cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
maturer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maturers
Senses: glosses: One who brings to maturity.
maturest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mature: most mature
maturest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of mature
mossier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mossy: more mossy
mossiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mossy: most mossy
menhadens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menhaden
Senses: glosses: plural of menhaden
mollifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mollify
mollifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mollify
mistimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistime
mistiming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistime
mistiming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistimings
Senses: glosses: Incorrect timing.
misnomering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misnomer
misnomered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misnomer
misnomered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misnomered
form: most misnomered
Senses: hypernyms: misnamed#Adjective
glosses: Misnamed by way of an instance of misnomering.
mispronunciations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mispronunciation
mobilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mobilise
mobilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mobilise
mobilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mobilise
mobilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mobilize
muggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of muggy: more muggy
muggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of muggy: most muggy
matricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matricide
modernists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modernist
mintier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of minty: more minty
mintiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of minty: most minty
megaphoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of megaphone
megaphoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of megaphone
motorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motorises
form: motorising
form: motorised
form: motorised
Senses: examples: text: To keep the axle load within a 28-ton maximum, two eight-wheel bogies are employed, all axles of which are motorised.
ref: 1963 August, “New 5,000 H.P.-Plus Diesels for U.S. Railroads”, in Modern Railways, page 127:
glosses: Alternative form of motorize.
Derived terms: motorisation
motorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of motorise
motorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of motorise
mousetrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mousetrap
mousetrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mousetrap
memorandums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memoranda
Senses: glosses: plural of memorandum
masqueraders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masquerader
motorcades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorcade
mosaics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosaic
mosaics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mosaic
moralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moralises
form: moralising
form: moralised
form: moralised
Etymology: From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].
ref: 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize.
Derived terms: moralisingly
unmoralised
unmoralising
moralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moralise
moralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moralise
moralising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moralisings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moralizing.
moralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moralise
mannerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mannerism
debars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debar
debarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debar
departmentalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: departmentalises
form: departmentalising
form: departmentalised
form: departmentalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of departmentalize.
departmentalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of departmentalise
departmentalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of departmentalise
departmentalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of departmentalise
disorganises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disorganise
depravities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depravity
dishevelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dishevel
dinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of din
glosses: Common misspelling of dining.
dinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪnɪŋ/
Forms: form: dinnings
Senses: examples: 1979, Marshall Frady, Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 426,
In 1970, with Nixon now President, it occurred to Graham, as an answer to the dinnings of protest continuing over the land, to mount an Honor America Day celebration in Washington on the Fourth of July […]
glosses: The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.
dinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of din
dippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipper
Dervishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dervish
decriminalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decriminalises
form: decriminalising
form: decriminalised
form: decriminalised
Etymology: From de- + criminalise.
Senses: examples: text: Nauru has reformed its criminal code, decriminalising homosexuality and suicide.
ref: 2016 May 28, Ben Doherty, “Nauru decriminalises homosexuality and suicide”, in The Guardian:
text: Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial amendment that decriminalises some forms of domestic violence.
ref: 2017 July 2, Shaun Walker, “Putin approves legal change that decriminalises some domestic violence”, in The Guardian:
text: Celebrations have erupted in India after the supreme court unanimously ruled to decriminalise homosexual sex in a landmark judgment for gay rights.
ref: 2018 June 9, Michael Safi, “Campaigners celebrate as India decriminalises homosexuality”, in The Guardian:
text: Ghana is one of four countries to have decriminalised suicide in the past year – Malaysia, Guyana and Pakistan are the others.
ref: 2023 July 20, Sarah Johnson, “‘It’s a huge sign of progress’: the battle to decriminalise suicide”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalize.
decriminalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decriminalise
decriminalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decriminalise
decriminalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decriminalise
decriminalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decriminalize
decriminalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decriminalize
dendrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dendrite
deodorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deodorises
form: deodorising
form: deodorised
form: deodorised
Etymology: From de- + odor + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deodorize.
Derived terms: deodorisation
deodoriser
deodorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deodorise
deodorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deodorise
deodorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deodorise
dizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dizzy
dizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “What's ailin', Hugh? Got a spell of the dizzies?”
ref: 1940, Bruce Lancaster, For Us the Living, page 269:
glosses: A dizzy spell; a sensation of dizziness.
dizzied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dizzied
form: most dizzied
Senses: examples: text: When he reached the landing he was very dizzied and walked over to a corner where he made himself comfortable for the time being.
ref: 2006, Shawn M. Sutherland, Guilty Gone Wrong, page 45:
text: She was even more dizzied to realize there was true hunger in his voice and that the hunger was for her.
ref: 2010, Bethany Campbell, Don't Talk to Strangers, page 3:
text: I could do no more than rise to hands and knees and then collapse, eyes shut against the spinning of my dizzied head, my back agaist the beast-wagon that had shielded me from certain death.
ref: 2018, Theoden Humphrey, The Adventures of Damnation Kane, Volume I, page 165:
synonyms: dazed
giddy
glosses: Dizzy; light-headed.
examples: text: Then comes heart-ached, care, distress, Blighted hope, and loneliness, Wounds from friend, and gifts from foe, Dizzied faith, and guilt and woe,
ref: 1886, C. E. Alexander, Religious Poems:
text: Those taps reached the Square and still further, when the few lanterns were lit and the bats began their dizzied chase and the silence could no longer fit in pockets and words had a hard time huddling on the lips of all the persons spared by the War, […]
ref: 1995, Spyros Plaskovitēs, The Façade Lady of Corfu, page 19:
text: With the short notice to leave Nuwara Eliya, Bill and I plunged into dizzied activity.
ref: 2023, Wendy Nordick, Indelible: A Social Worker in the Wake of Civil War:
glosses: Frenzied; frenetic.
Derived terms: undizzied
dizzied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dizzy
detoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detox
detoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detox
detoxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detox
biocatalyzator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocatalyzators
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: enzyme
biomembrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmbɹeɪn
Forms: form: biomembranes
Etymology: From bio- + membrane.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any biological membrane, but especially that of a cell
digitalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digitalises
form: digitalising
form: digitalised
form: digitalised
Etymology: From digital + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of digitalize.
digitalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digitalise
digitalises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digitalis
digitalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of digitalise
digitalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of digitalise
digitalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪdʒɪtəˈlaɪz/
Forms: form: digitalizes
form: digitalizing
form: digitalized
form: digitalized
form: digitalise
Etymology: From digital + -ize (“to make”) or digitalis + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: How to lawfully digitalize resources has become the principal issue in constructing digital libraries. To digitalize resources means to transform a document into digital format, which only adds a mode of using the resources but does not produce a new one.
ref: 2004, Tom Mendina, Johannes J. Britz, editors, Information Ethics in the Electronic Age […] , McFarland, →ISBN, page 89:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of digitize.
synonyms: word: digitize
examples: text: The dosage should be sufficient to produce satisfactory digitalization but it is our impression that it is less hazardous to digitalize with moderate rapidity than by using a massive dose.
ref: 1951 January, Irving S. Wright, “The treatment of coronary thrombosis with myocardial infarction”, in Veterans Administration Technical Bulletins (10), volume IV, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 3:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To administer digitalis.
Derived terms: digitalization
digitalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digitalize
digitalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of digitalize
digitalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of digitalize
Decembers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbɚz/
ipa: /dɪˈsɛmbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of December
biopotency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopotencies
Etymology: From bio- + potency.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A measure of the ability of a material (such as a hormone or vitamin) to have a specified biochemical function
Related terms: biopotent
decolonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decolonises
form: decolonising
form: decolonised
form: decolonised
Etymology: From de- + colonise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolonize.
decolonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decolonise
decolonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decolonise
decolonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decolonise
decolonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decolonize
decolonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decolonize
decolonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decolonize
dillydallies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dillydally
dillydallying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dillydally
dillydallied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dillydally
biosynthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biosynthetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Biosynthetically, xenognosins A and B fall within the flavanoids, a specific class of the phenylpropanoids.
ref: 1988, G. H. Wagman, R. Cooper, Natural Products Isolation, page 571:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, biosynthesis.
Derived terms: postbiosynthetically
distorter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distorters
Etymology: From distort + -er.
Senses: glosses: One that distorts.
Derived terms: nondistorter
segregation distorter
distorters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distorter
dinkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dinky: more dinky
dinkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dinky: most dinky
brassidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Brassica.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to brassidic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: brassidate
discos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disco
brassidic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The fatty acid trans docos-13-enoic acid that is the trans- isomer of erucic acid
disobliges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disoblige
disobliging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disoblige
disobliging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disobliging
form: most disobliging
Senses: glosses: Not obliging; not making an effort to respect the needs and wishes of others; unaccommodating.
Derived terms: disobligingly
disobligingness
disobliged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disoblige
dibbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dibble
dibbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dibble
dibbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dibble
dibbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dibble
daubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dauber
diversifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diversify
diversifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diversify
disaffects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disaffect
disaffecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disaffect
docketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of docket
docketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docketings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is docketed.
docketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of docket
disassociates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disassociate
disassociating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disassociate
butteroil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butteroils
Etymology: From butter + oil.
Senses: glosses: The fatty part of butter obtained by removing moisture, protein etc.
Related terms: clarified butter
ghee
damasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damask
dandles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dandle
dandling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dandle
dandling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dandlings
Senses: examples: the dandlings and caressings of maternal love
glosses: The act by which somebody is dandled.
dandled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dandle
debilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debility
dainties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dainty
dainties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Women's undergarments.
Euro-sceptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euro-sceptical
form: most Euro-sceptical
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptical.
Related terms: Euro-sceptic
Euro-scepticism
Eurosceptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eurosceptical
form: most Eurosceptical
form: Euro-sceptical
form: Euro-skeptical
form: Euroskeptical
form: euroskeptical
form: eurosceptical
Etymology: From Euro- + sceptical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Eurosceptics or Euroscepticism
Related terms: Eurosceptic
Euroscepticism
Euro-skeptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euro-skeptical
form: most Euro-skeptical
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptical.
Related terms: Euroskeptic
Euroskepticism
Euroskeptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euroskeptical
form: most Euroskeptical
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptical.
Related terms: Euroskeptic
Euroskepticism
pedicured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pedicure
Euroskeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euroskeptics
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Eurosceptic.
Derived terms: Euroskeptical
Euroskepticism
Euroskeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euroskeptic
form: most Euroskeptic
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptic.
Senses: examples: text: Historically, the southernmost Scandinavian nation has tended to be Euroskeptic, Friis told CNN, never feeling European at heart.
ref: 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Eurosceptic.
Euro-skeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euro-skeptics
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
Derived terms: Euro-skeptical
Euro-skepticism
Euro-skeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euro-skeptic
form: most Euro-skeptic
Etymology: From Euro- + skeptic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
laking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lake
laked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lake
Euroskepticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Euro- + skepticism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Euroscepticism.
Euro-skepticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Euroscepticism.
get one's knickers in a knot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's knickers in a knot
form: getting one's knickers in a knot
form: got one's knickers in a knot
form: got one's knickers in a knot
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
synonyms: word: get one's knickers in a twist
get one's shorts in a knot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's shorts in a knot
form: getting one's shorts in a knot
form: got one's shorts in a knot
form: got one's shorts in a knot
form: gotten one's shorts in a knot
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
synonyms: word: get one's knickers in a twist
get one's undies in a bundle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's undies in a bundle
form: getting one's undies in a bundle
form: got one's undies in a bundle
form: got one's undies in a bundle
form: gotten one's undies in a bundle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
synonyms: word: get one's knickers in a twist
Dhanish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdænɪʃ/
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
party girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party girls
form: partygirl
Senses: synonyms: good-time girl
glosses: A woman, especially one who is young, who is known for her enthusiastic and frequent attendance of parties; a female party animal.
synonyms: good-time girl
coordinate_terms: party boy
glosses: A female prostitute.
Related terms: sarong party girl
stone's throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone's throws
form: stonesthrow
Senses: examples: text: A couple of grown-ups was standing a couple of stone's throws away from us.
text: 1 March 2018, Tusdiq Din on BBC Sport, Mohamed Salah: Is Liverpool striker's success improving engagement with Muslim fans?
A stone's throw from The Hawthorns is Oldbury, home to Baggies fan Ashley Rawlins.
text: He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 31, in Far From the Madding Crowd:
synonyms: stonecast
stone's cast
stoneshot
stone's shot
hop, skip, and a jump
glosses: A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.
Related terms: stone-throwing
hot and heavy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hot and heavy
form: most hot and heavy
Senses: examples: text: They had a hot and heavy love affair during the summer.
text: The argument was hot and heavy.
glosses: Passionate.
past participial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: past-participial
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: present participial
glosses: of, or relating to, the past participle
hammer and tongs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: When they had an argument they went at it hammer and tongs.
text: Trafton was personally challenged, in the Davenport hotel Saturday evening, and a handful of these birds from Rock Island heckled and "razzed" him into bets that he would be forced to take time before the end of the first quarter. Trafton bet till his money was gone and went into the game yesterday hammer and tongs.
ref: 1920 November 8, “Islanders and Staleys Battle To Scoreless Draw in Sensational Game”, in Quad City Times:
text: She sort of let things go, didn't get me a proper dinner when I came home from work, and if I said anything, flew out at me. And I flew back, hammer and tongs.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
glosses: In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.
Synonyms: hot and heavy
intensely
no holds barred
Derived terms: tooth and tong
back-to-work order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-to-work orders
Senses: examples: text: Ontario lawmakers voted to impose fines on workers and the union if they failed to heed a back-to-work order.
ref: 2008 April 27, “Toronto transit strike ends”, in Associated Press, retrieved 06 May 2008:
glosses: A legally binding directive—issued by a court of law, legislature, or other authority—that requires workers who are engaging in a strike or similar labor action to return to work.
bloodening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blooden
romanette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romanettes
Etymology: From Roman (numeral) + -ette (“a diminutive”).
Senses: examples: text: The court held that romanette (ii) of the statute in issue did not limit eligibility for legal relief.
text: […] (romanette (ii) in the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation waiver-of-liability provision included in footnote 1) […]
ref: 1993, Dan K. Webb et al., Corporate Internal Investigations, →ISBN, page 3.14:
text: This can best be visualized with reference to FIGS. 5, illustrating both ends of the preferred embodiment perforation roll 12 side by side, numbered with romanette numerals i-xii corresponding to the hour positions on a clock face.
ref: 1999, Greg M. Kauppila, Andrew P. Tijan, Rotary valve assembly and method, US Patent 6539829, page 11:
text: 2000 January, Joseph Kimble, “A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing”, originally in TRIAL, reprinted in Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 79, Number 11 (November 2000), pages 1574–1577,
In numbering, avoid roman numerals and romanettes (like iii). They are too much like a foreign language.
text: You'll need to use this technique almost every time you see parenthesized romanettes (i, ii, iii) or letters (a, b, c) in the middle of a contractual or legislative paragraph.
ref: 2001, Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English, →ISBN, page 101:
text: 2008, United States Supreme Court oral argument, United States v. Hayes, Case no. 07-608https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011317/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-608.pdf, page 9,
MS. SAHARSKY: . . . not looking at this Romanette (i) and (ii), but just looking at that sentence.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Romanette?
MS. SAHARSKY: Oh, little Roman numeral.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I've never heard that before. That's -- Romanette.
topics: law
media
publishing
typography
glosses: A Roman numeral in lower case, such as “ii”, as frequently introduces list items; or, a list item introduced by such.
hot and cold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They went hot and cold about the proposal for a whole year, before finally saying no.
glosses: Ambivalent; having conflicting emotions.
Derived terms: blow hot and cold
run hot and cold
gastro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gastroenteritis by shortening.
Senses: examples: text: He had a bad case of gastro, but came right as rain the next day.
glosses: Gastroenteritis
dim bulb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪm ˌbʌlb/
Forms: form: dim bulbs
form: dimbulb
Senses: examples: text: Dwight Eisenhower was roundly derided by the liberal intelligentsia as a Mr. Malaprop, a golf-playing, crony-loving dim bulb.
ref: 2001 June 21, Richard Stengel, “Why George Bush is the Brer Rabbit of American Politics”, in Time:
glosses: A person who is slow-witted or stupid.
Synonyms: dimwit
dope
dunderhead
nitwit
Related terms: word: dim-bulb
ground rent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground rents
Senses: examples: text: "You had better go to the devil and ask him for my ground-rent," he said.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 99:
topics: business
law
real-estate
glosses: Rent paid under a ground lease, usually long-term or in perpetuity, for a surface right or estate in land where the landowner (surface owner) and the owner of improvements (ground lessor) are separate; the improvements are effectively security for the payment of the rent.
topics: law
qualifier: Maryland
glosses: Rentcharge.
dim-bulb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪm ˌbʌlb/
Etymology: Probably a reference to the use of a light bulb in cartoons and comics to indicate that a person has had a bright idea.
Senses: examples: text: In Snow White [and the Seven Dwarfs], [Walt] Disney and his staff met the challenge of creating believable characters. Each of the seven dwarfs, from sober-sided Doc to dim-bulb Dopey, had a distinct personality.
ref: 1966 December 23, “Walt Disney: Images of Innocence [obituary]”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2009:
text: Up to now the guy's just a dim-bulb character who likes to dress up in a sailor suit and spoon creme broolay out of a bowl for a living.
ref: 1990, Joe Bob Briggs [pseudonym; John Irving Bloom], The Cosmic Wisdom of Joe Bob Briggs, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 263:
text: Well, long ago, a man named Aesop met a whole bunch of bossy, silly, funny, annoying, dim-bulb people, and he wanted to do something about it. He decided to write stories about these people, and end each story with a lesson […]
ref: 2007, Chris Jennings Dixon, editor, Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing, Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English, →ISBN, page 2:
text: It’s harder to care about someone dying when you actively want them to disappear from the screen. And when the film itself proceeds so straightforwardly, and you know that even [Jennifer Love] Hewitt’s dim-bulb boyfriend (Freddie Prinze Jr.) will survive, much of the fun is lost.
ref: 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
synonyms: dim
dim-headed
dim-witted
dumb
glosses: Slow-witted, stupid.
Related terms: word: dim bulb
word: dimbulb
word: not the brightest bulb
dimbulb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimbulbs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dim bulb.
like terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: monomial expressions whose variable components are identical.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: algebraic expressions whose literal coefficients represent the same value regardless of the numbers assigned to them.
Steinmetz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Steinmetz, an occupational name for a stonemason.
Senses: examples: text: In an interview with NBC News Tuesday, Steinmetz said she “wants people to be nice and decent to each other, kind, respectful, encompassing” after being asked what she wants Americans to know following the attack.
ref: 2025 June 5, Grace Gilson, “Boulder’s ‘shocked and traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of losses and strengths”, in The Times of Israel:
glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Steinmetz coefficient
Steinmetz solid
Mio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place, the county seat of Oscoda County, Michigan, United States.
mediaevalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediaevalist
mediaevalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mediaevalists
Etymology: From mediaeval + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of medievalist.
calciol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Back-formation from calcitriol
Senses: glosses: cholecalciferol (vitamin D₃)
calcitriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæl.sɪˈtɹaɪˌɔl/
Etymology: From calci- (“vitamin D analog/derivative”) + triol.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A physiologically active metabolic derivative C₂₇H₄₄O₃ of cholecalciferol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol) that is synthesized in the liver and kidney and stimulates the intestinal absorption of calcium.
Coordinate terms: calciferol
Derived terms: calcipotriol
calcitroic
eldecalcitol
falecalcitriol
lexacalcitol
maxacalcitol
paricalcitol
tacalcitol
campesterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol
carnitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.nɪt.iːn/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.nəˌtiːn/
Forms: form: carnitines
Etymology: From Latin caro/carnis (“flesh, meat”) + t + -ine, for it was first described in meat extracts in 1905.
Senses: examples: text: Although often called an amino acid because of its chemical makeup, L-carnitine is actually a vitaminlike nutrient, related in structure to the B vitamins. L-carnitine is the biologically active form of carnitine.
ref: 2007, Shari Lieberman, Nancy Pauling Bruning, The Real Vitamin and Mineral Book, 4th edition, unnumbered page:
text: 2014, Peggy R. Borum, Carnitine homeostasis in humans, Benjamin Toby Wall, Craig Porter (editors), Carnitine Metabolism and Human Nutrition, page 4,
Carnitine likely functions in maintaining homeostasis in many metabolic pathways and physiological conditions, with carnitine's role in energy metabolism homeostasis being the best studied.
text: Carnitines are quaternary amines synthesized from the amino acids lysine and methionine.
ref: 2015, Bruno Giammusso, “16: Dietary Complements and Phytotherapy”, in Giorgio Cavallini, Giovanni Beretta, editors, Clinical Management of Male Infertility, Springer, page 155:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.
Synonyms: word: CAR
Derived terms: acetylcarnitine
acylcarnitine
CAR
carnityl
D-carnitine
deoxycarnitine
dextrocarnitine
DL-carnitine
L-carnitine
levocarnitine
octanoylcarnitine
palmitoylcarnitine
cerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerin.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cerotic acid or its derivatives
ASCIIbetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: asciibetical
Etymology: Blend of ASCII + alphabetical
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: According to the order of the ASCII table, with uppercase and lowercase letters grouped separately.
raw_tags: of a sorting
Derived terms: ASCIIbetically
cerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerins
form: cerine
Senses: glosses: Beeswax.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpene found in cork.
cetoleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cetus + oleic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cetoleic acid or its derivatives
cetoleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-docos-11-enoic acid found in many species of fish
chromatographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chromatograph
maritozzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maritozzo
citrostadienol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sterol α₁-sitosterol found in vegetable oil
clupanodonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to clupanodonic acid or its derivatives
clupanodonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The polyunsaturated fatty acid all-cis-docosa-7,10,13,16,19-pentaenoic acid found in fish oil
cocopalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocopalms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coco palm.
coco palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coco palms
Senses: examples: text: The huge trees of the alluvial Amazonian plain gave place to the Phoenix and coco palms, growing in scattered clumps, with thick brushwood between.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: The coconut palm.
naai
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: naais
form: naaiing
form: naaied
form: naaied
Etymology: From Afrikaans naai.
Senses: examples: text: I bet the American chappies are naaiing cherries onetime.
ref: 2012, Zinaid Meeran, Tanuki Ichiban, page 217:
text: Having already learnt about naaiing from the rough and redheaded Two Bob, this meant that in spite of the hostilities between my parents – I can't recall a glimmer of affection between them – they were still at it.
ref: 2013, Roger Lucey, Back in from the Anger, page 21:
qualifier: crude
glosses: to have sexual intercourse; fuck.
Synonyms: word: fuck
english: sense 8
translation: sense 8
word: nail
english: sense 3
translation: sense 3
word: bang
columbinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From columbine (“the plant”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to columbinic acid or its derivatives.
columbinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The polyunsaturated fatty acid trans,cis,cis-octadeca-5,9,12-trienoic acid found in the seeds of the columbine plant
cycloartenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloartenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sterol found in all photosynthetic organisms
Related terms: cycloartenyl
v.i.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vi
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
Related terms: word: v.t.
word: vt
alt: = verb transitive
word: vt
v.i.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: vi
Senses: glosses: vide infra
legates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legate
latching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of latch
latching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
ref: 2012 March 24, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
glosses: That latches.
latching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latchings
Senses: glosses: The act of fastening a latch.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.
penny-farthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny-farthings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penny farthing.
ericaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ericaceous
form: most ericaceous
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin erīcāceus.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the heath family (Ericaceae).
examples: text: Ericaceous plants include camellias, hollies, hydrangeas, and maples as well as members of the Ericaceae.
text: Ralph E. Martin, a New Jersey engineer and gardener, concurs that coffee grounds for general garden and lawn use are too acid. He recommends small quantities for ericaceous (acid-loving) ornamentals.
ref: 1975, Joan Lee Faust, Lisa Oldenburg, The New York times book of indoor & outdoor gardening questions, →ISBN:
text: Many people long to grow some of these beautiful ericaceous (acid-loving) plants, but think they can't because they don't have the appropriate soil.
ref: 1999, Steve Bradley, Alan Titchmarsh, Ground Force Weekend Workbook, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Soil acidity is important if you want to grow ericaceous (acid-loving) plants such as Pieris, Camellia, or Rhododendron.
ref: 2009, Chris Young, RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Design, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
raw_tags: of a plant
examples: text: Camellias thrive when fed with an ericaceous fertiliser.
text: Acid-loving plants such as camellias, heathers, azaleas and rhododendrons are best planted in an ericaceous (acid) potting mix.
ref: 2004, John Mason, Nursery Management, →ISBN, page 144:
text: Most fruits like a soil that is slightly acid to neutral 6–7 pH. These moorland plants, however, like an ericaceous (acid) soil with a pH more towards 5.
ref: 2009, John Harrison, The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best out of Your Plot, →ISBN:
text: If your soil is alkaline, simply grow acid-lovers in containers of ericaceous (acid) potting compost.
ref: 2013, Simon Akeroyd, Allotment Handbook, →ISBN:
glosses: acidic, acid-based
Synonyms: sense: acid-loving
word: calcifugal
sense: acid-loving
word: calcifugous
Related terms: calcifuge
cycloeucalenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pentacyclic phytosterol found in some vegetable oils.
cyclopropene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopropenes
Etymology: From cyclo- + propene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: cyclopropenation
cyclopropenium
cyclopropenone
Related terms: cyclopropenoid
cyclopropenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclopropene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a structure based on cyclopropene
Derived terms: cyclopropenoid fatty acid
decantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːkænˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decantations
Etymology: Borrowed from French décantation, decant + -ation.
Senses: glosses: the act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment
Derived terms: electrodecantation
defatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defat
defatted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more defatted
form: most defatted
Senses: examples: text: Soy flour, its defatted form and except for its fiber content, has more resemblance in physical and chemical properties to nonfat dry milk solids, and more properly might be called "defatted soy solids," or "soy powder," or "soy pulverate;" however, the defatted soy flour has nearly 20% more protein than the nonfat milk solids .
ref: 1972, Allan Kay Smith, Sidney Joseph Circle, Soybeans: Chemistry and Technology: Proteins, page 310:
glosses: From which fat has been removed (often by use of solvents)
Derived terms: partially defatted pork fatty tissue
defat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defats
form: defatting
form: defatted
form: defatted
Etymology: From de- + fat.
Senses: glosses: To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents
degermed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdʒɜːmd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of degerm
degermed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdʒɜːmd/
Forms: form: more degermed
form: most degermed
Senses: glosses: From which the germ has been removed
raw_tags: of a cereal grain etc
degerm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdʒɜːm/
Forms: form: degerms
form: degerming
form: degermed
form: degermed
Etymology: From de- + germ.
Senses: glosses: To remove the germ from (a cereal grain etc.).
Derived terms: nondegerming
degumming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From degum + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.