by the nasciturus rule, is to be rejected.
ref: ROAD ACCIDENT FUND v MTATI 2005 (6) SA 215 (SCA)
topics: law
glosses: The rule stating that an unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage.
monitorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From monitor + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to monitors.
glosses: Of, or relating to an admonition; monitory.
topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: Not secret and therefore printed in the Monitor.
Derived terms: monitorially
iceberg lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iceberg lettuces
Etymology: Apparently originally a trade name.
Senses: examples: text: I wonder how many of the readers of AMERICAN GARDENING have tried the Iceberg lettuce.
ref: 1895, American Gardening, volume 16, page 237:
synonyms: crisphead lettuce
glosses: A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.
red tide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red tides
Etymology: From red + tide.
Senses: glosses: An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
glosses: An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
specifically, one caused by Karenia brevis.
Synonyms: crimson tide
Related terms: Alexandrium fundyense
Alexandrium monilatum
Gonyaulax
Karenia
Gymnodinium
Dinophysis
Noctiluca
Chattonella
Ceratium
Amoebophyre
Alexandrium
Cochlodinium
red tides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red tide
iconographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iconographers
Etymology: From iconography + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who creates (religious) icons
iconographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From icono- + -graphic or iconography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to iconography.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a secular person or topic that has attained cult status.
Derived terms: iconographically