cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
befool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈfuːl/
ipa: /bɪˈfʉl/
rhymes: -uːl
Forms: form: befools
form: befooling
form: befooled
form: befooled
Etymology: From Middle English bifolen, equivalent to be- + fool.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing doth so befoole a man as extreme passion; this doth both make them fooles, which otherwise are not; and show them to be fooles that are so […]
ref: 1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vowes, Diuine and Morall, London: John Porter, section 63:
text: [T]hey ſettle upon their ovvn dregs, and grovv muddy and muſty vvith long eaſe, and their proſperity befooleth them to their ovvn deſtruction.
ref: 1637 July (date delivered), Robert Sanderson, “[Ad Aulam.] Sermon VI. Otelands, July 1637.”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, […], published 1671, →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 81:
text: Flattery is their nature—to coax, flatter and sweetly befool some one is every woman’s business.
ref: 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], chapter XL, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
text: "How can a woman live two thousand years? Why dost thou befool me, oh Queen?"
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: But above all beware never to look the Fairy of the Dawn in the face, for she has eyes that will bewitch you, and glances that will befool you.
ref: 1901, Andrew Lang, “The Fairy of the Dawn”, in The Violet Fairy Book:
text: They alleged Dr Sidhu had no specialization in reducing weight and was only befooling innocent people.
ref: 2009 July 13, “BJP workers stage protest after leader dies in hospital”, in Times of India, retrieved 29 May 2013:
glosses: To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
Derived terms: befoolment
unbefool
durbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durbars
form: darbar
Etymology: From Hindustani دربار / दरबार (darbār), from Classical Persian دربار (darbār, “royal court”).
Senses: examples: text: Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.
ref: 1868 February 7, "Englishman", "Attempted Assassination of Sir Salar Jung...", Hyderabad Times, Vol. III, p. 41
text: A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 25, in Burmese Days:
text: He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 175:
text: Father had refused to see my brother privately and had chosen to speak to him at the durbar held to honour the victors of the Malwa campaign […]
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 456:
glosses: A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
examples: text: “If you cannot gueſs, perhaps the bird himſelf may inform you, Madam,” ſaid the ſultan, who was withdrawing to the grand durbar.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 12:
glosses: An audience chamber.
glosses: The body of officials at a royal or princely court in India.
master data management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: data management
glosses: A set of processes and tools which centrally and persistently define the non-transactional entities of an organization, with the objective to collect from, and supply to various processes, unique instances of each entity.
befools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befool
reference data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reference + data.
Senses: qualifier: data management
glosses: Data describing a physical or virtual object and its properties, used as a reference or lookup.
Coordinate terms: transaction data
transaction data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: data management
glosses: Data describing an event (the change as a result of a transaction) and usually described with verbs; it always has a time dimension, a numerical value and refers to one or more objects, on which reference data is kept.
Coordinate terms: reference data
master data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: data management
glosses: Reference data.
Derived terms: master data management
libelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: libeled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of libel
burn-clearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Slash and burn (technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop)
libeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: libelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of libel
lickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of licking
linnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linnet
lusher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lush: more lush
lusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lushers
Senses: examples: text: In the West, The Sporting News belittled stars like Kelly and McCormick as incorrigible lushers. The same paper told how drink had ruined the career of Pete Browning in 1886, although that star enjoyed several fine seasons thereafter.
ref: 1966, David Quentin Voigt, American Baseball: From Gentleman's Sport to the Commissioner System:
glosses: A lush; an alcoholic.
lushest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lush: most lush
leapfrogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leapfroggings
form: leap-frogging
Senses: glosses: The act of one who leapfrogs.
examples: text: The final stage the is leapfrogging, in which latecomers do not aim to imitate the existing products or plants, but explore ways to develop emerging products in short cycle technologies. A Korean example is digital TV development, which can be regarded as the decisive and final watershed that enabled Korea to begin taking over Japan in the TV business. An example from China would be its recent move toward electric-engined cars […]
ref: 2013, Joseph E. Stiglitz, edited by Justin Yifu Lin, The Industrial Policy Revolution, Springer, →ISBN:
text: Part of the allure of leapfrogging was the difficulty of simply catching up. The complexity of today's auto industry should not be underestimated.
ref: 2015, Levi Tillemann, The Great Race, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 18:
topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: The idea that small and incremental innovations lead the dominant firm to stay ahead, whereas radical innovations will permit new firms to "leapfrog" the dominant one.
leapfrogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leap-frogging
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leapfrog.
leapfrogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leap-frogged
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leapfrog.
Newton hearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newton hearings
Etymology: From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.
macing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mace
maced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mace
berserkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɚˌsɚkɚz/
ipa: /bɚˈzɚkɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of berserker
madhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madhouse
hopologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hopologists
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hoplologist.
dominie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dominies
Etymology: Alteration of domine, with spelling changed to reflect pronunciation. Doublet of dom, dominus, and don.
Senses: examples: text: In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
ref: 1858, James Hogg, Titan, volume 27, page 306:
text: the sign-painter's boy said that when the dominie had reached the proper condition on Examination Evening he would "manage the thing".
ref: 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, section XXI:
text: when it was time for the Strachan bairns to pass the end of the Cuddiestoun road on their way to school down there she was waiting and gave the paper to the eldest, the quean Marget, and told her to show it to the Dominie and ask him what it might mean.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 24:
glosses: A schoolmaster, teacher.
glosses: A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Related terms: donzel
drop ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drop ships
form: drop shipping
form: drop shipped
form: drop shipped
form: dropship
Senses: examples: text: If you drop ship the orders, then you don't need to own the products; thus, fewer of your customers suspect you're acting as a middle man.
text: Rowan also experimented with dropshipping. This entails setting up an online storefront that ships products from third-party retailers to customers, profiting on the difference.
ref: 2019 November 29, Taylor Lorenz, “Here’s What’s Happening in the American Teenage Bedroom”, in New York Times:
glosses: To deliver goods for a business directly to its customers, as though the business owned a relevant inventory, but with the manufacturer as the real source of the delivery.
Derived terms: dropshipper
red-faced cormorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-faced cormorants
Senses: glosses: A cormorant that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean region, (Urile urile, syn. Phalacrocorax urile).
recurve-billed bushbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recurve-billed bushbirds
Senses: glosses: Clytoctantes alixii, a species of antbirds.
red-throated pipit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-throated pipits
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird, Anthus cervinus.
red slender loris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red slender lorises
Senses: glosses: Loris tardigradus, a species of slender lorises.
lagoon triggerfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagoon triggerfish
Senses: glosses: Rhinecanthus aculeatus, a vividly-coloured tropical fish.
Synonyms: blackbar triggerfish
Picassofish
snarkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snarkily
form: most snarkily
Etymology: From snarky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a snarky manner.
rufous-backed antvireo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufous-backed antvireos
Senses: glosses: A tropical bird whose natural habitat is located on Brazilian montanes, Dysithamnus xanthopterus
gypsy mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypsy mushrooms
Senses: glosses: Cortinarius caperatus, a highly esteemed edible mushroom related to webcaps.
Synonyms: sense: Cortinarius caperatus
word: Rozites caperatus
Related terms: Cortinarius
nauseatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌnɔːziˈætɪk/
Forms: form: more nauseatic
form: most nauseatic
Senses: glosses: Having a feeling of nausea; nauseated
Synonyms: nauseated
webcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌkæp/
Forms: form: webcaps
Etymology: From web + cap.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mushroom of the agaric genus Cortinarius, many of which are highly poisonous.
Synonyms: cortinar
Cortinarius
Derived terms: taxonomic: Cortinarius traganus
word: billy-goat webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius glaucopus
word: blue foot webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius delibutus
word: bluegill webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius purpurascens
word: bruising webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius armillatus
word: cinnabar bracelet webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius cupreorufus
word: copper-red webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius rubellus
word: deadly webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius orellanus
word: fool's webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius traganus
word: gassy webcap
word: goatcheese webcap (Cortinarius camphoratus
taxonomic: Cortinarius gentilis
word: goldband webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius praestans
word: Goliath webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius collinitus
word: greased webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius traganus
word: he-goat webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius heliotropicus
word: heliotrope webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius laniger
word: hoary webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius mucosus
word: orange webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius flexipes
word: pelargonium webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius semisanguineus
word: redgill webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius ahsii
word: Smith's webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius orellanus
word: sorrel webcap
alt: Calonarius splendens
word: splendid webcap
taxonomic: Cortinarius violaceus
word: violet webcap
turgidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From turgid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being turgid; turgidity
Abbeystead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old French abeie or abbeie, meaning abbey, and the Old English stede, meaning place or site. Combined to mean "the site of the abbey" or "estate owned by the abbey".
Senses: glosses: A village in the City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5654).
Accrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækɹɪŋtən/
Etymology: From the Old English æcern and -tun, meaning "where acorns are found".
Senses: glosses: A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
Derived terms: Accringtonian
Addington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈædɪŋtən/
rhymes: -ædɪŋtən
Forms: form: Addingtons
Etymology: Probably from the Old English personal names *Eadda or *Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286).
glosses: A place in England:
A northern suburb of Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2565).
glosses: A place in England:
A village in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3764).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ639535).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Nether Kellet parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, divided into Higher Addington and Lower Addington (OS grid ref SD5268).
glosses: A town near the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Addington Highlands
Addingtonian
Great Addington
Lennox and Addington County
New Addington
paedagogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paedagogical
form: most paedagogical
Etymology: From paedagogic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pedagogical.
Adgarley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Ēadgār and hlid, meaning "Edgar's slope".
Senses: glosses: a place name
Adlington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adlingtons
form: Hadlington
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180).
glosses: A placename:
A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
pitty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitties
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of pity.
pitty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪti/
rhymes: -ɪti
homophone: pity
Forms: form: pitties
Etymology: From pit(bull) + -y.
Senses: glosses: pit bull terrier
MTOW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MTOWs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of maximum take-off weight.
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MGTOW
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MLW
Guienne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Guyenne.
gainstand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gainstands
form: gainstanding
form: gainstood
form: gainstood
form: ganestand
Etymology: From Middle English gainstanden, corresponding to gain- + stand. Compare againstand.
Senses: examples: text: He perceived three French Gentlemen, who alone, with an incredible and undaunted boldnesse, gainstood the enraged violence, and made head against the furie of his victorious armie.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, p.5
text: And you, now last in accusing us of these most odious crimes, whereof we be most innocent, ye and your brethern, I say, in teaching this your pestilent doctrine, and accusing us who gainstand your devilish errors, do plainely declare what ye have already intended, if God by his great power bridle not your furie.
ref: 1856, John Knox, The works of John Knox: Volume 5:
text: It was the New Castle built upon Tyne to gainstand the Scots, who then and for some centuries afterwards sadly troubled these rough borderers, and in turn were sadly troubled by them.
ref: 1874, The Gentleman's magazine, volume 237:
text: And therefore I conclude that they who gainstood his commandment resisted not the ordinance of God.
ref: 1888, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The living age: Volume 177:
glosses: To stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
glosses: To make or offer resistance.
Derived terms: gainstander
gainstanding
gainstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gainstands
form: ganestand
Etymology: From Middle English gainstanden, corresponding to gain- + stand. Compare againstand.
Senses: glosses: Opposition; resistance.
lycopodiophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lycopodiophytes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant (such as the club mosses) that is a member of the division Lycopodiophyta
lycophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lycophytes
Etymology: From translingual Lycophyta.
Senses: glosses: Any plant (such as the club mosses) that is a member of the division Lycophyta (or Lycopodiophyta)
Derived terms: lycophytic
lithophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθəfaɪt/
Forms: form: lithophytes
Etymology: From litho- (“stone, rock”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.
Synonyms: saxicolous
Derived terms: lithophytic
lithophytous
limnophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limnophytes
Etymology: From limno- (“lake, pond”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that grows in marshy conditions, or in shallow water
limnodophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limnodophytes
Etymology: Ancient Greek λιμνώδης (limnṓdēs, “marshy”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Helophyte
submiss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more submiss
form: most submiss
Etymology: From Latin submissus.
Senses: examples: text: But to such as are judicious, meek, submiss, and quiet, these matters are easily remedied […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 3, member 7:
text: [S]till by the maid / Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous / Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe'er / Too bold approached, […]
ref: 1796, Robert Southey, “Book the Ninth”, in Joan of Arc, an Epic Poem, Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for Joseph Cottle, […], and Cadell and Davies, and G. G. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 362, lines 903–906:
glosses: Submissive.
helophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛləfaɪt/
Forms: form: helophytes
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant (typically found in marshy ground) whose buds overwinter under water; helophytes grow partially submerged, and regrow from beds below the water.
Synonyms: limnodophyte
Hypernyms: hydrophyte
Derived terms: helophytic
lanais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanai
hygrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪɡɹəʊfaɪt/
Forms: form: hygrophytes
Etymology: From hygro- (“moist”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: examples: text: Between xerophytes and hygrophytes we find a great many intermediate forms (Mesophytes), comprising, in fact, the majority of British plants, which grow in meadows, pastures, cultivated fields, and in woods and plantations of deciduous trees (Beech, Oak, Birch, etc.).
ref: 1907, Francis Cavers, Plant Biology: A Text-book of Elementary Botany Arranged for Modern Methods of Teaching:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
Coordinate terms: english: plant that grows under water
translation: plant that grows under water
word: hydrophyte
Derived terms: hygrophytic
hydrotherophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrotherophytes
Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + therophyte, from Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any aquatic therophyte
hydrogeophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogeophytes
Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + geophyte, from geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any aquatic geophyte
hydrohemicryptophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrohemicryptophytes
Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + hemicryptophyte, from hemi- (“half”) + cryptophyte, from crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any aquatic hemicryptophyte
hemicryptophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɛmɪˈkɹɪptəʊfaɪt/
Forms: form: hemicryptophytes
Etymology: From Danish hemikryptofyt, equivalent to hemi- (“half”) + cryptophyte, from crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.
Derived terms: hydrohemicryptophyte
Bosox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Boston + Red Sox
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Boston Red Sox.
Related terms: Chisox
demiss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demiss
form: most demiss
form: demisse
Etymology: From Latin dēmissus, past participle of dēmittō (“demit”).
Senses: examples: text: Oh that I had whole westerne windes of breath,
My voice and tongue should not bee so remisse:
My notes should not bee so rare and demisse:
ref: 1595, Barnabe Barnes, A Divine Centurie of Spirituall Sonnets, London: John Windet, Sonnet 31:
text: 1660, Samuel Clarke, The Lives of Two and Twenty English Divines, London: Thomas Underhill and John Rothwell, “The Life and Death of Master William Bradshaw,” pp. 45-46,
[…] Master Bradshaw was not a man of much out side, nor forward to put out himself, of a very bashfull and demiss, but not fawning deportment […]
glosses: Humble, lowly; abject.
Derived terms: demissive
demissly
demissness
demisse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demisse
form: most demisse
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of demiss.
thorow
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of thorough.
examples: text: He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] Wun, one.
ref: 1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, pages 77-78; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of through.
Derived terms: thorowwort
thorow wort
thorow wax
thorowwax
ondoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: ondoyant glass
topics: art
arts
glosses: wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows
hinderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hinderers
Etymology: From Middle English hinderer, hindrere, hyndrer, hyndrere; equivalent to hinder + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, hinders.
Aigburth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɡbəθ/
Etymology: From Old Norse eik and berg, meaning "oak-tree hill".
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. (OS grid ref SJ3885).
Derived terms: Aigburth Vale
Aighton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English āc and -tun, meaning "oak-tree town".
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Lancashire.
poofy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːfi/
ipa: /ˈpʊfi/
rhymes: -uːfi
rhymes: -ʊfi
Forms: form: poofier
form: poofiest
Etymology: Probably a blend of poof + puffy.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.
glosses: Capable of making a poofing sound.
Derived terms: floofy
poofybutt
poofy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːfi/
ipa: /ˈpʊfi/
rhymes: -uːfi
rhymes: -ʊfi
Forms: form: poofier
form: poofiest
Etymology: From poof + -y.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture
Related terms: foofy
poofier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of poofy: more poofy
poofiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of poofy: most poofy
puffier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of puffy: more puffy
puffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of puffy: most puffy
landscapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landscaper
lumberyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumberyard
lunchrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchroom
Old West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Old West
Senses: examples: text: It can well be imagined what disaster could descend upon a camping party in a wilderness such as the Old West, amidst the enemies which that wilderness supported.
ref: 1918, Stewart Edward White, chapter 5, in The Forty-Niners:
text: In the Old West—anyway in the old westerns—morality and mechanics went gun-in-hand.
ref: 2005 September 18, Richard Corliss, “Movies: Sticking to Their Guns”, in Time:
glosses: The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.
Related terms: Wild West
lobotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobotomy
Asman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬨𐬀𐬥 (asman, “sky”). Cognate of Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎶𐎴 (a-s-m-n /⁠asman-⁠/, “sky”).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Avestan and Middle Persian name of the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of the sky. Asman is the "highest heaven," and is distinguished from the firmament, 𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬴𐬀 (θβāṣ̌a), which lies nearer the earth.
emotronic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of emo + electronic, referring to electronic music.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of music that fuses emo and electronic music, typically combining emotional lyrics with instruments such as synthesizers, bass guitars, and sequencer.
lotuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotus
Ahura Mazda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ahuramazda
form: Auramazda
form: Ormazd
form: Ohrmazd
form: Hourmazd
form: Hormazd
form: Hurmuz
form: Hormuz
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā). Doublet of Aramazd.
Senses: examples: text: A relief sculpture of Ahura Mazda stands among the ruins of Persepolis in Iran.
ref: 2003, Jeffrey Brodd, World Religions 2003: A Voyage of Discovery, page 181:
text: What is important is that Darius and his successors were fervent Mazdeans, that is, worshipers of Ahura Mazda.
ref: 2004, Sarah Iles Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide, page 555:
text: Thus Ahura Mazda may be analogous to the Christian Trinity (one God in three persons), except consisting of one God in seven Amesha Spentas. In any event, the doctrine of the Amesha Spentas should not be interpreted in any way that compromises Zoroaster′s monotheism, although it would eventually change in exactly that way after the passing of Zoroaster himself.
ref: 2012, Winfried Corduan, Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions, page 190:
topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator, or God.
Derived terms: Mazdaism
Mazdaist
Mazdean
Related terms: Qormusta
Aramazd
Amesha Spenta
Ahuna Vairya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬀 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (ahuna vaⁱriia).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Avestan language name of the most sacred of the Gathic hymns of the Avesta, the revered texts of Zoroastrianism.
wikipedia: Ahuna Vairya
Gathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Gatha + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Gathas.
Yasna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (yasna, “oblation; worship”).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The primary liturgical collection of texts of the Avesta.
topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The principal Zoroastrian act of worship at which those verses are recited.
Angra Mainyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aŋra.maⁱniiu), from 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (aŋra, “evil”) + 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (maⁱniiu, “spirit”). Doublet of Ahriman.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive spirit". The Middle Persian equivalent is Ahriman.
Related terms: Ahriman
daeva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːvə/
Forms: form: daevas
form: daiva
form: dev
form: deev
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua). Doublet of deva.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature, usually considered as a demon.
wikipedia: daeva
Related terms: jinn
ghoul
satan
angel
daevas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daeva
Vendidad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬋𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vīdaēvōdāta, literally “given against the demons”).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. By content, an enumeration of various manifestations of evil spirits, and ways to confound them.
Amesha Spenta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amesha Spenta
form: Amesha Spentas
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (aməša spəṇta, “Bounteous Immortal”).
Senses: examples: text: Thus whereas Bousset, for instance, regarded the Amesha Spentas of the Zoroastrian religion as a textbook example of the process by which concrete divine beings could be evaporated into abstract figures,² it is now recognized that the development ran, in fact, in the opposite direction, that is, from the personification of abstract concepts to concrete protecting spirits, while the ancient Persian gods were the object of Zoroaster′s fierce attack.³
ref: 1967, Walter Eichrodt, Theology of the Old Testament, page 195:
text: Each Amesha Spenta retains his or her⁵ individual nature and life which was given at their creation.[…]and it is an act he also accomplishes through the guardianship and identification that the Amesha Spentas have for and with the world.
ref: 1998, Peter Clark, Zoroastrianism: An Introduction to Ancient Faith, page 30:
text: Having created Asha,^([divine order]) Ahura Mazda was its first follower. He rules through His Divine Powers, the Amesha Spenta, the immortal Shining Ones, collectively known as the Haft Amshahspands, the Seven Amesha Spenta.
ref: 2003, Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, “8: The Notions of Divine Being in various Religions”, in Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, editor, World Religions and Islam: A Critical Study, Part 1, page 125:
topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of the six immortal beings created by Ahura Mazda plus Ahura Mazda himself, often equated to archangels, virtues, and elements of nature.
Synonyms: Ahura Mazda
Ameretat
Asha Vahishta
Haurvatat
Khshathra Vairya
Spenta Armaiti
Vohu Manah
twinling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twinlings
Etymology: From Middle English twynlynge, equivalent to twin + -ling; possibly from an Old English root *twinling, from a Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz. Cognate with Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”).
Senses: glosses: A twin.
glosses: A small or young twin, especially a twin lamb.
Synonyms: doublet
Ameretat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬁𐬙 (amər^ətāt, “not dying”).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of "not dying". As the hypostasis of immortality, Ameretat is the Amesha Spenta of long life on earth and eternal life in the hereafter.
Haurvatat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬙 (haurvatāt, “wholeness”). Doublet of Khordad.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Zoroastrian concept of “wholeness” or “perfection”. As a divinity, Haᵘrvatat is the Amesha Spenta of water, prosperity, and health.
wikipedia: Haurvatat
smthng
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Thirdly (and this is what seems so simple, yet is the most difficult) need to create a human story, smthng about which you can’t say: and then Sacha fell in love with Boria, and so forth.[…]in Benoît’s village, and finish either by their leaving (but that would be too good to be true) or by smthng that shows the friendship between Jean-Marie / Hubert (first I had thought: love scene Jean-Marie & Brigitte, then feared it would be too banal).
ref: 2008, Olivier Corpet, Garrett White, editors, Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française, Five Ties Publishing, Inc., pages 146 and 148:
text: Can I say smthng? With yr permission?[…]Ok. It’s smthng soft.
ref: 2012, Paromita Vohra, “The Romantic Customer”, in Altaf Tyrewala, editor, Mumbai Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, part I (Bomb⸝ay), pages 41–42:
text: Omg, thank you. Thank you sm. Can send smthng rn.
ref: 2019, Gemma Files, “The Puppet Motel”, in Ellen Datlow, editor, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 327:
glosses: Abbreviation of something.
onycho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: onych-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Nail: Relating to fingernails, toenails, or homologous structures such as claws or hooves.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
RCN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
coordinate_terms: word: RCAF
word: ;
english: other navies
translation: other navies
word: RAN
word: RN
word: RNZN
glosses: Initialism of Royal Canadian Navy.
examples: text: The RCN’s general secretary, Pat Cullen, has stressed that nurses do not want to strike but feel obliged to do so because, with soaring inflation, the government’s pay offer amounts to a real-terms cut in their salaries after a decade in which the value of experienced nurses’ pay has already fallen by 20%.
ref: 2022 December 15, “Tens of thousands of UK nurses go on strike in first such industrial action in NHS history”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Royal College of Nursing, a registered trade union for nursing.
dump out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dumps out
form: dumping out
form: dumped out
form: dumped out
Senses: examples: text: However, considering Canada's heroics in dumping out the Black Ferns, the Red Roses may need more next weekend.
ref: 2025 September 20, Mike Henson, “Kildunne stars as England see off France to make final”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To discard, to throw away, to toss out or eliminate.
glosses: To empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To gain control of the puck and shoot it into the neutral zone.
raw_tags: of a defensive player
RAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Royal Australian Navy
Related terms: RAAF
RN
RCN
RNZN
RAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”).
IJN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Imperial Japanese Navy, the navy of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, usually in reference to WWII.
IJN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
synonyms: HIJMS
coordinate_terms: JS
glosses: Imperial Japanese Navy ship, informal ship prefix used for a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, usually in reference to WWII.
PLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of Port of London Authority.
examples: text: Thus, despite the downfall of the conservative military leadership of Wuhan as a consequence of the center’s suppression of the Wuhan Mutiny, subsequent developments indicate an increased reliance on the institution least desirous of continued Cultural Revolution disruption—the PLA.
ref: 1971, Deborah S. Davis, “The Cultural Revolution in Wuhan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 159:
text: Suao is a strategic port designed to keep Taiwan’s access to maritime supply chains open in times of war, so Koh said it would also be priority targets of the PLA missiles.
ref: 2022 May 12, Minnie Chan, “Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 12 May 2022:
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PLAN
PLAAF
PLAGF
glosses: Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PLAN
PLAAF
PLAGF
glosses: Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PLAN
PLAAF
PLAGF
PLAN
PLAAF
glosses: Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
Clipping of PLAGF, the national army of the People's Republic of China.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, no longer extant”).
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
topics: lifestyle
video-games
glosses: Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
PLA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLAs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: PAL
glosses: Initialism of programmable logic array.
examples: 2016. Wang Y, Qu W, Choi SH. "FDA;s Regulatory Science Program for Generic PLA/PLGA-Based Drug Products", American Pharmaceutical Review, 19(4):14.
There are currently 15 FDA-approved PLA/PLGA-based drug products available on the US market (Table 1).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polylactic acid.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of power lever angle (“angle of the pilot's primary control lever”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of principle of least astonishment.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PIC
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FPGA
kanal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanals
Senses: glosses: A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre.
pickup artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickup artists
Senses: examples: text: Researching a book proposed by an editor, I allowed myself to be taken under the wings of the greatest self-proclaimed pickup artists in the world and entered an underground subculture of men dedicated—sometimes to an unhealthy extreme—to figuring out the mystery of the opposite sex.
ref: 2004 January 25, Neil Strauss, “HE AIMS! HE SHOOTS! YES!!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
synonyms: PUA
player
glosses: One who uses specialized tactics to seduce women.
PEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: polyester
PTFE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTFEs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polytetrafluoroethylene.
Derived terms: ePTFE
Related terms: english: ethylene tetrafluoroethylene
translation: ethylene tetrafluoroethylene
word: ETFE
word: Teflon
PVDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of polyvinylidene chloride.
PIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PICs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of pilot in command.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of peripheral interface controller.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of plastic-insulated conductor.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of programmable intelligent computer.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of programmable interface controller.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of programmable interrupt controller.
glosses: Initialism of person in charge.
glosses: Initialism of prison-industrial complex.
coordinate_terms: PIK
qualifier: formal debate
glosses: Initialism of plan inclusive counterplan.
Related terms: FPGA
PAL
PLA
heterophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterophytes
Etymology: From hetero- (“other, different”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that obtains its nourishment from other (living or dead) plants; includes parasites and saprophytes
Derived terms: heterophytic
heterophytous
PLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PLDs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Programmable logic device.
glosses: Initialism of personal learning device; a laptop, Chromebook, iPad, etc., used for study.
heterokontophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterokontophytes
Etymology: From heterokont + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any heterokont alga
heterokont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- (“different”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
antonyms: isokont
glosses: Having flagella of unequal length.
heterokont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterokonts
Etymology: From hetero- (“different”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the superphylum Heterokonta, most of which are algae.
Hyponyms: leptocylindracean
Derived terms: heterokontophyte