cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
italics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics.
text: [T]hey [the Catholics and Puritans] encumbered their verſion [of the Bible] with a load of uſeleſs Italics; often without the leaſt neceſſity, and almoſt always to the detriment of the text. In fact, either the words in Italics are virtually implied in the Hebrew, or they are not. In the former caſe they are a real part of the text, and ſhould be printed in the ſame character: in the latter, they are generally ill aſſorted and clumſy ekes, that may well be ſpared; and which often disfigure the narration under pretence of connecting it.
ref: 1786, Alexander Geddes, Prospectus of a New Translation of the Holy Bible from Corrected Texts of the Originals, Compared with the Ancient Versions. […], Glasgow: Printed for the author, and sold by R[obert] Faulder, […]; C. Eliot, […]; and —— Cross, […], →OCLC, page 95:
text: Writing of cyclic diagramming, he speaks of ". . . the practical state of locomotives that pass through any number of engine and maintenance crews' hands in the course of a week's common user working, receiving love from none". The italics are mine.
ref: 1959 May, G. F. Fiennes (reviewer), “New Reading on Railways: British Railways Today and Tomorrow. By G. Freeman Allen. Ian Allan. 25s.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 271:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Letters in an italic typeface.
examples: text: Margaret Long
[…] was yapping, her silly voice fraught with italics.
text: a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics
ref: 1906, W. J. Locke, The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne:
qualifier: usually plural but sometimes singular in construction
glosses: plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
Related terms: oblique type
italic
xylitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪlɪtɑl/
ipa: /-toʊl/
ipa: /ˈzaɪlɪtɒl/
Forms: form: xylitols
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).
Senses: examples: text: A note of caution to readers with pets: Xylitol is toxic to dogs and can have potentially life-threatening effects. As owners of two doggos ourselves, we encourage anyone with a dog to use extreme caution when bringing xylitol into your home.
ref: 2019, Matt Dorsey, Jenny Dorsey, Healthy Cocktails, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener.
Synonyms: E967 when used as a sweetener
crystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/
Forms: form: more crystalline
form: most crystalline
form: chrystalline
Etymology: From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
Senses: synonyms: crystal#Adjective
antonyms: noncrystalline#Adjective
amorphous
glosses: Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
examples: text: There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.
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 iii:
glosses: Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.
examples: text: not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).
ref: 2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Pure.
Derived terms: anticrystalline
cryptocrystalline
crystalline arthritis
crystalline humor
crystalline humour
crystalline lens
crystallinely
crystallineness
crystallinity
extracrystalline
heterocrystalline
holocrystalline
hypercrystalline
hypocrystalline
intercrystalline
intracrystalline
isocrystalline
macrocrystalline
magnetocrystalline
mesocrystalline
microcrystalline
monocrystalline
multicrystalline
nanocrystalline
neurocrystalline
noncrystalline
oligocrystalline
paracrystalline
pericrystalline
phanerocrystalline
polycrystalline
procrystalline
pseudocrystalline
quasicrystalline
semicrystalline
spherocrystalline
subcrystalline
uncrystalline
crystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/
Forms: form: crystallines
form: chrystalline
Etymology: From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Any crystalline substance.
glosses: Aniline.
isomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From isomer + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Being an isomer.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting isomerism.
Derived terms: alloisomeric
anisomeric
atropoisomeric
chromoisomeric
isomerically
pseudoisomeric
stereoisomeric
ontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ontic
form: most ontic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Ontological.
examples: text: My descriptions are ontical—addressing the world we inhabit, the what and where and how and why of objects therein; my questions are not ontological in the sense of struggling (vainly) to answer the question of the being of things tout court.
ref: 2015, Bill Brown, Other Things, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological).
Derived terms: ontically
onticity
Related terms: ontological
ontologist
ontology
vermian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vermi- + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to worms.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the vermis.
going to
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡoʊɪŋ tu/
ipa: /ɡoʊɪŋ tə/
ipa: /ɡoʊɪn tə/
ipa: /ɡoʊɪnə/
ipa: /ɡoʊnə/
ipa: /ɡənə/
Forms: form: gonna
form: gunna
form: gonno
Etymology: From Middle English goyng to, first attested in 1483—some earlier attestations have been claimed, though these are disputed—and grammaticalized over the course of the Early Modern period. Possibly influenced by the comparable use of Middle French aller (“go”), which arose somewhat earlier and is preserved in modern French.
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it.
text: I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining.
text: Mary is going to have another baby. I'll most probably have blue eyes, because both parents do.
text: I’ve already agreed on a price, so I’m going to buy it regardless.
text: I’ve been going to stop by for ages, but I’ve only just found time.
text: I sav’d my Son Æneas from his hand, / My dearest Son, whom he was going to slay.
ref: 1676, Thomas Hobbes, transl., Homer’s Iliads in English […], book 5, page 69:
text: “Sh—! Don’t speak—he’s going to commence.”
ref: 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 383:
glosses: Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.
examples: text: It's too late, I must be going to my grandma's.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, going, to.
Related terms: word: to
guilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪlt/
homophone: gilt
rhymes: -ɪlt
Forms: form: guilts
Etymology: From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin, but possibly related with Old English ġieldan (“to pay, requite, punish”), whence yield. More specifically it could be connected with Proto-West Germanic *guldijā, whence Middle Low German gülde, Middle High German gülte (“debt, fee, financial duty”). However, neither the Old English stem form nor the -t (instead of -d) fit the continental form.
Senses: antonyms: innocence
glosses: Responsibility for wrongdoing.
topics: law
antonyms: innocence
glosses: The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
examples: text: Appropriate guilt is experienced when we actually do something objectively wrong—for example, exploit another, betray a trust, and so on. […] Inappropriate guilt occurs from believing a lie and is resolved by an application of the truth.
ref: 2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, page 158:
synonyms: remorse
glosses: Regret for having done wrong.
Derived terms: beguilt
bloodguilt
ecoguilt
forguilt
guilt complex
guilter
guiltfree
guilt lane
guiltless
guiltlessness
guiltlike
guilt offering
guiltridden
guilt-ridden
guilt-sick
guilt-trip
guilt trip
guilt-trippy
guiltware
guilty
liberal guilt
magician's guilt
misguilt
nonguilt
self-guilt
survivor guilt
unguilt
white guilt
Related terms: regret
guilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪlt/
homophone: gilt
rhymes: -ɪlt
Forms: form: guilts
form: guilting
form: guilted
form: guilted
Etymology: From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).
Senses: glosses: To commit offenses; act criminally.
guilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪlt/
homophone: gilt
rhymes: -ɪlt
Forms: form: guilts
form: guilting
form: guilted
form: guilted
Etymology: From Etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
text: Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
ref: 1988, John Bradshaw, Healing the shame that binds you:
text: We don't have to be manipulated, guilted, coerced, or forced into anything.
ref: 1992, Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself:
text: But I won't be threatened or bribed or guilted into giving up something that's important to me.
ref: 1995, Nora Roberts, True Betrayals:
glosses: To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
guilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪlt/
homophone: gilt
rhymes: -ɪlt
Senses: examples: text: Two silver monteths, two large fflaggons, two large tankards, two silver salvers, a voyder and a knyfe, two silver salts, two guilt bolls of the like size, one other boll, three silver bolls, in all 24 pieces guilt and unguilt.
ref: 1696, The Connoisseur, volume 5, published 1903, page 204:
glosses: Obsolete form of gilt (“gilded”)
mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/
ipa: [ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zm̩]
ipa: /ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
ipa: [ˈmek.əˌnɪ.zm̩]
note: Indic
ipa: /mɛˈkʰænɪzm̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmɛkʰənɪzm̩/
Forms: form: mechanisms
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).
Senses: qualifier: within a machine or machinery
glosses: Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
examples: text: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
ref: 2012 March 24, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
glosses: Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
examples: text: A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.
ref: 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:
text: Outside the boundaries of the PTEs [Passenger Transport Executives], there was little mechanism to re-open routes, and despite a growing realisation that the lack of transport connectivity was a big contributor towards social deprivation and poor economic performance, there was little government policy recognition.
ref: 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:
glosses: A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
glosses: A mental, physical, or chemical process.
glosses: Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Derived terms: Anderson-Higgs mechanism
antimechanism
automechanism
biomechanism
Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
control mechanism
coping mechanism
defense mechanism
defence mechanism
flintlock mechanism
Geneva mechanism
Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanism
GZK mechanism
Higgs mechanism
immunomechanism
mechanismic
mechanism of death
mechanist
mechanistic
micromechanism
nanomechanism
neuromechanism
pathomechanism
Penrose mechanism
pyromechanism
reaction mechanism
servomechanism
servo-mechanism
submechanism
telemechanism
Related terms: machine
granda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandas
Senses: examples: text: My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.
ref: 2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:
glosses: grandfather
fino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finos
Etymology: From Spanish fino (“fine”). Doublet of fine.
Senses: glosses: The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.
volar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Latin vola.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
Synonyms: palmoplantar
Hyponyms: palmar
plantar
X-ray crystallography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A technique in which the patterns formed by the diffraction of X-rays on passing through a crystalline substance yield information on the lattice structure of the crystal, and the molecular structure of the substance.
crystallography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɒɡɹəfi/
ipa: /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɑɡɹəfi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From crystal + -ography.
Senses: glosses: The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids.
glosses: The study of crystals.
Derived terms: biocrystallography
cocrystallography
cryocrystallography
crystallographer
crystallographic
crystallographical
microcrystallography
nanocrystallography
X-ray crystallography
respray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rēsprā'
ipa: /ɹiːˈspɹeɪ/
enpr: rē'sprā
ipa: /ˈɹiːspɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: resprays
form: respraying
form: resprayed
form: resprayed
Etymology: From re- + spray.
Senses: examples: text: My car's got a big scratch down one side — I'll have to get it resprayed.
text: If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE.
“It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad.
“Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”
“Yes, guv’nor.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To spray again.
respray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rēsprā'
ipa: /ɹiːˈspɹeɪ/
enpr: rē'sprā
ipa: /ˈɹiːspɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: resprays
Etymology: From re- + spray.
Senses: examples: text: I bought a second-hand car but I don't like the colour, so I'm taking it in for a respray.
glosses: An act of respraying.
diffraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɹækʃən/
Forms: form: diffractions
Etymology: From New Latin diffrāctiō (in which coined by Francesco Maria Grimaldi), from Latin diffrāctus, past participle of Latin diffringo (“to shatter, to break into pieces”). Coined in Physico-mathesis de lumine (1665) by Francesco Maria Grimaldi.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The bending of a wave around an obstacle.
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e.g. a slit), followed by reconstruction of the wave by interference.
Derived terms: diffraction grating
diffractionist
diffractionless
diffraction limit
diffraction pattern
microdiffraction
neutron diffraction
subdiffraction
transmission electron diffraction
X-ray diffraction
X-ray photograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-ray photographs
Senses: glosses: radiograph
radiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiographs
Etymology: From radio- + -graph.
Senses: synonyms: radiogram
shadowgraph
glosses: An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph.
glosses: An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
Derived terms: teleradiograph
radiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radiographs
form: radiographing
form: radiographed
form: radiographed
Etymology: From radio- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: To produce a radiograph image.
radiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From radio- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, a number of new possibilities would be opened up to diagraphy – e.g., radiography of movements, kinematographic radiography, and radiography of those in a state of convulsion.
ref: 1910, Frederick Dessauer, “A New Method of Instantatneous Radiography”, in Archives of the Roentgen Ray, volume 14, page 258:
synonyms: roentgenography
x-raying
hypernyms: imaging#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: fluoroscopy
english: other imaging types
translation: other imaging types
word: CT
word: computed tomography
word: MRI
glosses: The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them.
Derived terms: cineradiography
contrast radiography
fluororadiography
historadiography
microradiography
neuroradiography
photoradiography
plain radiography
stereoradiography
teleradiography
videoradiography
xeroradiography
Related terms: word: radiographer
word: radiographic
word: radiographically
word: radiographics
word: radiographist
english: not to be confused; involves all imaging
translation: not to be confused; involves all imaging
word: radiology
X-ray spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-ray spectroscopies
Senses: synonyms: X-ray spectrometry
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: The use of an X-ray spectrometer for chemical analysis.
X-ray spectrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-ray spectrometers
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A device for analyzing the chemical composition of substances using the characteristic spectral lines produced by their interaction with X-rays.
disacknowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disacknowledges
form: disacknowledging
form: disacknowledged
form: disacknowledged
Etymology: From dis- + acknowledge.
Senses: glosses: To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
Derived terms: disacknowledgement
spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕk-trŏs′kə-pē
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.piː/
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɑs.kə.pi/
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.pi/
ipa: /spekˈtɹɔs.kə.piː/
ipa: /spekˈtɹɔs.kə.piː/
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɔs.kə.pi/
ipa: /spekˈʈɾɒs.ko.piː/
rhymes: -ɒskəpiː
Forms: form: spectroscopies
Etymology: From spectro- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The scientific study of spectra.
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: The use of spectrometers in chemical analysis.
Derived terms: absorption spectroscopy
amplitude spectroscopy
atomic absorption spectroscopy
atomic emission spectroscopy
Auger electron spectroscopy
fluorescence spectroscopy
infrared spectroscopy
microwave spectroscopy
Mössbauer spectroscopy
NMR spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
spectroscopic
spectroscopist
X-ray spectroscopy
Related terms: spectrometry
spectroscope
spectrology
X-ray therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-ray therapies
Senses: glosses: The therapeutic use of controlled doses of X-rays.
-athon
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -a-thon
form: -thon
Etymology: Rebracketing of marathon.
Senses: glosses: A greatly extended period of any activity, usually for the purpose of fundraising.
-thon
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -athon.
Derived terms: telethon
trottoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒtˈwɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /tɹɒtˈwɔː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: trottoirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French trottoir.
Senses: examples: text: Head-less bodies were trailed along the trottoirs.
ref: 1869, William Maxwell Blackburn, Admiral Coligny, and the Rise of the Huguenots:
synonyms: word: sidewalk
english: American English
translation: American English
word: pavement
word: footpath
glosses: A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
haka
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːkə/
ipa: /ˈhæ-/
ipa: /ˈhɑkə/
ipa: /ˈhæ-/
ipa: /ˈhaka/
ipa: /ˈhaːka/
rhymes: -ɑːkə
rhymes: -ækə
homophone: Hakka stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: hakas
form: hakaing
form: hakaed
form: hakaed
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori haka, from Proto-Polynesian *saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. The word is cognate with Hawaiian haʻa (“dance”), Mangarevan ʻaka (“to perform a traditional dance; a usually warlike dance accompanied by a chant”), Rarotongan ʻaka (“dance”), Samoan saʻa (“dance”), Tokelauan haka (“dance”), Tongan haka (“hand action made while singing”).
Senses: examples: text: [T]hey hoisted him up to the ridge pole and lighted the fire; they began to haka, when they were tired of that they sang songs, […]
ref: 1870, Richard Taylor, “Traditions and Legends. (Continued.) [The Story of Tama te Kapua, and His Brother Wakaturia.]”, in Te Ika a Maui; or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants. Illustrating the Origin, Manners, Customs, Mythology, Religion, Rites, Songs, Proverbs, Fables, and Language of the Maori and Polynesian Races in General; together with the Geology, Natural History, Productions, and Climate of the Country, 2nd edition, London: William Macintosh, 24, Paternoster Row; Wanganui, New Zealand: H. Ireson Jones, →OCLC, page 274:
text: [page 213] The haka is one of the Maori's most honourable games that can be performed to entertain strangers; and when such is played it is a sign of a people of chiefs and days of peace. The people played this game to her that Te-kahu-rere-moa might haka and entertain them, that they might see how beautifully she could haka. […] [page 214] She hakaed for some time, and all the people were quite in love with her.
ref: 1888, John White, “Hotu-nui. (Nga-ti-maru.)”, in The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions. Tai-Nui, volume IV, Wellington: By authority; George Didsbury, government printer, →OCLC, pages 213–214:
text: We captured the trenches midst our hakas and cheering. The other party did well, we could hear them on the opposite hill cheering, and hakaing as they went along.
ref: 2011, Glyn Harper, editor, Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home, Auckland: Auckland University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: To perform the haka.
silent number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent numbers
Senses: glosses: A telephone number not listed in the directory.
Synonyms: unlisted number
ex-directory number
killer cancel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: killer cancels
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A cancellation mark that is so heavy that it defaces the postage stamp to which it is applied, devaluing it from a collector's point of view.
se-tenant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: se-tenants
Etymology: From French se tenant (“holding each other”), present participle of se tenir (“to hold each other”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A set of postage stamps with differing values, colours, etc, but printed on the same sheet.
Colin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒlɪn/
ipa: /ˈkəʊlɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɑlɪn/
ipa: /ˈkoʊlɪn/
rhymes: -ɒlɪn
Forms: form: Colins
form: Collen
form: Collin
Etymology: Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas. It has also been used to anglicize Irish Coileán and Scottish Gaelic Cailean.
Senses: examples: text: That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin Clout (who knowes not Colin Clout?)
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:
text: "My parents," Powell wrote, "were British subjects, and they named me Colin (KAH-lin). Being British, they knew very well how the name was supposed to be pronounced. But when I was a young boy, there was a famous American World War II hero whose name became very popular in the streets of New York City. He was Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr. He was called KOH-lin. My friends in the streets of the South Bronx, who heard Captain Kelly's name pronounced in the radio and by their parents and other adults, began to refer to me by the same pronunciation.
ref: 1992, Howard B. Means, Colin Powell, Donald J. Fine, published 1992, →ISBN, page 49:
text: “After reaching 40, many people experience noticeable changes in their hair due to a combination of aging, hormonal shifts and lifestyle factors,” says Colin Ford, professional hairstylist and director of education at Sachajuan.
ref: 2025 February 16, Sophie Shaw, “5 tips for healthy hair in your 40s and beyond, from professional hairstylists”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.
Related terms: word: Collins
word: Collinson
word: Collis
word: Collison
nutrient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
ipa: /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/
Forms: form: nutrients
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).
Senses: examples: text: Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.
ref: 2012 August 24, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, page 20:
glosses: A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
Synonyms: nutriment
Derived terms: antinutrient
conutrient
essential nutrient
glyconutrient
immunonutrient
macronutrient
micronutrient
multinutrient
neuronutrient
nonnutrient
nutraceutical
nutrient neutrality
nutritarian
oligonutrient
pharmaconutrient
phytonutrient
supernutrient
nutrient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
ipa: /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/
Forms: form: more nutrient
form: most nutrient
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).
Senses: glosses: Providing nourishment.
Related terms: nourish
nourishment
nurse
nursery
nutriment
nutrition
nutritional
nutritious
nutritive
nutriment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/
Forms: form: nutriments
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English nutriment, from Latin nūtrīmentum.
Senses: glosses: A source of nourishment; food.
glosses: Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.
Derived terms: nutrimental
nourishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/
ipa: /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/
ipa: /ˈnʊɹɪʃmənt/
Forms: form: nourishments
Etymology: From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
examples: text: Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers.
ref: 2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2021:
glosses: Something that nourishes; food.
Synonyms: sustenance
Derived terms: beach nourishment
overnourishment
renourishment
undernourishment
nourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nourish
nourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nourishing
form: most nourishing
Senses: examples: text: The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”
ref: 2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNN:
glosses: That provides nourishment; nutritious.
Derived terms: nourishingly
nourishingness
unnourishing
waddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒd.əl/
ipa: /ˈwɑd.əl/
ipa: [ˈwɑɾ.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒdəl
rhymes: -ædəl
Forms: form: waddles
Etymology: From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”).
First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)
Senses: examples: text: the waddle of a duck
glosses: A squat, swaying gait.
waddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒd.əl/
ipa: /ˈwɑd.əl/
ipa: [ˈwɑɾ.ɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɒdəl
rhymes: -ædəl
Forms: form: waddles
form: waddling
form: waddled
form: waddled
Etymology: From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”).
First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)
Senses: examples: text: The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:
glosses: To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
examples: text: Now, on the bright side, things weren't all bad; they had commendably-thick belt armor, which was 12 inches thickness, and they had a very large number of subdivided watertight compartments, which would make them very durable. Due to their being quite fat, they could also turn very quickly, even if they were waddling along by the end of the turn.
ref: 2018 December 19, Drachinifel, 4:55 from the start, in SMS Nassau - Guide 007 (Human Voice), archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:
glosses: To move slowly.
waft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wŏft
ipa: /wɑft/
ipa: /wɒft/
ipa: /wɔft/
ipa: /wɑːft/
ipa: /wæft/
rhymes: -ɒft
Forms: form: wafts
form: wheft
Etymology: From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) + -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”).
See also German wabern (“to waft”), Faroese veiftra (“to wave”) and Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”).
Senses: examples: text: It lay before him white and ghaistly, with mist blowing in wafts across it and a slow swaying of the tides.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: A light breeze.
examples: text: Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.
ref: 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen, →ISBN:
text: Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: "Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolt's mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found.[…]"
ref: 2010 September, “The SLM Calendar”, in St. Louis Magazine, volume 16, number 9, St. Louis, Mo.: Hartmann Pub. Co., →ISSN, page 170:
glosses: Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.
gently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛntli/
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ɾ̃li]
ipa: [ˈd͡ʒɛnli]
Forms: form: gentlier
form: more gently
form: gentliest
form: most gently
form: gentilly
form: gentlely
Etymology: From Middle English gentilly, gentlych, gentilliche, equivalent to gentle + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.
Senses: examples: text: First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
ref: 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: In a manner characterized by gentleness
Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
examples: text: From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
ref: 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
glosses: In a manner characterized by gentleness
In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.
examples: text: I look at the world, and I notice it's turning / While my guitar gently weeps / With every mistake, we must surely be learning / Still my guitar gently weeps
ref: 1968, George Harrison, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, performed by The Beatles:
glosses: In a manner characterized by gentleness
Quietly: without much noise or motion.
examples: text: gently born
glosses: From a gentle or high-class family.
glosses: In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.
Derived terms: fuck me gently with a chainsaw
let someone down gently
waggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɡəl/
rhymes: -æɡəl
homophone: waggel
Forms: form: waggles
form: waggling
form: waggled
form: waggled
Etymology: From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag + -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.
Senses: examples: text: The Mole waggled his toes from sheer happiness, spread his chest with a sigh of full contentment, and leaned back blissfully into the soft cushions.
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
text: Oscar turned to someone who wasn't there and waggled his head. "Hoo, boy," he said.
ref: 1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 56:
glosses: To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
glosses: To quickly raise and lower in rapid succession, usually as an implication of slyness, smugness, or suggestiveness.
raw_tags: of the eyebrows
examples: text: I know you by the waggling of your head.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: Why do you go Nodding and Waggling so like a Fool, as if you were Hipshot? says the Goose to her Gosselin.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
text: The tassel on the end of his pigtail waggled all down the path and, as he turned out of the gate, it gave a special little flip.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small:
glosses: To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle.
Derived terms: joystick waggler
waggle dance
waggler
waggly
woggle
waggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɡəl/
rhymes: -æɡəl
homophone: waggel
Forms: form: waggles
Etymology: From Middle English wagelen (attested in wagelyng), possibly a borrowing of Middle Low German wagelen; equivalent to wag + -le (“(frequentative)”). Compare continental equivalents Middle High German wacken ( > Danish vakle, German wackeln), Swedish vagla, West Frisian waggelje, Low German wackeln, Dutch waggelen.
Senses: glosses: An instance of waggling.
examples: text: Give the cable a waggle to let it come out quicker.
glosses: A wobbling motion.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The preliminary swinging of the club head back and forth over the ball in the line of the proposed stroke.
wage earner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage earners
form: wage-earner
Senses: glosses: Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.
Synonyms: breadwinner
wage slave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage slaves
Senses: examples: text: The catch is that you have to be invested in order to gnaw on it. The superwealthy will do fine buying and selling things. But many wage slaves just don't have the cash.
ref: 1997 August 4, Daniel Kadlec, “The Tax Bill: Money In Motion”, in CNN:
text: Yankovic stars as George Newman, a daydreaming wage slave whose overactive imagination keeps standing between him and a steady paycheck.
ref: 2012 June 14, Scott Tobias, “Weird Al's UHF is uneven, but that just made it ahead of its time”, in The A.V. Club:
glosses: Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.
glosses: Someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.
Synonyms: word: slave to the wage
alt: 4chan
word: wagecuck
word: wagie
Related terms: english: verbal form
translation: verbal form
word: wage-slave
word: wage slavery
word: slave wage
variorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɛːɹɪˈɔːɹəm/
Forms: form: variorums
form: variora
Etymology: From Latin variōrum, genitive plural masculine of varius (“various”), in the phrase editio cum notis variorum (“edition with various notes”).
Senses: examples: text: Johnson set out to produce a variorum, compiling and summarising the history of Shakespearean emendation and annotation
ref: 2007, Michael Dobson, “For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen”, in London Review of Books, volume 29, number 9, page 5:
text: The walls of the narrow hallway are covered with paintings, including several by William Burroughs, made during Burroughs's London phase, when Miles took on archival duties and compiled a bibliography of his work; he has also edited a variorum edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
ref: 2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators.
chick flick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chick flicks
form: chick-flick
form: chick's flick
Etymology: From chick (“young woman”) + flick (“movie”), chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: She went with a couple friends to see a chick flick about some girl dating an astronaut.
text: I was on a flight from New York to Seattle when a long delay on the tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said, “I don’t watch chick flicks!”
ref: 2017 March 2, Gloria Steinem, “Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: chick film
coordinate_terms: chick lit
glosses: A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.
examples: text: Films like Russ Meyers’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ (1970) and ‘Twilight People’ (1972) […] Corman’s ‘Black Mama, White Mama’ (1972), another chick-flick set in a slammer in the Philippines.
ref: 1988, The Bergen County Record:
glosses: A sexually exploitative or pornographic film depicting women, intended for straight men.
glosses: Any film depicting young women or teenage girls as the main characters.
Derived terms: chick flickish
Related terms: date movie
tear jerker
skin flick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin flicks
Senses: examples: text: Trading is scheduled to begin next month in the shares of another purveyor of erotica, Olympia Press; its latest skin flick, "Barbara," cost $32,000 to make, grossed $11,700 in its second week in Manhattan and is scheduled for national distribution.
ref: 1970 November 16, “The Rich Pornocopia”, in Time:
glosses: A pornographic film.
Related terms: word: skin-flick
word: fuck book
full monty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full monties
Etymology: Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping.
Senses: examples: text: I thought he was only going to buy the basic kit, but he bought the full monty.
synonyms: word: all the marbles
word: bag and baggage
word: everytang
word: everything but the galley stove
word: everything but the kitchen sink
word: everything under the sun
word: full monty
word: hook
word: line and sinker
word: kit and caboodle
word: lock
word: stock and barrel
word: the whole bang shoot
word: the whole nine yards
word: the works
word: whole ball of wax
word: whole hog
word: whole enchilada
word: whole kit and caboodle
word: whole package
word: whole shebang
word: whole shitting match
word: whole shooting match
word: whole smash
glosses: Everything; the whole package.
examples: text: It is just as well the letter was tightly sealed, because there were photographs in it showing me and others in Full Monty. That is to say we were all buck naked.
ref: 2002, Gene Amole, The Last Chapter: Gene Amole on Dying, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: Nudity.
full monty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Unknown. First appeared in print in 1980s, but probably existed before that. The most common theory for its origin is that a purchase (especially that of a full three-piece suit) from Montague Maurice Burton (1885–1952), founder of Burton Menswear, was known as a "full Monty". According to the OED, this etymology is "perhaps the most plausible". The nudity definition comes via the movie The Full Monty, in which it is used as a euphemism for removing all one's clothes when stripping.
Senses: examples: text: Becoming male strippers and appearing full monty provides the connection.
ref: 2008, George McClendon, Heaven's Call to Earthy Spirituality, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 63:
text: Her breasts were always a surprise to men the first time she went full monty. Because she was so tall and slim and athletic, they probably expected pancakes.
ref: 2009, Sandra Hill, Viking Heat, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: “And she went full monty on film and everything has gone pear shaped for her.”
ref: 2012, Eric Jerome Dickey, An Accidental Affair, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Nude.
perforated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pierced with holes.
glosses: Pierced with holes.
Having a series of holes enabling easy tearing along a straight line.
Derived terms: imperforated
microperforated
misperforated
multiperforated
nanoperforated
nonperforated
unperforated
perforated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perforate
washing machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washing machines
form: washing-machine
Senses: examples: text: She put all the dirty clothes in the washing machine.
glosses: A machine, usually automatic, that washes clothes, etc.
Synonyms: washer
waistline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: waistlines
Etymology: From waist + line.
Senses: glosses: a line around the body at the waist; its measurement
glosses: the narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer
glosses: person having a large waistline
examples: text: [...] with the adoption of a curved bodyside profile Bulleid considerably raised the height of the waistline and at the shoulder height of seated passengers, just where the extra space was most needed.
ref: 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The horizontal line just below the windows of a car or other vehicle.
Synonyms: sense: a line around the body at the waist
word: girth
Hyponyms: empire waist
Coordinate terms: bustline