cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dinotherium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinotheriums
form: dinotheria
form: deinotherium
Etymology: From translingual Dinotherium, from dino- + -therium.
Senses: glosses: An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
fumier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fumy: more fumy
thought showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thought shower
still waters run deep
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: still water runs deep
Etymology: Of Latin origin, but possibly popularized by William Shakespeare, c. 1590, in "Henry VI," part 2, act 3, scene 1:
: Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep;
: And in his simple show he harbours treason.
Senses: examples: text: I always knew she was an artful jade; 'still waters run deep;' but she shall be exposed, the mask shall be stripped from the hypocrite.
ref: 1822, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, A New-England Tale:
text: But still waters run deep; and no crisis had come in the years of her early maidenhood to demonstrate what lay hidden within her, like metal in a mine.
ref: 1885, Thomas Hardy, A Mere Interlude:
text: Baxter had never known of any goings on in that quarter, but, bless you, still waters run deep, and these girls were all alike, one as bad as the other.
ref: 1903, Samuel Butler, chapter 58, in The Way of All Flesh:
text: Isabel Pierce, the central character of Sweetwater, Roxana Robinson's fluid third novel, gives the appearance of being a thoughtful, reserved, quiet woman who won't rock any boats in her life. Yet she harbors passions; it might be said of her that still waters run deep.
ref: 2003 June 8, Alice Elliott Dark, “Book Review: Rainy Day Woman”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Jul 2008:
glosses: A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.
wikipedia: William Shakespeare
Related terms: empty vessels make the most noise
the calm before the storm
oared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Etymology: From oar + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having oars.
Derived terms: oared shrew
unoared
oared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Equivalent to oar + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oar
still water runs deep
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of still waters run deep.
civil enforcement officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil enforcement officers
Senses: glosses: A person employed to enforce parking, traffic and other restrictions and laws in England and Wales, formerly known as a parking attendant.
civil enforcement officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil enforcement officer
naids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naid
nikkud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nikud.
leafspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafspaces
Etymology: From leaf + space.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A topological space that is the quotient of a laminated or foliated manifold by identification of each leaf, and each closed complementary region, to a point.
mapping class group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mapping class groups
Senses: glosses: The group of self-homeomorphisms of a topological space, modulo homotopy.
toison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toisons
Etymology: From French toison.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:toison.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A fleece.
covering space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covering spaces
Senses: examples: text: Let (X, p) be a covering space of X such that X is simply connected.
ref: 2019, William S. Massey, A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology, page 132:
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The domain of a covering of a topological space; the covering together with its domain. (See Usage notes at covering).
Paree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iː
Etymology: Representing the French pronunciation of Paris.
Senses: examples: text: It is gay Paree of la belle époque, Gustav Eiffel and the Impressionists, not the hamburger-chained Champs-Elysées, Arc de McTriomphe and tawdry, all-too-tawdry Follies of today.
ref: 2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of Paris, the capital city of France.
Sancho Panzaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Panzaism.
synonyms: word: Panzaism
resaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resalers
Etymology: From resale + -er.
Senses: glosses: A reseller.
resalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resaler
detune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detunes
form: detuning
form: detuned
form: detuned
form: de-tune
Etymology: From de- + tune.
Senses: examples: text: Some avant-garde composers request that performers detune their instruments before playing.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: untune
glosses: To intentionally lower or raise the pitch produced by a musical instrument, often to produce sounds not normally possible, or to reduce tension in a stringed instrument for the purpose of shipping or maintenance.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To alter the resonant frequency of a tuned system so that it is slightly different from a specified target frequency.
Derived terms: detunable
detuner
detunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detune
detuning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detunings
Senses: glosses: The process of something being detuned.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The difference between actual frequency and resonance frequency.
detuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detune
Derived terms: blue detuning
red detuning
detuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detune
detuned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a detuned instrument or device
glosses: Having undergone detuning.
retune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retunes
form: retuning
form: retuned
form: retuned
Etymology: From re- + tune.
Senses: examples: text: After the long first movement, the orchestra had to retune.
glosses: To tune again.
hair shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair shirts
Senses: examples: text: But what their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.
ref: 2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of hairshirt.
nethermore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English neþermore; equivalent to nether + -more.
Senses: glosses: farther down; lower
Related terms: nethermost
PHOSITA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PHOSITAs
Senses: topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: Abbreviation of person having ordinary skill in the art.
untuned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untuned
form: most untuned
Etymology: From un- + tuned.
Senses: glosses: The state of not having been tuned.
glosses: Of or relating to a musical instrument that does not produce specific pitches, e.g. many drums and cymbals.
retuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retune
retunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retune
retuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retune
retuning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retunings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is retuned; a subsequent tuning.
snap someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snaps someone's head off
form: snapping someone's head off
form: snapped someone's head off
form: snapped someone's head off
Senses: examples: text: "Pa's awfully cranky," Mrs. Cox said resignedly. "He's always been that way! You cook him corn beef hash—that's the night he wanted pork chops; never give someone corn beef hash when he wants pork chops sometimes he'll snap your head off if you speak."
ref: 1915, Kathleen Norris, chapter 5, in The Story of Julia Page:
text: He won't have a pleasant morning, I can tell you! I shall snap his head off every time he speaks to me.
ref: 1918, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in The Story Of Waitstill Baxter:
glosses: To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
Synonyms: bite someone's head off
intervolve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.təˈvɒlv/
ipa: /ˌɪn.tɚˈvɑlv/
ipa: /-ˈvɔlv/
rhymes: -ɒlv
Forms: form: intervolves
form: intervolving
form: intervolved
form: intervolved
Etymology: From Latin inter (“between”), from volvere (“to roll”).
Senses: glosses: To involve one with another.
glosses: To twist or coil together.
Related terms: word: intervolution
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intervolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intervolutions
Etymology: From Latin inter (“between”), from volvere (“to roll”).
Senses: examples: text: the intervolutions of a snake
text: A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with all its wreathed intervolutions in open sight.
ref: 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution
Related terms: word: intervolve
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intervolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intervolution
intervolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intervolve
intervolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intervolve
intervolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intervolve
harvestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From harvest + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being harvested.
Derived terms: nonharvestable
unharvestable
radical plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radical planes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The plane containing the circle formed by the intersection of two spheres (or whose points have equal power with respect to two non-intersecting spheres)
radiobismuth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + bismuth.
Senses: glosses: Any radioactive isotope of bismuth, especially when used in metabolic studies
statistical semantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computational
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of estimation of the meanings of words by looking at patterns of words in huge collections of texts, using statistical methods.
lexical item
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical items
Etymology: From lexical + item.
Senses: examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lexical item.
text: He also realized that by comparing different types of text you may be able to spot "a different density ( repetition rate ) of lexical items, and different degrees of cohesion, in the short story and in the novel.
ref: 1993, Roman Kopytko, Polite Discourse in Shakespeare's English, page 396:
text: It is not surprising that this is a very common structure in language, because it allows the flexibility that was identified earlier in this paper as essential for an adequate lexical item.
ref: 1998, Edda Weigand, Contrastive Lexical Semantics, page 22:
text: The meaning of lexical items may be described in terms of combinations of semantic features.
ref: 2007, Kristel Proost ·, Conceptual Structure in Lexical Items, page 114:
text: Thus there are 3751 lexical items covered in total. Taking into account polysemy, there are 4315 separate senses.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 490:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A term (that is, a word or sequence of words) that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs; exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Related terms: lexeme
lexicalize
lexical unit
lexicon
lexis
lexical unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical units
Etymology: From lexical + unit.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of lexical item.
synonyms: word: lexical item
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A pairing of a word or phrase with one of its meanings.
Related terms: lexicalize
overlexicalization
sgabello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sgabellos
form: sgabelli
Etymology: From Italian sgabello.
Senses: glosses: A kind of stool typical of the Italian Renaissance, typically made of walnut and having a variety of carvings and turned elements.
corporature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/
Senses: examples: text: That antiquate, secure,
And easie dull conceit of corporature,
Of matter, quantitie, and such like gear
ref: 1647, Henry More, Infinitie of Worlds:
text: Usually the Sun presents a man of a good, large and strong Corporature, a yellow, saffron Complexion, a round, large Forehead
ref: 1659, William Lilly, Christian Astrology:
synonyms: embodiment
glosses: The state of being embodied; bodily existence.
sgabelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sgabello
corporative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹətɪv/
Forms: form: more corporative
form: most corporative
Etymology: From Latin corporātīvus, from the participle stem of corporō (“I embody”).
Senses: glosses: pertaining to a corporation; corporate
examples: text: Since the Middle Ages, France had developed into a ‘society of orders’, that is, an environment in which a complex set of institutions and corporative bodies enjoyed distinct legal status.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 9:
synonyms: corporatist
glosses: pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
Derived terms: corporativist
cortissimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːˈtɪsɪmiː/
Senses: glosses: plural of cortissimo
tenuis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnuːɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnjuɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnuɪs/
homophone: tenuous (when unstressed /ɪ/ = [ə])
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t],
examples: text: The superscript equal sign ˭ is here used to denote the Czech tenuis consonant, in this case the plosive [t˭], which lacks aspiration, in order to contrast it with its aspirated counterpart in English [tʰ].
ref: 2016, Malá & Šaffková, editor, ELT Revisited, page 11:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
tenuis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛnjuːɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnuːɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnjuɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɛnuɪs/
homophone: tenuous (when unstressed /ɪ/ = [ə])
Forms: form: tenues
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.
Senses: examples: text: The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.
ref: 1887, Max Müller, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Since the explosive was a tenuis before a consonant we have -p m- and -t n-; these combinations were mutated to mh and nh in the following examples, the voicelessness of the tenuis being retained after its assimilation
ref: 1913, John Morris-Jones, A Welsh grammar, page 184:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A tenuis consonant.
nāga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nāgas
Senses: topics: scholarly
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of naga.
Nāga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nāgas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Naga.
cluster analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklʌ.stə.ɹəˈnæ.lə.sɪs/
Forms: form: cluster analyses
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The classification of objects into different groups, or more precisely, the partitioning of a data set into subsets (clusters), so that the data in each subset (ideally) share some common trait - often proximity according to some defined distance measure.
decrescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹɛsənt/
Forms: form: more decrescent
form: most decrescent
Etymology: From decressant, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], present participle of decreistre (“to decrease”).
Senses: glosses: Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
examples: a decrescent moon
glosses: Waning.
decrescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹɛsənt/
Forms: form: decrescents
Etymology: From decressant, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], present participle of decreistre (“to decrease”).
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right).
Coordinate terms: in decrement
decretive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɹiːtɪv/
Forms: form: more decretive
form: most decretive
Senses: glosses: Having the authority of a decree.
Derived terms: decretively
decrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹaɪəl/
Forms: form: decrials
Etymology: From decry + -ial.
Senses: glosses: a crying down
glosses: clamorous condemnation
CMIIW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: cmiiw
Senses: glosses: Initialism of correct me if I'm wrong.
decumbence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkʌmbəns/
ipa: /dɪˈkʊmbəns/
Senses: glosses: The act or posture of lying down.
Related terms: decumbency
decumbent
decumbency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkʌmbənsi/
ipa: /dɪˈkʊmbənsi/
Senses: examples: text: the ancient manner of decumbency
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: decumbence
Rāhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit राहु (rāhu).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: ☊
antonyms: Ketu
glosses: The ascending lunar node. An asura and god of the solar eclipse.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: ☊
antonyms: Ketu
glosses: The ascending lunar node. An asura and god of the solar eclipse.
A supernatural being in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, particularly the Nyingma lineage. Usually depicted as dark blue in colour and having nine heads one of which is that of a raven. He has a face in his belly the mouth of which swallows up the moon or sun during eclipses. He is master of the nine planets and the god of solar and lunar eclipses.
Rahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rāhu.
obscuration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obscurations
Etymology: From Latin obscūrātiō. By surface analysis, obscure + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Money is miraculous. What miraculous facilities has it yielded, will it yield us; but also what never-imagined confusions, obscurations has it brought in; down almost to total extinction of the moral-sense in large masses of mankind!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter X, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
text: At eleven the room darkened, the moon having climbed behind a tree. But the tree being small, and the moon's ascension rapid, this transit was brief, and this obscuration.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being obscured.
glosses: A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
Derived terms: obscurationism
Related terms: obscurantism
obscurity
deedless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deedless
form: most deedless
Etymology: From deed + -less; obsolete sense is from earlier dadless, probably from Old Norse dáðlauss (“without virtue, incapable, lacking in courage and drive, despicable, cowardly”). Cognate with Danish dådløs (“non-heroic”), Swedish dådlös (“listless, shiftless”).
Senses: glosses: Of real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.
raw_tags: of real property
examples: text: firm of word, / Speaking in deeds and deedless in his tongue
ref: 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act IV, scene v, line 97:
glosses: Helpless; not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
Derived terms: deedlessness
Related terms: dateless
BIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BICs
Senses: topics: banking
business
synonyms: SWIFT-BIC
SWIFT code
SWIFT ID
glosses: Initialism of Bank Identifier Code.
topics: economics
sciences
shipping
transport
glosses: Initialism of Bureau International des Containers (“the International Container Bureau”).
Related terms: topics: banking
business
word: IBAN
deer stalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer stalkings
Senses: glosses: The hunting of deer by stalking, or stealing upon them unawares.
Related terms: deer stalker
SWIFT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪft/
homophone: Swift
rhymes: -ɪft
Senses: topics: banking
business
synonyms: Swift
glosses: Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
glosses: Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
qualifier: Colorado
glosses: Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
qualifier: Colorado
glosses: Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
SWIFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪft/
homophone: Swift
rhymes: -ɪft
Senses: topics: business
qualifier: risk analysis
glosses: Acronym of Structured What If Technique.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform.
topics: sciences
transport
glosses: Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies.
deer stalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer stalkers
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in deer stalking.
Ketu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit केतु (ketú).
Senses: synonyms: ☋
antonyms: Rāhu
glosses: The descending lunar node. In Hindu mythology, Ketu is generally referred to as a "shadow" planet, believed to have a tremendous impact on human lives and also the whole creation.
afterpeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterpeaks
Etymology: From after- + peak.
Senses: glosses: The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
Related terms: forepeak
aigret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aigrets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aigrette.
dramaturgist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramaturgists
Senses: glosses: A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
Related terms: dramaturge
dramaturg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramaturgs
Senses: examples: text: Carl Hegemann, who formerly worked with Mr. Castorf as a dramaturg, said the only endeavor that made sense for him at this point was to direct a traditional play.
ref: 2007 January 14, Sally Mcgrane, “Outrageousness, Herr Director, Is a Tough Act to Follow”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of dramaturge.
alacritous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alacritous
form: most alacritous
Etymology: From alacrity + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
Derived terms: alacritously
celeritous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more celeritous
form: most celeritous
Etymology: From celerity, from French célérité, from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).
Senses: glosses: Swift, speedy, fast.
misappropriations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misappropriation
Corrado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Mb
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Mbit.
Derived terms: Mbps
Mb/s
immunoreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more immunoreactive
form: most immunoreactive
Etymology: From immuno- + reactive.
Senses: examples: text: Most nitrergic neurons were only immunoreactive for nNOS; 10% co-localized with VIP. A small subpopulation of OSP neurons was immunoreactive for ChAT/nNOS/±VIP. All types of neurotransmitters found in the ISP or OSP were also detected in neuronal fibres within the mucosa.
ref: 2015 August 1, “Architecture and Chemical Coding of the Inner and Outer Submucous Plexus in the Colon of Piglets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
Related terms: immunoreaction
immunoreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: immunoreactives
Etymology: From immuno- + reactive.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that causes an immune reaction.
immunoreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoreactions
Etymology: From immuno- + reaction.
Senses: glosses: immune reaction
oesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of esophageal.
Derived terms: perioesophageal
postoesophageal
suboesophageal
transoesophageal
pharmacotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmacotherapies
Etymology: From pharmaco- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Derived terms: chronopharmacotherapy
monopharmacotherapy
polypharmacotherapy
reovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reoviruses
Etymology: The name "reo-" is an acronym for "respiratory enteric orphan" viruses
Senses: examples: text: The former inclusion of reoviruses in the ECHO group was based originally on their isolation from the stools of human beings, their optimal isolation in monkey kidney tissue culture and the lack of pathogenicity of the initial strains for new-born mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys.
ref: 1963, Fouad Mohammed El-Rai, Infections with reoviruses in University of Wisconsin students and in children:
glosses: Any of a group of RNA viruses, of the family Reoviridae, that infect animals and some plants
supercapacitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercapacitors
Etymology: From super- + capacitor.
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of capacitor that have an unusually high capacitance
Synonyms: ultracapacitor
Related terms: supercapacitive
work the crowd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works the crowd
form: working the crowd
form: worked the crowd
form: worked the crowd
Senses: glosses: To work the room, or to do the equivalent with an outdoor audience.
Related terms: crowdwork
bottlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottling
benevolences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benevolence
bethinks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bethink
biochemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biochemical
crouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of crouch
crouches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crouch
cusped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cusped
form: most cusped
Etymology: From cusp + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a cusp; pointed.
Derived terms: multicusped
uncusped
barge board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barge boards
form: bargeboard
Etymology: Probably from Medieval Latin bargus (“a scaffold”).
Senses: synonyms: gableboard
vergeboard
glosses: A board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers.
bargeboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargeboards
Senses: examples: text: Not that one would realise that now, when looking at the quality of its restoration, and of the timber work, panelling, bargeboards, spandrels and cast-iron columns [...].
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honouur the best restoration projects: The Chairman's Special Award: Cholsey & Wallingford Railway”, in RAIL, number 946, page 54:
topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative spelling of barge board.
wagonways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagonway
wagonway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagonways
Etymology: From wagon + way.
Senses: examples: text: This line, described as a valuable feeder to the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, was opened on July 8, 1836, and superseded the older wagonway.
ref: 1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 140:
glosses: A railway designed for use by trams or wagons.
tubules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubule
cryopelagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryopelagic
form: most cryopelagic
Etymology: From cryo- + pelagic.
Senses: glosses: Of cold, deep oceanic waters.
glosses: Regularly found in open waters, but associated with the underside of surface ice cover.
raw_tags: of a fish
no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney
form: no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
Senses: examples: text: Some of our leading scholars trace it back to a favorite American saying of that time, "No matter how thin you slice it, it is still boloney."
ref: 1933 November 29, “Topics of the Times”, in New York Times, page 18:
text: "Do you have the ability," he asked another juror, "to discern between the truth and baloney?"
"I think so, definitely."
"No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney, right?"
ref: 2002, Dave Distel, The Sweater Letter, →ISBN, page 267:
glosses: Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense.
no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
bacteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteroids
Etymology: From bacterium + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
glosses: A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
glosses: A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
bacteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bacteroid
form: most bacteroid
Etymology: From bacterium + -oid.
Senses: examples: bacteroid particles
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling bacteria.
Derived terms: bacteroidal
peribacteroid
spenno
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spenno
form: most spenno
Etymology: From expensive + -o.
Senses: examples: text: All the restaurants here are pretty spenno.
glosses: Expensive.
helping profession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helping professions
Senses: synonyms: caring profession
glosses: A profession that nurtures the growth of or addresses the problems of a person's physical, psychological, intellectual, emotional or spiritual well-being, including medicine, nursing, psychotherapy, psychological counseling, social work, education, life coaching and ministry.
herb bennet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English herbe-benet, from Old French herbe beneite (“blessed herb”) (because of its medicinal properties).
Senses: glosses: An avens such as wood avens (Geum urbanum) or common avens (Geum aleppicum).
glosses: Hemlock.
begetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begetters
Etymology: From Middle English begetare, begettare, biȝetere, equivalent to beget + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Our fond Begetters, who would never die,
Love but themselves in their posteritie.
ref: 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, Dublin, page 17:
text: It was a mirror now,
And in it a long perspective I could trace
Of my begetters, dwindling backward each past each
All with the family look,
Whose names had since been inked down in their place
On the recorder’s book,
Generation and generation of my mien, and build, and brow.
ref: 1917, Thomas Hardy, “The Pedigree”, in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, London: Macmillan, page 63:
glosses: A procreator; one who begets.
examples: text: To the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W. H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “(please specify the sonnet number)”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […]^([Dedication]), London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.
ref: 1911, Saki, “Tobermory”, in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, published 1912, page 30:
text: Rumours are the begetters of gossip. Even more are they the begetters of song.
ref: 1980, Doris Lessing, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, London: Jonathan Cape, page 3:
text: The [Metropolitan] line's begetter, Charles Pearson, had died of dropsy on 14 September 1862. He had naturally refused a payment from the Metropolitan in return for his advocacy of the line, but the company paid an annuity of £250 to his widow.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 35:
text: As the sponsor and begetter of extremism, it was only the army which could take on religious extremism along the north-western marches and the ‘secular’ brand of terrorism down south in Karachi.
ref: 2015 March 17, Ayaz Amir, “So what else should Christians do?”, in The News International:
glosses: An originator; a creator.
procreator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: procreators
Senses: glosses: One who procreates; a father or mother.
glosses: One who originates or creates something.
blinkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blinker
blissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blissed
form: most blissed
Etymology: From bliss + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: You will be living in the flow and experience more love, peace, feeling blissed and whole.
ref: 2021, Naomi Fay, Nathalie Moutia, Sacred Codes in Times of Crisis:
glosses: In a state of bliss.
Derived terms: blissed up
broadsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadside
broadsides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broadside
procreators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procreator
cycle lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle lanes
Senses: glosses: A part of a roadway designated for use by cyclists.
bicycle lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicycle lanes
Senses: glosses: A lane of a roadway designated for use by cyclists.
Synonyms: bike lane
cycle lane
bikeway
Hypernyms: bikeway
cycleway
Glaswegians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glaswegian
transcriptases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcriptase
editor-in-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: editors-in-chief
Senses: examples: text: “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.
ref: 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost:
text: Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
ref: 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of editor in chief.
editor in chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: editors in chief
form: editor-in-chief
Senses: glosses: The highest ranking editor on an editorial staff.
Synonyms: chief editor
EIC
executive editor
Related terms: editor
editor-in-chiefship
editors in chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of editor in chief
editors-in-chief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of editor-in-chief (alternative spelling of editors in chief).
EIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EICs
Senses: examples: text: This issue also marks a turning point for me: It will be my last as editor. […]
So we're off to Germany, and I'm ending my tenure as EIC.
ref: 2010 September, Stephen Schenkenberg, "Many Big ideas, One Big Transition", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 16
glosses: Initialism of editor in chief.
glosses: Initialism of engineer in charge.
-more
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -more, -mor, from mor (“more”, adverb). Analogically formed to -most.
Senses: glosses: Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.
Related terms: -most
-more
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Identical with moor.
Senses: glosses: Used for placenames; variant of moor.
Related terms: -mere
birectangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + rectangular.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike a normal triangle, a spherical triangle can be birectangular because the sum of its angles is greater than 180 degrees.
glosses: Containing two right angles.
bighead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/
Forms: form: bigheads
form: big head
Etymology: From big + head.
Senses: examples: text: He is such a bighead and so lazy that I don't know how far he will go. He can read and write English a little bit and he thinks that is enough for him to know.
ref: 1997, Virginia Watson, Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds, page 174:
text: 'But there are too many egos, way too many. I mean bigheads who are sidetracked by stuff away from football.'
ref: 2010, Jonathan Wilson, Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches:
text: I'm not such a bighead that I think I can do better than Hugh and Hereman at reclaiming the main island.
ref: 2011, Linda Hutton, The Wild Thyme Unseen, page 218:
glosses: A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person.
raw_tags: used by children
glosses: Any of several species of fish having a large head.
glosses: Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hypoptophis wilsonii
word: African bighead snake
taxonomic: Gonorynchus abbreviatus
word: bighead beaked sandfish
taxonomic: Grammonus opisthodon
word: bighead brotula
taxonomic: Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
alt: syn. Aristichthys nobilis
word: bighead carp
taxonomic: Clarias macrocephalus
word: bighead catfish
taxonomic: Apristurus bucephalus
word: bighead catshark
alt: Collichthys niveatus and Pennahia anea
word: bighead croaker
taxonomic: Otophidium indefatigabile
word: bighead cusk-eel
taxonomic: Chaenactis macrantha
word: bighead dustymaiden
alt: Drombus globiceps and Ponticola kessleri
word: bighead goby
alt: Coryphaenoides capito and Coryphaenoides rudis
word: bighead grenadier
taxonomic: Epinephelus amblycephalus
word: bighead grouper
taxonomic: Neosebastes pandus
word: bighead gurnard perch
taxonomic: Horkelia fusca subsp. capitata
word: bighead horkelia
taxonomic: Centaurea macrocephala
word: bighead knapweed
taxonomic: Laemonema verecundum
word: bighead mora
taxonomic: Pennahia anea
word: bighead pennah croaker
alt: Margrethia obtusirostra
word: bighead portholefish
taxonomic: Cyprinodon pachycephalus
word: bighead pupfish
taxonomic: Evax prolifera
word: bighead pygmycudweed
taxonomic: Juncus megacephalus
word: bighead rush
taxonomic: Diplectrum euryplectrum
word: bighead sand perch
english: Cottocomephoridae
translation: Cottocomephoridae
taxonomic: Batrachocottus baicalensis
word: bighead sculpin
taxonomic: Hippocampus grandiceps
word: bighead seahorse
taxonomic: Prionotus tribulus
word: bighead searobin
alt: Holtbyrnia anomala
word: bighead searsid
taxonomic: Hydrophis annandalei
word: bighead sea snake
taxonomic: Liparis megacephalus
word: bighead snailfish
taxonomic: Squalus bucephalus
word: bighead spurdog
taxonomic: Micropsis dasycarpa
word: bighead straitjackets
taxonomic: Trianectes bucephalus
word: bighead threefin
taxonomic: Caulolatilus affinis
word: bighead tilefish
taxonomic: Coryphaenoides rudis
word: bighead whiptail
Related terms: word: big-headed
word: bigheaded
word: bigheadedness
english: Cottidae
translation: Cottidae
word: biggy head
word: proudling
word: swellhead
word: egotist
big-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big-heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bighead.
ferally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ferally
form: most ferally
Etymology: From feral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Wildly; in the manner of an undomesticated animal.
paganized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paganize
paganize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paganizes
form: paganizing
form: paganized
form: paganized
form: paganise
Etymology: From pagan + -ize.
Senses: synonyms: heathenize
glosses: To convert (someone) to paganism.
examples: text: This was that which made the old Christians paganize, while by their scandalous and base conforming to Heathenism they did no more, when they had done their utmost, but bring some Pagans to christianize; for true Christians they neither were themselves, nor could make other such in this fashion.
ref: 1641, John Milton, “Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus”, in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, volume 1, London: A. Millar, published 1738, page 85:
glosses: To behave like a pagan.
Derived terms: depaganize
paganization
paganizer
repaganize
unpaganize
vagotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vagotomy
rhinoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhinovirus
modernizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modernizer
azotometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azotometer
skinnydipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skinnydip
skinnydip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skinnydips
form: skinnydipping
form: skinnydipped
form: skinnydipped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skinny dip.
crispnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crispness
microhemispheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhemisphere
bloater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloaters
Etymology: From bloat + -er, because they swell during preparation.
Senses: glosses: A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
synonyms: kieye
glosses: A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes (Coregonus hoyi).
Synonyms: sense: smoked fish
english: public school slang
translation: public school slang
word: wanker
Derived terms: word: bloater paste
word: blue bloater
bloater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloaters
Etymology: From bloat + -er, in the sense of the person having a "bloated" appearance.
Senses: glosses: a fat person
glosses: a greedy person
boughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bought
electric organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric organ
outmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: outermost
Etymology: From out + -most.
Senses: examples: text: To wander like a god-devoted thing
Along earth's outmost tracts;
ref: 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 48, lines 681–682
glosses: superlative form of outer: most outer; farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible.
Related terms: outermost
utmost
uttermost
outmost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outmosts
form: outermost
Etymology: From out + -most.
Senses: glosses: That which is outmost.
Related terms: Citations:utmore
hell hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hell hounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hellhound.
hell hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hell hound
hell-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hell-hounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hellhound.
hell-hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hell-hound