cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sertularian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː.tjʊˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.tjəˈlɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: sertularians
Etymology: From translingual Sertularia, the taxonomic name of the genus for which the order was named, + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the former order Sertularida, hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae.
platitudinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌplatɪˌtjuːdɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /-ˌtʃuːdɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌplætɪˌtudəˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: platitudinarians
Etymology: From platitude + -in- + -arian.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Culling was an extreme Low Churchman, an Exeter Hallite to the backbone, and the head and front of the Platitudinarian Party.
ref: 1894, Richard William Murray, South African Reminiscences, page 138:
glosses: One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing.
Derived terms: platitudinarianism
Related terms: platitude
platitudinal
platitudinally
platitudinisation
platitudinise
platitudiniser
platitudinization
platitudinize
platitudinizer
platitudinous
predestinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /pɹiˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From predestine + -arian.
Senses: examples: text: But it is wrong to stress only the predestinarian aspect of protestantism […].
ref: 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 123:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Of or relating to predestination.
predestinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /pɹiˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: predestinarians
Etymology: From predestine + -arian.
Senses: synonyms: predestinator
glosses: One who believes in predestination.
Derived terms: predestinarianism
in tow
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "Do you remember the ship? . . . I mean the dismasted eighty-four that was in tow of the frigate."
ref: 1842, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 13, in The Wing and Wing:
text: Far down the field a C-47 cargo plane with two loaded gliders in tow began to move slowly up the runway.
ref: 1944 December 10, “Freight Carriers, Gliders and Hospital Planes Take Part in Preview of Air Borne Unit's Show”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 09 Aug 2010, page 1:
text: Presently the wind nearly died out, and the galley and prizes then took the coasters and fishing craft in tow.
ref: 1896, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in A Knight of the White Cross:
glosses: Pulled by means of an attached line, such as a cable, chain, or rope.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
examples: text: "He's got a man from Cincinnati in tow, and they are going to dine at the Calumet Club."
ref: 1903, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Pit:
text: The House of Representatives hummed with excitement as Congressmen and Senators, many with their spouses and children in tow, awaited the man of the hour.
ref: 1987 October 5, “Central America: Speaking His Peace”, in Time:
text: Doctor Blimber accompanied them; and Paul had the honour of being taken in tow by the Doctor himself.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 12, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: Then with an impertinent presumption she came running out the front door with the maid moving in tow.
ref: 2005, William Mueller, Rome Revisited, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Following or accompanying under the direction of another, as if attached by a line and being pulled.
raw_tags: of persons
Synonyms: sense: pulled by means of an attached line
word: on tow
sense: pulled by means of an attached line
word: under tow
on tow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in tow.
under tow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in tow.
verbality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verbalities
Etymology: From verbal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality.
ref: 1914, F. C. S. Schiller, "Dr. Mercier and Formal Logic," Mind, New Series, vol. 23, no. 92, p. 568
text: In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning.
ref: 1989, A. Kibédi Varga, “Criteria for Describing Word-and-Image Relations”, in Poetics Today, volume 10, number 1, page 37:
glosses: The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.
examples: text: Generally, high communicators were found to be: college majors in humanities or natural sciences, Jewish or Catholic persons, first-born or only children, and those high in verbality.
ref: 1966, Shirley S. Angrist, “Communication about Birth Control: An Exploratory Study of Freshman Girls' Information and Attitudes”, in Journal of Marriage and Family, volume 28, number 3, page 285:
glosses: Proficiency or fluency in the use of words.
on watch
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: On duty as a guard or lookout
glosses: Vigilant; alert.
Synonyms: on the watch
caperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəɹə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: caperers
Etymology: From caper + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The nimble caperer on the cord.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
examples: text: The fairies had washed him, you see, in the swift river, so thoroughly, that not only his dirt, but his whole husk and shell had been washed quite off him, and the pretty little real Tom was washed out of the inside of it, and swam away, as a caddis does when its case of stones and silk is bored through, and away it goes on its back, paddling to the shore, there to split its skin, and fly away as a caperer, on four fawn-coloured wings, with long legs and horns. They are foolish fellows, the caperers, and fly into the candle at night, if you leave the door open.
ref: 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
text: […] caddis insects, the tribe to which the caperer belongs, may be said to do either the one or the other.
ref: 1925, Horatio Gordon Hutchinson, A Fellowship of Anglers, page 93:
glosses: A caddis fly larva.
monarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monarchal
form: most monarchal
Etymology: From monarch + -al. Compare earlier monarchial, Medieval Latin monarchālis, and Middle French monarchal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monarchical.
synonyms: word: monarchical
monarchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monarchial
form: most monarchial
Etymology: Probably partly from monarchy + -al (compare Middle French monarchial) and partly monarch + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monarchical.
synonyms: word: monarchical
admixtured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more admixtured
form: most admixtured
Senses: glosses: To which something has been admixed
diamagnetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act of making something, or of something becoming, diamagnetic
geoparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + particle.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the use of elementary particles in the exploration of the internal geological structure of the Earth.
hyperdiffusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə.dɪˌfjuː.ʒən/
/ˈhaɪ.pəɹ.dɪˌfju.ʒən/
Forms: form: hyperdiffusions
Etymology: From hyper- + diffusion.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Any form of diffusion whose mathematical representation contains orders greater than cubic.
topics: pseudoscience
glosses: Pseudoarchaeological hypothesis that postulated that historical technologies can be traced to a single civilization.
Derived terms: hyperdiffusionism
hyperdiffusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperdiffusive
form: most hyperdiffusive
Etymology: From hyper- + diffusive.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or giving rise to hyperdiffusion
superconvergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superconvergences
Etymology: From super- + convergence.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Very rapid convergence
Related terms: hyperconvergence
superconvergent
superohmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superohmic
form: most superohmic
Etymology: From super- + ohmic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing an electric current that is greater than would be predicted by Ohm's law.
arisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arising
glosses: The waste products or byproducts of an industrial process.
compony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒmˈpɒni/
rhymes: -ɒni
Forms: form: componé
Etymology: From French componé, from Old French compondre, from Latin compōnere (“put together, arrange, compile”). Cognate with English compose, compound.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: gobony
glosses: Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
Derived terms: counter-compony
countercompony
greenling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenlings
Etymology: From green + -ling.
Senses: glosses: Any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific
Derived terms: kelp greenling
hoggin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoggins
Senses: examples: text: You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" – compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it.
ref: 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
glosses: A mixture of clay, gravel and sand, used as a base for laying pavements and paths
greenlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenling
microgamete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgametes
Etymology: From micro- + gamete.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The smaller of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the male sperm or pollen
Related terms: macrogamete
nobbut
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From no + but. Compare Scots nae but, nae bit (“no more than, only, merely, just”).
Senses: examples: text: He were nobbut a lad when he joined the army.
glosses: nothing but; only; just
principalship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principalships
Etymology: From principal + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The condition, rank or office of a principal
swather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɑθɚ/
rhymes: -ɒθə(ɹ)
Forms: form: swathers
Etymology: From swath + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath.
examples: text: Swathers should be for ever abolished. Why did they put them on? Because they fancied an infant could not hold itself together. They did not hold themselves together any better for being squeezed in that manner.
ref: 1890, Leartus Connor, The American Lancet, volume 14, page 416:
glosses: A length of cloth used to swaddle an infant.
swathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swather
principalships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of principalship
alone in a crowd
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Feeling as though one does not fit in with the people around oneself.
Synonyms: alone in the crowd
aftertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːf.tə.taɪm/
Forms: form: aftertimes
form: after-time
Etymology: From after- + time.
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood […]
ref: 1865, Lewis Carroll, chapter 12, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
text: Toward morning, while the old man sat exhausted and asleep in his chair where he had been sitting before his books as one who watches by his beloved dead and prints the features on his memory for a solace in the aftertime of empty desolation, his daughter sprang into the room and gently woke him, saying-- "My presentiment was true!
ref: 1878, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Twain, A Tramp Abroad:
text: mystical states seem [...] full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain; and as a rule they carry with them a curious sense of authority for after-time.
ref: 1902, William James, The Varities of Religious Experience, Folio Society, published 2008, page 322:
text: For it was close on the heel of the suppressed insurrections, an aftertime very critical to naval authority, demanding from every English sea-commander two qualities not readily interfusable—prudence and rigour.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: A later time; the future.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.
Synonyms: hereafter
the future
aftertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftertime
anachronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anachronic
form: most anachronic
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anachronistic.
synonyms: word: anachronistic
Derived terms: anachronically
anachronical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anachronical
form: most anachronical
Senses: examples: text: But the whole notion seems to rest on an anachronical misconception of the 'Evangelia'.
ref: 1839, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4.:
glosses: Synonym of anachronistic.
synonyms: word: anachronistic
amphitheatrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more amphitheatrically
form: most amphitheatrically
Etymology: From amphitheatrical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The citadel walls that crown the hill, on the slopes of which the modern city descends amphitheatrically into the sea, are remnants of Venetian fortifications.
ref: 1919, Aristides E. Phoutrides, Life Immovable:
glosses: With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
ampliative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ampliative
form: most ampliative
Senses: examples: text: To speak Hegelese for a moment, since the deductive processes so discriminated require for their own development, for their own self-realization, to be combined with and enriched by their ampliative complements, in the broad view of these matters required by an investigation of philosophical governance the opposition between them must be overcome.
ref: 1988, Frederick L. Will, Beyond Deduction, page 152:
text: Therefore I take it to be rather declarative, or ampliative, or both.
ref: a. 1653, Hugh Binning (1627–1653), “Sermon VI.”, in The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning, page 579:
glosses: That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
Derived terms: nonampliative
anaerobiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anaerobioses
Etymology: From an- + aerobiosis; by surface analysis, an- + aero- + -biosis.
Senses: examples: text: This last method is the most satisfactory for anaerobic cultivations, as by its means complete anaerobiosis can be obtained with the least expenditure of time and trouble.
ref: 1913, John William Henry Eyre, The Elements of Bacteriological Technique:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any form of life that is sustained in the absence of air (or oxygen)
Related terms: anaerobiotic
anaerobioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaerobiosis
inclarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + clarity.
Senses: glosses: Lack of clarity.
Synonyms: word: unclarity
anagrammatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anagrammatically
form: most anagrammatically
Etymology: From anagrammatic + -ally or anagrammatical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Now the words "Oh, Walter Hawkins, Esquire," makes anagrammatically, "W.H., who likes rare antiques!" exactly his idiosyncrasy as a man and a collector.
ref: 1886, Martin Farquhar Tupper, My Life as an Author:
text: The monster in this case is a reptilian, vomit- and blood-spewing thing in a glass tank that’s more reminiscent of “Alien” than of the dime-store concoctions on “Doctor Who,” the show from which “Torchwood” was anagrammatically spun off.
ref: 2009 July 18, Mike Hale, “Gay Heroes and a Reptilian Monster, From the BBC”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an anagrammatic manner.
gizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of gizzard.
underendowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underendowed
form: most underendowed
Etymology: From under- + endowed.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently endowed.
glosses: Having small breasts or buttocks.
raw_tags: of a woman
glosses: Having a small penis.
raw_tags: of a man
upswelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upswell
upswelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upswellings
Senses: glosses: That which upswells.
urodele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urodeles
Etymology: From Latin Urodela.
Senses: examples: text: Although courtship and other mating behaviors of many urodele amphibians in the laboratory have been described in great detail (Arnold, 1977; Halliday and Verrell, 1986; Verrell, 1989), little is known about such behavior in natural populations (MacMahon, 1964; Lynch and Wallace, 1987).
ref: 1989 December 27, Fredric J. Janzen; Edmund D. Brodie, III, “Tall Tails and Sexy Males: Sexual Behavior of Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) in a Natural Breeding Pond”, in Copeia, volume 1989, number 4:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any caudate amphibian.
Related terms: urodelan
urodelian
urodelous
dilatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilatabilities
Etymology: From dilate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being dilatable
dilatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dilatable
form: most dilatable
Etymology: From dilate + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be dilated
Derived terms: nondilatable
undilatable
outland
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland.
The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).
Senses: glosses: Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
examples: text: These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us.
ref: 1921, Gordon Bottomley, Gruach and Britain's daughter: two plays, page 74:
text: I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue.
ref: 1966, Donald Davidson, Poems, 1922-1961, page 107:
glosses: Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
examples: text: Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.
ref: 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:
text: When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...]
ref: 1949, The Reader's Digest, volume 54, page 101:
text: To China, it is "Chinese territory under British administration" : its citizens are regarded as "home Chinese," not "outland Chinese," and can travel freely to the mother country.
ref: 1980, New Society, volume 51, page 546:
text: And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe [...]
ref: 2001 June 12, Mike Echo Mike, “Why do I fly !!!”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet):
glosses: Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
raw_tags: used with ethnic nationalities
Synonyms: sense: living abroad
word: expatriate
Derived terms: outland Germans
outland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outlands
Etymology: From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland.
The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).
Senses: glosses: Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
Hypernyms: sense: structural
word: land
Derived terms: outlander
outlandish
outlands
outland
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outlands
form: outlanding
form: outlanded
form: outlanded
Etymology: From out- + land.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
sheaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sheave
sheaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made into a sheaf
raw_tags: of straw
Related terms: sheafed
raku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Raku.
pulsatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Consisting of pulses; rhythmic; throbbing.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Played by beating, like a gong or a drum.
Related terms: percussion instrument
Eora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈɔrə/
Forms: form: Iora
form: Iyora
Senses: glosses: An Australian Aboriginal tribe or clan of the Sydney region and surrounds.
Eora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈɔrə/
Forms: form: Iora
form: Iyora
Senses: glosses: Their language or dialect.
Related terms: Dharuk
Sydney language
sauger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saugers
Etymology: Unknown. Attested from late 19th century.
Senses: glosses: A freshwater perciform fish, of species Sander canadensis
coigne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coignes
Etymology: A variant of coign.
Senses: examples: text: Great figures started from the roof
And lofty coignes.
ref: 1843, Robert Henry Horne, Orion: an epic poem:
text: From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.
ref: 1884, Robert Kennaway Douglas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., s.v. "Nanking"
glosses: Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
Derived terms: coigne of vantage
Kaiser roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kaiser rolls
form: kaiser roll
Etymology: Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Senses: examples: text: Did you see it?? It was the biggest bee in the world! It was the size of a Kaiser roll! It must've weighed 70 pounds!
ref: 1989 June 26, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
glosses: A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse.
Synonyms: sense: star-emblazoned round bread roll
word: Vienna roll
english: shortening
translation: shortening
word: Kaiser
Related terms: Kümmelweck
Vienna roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vienna rolls
Etymology: So named after the city in which it is supposed to have been invented.
Senses: glosses: Kaiser roll
Kaiser rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kaiser roll
Kümmelweck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the German Kümmelweck, from Kümmel (“caraway”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kummelweck.
multifacet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + facet.
Senses: glosses: Having many facets.
Synonyms: word: multifaceted
meat-and-potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meat-and-potatoes
form: most meat-and-potatoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of meat and potatoes.
yes-huh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Used to assert a statement that has just been denied by another, especially where that denial took the form of "nuh-uh".
açai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: açais
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acai.
get on someone's last nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets on someone's last nerve
form: getting on someone's last nerve
form: got on someone's last nerve
form: got on someone's last nerve
form: gotten on someone's last nerve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get on someone's nerves.
difference equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: difference equations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An equation involving an ordered sequence of real numbers (a_nₙ₌₁ ᪲) and some of its differences, where the first difference is defined as Δ(a_n)=a_n+1-a_n, and the kᵗʰ difference is defined recursively as Δᵏ(a_n)=Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n+1)-Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n),.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: more broadly, any recurrence relation
Related terms: differential equation
Goy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goys
Etymology: Various origins:
* English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy.
* Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo.
* Borrowed from French Goy, a metonymic occupational surname for a farmer, from Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”).
* Borrowed from Hokkien 倪 (gê); compare Ni, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Goy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goyim
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of goy.
recurrence relation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recurrence relations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: an equation that recursively defines a sequence; each term of the sequence is defined as a function of the preceding terms.
Synonyms: english: recurrence relation
translation: recurrence relation
word: difference equation
Goyim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goy
connivery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conniveries
Etymology: From connive + -ery.
Senses: glosses: collusion
glosses: plotting, scheming
Related terms: connive
conniver
conniveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connivery
conocuneus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A conical wedge; a conoid
consignificant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + significant.
Senses: glosses: Jointly significant
glosses: Having the same signification; synonymous.
zumbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zumbis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”).
examples: text: and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition.
ref: 1876, R.F. Burton, Two Trips to Gorilla Land, page 124:
text: as a libation, it would appear, to the zumbi or n’zumbi of the other world, by and with whom they always deem themselves surrounded and connected.
ref: 1882, Hermenegildo Capelo and Roberto Ivens, From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca, page 26:
text: The patients duly offered a banquet to appease the zumbi, but in Modena’s view the only purpose of the ritual was to invoke the demon.
ref: 2021, Kalle Kananoja, Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa, page 41:
glosses: Alternative form of zombie.
constableship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constableships
Etymology: From constable + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The office or rank of a constable
consulage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consulages
Etymology: From consul + -age.
Senses: glosses: A charge or duty paid to a consul
constableships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constableship
consularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From consular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
consultable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more consultable
form: most consultable
Etymology: From consult + -able.
Senses: glosses: That may be consulted.
Derived terms: unconsultable
Related terms: askable
vocational schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocational school
conquerour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conquerours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of conqueror.
NQ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North Queensland.
NQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NQs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of newly qualified (a person that is newly qualified in some profession).
Related terms: FNQ
creches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creche
Grandmummy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Grandmummy told me about her life.
glosses: one's grandmother
Related terms: Grandpappy
sanitary ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary wares
form: sanitaryware
Senses: glosses: The ceramic wares designed for use in a bathroom/toilet, including WCs, sinks, urinals, etc.
glosses: Coarse-glazed earthenware for sewer pipes.
unprophetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprophetic
form: most unprophetic
Etymology: From un- + prophetic.
Senses: glosses: Not prophetic.
zoochory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzəʊəˌkɔːɹi/
ipa: /ˈzuːəˌkɔːɹi/
Etymology: From zoo- + -chory.
Senses: glosses: The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by animals.
Hyponyms: myrmecochory
ornithochory
Coordinate terms: anemochory
barochory
hydrochory
Related terms: diszoochory
ectozoochory
endozoochory
synzoochory
zoochore
zoochoric
unmanifest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanifest
form: most unmanifest
Etymology: From un- + manifest.
Senses: glosses: Not manifest.
detrends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detrend
Laurussia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɔːˈɹʌʃə/
rhymes: -ʌʃə
Etymology: Blend of Laurentia + Russia
Senses: glosses: A minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea.
Synonyms: Euramerica
Euramerica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjʊəɹəˈmɛɹəkə/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə
Etymology: Blend of Europe + America
Senses: glosses: A minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea.
Synonyms: Laurussia
Related terms: Euro-American
Thibet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tibet.
dozenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌzənəl/
Etymology: From dozen + -al.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
synonyms: duodecimal
glosses: Of a number, expressed in base 12.
Derived terms: dozenalism
dozenalist
dozenal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌzənəl/
Forms: form: dozenals
Etymology: From dozen + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Many dozenalists have devised their own set of numerals, or they adopt the symbols prevalent in their dozenal society.
ref: 2010 (written 11↋6), The Duodecimal Bulletin, volume 58 (written 4χ), number 2, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025, page 9:
topics: arithmetic
synonyms: duodecimal
glosses: A value in a number system that uses 12 as its base.
bifurcative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bifurcate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bifurcation
descriptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From description + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or using description.
Derived terms: descriptionalism
descriptionally
nondescriptional
galileons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galileon
homothets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homothet
homothet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homothets
Etymology: From homo- + -thet.
Senses: glosses: homothecy
intractabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intractability
nanoapertures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoaperture
nanoaperture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æpə(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
-æpə(ɹ)tʃʊə(ɹ)
-æpə(ɹ)tjʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nanoapertures
Etymology: From nano- + aperture.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale aperture
photoconverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoconverter
photoconverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoconverters
Etymology: From photo- + converter.
Senses: glosses: A photodetector
semialgebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semialgebra
superspinars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superspinar
amyotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amyotrophies
Etymology: From a- + myo- + -trophy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: atrophy of muscles
anabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anabatic
form: most anabatic
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Senses: glosses: rising (up a slope)
raw_tags: of a warm air current
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to anabasis
Derived terms: anabatically
anabatic wind
anabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anabatics
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of anabatic wind.
backveld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backvelds
Etymology: From back + veld.
Senses: examples: text: And how was she to know that one may live in London, or New York, a village in Yorkshire, or a dorp in the backveld […] but one behaves inevitably, inexorably, exactly like everyone else.
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 232:
text: If it hadn't been for Susan he might have ended his life in some small, forgotten backveld village, quietly content to teach a bit of history and geography to one generation of school children after the other […].
ref: 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 20:
glosses: Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
Derived terms: backvelder
barrelfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelfishes
form: barrelfish
Etymology: From barrel + fish.
Senses: glosses: The black rudderfish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis
rudderfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rudderfishes
form: rudderfish
Etymology: From rudder + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of various not closely related fish that have the habit of following ships
glosses: Any of various not closely related fish that have the habit of following ships
Centrolophus niger, a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.
basanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basanites
Etymology: From Latin basanites; more at basalt.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert.
Synonyms: lydite
Derived terms: basanitic
basanitoid
breadthways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From breadth + -ways.
Senses: glosses: breadthwise
pneumat-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pneumato- before a vowel
cornbrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornbrashes
Etymology: A local name for a soil that was good for growing corn (wheat).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England
pneumato-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(p)njuːmətəʊ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma).
Senses: glosses: Relating to air.
croze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəʊz/
ipa: /kɹoʊz/
homophone: crows
rhymes: -əʊz
Forms: form: crozes
Etymology: Compare cross and crosier.
Senses: glosses: A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.
glosses: A cooper's tool for making these grooves.
Derived terms: croze iron
crucian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːʃən/
Forms: form: crucians
Etymology: From Low German karusse, karutze, possibly from Medieval Latin coracinus (“kind of river fish”). Also compare German Karausche.
Senses: glosses: A small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe.
Synonyms: crucian carp
depicter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depicters
Etymology: From depict + -er.
Senses: examples: text: One of the nodes in a depiction is identified as the depictee; depictions describe their depictee in terms of their other nodes, which are known as depicters.
ref: 1977, IJCAI-77: 5th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence-1977: Proceedings of the Conference, page 99:
text: In the depiction D-HUMAN, N-ARM acts as a depicter; at the same time, in D-ARM, N-ARM is the depictee—the subject of the depiction.
ref: 1979, N. V. Findler, editor, Associative Networks: Representation and Use of Knowledge by Computers, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 24:
antonyms: depictee
glosses: One who, or that which, depicts (a specified subject).
depictive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From depict + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to depiction.
Derived terms: depictively
depictive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depictives
Etymology: From depict + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
Related terms: resultative
pneumaturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: p
enpr: nyo͞o'mətyo͝oəʹrĭə
ipa: /ˌ(p)njuːməˈtjʊəɹɪə/
Etymology: From pneumat- + -uria; compare French pneumaturie, German Pneumaturie.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of undissolved gases in the urine during urination.
devisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more devisable
form: most devisable
Etymology: From devise + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be devised or invented.
examples: text: The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.
ref: 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129:
glosses: Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.
devisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: devisors
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A testator.
Related terms: devise
deviser
devitrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: devitrifies
form: devitrifying
form: devitrified
form: devitrified
Etymology: From de- + vitrify.
Senses: glosses: To become crystalline and brittle
raw_tags: of a glassy material
electrocoagulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrocoagulations
Etymology: From electro- + coagulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A form of electrosurgery in which a high-frequency electric current is used to bring about the coagulation and destruction of tissue.
electrosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrosurgeries
Etymology: From electro- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: the application of high-frequency electric current to tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate it
enclasp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enclasps
form: enclasping
form: enclasped
form: enclasped
form: inclasp
Etymology: From en- + clasp.
Senses: glosses: To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace
Synonyms: clasp
grasp
grip
Derived terms: enclaspment
fencerow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fencerows
Etymology: From fence + row.
Senses: coordinate_terms: hedgerow
;
windbreak
;
shelterbelt
glosses: The land adjacent to a fence; the entire right of way of the fence, including the fence itself and any bushes and trees that grow next to it.
flightseeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of flight + sightseeing
Senses: glosses: Sightseeing from an aircraft.
Related terms: flightseer
fragrancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragrancies
Etymology: From fragrant + -cy or fragrance + -y.
Senses: glosses: fragrance
gateleg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪtlɛɡ/
Forms: form: gatelegs
Etymology: From gate + leg.
Senses: examples: text: Now that's a nice gateleg table in the corner there. Though of course you'd have to put new hinges on it if you wanted to use the flaps.
ref: 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 8, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001, part 1, page 90:
topics: furniture
lifestyle
synonyms: gateleg table
glosses: A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down.
Related terms: gatelegged
gatelegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gateleg
devitrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devitrify
devitrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of devitrify
devitrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of devitrify
Derived terms: undevitrified
enclasps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enclasp
enclasping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enclasp
enclasped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enclasp
fragrancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragrancy
fencerows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fencerow
devisors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devisor
testators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testator
meatatarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meatatarian
depicters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depicter
consulages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consulage
crozes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croze
crucians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crucian
urodeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urodele
electrophosphorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + phosphorescent.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting electrophosphorescence
electrophosphorescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + phosphorescence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of phosphorescence, especially in doped LEDs, that is triggered by an electric charge
Related terms: electrophosphorescent
light-emitting diodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light-emitting diode
icefall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icefalls
Etymology: From ice + fall, modelled after waterfall.
Senses: glosses: A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
incommutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + commutable.
Senses: glosses: Not commutable
Derived terms: incommutably
intertwist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intertwists
form: intertwisting
form: intertwisted
form: intertwisted
Etymology: From inter- + twist.
Senses: glosses: To twist together; to intertwine
icefalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icefall
intertwists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intertwist
intertwisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intertwist
intertwisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intertwistings
Senses: examples: text: The knots, or complicated intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, silk or other twisted articles, when carelessly handled […]
ref: 1868, John Christopher Atkinson, A glossary of the Cleveland dialect, page 476:
glosses: A twisting together.
intertwisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intertwist
isomerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + -merous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the same number of parts
Derived terms: anisomerous
Related terms: isomeric
judenrein
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Judenrein
Etymology: Borrowed from German judenrein (“cleansed of Jews”, literally “Jew clean”).
Senses: glosses: "Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed).
Related terms: ethnic cleansing
marbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marbly
form: most marbly
Etymology: From Middle English marbely, marbylle, equivalent to marble + -y.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of marble.
onglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: on-glaze
Etymology: From on + glaze.
Senses: glosses: Done on a glazed surface
raw_tags: of decoration etc.
onkus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onkus
form: most onkus
Etymology: Unknown. Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky.
Senses: examples: text: The soup was crook. It was onkus. A yellow-bellied platypus couldn′t drink it […]
ref: 1981, Herman Charles Bosman, The Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman, page 101:
glosses: Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.
glosses: Good; acceptable; okay.