cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Lenore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ellipsis of Eleanor
Senses: examples: text: […] sorrow for the lost Lenore — / For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — / Nameless here for evermore.
ref: 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A female given name, variant of Eleanor.
Australians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Australian
mythologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythologist
musculatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musculature
scintillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scintilla
mugworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mugwort
sandhill cranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandhill crane
muffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muffle
muffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muffle
monohybrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monohybrid
modal verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modal verb
misuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misuse
misuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misuse
video cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video camera
videodiscs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videodisc
viewfinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viewfinder
wingnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingnut
water fleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water flea
windscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windscreen
wineskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wineskin
woodcuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodcut
wristwatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wristwatch
Portuguese man-of-war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔː.tʃʊˌɡiːz ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwɔː/
ipa: /ˈpoɹ.tʃəˌɡiz ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwoɹ/
ipa: /ˈpoɹ-/
ipa: /ˈmæn-/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Portuguese men-of-war
form: Portuguese man-o-war
form: Portuguese man-o'-war
Etymology: From Portuguese (adjective) + man-of-war, from the resemblance of the organism’s float to a former Portuguese warship at full sail.
Senses: examples: text: However, two beaches in Tarragona in southern Catalonia were closed in July after Portuguese man o’war (Physalia physalis) were spotted in the water.
ref: 2024 August 24, Stephen Burgen, “Resorts on Spain’s Costa Brava struggle with invasion of jellyfish as seas warm”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: bluebottle
man-of-war
glosses: Physalia physalis, a marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float, superficially resembling a jellyfish.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Portuguese, man-of-war.
Related terms: siphonophore
stopwatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopwatch
pocketwatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocketwatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pocket watch.
pocketwatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocketwatch
pocket watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket watches
form: pocketwatch
Senses: glosses: A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.
pocket watch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pocket watches
form: pocket watching
form: pocket watched
form: pocket watched
form: pocketwatch
Senses: examples: text: Pocket watching a high schooler is crazy.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To jealously obsess over another person's finances or success.
pocket watches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket watch
Supremes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Supreme Court of the United States, by shortening, punning reference to The Supremes, a pop-music singing group.
Senses: glosses: The current members, as a group, of the Supreme Court of the United States.
time-travel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans. Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Alternative form of time travel.
time-travel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-travels
form: time-traveling
form: time-travelling
form: time-traveled
form: time-traveled
form: time-travelled
form: time-travelled
Senses: glosses: To travel through time.
glosses: To sleep.
Derived terms: time-traveller
buffalo-skin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From buffalo + skin.
Senses: glosses: Made from buffalo leather or hide.
buffalo-skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo-skins
Etymology: From buffalo + skin.
Senses: glosses: Leather made from buffalo hide.
glosses: The hide, whether tanned or not, of one buffalo.
glosses: An article of clothing manufactured from buffalo-skin. Often constructed in the plural.
Related terms: buckskin
deerskin
doeskin
buffalo-skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo-skin
buffaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo
buffaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buffalo
buffalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo
rollercoasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollercoaster
roller-coaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller-coasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rollercoaster.
roller-coasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller-coaster
stuffed animals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stuffed animal
cotton-candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cotton candy.
rashest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rash: most rash
barbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barb
barbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of barb
bares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛɹz/
ipa: /bɛəz/
rhymes: -ɛɹz
rhymes: -ɛəz
homophone: bears
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bare
at-home card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: at-home cards
Senses: glosses: A card, similar in size to a business card, conveying personal non-business contact information; may be used as an invitation to visit.
Synonyms: sense: card with personal contact information
word: calling card
sense: card with personal contact information
word: name card
sense: card with personal contact information
word: meishi
sense: card with personal contact information
word: visiting card
wayside pulpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayside pulpits
Senses: glosses: A roadside sign fronting churches and other religious worship centers, whose message is changed regularly, often weekly, and is typically welcoming or scriptural, philosophical, spiritual, or otherwise uplifting quotations.
cyberneticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberneticists
Etymology: From cybernetic + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But when he sought the Nearer Now / And gave another twist, / He found that he’d / Become, somehow, / A Cyberneticist.
ref: 1956 December, Frederick Winsor, “The Space-Child's Mother Goose”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Someone who studies cybernetics.
Derived terms: biocyberneticist
smear case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She procured some rat poison, went to the spring house and put two teaspoons of the poison in some smear case. When the family sat down to breakfast on Wednesday morning, June 24, the smear case was placed on the table for their ...
ref: 2006, Brett J. Mitchell, Triple Murder: The Crimes Committed by Celia Rose, HistoricalPreservation.org, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of smearcase.
refered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of referred.
idiomaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪd.i.əʊ.məˈtɪ.si.ti/
Forms: form: idiomaticities
Etymology: From idiomatic + -ity.
Senses: synonyms: word: idiomaticness
word: idiomacy
antonyms: unidiomaticity
unidiomaticness
glosses: The quality of being idiomatic.
glosses: An instance or category of instances of that quality.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).
Related terms: idiomatic
idiomatical
idiomatically
odontogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From odonto- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the formation and development of teeth
glosses: That originates in the tissues of the teeth
Derived terms: nonodontogenic
collocutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collocutors
Senses: glosses: Any of the people engaged in a conversation
Synonyms: conversational partner
interlocutor
Related terms: collocution
collocution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collocutions
Senses: glosses: An instance of multiple people speaking to each other; a conversation or conference.
Related terms: collocutor
forwarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forwarders
Etymology: From forward (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.
forwarder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From forward (adjective) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It is hard to draw evill men to good actions, especially for Church and State; therefore will I suspect that wherein they are more forwarder then honester men.
ref: 1642, A Frivolous Paper, in Forme of a Petition […], page 7:
text: But whilst she is moving from her perigee to her apogee, her true place is observed to be forwarder than her mean place, and therefore, throughout that half of her orbit, the equation must be added to her mean place, in order to find her true place.
ref: 1763 June, James Ferguson, “Kennedy’s Astronomical Chronology”, in The Critical Review, volume 15, page 411:
text: He tried thinking his way through the problem, but that did not get him any forwarder.
ref: 1942, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, chapter VII, in Land of Unreason:
glosses: Comparative form of forward: more forward.
forward-looking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forward-looking
form: most forward-looking
Senses: examples: text: That's because, having left behind his senior position on the national network at the West Midlands Rail Executive in mid-March […], the energetic but mild-mannered Holmes has brought a distinctly forward-looking agenda to the Leicestershire heritage operation he now leads.
ref: 2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38:
glosses: Having an interest in the future, and planning for it.
Derived terms: forward-lookingness
foully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more foully
form: most foully
Etymology: From foul + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a foul manner.
foulmouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foulmouthed
form: most foulmouthed
Etymology: From foul + mouthed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foul-mouthed.
foul-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaʊl ʌp/
Forms: form: foul-ups
Senses: glosses: A disastrous mistake.
fuschia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fuchsia.
four-flush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-flushes
form: four flush
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Four cards of the same suit.
four-flush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: four-flushes
form: four-flushing
form: four-flushed
form: four-flushed
form: four flush
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To attempt to pass off a four-flush as a flush.
glosses: To bluff.
fourfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/
Forms: form: four-fold
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
Senses: glosses: Four times as great; quadruple.
examples: text: Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
ref: 1895, [Charles Hardy], The Aural System […], page 5:
glosses: Comprised of four individual members.
Synonyms: quadruple
quadruplicate
Derived terms: fourfoldness
fourfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/
Forms: form: four-fold
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
Senses: examples: text: And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:6:
glosses: By a factor of four.
Synonyms: quadruply
four times
fourfold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/
Forms: form: fourfolds
form: fourfolding
form: fourfolded
form: fourfolded
form: four-fold
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
Senses: glosses: To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.
Synonyms: quadruple
quadruplicate
fourfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːfəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/
Forms: form: fourfolds
form: four-fold
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
Senses: examples: text: Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.
ref: 2015, Brent Pym, “Elliptic singularities on log symplectic manifolds and Feigin--Odesskii Poisson brackets”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebraic variety of degree 4.
four-footed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace [...] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93:
glosses: Having four feet; quadruped.
four-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.
ref: 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:
glosses: Having four wheels
glosses: Having a transmission that drives all four wheels.
Related terms: four-wheeling
three-wheel
four-in-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-in-hands
Senses: examples: text: ‘I must see him!’ he exclaimed; but at that moment the Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand came between, and when it had left the space clear, the carriage had swept out of the Park.
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 62:
text: Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
synonyms: coach-and-four
glosses: A carriage drawn by four horses controlled by one driver.
examples: text: He wore a black frock coat and light trousers, his cravat a gray four-in-hand.
ref: 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 293:
synonyms: schoolboy knot
glosses: A slip knot with one end hanging in front of the other; a simple necktie.
four-o'clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-o'clocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of four o'clock.
fourposter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourposters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of four-poster (“type of bed”).
fourth-class
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Was it once stated that fourth class carriages no longer existed? But I have travelled fourth class in Jugoslavia and also on the C.F.A.E. in Algeria on the line from Oran to Colomb Bechar.
ref: 1945 July and August, John Gibbons, “Thirty Years of The Railway Magazine”, in Railway Magazine, page 229:
glosses: A former class of mail consisting mostly of heavier printed matter.
cosmic background radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: All the electromagnetic radiation entering the Earth from non-point sources in deep space.
Related terms: cosmic microwave background
redshifted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redshifted
form: most redshifted
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: (of light and other radiation) Increased in wavelength as a consequence of redshift
Related terms: blueshifted
Doppler effect
microwave radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Electromagnetic radiation that has a frequency of about 3 to 30 GHz.
covellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covellites
Etymology: Named after Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A shiny indigo-blue sulfide mineral, CuS, that is an ore of copper.
Derived terms: covellitic
cover crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover crops
Senses: glosses: Any of several crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); often plowed into the soil as a green manure at the end of its season.
Related terms: ground cover
smother crop
coxsackievirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coxsackieviruses
Etymology: Coxsackie + virus, after the town in New York where they were first isolated.
Senses: glosses: Any of many enteroviruses that cause disease mostly in children.
Related terms: coxsackieviral
enterovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteroviruses
Etymology: From entero- + virus.
Senses: glosses: Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
Derived terms: panenterovirus
Related terms: enteral
enteritis
enteroviral
gastroenteritis
crocoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocoites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare red mineral; lead chromate, PbCrO₄.
crown gall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crown galls
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of plants caused by infection of soil bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium
cryobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + biology.
Senses: glosses: the study of the effects of low temperature on living organisms
Related terms: cryobiological
cryobiologist
cryobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryo- + biological.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to cryobiology
Derived terms: cryobiologically
cryobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryobiologists
Etymology: From cryo- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: a biologist who specializes in cryobiology
cryotron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ.oʊˌtɹɑn/
ipa: /ˈkɹaɪ.əˌ-/
Forms: form: cryotrons
Etymology: From cryo- + -tron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A switch that employs superconductivity
cryptobiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + -biosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted
Hyponyms: anhydrobiosis
anoxybiosis
chemobiosis
cryobiosis
osmobiosis
Related terms: cryptobiotic
erogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: erogates
form: erogating
form: erogated
form: erogated
Etymology: From Latin ērogātus, past participle of ērogō; e (“out”) + rogō (“ask”).
Senses: glosses: to lay out (money etc.); to deal out; to expend
Related terms: erogation
polyache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyaches
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical function defined in terms of the sums of powers. (See reference for details.)
Related terms: polykay
polykay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polykays
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A statistic that is a certain kind of linear combination of sample moments. (See reference for details.)
Related terms: polyache
polyad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyads
Etymology: From poly- + -ad.
Senses: glosses: A group consisting of an indeterminate number of items.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An element whose valence is greater than two.
Derived terms: polyadic
Related terms: monad
dyad
triad
tetrad
pentad
hexad
heptad
octad
nonad
decad
polypiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polypiform
form: most polypiform
Etymology: From polyp + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a polyp
polypigerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪdʒəɹəs
Forms: form: more polypigerous
form: most polypigerous
Etymology: From polyp + -gerous.
Senses: glosses: polypiferous
destabilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/
Forms: form: destabilises
form: destabilising
form: destabilised
form: destabilised
form: destabilize
Etymology: From de- + stabilise.
Senses: examples: text: The route had been closed on December 30 2022, after heavy rain destabilised the foundations beneath more than 40 metres of the railway.
ref: 2023 January 25, “Network News: New stone shores up landslip at Carstairs”, in RAIL, number 975, page 14:
glosses: To make something unstable.
glosses: To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
glosses: To become unstable.
polypine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polypine
form: most polypine
Etymology: From polyp + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a polyp
polypite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypites
Etymology: From polyp + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A fossil polyp
glosses: An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian
polygonar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polygon + -ar?
Senses: glosses: polygonal
polyadelph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyadelphs
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the class Polyadelphia, having the stamens united in three or more bundles by the filament.
polyadelphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyadelphites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pale brown andradite garnet
macrosystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosystems
Etymology: From macro- + system.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
glosses: The larger cultural system in which an individual lives.
examples: text: In defining a mail access protocol, it is important to keep in mind that the client and server form a macrosystem, in which it should be possible to exploit the strong points of both while compensating for each other's weaknesses.
ref: 1988, M. Crispin, RFC 1064: Interactive Mail Access Protocol: Version 2:
glosses: Any large-scale system.
Related terms: mesosystem
microsystem
Madera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish madera (“wood”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Madera County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A town and municipality (Madera Municipality) in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
glosses: A village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A settlement in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A settlement in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Derived terms: Madera County
apple-pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-pies
Senses: examples: text: Tea was served with a fragrant apple-pie.
ref: 2015, Sulkhan Zhordania, “In the Beginning Was the Fist”, in The Asylum Seeker, Berlin: Pro BUSINESS, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Alternative spelling of apple pie.
apple-pie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apple-pies
form: apple-pieing
form: apple-pied
form: apple-pied
Senses: examples: text: Pat was always ready for fun, especially when it came to apple-pieing beds.
ref: 1955, Vox Collegii, page 43:
text: “There’s something the matter with the God[-]damned bed. I can’t get in.” He stood there, naked and cross in the candlelight. Martha turned back the covers. “They’ve apple-pied the bed.” “They’ve what?” “Apple-pied, short-sheeted. Didn’t you ever do that when you were young?” “The little brats.” “It’ll only take a minute of fix; it’s just the top sheet.”
ref: 1986, Audrey Thomas, Goodbye Harold, Good Luck, Viking, →ISBN, page 140:
text: At midnight, Elizabeth and her friends apple-pied the beds of her brother David and James, who was still being frustratingly elusive.
ref: 2012, Lady Colin Campbell, The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Alternative spelling of apple pie.
polygonation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polygon + -ation.
Senses: glosses: A method of surveying, an extension of triangulation, in which a set of contiguous polygons are measured and plotted
Hyponyms: quadrangulation
triangulation
polyplacophoran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Polyplacophora + -an
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the molluscs of the class Polyplacophora.
polyplacophoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyplacophorans
Etymology: Polyplacophora + -an
Senses: glosses: A mollusc of this class; a chiton
polyplacophore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polyplacophoran
polyplacophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyplacophores
Senses: glosses: polyplacophoran
polyplacophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polyplacophoran
geeked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geek out
polyadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyadic
form: most polyadic
Etymology: From polyad + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a polyad (comprising many elements)
Related terms: n-adic
p-adic
monadic
dyadic
triadic
variadic
exponentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exponentiate
precum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precome
form: pre-cum
form: pre cum
Etymology: From pre- (“before”) + cum (“ejaculate”).
Senses: examples: text: The shaft was fat, long and already half-hard. Ulrich didn't mean to pry, but he understood (as precum slicked his palm) that this was a man who liked to play for hours before he came.
ref: 1996, Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica, Cleis Press, Page 186
text: Bert made precum like some kind of instant coffee; it was always available.
ref: 2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, Belhue Press, page 57
text: [M]y penis was inserted into her vagina without a condom for a short period of time and I never knew if any precum got into her or not, but this is now six months later and her stomach does not look big at all. […]
ref: 2002, William Marsliglio and Sally Hutchinson, Sex, Men, and Babies: Stories of Awareness and Responsibility, NYU Press, pages 80-81
text: 2005, Russell Kick (ed.), Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide To The Extremes of Human Sexuality (and everything in between) (page 295), The Disinformation Company
"Looking down at Patrick, at his big, lean body, his hard cock leaking precum on his belly, making him moan with stroke after stroke, then leaning over to kiss him while my condomized cock slides in and out of his yielding hole—it was all more than pornographic.
text: However, in some men precum will contain sperm so adequate protection should be used to prevent pregnancy.
ref: 2024 June 11, Dr. Steve Chapman, “Is swallowing semen good for you?”, in Better2Know:
glosses: Cowper's fluid; pre-ejaculate.
precum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: precums
form: precumming
form: precame
form: precummed
form: precum
form: precummed
form: precome
form: pre-cum
form: pre cum
Etymology: From pre- (“before”) + cum (“ejaculate”).
Senses: glosses: To release Cowper's fluid (pre-ejaculate).
pre-cum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 2002, Jesse Grant & Austin Foxxe (eds.), Friction 5: Best Gay Erotic Fiction, Alyson Publishing
“Glad ya could make it, son,” he drawled in a thick Texas accent. I noticed his cock jerk up. A think strand of pre-cum oozed from his piss slit. It trickled down over his vein-etched cock. Wildfire licked his lips.
text: He unfolded his hands and resumed masturbating, paying homage to her beauty and destructive powers. The stream of pre-cum, lubricated his shaft, made the gliding of his hardness slick and easy.
ref: 2004, Justus Roux (ed.), Erotic Fantasy: Tales of the paranormal, Erotictales Publications, p. 220
text: She squatted instead of keeling, her plump vulva gaping obscenely above the floor. She ran her hand along its length, thinking excitedly that it had to be at least a foot long. The top was slick with pre-cum. Conrad moaned when her hot mouth enveloped the head of his dick.
ref: 2006, K. Sean Harris, Erotic Jamaican Tales, Book Fetish, p. 2
glosses: Alternative form of precum.
cell-phones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cell-phone
malacologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malacologists
Etymology: From malacology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In the early 1800s the French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort published an account of a British ship of the line that he claimed had been sunk, and its crew devoured, by a Colossal octopus, or Kraken.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 233:
glosses: A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.
malacologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malacologist
ghetto fabulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ghetto fabulous
form: most ghetto fabulous
form: ghetto-fabulous
Etymology: From ghetto + fabulous. In the first sense perhaps influenced and popularized by rapper Mystikal's hip-hop song and album Ghetto Fabulous (1998).
Senses: glosses: Wealthy, but of ghetto roots and ethic.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular slang
glosses: Authentic, keeping it real.
ghetto-fabulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ghetto-fabulous
form: most ghetto-fabulous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghetto fabulous.
fucken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌk(ə)n/
rhymes: -ʌkən
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fucking.
fucken
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌk(ə)n/
rhymes: -ʌkən
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fucking.
Derived terms: fuckening
fucken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌk(ə)n/
rhymes: -ʌkən
Senses: glosses: present participle of fuck; nonstandard form of fucking
dodad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodads
Etymology: Apparently from doodad, with spelling influenced by do.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doodad.
do-dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: do-dads
Etymology: Apparently from doodad, with spelling influenced by do.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doodad.
doo-dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doo-dads
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doodad.
pulsatile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pulsatile
form: most pulsatile
Etymology: From post-classical Latin pulsatilis, from the participle stem of Latin pulsāre (“to pulse”).
Senses: examples: text: The Conglomerate itself was a pulsatile labyrinth of muscle, gelatinous pockets and hanging ganglion.
ref: 2002, Steve Aylett, The Velocity Gospel, Scar Garden 2010 (Complete Accomplice), p. 151
glosses: Pulsating; that pulses.
glosses: Characterized by pulses.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of a musical instrument: played by striking or beating.
Derived terms: pulsatile tinnitus
encourager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/
Forms: form: encouragers
form: incourager
Etymology: From encourage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who provides encouragement.
Related terms: pour encourager les autres
semiconscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + conscious.
Senses: examples: text: After being hit on the head he was only semiconscious: he could walk, but he tended to go in circles.
glosses: Neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.
semisweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-sweet
Etymology: From semi- + sweet.
Senses: examples: text: semisweet chocolate
glosses: Partially sweet or sweetened, but having a distinct bitter component.
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
synonyms: medium sweet
coordinate_terms: medium dry
glosses: Containing some residual sugars that complement the acidity and other flavor components but which do not dominate.
semitransparent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semitransparent
form: most semitransparent
Etymology: From semi- + transparent.
Senses: examples: text: The fogged window was only semitransparent and I could only dimly make out the figures.
glosses: Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent.
haggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hagglers
Etymology: From haggle + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who haggles.
examples: text: 'Then what might your meaning be in calling me "Sir John" these different times, when I be plain Jack Durbeyfield, the haggler?'
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 4:
glosses: A person who buys vegetables and other produce from farms and then sells them on in a different location; a person who transports farm goods.
heroically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heroically
form: most heroically
Etymology: From heroic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a heroic manner, like a hero.
self-winding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + winding.
Senses: glosses: Of a wristwatch: that does not need to be wound but rather gathers energy from being moved while worn.
drum kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drum kits
Senses: examples: text: From a train operator's viewpoint, the ideal passenger travels with nothing more than a coat and small case or backpack, and one has sympathy with Lumo when it was confronted with a passenger wishing to travel with a full drum kit.
ref: 2023 August 23, Anthony Lambert, “Expanding the family and disabled markets”, in RAIL, number 990, page 55:
synonyms: drum set
drumset
trap set
glosses: A collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.
self-aggrandizement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-aggrandizements
Etymology: From self- + aggrandizement.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hat can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such discipline as this?
ref: 1906, Anna Katharine Green, chapter 29, in The Chief Legatee:
text: In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.
ref: 1907 September, Jack London, “A Day’s Lodging”, in Love of Life and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published December 1907, →OCLC, page 64:
text: As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money.
ref: 2001 February 25, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Here comes the neighborhood [review of Everyday People (2001) by Stewart O’Nan]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022:
text: Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement.
ref: 2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
glosses: Behaviour which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.
Related terms: self-aggrandizing
hitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hitchers
Etymology: From hitch + -er.
Senses: glosses: A hitchhiker.
topics: business
mining
glosses: An onsetter.
self-effacing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-effacing
form: most self-effacing
Etymology: From self- + effacing.
Senses: examples: text: Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.
text: His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing (and), he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others.
ref: 2007 January 3, Ian Gillan, “DEEP PURPLE Frontman: ELVIS PRESLEY 'Was The Greatest Singer That Ever Lived'”, in blabbermouth.net:
text: […] When asked about this, Muldoon's self-effacing response is: “I don't think so!”
ref: 2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: I'm sorry if I seem self-effacing / Consumed by selfish thoughts / It's only that I still love you deeply / It's all the love I got
ref: 2010, “Age of Adz”, in The Age of Adz, performed by Sufjan Stevens:
glosses: Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.
hokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
homophone: hoax
Senses: glosses: plural of hoke
hokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /həʊks/
rhymes: -əʊks
homophone: hoax
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hoke
tactfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tactfulnesses
Etymology: From tactful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His tactfulness allowed him to be honest without making enemies.
glosses: The state or quality of being tactful.
tactlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tactlessnesses
Etymology: From tactless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His tactlessness combined with his bluntness made him many enemies.
glosses: The state or quality of being tactless.
glosses: The result or product of being tactless.
tailgater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailgaters
Etymology: From tailgate + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who tailgates (drives very close to the person ahead).
examples: text: Ms. Hundley’s favorite feature is the automatic reminder, which notifies tailgaters of their responsibilities 24 hours before game time.
ref: 2013 November 8, Nancy M. Better, “Tailgating Gets Online Playbooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: One who participates in a tailgate party.
tailgate party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailgate parties
Senses: synonyms: tailgate
glosses: A celebration, held in a parking lot, with picnic food served out of the back of automobiles or pickup trucks; usually held at sporting events.
admeasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: admeasures
form: admeasuring
form: admeasured
form: admeasured
Etymology: From Middle English amesure, from Anglo-Norman amesurer, admesurer, from Medieval Latin admēnsūrō. Compare Classical Latin admētior (“measure out to”).
Senses: glosses: To measure.
topics: law
glosses: To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.
glosses: To delimit, to restrain.
Derived terms: admeasurement
admeasurer
tailgate parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailgate party
tailgaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailgater
admeasurement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admeasurements
Etymology: admeasure + -ment.
Senses: examples: 1781, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query I
By admeasurements through nearly the whole of this last line, and supplying the unmeasured parts from good data, the Atlantic and Mississipi are found in this latitude to be 758 miles distant, equal to 13° 38′ of longitude, reckoning 55 miles and 3144 feet to the degree.
glosses: Apportionment.
examples: text: Though the figures are similar, their angles, on admeasurement by a nice instrument, differ very appreciably.
ref: 1815, William Henry, The Elements of Experimental Chemistry, volume 1, page 20:
glosses: Measurement, the act of measuring.
tallier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talliers
Etymology: From tally + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who tallies, who makes a count.
talliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tallier
tallowy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tallowy
form: most tallowy
Etymology: From late Middle English talowy; equivalent to tallow + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The sweat gleamed on his large, tallowy breasts.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:
glosses: Resembling tallow.
tankful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tankfuls
form: tanksful
Etymology: From tank + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Each tankful of leaded gasoline causes an increasingly thick coating of lead to build up on the catalyst.
ref: 1985 December, Popular Mechanics, page 52:
text: 1988 July, advertisement, Field & Stream, page 57,
Regane^® Premiumᵀᴹ is a gas treatment so superior, it′ll work through eleven tankfuls-not just one.
text: One driver has kept track of several tankfuls of gasoline by recording the miles driven and gallons used for each tankful.
ref: 2008, Paul J. Deitel, Harvey M. Deitel, Visual C♯ 2008: How to Program, page 215:
text: In 2015, two men drove a car through all 48 contiguous U.S. states on less than $300 of diesel fuel, or just eight tankfuls.
ref: 2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN:
glosses: The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.
tankfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tankful
yatagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yatagans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yataghan.
Tamils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tamil
yataghan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjætəɡæn/
Forms: form: yataghans
form: ataghan
form: yatagan
form: yatigan
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یتاغان (modern Turkish yatağan), related to Old Turkic [script needed] (yat-, “to bend, incline; to lie”), whence also words like yatmak (“to lie”), yatak (“bed”), yatay (“horizontal”), etc.
Senses: examples: text: The angry-faced official communicated the intelligence to a large group of Anadolian, Caramanian, Bosniac, and Roumelian Turks,— sturdy, undersized, broad-shouldered, bare-legged, splay-footed, horny-fisted, dark-browed, honest-looking mountaineers, who were lounging about with long pistols and yataghans stuck in their broad sashes [...].
ref: 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 22:
text: A Montenegrin perceived it and ran immediately to him and drew his yataghan, saying, “You are very brave, and must wish that I should cut off your head rather than that you should fall into the hands of the enemy.”
ref: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1041:
glosses: A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
Synonyms: Turkish sword
scrapyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrapyard
ceratoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerato- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Having a horn-like shape or structure.
bupkes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bupkis.
pre-ejaculate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + ejaculate.
Senses: glosses: The clear, viscous fluid that is secreted from the penis before ejaculation.
Synonyms: word: Cowper’s fluid
word: precum
word: pre-cum
word: dogwater
Related terms: semen
Cowper's fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the gland from which the fluid originates, the Cowper's or bulbourethral gland.
Senses: glosses: The clear, colorless, viscous fluid that is secreted from an aroused penis before ejaculation.
Synonyms: word: pre-ejaculate
word: precum
Related terms: semen
croaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of croak
croaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croakings
Senses: examples: text: the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond
text: We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog[.]
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
glosses: The sound of something that croaks.
upstarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upstart