cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
land-grant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of land grant.
insomnolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insomnolent
form: most insomnolent
Etymology: From in- + somnolent.
Senses: glosses: characterized by an inability to sleep, experiencing insomnia.
Related terms: insomnia
sitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitzes
Senses: examples: text: […] the general cold bath, the cold foot bath, spinal washings, short cold sitzes, running sitzes, […]
ref: 1872, The British Homoeopathic Review, volume 16, page 350:
glosses: Ellipsis of sitz bath.
sitz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sitzes
form: sitzing
form: sitzed
form: sitzed
Senses: glosses: To take, or place in, a sitz bath.
Underwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Underwood
polypi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypus
pokerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pokerish
form: most pokerish
Etymology: From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).
Senses: examples: text: John even went so far as to admit that it "looked kind of pokerish," and he was glad they were in so comfortable a place.
ref: 1860, William Taylor Adams, Little By Little:
glosses: unsafe, dangerous
examples: text: I wish Uncle Jed hadn't said what he did," he mused, when fairly beyond the town, "it makes me feel kind of pokerish; why didn't I think to bring my gun along?
ref: 1894, Edward S. Ellis, Brave Tom:
glosses: nervous, uneasy
glosses: Stiff, like a poker.
Derived terms: pokerishly
pokerishness
plisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pliskies
form: pliskie
Senses: examples: text: "What!" said BULGER. "Jist playin' a plisky on ye, and he meant that TOM wad pit ye in the way o' becoming a player.
ref: 1892, Various, Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, November 19, 1892:
glosses: A practical joke.
placque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plaque.
phonographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phonographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of a phonograph.
phthisical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin phthisicus, from Ancient Greek: compare French phthisique. See phthisis.
Senses: glosses: phthisic
Derived terms: antiphthisical
prephthisical
haltest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of halt
touch-papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touch-paper
vassalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vassalises
form: vassalising
form: vassalised
form: vassalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vassalize.
banend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of banned.
banend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of banned.
vinifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vinify
vivifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vivifiers
Etymology: From vivify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which vivifies.
alterest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: alter + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of alter
comitial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃəl
Etymology: From Latin comitialis.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a comitia.
raw_tags: in Ancient Rome
glosses: Of or pertaining to a political assembly.
visagistes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visagiste
compilatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compilatory
form: most compilatory
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation
pilger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pilgers
form: pilgering
form: pilgered
form: pilgered
Senses: glosses: To reduce the diameter of a metal tube in a pilger mill
concatenator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concatenators
Senses: glosses: A person who, or thing which concatenates
filterest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: filter + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of filter
hungerest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hunger + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of hunger
littest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lit: most lit
concelebration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concelebrations
Etymology: From con- + celebration.
Senses: glosses: The act of concelebrating (in any sense).
belove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈləʊv/
ipa: /bɪˈloʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Etymology: From Middle English belove, from Old English belāf, first and third person singular past indicative of belīfan (“to remain”).
Senses: glosses: simple past of belive
belove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈləʊv/
ipa: /bɪˈloʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
ipa: /bɪˈlʌv/
rhymes: -ʌv
ipa: /bɪˈləʊv/
ipa: /bɪˈloʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Forms: form: beloves
form: beloving
form: beloved
form: beloved
Etymology: From Middle English beloven, biluven (“to love greatly, please”), equivalent to be- + love. Compare Dutch believen (“to please, gratify”), German belieben (“to like, wish, please”). More at love.
Senses: glosses: To please.
glosses: To be pleased with; like.
examples: text: Dearly beloved in the Lord, ye coming to his holy Communion, must consider what St. Paul writeth to the Corinthians, how he exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, or ever they presume to eat of this bread, and drink of this Cup: […]
ref: 1547, The Order of the Communion. With the Kings Majesties Proclamation, London: Imprinted [...] by Richard Grafton, →OCLC, page 4:
text: He [William Russell, Lord Russell] was a man of great candour and of a general reputation, univerſally beloved and truſted; of a generous and obliging temper.
ref: 1747, Thomas Birch, “William Lord Russel”, in The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraven by Mr. [Jacobus] Houbraken, and Mr. [George] Vertue. With Their Lives and Characters, volume I, London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, →OCLC, page 124:
text: [B]eing a plain and honeſt-minded man, […] he [Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox] loſt the favour of the French king in a ſhort time; and, when he could neither continue at home, nor return into France, he came into England, and ſubmitted himſelf to Henry VIII, who accepted him as a man well-beloved in the weſt borders, and acknowledged him as next heir to the crown of Scotland, after Mary then an infant, […]
ref: 1760, Delahay Gordon, “The Life and Death of Mary Queen of Scots”, in A General History of the Lives, Trials, and Executions of All the Royal and Noble Personages, that have Suffered in Great-Britain and Ireland for High Treason, or Other Crimes, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Throne of England, down to the Present Time; …, volume II, London: Printed for J. Burd, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, →OCLC, page 108:
glosses: To love.
Related terms: beloved
beman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bemans
form: bemanning
form: bemanned
form: bemanned
Etymology: From Middle English bemannen, bimannen, bemonnen, equivalent to be- + man. Cognate with Middle High German bemannen.
Senses: examples: text: Now do so well as to fare to meet me at thine earliest, and as much bemanned as may be; and let us be both together whatever may happen.
ref: 1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library:
glosses: To furnish or fill with men; man.
bemind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beminds
form: beminding
form: beminded
form: beminded
Etymology: From be- + mind.
Senses: glosses: To endow with a mind.
Derived terms: beminded
splatterday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of splatter + Saturday
Senses: glosses: horror and slasher films
accidentia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accidens
bestem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bestems
form: bestemming
form: bestemmed
form: bestemmed
Etymology: From be- + stem.
Senses: examples: text: Whence she might overglance the boundless boiling of billows, / Then she would rush to bestem the salt-plain's quivering wavelet / And from her ankles bare the dainty garment uplifting, / Spake she these words […]
ref: 1894, Gaius Valerius Catullus, The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus:
glosses: To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
betone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: betones
form: betoning
form: betoned
form: betoned
Etymology: From be- (“at, on, upon”) + tone. Compare German betonen.
Senses: examples: text: The position, moreover, of the verb […] shows that it is to be betoned while we read and interpret; […]
ref: 1866, James Morison, A Critical Exposition of the Third Chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans:
glosses: To endow with a tone; give a special tone to; place stress upon; accentuate; emphasise.
ossicone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/
Forms: form: ossicones
Etymology: From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”).
Senses: examples: text: The Kanapoi Sivatherium has two pairs of ossicones, above the eye and between the ears, and neither is diminutive.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 27:
glosses: Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
Derived terms: ossiconed
boort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boorts
Senses: examples: text: Then there is another impure variety called boort, which appears to be employed only to furnish a powder by which the brilliants are ground and polished.
ref: 1879, Robert Routledge, Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century, page 256:
glosses: Alternative form of bort.
buist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buists
Senses: glosses: A box or chest.
glosses: A mark put on sheep or cattle to indicate ownership.
buist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buists
form: buisting
form: buisted
form: buisted
Senses: glosses: To mark with a buist.
bulder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulders
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of boulder.
transitive animate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Belonging to the class of transitive verbs that take animate direct objects.
raw_tags: of a verb in an Algonquian language
Coordinate terms: word: belonging to the class
Derived terms: word: VTA
word: vta
step foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steps foot
form: stepping foot
form: stepped foot
form: stepped foot
Etymology: Apparently a blending of step with set foot.
Senses: examples: text: This was a pleasure of no small kind; and in stepping foot again upon the soil of that country, which contains much that I prize, and more that I admire
ref: 1813, Washington Irving, “Sketches of an Excursion from Edinburgh to Dublin”, in The Analectic magazine, page 480:
text: All the dukes and princes that ever stepped foot in America, never deserved a tenth part of the attention which is due to Prof. Agassiz.
ref: 1872, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature: international journal of science, volume 6, page 509:
text: She never stepped foot on the mainland again long as she lived.
ref: 1896, Sarah Orne Jewett, The country of the pointed firs, page 105:
text: "Well," the person responded, pointing to each building in turn: "This one I usually go to, this one I sometimes go to, and this one I would never step foot in."
ref: 2003, Deborah P. Britzman, After-education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and psychoanalytic histories of learning, page 134:
text: It was a week after the funeral before Lida stepped foot in the house again.
ref: 2003, Richard Dry, Leaving, page 114:
text: Imagine stepping foot on a dance floor after studying and practicing the steps for a waltz and the band strikes up the music for a rumba
ref: 2005, Jay Emerson Johnson, Dancing With God: Anglican Christianity And The Practice Of Hope, page 49:
text: Charles is arrested at the airport the moment he steps foot on British soil.
ref: 2008, Steven Sanders with Aeon J. Skoble, The philosophy of TV noir, page 79:
glosses: Eggcorn of set foot.
undoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undoers
Etymology: From Middle English undoer, ondoare, equivalent to undo + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of undo; one who undoes.
zebi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛbɪ-/
ipa: /ˈzɛbi/
rhymes: -ɛbi
Etymology: Blend of zetta- + binary.
Senses: glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁷⁰ = 1,024⁷ = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424. Compare zetta-, meaning 10²¹ = 1,000⁷ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, a sextillion.
wikipedia: binary prefix
Synonyms: english: used ambiguously
translation: used ambiguously
word: zetta-
yobi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɒbɪ-/
ipa: /ˈjɒbi/
rhymes: -ɒbi
Etymology: Blend of yotta- + binary.
Senses: glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁸⁰ = 1,024⁸ = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176. Compare yotta-, meaning 10²⁴ = 1,000⁸ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, a septillion.
wikipedia: binary prefix
Synonyms: english: used ambiguously
translation: used ambiguously
word: yotta-
actino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: actin-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”).
Senses: examples: e.g. actinolite, actinomycete
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: ray, ray-shaped
examples: e.g. actinogonidial, actinostele, actinomorphic
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: radial geometry, particular radial symmetry
examples: e.g. actinometer, actinochemistry, actinotherapy
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: actinic radiation
automatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of automatise
constructibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constructability
Etymology: From construct + -ibility.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being constructible.
topics: management
glosses: A project management technique to review construction processes and potential obstacles from start to finish, before building begins.
Synonyms: sense: condition of being constructible
word: buildability
sense: project management technique
word: buildability
diffusiophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The movement of colloidal particles in a fluid due to a gradient in the concentration of another species.
Related terms: diffusiophoretic
diffusiophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diffusion + phoretic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by diffusiophoresis
Derived terms: diffusiophoretically
fuzzifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzzifiers
Etymology: From fuzzify + -er.
Senses: glosses: An electronic device for use in fuzzy logic circuits
culverhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culverhouses
Etymology: From culver + house.
Senses: glosses: a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate
Culverhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname for someone who lived near a dovecote, or a metonymic surname for someone involved in maintaining a dovecote
gastrophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of g(alaxy) + astrophysics
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The physics involved in the formation of galaxies.
gastrophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of gastro(nomy) + physics
Senses: glosses: The physics of cooking.
clump up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clumps up
form: clumping up
form: clumped up
form: clumped up
Senses: glosses: To become clumpy; to form a clump.
totaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totalisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of totalizer.
heliumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From helium + -like.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having the electronic structure of a helium atom
totalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: totalises
form: totalising
form: totalised
form: totalised
Etymology: From total + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of totalize.
totalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of totalise
intradot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + dot.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Within a quantum dot
intramode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + mode.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Within a mode
tonitruant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tonitruant
form: most tonitruant
Etymology: From Latin tonitruāns, present participle of tonitruō (“I thunder”).
Senses: glosses: thundering
isomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isomorph
leptonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From leptonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a leptonic manner; by means of leptons
magnetoresistivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetoresistivities
Etymology: From magneto- + resistivity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The effect of an applied magnetic field on the resistivity of a material carrying a current
magnetoresonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetoresonances
Etymology: From magneto- + resonance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any resonance effect in a magnetic field.
misorientated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misorientated
form: most misorientated
Etymology: From mis- + orientated.
Senses: glosses: Improperly orientated
misorientated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mis- + orientated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misorientate
poromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poro- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: Describing the mechanics of pores and their formation.
prequantum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-quantum
Etymology: From pre- + quantum.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing physics prior to quantum mechanics; classical
terrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrifiers
Etymology: From terrify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, terrifies.
terrifie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of terrify.
sponser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sponsor.
diazaanthracene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazaanthracenes
Etymology: From di- + aza- + anthracene.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The annellation of the pyrimidine ring onto alicyclic alkenes has been achieved using Diels-Alder chemistry. 2,4-Dimethoxy-1,3-diazaanthracene (DDA) reacts with Smith’s diene under forcing thermal conditions (sealed tube at 180 °C) to form a mixture of stereoisomeric adducts which can be separated by fractional crystallization.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric tricyclic aromatic heterocycles derived from anthracene by replacement of two CH groups by nitrogen atoms
diazafluorene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazafluorenes
Etymology: From di- + aza- + fluorene.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Another ligand delivery reagent this time for the introduction of the 1,8-diazafluorene ligand, has been developed using diazo chemistry.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric tricyclic aromatic heterocycles derived from fluorene by replacement of two CH groups by nitrogen atoms
drome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dromes
Etymology: From French, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running”). Doublet of dromos.
Senses: glosses: The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.
drome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dromes
Senses: examples: text: We then put on flying suits and boots to be driven to the plane – planes being widely dispersed around the drome in case of attack.
ref: 2011, Derek John Mulvaney, Digging Up the Past, page 36:
glosses: Alternative form of 'drome (“aerodrome”).
dwaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwaals
Etymology: From Afrikaans dwaal (“a dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state”). Doublet of dwale.
Senses: examples: sitting here in a dwaal
glosses: A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state
Related terms: dwale
egge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egges
Senses: examples: text: The Eſtrich (whoſe fethers are fayrer thẽ yᵉ wynges of the ſparow hauke) whẽ he hath layd his egges vpon the grounde, he bredeth them in the duſt, and forgetteth them: ſo that they might be troden with feete, or broken with ſommme wilde beaſt.
ref: 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Job xxxix:[13–15], folio xi, recto, column 2:
text: There after the images and reliques were orderly disposed, the great Priest compassed about with divers pictures according to the fashion of the Ægyptians, did dedicate and consecrate with certaine prayers a fair ship made very cunningly, and purified the same with a torch, an egge, and sulphur; […]
ref: 1566, Apuleius, “The Eleventh Booke”, in William Adlington, transl., The Golden Ass of Apuleius Translated out of Latin […], London: David Nutt […], published 1893, →OCLC, page 239:
text: [T]hey are vp already, and cal for Egges and butter, they vvil avvay preſently.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: [T]hinke him as a Serpents egge, / VVhich hatch'd, vvould as his kinde grovv mischieuous; / And kill him in the ſhell.
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 114, column 1:
text: I was 5 moneth in France before I saw a boyled or roasted egge.
ref: 1665–1667, John Lauder; Lord Fountainhall, “Journal in France 1665–1667”, in Donald Crawford, editor, Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665–1676 […] (Publications of the Scottish History Society; XXXVI), Edinburgh: […] University Press by T[homas] and A[rchibald] Constable for the Scottish History Society, published May 1900, →OCLC, page 52:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of egg.
egge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: egges
form: egging
form: egged
form: egged
Senses: examples: text: [Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]
ref: 1571, Arthur Golding, “To the Right Honorable and His Verie Good Lord Edward de Vere Erle of Oxinford, […]”, in John Calvin, translated by Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: […] Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and G[e]orge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part, folio iiij, recto:
text: The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.
ref: 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of egg.
gunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunts
Etymology: Blend of g(ut) + (c)unt.
Senses: examples: text: I'm a man with a gunt. How do I get rid of it? My legs and arms are in good shape, however.
text: Then there was the period immediately afterward when she grew a bit of a gunt and started looking more like a traditional female-in-sports person.
synonyms: FUPA
front bum
glosses: The bulging between the waist and the genital areas in an obese person.
scall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /skɔl/
/skɑl/
Forms: form: scalls
Etymology: Compare Icelandic skalli (“a bald head”), English scald.
Senses: examples: text: It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 13:30:
glosses: A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
topics: business
mining
glosses: Loose ground.
Derived terms: honeycomb scall
milk scall
scall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /skɔl/
/skɑl/
Etymology: Compare Icelandic skalli (“a bald head”), English scald.
Senses: glosses: Mean; wretched.
guilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guilters
Etymology: From guilt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who motivates another with guilt.
floriculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floriculturists
Etymology: From floriculture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who farms flowers.
Related terms: floriculture
floriculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floriculturist
floricultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more floricultural
form: most floricultural
Etymology: From floriculture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to floriculture.
Derived terms: floriculturally
corsetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corsetlike
form: most corsetlike
Etymology: From corset + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a corset.
uncorseted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + corseted.
Senses: glosses: Not dressed in a corset.
uncomelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of uncomely: more uncomely
uncomeliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of uncomely: most uncomely
gastropexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastropexy
gastronomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastronomy
Tetrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tetris
nonconjectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conjectural.
Senses: glosses: Not conjectural.
nonbiosynthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biosynthetic.
Senses: glosses: Not biosynthetic.
nonirregular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + irregular.
Senses: glosses: Not irregular.
nondextrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dextrose.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to dextrose.
nonsucrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sucrose.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to sucrose.
documentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: very rare or non-native speakers' English
glosses: plural of documentation
panicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panickers
Etymology: From panic + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who panics.
pantyhosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pantihosed
Etymology: From pantyhose + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing pantyhose.
panickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panicker
overthinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overthinkers
Etymology: From overthink + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who overthinks.
overthinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overthinker
omelette Arnold Bennett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omelettes Arnold Bennett
Etymology: After Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), English novelist.
Senses: glosses: An omelette containing smoked haddock and parmesan cheese.
cardies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardie
leashlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leashlike
form: most leashlike
Etymology: From leash + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a leash.
muzzlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muzzlelike
form: most muzzlelike
Etymology: From muzzle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a muzzle.
saloonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saloonlike
form: most saloonlike
Etymology: From saloon + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a saloon.
saunalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saunalike
form: most saunalike
Etymology: From sauna + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sauna.
sheathlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sheathlike
form: most sheathlike
Etymology: From sheath + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
toastlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toastlike
form: most toastlike
Etymology: From toast + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of toast.
toastily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more toastily
form: most toastily
Etymology: From toasty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In short, she always made herself as toastily comfortable as a cat.
ref: 1968, Bruce Gould, Beatrice Blackmar Gould, American story:
glosses: In a toasty manner; warmly, cosily.
gasolinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gasolinelike
form: most gasolinelike
Etymology: From gasoline + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of gasoline.
glucoselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glucoselike
form: most glucoselike
Etymology: From glucose + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of glucose.
goblinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goblinlike
form: most goblinlike
Etymology: From goblin + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a goblin.
spritelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spritelike
form: most spritelike
Etymology: From sprite + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sprite (fairy creature).
tirelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tirelike
form: most tirelike
Etymology: From tire + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tire (protective wheel covering).
karn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: karns
Etymology: Borrowed from Cornish karn. Doublet of cairn.
Senses: examples: text: Besides the single bason above-mention'd, I could not perceive one in all the rocks; but in a Karn below, overlooking, and it's sides almost perpendicular to the sea, I saw many furrows and clefts crossing the surface of the upper rocks; this lower-most Karn is call'd in the Cornish tongue Karn-a-wethen, that is, the Tree-Karn […]
ref: 1754, William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, page 132:
text: This gorseddau lies opposite to a karn of rocks, which is called the Cheese-wring.
ref: 1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious, Architectural, Agricultural, Commercial, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, page 30:
text: This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.
ref: 1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 175:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A pile of rocks.
yappier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of yappy: more yappy
yappiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of yappy: most yappy
pikeperches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pikeperch
Senses: glosses: plural of pikeperch
muzzleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From muzzle + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a muzzle.
diaperless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diaper + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In primitive, diaperless societies, infants' excrement simply fell to the floor of the cave or jungle or desert.
ref: 2005, Ed Schoen, On circumcision:
glosses: Without a diaper.
depressionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From depression + -less.
Senses: examples: a depressionless transition to a new currency
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Without a depression.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Without areas of undefined flow direction (sinks).
foresister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foresisters
Etymology: From fore- + sister. Compare forefather.
Senses: examples: text: Another method of concealing lesbian history is the post-mortem straightening out of the lesbian, in which Haiviette becomes Joan of arc's "girlhood friend," Ebba Sparre becomes Queen Christina of Sweden's "companion," and the Ladies of Llangollen become "famous friends." Many of our fore-sisters have been stolen from us in this manner.
ref: 1976, Xenia S. Williams, “The Power of History...or History Is Written by the Powerful”, in Dave Peterson, Jonathan Cross, Lyn Rosen, editors, A Gay Person's Guide to New England, 2nd edition:
text: Only then will we be able to adequately tell what our foresisters have done in memory of her.
ref: 1984, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, In memory of her: a feminist theological reconstruction of Christian origins:
text: Of course, women and men are always children of their time, and feminists today are children of their time, sitting on the shoulders of their foresisters even if they do not recognize it.
ref: 1999, Deborah F Sawyer, Diane M Collier, Is there a future for feminist theology?:
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A feminist of an earlier generation.
foresisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foresister
pastorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pastor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pastor.
Derived terms: pastorlessness
marriageless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From marriage + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without marriage.
Derived terms: marriagelessness
weddingless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wedding + -less.
Senses: examples: a weddingless marriage
glosses: Without a wedding.
Xerxean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Xerxean
form: most Xerxean
Etymology: From Xerxes + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Persian king Xerxes.
magnetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetlike
form: most magnetlike
Etymology: From magnet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a magnet.
setterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more setterlike
form: most setterlike
Etymology: From setter + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a setter (breed of dog).
comfort zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comfort zones
Senses: examples: text: The child who swings between extremes has trouble finding the comfort zone—the area in which her body is comfortable, efficient, and alert.
ref: 2014, Terri Mauro, The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder, →ISBN, page 191:
text: All this is very bad news for coral, which has a fairly limited temperature comfort zone.
ref: 2015, The Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2000, →ISBN:
text: The desirable comfort zone indicated lies between 30 and 65% relative humidity.
ref: 2015, Victor Olgyay, Design with Climate: Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism, →ISBN:
text: The warmest temperature that defines this comfort zone is the critical high temperature, above which chickens suffer heat stress. The lowest temperature is the critical low, below which chickens suffer cold stress.
ref: 2016, Gail Damerow, The Chicken Health Handbook, →ISBN:
glosses: The range of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors that people or other organisms require in order to be physiologically unstressed.
examples: text: The demanding interview panel took him well out of his comfort zone.
glosses: The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.
crash test dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crash test dummies
Senses: glosses: An anthropomorphic mannequin designed to be used for experiments in vehicle collisions, to see the effects on human occupants.
eccentricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eccentricates
form: eccentricating
form: eccentricated
form: eccentricated
Etymology: From eccentric + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Gray owes much to scowering, as does Virgil to wire-drawn epithets; whilst Milton cramps with hard words and eccentricates by transposition,
ref: 1783, John Young, A Criticism on the Elegy, or 1789, Robert Potter, The Art of Criticism
text: [...] have, by the intrigues of an ignorant, presumptuous, speculating faction, been absorbed in the vortex of the great continental power; have been eccentricated from their former orbit, and must now perform their future [...]
ref: 1803, Thomas Pownall, Memorial addressed to the Sovereigns of Europe and the Atlantic:
text: All the fire-bars are movable; they are supported at their outer ends on a transverse shaft, called "the eccentricated shaft," a shaft formed of a series of cranks or eccentrics [...] The motion of the eccentricated shaft is derived from a cone-pulley of three speeds.
ref: 1891, Daniel Kinnear Clark, The Steam Engine, page 339:
text: It was, he asserted, simply asking too much of human credibility to deny that all these identical equantized, and eccentricated, and perfectly phased epicycles did not have a common origin - either in the motion of the earth around the sun or the sun around the earth.
ref: 1989, Julian B. Barbour, Absolute Or Relative Motion?, volume 1, page 300:
glosses: To move to the periphery; to marginalize.
Related terms: eccentric
inseducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + seducible.
Senses: glosses: Not seducible; impossible to seduce.
HDMI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism of High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
Senses: examples: text: HDMI has become the standard for audio and video connection for home theater gear.
text: I bought a TV with HDMI, but I'll have to get an HDMI cable.
glosses: A compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
intrinsicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrinsicality
sugarcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sugar + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The culinary art of making things from sugar.
sucroselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sucroselike
form: most sucroselike
Etymology: From sucrose + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sucrose.
switcharoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switcharoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of switcheroo.
switcharoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of switcharoo
lammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæmɚ/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lammers
Etymology: From lamination + -er.
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A small plastic disk used by a croupier or dealer to track the state of a game of chance or a debt owed; also button or marker.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A voucher, issued to a tournament winner, that waives the entry fee or buy-in for a larger tournament.
glosses: A laminator.
lammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæmɚ/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lammers
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of lamer.
undiapered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undiaper
undiapered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + diapered.
Senses: glosses: Not wearing diapers.
unstoked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stoked.
Senses: examples: text: The fire was left unstoked and soon went out.
glosses: Not having been stoked.
whoopingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more whoopingly
form: most whoopingly
Etymology: From whooping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He had a whoopingly joyful time for several miles, with his swift thoroughbred racing just behind or at the side of the big Plains animal.
ref: 1976, Thomas Bailey Marquis, Keep the last bullet for yourself: the true story of Custer's last stand, page 25:
topics: manner
glosses: With a whooping noise.
examples: text: Statesmen sometimes need some whoopingly big lies to justify to themselves and their followers actions which they contemplate.
ref: 1966, Leonard William Doob, Public opinion and propaganda, page 390:
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a very great extent; extremely.
yarncraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yarn + craft.
Senses: glosses: The making of decorative items from yarn.
vaselines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaseline
vaselines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vaseline
vaselining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vaseline
vaselined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vaseline
margo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: margines
form: margos
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin margō. Doublet of marge and margin.
Senses: examples: text: The colpi are bordered by prominent margos or lips. Тhe margo is separated from the remainder of the heavily sculptured surface by a narrow channel.
ref: 1969, Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 49:
topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: border, margin
coöccur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coöccurs
form: coöccurring
form: coöccurred
form: coöccurred
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of co-occur.
cooccur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cooccurs
form: cooccurring
form: cooccurred
form: cooccurred
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of co-occur.
co-occurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of co-occur
co-occurring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of co-occur
co-occurred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of co-occur
cooccurred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cooccur
cooccurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cooccur
cooccurring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cooccur
nonshamanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shamanistic.
Senses: glosses: Not shamanistic.
nonshaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonshamans
Etymology: From non- + shaman.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a shaman.
nonshamans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonshaman
shamanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamanism
nonshamanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shamanic.
Senses: glosses: Not shamanic.
profitseeking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more profitseeking
form: most profitseeking
form: profit-seeking
Etymology: From profit + seeking.
Senses: glosses: Aiming to make a profit.
overhale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overhales
form: overhaling
form: overhaled
form: overhaled
Etymology: From Middle English overhalen, equivalent to over- + hale. Cognate with Dutch overhalen, Danish overhale, Swedish överhala.
Senses: glosses: To draw or haul over; overhaul.
glosses: To overcome.
midstrength
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + strength.
Senses: examples: midstrength aspirin
glosses: Of a medium strength.
statelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more statelike
form: most statelike
Etymology: From state + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a state (geopolitical entity).
Synonyms: nationlike
countylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countylike
form: most countylike
Etymology: From county + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a county.
countrylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countrylike
form: most countrylike
Etymology: From country + -like.
Senses: examples: text: “I think the next buyer will be someone who loves the farmhouse look,” McDowell says. “I could see a growing family moving here. It’s a quaint little town in a rural setting, close to major cities, and has good school systems. It definitely has a countrylike setting and is very private and well maintained.”
ref: 2023 November 16, Kellie Speed, “Holy Cow! This Former Dairy Barn in Massachusetts Finds New Life as a $700K Farmhouse”, in realtor.com:
synonyms: countryish
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the country; rural.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: countryish
glosses: Similar to country music.
Related terms: countrify
go country
nongoverned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + governed.
Senses: glosses: Not governed.
playerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From player + -less.
Senses: examples: a playerless game
playerless musical instruments
glosses: Without a player.
niggerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of niggerize
Koreanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Korean.
resurrector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resurrectors
Etymology: From resurrect + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, resurrects.
resurrectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resurrector
zhlubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: zhlubbier
form: more zhlubby
form: zhlubbiest
form: most zhlubby
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the Internet, for political if not commercial causes, turns out to be a way to efficiently reach people whose very engagement (even overengagement) separates them most from ordinary zhlubby citizens.
ref: 2003 September 15, Michael Wolff, “Candidate.com”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2017:
glosses: Alternative spelling of schlubby.
nonmusicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + musicality.
Senses: examples: text: But every time she went to an interview the employer would bring up her nonmusicality, and ask probing questions that had nothing to do with the job or her skills.
ref: 2000, Erik Parens, Adrienne Asch, Prenatal testing and disability rights:
glosses: The state or condition of being nonmusical.
pot roast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pot roasts
Senses: glosses: A dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef (often taken from the tougher chuck cut) to induce a Maillard reaction, then slow-cooking in liquid in a covered dish.
sheathable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sheathe + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a sheathable weapon
glosses: Capable of being sheathed.