cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
noumenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Equivalent to noumen(on) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: We may here distinguish between two kinds of reality, phenomenal or relative, and noumenal or absolute.
ref: 1878, James Sully, “The Question of Visual Perception in Germany”, in Mind, volume 3, number 10, page 193:
text: Nor can the elements of the phenomenal world derive any complexity from the interaction of the noumenal elements which they represent with the complex structure of the precipients.
ref: 1880, Frederick W. Frankland, “On the Doctrine of Mind-Stuff”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 214:
text: When Kant says that it is impossible to know anything about, or apply any categories to, the noumenal realm, he would seem to be doing just what cannot be done.
ref: 2003, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, “Nāgārjuna and the Limits of Thought”, in Philosophy East and West, volume 53, number 1, page 3:
topics: Kantianism
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: phenomenal
glosses: Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.
Derived terms: noumenalism
noumenalist
noumenality
noumenalize
noumenally
pædophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pædophilic
form: most pædophilic
Etymology: From pædophilia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pedophilic.
Slune
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rare surname from German.
bearing fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear fruit
Related terms: fruit-bearing
Proto-Celtic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: PCelt.
Etymology: From proto- + Celtic.
Senses: glosses: The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.
Synonyms: Common Celtic
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Celtic terms
Common Celtic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Proto-Celtic language.
Common Germanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Proto-Germanic language.
Synonyms: Proto-Germanic
Germanic
bolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolases
form: bolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bolas.
Senses: glosses: A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs.
glosses: A sticky thread whirled around by certain spiders to catch prey.
parapodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parapodia
Etymology: From para- + -podium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ.
Derived terms: parapodial
parapodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parapodium
deep thinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep thinkers
Senses: examples: text: Then came a disquisition on pride, with quotations and commonplaces;—then an eulogium, by his lordship, on his lordship's own knowledge of the human heart, and more especially of that "moving toyshop," the female heart; then anecdotes illustrative, comprising the gallantries of thirty years in various ranks of life, with suitable bon-mots and embellishments;—then a little French sentiment, by way of moral, with some philosophical axioms, to show that, though he had led such a gay life, he had been a deep thinker.
ref: 1857, Maria Edgeworth, chapter 9, in Vivian:
text: THOMAS PAINE. "Oh what fun it is to be a rebel," says Mr. Bradford. Paine "was a commonplace rebel, entirely practical." Not educated, not a deep thinker.
ref: 1923 May 19, “Mixed Motives”, in Time:
text: Gingrich fancies himself an intellectual, a historian, a deep thinker
ref: 2010 August 17, Maureen Dowd, “Opinion: Our Mosque Madness”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Jul 2013:
glosses: A person whose thoughts are profound; an intellectual.
be taken ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is taken ill
form: being taken ill
form: was taken ill
form: been taken ill
Senses: glosses: To become ill.
Synonyms: fall ill
take ill
take sick
be taken bad
hayfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayfields
Etymology: From hay + field.
Senses: glosses: A field of hay.
Related terms: cornfield
take ill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes ill
form: taking ill
form: took ill
form: taken ill
Senses: glosses: To become ill, to fall ill.
obstinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obstinant
form: most obstinant
Etymology: An alteration of obstinate, influenced by the ending -ant.
Senses: glosses: Obstinate.
Derived terms: obstinance
obstinancy
obstinence
red yeast rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of rice that is fermented with the mold Monascus purpureus until it turns red; used in whole and powdered form as a food coloring, food ingredient, and medicine in China and other Asian nations.
bog bilberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɒɡ ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
Forms: form: bog bilberries
Senses: glosses: A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.
Synonyms: word: bog blueberry
word: northern bilberry
word: western blueberry
northern bilberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern bilberries
Senses: glosses: A bog bilberry (shrub and berry).
butterfly upon a wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterflies upon a wheel
form: butterflies upon wheels
Senses: glosses: An innocent person (usually a female) crushed by life's adversities.
Related terms: break a butterfly upon the wheel
cat and dog life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat and dog lives
Senses: examples: text: The Bolton line thus became part of the Lancashire & Yorkshire on July 23, 1847, and the E.L.R. and L.Y.R. thereupon settled down to a cat and dog life which was to last about ten years.
ref: 1957 October 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 725:
glosses: An unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements.
cat in the sack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Something to be suspicious of.
Related terms: let the cat out of the bag
covenant of salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covenants of salt
Etymology: A Biblical reference, as in Leviticus: "every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt." ( he:T:13)
Senses: examples: text: ... God gave the Kingdom unto David for ever, or by a Covenant of Salt.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths, page 306:
glosses: A long-lasting agreement.
lingonberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋɡənˌbɛɹi/
Forms: form: lingonberries
Etymology: From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + berry.
Senses: synonyms: lowbush cranberry
mountain bilberry
cowberry
foxberry
partridgeberry
red whortleberry
csejka berry
glosses: A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
examples: text: Ze lingonberry pancake!
ref: 1998, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Nihilist (Peter Stormare):
synonyms: cowberry
foxberry
partridgeberry
coordinate_terms: blueberry
cranberry
glosses: The berry of this shrub.
huckleberry above a persimmon
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "He's a huckleberry above a persimmon, for sure," Katherine said, following her gaze. "I hear tell he broke a lot of hearts in San Antone when he married you."
ref: 2001, Cynthia Sterling, A Husband by Law, page 48:
glosses: Someone or something that is better than others.
Related terms: above one's huckleberry
huckleberry above one's persimmon
smart chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A substantial quantity of something.
above one's bend
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum; it is above my bend.
ref: 1835, Davy Crockett, An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East:
text: It would be above my bend to attempt telling you all we saw among the Redskins.
ref: 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, The Oak Openings:
synonyms: above one's huckleberry
glosses: Beyond one's power or ability.
above the salt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: In medieval times, salt (a valuable seasoning) was placed in the middle of a dining table and the lord and his family were seated "above the salt" and other guests or servants below.
Senses: glosses: Of high standing or honor.
abozzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɔt.si/
Forms: form: abozzi
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Alternative form of abbozzo.
abrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ.bɹəʃ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.bɹɑʃ/
Forms: form: abrashes
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish ابراش, from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”).
Senses: glosses: A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
accessit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessits
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin accessit (“he came near”), from accēdō (“approach”).
Senses: glosses: An honorable mention in an academic contest.
glosses: A vote in the election of a pope.
Derived terms: proxime accessit
acknowledge the corn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acknowledges the corn
form: acknowledging the corn
form: acknowledged the corn
form: acknowledged the corn
Etymology: An American expression. In a Congressional debate in 1828 one of the states which claimed to export corn admitted that the corn was actually used to feed hogs, and exported in that form.
Senses: examples: text: I hope he will give up the argument, or to use a familiar phrase acknowledge the corn.
ref: 1846, Jesse Speight, address to the U.S. Senate
text: 1859, J. Underwood, letter to the editor, Samuel W. Cole (editor), The New England Farmer, Volume 11,
I should like to take a job of that kind on a wager with him, or any other New Hampshire man, and if I did not come out a little ahead on the "home stretch," why then I would "acknowledge the corn," and own myself beaten.
text: Will the hon. gentleman acknowledge the corn? He does not do it. He is non-committal.
ref: 1880, Parliament of Canada, Official report of the debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada:
text: They had simply to "acknowledge the corn," round up, and — "vamoose"; then, so soon as the soldiers had gone back to the fort, there was no law to prevent their returning.
ref: 1892, The American magazine:
glosses: To admit to the truth of the point at issue or to a mistake; to cop a plea; or perhaps to admit to a small error but not a larger one.
Related terms: concessio
concession
paromologia
paromology
donator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: donators
form: donatour
Etymology: From Middle English donatour, from Latin dōnātor and Old French; equivalent to donate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Donor, one who donates.
Synonyms: donater
donor
Related terms: donatress
donatrix
pooper scoopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooper scooper
perioperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + operative.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: preoperative, postoperative; presurgical, postsurgical
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.
Derived terms: perioperatively
Related terms: nonoperative
paraoperative
paraoperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + operative.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to equipment and accessories for an operation.
Related terms: nonoperative
paramedical
paraprofessional
perioperative
postoperative
preoperative
rafted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raft
autarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autarchy
recreates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recreate
disintegrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disintegrate
disintegrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disintegrate
disintegrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "By means of the purple disintegrating rays, the site to be used later for agricultural purposes is treated exactly as is the canal proper."
ref: 1916 November 24, Hugo Gernsback, “Baron Münchhausen's New Scientific Adventures”, in The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 539, column 2:
text: The city did not evolve up from the ground, it descended from Heaven; the me's, the divine laws which constitute the program for civilization, were carried by Inanna from the seat of Enki at Eridu to her beloved Erech (Uruk); without these divine laws, no city can hold together, no wall can stand against the disintegrating wind of the desert.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 186:
glosses: That causes disintegration.
Derived terms: disintegratingly
stem cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stem cell
geronticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geronticides
form: gerontocide
Etymology: From geronto- + -icide.
Senses: examples: text: Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.
ref: 2000, Michael Brogden, Preeti Nijhar, Crime, Abuse and the Elderly, page 33:
glosses: The killing or euthanasia of the elderly
double space
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double spaces
form: double spacing
form: double spaced
form: double spaced
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: To format (a document) so that every other line is left blank, leaving sufficient whitespace for annotation (e.g. a teacher's corrections).
intransigence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
Forms: form: intransigences
Etymology: From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".
Senses: examples: text: The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
text: Meanwhile, we have encouraged and supported efforts to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan which would lead to a withdrawal of Soviet forces from that country and meet the interests of all concerned. It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit.
ref: 1981 January 16, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address:
text: The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence. Border hold-ups are counterproductive to winning hearts and minds, as were blundering Argentinian landings on the outer Falklands.
ref: 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian:
text: Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
ref: 2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian:
text: "We feel that we've been compelled to take this action due to the intransigence of the Government," said RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch.
ref: 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:
glosses: Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Related terms: intransigent
knothole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knotholes
Etymology: From knot + hole.
Senses: examples: text: Looking in the same direction, I saw that the knothole in the wall had indeed become a human eye -- a full, black eye, that glared into my own with an entire lack of expression more awful than the most devilish glitter.
ref: 1893, Ambrose Bierce, Can Such Things Be, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014:
text: These city-owned parks, regal concrete crowns with acres of parking lots and nary a knothole to peek through, are a definite swing away from the democratic character of the earlier ballparks.
ref: 1987, Richard Miller, Gregory L. Rhodes, “The Life and Times of the Old Cincinnati Ballparks”, in Queen City Heritage, volume 45, number 2, Cincinnati Historical Society, pages 25–41:
text: Besides, there's an old saying: peek not through a knothole, lest ye be vexxed.
ref: 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 836:
glosses: In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
examples: text: But he was worried that a coach of a knothole team might not like the idea and not let me switch-hit. So, my dad went to the coach.
ref: 1976, Pete Rose with Bob Hertzel, quoting Pete Rose, Pete Rose's winning baseball, H. Regnery Co., page 10:
text: I was a Cub Scout. I went to church with my family, and taught Sunday school when I was in my teens. I played knothole baseball and rooted for the Reds.
ref: 1993 March, Michael Graham, quoting Rob Portman, “Mr. Portman Goes to Washington”, in Cincinnati, page 32:
text: Poetically enough, the New Richmond knothole field is situated right next to the low, open land between the old and new highway.
ref: 1998 September, Lonnie Wheeler, “The river runs through it”, in Cincinnati, page 151:
text: In 1955 members organized their first baseball league; softball and knothole baseball were added later.
ref: 2009, Robin Caraway, “Bellevue Vets”, in Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool, editors, The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, via Issuu, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Youth league baseball.
Hypernyms: sense: youth league baseball
word: peewee
Derived terms: knotholed
knothole section
Related terms: sense: hole in fence providing a look
word: peephole
honey dipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey dippers
form: honey-dipper
Senses: synonyms: word: honey drizzler
raw_tags: of Nations
glosses: A turned kitchen tool used to transfer honey.
glosses: A worker who collects household sewage from sewage tanks.
Related terms: honey dip
honey wagon
hobilar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobilars
Senses: glosses: An English medieval light cavalryman.
stirring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɝɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: more stirring
form: most stirring
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
text: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.
text: On Friday night Dion delivered a stirring rendition of the 1950 song accompanied by a pianist, with the Olympics rings above her.
ref: 2024 July 27, Sammy Gecsoyler, “Céline Dion ‘so full of joy’ after return in Paris Olympics opening ceremony”, in theguardian.com:
glosses: invigorating or inspiring
stirring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɝɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stir
stirring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɝɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: stirrings
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth.
ref: 2009 January 16, Carter Dougherty, “European Central Bank Cuts Key Rate”, in New York Times:
text: […] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates. That is, the video shows how the African American subject is not given time, space, or opportunity to form the kinds of individualized, sentimental, wondrous, or otherwise normatively affective relationships that mainstream environmentalism champions.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185:
glosses: An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
raw_tags: of stir
Derived terms: summer-stirring
ballerino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæləɹˈiːnoʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Forms: form: ballerinos
form: ballerini
Etymology: From Italian ballerino.
Senses: examples: text: As aware as you are, though, consider how much more keenly the leaping ballerinas and ballerinos of the world feel the tow with every move they make.
ref: 2007 June 17, David Colman, “The Merman of La Scala”, in New York Times:
glosses: The star male ballet performer of a company.
Related terms: ballerina
synthetic phonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Many schools that have moved to synthetic phonics have noted dramatic improvements to the literacy of pupils taught by this method.
glosses: System of teaching children to read by synthesising sounds from letters.
thors
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: thor
Senses: glosses: theirs
wifie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wifies
Etymology: Dialectal diminutive of wife (“woman”), equivalent to wife + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A woman, especially older woman.
glosses: One's wife.
glosses: A woman, who is a best friend of another woman.
Synonyms: sense: wife
word: wifey
wifies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wifie
cannet
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /kænɛt/
Forms: form: cannit
Senses: glosses: cannot, can't
berretta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berrettas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of biretta.
fatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːt.hɑ/
Forms: form: fathas
form: fatḥa
form: fatHa
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of fathe, patach, and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.
Senses: glosses: In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
glosses: The vowel designated by this mark.
Related terms: word: kasra
alt: ḍamma
word: damma
alt: sukūn
word: sukun
alt: šadda
word: shadda
word: tashkil
word: taškīl
fatha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːt.hɑ/
ipa: /fæðæ/
ipa: /fɑːt.hɑ/
Forms: form: fathas
Etymology: Alteration of father.
Senses: glosses: father
fathas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatha
alreet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: alright
alreet
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: Alreet wor kid?
Aye, am canny man!
glosses: All purpose greeting, often said in passing.
ballerini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballerino
benigne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more benigne
form: most benigne
Senses: examples: text: And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.
ref: 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse:
text: even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The antient Heroes were illustrious
For being benigne, and not blustrous,
Against a vanquisht foe:
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London: Canto 3, page 107:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of benign.
ectypal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈtaɪpəl/
Etymology: From ectype + -al.
Senses: glosses: Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
examples: text: What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
ref: 1713, George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Corresponding to external reality.
serrati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serratus
serrano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈɹɑːnəʊ/
Forms: form: serranos
Etymology: From Spanish serrano (“mountainous”), because it originated in the sierras (“mountains”) of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of serrano pepper, a chili pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum which originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo and is used in cooking.
examples: text: With a sharp knife, remove the rind of the Manchego and slice the cheese into roughly sixteen 1⁄8-inch (3-mm) triangles. Slice the serrano in half lengthwise, then again in half, creating 4 strips of serrano out of 1 slice.
ref: 2016, Meredith Steele, Effortless Entertaining Cookbook: 80 Recipes That Will Impress Your Guests Without Stress, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Ellipsis of serrano ham (jamón serrano), Spanish dry-cured ham from non-Iberian breeds of pig.
biomodification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomodifications
Etymology: From bio- + modification.
Senses: glosses: The process of modifying a biological organism using either genetic or mechanical means.
glosses: The modification of a material by biological (enzymatic or genetic) means.
Related terms: bioengineering
biomimetics
bionics
biotechnology
theme parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theme park
accreditment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accreditments
Etymology: From accredit + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Steps have been taken to ease the problems of accreditment.
glosses: The process of becoming accredited.
sit in on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits in on
form: sitting in on
form: sat in on
form: sat in on
Senses: examples: text: Parents of younger children often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.
glosses: To attend a private meeting or class without participating.
homographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + -graphic; alternatively, homograph + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: homographous
glosses: Spelled identically.
glosses: Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same invariants.
Related terms: homograph
homography
unrestrainedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unrestrainedly
form: most unrestrainedly
Etymology: From unrestrained + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unrestrained manner.
abradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abrade + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The part had an abradable coating the removal of which signified that replacement was necessary.
glosses: That may be abraded
Derived terms: nonabradable
musea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of museum
statice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstætɪsi/
Forms: form: statices
Etymology: From Latin staticē, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós, “standing still”).
Senses: glosses: Plants of the genus Limonium having spikes of white or mauve flowers.
interbellum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interbella
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inter bellum (literally “between war”).
Senses: examples: text: My parents met during the interbellum between World War I and World War II.
glosses: The time period between wars.
Related terms: interbellic
trading post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trading posts
Senses: examples: text: He runs a small trading post in the vicinity of New Hampshire.
text: Further questions elicited from him that Mr Kurtz was at present in charge of a trading post, a very important one, in the true ivory-country, at ‘the very bottom of there. Sends in as much ivory as all the others put together. . .’
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 208:
glosses: A place where trading of goods takes place.
Hyponyms: fondaco
factory & colony
boys and their toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner.
slam-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: At a signal from Horko's box there was an all-out, slam-bang, grand salute of the guns and with it a pounding of the deep liquid bass drums.
ref: 1959, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King, Penguin Classics, published 1996, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Their arguments weren't pleasant to hear or to watch, but they weren't yet having the all-out, slam-bang quarrels they would have when I was older.
ref: 2001, V. C. Andrews, Cinnamon, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 188:
text: Fifteen years of marriage in full would cry out for a slam-bang celebration.
ref: 2003, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Christmas, Present, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Noisy, raucous.
examples: text: "If you had led the rough, tough, slam-bang, every-man-for-himself life I have, you wouldn't be frightened of gorillas...."
ref: 1932, P. G. Wodehouse, Monkey Business:
text: Temporary Agency begins with a tale of demonic possession and adolescent crushes and ends with a slam-bang, all-out global confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
ref: 2000, Linda Parent Lesher, The Best Novels of the Nineties: A Reader's Guide, McFarland & Company,, →ISBN, page 99:
text: The boy seemed streetwise yet clearly unaware that this was an officer whose slam-bang interrogation methods were a legend.
ref: 2004, Lindsey Davis, Scandal Takes a Holiday, Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The waiter took my order, a slam-bang something with eggs and pancakes: enough cholesterol to power the whole state of Idaho.
ref: 2007, John Dunning, The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel, Simon and Schuster,, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Violent, forceful
examples: text: "I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman."
ref: 1961, Joseph Heller, chapter 2, in Catch-22:
text: 2004 March 18–24, Jack Harvey (pseudonym), "Once Again, Oscar Is King Of The Rings", in The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 114,
After this slam-bang production, the next is sure to be a huge letdown.
text: An eentsy-weentsy office with a slam-bang T1 connection that she couldn't figure out how to hook up to her slam-bang computer that she couldn't figure out how to plug in.
ref: 2005, John Reed, The Whole, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Impressive, exciting.
slam-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: 19th cent., Robert Montgomery Bird, Nick of the Woods, 1967 Rowman & Littlefield edition, →ISBN, page 48,
Well! as soon as I jumped out of his way, bang went his piece, and bang went another, let fly by an Injun;—down went the Major, shot right through the hips, slam-bang.
glosses: Shot or hit with a noise
slam-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slam-bangs
Senses: examples: text: From far down the hall came the staccato notes of a new term, the slam-bang of teachers flinging open cabinets, filling trash cans, stapling lists to bulletin boards, dragging desks into optimistic configurations.
ref: 2005, Monica Wood, Any Bitter Thing: A Novel, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 71:
text: 1985, Paul Theroux, "Introduction", to, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Penguin Classics, →ISBN, page 13,
But James in describing the slam-bang of her upbringing has given us every reason for her turning out crazy, vengeful or anti-social.
glosses: Noisy activity.
slam-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slam-bangs
form: slam-banging
form: slam-banged
form: slam-banged
Senses: examples: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He was forever slam-banging the microphone stand & twisting the cord around himself.
glosses: To beat noisily.
venter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: venters
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).
Senses: glosses: A woman with offspring.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
glosses: A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
Related terms: ventricle
venter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: venters
Etymology: From vent + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.
ref: 2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
venter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: venters
Etymology: Cognate with Dutch venter (“vendor, peddler”).
Senses: glosses: A vendor.
sit on it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits on it
form: sitting on it
form: sat on it
form: sat on it
Senses: glosses: shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off.
examples: text: Regarding the proposal, the boss said to sit on it and I tend to agree: it is too soon to begin.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit on, sit, on, it.
bracciale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A wooden cylinder worn over the forearm and used to strike the ball in the game of pallone.
unflinching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flinching.
Senses: examples: text: Can an honest, upright and Christian man, go into these conflicts, and with unflinching firmness stand up for all that is good, and oppose all that is evil, in whatever party it may be found, without a measure of moral courage such as few can command?
ref: 1837, Catharine E. Beecher, An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, page 126:
text: […] I abandoned myself implicitly to the guidance of my wife, and entered with an unflinching heart into the intricacies of her studies.
ref: 1839 November, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “Morella”, in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, published 1840, →OCLC, page 10:
text: If only she would wake and close her mouth, mentally prayed the outwardly unflinching girl. Later the doctor came, and sheltered by his presence the sick woman's husband stood in the doorway.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 208:
text: For all the glories of the Ferguson end-game, Manchester City’s rise and Arsenal’s unflinching desire to finish in the top four and occasionally win the FA Cup, this is now Chelsea’s mini-era.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Without flinching; staying committed despite any difficulty; steadfast.
Derived terms: unflinchingly
unflinchingness
gibbsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gibbsites
Etymology: From Gibbs + -ite after George Gibbs (1777-1834) in 1822.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)₃.
saltier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of salty: more salty
saltier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltiers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saltire.
saltiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of salty: most salty
allegorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælɪɡəɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈælɪɡɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈæləˌɡɔˌɹaɪz/
ipa: /-ɡə-/
Forms: form: allegorizes
form: allegorizing
form: allegorized
form: allegorized
form: allegorise
Etymology: From Late Middle English allegoriese, allegorisen (“to interpret (something) in a spiritual sense”), from Anglo-Norman allegorizer and Middle French allegoriser, alegoriser (“to express or interpret allegorically”) (modern French allégoriser), and from their etymon Late Latin allēgorizāre, the present active infinitive of allēgorizō (“to express or interpret allegorically”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (ăllēgorĭ́ā, “veiled language, allegory”) + Late Latin -izō (suffix forming verbs expressing resemblance or similarity). Ἀ̆λληγορῐ́ᾱ (Ăllēgorĭ́ā) is probably derived from ἀλληγορος (allēgoros, “allegorical”) (though only attested in Byzantine Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); and ἀλληγορος (allēgoros) from ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos, “another; different”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”)) + ἠγόρ- (ēgór-, the imperfect stem of ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak in the assembly; to say, speak”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain inflections of adjectives). By surface analysis, allegory + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
glosses: To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth.
glosses: To interpret an allegory.
examples: text: For his explanation he will allegorize the problem.
glosses: To create or use allegory.
Synonyms: word: allegory
Derived terms: word: allegorization
word: allegorizer
word: allegorizing
word: reallegorize
collective nouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collective noun
put a damper on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a damper on
form: putting a damper on
form: put a damper on
form: put a damper on
form: put a dampener on
Senses: examples: text: John told us he had lost his job, which put a damper on the celebrations.
synonyms: rain on somebody's parade
upset the applecart
glosses: To stop people from enjoying an activity.
Synonyms: word: burst someone's bubble
word: piss in someone's cornflakes
word: piss in someone's Cheerios
word: piss on someone's bonfire
word: piss on someone's chips
word: put a damper on
word: piss on someone's campfire
word: rain on someone's parade
word: shit in someone's cereal
word: shit in someone's Cheerios
word: take the wind out of someone's sails
word: upset the applecart
Hypernyms: word: spoil
Coordinate terms: word: clamp down on
Related terms: word: rock the boat
word: make waves
word: wet blanket
word: killjoy
word: party pooper
word: spoilsport
word: stick in the mud
word: nonconform
babysitting circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babysitting circles
Etymology: babysitting + circle
Senses: examples: text: Our babysitting circle uses tokens to keep things fair.
glosses: A group of families who share the task of babysitting on a rotational, or other equalising basis.
pesant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesants
Senses: examples: text: [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]
ref: 1765 [1764], Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], Dublin: […] J. Hoey, […], →OCLC, page 99:
glosses: Obsolete form of peasant.
alkalify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: alkalifies
form: alkalifying
form: alkalified
form: alkalified
Etymology: From alkali + -fy.
Senses: examples: text: The process was required to alkalify the basic mixture before hardening.
glosses: To render (more) alkaline (less acidic).
synonyms: alkalinize
glosses: To become changed into an alkali.
Synonyms: basify
Derived terms: alkalifiable
alkalifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alkalify
alkalifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alkalify
alkalified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alkalify
factice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfæktɪs/
Forms: form: factices
Senses: examples: text: Although factice is, strictly speaking, not a plasticizer, being added to mixes for a whole range of reasons including the improvement of dimensional stability and rigidity of unsupported articles in hot air cures, the improvement of surface finish and electrical insulation, it does nevertheless act as a softener, improving filler dispersion and decreasing the energy requirements of mixing.
ref: 1999, M.J. Loadman, Analysis of Rubber and Rubber-like Polymers, page 56:
glosses: Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.
glosses: An oversized, mock perfume bottle, usually filled with colored water instead of perfume, used for display purposes in perfumeries.
auto de fé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autos de fé
Etymology: From medieval Spanish auto de fé (“act of faith”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of auto da fe.
savvies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of savvy
savvying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of savvy
savvied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of savvy
savvier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of savvy: more savvy
savviest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of savvy: most savvy
supercomputing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + computing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The design and use of supercomputers.
savviness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savvinesses
Etymology: From savvy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Shrewdness; common sense
Related terms: tech-savviness
savvinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of savviness
at-bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of at-bat
aluminise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aluminises
form: aluminising
form: aluminised
form: aluminised
form: aluminize
Senses: examples: text: They would aluminise the glass in order to provide electrical conductivity.
glosses: To coat with a layer of aluminium.
Coordinate terms: bronze
galvanise
galvanize
plate
Derived terms: HDA
parabolic aluminized reflector
PAR lamp
Related terms: aluminisation
aluminization
aluminised
aluminized
aluminize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aluminizes
form: aluminizing
form: aluminized
form: aluminized
Senses: glosses: US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
SPUI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPUIs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of single-point urban interchange.
anodise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anodises
form: anodising
form: anodised
form: anodised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anodize.
third wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third wheels
form: 3rd wheel
Senses: glosses: An individual or object that serves no useful purpose.
glosses: A third party, usually unwanted, accompanying two people on a date.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel.
Synonyms: word: fifth wheel
word: gooseberry
Related terms: two's company, three's a crowd
third wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: third wheels
form: third wheeling
form: third wheeled
form: third wheeled
form: 3rd wheel
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of third-wheel.
single-point urban interchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single-point urban interchanges
Senses: glosses: An interchange between a highway (free-flowing) and a street (with traffic signals) which allows traffic to proceed from either direction on each road to either direction on the other, and which is governed by only one set of traffic signals.
Synonyms: word: SPUI
aluminizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aluminize
aluminizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aluminize
yeppers
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: yepper
form: yuppers
Etymology: From yep + -ers.
Senses: examples: text: “Life among the stars. Pretty amazing stuff, huh, captain?” “Yeppers, boss.”
ref: 2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (22:01 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Pirate Captain (Christopher McCulloch):
glosses: Yes.
aluminized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aluminize
aluminized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised.
Derived terms: unaluminized
aluminises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aluminise