cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wafture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑf.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈwɒf.t͡ʃə/
Forms: form: waftures
Etymology: From waft + -ure.
Senses: examples: text: lower roofs, from which, as from hanging gardens, floated waftures sweet as the perfumed airs of the Indian isles
ref: 1873, Lew Wallace, chapter 8, in The Fair God, Boston: James R. Osgood, page 253:
text: Stray waftures of invisible gases bit his eyes and made them sting.
ref: 1911, Jack London, “The Seed of McCoy”, in South Sea Tales, New York: Macmillan, page 267:
text: It is doubtful, however, if she would have allowed quite so deep a wafture of lamentation to have passed her lips had she been alone.
ref: 1936, John Cowper Powys, chapter 9, in Maiden Castle, Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, published 2001, page 416:
text: and sniff at your waftures / to analyze your lust / and smell the pheromones of everyone you kissed,
ref: 2016, Robert Kelly, “XO”, in Opening the Seals, Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, page 154:
glosses: Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.
examples: text: […] you answer’d not, / But, with an angry wafture of your hand, / Gave sign for me to leave you:
ref: c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1:
text: 1785, Henry Boyd (translator), Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dublin: P. Byrne, Canto 1, p. 198,
Then those that sing amid the purging flame, / Inspir’d by ling’ring hope at last to claim / A tardy wafture to the happy shore.
text: […] the gentle Thames […] landed me, in the wafture of a placid wave or two, alone, safe and inglorious, somewhere at the foot of Lambeth palace.
ref: 1821 October, Charles Lamb, “Witches and Other Night-Fears”, in The London Magazine, volume 4, number 22, page 387:
text: The trees […] smile and nod and chatter, / Spreading their skirts most graciously, / Gesturing gayly with each wafture of the breeze.
ref: 1922, Angela Morgan, “Afternoon Tea”, in Because of Beauty, New York: Dodd, Mead, page 105:
glosses: The act of wafting something.
Synonyms: gust
puff
wave
forpine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /fə(ɹ)ˈpaɪn/
Forms: form: forpines
form: forpining
form: forpined
form: forpined
Etymology: From Middle English forpinen, equivalent to for- + pine. Cognate with Middle Low German vorpinen (“to forpine”).
Senses: examples: text: But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring
He was so wasted and forpined quight
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To pine away.
examples: text: […] While to my sight thy giant stature rears
Its bulk forpined upon these savage rocks
In shameful bonds the linked adamant locks.
ref: 1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound:
glosses: To waste away through suffering or through torment.
ensky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɛnˈskaɪ/
Forms: form: enskies
form: enskying
form: enskied
form: enskied
form: enskyed
form: enskyed
Etymology: From en- + sky.
Senses: examples: Late XIX cent, Francis Thompson, Grace of the Way
I failed against the affluent tide;
Out of this abject earth of me
I was translated and enskied
Into the heavenly-regioned She.
glosses: To place in the sky.
glosses: To exalt.
pay heed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays heed
form: paying heed
form: paid heed
form: paid heed
Senses: examples: text: You needn't pay heed to his antics.
text: Now an thou wouldst get possession of this queen and wed this jewel seld-seen and enjoy her beauty and loveliness and grace, do thou pay heed to my words and keep them in thy memory.
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “w:Hassan of Basra. [Night 789.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 44:
synonyms: give heed
take heed
pay attention
antonyms: pay no mind
glosses: To give attention; to heed.
pay the price
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays the price
form: paying the price
form: paid the price
form: paid the price
form: pay the penalty
Senses: examples: text: Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.
ref: 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
text: Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said ahead of the vote: "Northern communities are, once again, paying the price for broken Tory promises on rail.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Labour demands NPR action after "rail betrayal"”, in RAIL, number 947, page 7:
text: "China will pay a price if it is seen as assisting Russia — either providing a direct assistance, particularly military assistance, or assisting Russia in evading sanctions," Chollet told VOA.
ref: [2022 April 29, Nike Ching, “US: No Sign Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Will Bear Fruit”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2022, Ukraine:
synonyms: face the music#Verb
pay the piper#Verb
glosses: To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.
who pays the piper calls the tune
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: he who pays the piper calls the tune
form: whoever pays the piper calls the tune
Etymology: From the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Senses: glosses: The person who pays for something gets to say how it should be done.
wikipedia: Pied Piper of Hamelin
Related terms: money talks
you pays your money and you takes your choice
you pays your money and you takes your chances
you get what you pay for
wrathfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒθ.fʊl.nɛs/
ipa: /ˈɹæθ.fʊl.nɛs/
Etymology: From wrathful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being wrathful; wrath
minish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪn.ɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
Forms: form: minishes
form: minishing
form: minished
form: minished
Etymology: From Middle English menuse, from Middle French menusier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre.
Senses: glosses: To lessen or cause to seem to be less.
Synonyms: sense: lessen
word: diminish
sense: lessen
word: lessen
sense: lessen
word: reduce
sense: lessen
word: decrease
Derived terms: minisher
minishment
unminished
downbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnbɛnt/
Forms: form: more downbent
form: most downbent
Etymology: From down- + bent.
Senses: examples: text: Beforetime of all Gods one have I seen in pain, / One only Titan bound with adamantine chain, / Atlas in strength supreme, who groaning stoops, downbent / Under the burthen of the earth and heaven's broad firmament.
ref: 1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound:
glosses: Bent downward.
tarre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑɹ
Forms: form: tarres
form: tarring
form: tarred
form: tarred
Etymology: From Middle English tarien, taryen (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirġan, terġan, tirian (“to worry, exasperate”).
Senses: examples: text: Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes, / And like a dog that is compelled to fight, / Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], lines 114-116:
glosses: To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
Related terms: tarry
tarre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑɹ
Senses: examples: text: […] she takes not so much for curing a thousand mortal People, as I have spent in Turpentine and Tarre to keep my Flocklings cleanly in a Spring time.
ref: 1659, Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine:
glosses: Obsolete form of tar.
importunacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːnə.si/
Forms: form: importunacies
Etymology: From importunate + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being importunate.
glosses: Constant demanding and pressure; importunity.
unshunnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈʃʌn.ə.bəl/
Etymology: From un- + shunnable.
Senses: examples: text: May none of all the Gods that greater are
Eye me with his unshunnable regard;
ref: 1922, “Prometheus Bound”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 203:
synonyms: unavoidable
unignorable
antonyms: avoidable
ignorable
shunnable
glosses: Not shunnable; shunless.
Related terms: shun
shunnable
permissives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permissive
embowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊl
ipa: /ɛmˈbaʊ.əl/
Forms: form: embowels
form: emboweling
form: embowelling
form: emboweled
form: emboweled
form: embowelled
form: embowelled
form: imbowel
Etymology: From em- + bowel.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e therefore hastened on, and conducted Carlstadt to the spot he had recently quitted, and discovered to him a rude mishapen entrance to a flight of steps, which appeared as conducting ones to some dwelling emboweled in the earth.
ref: 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter II, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:
glosses: To enclose or bury.
examples: text: […] So had given no direction about his body. I have cauſed it to be embowelled, and depoſited in a vault, till I have orders from England.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 415:
text: Who doubts that the fineing, whipping, torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and children, guilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faith, had assisted the Pope and Philip, and their band of English, Scotch, and Irish conspirators, to shake Elizabeth's throne and endanger her life?
ref: 1867, John Lothrop Motley, Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555–1623, Complete:
text: As to that part of the sentence which relates to embowelling, it was never executed now, but this omission was owing to accident, or to the mercy of the executioner, not to the discretion of the judge. "
ref: 1913, Henry W. Nevinson, Essays in Rebellion:
glosses: To remove the bowels; disembowel.
Synonyms: sense: enclose
word: enclose
sense: enclose
word: bury
sense: enclose
word: embed
sense: enclose
word: inclose
sense: remove the bowels
word: disembowel
sense: remove the bowels
word: eviscerate
Derived terms: envowel
Tartarean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /tɑːˈtɑːɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /tɑɹˈtɑɹ.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
rhymes: -ɑːɹiən
Forms: form: more Tartarean
form: most Tartarean
Etymology: From Tartare + -an, from Latin Tartare (“of Tartarus”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Tartarus.
Synonyms: sense: relating to Tartarus
word: infernal
Tartarean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /tɑːˈtɑːɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /tɑɹˈtɑɹ.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
rhymes: -ɑːɹiən
Forms: form: Tartareans
Etymology: From Tartare + -an, from Latin Tartare (“of Tartarus”).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tartarus.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tartary.
thunderblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθʌn.dɚ.blæst/
Forms: form: thunderblasts
Etymology: From thunder + blast.
Senses: glosses: A blast or peal of thunder.
unapproached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌn.əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃd/
Etymology: From un- + approached.
Senses: glosses: Not approached.
triangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.æŋ.ɡəld/
Etymology: From triangle + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having three angles.
glosses: Located inside a triangle.
examples: text: The third, Gules triangled, or […]
ref: 1729, Abel Boyer, Le Grand théâtre de l'honneur et de noblesse … [assisted by John Innes?] Fr. & Eng, page 331:
text: Fish are borne different ways; upright, embowed, extended, endorsed, surmounted of each other, fretted, triangled, &c. All fish borne feeding should be termed devouring ...
ref: 1788, George Shelby Howard, THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, page 1129:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Divided into triangles (said of the field).
Synonyms: sense: having three angles
word: triangular
bedash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈdæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: bedashes
form: bedashing
form: bedashed
form: bedashed
Etymology: From be- + dash.
Senses: glosses: To dash against.
glosses: To bespatter with liquid or powder.
glosses: To ruin or obliterate.
uncalendared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkæl.ən.dɚd/
Etymology: From un- + calendared.
Senses: glosses: Not marked on a calendar.
glosses: Undocumented.
glosses: Unmeasured in time.
pithless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪθləs/
Forms: form: more pithless
form: most pithless
Etymology: From pith + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking strength or pith; weak.
glosses: Not cogent.
Synonyms: sense: lacking pith
word: weak
sense: lacking pith
word: feeble
Derived terms: pithlessly
pithlessness
frigid zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frigid zones
Senses: glosses: Either of two zones of the Earth that lie between the north and south poles and the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle respectively.
King's English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Forms: form: king's English
Etymology: From King + -’s + English, possibly modelled after king’s coin (“(obsolete) image of a king on a coin; (archaic or historical) coin officially issued during a king’s reign”): see the 1553 quotation.
Senses: examples: text: Some ſeke ſo farre for outlãdiſhe [outlandish] Engliſhe, that thei forget altogether their mothers lãguage [language]. And I dare ſwere this, if ſome of their mothers were aliue, thei were not able to tell, what thei ſay, & yet theſe fine Engliſhe clerkes, wil ſaie thei ſpeake in their mother tongue, if a mã [man] ſhould charge thẽ [them] for coũterfeityng [counterfeiting] the kynges Engliſh.
ref: 1553 January, Thomas Wilson, “The Third Boke. Foure Partes Belongyng to Elocution.”, in The Arte of Rhetorique, for the Vse of All Suche as are Studious of Eloquence, […], [London]: Richardus Graftonus, […], →OCLC, folio 86, recto:
text: What, Iohn Rugby, I pray thee goe to the Caſement, and ſee if you can ſee my Maſter, Maſter Docter Caius comming: if he doe (I'faith) and finde any body in the houſe; here vvill be an old abuſing of Gods patience, and the Kings Engliſh.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 42, column 1:
text: "Spake it out, man," exclaimed the landlady; "spake it out in king's English; what for should ye be talking Indian in a room full of christian folks[…]?["]
ref: 1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter XIII, in The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC, page 184:
text: I venture to say that in a fifteen-minute conversation he would commit more horrible crimes against the king's English than even that new stable-boy of yours.
ref: 1919 (date written), Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Efficiency Expert”, in Argosy All-Story Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Company, published October 1921, →OCLC; republished as “In Again—Out Again”, in The Efficiency Expert, New York, N.Y.: Charter Books, Charter Communications, 1966, →OCLC, part 2, page 102:
text: The O.E.D. [Oxford English Dictionary] is unlike any other dictionary, in any language. […] It wants every word, all the lingo: idioms and euphemisms, sacred or profane, dead or alive, the King's English or the street's.
ref: 2006 November 5, James Gleick, “Cyber-neologoliferation”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024:
coordinate_terms: Queen's English
glosses: Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the King of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation.
wikipedia: Queen Camilla
Queen's English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwiːnz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
ipa: /kwinz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ
Forms: form: queen's English
Etymology: From Queen + -’s + English, possibly modelled after King’s English which is attested slightly earlier.
Senses: examples: text: But I am not so timid, and can speak the Queen's English plainly.
ref: 1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts”, in New Arabian Nights:
text: Picking up the different points of land was often the source of a joke, for our master was not blessed with the most perfect command of the Queen's English, and I overheard one morning the following nautical dialogue: "Look out, ahoy!" - speaking to the man in the foretop.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 33:
text: He murdered the Queen's English every time he spoke.
ref: 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 22, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:
text: In the movies, bankable Brits fall into one of two categories: those who live in stately homes and possess a firm grasp of the Queen's English, and those who live in cottages or tenements and possess accents thick enough to caulk boats.
ref: 2006 April 7, Jeanette Catsoulis, “Movie Review: On a Clear Day (2005)”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Aug 2010:
text: They've obviously never met before, but are getting on like a house on fire. Both are well-spoken and versed in the Queen's English. [this was possibly written before Queen Elizabeth II died]
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:
coordinate_terms: King's English
glosses: Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation.
queen's English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Queen's English.
king's English
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Spake it out, man," exclaimed the landlady; "spake it out in king's English; what for should ye be talking Indian in a room full of christian folks[…]?["]
ref: 1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter XIII, in The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC, page 184:
text: I venture to say that in a fifteen-minute conversation he would commit more horrible crimes against the king's English than even that new stable-boy of yours.
ref: 1919 (date written), Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Efficiency Expert”, in Argosy All-Story Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Company, published October 1921, →OCLC; republished as “In Again—Out Again”, in The Efficiency Expert, New York, N.Y.: Charter Books, Charter Communications, 1966, →OCLC, part 2, page 102:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of King's English.
born-again virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: born-again virgins
Senses: examples: text: “I’m a born-again virgin.” Well, at least I got a good laugh out of him. “That’s great. Is that like a born-again Jew? Or born-again Jesus freak?”
ref: 1981, Amy Schor, Line by Line, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Religiously motivated women like Watts believe it’s very possible to become a born-again virgin — if you believe it is so and pledge abstinence until marriage.
ref: 2013, Brian Alexander, “Born-again virgins claim to rewrite the past”, in NBCNews.com:
glosses: A person who refrains from sexual activity, regardless of any past unchaste behavior.
glosses: A woman who undergoes a hymenorrhaphy to restore her hymen.
fooster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foosters
form: foostering
form: foostered
form: foostered
form: foosther
Etymology: Borrowing of Irish fústar.
Senses: examples: text: "Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.
ref: 7 July 1894, Charles Dickens (editor), Kattie's Wedding, F. M. Evans and Co., Limited
glosses: To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
examples: text: "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
ref: 2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky:
glosses: To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle.
Derived terms: foosterer
fooster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foosther
Etymology: Borrowing of Irish fústar.
Senses: glosses: A confused hurry; bustle.
Derived terms: foostery
grevillea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grevilleas
form: grevilia
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Grevillea.
Senses: synonyms: spider flower
silky oak
toothbrush plant
glosses: Any of many Australian shrubs and trees of the genus Grevillea.
hierogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierograms
Etymology: From hiero- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: sacred symbol, letter or writing
glosses: hieroglyph
Related terms: hierogrammatic
hierogrammatical
implicational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more implicational
form: most implicational
Etymology: From implication + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to logical implication.
Derived terms: implicational propositional calculus
nonimplicational
statis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of status.
inextricability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inextricabilities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being inextricable
infinitivally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From infinitival + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an infinitival manner; with regard to the infinitive
intendedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more intendedly
form: most intendedly
Etymology: From intended + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intended manner; intentionally.
kyanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kyanizes
form: kyanizing
form: kyanized
form: kyanized
Etymology: From Kyan + -ize, after John Howard Kyan, the inventor of the process.
Senses: glosses: To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride
wikipedia: John Howard Kyan
Related terms: kyanization
mercuric chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The salt of mercury and hydrochloric acid, HgCl₂
Synonyms: corrosive sublimate
labyrinthodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labyrinthodont
form: most labyrinthodont
form: labyrinthodon
Etymology: Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having teeth with a labyrinthine (maze-like) internal structure
labyrinthodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labyrinthodonts
form: labyrinthodon
Etymology: Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
Senses: glosses: Any extinct amphibian of the subclass Labyrinthodontia.
leaflove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafloves
form: leaf-love
Etymology: From leaf + love.
Senses: glosses: Any of several songbirds of certain genera in family Pycnonotidae, the bulbul family.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens
alt: syn. Pyrrurus scandens
word: African leaflove
taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens
alt: syn. Pyrrurus scandens
word: common leaflove
alt: Atimastillas flavicollis, syn. Chlorocichla flavicollis
word: Congo white-throated leaflove
taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens orientalis
word: Gabon leaflove
taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens
alt: syn. Pyrrurus scandens
word: plain leaflove
taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens
alt: syn. Pyrrurus scandens
word: red-tailed leaflove
taxonomic: Chlorocichla simplex
word: simple leaflove
taxonomic: Phyllastrephus scandens scandens
word: Uele leaflove
alt: Atimastillas flavicollis, syn. Chlorocichla flavicollis
word: yellow-throated leaflove
loadmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loadmasters
Etymology: From load + master.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The member of an aircrew responsible for the loading and internal stowage of heavy cargo (so as to minimise the disruption of the aircraft's trim).
mantletree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantletrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mantle-tree.
manumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of manual + automatic
Senses: glosses: Describing any of several forms of motor car transmission that have both manual and automatic features.
Related terms: semi-automatic
manumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manumatics
Etymology: Blend of manual + automatic
Senses: glosses: A transmission of this kind.
glosses: A vehicle having such a transmission.
misapprehensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mis- + apprehensive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to misapprehension.
Derived terms: misapprehensively
misapprehensiveness
monostrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monostrophe + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to monostrophe.
monostrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monostrophics
Etymology: From monostrophe + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A monostrophe.
monostrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monostrophes
Etymology: From mono- + strophe.
Senses: glosses: A metrical composition having a single strophe
Related terms: monostrophic
monotint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monotints
Etymology: From mono- + tint.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A monochrome print.
mosstrooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosstroopers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moss-trooper.
moss-trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moss-troopers
Senses: glosses: A member of a band of raiders or bandits who marauded the Scottish borders in the 17th century.
Related terms: moss-trooping
mossycup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mossycups
Etymology: From mossy + cup.
Senses: glosses: The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
nonintensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intensive.
Senses: glosses: Not intensive
tsktsks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tsktsk
tsktsked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tsktsk
mosstroopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosstrooper
monotints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monotint
Mariologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mariology
Mariological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mariological
form: most Mariological
Etymology: From Mariology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Mary's exalted role implies mariological assertions about her life.
ref: 2001, “Mariology”, in Walter A. Elwell, editor, Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Baker Academic, →ISBN, page 736:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Mariology.
bomb-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bomb-ass
form: most bomb-ass
form: bomb ass
Etymology: From the bomb + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: “And you know that's right, but I still have to represent myself as the bomb-ass babe that I am,” I said as I joined in with her laughter.
ref: 2007, Stacey L. Ford, Selling the Fantasy:
qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Excellent; great; very successful.
dickties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickty
rainworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainworms
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English reġnwyrm, from Proto-Germanic [Term?]. Analysable as rain + worm, because the worm has the habit of surfacing on top of the saturated soil after rainfall. Cognate with Dutch regenworm, Old High German reganwurm, whence German Regenwurm.
Senses: glosses: An earthworm.
rainworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainworm
kyanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kyanize
kyanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kyanize
kyanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kyanize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of kyanizing.
hierograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierogram
mantletrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantletree
weblink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌlɪŋk/
Forms: form: weblinks
Etymology: From Web + link.
Senses: examples: text: For more detailed information about services available in your country or region, use the following weblinks.
ref: 2005, Robert Nathan, Linda Hill, Career counselling:
text: The following weblinks refer principally to organisations that operate in the UK.
ref: 2008, John F. Morgan, The invisible man: a self-help guide for men with eating disorders, compulsive exercise and bigorexia:
glosses: A hyperlink on the World Wide Web.
Related terms: weblog
webpage
webring
website
weblinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weblink
unsmilingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsmiling + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Now, sobriety does not mean unsmilingness. A man can be just as sober when he smiles as when he does not.
ref: 1887, Henry Ward Beecher, A summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher:
text: Unsmilingness is not necessarily blameworthy.
ref: 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 129:
glosses: The absence of a smile.
drinkypoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinkypoos
Etymology: From drinky + -poo as a further diminutive.
Senses: examples: text: The other day we were readying to step next door for drinkypoos and an Also Sprach tape.
ref: 1983, Douglas Messerli, Contemporary American fiction:
text: Time for a drinkypoo.
ref: 1997, John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure:
text: He won't get any drinkypoos out here, Rick said and smiled. He'll be sober as a judge by the time we get to Taiwan.
ref: 2007, Olin Thompson, SS Wolfhound:
text: Whether you fancy a quick drinkypoo after a stroll around the market, or you want to listen to live jazz on a Saturday night […]
ref: 2007, Anna E. Brooke, Nathalie Jordi, Lauren Sommer, Anna Sussman, MTV France:
glosses: An alcoholic drink.
drinkypoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drinkypoo
Milori blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Milori blues
Senses: glosses: A blue pigment, Prussian blue.
glosses: The rich blue colour of this pigment.
Related terms: Milori green
non-monetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonmonetary.
non-over-the-counter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + over-the-counter.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Not over-the-counter.
covertest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of covert: most covert
prepopulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepopulates
form: prepopulating
form: prepopulated
form: prepopulated
Etymology: From pre- + populate.
Senses: examples: text: However, in addition to disabling the billing fields, we are also prepopulating them with data from the shipping fields.
ref: 2009, Cody Lindley, jQuery Cookbook:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: warm
glosses: To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.
Related terms: prepopulation
prepopulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepopulate
prepopulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prepopulate
prepopulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepopulate
populator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: populators
Etymology: From populate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, populates.
populators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of populator
birchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birching
canings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of caning
slappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slapping
birchwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birchwoods
form: birch wood
Etymology: From birch + wood.
Senses: examples: text: Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman from the country.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 79:
glosses: A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
synonyms: birch
glosses: The wood from a birch tree.
birchwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birchwood
anticreativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + creativity.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to creativity.
Related terms: anticreative
antimodernists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimodernist
antisexist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisexist
form: most antisexist
Etymology: From anti- + sexist.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to sexism.
antisexist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisexists
Etymology: From anti- + sexist.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes sexism.
antisexism
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisexism
form: most antisexism
Etymology: From anti- + sexism.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to sexism.
antisexists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisexist
antiplane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + plane.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
antismoke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antismoke
form: most antismoke
Etymology: From anti- + smoke.
Senses: examples: text: Railroads needed to install standard antismoke equipment on locomotives.
ref: 1979, Utah State Historical Society, Beehive history, Issues 5-9:
text: In 1889 the Ladies^([sic]) Health and Protective Association organized the first sustained antismoke movement in Pittsburgh.
ref: 2005, Gregory J. Crowley, The politics of place: contentious urban redevelopment in Pittsburgh:
glosses: Opposing, preventing or protecting from smoke.
Derived terms: antismoker
antismoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antismokers
Etymology: From antismoke + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco.
antismokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antismoker
antijapanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antijapanese
form: most antijapanese
Senses: examples: text: But please, dont open your electronic mouth until
 > : you are going to state facts, not just spew antijapanese sentiment
 > : that YOU are brainwashed into believing.
ref: 1995 March 16, shw...@vms1.gmu.edu, “"Japan-Centric" US View of Asian History”, in soc.culture.korean (Usenet):
text: The Japanese government protested antijapanese laws, statements, and conduct.
ref: 1997, Helen Hardacre, Adam L. Kern, New directions in the study of Meiji Japan:
text: I remember the antijapanese sentiments of chinese connection. and i've seen more recent hk movies where japanese are bad people. but then i've also seen japanese actors in hk movies.
ref: 2001 January 8, MAN...an ancient race, “Do chinese still hate japanese?”, in alt.asian-movies (Usenet):
text: antijapanese hatred was around long before 7 dec 1941
ref: 2001 September 19, morgan mair fheal, “morgan mair fheal”, in alt.politics.republican (Usenet):
glosses: Rare form of anti-Japanese.
antirecoil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + recoil.
Senses: glosses: Preventing recoil.
antipoetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipoetic
form: most antipoetic
Etymology: From anti- + poetic.
Senses: examples: text: It is very hard to see Plato as an antipoetic scientist, for Plato was himself a poet, communicating his ideas in allegorical and mythic form.
ref: 1982, Richard Olson, Science Deified and Science Defied:
glosses: Opposed to poetry.
antimilitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimilitarist
antisub
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sub.
Senses: examples: text: British antisub countermeasures did not begin to show significant results until major reforms were instituted early in 1941.
ref: 1974, Clark G. Reynolds, Command of the sea: the history and strategy of maritime empires:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: antisubmarine
antinaval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinaval
form: most antinaval
Etymology: From anti- + naval.
Senses: examples: text: England was racked by class conflict and an antimilitary, antinaval sentiment that manifested itself in formal and unofficial industrial strikes in the defense industries...
ref: 2006, Lisle Abbott Rose, Power at Sea: A violent peace, 1946-2006:
glosses: Opposing a navy.
antimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimony
glosses: Misspelling of antinomies.
antimycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimycin
antiphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiphrasis
glosses: plural of antiphrase
antislip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-slip
Etymology: From anti- + slip.
Senses: examples: text: These antislip floor tiles prevent many accidents.
glosses: Preventing slipping.
antipyrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipyrines
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The drug phenazone.
antipyrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipyrine
antirachitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirachitic
antistick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + stick.
Senses: glosses: Preventing sticking or adhesion.
antirrhinum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirrhinums
Etymology: From Latin antirrhīnum, variant form of antirrhīnon, anti- + rhino- + -um.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum of snapdragons.
antirrhinums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirrhinum
antivenene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antivenenes
form: anti-venene
Etymology: From anti- + venene (“venom”), from Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of antivenom and antivenin.
Senses: examples: text: His conclusions are that (1) about the same quantity of anti-venene necessary to neutralise the venom in vitro is capable of doing so when the forner is injected into the bloodstream, and the latter sub-cutaneously ;
ref: 1898, Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain), Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 623:
text: What he really means is that the recommended use of anti-venene does not entirely agree with one set of medical opinion.
ref: 1973, East African Wild Life Society, World Wildlife Fund, Africana, volume 5, page 5:
text: Now it became necessary to take venom from captured Taipans, so as to produce anti-venene, and to put it in hospitals right through the danger areas.
ref: 1978, Australian Broadcasting Commission, A Big Country: More Stories about the People of Australia, page 13:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of antivenom.
synonyms: word: antivenom
antivenenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antivenene
antiman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiman
form: most antiman
Etymology: From anti- + man.
Senses: examples: text: Feminism was often portrayed by the media as an attempt to put women's rights ahead of other people's, as being antiman and antifamily...
ref: 2004, Steven P. Schacht, Doris W. Ewing, Feminism with men: bridging the gender gap:
glosses: Opposed to men.
Synonyms: word: androphobic
word: female chauvinist
word: misandristic
Related terms: antiwoman
antifamily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifamily
form: most antifamily
Etymology: From anti- + family.
Senses: examples: text: Feminism was often portrayed by the media as an attempt to put women's rights ahead of other people's, as being antiman and antifamily...
ref: 2004, Steven P. Schacht, Doris W. Ewing, Feminism with men: bridging the gender gap:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Opposed to the traditional social construct of the family.
misandristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misandristic
form: most misandristic
Etymology: From misandrist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: If removing the preputial tissue curbs sexuality of both sexes and if, on the basis of curbing female sexuality, the removal of the female prepuce is misogynistic, then the removal of the male foreskin should be viewed as misandristic.
ref: 2006, David Benatar, Cutting to the Core, page 36:
text: Réaumur attributed no such sentiments to the sexless workers who slaughtered the useless drones. The “frightful carnage” reminded him not of the misandristic Amazons, who rejected their male offspring, but of the virtuous yet brutal Spartans […]
ref: 2009, Jeffrey Merrick, Order and Disorder under the Ancien Régime, page 9:
glosses: Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
Synonyms: antiman
misandrist
misandric
misandrous
Related terms: misogynistic
androphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more androphobic
form: most androphobic
Etymology: From andro- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Androphobic women typically describe men in images that are larger than life.
ref: 1988, Stephen Price, Susan Price, No more lonely nights:
text: This scene that aims at curbing male pride is disturbing for its androphobic undertone.
ref: 2001, Françoise Ghillebaert, Spirituality and growth in the cross-dressed heroines of George Sand:
glosses: Exhibiting androphobia; averse to or fearful of men.
antimen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimen
form: most antimen
Etymology: From anti- + men.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiman.
antigender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigender
form: most antigender
Etymology: From anti- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: Heaven's Gate's antifamily, antigender, radical egalitarian celebration of sameness...
ref: 2003, Harry G. West, Todd Sanders, Transparency and conspiracy: ethnographies of suspicion in the new world order:
glosses: Opposing gender roles or gender distinctions.
examples: text: Some right-wing-inclined academics gave 'antigender' talks whose controversial contents are clearly expressed in their titles: 'Gender, jak sie ̨ przed tym […]'
ref: 2015, Abolaji S. Mustapha, Sara Mills, Gender Representation in Learning Materials: International Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN, page 211:
text: […] especially at the grassroots level, and in books and brochures, is manifest in the so-called antigender initiatives (like “STOP Gender”).
ref: 2015, Marian J. Rubchak, New Imaginaries: Youthful Reinvention of Ukraine's Cultural Paradigm, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Opposed to things like transgender rights; marked by antigenderism.
Derived terms: antigenderist
underbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underbred
form: most underbred
form: under-bred
Etymology: From under- + bred.
Senses: examples: text: The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: Himself, he felt the most underbred of all; he was afraid of these Utopians: snobbish and abject before them, he was like a mannerless earthy lout in a drawing-room, and he was bitterly ashamed of his own abjection.
ref: 1923, H. G. Wells, Men Like Gods:
glosses: Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
examples: text: I prefer both sire and dam to be well-bred, but a well-bred mare and an underbred horse will produce a faster animal than a thoroughbred horse and an underbred mare.
ref: 1902, Frank Sherman Peer, Cross country with horse and hound:
glosses: Not purebred; of an inferior strain.
raw_tags: of animals
Synonyms: sense: manners
word: uncouth
sense: manners
word: rude
sense: manners
word: impolite
underbred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: under-bred
Etymology: From under- + bred.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underbreed
Wren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɹɛn/
Etymology: Originally a nickname from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
examples: text: The Wren church did not cross the Atlantic at once.
ref: 1983, Marcus Whiffen, Frederick Koeper, American Architecture: 1607-1860:
text: This engraving of a Wren design for the north elevation was made in 1702.
ref: 1999, Andrew Prescott et al., The British inheritance: a treasury of historic documents:
text: Wren rebuilt this church 15 years after the Great Fire, and later renovations have not altered its 17th-century appearance.
ref: 2004, Thomas Bruce Wheeler, London Secrets: London Guidebook for the First Time Visitor:
text: Wren architecture and Queen Anne furniture style flourished in tandem during the reigns of George II and George III.
ref: 2007, Karla J. Nielson, Interior textiles: fabrics, applications, & historical styles:
text: The philanthropic concerns underlying Chelsea turned to the navy, and Wren was among those who in 1693 discussed a permanent institution on this site.
ref: 2007, Kerry Downes, Christopher Wren:
text: This is not to say that a hallmark Wren steeple was universally applied.
ref: 2008, Mark Child, Discovering Churches and Churchyards:
glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Sir Christopher Wren, English architect
examples: text: "What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird. Little did she know."
ref: 2000, Rebecca Wade, A Wanted Woman, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: A male or female given name from English from the noun wren.