cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intersensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sensorial.
Senses: glosses: Between senses (means of perception).
truthseeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truthseekers
Etymology: From truth + seeker.
Senses: glosses: One who goes in quest of the truth.
truthseekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truthseeker
pseudosynaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudosynesthesia.
pseudosynesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudosynaesthesia
Etymology: From pseudo- + synesthesia.
Senses: examples: text: In order to distinguish true synesthesia from pseudosynesthesia, for example, they have devised tests that only a genuine synesthete can "pass."
ref: 2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain:
glosses: A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.
outstands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outstand
liftless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lift + -less.
Senses: examples: a liftless ski slope
glosses: Without lifts.
wicked pissah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A combination of two regionalisms: wicked + pissah.
Senses: examples: text: The Red Sox World Series run in 2004 was wicked pissah!
glosses: Superlative in excellence or goodness; extremely good; very awesome, outstanding
lip wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.
Jacob's staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jacob's staffs
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.
synonyms: torchwort
hag-taper
common mullein
great mullein
Adam's flannel
Aaron's rod
Jupiter's staff
cow's lungwort
glosses: Verbascum thapsus, the common mullein.
synonyms: coachwhip
candlewood
slimwood
desert coral
Jacob cactus
vine cactus
glosses: The ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), one of certain desert shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers.
worm fence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm fences
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snake fence.
synonyms: word: snake fence
worm fences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm fence
Taimyr Pidgin Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Russian-based pidgin used by the Dolgans and Nganasans.
Malacca Creole Portuguese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Portuguese-based creole spoken in Malacca and Singapore.
Synonyms: Malaccan Creole Portuguese
Kristang
resurrection plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resurrection plants
Senses: glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America, sometimes sold as a novelty
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Pleopeltis polypodioides (resurrection fern)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Anastatica hierochuntica (rose of Jericho), a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Asteriscus spp.
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Boea hygroscopica (rock violet)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Craterostigma plantagineum (blue carpet), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Mesembryanthemum spp. (ice plants), which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Ramonda serbica (Serbian ramonda), a species in the family Gesneriaceae
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Tillandsia spp. (air plants)
glosses: Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
Xerophyta spp. (monkeytails), of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
glosses: Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation
Derived terms: taxonomic: Selaginella pilifera
word: hairy resurrection plant
resurrection plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resurrection plant
lamp fount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamp founts
Senses: glosses: A reservoir for oil in a lamp.
Principense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Portuguese-based creole spoken in the island of Príncipe.
synchronizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synchronizer
Döbereiner's lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Döbereiner's lamps
Etymology: It was invented by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner.
Senses: glosses: An early lighter in which zinc metal reacts with sulfuric acid to produce hydrogen gas. When a valve is opened, a jet of hydrogen is released and bursts into flame. The ignition is catalyzed by platinum metal.
Synonyms: philosopher's lamp
piet-my-vrous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piet-my-vrou
Indian fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pyrotechnic composition of sulfur, nitre, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
bear leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear leaders
Senses: examples: text: They pounced upon the stray nobility, and seized young lords travelling with their bear leaders.
ref: 1846 February 28 – 1847 February 27, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “On Some Respectable Snobs”, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, […], published 1848, →OCLC, pages 29-30:
glosses: Alternative form of bearleader.
democidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more democidal
form: most democidal
Etymology: From democide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Causing or relating to democide.
Kimism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kim + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political philosophy of the former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
revisualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revisualises
form: revisualising
form: revisualised
form: revisualised
Etymology: From re- + visualise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of revisualize.
revisualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revisualisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of revisualization.
revisualisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revisualisation
revisualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revisualise
revisualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revisualise
revisualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revisualise
revisualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revisualizations
Etymology: From re- + visualization.
Senses: glosses: visualization again or anew
revisualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revisualizes
form: revisualizing
form: revisualized
form: revisualized
Etymology: From re- + visualize.
Senses: examples: text: Out of her frock she was a woman; childhood discarded for ever with the skimpy rag that hid her body from male eyes. He stood back a pace, screwing up his eyes and revisualizing her in paint.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: To visualize again or anew.
revisualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revisualization
revisualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revisualize
revisualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revisualize
revisualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revisualize
memoizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From memoize + -able.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Suitable for memoization.
cholangiopancreatographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cholangiopancreatographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, cholangiopancreatography.
pancreaticobiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: pancreatico- + biliary = pancreatico- + bili- + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pancreas and bile duct.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Derived terms: hepatopancreaticobiliary
Related terms: pancreaticohepatic
pancreaticosplenic
bear garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear gardens
Senses: glosses: A public place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting.
examples: text: […] Indeed, the education of your youth is every way preposterous; you waste at school years in improving talents, without having ever spent an hour in discovering them; one promiscuous line of instruction is followed, without regard to genius, capacity, or probable situation in the commonwealth. From this bear-garden of the pedagogue, a raw, unprincipled boy is turned loose upon the world to travel; […]
ref: 1771, Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, London: Cassell, published 1886, pages 60–1:
text: 1867-1868, Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy
He sees the rich, the aristocratic class, in occupation of the executive government, and so if he is of us, stopped from making Hyde Park a bear-garden or the streets.
text: "Top of the Alps is becomin' a perfect bear-garden," said he.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.
antibiblical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibiblical
form: most antibiblical
Etymology: From anti- + biblical.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Opposing or contradicting the Bible.
antiprayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprayer
form: most antiprayer
Etymology: From anti- + prayer.
Senses: glosses: Opposing prayer.
have two strings to one's bow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has two strings to one's bow
form: having two strings to one's bow
form: had two strings to one's bow
form: had two strings to one's bow
Senses: glosses: To have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.
Related terms: plan B
garden nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden nails
Senses: glosses: A cast nail used for fastening vines to brick walls.
garden syringe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden syringes
Senses: glosses: A syringe for sprinkling plants with water, insecticide, etc.
Kimist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kimists
Etymology: From Kim + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Kimism.
Kimists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kimist
Majorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Majorites
Etymology: From Major + -ite.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of John Major (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
Majorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Majorite
unbankrupted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bankrupted.
Senses: glosses: Not made bankrupt.
beat the hoof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats the hoof
form: beating the hoof
form: beat the hoof
form: beaten the hoof
form: beat the hoof
Senses: glosses: To walk; to go on foot.
Synonyms: hoof it
pad the hoof
beat time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats time
form: beating time
form: beat time
form: beaten time
form: beat time
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.
earth dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earth dogs
Senses: glosses: Any dog that digs in the earth, for example to catch foxes in holes
windburnt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more windburnt
form: most windburnt
Etymology: From wind + burnt.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of windburned.
ribbonsnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbonsnakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ribbon snake.
ribbonsnakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribbonsnake
ribbon snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbon snakes
form: ribbonsnake
Etymology: From its long, thin shape.
Senses: glosses: Thamnophis sauritus, a common garter snake endemic to eastern North America.
ribbon snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribbon snake
grub-saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grub-saws
Senses: glosses: A handsaw used for sawing marble.
false quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false quarters
Senses: glosses: A cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot.
quarter block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter blocks
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clewlines and sheets are reeved.
on like Donkey Kong
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒn laɪk ˈdɒŋki kɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑn laɪk ˈdɑŋki kɑŋ/
ipa: /ˈɑn laɪk ˈdɔŋki kɑŋ/
Etymology: From the Nintendo video game gorilla-like character Donkey Kong, which is used in the phrase because of the character’s stereotypical strength and for the near-rhyme between on and Kong; likely influenced by the earlier construction in like Flynn.
Senses: examples: text: It's on like Donkey Kong / You wanted that fast buck / Now I gotta light that ass up
ref: 1992 November 17, “Now I Gotta Wet ’Cha”, in The Predator, performed by Ice Cube:
text: If those four white police don't get hung, it's on again. It's on like Donkey Kong!
ref: 1993 February 16, John Wilder, “Gangs put L.A. on edge”, in USA Today:
text: Got it going on like Donkey Kong, and whoo-wee, shut my mouth, slap your grandma, there oughta be a law.
ref: 2005 October 3, Dallas Davidson, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”, in Songs About Me, performed by Trace Adkins:
text: It's going to be "on like Donkey Kong" when Food Network Star and local restaurant owner Guy Fieri comes to the 2007 California State Fair!
ref: 2007 August 1, “Food Network Star Guy Fieri to visit the 2007 State Fair!: Kids can vie for the chance to cook with Guy!”, in Business Wire, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2016:
text: I will politically haunt you for the biggest fumble in the history of San Francisco politics. It's on like Donkey Kong.
ref: 2011 January 4, Chris Daly, San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting
glosses: An intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis.
maiden plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiden plums
Senses: glosses: Any tree from the Caribbean islands, or other parts of North America, of genus Comocladia.
plate press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate presses
Senses: glosses: A press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
plate wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plate wheels
Senses: glosses: A wheel whose rim and hub are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes.
take a horn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a horn
form: taking a horn
form: took a horn
form: taken a horn
Etymology: In reference to a drinking horn.
Senses: glosses: To consume an alcoholic drink.
hag moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hag moths
Senses: glosses: Phobetron pithecium, a moth of the family Limacodidae.
Related terms: monkey slug
monkey slug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey slugs
Senses: glosses: The larva of the hag moth.
full circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full circle
exit interview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exit interviews
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, your exit interview is probably not the time or place to vent about how unhappy you were or about much your boss stank (either literally or figuratively).
ref: 2001 June 17, “Return Engagements Can Make for Stronger Bonds”, in Businessweek, retrieved 28 May 2014:
text: Too often companies find out about their employees’ disengagement during the exit interview instead of while they are still working and there’s a chance for re-engagement.
ref: 2013 September 9, Carol Kinsey Goman, “What Every Leader Should Know About Re-Engagement”, in Forbes, retrieved 28 May 2014:
topics: business
qualifier: human resource management
glosses: A final meeting between a person who is leaving his or her employment and a representative of the employing organization, in order to gather feedback about employment conditions and reduce future turnover.
examples: text: At least some improvement in the graduation rates seems to be the result of lawsuits filed by Advocates for Children that prompted the Education Department in 2003 to better account for students who leave the school system. Schools are now required to conduct exit interviews with students.
ref: 2006 June 30, David M. Herszenhorn, “Graduation Rate Improving, Schools Chancellor Says”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 May 2014:
glosses: A similar meeting held when a person leaves some other type of organization, such as an educational institution or voluntary association.
Related terms: word: exit poll
word: offboard
human resources management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of human resource management.
cristæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crista
bull-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bull-headed
form: most bull-headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bullheaded.
bull headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bull headed
form: most bull headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bullheaded.
cheez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Indian classical music
glosses: composition
cheez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cheese
Related terms: english: vegan cheese substitute
translation: vegan cheese substitute
word: cheeze
lie ill in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies ill in one's mouth
form: lying ill in one's mouth
form: lay ill in one's mouth
form: lain ill in one's mouth
Senses: examples: text: Connolly himself proved the complete pragmatist and it lies ill in his mouth to rail against lack of creativity when his influence has contributed to it.
ref: 2005 December 5, Brian Moore, “Little to be gained from this type of southern comfort”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: To sound artificial or contradictory.
lamino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: qualifier: ISV combining form
glosses: layer; lamina
examples: text: We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: articulated with the blade of the tongue
pow-wows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pow-wow
pow-wows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pow-wow
pow-wowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pow-wow
Emiratisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Emiratization
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming Emirati
pow-wowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pow-wow
oculofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From oculo- + facial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the eyes and face.
biblioclasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biblioclasm
4ever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 4eva
form: 4evah
Senses: examples: text: Lily chewed her cheek and pondered a message carved into the wood that said: Johnny loves Rosie 4Ever.
ref: 2008, Denise Hamilton, The Last Embrace, Scribner, →ISBN, page 286:
text: How do “best friends 4ever" fight each other over a diminishing number of college slots?
ref: 2009, Stephen Hinshaw, Rachel Kranz, The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 8:
text: […] I wiped my nose for the last time and turned off the "Dylan-N-Asher 4ever" playlist I had going on my iPod.
ref: 2009, Robin Palmer, Geek Charming, Speak, →ISBN, page 288:
glosses: Forever.
Related terms: 5ever
4eva
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 4evah
form: 4ever
Senses: examples: text: She sits on a bench carved with names—“Jenna + Christo 4eva”—by the entrance to the sanctuary and pulls her shoes back on.
ref: 2013, Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
text: Apparently, Stacey H. was here, Jessica & Naomi were BFFs 4Eva, and someone wished K. P. a gruesome death.
ref: 2014, Julie Hockley, Crow's Row, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 19:
text: I stared down at the rutted wood of the table. “LB luvs AJ 4eva” was centered between my hands, […]
ref: 2014, Laura Welling, Talent to Burn, Samhain Publishing, unnumbered page:
glosses: Forever.
4evah
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 4eva
form: 4ever
Senses: examples: text: Carol traced her finger around the K+K 4evah 2 getha carved into the table.
ref: 2011, Sarah Strohmeyer, Kindred Spirits, Dutton, →ISBN:
text: Instead, figure out what you have to offer (Pokémon cards, a fake ID, boobs) and suggest to a classmate you become best study buddies 4evah!
ref: 2013, Hannah Weyer, "Much To Do About Flunking", The Black Sheep (Western Michigan University), Volume 6, Issue 1, 10 January 2013 - 23 January 2013, page 1
text: Best Couple: Toby and Ruth, 4Evah.
ref: 2014, Carrie Sessarego, Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn: TV and Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre, Harlequin, →ISBN:
glosses: Forever.
5ever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Arya and Gendry 5ever
ref: 2013, Grace Prosinewski, "A vigorous defense of the art of relationship shipping", The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan), 17 January 2014, page 5 (image caption)
text: That shit hit me right in the feels man. Totally ruined my life 5ever. FIVE EVER.
ref: 2013 April 20, “The Two Tiffs”, in CrayonBeats Magazine, number 2, page 3:
text: […] and Anthony will be my favorite person 5ever.
ref: 2014, "Wills", The Matador (San Gabriel High School, Alhambra, California), Volume 59, Number 9, 21 May 2014, page 23
glosses: Alternative form of fivever.
Scheiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: God made the mice and the mice made the Scheiss
ref: 2005, Joanna Kavenna, The Ice Museum:
glosses: Alternative form of scheisse.
answere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: answeres
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of answer.
answere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: answeres
form: answering
form: answered
form: answered
Senses: examples: text: Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of answer.
answeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of answere
answeres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of answere
unfolde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfoldes
form: unfolding
form: unfolded
form: unfolded
Senses: examples: text: Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of unfold.
unfoldes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfolde
houres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houre
strooke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete form of struck.
strooke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strookes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of stroke.
twelfe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [in the table of contents:] Twelfe-Night, or what you will.
[as the title of a comedy:] Twelfe Night, Or what you will.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies
glosses: Obsolete form of twelfth.
twelfe
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete form of twelve.
reliefe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For this reliefe much thanks,
tis bitter cold, and I am ſick at hart.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of relief.
appeard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: What, ha's this thing appeard againe to night?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of appeared.
saies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Horatio ſaies tis but our fantaſie,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete form of says.
beliefes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beliefe
assaile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assailes
form: assailing
form: assailed
form: assailed
Senses: examples: text: Let vs once againe aſſaile your eares,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of assail.
assailes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assaile
weastward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When yond fame ſtarre thats weaſtward from the pole […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete form of westward.
scholler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schollers
Senses: examples: text: Thou art a ſcholler, ſpeake to it Horatio.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of scholar.
schollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholler
libel chill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ira Glasser's Op-Ed article and Anthony Lewis's column of Dec. 10 both address the possible chilling effect on the press raised by the potential cost of defending against a libel action by a public official.
ref: 1984 December 16, William Vandersteel, “Defrosting Libel Chill”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2014:
text: Black enjoys being rude about others—he has an endearing habit of writing sharp letters to his own papers—while reserving the right to sue those who are rude about him. Even Siklos is forced to refer to the "libel chill" around Black.
ref: 1996 February 3, Robert Winder, “Black humours”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 May 2014:
text: There's been a lot of talk recently about the problem of "libel chill" on British science writing, that people self-censor for fear they'd be sued (as Simon Singh was by British Chiropractic Association).
ref: 2010 September 13, Alice Bell, “A physicist, a chemist and a zoologist walk into a bar . . .”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 29 May 2014:
text: It’s called “libel chill,” and it means too many writers are hesitating or even refraining from publishing work that goes against the grain for fear of being dragged through our trauma-inducing legal system.
ref: 2013 April 15, Dale Hamilton, “Libel chill leaving writers out in the cold”, in Guelph Mercury, Canada, retrieved 29 May 2014:
text: The businessman lost no time in slapping legal notices against every television channel which broadcast the conference. Libel chill, without a shred of doubt, for all the channels went silent.
ref: 2014 May 29, Saurav Datta, “Hush — slander is a criminal offence in India”, in Index on Censorship, UK, retrieved 29 May 2014:
topics: law
glosses: Uneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of a libel action should one do so.
Related terms: chilling effect
SLAPP
cross-member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-members
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crossmember.
orange mint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mint that smells of oranges, now specifically the Eau de Cologne mint, Mentha × piperita var. citrata.
school-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schooltime.
school-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school-time
urogomphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urogomphi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “bolt, dowel, nail”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A paired structure, in the larvae and/or pupae of certain coleopterans, which grows out of the tergum of the last body segment and projects beyond the tip.
urogomphi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urogomphus
braggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæɡi/
rhymes: -æɡi
Forms: form: braggies
Etymology: From brag + -ie; compare selfie.
Senses: examples: text: The Oxford Dictionary may have named “selfie” the word of the year for 2013, but British tourists are using their holiday photographs as “braggies” to boast about their travels to friends and family on social media
ref: 2013 November 21, Lizzie Porter, “Forget the 'selfie': holidaymakers go for 'braggie' photos”, in The Telegraph:
text: The most popular form of braggies were by the pool, beach or surrounding areas (43 per cent), drinking cocktails (12 per cent) or pulling a ‘sparrowface’ or ‘duckface pose (3 per cent) which is the trend of pouting at the camera.
ref: 2013 November 21, Victoria Woollaston, “Forget selfies - it's all about the 'BRAGGIE': One in three upload photos to social networks just to show off”, in Daily Mail:
text: She says, “Apart from boasting about the exotic locations that you went to, braggies are a good way of documenting your trips. […]
ref: 2014 December 28, Aditi Pancholi And Dipti, “Get, set and brag”, in The Asian Age:
glosses: A photo shared on a social media network with the sole intention of making one's friends/followers jealous.
UHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The company made headlines with its 85-inch TV with built-in stand, which retailed for $45,000 (it has since come down to $40,000). Smaller UHD TVs started at $5,500.
ref: 2014 October 8, Molly Wood, “Sharper Image From 4K TVs Is a Gimmick Worth Having”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Sharp also announced a full complement of 4K UHD TVs, with prices starting at just over $700.
ref: 2015 January 5, Molly Wood, “CES: A Push for Higher Resolution and Better-Looking TVs”, in New York Times Bits Blog:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
coordinate_terms: FHD
HD
QHD
glosses: Initialism of ultra-high definition (“3840×2160 (4K), 7680×4320 (8K), 15360 × 8640 (16K)”).
Related terms: 4K
8K
16K
Chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chambers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Partridgean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Partridgean
form: most Partridgean
form: Partridgian
Etymology: From Partridge + -an. From the fictional character Alan Partridge, a self-obsessed radio DJ.
Senses: examples: text: Speaking of glaring faults, howsabout Rio Ferdinand’s for starters? This, at least, is one properly footballing ‘Hot Topic’ the Partridgean hacks have managed to find room for, though I note it took him cocking up in an England shirt for them to do so.
ref: 2009 October 14, Richard Kurt, “Fergie frenzy hides the faults”, in Irish Examiner:
text: Paul Sexton, presenting The Queen of Soul: the Legend of Aretha (Radio 2), had a bouncy introduction that bordered on the Partridgean. Over two nights, he explained, the programmes would explore Franklin's move "from the church to the charts". They would, he added, "say RESPECT to a true original".
ref: 2011 August 1, Elizabeth Mahoney, “Radio Review: The Queen of Soul: the Legend of Aretha”, in The Guardian:
text: He was less revolted by squatting by the end of the film, but for most viewers the unintentional Partridgean comedy would have been the best reason for watching. “You can’t film me pissing,” he said indignantly to the camera crew when using the facilities in one squat.“You can listen.”
ref: 2012 December 7, Tom Sutcliffe, “Television review: A Young Doctor's Notebook - Daniel Radcliffe is innocent and Jon Hamm is knowing in this hamfisted show”, in The Independent:
text: Forde proved his point across the Bank Holiday weekend, tweeting snaps of such Partridgean gems as Blackburn's clarfication that his son Simon was NOT named after Simon Bates.
ref: 2013 May 7, Jack Seale, “Tony Blackburn's Alan Partridge-style memoir gains cult status on Twitter”, in Radio Times, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2013:
text: Well, it's wet and it's miserable on the day that Leicester City's footballers have been dreading for weeks, for this is the day that they have to tackle this: "The Hill," intones a somewhat Partridgean local TV news reporter in the early 1980s, on an old clip of the players in question embarking on their pre-season training. The camera promptly pulls back to reveal our man on the spot in a decidedly elevated position; the "this" in question is one of three giant mountains of muck and rubble on a patch of waste ground.
ref: 2013 July 26, Barry Glendenning, “How Sunderland's Paolo Di Canio is reviving the pre-season pain principle”, in The Guardian:
text: And so to the meat of You Have Wives?, whose Partridgean dedication page reads: "Written at the Villa Francia, Lanzarote, Canaries. The authors would like to thank Villa Plus for helping with the difficult internet connections."
ref: 2013 August 8, Marina Hyde, “Is it Dynasty or the BBC weather centre? It's sometimes hard to tell”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.
Related terms: accidental Partridge
Partridgean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Partridgean
form: most Partridgean
form: Partridgian
Etymology: From Partridge + -an. From the lexicographer Eric Partridge.
Senses: examples: text: A Partridgean colorfulness is allowed to creep into the etymologies [...] where severer counsel falls back on "etym. uncertain" or "etym. unknown".
ref: 1982 March 1, Robert Burchfield, “Opening Words: Review of The Macquarie Dictionary”, in The Age, Melbourne, page 11:
text: The fourth edition of A Dictionary of South African English [...] is, however, Partridgean in its arbitrary use of fonts, punctuation, and capitalization, in its placement of material, and in its not infrequent self-contradictions.
ref: 1992, David L. Gold, edited by P. Harteveld, Lexicos II, Stellebosch: Buro van die Wat, page 125:
text: Richter (2006: 57) suggests that it is a clipping of the English word po(rnograhpy) to which the suffix -ndy (as in ‘trendy’, ‘handy’, etc.) has been added: a Partridgean etymology at best.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, edited by Julie Coleman, Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives, London: Routledge, page 133:
glosses: In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979).
raw_tags: of lexicographical work
Partridgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Partridgian
form: most Partridgian
Senses: examples: text: And don't forget his spectacularly Partridgian performance during that Blood On The Carpet about Radio 1 a few months back, especially when he related how DLT rang him during Danny Baker's first show to ask him if he was listening, and Juste deciding that he *had* to put on the best show he could in 'answer'. And that bit at the end with him looking round the old R1 premises. "It's all ruined..."
ref: 2001 August 13, Simon Tyers, “Really? So what happened? (was Re: Chris Moyles - End to Saturday show??)”, in uk.media.radio.bbc-r1 (Usenet), message-ID <9l9ecd$rd7$1@plutonium.btinternet.com>:
text: More smart ideas from the likeable combo. Their Partridgian misfits and Colin Hunts soon pall, but the oddball stuff is terrific: the chain of resentment set up by some dropped coins; the host who overinvites to a party; and "Martin Clunes Knocky Door", a cartoon that's as stupidly funny as its title.
ref: 2009 February 3, Mark Braxton, “Cowards (review)”, in Radio Times:
text: Boro's recently reinstated and reassuringly shouty PA announcer Mark Page has had a career of Partridgian vicissitudes. In the early 1980s, he was plucked from local radio to fill the early Saturday morning slot on Radio One.
ref: 2013, Daniel Gray, Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters: Travels through England's Football Provinces, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Partridgean.
two-wheel tractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-wheel tractors
Senses: glosses: A tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.
Synonyms: walking tractor
Related terms: rototiller
rotavator
single-axle tractor
walking tractor
two-wheel tractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-wheel tractor
classtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classtimes
form: class
form: time
form: class-time
Etymology: From class + time.
Senses: examples: text: ...youngsters who grinned at her decisively in classtime...
ref: 19th century, Youth's Companion, Vol. 73, p. 50
glosses: the time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime
classtimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classtime
class-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of classtime.
class-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of class-time
dropshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dropship
dropshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, drop-shipping can be done from home without spending any money until orders come through. Proponents advocate using store credit cards with cash-back bonuses to sweeten the rewards. As one TikToker pushing the drop-shipping method said: “It costs you zero dollars to list a thousand items on Amazon.”
ref: 2022 August 8, Spencer Soper, “Amazon ‘drop-shipping’ resellers work a lollipop hustle that cost this family candy maker millions”, in Los Angeles Times, United States, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2025:
text: Dropshipping is a retail model where you sell products through an online store without keeping inventory. Instead of shipping items yourself, you forward orders to a third party, usually a supplier or manufacturer, who sends them directly to the customer. You’re responsible for the storefront, product descriptions, pricing and support. Everything else happens behind the scenes.
ref: 2025 July 30, Katherine Haan, “How To Start A Dropshipping Business In 4 Simple Steps”, in Forbes, United States:
related: word: drop-shipping
word: drop shipping
qualifier: logistics
glosses: A retail model where goods are sent directly from the supplier to the customer.
dropshipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dropship
garbage time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I play for two minutes of garbage time at the end of a blowout? Is that all the time I'm going to see anymore?
ref: 1991, Kathleen Warnock, To the Top, page 16:
text: It was garbage time, really, but it was a chance to get Corey some playing time, and Pedersen was out of pitchers anyway.
ref: 2012, Don Winslow, The Gentlemen's Hour: A Novel, page 92:
text: I usually just got in during garbage time, which there was a lot of that year as we rolled to another state championship.
ref: 2014, Jim Farrell, Kiss Me, Kate and Other Stories, page 199:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: junk time
glosses: The period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players with substitutes.
TLR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TLRs
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of toll-like receptor.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Initialism of twin-lens reflex
TLR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of tubeless ready.
DSLRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DSLR
SLRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SLR
Americaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From American + -ness or America + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There was support for the United States' involvement in Vietnam, though in Lawrence such support expressed a particular brand of patriotism, an Americaness drawn from the past.
ref: 2002, Rusty L. Monhollon, "This Is America?:" The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Although cultural pride in baseball seems to stem from its Americaness, cultural pride in football seems linked to the sport's manly qualities […]
ref: 2005, Sarah K. Fields, Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America, University of Illinois Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 47:
text: The necessity of race to Americaness continued through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and remains central to our identity today: […]
ref: 2008, Patrick B. Mullen, The Man Who Adores the Negro: Race and American Folklore, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Americanness.
Americaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Americanesses
Etymology: From American + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: With such expectations, then, every true American and Americaness was expected to be at his or her post, for the solemn occasion.
ref: 1839, James Fenimore Cooper, Home as Found, page 93:
text: There was, at the Leek, in the way of literature, aBradshaw, a work (selling sixty thousand daily, it said) of one of those Americanesses who have struggled in at the gate of the heaven of popularity before it could be shut after Mrs. Beecher Stowe
ref: 1856, Household Words, volume 35:
text: This woman is like most Americanesses - she hates walking.
ref: 1889 Americanisms (quoting Hallberger's Illustrated Magazine, date unknown)
text: 2007 1634: The Baltic War
But this office was reputedly run by Americanesses, and the stories about them were enough to make any sane man pause. Incredible women, by all accounts
text: 2017 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught
Between me and the picture of Denise— mostly the portrait—they'll be thinking 'Americans.' Well, Americanesses.
glosses: A female American.
Related terms: Africaness
Asianess
Europeaness
facetely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more facetely
form: most facetely
Etymology: From facete + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]
ref: , III.2.2.ii
glosses: Wittily, pleasantly.