cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beshake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beshakes
form: beshaking
form: beshook
form: beshaken
Etymology: From be- + shake.
Senses: examples: text: Once away, he exclaimed in a heat of self-accusation, "I could beshake me! What manner of guardiance and conduction have I offered you?"
ref: 1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When mayflowers blossom: a romance of Plymouth's first years - Page 350:
glosses: To shake roughly or violently.
besharp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: besharps
form: besharping
form: besharped
form: besharped
Etymology: From be- + sharp.
Senses: glosses: To make haste; hurry.
DTE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTEs
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Data Terminal Equipment
topics: automotive
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
transport
vehicles
glosses: Distance to Empty
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Desktop Engineering
glosses: dead tree edition: a paper version
DTE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: SWM, 28, 5’4”, blonde, hazel eyes, DTE, traditional, great SOH. Seeks women 5’4” or shorter, 7-8 or smaller, race, age unimportant, SOH, honesty is.
ref: 1993 December 3, “Rhode Island Personals”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 22, number 49, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media Communications Group, Classifieds, page 19:
glosses: Initialism of down-to-earth.
raw_tags: in personal ads
Related terms: [1] DCE
data terminal equipment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data terminal equipments
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: an end instrument that converts user information into signals or reconverts received signals.
data terminal equipments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data terminal equipment
DCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DCEs
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of data circuit-terminating equipment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
glosses: Initialism of dead-code elimination.
glosses: Initialism of dichloroethene.
Related terms: DTE
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Data Circuit-Terminating Equipments
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A device interconnecting data terminal equipment (DTE) and a data transmission circuit.
Synonyms: Data Carrier Equipment
Data Communications Equipment
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Data Carrier Equipment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Data Carrier Equipments
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment.
synonyms: word: Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Data Communications Equipment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Data Communications Equipments
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment.
synonyms: word: Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Data Communications Equipments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Data Communications Equipment
Data Carrier Equipments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Data Carrier Equipment
Senses: glosses: plural of Data Carrier Equipment
pochade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒˈʃɑːd/
Forms: form: pochades
Etymology: From French pochade.
Senses: examples: text: In despair, he finally painted a pochade of people leaving the church of Saint-François, in the village of the same name.
ref: 2004, David Karel, André Biéler: at the Crossroads of Canadian Painting, page 115:
text: This painting was very small, not even a study but a pochade — no more than a first idea jotted down in paint.
ref: 2008, Martin Gayford, The Yellow House, page 116:
topics: art
arts
entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A rough sketch.
overstand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstands
form: overstanding
form: overstood
form: overstood
Etymology: From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan (“to stand over”), equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with Dutch overstaan (“to stand over”), German überstehen (“to stand through, survive”).
Senses: examples: text: But they that overstand the day of grace, shall not obtain to cool their tongues so much of this water as will hang on the tip of one's finger.
ref: 1688, Bunyan, The Water of Life:
glosses: To stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
glosses: To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
qualifier: yachting; boat racing; yachting; boat racing
glosses: To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
examples: text: When a coppice woodland is no longer cut on its regular rotation the rods from the stool continue to grow and the coppice becomes known as overstood. Sadly, in many parts of the country this is the commonest form of coppice you are likely to see.
ref: 2001, Ben Law, The Woodland Way: a permaculture approach to sustainable woodland management, Hyden House, →ISBN:
topics: business
forestry
glosses: To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
raw_tags: of a coppice
overstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overstands
Etymology: From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan (“to stand over”), equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with Dutch overstaan (“to stand over”), German überstehen (“to stand through, survive”).
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
glosses: The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
overstand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstands
form: overstanding
form: overstood
form: overstood
Etymology: Blend of over + understand, coined in Rastafarianism before 1965.
Senses: examples: text: "But, Sister, it look like you neither overstand or understand"
ref: 1965, Orlando Patterson, The children of Sisyphus: A novel, page 192:
text: "I need you to overstand this the way I overstand this. Notice how I didn't say understand, because I need you to more than understand—I need you to overstand."
ref: 2016, Khaled Mohamed Khaled, The Keys:
synonyms: get
grok
qualifier: US black subculture
glosses: To have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully.
Related terms: innerstanding
poh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: drink ordering
glosses: Alternative spelling of po (“diluted”).
lowe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowes
Senses: examples: text: An' by my ingle-lowe I saw, / Now bleezin' bright,
ref: 1786, Robert Burns, The Vision:
text: Love is a living Lowe that lurking burneth.
ref: 1884, Richard Francis Burton, The lyricks [of] Camoens, translation of original by Luís de Camões, page 78:
glosses: Alternative form of low ("flame").
triphibian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈfɪb.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɪbiən
Forms: form: triphibians
Etymology: Blend of tri- + amphibian
Senses: coordinate_terms: amphibian
glosses: A craft that can travel on land, air and sea.
triphibian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈfɪb.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɪbiən
Etymology: Blend of tri- + amphibian
Senses: synonyms: triphibious
coordinate_terms: amphibious
glosses: Designed to travel on land, air or sea.
triphibious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of tri- + amphibious
Senses: synonyms: triphibian#Adjective
coordinate_terms: amphibian#Adjective
amphibious
omniphibious
glosses: Capable of traveling on land, air and sea.
raw_tags: of a craft
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Involving land, air and sea forces.
triallist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triallists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trialist.
Related terms: time triallist
time trialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪm ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
Forms: form: time trialists
form: time triallist
Senses: glosses: Someone who competes in a time trial.
crossbody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbodies
Etymology: From cross- + body.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: a move in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing them to the mat.
crossbody
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + body.
Senses: glosses: Of a bag, worn diagonally across the body
Porrett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Perrett.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Magaluf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Magalluf
Senses: glosses: A resort town in the municipality of Calvià, on the island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Derived terms: Shagaluf
green jersey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green jerseys
Senses: qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: The green-colored shirt worn by the leader of a subsidiary competition in a race. In the Tour de France it is worn by the leader of the points competition.
Related terms: yellow jersey
pink jersey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink jerseys
head_nr: 1
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
head_nr: 1
glosses: A pink shirt worn by the leader in the Giro d'Italia.
Related terms: blue jersey
yellow jersey
Giro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Giro
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: The Giro d'Italia.
Giro d'Italia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʒɪəɹəʊ d‿ɪˈtaljə/
ipa: /ˌdʒiɹoʊ d‿ɪˈtæljə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giro d'Italia (literally “Tour of Italy”).
Senses: synonyms: Giro
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: An annual long-distance cycling race in Italy, usually held over three weeks.
Coordinate terms: pink jersey
Tour de France
Vuelta a España
Related terms: Grand Tour
Grand Tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grand Tours
form: grand tour
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One of the three most prominent cycling races: either the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.
examples: text: Three hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France and Italy in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization. With nearly unlimited funds, aristocratic connections and months (or years) to roam, they commissioned paintings, perfected their language skills and mingled with the upper crust of the Continent. No one knows who came up with it, but their adventures soon had a perfectly appropriate name: the Grand Tour.
ref: 2008 September 5, Matt Gross, “Lessons From the Frugal Grand Tour”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2008:
text: By the late eighteenth century, the nearby city of Naples was a goal for every educated traveler, and a visit to Capri a high point of every Grand Tour. In fact, looking back over the last 250 years, it seems that every sexual libertarian in the West made his or her way to its shores, where paganism soundly trumped austere Christian morality and inhibitions wilted under the warm southern sun. The islanders' casual attitude to sex was legendary: It was whispered that the most shocking […]
ref: 2011, Tony Perrottet, The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 254:
text: As such, it is indicative of the fact that by the 1780s a more informed interest in the history of the middle ages and the 'gothic' era was already beginning to make itself felt amongst the literate travelling public, even in that most classical of environments, the Grand Tour. The Grand Tour as a cultural institution underwent a fundamental change in character during the nineteenth century, as we saw in the introduction, both in terms of itinerary and the composition of the travelling classes.
ref: 2012, Rosemary Sweet, Cities and the Grand Tour: The British in Italy, C.1690-1820, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 236:
qualifier: 17th-19th centuries
glosses: A traditional trip around Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men.
Derived terms: Grand Tourist
Vuelta a España
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvwɛltə aɪ(ɪ)sˈpænjə/
ipa: /ˌvwɛltə aɪ ɛsˈpɑnjə/
Forms: form: Vueltas a España
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Vuelta a España (literally “Tour of Spain”).
Senses: synonyms: Vuelta
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: An annual long-distance cycling race in Spain.
Coordinate terms: Giro d'Italia
red jersey
Tour de France
Related terms: Grand Tour
Vuelta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Vuelta
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: The Vuelta a España.
cuculli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cucullus
esclandres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esclandre
versiculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of versiculus
versicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versicules
Senses: glosses: A short poem.
plaçages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plaçage
institutrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of institutrix
sucriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sucrier
Mirabell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mirabells
Senses: glosses: mirabelle plum
custos rotulorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custodes rotulorum
Etymology: From Medieval Latin custos rotulorum, from Latin custōs (“custos, keeper”) + genitive plural of rotulus (“roll”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr Casaubon made a dignified though somewhat sad audience; […] mindful that this desultoriness was associated with the institutions of the country, and that the man who took him on this severe mental scamper was not only an amiable host, but a landholder and custos rotulorum.
ref: 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter III, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, pages 35–36:
glosses: The main justice of the peace in a given county of England, Wales or Ireland.
glosses: The chief magistrate and representative of the Governor-General in a Jamaican parish.
Related terms: custos regni
cutty grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutty grasses
Senses: glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Any grass species of the genus Austroderia (toetoe).
glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Carex geminata (in Carex subg. Carex)
glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Cyperus ustulatus (giant umbrella sedge)
glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Ficinia spiralis (golden sand sedge)
glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Gahnia spp. (sawsedge, saw-sedge)
Gahnia grandis (syn. Cladium psittacorum)
glosses: Any of many species of sedge or grass that have leaves with sharp, serrated edges, including
Gahnia spp. (sawsedge, saw-sedge)
Gahnia setifolia (toetoe)
Synonyms: cutting grass
Happ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Happs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Happ.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lorber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lorbers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lorber.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
conjugate redox pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjugate redox pairs
Senses: topics: chemistry
electrochemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An electron donor and its corresponding electron acceptor form.
Maroun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marouns
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مارون (mārūn), the name of a popular saint in Lebanon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
feminizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feminizable
form: most feminizable
Etymology: From feminize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Recall that simultaneously Freud is disciplining the individualized drop of oedipal ego to resist its “oceanic feeling,” a concept that fails to differentiate between undifferentiated narcissism and any feminizable, fluid experience of relatedness.
ref: 2003, Catherine Keller, The Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming:
glosses: Capable of being feminized.
præmonition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præmonitions
Senses: examples: text: In his præmonition to the apology for the oath of allegiance, he dates his conversion six years before his accession to the English throne.
ref: 1826, John Lingard, A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, L. Baudry, Volume IX, Fourth Edition, Chapter I, page 23:
glosses: Archaic form of premonition.
præpositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prepositive.
præputium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præputia
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of preputium.
potbellied pigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potbellied pig
intraosseous needles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intraosseous needle
capillary refills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capillary refill
abdominal-thrust maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abdominal-thrust maneuvers
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient's diaphragm is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle to expel air and thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe.
Related terms: Heimlich maneuver
abdominal-thrust maneuvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdominal-thrust maneuver
modified chest thrusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modified chest thrust
modified chest thrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modified chest thrusts
Senses: examples: text: The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A first aid procedure used to treat choking in a pregnant or obese patient in which the patient's chest is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle with their hand balled into a fist to expel air, thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe. This is repeated as many times as necessary.
Related terms: abdominal-thrust maneuver
OPQRST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism of onset, provocation, quality, region/radiate/radiation, severity, time.
Senses: examples: text: Your emergency scenario test next week will require strict chronological adherence to OPQRST procedures.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.
tect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕkt
ipa: /tɛkt/
Etymology: From the Middle English tecte, from the Latin tēctus (“covered”), the perfect passive participle of tegō (“I cover”).
Senses: glosses: Covered; hidden.
raw_tags: construed as a past participle
Derived terms: word: tected
word: tectly
tect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕkt
ipa: /tɛkt/
Forms: form: tects
Etymology: From the Latin tēctum (“roof”), neuter substantive of tēctus (“covered”); see above. Doublet of tectum.
Senses: glosses: A roof.
sissier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sissy: more sissy
sissiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sissy: most sissy
sandnigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandniggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sand nigger.
sandniggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandnigger
gonfalonier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gonfaloniers
Etymology: From Middle English gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.
Senses: glosses: One who bears the gonfalon.
glosses: An official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic's gonfalon.
Synonyms: sense: standard-bearer
word: 1
Derived terms: gonfalonierate
gonfaloniership
gonfaloniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonfalonier
fight-or-flight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fight or flight
Senses: glosses: All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.
fight or flight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fight-or-flight.
track marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When a patient has copious track marks demonstrating severe circulatory system damage, injections are done by drilling into the bone marrow and administering medicine intraosseously.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The conspicuous signs of artery and vein damage as a result of chronic intravenous injection of drugs.
intraosseously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more intraosseously
form: most intraosseously
Etymology: From intraosseous + -ly.
Senses: examples: The injection was given intraosseously, because with a junkie with this kind of circulatory damage we really would not be able to find a good vein within an adequate time frame
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the interior of the bone.
Related terms: intraosseous
strykers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In our department we still have a lot of old fernos, but we replace them with the newer strykers as they are retired from service.
glosses: plural of stryker
beshade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beshades
form: beshading
form: beshaded
form: beshaded
Etymology: From Middle English bischaden, bischadewen, bischadowen, equivalent to be- + shade and/or be- + shadow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskaadje (“to shadow”), Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shadow”).
Senses: examples: Light Fumitory, Parsly, Burnet's blade, And winding leafe his crispy Locks beshade: Hee's light and lively, all in Turns and Tricks; In his great Round, hee many small doth mix... ― Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (translation by Joshua Sylvester, 1633)
glosses: To shadow; cast a shadow over.
Synonyms: beshadow
shade
shadow
bescratch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bescratches
form: bescratching
form: bescratched
form: bescratched
Etymology: From Middle English bescratchen, equivalent to be- + scratch.
Senses: examples: text: I no sooner see him, but I scream out to Mrs. Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.
ref: 2009, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews and Shamela - Page 203:
glosses: To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
bergh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berghs
Etymology: From Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”). Doublet of berg and barrow; see there for more.
Senses: glosses: A hill.
Related terms: bargh
philatelic forgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philatelic forgery
phosphine oxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphine oxide
berattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: berattles
form: berattling
form: berattled
form: berattled
Etymology: From be- + rattle.
Senses: examples: text: These are now the fashion, and so berattle the common stages (so they call them) that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills and dare scarce come thither.
ref: 2006, William Shakespeare, Ann Thompson, Neil Taylor, Hamlet - Page 468:
glosses: To rattle; rattle vigorously.
glosses: To cry down; abuse; run down.
benothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: benothings
form: benothinging
form: benothinged
form: benothinged
Etymology: From be- + nothing.
Senses: examples: text: Now leave we Ywain to his fighting and turn we to the lady, that was there heavily cast down to be so left and benothinged.
ref: 1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore - Page 58:
glosses: To reduce to nothing; annihilate.
benow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more benow
form: most benow
Etymology: From be- + now.
Senses: glosses: By this time; by now.
Adie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adee
Etymology: The given names are diminutives + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
ref: 1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, or Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish.
examples: text: "I'd like if you call me Adie. It is short for Adele."
ref: 2010, Mary Carnaghan, Adie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adriana, or Adrienne, from the Germanic languages, Latin, or French.
examples: The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.
Z time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Zulu time.
synonyms: word: Zulu time
herewithal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: hîrwĭdhôlʹ
ipa: /hɪəwɪˈðɔːl/
Etymology: From the Middle English hēr-withal; equivalent to here + withal.
Senses: examples: your highness shall receive a copy herewithal
glosses: herewith
herewithal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hîrwĭdhôlʹ
ipa: /hɪəwɪˈðɔːl/
Etymology: From the Middle English hēr-withal; equivalent to here + withal.
Senses: examples: they don't have the herewithal to do that
glosses: Alternative form of wherewithal.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
skeesicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeesicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skeezicks.
prethe
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prithee.
unchargeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + chargeable.
Senses: glosses: Not chargeable.
flowmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfləʊmətɹi/
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the flow of fluid.
Derived terms: uroflowmetry
flowmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flow + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to flowmetry.
Derived terms: flowmetrically
helpest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: help + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of help
droppest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: drop + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of drop
umbethinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unbethinking
Etymology: From Middle English, equivalent to umbethink + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A reminder; a sudden act of reminding; a reproof or blow given unexpectedly.
unbethinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of umbethinking.
booby hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booby hatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of booby-hatch.
golf caddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golf caddies
Senses: glosses: A person who carries a golfer's clubs and provides advice
bicycle rack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicycle racks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bicycle stand.
synonyms: word: bicycle stand
glosses: A rack mounted on a vehicle for attaching a bicycle; bicycle carrier.
glosses: A rack mounted on a bicycle for carrying luggage; luggage carrier.
selfmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfmates
Etymology: From self- + mate.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
synonyms: suimate
glosses: A chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves.
selfmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selfmate
umcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: umcasts
form: umcasting
form: umcast
form: umcast
Etymology: From Middle English umcasten, umbecasten, equivalent to um- + cast.
Senses: examples: text: to umcast a splice = to fasten it by a wrapping of cord
glosses: To bind or wrap around.
pavement princess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavement princesses
Senses: glosses: A vehicle (pickup truck, ute, or SUV) that has good off-road capabilities (often modified with the installation of large wheels, large tires, or lifted suspensions in order to increase off-road performance or appear more aggressive), but is rarely or never taken off-road.
examples: text: Out on Fort Street, a pavement princess was sitting on the sidewalk with her back to a lamppost and her legs stretched out.
ref: 2009, Stanley Evans, Seaweed on the Rocks, page 35:
text: Anyhow, most street chicks won't do B/D, S/M scenes. Too complicated, I guess. But, one night in (of all places) Bakersfield, California, Fireass spotted a pavement princess dressed in full dominatrix attire.
ref: 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 200:
glosses: A female prostitute who seeks clients on the street.
pseudoclonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + clonality.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pseudoclonal.
bestshoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of best + offshoring
Senses: examples: text: In the past several years, I've watched as companies have become highly skilled at performing what I call supply chain gymnastics — outsourcing, subcontracting, partnering, offshoring, bestshoring, and all the rest, primarily in China.
ref: 2008, George Stalk, John Butman, Five future strategies you need right now, page 8:
text: The important aspect is to do bestshoring.
ref: 2010, Franz Ammon, The Eastern European Expansion of the EU, page 13:
topics: business
glosses: The process of identifying the best location to which to move manufacturing or other industrial facilities.
Related terms: right-shoring
foodgasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodgasms
Etymology: From food + -gasm.
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday I had a foodgasm. I bought some sun-dried tomatoes from the olive seller in Leicester market. Got home, popped one in my mouth... chewed...
ref: 2004, Little Monster, “Foodgasm”, in alt.support.loneliness (Usenet):
text: "Oh my God, I'm having foodgasms here." Sidney chomped into her pita.
ref: 2005, Naomi Neale, The Mile-High Hair Club:
text: Naturally, the smart move would be to serve up a cordon bleu foodgasm but (a) you haven't got the ability and (b) you can't be arsed.
ref: 2006, Elisabeth Wilson, Goddess: be the woman you want to be, page 350:
glosses: A pleasurable sensation from eating food.
foodgasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foodgasm
Wuywurung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Woiwurrung.
nomen rectum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin nōmen rectum (“governed noun”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The second of the two nouns in status constructus, which occurs in its phonetically full form or status absolutus.
Related terms: nomen regens
nomen regens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin nōmen regēns (“governing noun”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The first of the two nouns in status constructus, which occurs in a phonetically abbreviated state. For example, in Hebrew, the word "queen" standing alone is malka מלכה. When the word is possessed, as in "Queen of Sheba" (literally "Sheba's Queen"), it becomes malkat šəba מלכת שבא, in which malkat is the construct state (possessed) form and malka is the absolute (unpossessed) form. Thus, the possessed noun in the construct state (Queen) is the nomen regens (governing noun), and the possessor noun, often in the genitive case (Sheba's), is the nomen rectum (governed noun).
Related terms: nomen rectum
umstrid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: umpstridden
form: hump-stridden
Etymology: From Middle English umstridden, past participle of umstriden (“to mount (a horse)”), equivalent to um- + stride. Compare astride.
Senses: glosses: Astride; astraddle.
somatomedins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatomedin
glialike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glialike
form: most glialike
Etymology: From glia + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of glia.
nervelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nervelike
form: most nervelike
Etymology: From nerve + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of nerves.
Synonyms: neuroid
tileset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tilesets
Etymology: From tile + set.
Senses: examples: text: The imp-infested streets of London get repetitive, but new tilesets are introduced later in the plot.
ref: 2007, PC Gamer, volume 14, numbers 10-12:
text: Next you need to load a tileset containing isometric tiles.
ref: 2011, Steffen Itterheim, Learn iPhone and iPad Cocos2D Game Development, page 241:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of rectangular images, or tiles.
Related terms: tilemap
tilesets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tileset
postback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postbacks
Etymology: From post + back.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The transmission of data back to the same web page by means of HTTP POST.
postbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postback
dickbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dickbags
Etymology: From dick + bag.
Senses: examples: text: The queens outnumber the dates by about three to one and the dickbags know it […]
ref: 1990, Danielle Willis, Dogs in Lingerie, page 28:
text: “What are you dickbags up to? You look like you got something going on here with all that paper lying around on the table,” Mickey said.
ref: 2008, Jesse Mattson, Into the Den, page 94:
text: His brother's a dickbag, and he worships his brother, and he tried to go out with me because Ruth is my sister and he wanted to date a Rothstein like his dickbag brother, but this Rothstein wasn't having it.
ref: 2011, Adam Levin, The Instructions:
glosses: An objectionable person.
dickbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickbag
datestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datestones
Etymology: From date + stone.
Senses: examples: text: Judging by the datestone in the lintel, this house was built around 1750.
topics: architecture
glosses: An embedded stone with a date carved into it.
datestones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datestone
nonherbal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + herbal.
Senses: examples: nonherbal dietary supplements
glosses: Not herbal.
OFT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Office of Fair Trading.
OFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OFTs
Senses: synonyms: OTF
coordinate_terms: IFT
FTA
FT
TF
TFA
glosses: Initialism of orbital flight test.
nose piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose pieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nosepiece.
SORN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɔːn/
Forms: form: SORNs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Acronym of statutory off-road notification.
videoblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videoblogs
Etymology: From video- + blog.
Senses: glosses: A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
Synonyms: vlog
videoblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videoblog
videoblogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videobloggers
Etymology: From video + blogger or videoblog + -er.
Senses: glosses: A contributor to a videoblog.
Synonyms: vlogger
videobloggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videoblogger
cognitive relativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cognitive relativism, as it is presented in the Fables, is simply a recognition that knowledge is dependent on the conditions and the instruments of knowing, some of which are more reliable than others. La Fontaine's approach to cognitive relativism is descriptive and monitory.
ref: 1996, Catherine Grisé, The Optics of Relativism in the Fables of La Fontaine, in Anne Lynn Birberick (editor), Refiguring la Fontaine: Tercentenary Studies, page 127
text: Our main thesis is that cognitive relativism is a position that no scientist (in either the natural or the social sciences) should wish to embrace, and that methodological relativism makes sense only if one adheres to cognitive relativism.
ref: 2001, Jean Bricmont, Alan Sokal, “Chapter 3: Science and Sociology of Science: Beyond War and Peace”, in Jay A. Labinger, Harry M. Collins, editors, One Culture?: A Conversation about Science, page 38:
text: Whereas moral relativism deals with matters of value, cognitive relativism deals with matters of fact (although sharp distinctions may at times be difficult to make) (Hollis and Lukes 1982, p. 2).
ref: 2003, Shelby D. Hunt, Controversy in Marketing Theory: For Reason, Realism, Truth, and Objectivity, page 102:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The view that the cognitive styles or habits of perception, reasoning, judgment, and knowledge of the world are not absolute, but are relative to historical eras and to various cultures.
Synonyms: factual relativism
portolano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portolanos
form: portolani
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of portolan.
tendonectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: tendonectomies
Etymology: From tendon + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical cutting of tendons.
tendonectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tendonectomy
onychectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒnɪˈkɛktəmi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: onychectomies
Etymology: From onych- (“nail”) + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.
examples: text: A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing.
ref: 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 17:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
synonyms: declawing
glosses: Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.
onychectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychectomy
tendovaginitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tendovaginitis
cat scratch disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat-scratch disease
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: CSD
word: cat scratch fever
word: cat-scratch fever
word: felinosis
word: inoculation lymphoreticulosis
word: subacute regional lymphadenitis
word: Teeny's disease
hypernyms: disease
fever
glosses: A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
Related terms: catscratch
rat-bite fever
TNR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Proponents argue that TNR prevents rampant breeding, and is more humane than euthanasia. But TNR, according to Tucker as well as Marra and Santella, is not especially effective at accomplishing its primary stated goal of keeping cat populations in check.
ref: 2016 November 13, Britt Peterson, “The Case Against Cats”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Initialism of trap–neuter–return: a program designed to neuter and release feral cats (and, more rarely, dogs).
Related terms: cat-trap
nonmelanocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + melanocytic.
Senses: examples: a nonmelanocytic skin tumour
glosses: Not melanocytic.
melanocortins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanocortin
melanophilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melano- + -phile + -in.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A carrier protein that encodes a member of the exophilin subfamily of Rab effector proteins.
self-censorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-censorships
Etymology: From self- + censorship.
Senses: glosses: The act of censoring one's own work or what one says without overt pressure from any specific party or institution of authority, often for fear of sanctions.
anthramycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthramycin
positone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of positive + monotone
Senses: examples: text: Finally, we mention that several papers studied nonlinear eigenvalue problems of the form
ref: Leszek Gasinski; Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou (2004), Nonsmooth Critical Point Theory and Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, CRC Press, page 704
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.
glosses: for scriptstyle λ>0 under the assumption that scriptstyle f: ℝ→ ℝ is continuous, positive, monotone. For this reason such problems were named positone... If the nonlinearity scriptstyle f: ℝ→ ℝ is continuous, monotone and scriptstyle f(0)<0,...then the eigenvalue problem is called semipositone...
Derived terms: semipositone
hypocarnivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocarnivores
Etymology: From hypo- + carnivore.
Senses: glosses: An organism that eats meat, but as less than 30% of its overall diet.
Related terms: hypercarnivore
hypocarnivorous
hypocarnivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypocarnivore
beetle bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beetle banks
Etymology: Possibly a pun on bottle bank.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A strip of land within a crop field or garden that is planted with grasses or perennial plants in order to provide a habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and other fauna.
beetle banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beetle bank
medullæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medulla
nonsubject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsubjects
Etymology: From non- + subject.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That which is not a subject.
nonsubjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsubject
nonbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + breeding.
Senses: examples: text: A general increase in all classes of nonbreeding seals is perhaps the most obvious comparative result of the census.
ref: 1916, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, volume 34:
glosses: Not breeding.
examples: text: Adults can also be rather mobile during the nonbreeding period[…]
ref: 1997, Gary Ritchison, Northern cardinal, page 101:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to breeding.
nonencapsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + encapsulated.
Senses: glosses: Not encapsulated.
nonlyric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lyric.
Senses: examples: text: Second, the nonlyric poetry from the same period is available elsewhere, and perhaps of more interest for its historical value than for the quality of the poetry itself.
ref: 1991, Diane J. Rayor, Sappho's lyre: archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece, page 2:
glosses: Not lyric.
nonsteady
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + steady.
Senses: examples: ref: 1960, George Rudinger, Nonsteady discharge of subcritical flow:
glosses: Not steady.
nonethnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonethnic