cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
in the light of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: In the light of the Sun
2007, Lawrence A. Hoffman (editor), My People′s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, Volume 1: The Sh′ma and Its Blessings, page 51,
The angels lived endlessly in the light of God′s chariot, praising God by saying “Holy, Holy, Holy,” just as Isaiah had seen.
glosses: In the illumination from (a source of light).
examples: text: In the light of faith I gain wisdom in the wisdom of the Word your Son; in the light of faith I am strong, constant, persevering; in the light of faith I have hope: It does not let me faint along the way.
ref: 1980, Catherine of Siena, translated by Suzanne Noffke, The Dialogue, New Jersey: Paulist Press, page 365:
text: 2005, Simon Blackburn, “hermeneutic circle," entry in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, page 165,
Similarly, we may hold that the past can only be understood in the light of the present, and the present only understood in the light of the past.
text: In the light of cases such as this, one should perhaps be careful about suggesting general disapproval of ‘consumer’ objections to wind farm development.
ref: 2007, Jane Holder, Maria Lee, Environmental Protection, Law and Policy: Text and Materials, page 712:
synonyms: in light of
glosses: Based on conclusions derived from (a source of knowledge, evidence or inspiration).
in the thick of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.
ref: 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:
text: His stories about Huey, Eleanor and Jack, and other bigwigs of various worlds, reveal a life lived in the thick of legend.
ref: 1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8:
text: Rooney was fit to return to United's line-up after missing two games with an ankle injury - and he was in the thick of the action right away as he raced on to Dimitar Berbatov's pass only to send a presentable finish wide from an acute angle.
ref: 2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: In the middle of (something difficult).
Derived terms: in the thick of it
Related terms: thick of things
stormtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stormtides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of storm tide.
granates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granate
Lateef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic لَطِيف (laṭīf, “gentle, kind”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
raspador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspadors
form: raspadores
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reco-reco (“musical instrument”).
synonyms: word: reco-reco
extra: musical instrument
raspadores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raspador
triboulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triboulets
Etymology: From French triboulet, an eponym from the jester Triboulet (1479 – 1536) of kings Louis XII and Francis I of France.
Senses: glosses: A jester dressed entirely in red.
glosses: A tapered steel mandrel used by a jeweler to make jewelry.
in bed with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: People also ask me what was it like being in bed with Sean Connery. I said, ‘Fine.’
ref: 2020 November 3, Stuart Jeffries, quoting Tsai Chin, “Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Sharing one's bed with.
examples: text: He's not for the company; he's in bed with the investment bankers.
text: On the central issue in foreign affairs—the Iraq war—these ministers have been in bed with the Tories from the outset.
ref: 2004 March 3, Paul Foot, “In bed with the Tories”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: in cahoots with
glosses: Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.
Related terms: get into bed with
strange bedfellows
in business
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Engaged in business activity
examples: text: I finally got the vents back from the chrome shop. / Now you're in business!
glosses: Ready to proceed in a desired activity.
in question
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more in question
form: most in question
Senses: examples: text: The man in question just walked in.
text: The topic in question is not something that can be easily addressed due to its sensitivity.
text: The police officer told me the suspect in question was last seen on Swanston St.
text: When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: Under consideration, under discussion.
examples: text: The whole project is now in question.
glosses: In doubt, under dispute.
Veles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Likely of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is difficult to pinpoint. Suggestions have included *h₂welh₁- (“wool”) and *welg- (“damp, humid”). Also compare Lithuanian vẽlės (“ghostly figures of the deceased”), archaic form of modern velnias (“demon, devil”). More at Veles.
Senses: synonyms: Volos
qualifier: Slavic mythology
glosses: The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.
Veles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Macedonian Велес (Veles)
Senses: glosses: A city in central North Macedonia.
glosses: HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.
Štip
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Macedonian Штип (Štip).
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern North Macedonia.
Gostivar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the upper Polog region, in northwest North Macedonia.
Strumica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern North Macedonia.
Kičevo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in western North Macedonia.
Kavadarci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern North Macedonia.
Kočani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern North Macedonia.
roughspun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roughspuns
Etymology: From rough + spun.
Senses: glosses: A garment made from roughly spun yarn or made from a coarse material.
roughspun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roughspun
form: most roughspun
Etymology: From rough + spun.
Senses: glosses: Woven from a coarsely spun yarn, (usually also from a coarse material).
raw_tags: of a garment or cloth
glosses: Unpolished, rough and ready, uncultured, unsophisticated.
Related terms: homespun
homegrown
opéra bouffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opéras bouffes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of opera bouffe.
overseas territory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overseas territories
Senses: glosses: A country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.
topics: law
glosses: A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories.
Derived terms: British overseas territory
macrochiria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal largeness of the hands.
baselining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baseline
macrocrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrocrystalline
form: most macrocrystalline
Etymology: From macro- + crystalline.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having crystals that are visible without the use of magnification
scanline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanlines
Etymology: From scan + line.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scan line.
scanlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scanline
buzuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzukis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bouzouki.
macrogenitosomia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Exaggerated physical and sexual development in a young person
scan line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scan lines
form: scanline
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: One of the horizontal lines that compose a raster scanning pattern, as on a television or computer display.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A single row of pixels in a raster graphics image.
macromelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + -melia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having unusually large limbs.
savings account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savings accounts
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: A bank account designed for a client's savings, which compared to a current account typically entails withdrawal restrictions but yields a better interest.
macroplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + -plasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Excessive development of part of the body
macropodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + -pod + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Excessive development of the feet.
Hypernyms: organomegaly
Related terms: macropod
cuff on the ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuffs on the ear
Senses: glosses: A box on the ear; a painful smack on the side of the head.
Synonyms: slap in the face
macroprogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + programming.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The creation of macros and macroinstructions, and the writing of programs using them.
Related terms: macroprogram
macroprosopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excessive development in the structure of the face in proportion to the cranium
macroseism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroseisms
Etymology: From macro- + seism.
Senses: glosses: A severe earthquake
macrosmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæk.ɹɒzˈmæ.tɪk/
Forms: form: more macrosmatic
form: most macrosmatic
Etymology: From macro- + osmatic.
Senses: glosses: Having a good sense of smell.
macrostomia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + stoma + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having an abnormally large mouth
Derived terms: ablepharon macrostomia syndrome
Related terms: macrostomy
macrotia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal development of the auricle of the ear
pudicitia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pudīcitia.
Senses: glosses: The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
parenthese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛnθəsiː/
Forms: form: parentheses
Etymology: Back-formation from parentheses.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parenthesis.
bottom fermentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom fermentations
Senses: examples: text: Carlton was mainly equipped to produce top-fermentation bulk beer, the old fashioned English ale. But the public taste had changed. On 27 April the brewers reported to the board that the public taste now was largely for bottom-fermentation beer or lager.
ref: 1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 90:
text: Bottom fermentation goes on at distinctly lower temperatures, 43 to 50 ° F/ 6– 10 ° C, takes six to ten days, and produces a milder flavor. Bottom fermentation is the standard technique in the United States.
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 13, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
antonyms: top fermentation
glosses: A slow alcoholic fermentation process carried out at low temperatures during which the yeast sinks to the bottom of the liquid. Used in brewing lager-type beers.
Related terms: bottom-fermented
bottom-fermenting
ex-gay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ex- + gay.
Senses: examples: text: Ex-gay ministries began as redoubts for men and women trying to reconcile their faith and sexuality.
ref: 2003 January 1, Casey Sanchez, “Memphis Area Love In Action Offers Residential Program to "Cure" Homosexuality”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:
text: Instead of fire-and-brimstone denunciations from the pulpit, the ex-gay movement allowed the Christian right to couch its condemnation of homosexuality in a way that seemed compassionate.
ref: 2012 April 11, Gabriel Arana, “My So-Called Ex-Gay Life”, in The American Prospect:
text: For two decades, McKrae Game was a top-tier figure among ex-gay Christians and a leading advocate for conversion therapy, a counseling practice with the goal of helping LGBTQ people suppress their homosexuality and become "straight."
ref: 2019 September 6, Jonathan Merritt, “The ex-gay Christianity movement is making a quiet comeback. The effects on LGBTQ youth could be devastating.”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy.
Derived terms: ex-ex-gay
ex-gay therapy
ex-gay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-gays
Etymology: From ex- + gay.
Senses: glosses: A person who considers themselves or is considered by others to be no longer homosexual, usually due to conversion therapy.
doorwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorwomen
Etymology: From door + -woman.
Senses: glosses: The female equivalent of a doorman.
doorwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorwoman
Weihe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weihes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weihe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
houselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more houselike
form: most houselike
form: house-like
Etymology: From house + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a house.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Similar to house music; housey.
Derived terms: unhouselike
uncomputerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uncomputerised
Etymology: From un- + computerized.
Senses: glosses: Not computerized.
uncomputerised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncomputerized.
wambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wamble
wambles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wamble
wambling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wamble
wambling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wamblings
Senses: examples: text: ‘My lord, I woke up this morning about four o'clock. I had such a wambling in my belly ...’
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 524:
glosses: A churning of the stomach accompanied by nausea.
wambled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wamble
power pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power packs
form: powerpack
Senses: glosses: A portable power supply.
mispelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of misspelt.
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɪpəˌpɒtəˌmɒnstɹəˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən/
Forms: form: more hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
form: most hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Etymology: An extension of sesquipedalian using a modified form of hippopotamus and Latin monstrum, with the extensions almost certainly chosen with the intention of making the new construct autological.
Senses: examples: text: To indulge in hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian tergiversation is not to show your erudition: rather, it is to be superficial.
ref: 1997, Steven George Krantz, A primer of mathematical writing:
text: And when it comes to language, short, simple words often have more impact and power than multisyllabic, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian ones.
ref: 2005, Greg Vaughn, Fred Holmes, Letters from Dad:
text: […] a forty-five-letter hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian word for black lung disease.
ref: 2006, Richard Lederer, Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic:
glosses: Of or pertaining to extremely long words.
Related terms: sesquipedalian
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
multisyllabically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multisyllabically
form: most multisyllabically
Etymology: From multisyllabic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a multisyllabic way.
Synonyms: polysyllabically
paintress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paintresses
form: painteress
Etymology: From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630.
ref: 1838, John Gould, Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, volume 2, London: G. and A. Greenland, Poultry, →OL, keyword “Oosterwyck”, page 380:
text: Bennings, Liévene, a celebrated Flemish paintress, daughter of Simon Benichius, or Bennings, a miniature painter of Bruges, who instructed her in the art.
ref: 1867, Shearjashub Spooner, A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, 4th edition, volume 1, New York: Leypoldt & Holt, →LCCN, →OL, keyword “Bennings”, page 92:
text: After a short time, she moved to Minton's to train as a paintress.
ref: 1990, Cheryl Buckley, Potters and Paintresses: Women Designers in the Pottery Industry 1870–1955, London: Women's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 101:
synonyms: paintrix
glosses: A female painter.
paintresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: The Making of Wedgewood (film, 1958) British Pathe
She is the head of the Wedgewood School of Freehand Paintresses.
glosses: plural of paintress
unchurchly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchurchly
form: most unchurchly
Etymology: From un- + churchly.
Senses: glosses: Not churchly; unbefitting a church; impious, heretical, etc.
Related terms: nonchurchly
bairnly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bairnly
form: most bairnly
Etymology: From bairn + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Woman thour't but a bairnlie playke, / Wi' nought but beauty's blossom; / But, thour't a flow'r of heavenly pow'r, / Wi' pity in thy bosom:
ref: 1813, Allan Cunningham, “The Rosie Cheek”, in Songs: Chiefly in the Rural Language of Scotland, verse 3, page 50:
text: Andrew examined the wounded part, and declared it was just a flea bite. "It's a wee red," said he, "and before half an hour's bye ye'll ne'er fin't. Man, Charlie, it's bairnly to make sic a wark for a bit tig on the haffet […]"
ref: 1822, John Galt, chapter 5, in Sir Andrew Wylie, of That Ilk, volume 1, page 36:
text: "So she will be, indeed!" says Catriona. "But I will never forgive her for all that. I will never, never forgive her, and let me hear tell of her no more."
"Well," said I, "this beats all that ever came to my knowledge; and I wonder that you can indulge yourself in such bairnly whims. Here is a young lady that was the best friend in the world to the both of us, that learned us how to dress ourselves, and in a great manner how to behave, as anyone can see that knew us both before and after."
ref: 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, published 1905, page 301:
text: There wes nae thocht worth mentionin', and onything he hed wes eked oot by repeetition. Tae sae naethin' o' bairnly stories.
ref: 1894, Ian Maclaren, “A Wise Woman”, in Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush:
text: I canna tell ye hoo it was, but that was the kind o' feelin that cam ower we—that it wad be a bairnly-like thing, an' a cooardly-like thing forby, no' to gae in wi' the lave, an' record my vote eithor on the tae side or the tither. Ye can respec' a man wha taks the wrang side, sae lang as he believes it richt; but hoo can ye respec' a man wha refüses to tak ony side […]
ref: 1896, P[eter] Hay Hunter, James Inwick: Ploughman and Elder, pages 161–162:
glosses: Bairnlike; childish.
Synonyms: infantile
puerile
childish
unseemingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unseemingly
form: most unseemingly
Etymology: From unseeming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unseeming manner.
seemlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of seemly: more seemly
unseemliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unseemly: most unseemly
unseemlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unseemly: more unseemly
ex-gays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ex-gay
diminishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diminishing
Saadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːdiən
Forms: form: Saadians
Senses: glosses: A member of a dynasty of sharifs of Arab descent who ruled Morocco between 1550 and 1688.
unlatinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + Latinized.
Senses: glosses: Not Latinized.
disorderedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disorderedly
form: most disorderedly
Etymology: From disordered + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
untransportable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + transportable.
Senses: examples: text: But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.
ref: 1838 July 24, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Literary Ethics. An Oration Delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838”, in J[ames] E[lliot] Cabot, editor, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Emerson’s Complete Works; I), Riverside edition, London: The Waverley Book Company, published 1883, →OCLC, page 166:
glosses: Not transportable; that cannot be transported.
lorryload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lorryloads
Etymology: From lorry + load.
Senses: glosses: As much as a lorry can hold; a truckload.
lorryloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorryload
lorryful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lorryfuls
form: lorriesful
Etymology: From lorry + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a lorry can hold.
Synonyms: lorryload
truckful
truckload
lorryfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorryful
Saanen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saanens
Senses: glosses: An animal of a breed of light-colored short-haired dairy goats.
Saanen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.
trucklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trucklike
form: most trucklike
Etymology: From truck + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a truck (vehicle).
Saar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /zɑː/
/sɑː/
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew סַעַר.
glosses: A river in France and Germany.
glosses: Saarland, a state of Germany.
glosses: A person from Saarland.
Derived terms: Territory of the Saar Basin
Saarlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saarlanders
Etymology: From Saarland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Saarland, Germany.
Sabadell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsabəˈdɛl/
enpr: săb'ə-dĕlʹ
ipa: /ˌsɑbəˈdɛl/
enpr: sä'bə-dĕlʹ
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: From Catalan Sabadell, of uncertain Latin origin.
Senses: glosses: A city in Catalonia, Spain.
sabadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A crystalline alkaloid which is found in sabadilla seeds
Sabbatine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæbəˌtaɪn/
Forms: form: more Sabbatine
form: most Sabbatine
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an indulgence granted to the Carmelite order in 1322 which promised liberation from purgatory on the Saturday after death.
glosses: Relating to the Sabbath.
Related terms: sabatine
bull sessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull session
Sabbatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sabbatismus, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: Strict observance of the Sabbath.
pro hac vice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin pro hac vice (“for this turn”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Permitted for a specific case or action.
pro hac vice
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin pro hac vice (“for this turn”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: For a specific case or action.
pro hoc vice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pro hac vice.
pro hoc vice
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pro hac vice.
Sabbatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sabbatists
Senses: glosses: One who exhibits Sabbatism; a strict observer of the Sabbath.
sabbatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sabbatize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of sabbatizing.
sabbatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sabbatizes
form: sabbatizing
form: sabbatized
form: sabbatized
form: Sabbatize
Senses: glosses: To sanctify, keep or observe the Sabbath.
glosses: To keep or observe as the Sabbath.
Derived terms: sabbatizer
sabbaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabbatons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sabaton.
sabbeka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The trigon.
put one's affairs in order
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's affairs in order
form: putting one's affairs in order
form: put one's affairs in order
form: put one's affairs in order
Senses: examples: text: What did the test say, Doc? —I think it's time for you to be putting your affairs in order.
text: The judge gave him ten days to put his affairs in order before beginning his sentence.
synonyms: get one's affairs in order
settle one's affairs
glosses: To prepare for the end of, or a radical change in, one's life.
Related terms: have one's ducks in a row
put one's house in order
get one's affairs in order
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's affairs in order
form: getting one's affairs in order
form: got one's affairs in order
form: got one's affairs in order
form: gotten one's affairs in order
Senses: glosses: Synonym of put one's affairs in order.
synonyms: word: put one's affairs in order
selectionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From selectional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a selectional way.
saz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sazes
form: sazzes
Etymology: From French saz, from Persian ساز (sâz).
Senses: glosses: The baglama.
sazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saz
profert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proferts
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin profert (“he makes known”), third-person singular present indicative of profero (“I make public, I make known, I cite”).
Senses: examples: text: Baron Parke, after laying down that in general a party is not required to make profert of an instrument to the possession of which he is not entitled,[…]
ref: 1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law:
topics: law
glosses: The production or display of recorded evidence in court.
Related terms: profer
proffer
indult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indults
form: indulto
Senses: examples: text: That’s why, for instance, most American Catholics now receive communion in the hand (permission for which was originally granted as an “indult,” an exception), […]
ref: 2015 August 27, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Exceptions and Catholic Rules”, in New York Times Opinion Pages, retrieved 03 Jun 2021:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
indults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indult
megasiemens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megasiemens
Etymology: From mega- + siemens.
Senses: glosses: One million siemens.
Synonyms: english: SI symbol
translation: SI symbol
word: MS
exobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
Derived terms: exobiologically
exobiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From exobiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of exobiology.
sorostitute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorostitutes
Etymology: Blend of sorority + prostitute
Senses: examples: text: The last one was a satirical documentary about sorostitute joggers around town called "Joggin'."
ref: 2002, Jim Ciscell, American Slacker:
text: ...you sorostitute . . . you Douche in the larval stage, you cum dumpster for Saint Rays and Phi Gams only— discriminating anorexic bitch, aren't you...
ref: 2005, Tom Wolfe, I am Charlotte Simmons:
text: Let me put it this way: frat daddies and sorostitutes suck, but that's completely my opinion. There are lots of pretty faces around here.
ref: 2005, Lindsey Nolan, Latasha Hamilton, Auburn University College Prowler Off The Record:
glosses: A slutty member of a sorority (social group for female students).
sorostitutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorostitute
civil wrong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil wrongs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A wrongful act by one person against another for which the other person may recover damages in a lawsuit; this includes tort, breach of contract, breach of trust, and breach of fiduciary duty.
civil wrongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil wrong
contrastiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contrastive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being contrastive.
Synonyms: contrast
funnel weaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funnel weavers
Senses: glosses: An araneomorph funnel-web spider.
gnosiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gnosiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of gnosiology.
campership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camperships
Etymology: Presumably from camper + -ship, after scholarship.
Senses: glosses: Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.
diva-ish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diva-ish
form: most diva-ish
form: divaish
Etymology: From diva + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The singer refused to perform when her diva-ish demands were not met.
glosses: Pertaining to the manner expected of a diva.
Synonyms: divalike
camperships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campership
divaish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more divaish
form: most divaish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diva-ish.
summer camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer camps
Senses: glosses: An institution devoted to housing and entertaining children for the summer.
Related terms: holiday camp
summer camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: summer camps
form: summer camping
form: summer camped
form: summer camped
Senses: glosses: To attend summer camp.
summer camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summer camp
summer camps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of summer camp
cat lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat ladies
Senses: examples: text: Beacon Hill’s notorious cat lady was in the spotlight again yesterday after an angry confrontation with cops who say they found at least two dead felines in her freezer following a brief standoff at her Plymouth home.
ref: 2009 March 19, Jessica Fargen, “Cops: Lady froze her cats again”, in Boston Herald:
text: The most common is a female character. Single of course, lamenting that she can never own a cat because once you have one you won't be far away from being the cat lady of the neighborhood.
ref: 2009 November, Suzanne Mullett, ABC News:
text: We all know the stereotype of the crazy cat lady who lives alone in a home that smells of stale litter. But how unjust is it really?
ref: 2023 October 3, Sirin Kale, “Purring, parasites and pure love: what exactly makes someone a cat person?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Aniston was responding to recently resurfaced 2021 comments by Vance, who told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the US was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”
ref: 2024 July 25, Catherine Shoard, quoting JD Vance, “Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
hypernyms: catlover
glosses: A woman, often elderly, who devotes her time and attention to one or usually many domestic cats.
Related terms: bag lady
kickline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kicklines
Etymology: From kick + line.
Senses: examples: text: An appropriately campy rendition of Irving Berlin's "Sisters," complete with kick line, brought down the house.
ref: 1987 April 18, Tom Grabosky, “Gay Men's Voices Rise Up Singin'”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
glosses: A line of dancers who perform a kicking dance such as the cancan.
kicklines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickline
morbific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more morbific
form: most morbific
form: morbifick
Etymology: From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).
Senses: examples: text: He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter, and physiology was the science of that struggle.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 240:
glosses: That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
glosses: Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.
Derived terms: morbifically
morbifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more morbifically
form: most morbifically
Etymology: From morbific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a morbific way.
ethnonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethnonym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an ethnonym (or ethnonyms).
nondiabetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + diabetes.
Senses: examples: text: If you have normal insulins with a normal oral glucose tolerance identifying nondiabetes, does it mean that you were never diabetic...
ref: 2008, Joseph R Kraft, Diabetes Epidemic and You:
glosses: A lack of diabetes.
monkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more monkishly
form: most monkishly
Etymology: From monkish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monkish way.
pianistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piano + -istics.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The art or technique of playing the piano.
Related terms: pianistic
violinistics
monkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monkish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being monkish.
phht
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: They don't know anything, and they're always sad, and weep! And faint for no reason, Over nothings ! Phht ! phht ! phht !
ref: 1899, Octave Mirbeau, The Torture Garden:
text: Phht! he expires under the anaesthetic. What could be easier?
ref: 1986, Timothy Findley, The telling of lies:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pht.
puddle-jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puddle-jumpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of puddle jumper.
puddle jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puddle jumper
lawngrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawngrasses
form: lawn grass
Etymology: From lawn + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any grass suitable for planting a lawn.
lawngrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawngrass
buffalograss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalograsses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of buffalo grass.
buffalograsses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalograss
undrunken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undrunken
form: most undrunken
Etymology: From un- + drunken.
Senses: examples: text: Leave no drop undrunken of thy delight.
glosses: Undrunk; that has not been drunk.
examples: text: It was all very good-humoured and traditional, relatively tasteful and undrunken, with less rowdy vulgarity than you often find at such an event in Britain.
ref: 1987, John Ardagh, Katharina Ardagh, Germany and the Germans:
glosses: Not drunken; sober, unintoxicated.
carpetgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetgrasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carpet grass.
carpetgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpetgrass
carpet grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet grasses
form: carpetgrass
Senses: glosses: Any of various grasses of the genus Axonopus, of tropical and subtropical American, some of which are rhizomatous; now widespread throughout the tropics worldwide.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Axonopus compressus
word: broadleaf carpet grass
taxonomic: Zoysia matrella
word: Japanese carpet grass
word: narrow-leaved carpet grass
word: narrow leaved carpet grass
word: narrowleaf carpet grass
broadleaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadleaf
centipedegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centipedegrasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of centipede grass.
centipede grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centipede grasses
form: centipedegrass
Senses: glosses: Eremochloa ophiuroides, a coarse thick lawngrass with short upright stems, native to southern China and later introduced to the United States.
paspalum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaspələm/
Forms: form: paspalums
Etymology: From translingual Paspalum (genus name), from Koine Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).
Senses: examples: text: We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 249:
text: The paspalum blades they had walked over were mostly intact, green leaves with near-invisible lines of teeny tiny veins running the length of them, delivering food and water, same as veins did for a person.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 61:
glosses: Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.
Derived terms: word: brownseed paspalum
taxonomic: Paspalum scrobiculatum
alt: syn. Paspalum frumentaceum
word: creeping paspalum
paspalums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paspalum
rhizomatously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rhizomatous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rhizomatous way.
zoysiagrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoysiagrasses
Etymology: From zoysia + grass.
Senses: glosses: A zoysia.
zoysiagrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoysiagrass
biomasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomass
biosorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biosorptions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bioabsorption.
synonyms: word: bioabsorption
playfellowship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From playfellow + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or duration of being playfellows; camaraderie between children.
playleader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playleaders
Etymology: From play + leader.
Senses: glosses: One whose occupation is to encourage children to play together and to suggest games.
playleaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playleader
playbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playbuses
Etymology: From play + bus.
Senses: glosses: A bus that provides mobile entertainment and education facilities for young children.
playbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playbus
hook turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hook turns
Senses: glosses: A turn made by a vehicle across all lanes of traffic, sometimes used to improve the flow of through traffic or to keep the middle of the road free for trams etc.
coagulable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coagulable
form: most coagulable
Etymology: From coagulate + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be coagulated.
Derived terms: coagulability
hypercoagulable
hypocoagulable
incoagulable
noncoagulable
procoagulable
uncoagulable
uncoagulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coagulated.
Senses: glosses: Not coagulated.
unejaculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ejaculated.
Senses: glosses: Not ejaculated.
Hackintoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hackintosh
Comecon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, a multinational economic organization that existed in the Eastern Bloc from 1949 to 1991.
palas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palases
form: palasa
form: palash
form: pulas
Etymology: From Hindi पलाश (palāś), from Sanskrit.
Senses: examples: text: The Dhak or Palas is a familiar wild tree and is common throughout the greater part of India except in drier parts.
ref: 2005, Bhojraj Dwivedi, Environmental Vaastu, page 162:
text: The tea garden lay in the foothills of Bhutan and got its name from the many palash trees that stood tall among the undulating green sea of tea bushes.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
synonyms: dhak
flame of the forest
glosses: A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
arse-kisser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arse-kissers
form: ass-kisser
Etymology: From arse + kisser.
Senses: glosses: A sycophant.
Synonyms: arse-licker
ass-licker
brown-noser
optical astronomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Radio astronomy is an extension of optical astronomy in that it allows the observer to "see radiations of wave lengths far greater than those of visible light
ref: 1958 September 28, “Radio to Extend Astronomy's Ears”, in New York Times:
text: Merely finding them in the first place — detecting their radio voices and photographing their odd and telltale light — was a cooperative triumph of radio and optical astronomy.
ref: 1966 March 11, “The Man on the Mountain”, in Time Magazine:
text: Since for the atmospheric windows in the NIR one normally uses the same telescopes as for optical astronomy, we will thus not distinguish between these
ref: 2006, Peter Schneider, Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology, page 25:
text: Because each kind of light reveals different natural phenomena, we see only a part of nature. The same is true of telescopes. Optical telescopes detect only visible light. ... Dust is the bane of optical astronomy.
ref: 2009 June 16, “Cosmic vision”, in Frontline:
glosses: Astronomy using observations using telescopes and recording media that capture visible light.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Astronomy using infrared, visible, and/or ultraviolet wavelengths.
Synonyms: sense: using visible light
english: scientists' term
translation: scientists' term
word: visible-light astronomy
mesh number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesh numbers
Senses: glosses: A measure of fineness of a mesh: the numerical value indicates the number of openings per linear inch. The smaller the mesh number, the larger particles can pass through the mesh.
Synonyms: sieve number
brusques
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brusque
tendres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tendre
Berovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern North Macedonia.
Bogdanci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in southeastern North Macedonia.
Valandovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in southeastern North Macedonia.
Vinica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in the east of the Republic of Macedonia.
glosses: A village in Carniola, Slovenia.
Gevgelija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gevgeli
Etymology: From Macedonian Гевгелија (Gevgelija).
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern North Macedonia.
Debar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in western North Macedonia.