cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
saddlecloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddlecloths
Etymology: From saddle + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A blanket placed under a saddle, a saddle blanket.
glosses: A cloth displaying a racehorse's number.
Related terms: saddle pad
shabrack
saddle blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddle blankets
Senses: synonyms: numnah
sudadero
glosses: a blanket that is placed under a saddle as a cushion and to protect the horse's back.
Related terms: saddlecloth
saddle pad
saddle pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddle pads
Senses: glosses: A pad placed under a saddle on a horse, like a saddle blanket but thicker.
benzenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From benzene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having an electronic structure analogous to that of benzene; Containing at least one benzene ring
benzenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzenoids
Etymology: From benzene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound of this kind.
calomel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calomels
Etymology: From French calomel.
Senses: examples: text: What a pity there is not some mental calomel! for Mr. Lushington's equanimity was in a bilious fever with Edward Lorraine's appearance of luxurious enjoyment.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 190:
text: “Where am I?” said the little spectre, in a pathetic voice. “And why was I born in the Calomel days, and why did I have all that Calomel given me?”
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
text: He is remembered for his free use of calomel and the lancet. Mrs. Jane Merrill Ketcham, one of his patients in her childhood, says “it is no exaggeration to say that his pills were as large as cherries; twenty grains of calomel was a common dose and antimony until one was sure he was poisoned.”
ref: 1919, Laura Fletcher Hodges, Early Indianapolis, page 23:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
Derived terms: calomel electrode
calomel electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calomel electrodes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A reference electrode or half-cell consisting of mercury, mercurous chloride and potassium chloride; used in pH meters and voltmeters.
deionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deionizations
form: deionisation
Etymology: From deionize + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The use of ion exchange to remove ionic substances from a solution
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The return of an ionized gas to its neutral state
Derived terms: electrodeionization
deliquescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deliquescences
Senses: glosses: The condition of being deliquescent.
examples: text: “The rococo is the final deliquescence of the baroque,” he said, as if he really couldn’t be plainer.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: The action or process of deliquescing.
half-cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-cells
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of half cell.
half cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half cells
form: half-cell
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Either of the two parts of an electrochemical cell containing an electrode and an electrolyte.
half-equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-equations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two equations that describe each half of a redox reaction
nonspontaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spontaneous.
Senses: glosses: Not spontaneous.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Requiring the input of external energy.
raw_tags: of a reaction
triboluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tribo- + luminescence.
Senses: glosses: The production of light by friction.
Related terms: triboluminescent
piezoluminescence
wedge-and-dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedge and dash
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of representing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule in which simple lines represent bonds in the plane of the image, wedge-shaped lines represent bonds towards the viewer, and dashed lines represent bonds away from the viewer.
xenologous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xenologue + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: homologous due to horizontal gene flow
dude ranches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dude ranch
vb.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vb (verb)
APCO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International.
keep track
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps track
form: keeping track
form: kept track
form: kept track
Senses: examples: text: Please sign in, so that we can keep track of who is here.
text: Dalatrass: No good can come from curing the genophage.
Shepard: The krogan have paid for their mistakes. The genophage has gone on long enough.
Wrex: One thousand, four hundred and seventy-six years, if you're keeping track.
Datatrass: It was a thousand years of peace free from these... brutes.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
glosses: To monitor; to track or record; to understand or follow.
Related terms: keep tabs on
haor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːɒɹ/
Forms: form: haors
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali হাওর (haōr)/Transliteration of Sylheti ꠀꠅꠞ (aor).
Senses: glosses: A marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, physically a bowl- or saucer-shaped depression that looks like inland seas during the monsoon floods.
dark-lantern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark-lanterns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dark lantern.
leaner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lean + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lean: more lean
leaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaners
Etymology: From lean + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who leans, or inclines toward something.
glosses: A vertical sign, usually leaned on a porch and made from repurposed wood.
leanest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: lean + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lean: most lean
leanest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lean + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of lean
lenticular cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenticular clouds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A high-altitude cloud that is shaped like a lens.
Synonyms: lenticularis
lenticular galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenticular galaxies
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat galactic disc, but which has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.
Synonyms: S0
SA0
Derived terms: barred lenticular galaxy
Related terms: elliptical galaxy
spiral galaxy
barred spiral galaxy
irregular galaxy
leopard gecko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard geckos
form: leopard geckoes
Etymology: From leopard + gecko. The markings on this gecko's body resemble those of a leopard.
Senses: glosses: A nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
hypnogogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
hypnopompic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypno- (“sleep”) + Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending away”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the state of consciousness before becoming completely awake.
New Stone Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Holonyms: Stone Age < prehistory
related: word: Old Stone Age
word: Paleolithic#Proper noun
glosses: The Neolithic period.
get a rise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a rise
form: getting a rise
form: got a rise
form: got a rise
form: gotten a rise
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get a rise out of.
quant pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quant poles
Senses: glosses: A long pole for propelling a punt or barge.
Synonyms: barge pole
quant
eye bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye bolts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eyebolt.
tart up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tarts up
form: tarting up
form: tarted up
form: tarted up
Senses: synonyms: hussy up
hussy it up
slut up
slut it up
glosses: To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.
synonyms: jazz up
glosses: To dress garishly.
examples: text: They tarted up their business plan.
synonyms: zhoosh
zhoosh up
glosses: To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell.
tarted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tart
tarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tart
oil lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil lamps
Senses: examples: text: Meronym: lampwick
text: The West Clare Railway is, I suppose, one of the most primitive in the whole C.I.E. system, for its coaches date entirely from 1887 to 1890, and are still lit with oil lamps.
ref: 1948 March and April, “Notes and News: Narrow-Gauge in Western Eire”, in Railway Magazine, page 129:
glosses: A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
CRES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) SS, stainless, stainless steel
glosses: Initialism of corrosion-resistant steel.
change horses in midstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes horses in midstream
form: changing horses in midstream
form: changed horses in midstream
form: changed horses in midstream
form: swap horses in midstream
form: change horses in mid-stream
Etymology: Popularized by Abraham Lincoln.
Senses: examples: text: A change in the weather is known to be extreme / But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream?
ref: 1975, Bob Dylan, “You're a Big Girl Now”, in Blood on the Tracks:
glosses: To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.
wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
suburbicarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˌbɜː.bəˈkɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsʌbɜː.bəˈ-/
ipa: /səˌbɝ.bəˈkɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsʌbɝ.bəˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
synonyms: suburbicary
glosses: Describing any of the six dioceses surrounding Rome, which are always headed by Cardinals of the highest rank.
Related terms: suffragan
abortogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɔɹ.təˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/
Forms: form: more abortogenic
form: most abortogenic
Etymology: From abort + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Causing abortion; abortifacient.
abortogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɔɹ.təˌd͡ʒɛ.nɪk/
Forms: form: abortogenics
Etymology: From abort + -genic.
Senses: glosses: A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
Synonyms: abortifacient
snow squall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow squalls
Etymology: From snow + squall.
Senses: glosses: A sudden, localized blizzard or severe snowstorm.
nook and cranny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nooks and crannies
Senses: examples: text: Everyone helped out to clean every nook and cranny of the house.
text: Cleaning this equipment really isn't hard except that getting into all the nooks and crannies is time-consuming.
text: Det er underligt at komme hjemme fra sin egen Krinkelkrog, gaae med Skib, der ogsaa er en Slags Krinkelkrog, og saa pludselig være over hundrede Mile borte og staae i et fremmedt Land.
ref: 1966 [1858], Hans Christian Andersen, “Soup from a Sausage Peg”, in Pat Shaw Iversen, transl., The Snow Queen and Other Tales (Signet Classic; CT334), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, translation of Suppe paa en Pølsepind (in Danish), →OCLC, page 224:
text: Ever since the post-war spread of the motor car, the railways have had to contend with tough competition, but have had an inherent advantage in the commuter and inter-city markets. Now they are about to face two new enemies - a technology that everyone has learnt to use and a virus that many people think lurks in every nook and cranny of the rail system.
ref: 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:
glosses: A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.
raw_tags: with "any" or "every"
Synonyms: english: negative sentences
translation: negative sentences
word: nook or cranny
Derived terms: every nook and cranny
every old nook and cranny
ridgewalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ridge + walking.
Senses: glosses: The practice of scouring the countryside, normally on foot, in areas with cave potential. The objective is to locate new and previously undiscovered openings to the underground.
do exactly what it says on the tin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does exactly what it says on the tin
form: doing exactly what it says on the tin
form: did exactly what it said on the tin
form: done exactly what it said on the tin
Etymology: Based on the slogan from a series of UK television commercials for Ronseal (sealant products), beginning in the 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: [The Erotic Art Museum] does exactly what it says on the tin: presents erotic art […]
ref: 2004, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Germany, Lonely Planet,, →ISBN, page 689:
text: “That update is doing exactly what it says on the tin,” Jack started, demonstrating the date of birth restriction. It only returned the day and month now, holding back the year, causing some of Jack's regression tests to fail.
ref: 2013, Stephen J. Sweeney, Firmware, volume 1:
text: "Until we get a train that performs to specification, it's difficult to put a timeline on it. The train does not do what it says on the tin.
ref: 2022 January 26, Paul Clifton, “Network News: ... and Arterio woes could mean more cascades”, in RAIL, number 949, page 10:
text: The solutions to this crisis are clear. We must keep fossil fuels in the ground and deliver a clean, green and affordable energy system. We need publicly owned utilities to do what they say on the tin, rather than simply siphon off obscene profits to shareholders.
ref: 2022 August 12, Caroline Lucas, “As drought blights the UK, our politicians have their heads buried in the sand”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To do what is described or what one would expect, with no further explanation needed.
Related terms: dead dove
stabat mater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stabat maters
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stabat mater (“the mother was standing”) (the first words of the hymn).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A hymn, sung in Latin, telling of the sorrow of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; the music for this hymn.
topics: art
arts
glosses: An artwork depicting the Virgin Mary under the cross during the crucifixion of Christ alongside John the apostle.
mudsill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudsills
form: mud sill
form: mud-sill
Etymology: "1685, 'lowest sill of a house,' from mud + sill. The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, March 4, 1858, in U.S. Senate, alluding to the very mudsills of society, and the term subsequently was embraced by Northern workers in the pre-Civil War sectional rivalry." (OED, 2007)
Senses: glosses: The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
examples: text: The Pre-Historic Era was the mudsill of human development.
glosses: A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)
examples: text: 1861, Theodore Winthrop, Washington as a Camp, The Following Is the Oath
We were now miserable mercenaries, serving for low pay and rough rations. Read the Southern papers and you will see us described. “Mudsills,” — that, I believe, is the technical word.
text: General Lee throw down his sword and surrender his invincible Southern legions to that poor little Northern mud-sill, a late tanner from Illinois!
ref: 1868, Carl Schurz, The Road to Peace — a Solid, Durable Peace:
text: Though the mudsill of the labor world, he whistles as he hoes, and no dark broodings or whispered conspirings mar the cheerful acceptance of the load he bears.
ref: 1903, Hightower Theodore Kealing, The Characteristics of the Negro People:
glosses: A person of low status or humble provenance.
nopal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /noʊˈpɑl/
ipa: /ˈnəʊpəl/
Forms: form: nopals
form: nopal
Etymology: From Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.
Senses: examples: text: Nopal is a prickly pear native to arid areas of North and South America.[…]Nopal is high in fiber, vitamins, protein, and mucilage.
ref: 2010, Vincent Morelli, Roger Zoorob, Integrative Medicine in Primary Care, Part II, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 245:
glosses: A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.
Synonyms: sense: cactus of genus Opuntia
word: prickly pear
sense: edible pads of the cactus
word: nopales
nopales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/
Etymology: From Spanish nopales, plural of nopal.
Senses: examples: text: After a day and a half's journey, El Espinero led Frank to a long-abandoned silver working, high over the plain, where nopales grew and lizards lay in the sun.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 441:
synonyms: cactus paddles
glosses: The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
opopanax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒpənaks/
ipa: /əˈpɑpənæks/
Forms: form: opopanaxes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin opopanax, from Hellenistic Greek ὀποπάναξ (opopánax), from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “any of several plants believed to have medicinal benefits”).
Senses: synonyms: bisabol
glosses: A gum resin obtained from the root of Opopanax chironium, formerly used in medicine.
examples: text: they were hit by a strong polyaromatic gust [...] which included alcohol fumes, tobacco and hemp-smoke, a spectrum of inexpensive scent in which opopanax and vervain figured prominently
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:
glosses: A perfume made from the gum resin of various trees.
glosses: The popinac or opopanax tree (Acacia farnesiana, syn. Vachellia farnesiana), an acacia of America.
epoxy resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxy resins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of polyether resins, used for coatings, adhesives, and foam.
odorate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊdəɹət/
Forms: form: more odorate
form: most odorate
Etymology: From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).
Senses: examples: text: where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: odorous
Derived terms: inodorate
odorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊdəɹət/
Forms: form: odorates
Etymology: From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).
Senses: examples: text: A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]
ref: 1684, Thomas Browne, Musaeum Clausum:
text: And must this be our exercise to trample the beautiful banks and the florid meadows of famous Trent, to rifle her fords for diversion, and sweeten our senses with fragrant odorates that perfume the air?
ref: 1821, Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland:
glosses: A fragrant substance; perfume.
barge pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barge poles
form: bargepole
Senses: glosses: A type of quant pole used to propel a barge through the water
Derived terms: touch with a barge pole
JoAnne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.
JoAnn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.
clamp stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clamp stands
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold, or clamp, laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that they do not fall down or come apart.
Synonyms: ring stand
retort stand
ring stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring stands
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An item of laboratory equipment consisting of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold or clamp laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that it does not fall down or come apart.
Synonyms: clamp stand
retort stand
retort stand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retort stands
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold, or clamp, laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that they do not fall down or come apart.
Synonyms: clamp stand
ring stand
Sudanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Sudan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the climatic region of the Sudan region, which lies just south of the Sahel in Africa.
examples: text: The language of Yarriba has no affinity to either of the Sudanian idioms.
ref: 1837, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, Vol. 2, p. 116
text: It is present in the majority of the north-western Bantu languages, and in some of the adjoining forms of Sudanian speech, as well as in the westernmost Nilotic.
ref: 1910, Harry Johnston, George Grenfell and the Congo, volume 2, page 880:
text: The Sudanian speech-group thus reaches in an irregular band right across Africa, from Cape Verd on the west to the confines of Abyssinia on the east […]
ref: 1915, Alice Werner, The Language-families of Africa, page 36:
glosses: Pertaining to the Sudanic languages.
Sudanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sudanians
Etymology: From Sudan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A Sudanese person.
at knifepoint
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: At knifepoint I was told to hand over my money.
glosses: Being threatened with a knife; under coercion.
Related terms: at gunpoint
KUT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, used to signify the joint issue of stamps by these countries from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
noninflected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-inflected
Etymology: From non- + inflected.
Senses: glosses: That does not change according to gender, number, tense etc.
raw_tags: of a word
glosses: That has no (or few) words that change in this way.
raw_tags: of a language
Related terms: uninflected
fudges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of fudge
fudges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fudge
partitura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partituras
Senses: examples: text: Evidently the partituras for the concertos were never published as they cannot be found in archives in the USSR and in the great libraries of Leipzig and London.
ref: 1973, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Nikolaev, John Field, page 69:
text: He gained free access to the partituras, and whenever he had the opportunity, he would clandestinely copy the valuable musical manuscripts of the master […]
ref: 1981, Samuel Vigoda, Legendary Voices: The Fascinating Lives of the Great Cantors, page 224:
glosses: sheet music; score
partiture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian partitura.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The printing of each instrument's part on a separate stave
hot cocoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot cocoas
Senses: glosses: hot chocolate
eavesdroppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eavesdropper
evinces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evince
evincing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evince
aggressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aggress
aggressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aggress
antiquaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiquary
applauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!
ref: 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 535:
glosses: plural of applause
Cthulhic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cthulhic
form: most Cthulhic
Etymology: From Cthulhu + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, Cthulhu; monstrous.
prates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prate
prates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prate
prating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 10:8:
glosses: present participle and gerund of prate
prating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pratings
Senses: glosses: foolish chatter
prated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prate
quatrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quatrain
adds up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of add up
MEN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
jabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæbɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jab
jabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæbɪŋ/
Forms: form: jabbings
Senses: examples: text: This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.
ref: 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
glosses: A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
jabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒæbd/
rhymes: -æbd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jab
jabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒæbd/
rhymes: -æbd
Senses: glosses: Vaccinated; inoculated.
Derived terms: double-jabbed
unjabbed
jarveys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jarvey
jarvies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jarvey
glosses: plural of jarvie
jutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jut
kiss up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kisses up
form: kissing up
form: kissed up
form: kissed up
form: kiss-up
Senses: examples: text: Yes, I watched Joe kissing up the boss and was very annoyed when he got my promotion!
glosses: To pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.
examples: text: He kisses up more than he works.
glosses: To pay false flattery.
Derived terms: kiss up to
Kiss-up
Related terms: kiss up, kick down
kiss up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kisses up to
form: kissing up to
form: kissed up to
form: kissed up to
Senses: glosses: To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess.
Related terms: kiss up
poikilothermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poikilo- + thermia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The inability to regulate one's body temperature.
Related terms: poikilotherm
poikilothermal
poikilothermic
poikilothermism
poikilothermous
poikilothermy
froglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froglets
Etymology: From frog + -let.
Senses: glosses: A newly emerged frog, either from the tadpole stage (usually aquatic), or directly from the egg.
glosses: A little or insignificant French person.
Derived terms: remote froglet
Related terms: frogling
froglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of froglet
goitrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goitrous
form: most goitrous
Etymology: From goitre + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goitre
townhome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaʊnˌhoʊm/
Forms: form: townhomes
Etymology: From town + home.
Senses: glosses: A townhouse or row house.
free ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball.
free ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: free balls
form: free balling
form: free balled
form: free balled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of freeball.
townhomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of townhome
Dixie Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dixie Cups
Senses: examples: text: It's an outing for the boy, who walks ahead eating a Dixie Cup fudge sundae. Rubio's business district is a block from the beach, with an area of benches and trees that cars are not allowed to enter.
ref: 1979, Wright Morris, Fire Sermon, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Dixie cup.
toe rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe rags
Etymology: From toe + rag.
Senses: examples: text: “ […] Look what it's all driven me to!—a beggar, a tramp, a toe-rag commercial. […] ”
ref: 1896, Walter Frith, In Search of Quiet: A Country Journal, May–July (novel), Harper & Brothers Publishers, page 156
text: Bamforth: Flipping toe-rag! He wants carving up. It’s time that nit got sorted out. […]
ref: 1959, Willis Hall, The Long and the Short and the Tall, Heinemann, published 1994, 978-0-435-23302-0, page 5:
text: Where I come from, the word ‘reptile’ is a term of endearment, used in much the same way as ‘toe rag’ or ‘moosh’.
ref: 2001, Eric Clapton, liner notes to Reptile”, quoted in William Ruhlmann, “Reptile / Mar. 13, 2001 / Reprise”, Vladimir Bogdanov et al., All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues, Third Edition, Hal Leonard Corporation, page 116
glosses: Alternative form of toerag (“tramp”).
toe rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe rags
Etymology: Said to be from Tuareg, a nomadic North African tribesman, but may share same etymology as the UK definition: from the cloths worn around the foot.
Senses: glosses: An obnoxious or insignificant person.
toe rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe rags
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: qualifier: Somerset
glosses: Dried salt codfish.
nontaxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-taxable
Etymology: From non- + taxable.
Senses: examples: text: […] It is going to be up to the taxpayer, if they receive a 1099 in any form for a nontaxable event, such as splitting rent among roommates, splitting a dinner bill, or even selling something on eBay for less than you paid for it, to explain to the IRS that the 1099 was received for a non-taxable transaction,” said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for tax publisher Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.
ref: 2021 November 9, Jeanne Sahadi, “If you use Venmo, PayPal or other payment apps this tax rule change may affect you”, in CNN:
glosses: Not subject to being taxed.
nontaxable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontaxables
form: non-taxable
Etymology: From non- + taxable.
Senses: glosses: Anything that is not subject to taxation.
nonstick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stick.
Senses: examples: text: This nonstick cookware is easy to clean.
glosses: Resistant to sticking.
nontenured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tenured.
Senses: examples: text: Nontenured teachers can be eliminated at whim, but as soon as they get tenure they are bulletproof: you'll never get rid of one.
glosses: Not possessing tenure.
nonsurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + surgical.
Senses: examples: text: He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets...
text: Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.
ref: 2020 December 8, Tatiana Boncompagni, “The New Nose: Is the Bump Back?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: nonoperative
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antonyms: surgical
operative#Adjective
glosses: Being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.
Derived terms: nonsurgically
nonsalaried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + salaried.
Senses: glosses: Not paid on a salary basis; hourly.
nonresidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + residential.
Senses: glosses: Not used as a residence, generally referring to a building or property used for business or other commercial purposes.
examples: his nonresidential children
glosses: Not residing (in a particular place or with a particular person or group).
nonrandom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑnɹændəm/
ipa: /ˈnɒnɹændəm/
Forms: form: non-random
Etymology: From non- + random.
Senses: examples: text: The apparent accident was a nonrandom event: someone carefully arranged it to happen when and where it did.
text: The evidence presented indicates that the regional variations in uranium content in rhyolitic and dacitic rocks are nonrandom in nature.
ref: 1956, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 300, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 77:
text: As an example of the method, table 1 summarizes the computations used in estimating the variance of the random component of early fall lettuce yields in California for the years 1918–57. The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?
ref: 1958, Agricultural Economics Research, Volumes 10-12, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, page 45:
text: Confidence intervals can be used to isolate areas of discrepancies if bias exist as being a result of either a 'nonrandom selection technique or a non-representative selection list.
ref: 1969, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Washington, Congress, page 11565:
text: There is no need to consider those individuals who survive the process of nonrandom elimination to be the products fo a goal-directed process.
ref: 1998, Ernst Mayr, This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 189:
text: However, it should be noted that theoretically, the apparent nonrandom distance of the dispersal has evolved because of its advantage to the species.
ref: 2000, United States Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Fauna, Washington, Fish and Wildlife Service, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Print Office, page 22:
glosses: Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
disco ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪskəʊ ˌbɔːl/
ipa: /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɑːl/
ipa: /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɔːl/
Forms: form: disco balls
Etymology: From disco + ball.
Senses: glosses: A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.
Synonyms: sense: a mirrored sphere
word: glitter ball
sense: a mirrored sphere
word: glitterball
sense: a mirrored sphere
word: mirror ball
sense: a mirrored sphere
word: mirrorball
disco balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disco ball
nonreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonreactive
form: most nonreactive
Etymology: From non- + reactive.
Senses: examples: text: Heat the tomato sauce in a nonreactive pan. Aluminum is particularly not a nonreactive metal, it will discolor badly and impart a strange flavor.
glosses: That will not react.
Synonyms: unreactive
inert
nonporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + porous.
Senses: examples: text: The plastic was a nonporous surface, so the ink couldn't sink in and stain it.
glosses: Having no pores, not penetrable, impervious.
nonreturnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + returnable.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be returned.
nonreturnable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreturnables
Etymology: From non- + returnable.
Senses: glosses: Something that cannot be returned.
aiguillette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪɡwɪˈlɛt/
Forms: form: aiguillettes
form: aglet
form: aiglet
Etymology: Borrowed from French aiguillette, from Middle French aiguillette, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aglet and aiglet.
Senses: examples: text: Lancers wore Dragoon jackets with embroidered cuffs and collars, enormous epaulettes and an aiguillette. They wore very high Polish caps with square crowns, with a brass plate in front and topped with a plume.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 191:
glosses: An ornamental braided cord with decorative metal tips worn on uniforms.
glosses: Alternative form of aiglet (“metal tip on a ribbon or cord that facilitates lacing two parts of a garment together”).
Derived terms: aiguilletted
she-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: A female, usually an animal.
Synonyms: word: -a
word: -ess
word: -ette
word: -ine
word: -ress
word: -trix
Coordinate terms: he-
Derived terms: she-friend
she-monkey
she-woman
Related terms: shemale
she-male
she shed
she-shed
SHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SHEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of standard hydrogen electrode.
glosses: Initialism of superheavy element.
glosses: Initialism of safety, health, environment.
Synonyms: sense: safety, health, environment
english: health, safety, environment; environment, health, safety
translation: health, safety, environment; environment, health, safety
word: HSE EHS ()
Related terms: english: normal hydrogen electrode
translation: normal hydrogen electrode
word: NHE
NHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NHEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of normal hydrogen electrode.
Coordinate terms: english: standard hydrogen electrode
translation: standard hydrogen electrode
word: SHE
normal hydrogen electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normal hydrogen electrodes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative name for the standard hydrogen electrode; an electrode with a standard electrode potential of zero; used as a standard against which other electrodes are measured.
Synonyms: standard hydrogen electrode
Derived terms: word: NHE
normal hydrogen electrodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of normal hydrogen electrode
standard hydrogen electrodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standard hydrogen electrode
psychomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/
Etymology: From psycho- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination involving communication with spirits; necromancy.
Related terms: psychomanteum
nonpolluting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polluting.
Senses: synonyms: clean
green
glosses: Not polluting; environmentally friendly
nonprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-professional
Etymology: From non- + professional.
Senses: glosses: Not professional; amateur.
nonprofessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonprofessionals
form: non-professional
Etymology: From non- + professional.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a professional; an amateur.
Related terms: unprofessional
nonprofessionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonprofessional
aiglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aiglet
aiguillettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aiguillette
brasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brasses
Etymology: Perhaps a transposition of barse; but compare German Brasse (“bream”), and English bream.
Senses: glosses: The zander (Sander lucioperca), a European freshwater fish.
brasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As we returned to our own Convent, they brought us to Mount Moriah, and ſhewed us the place where Abraham offered up Iſaac, which is in the cuſtody of Nigroes or Æthiopians: to whom each of us payed ten Madins of Braſſe, the common coine of Ieruſalem, for our going in to that place.
ref: 1640, William Lithgow, “The Sixt Part”, in The Totall Diſcourſe, Of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the moſt famous Kingdomes in Europe, Aſia, and Affrica […], London: I. Okes, page 249:
glosses: Obsolete form of brass.
settle for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles for
form: settling for
form: settled for
form: settled for
Senses: examples: text: He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to settle for the lower-quality set.
text: As the game entered three minutes of stoppage time, both sides almost snatched the win. Substitute Admir Mehmedi was inches away with Hart beaten and Stewart Downing, on for Walcott, shot weakly into the side-netting with the last kick of the game as England had to settle for a point.
ref: 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
glosses: To accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.
Synonyms: english: with
translation: with
word: make do
nonproductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
ipa: /ˌnɑn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
rhymes: -ʌktɪv
Forms: form: non-productive
Etymology: From non- + productive.
Senses: examples: text: After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."
ref: 1977 February 12, David Brill, “Conservative Chelsea in an Uproar Over New Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 3:
glosses: Not productive.
Synonyms: unproductive
unyieldly
Derived terms: nonproductive cough
nonproductive loan
nonproductively
nonproductiveness
nonproductivity
napery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naperies
Etymology: From Middle English naperie, from Anglo-Norman naperie, Middle French naperie, from Old French nape + -erie.
Senses: examples: text: She led the way through a wide hall into a charming room, where a table was already spread in its dainty napery and silver.
ref: 1902, Josephine Spenser, Corner in Chrysanthemums:
text: Many will have pleasing recollections of the attractive effect, especially on a winter evening, of a dining car or Pullman train, with its shaded table-lamps throwing their light on napery, cutlery, and glass to give a heartening picture of well-being.
ref: 1949 September and October, “The New Tavern Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 282:
text: Banter and low laughter swayer about the huge tent, swayed among the shadows thrown by the brilliant candelabra pendant on their inverted stems above the white napery of the central table.
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 106:
glosses: Household linen, especially table linen.
Related terms: naperer
settle on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles on
form: settling on
form: settled on
form: settled on
Senses: examples: text: The grounds settled on the bottom of the pot.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, on.
examples: text: He looked at all the colors for a long time before finally settling on a sage green.
text: settle on a plan
glosses: To make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on.
glosses: To confer (an annuity, etc) upon by permanent grant; to assure to. (Compare settle (“formally, legally secure”).)
nonscheduled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scheduled.
Senses: examples: text: Because of an engine problem, the flight from Atlanta to Seattle made a nonscheduled stop in Detroit.
glosses: Not scheduled; not according to schedule.
Synonyms: unscheduled
nonintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonintellectual
form: most nonintellectual
Etymology: From non- + intellectual.
Senses: glosses: Not intellectual.
glosses: Not involving the intellect.
nonintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonintellectuals
Etymology: From non- + intellectual.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not intellectual.
Derived terms: nonintellectualism
noninterchangeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interchangeable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be interchanged with another.
noninterference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninterferences
Etymology: From non- + interference.
Senses: glosses: The policy of a state or other actor of not interfering in the domestic policies of another
nonintervention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninterventions
Etymology: From non- + intervention.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-intervention.
Derived terms: noninterventionism