cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plays the odds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play the odds
playing the odds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play the odds
played the odds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play the odds
goadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: goad + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goad
detacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detachers
Etymology: From detach + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which detaches.
detachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detacher
dandering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dander
dandered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dander
nonsecreting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + secreting.
Senses: glosses: That does not secrete.
speculateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: speculate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of speculate
speculatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: speculate + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of speculate
gleization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gleyzation
Etymology: From gley + -ization.
Senses: glosses: formation of a gley soil
gleyzation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gleization.
gleyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
homophone: glade
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gley
gleyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
homophone: glade
Senses: glosses: Having a squint.
gleying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gley
gleied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glei
gleiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glei
gleis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glei
gleis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glei
yard ape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard apes
Senses: examples: text: "Yard apes!" yelled Ramona, her name for the sort of boys who always got the best balls, who were always first on the playground, and who chased their soccer balls through other people's hopscotch games.
ref: 1981, Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8:
text: “Get outta my clean kitchen with those dirty feet, you yard apes!” Yard apes were unruly children.
ref: 2007, Sandra Chastain, Debra Leigh Smith, Martha L. Crockett, On Grandma's Porch:
text: I went to Donna's little girl's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and had to listen to those screaming yard apes for an hour.
ref: 2008, Teresa C. Smith, Raising Warrior Queens, page 18:
glosses: An unruly child.
examples: text: Crude American racists often refer to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."
ref: 1997, Lewis R. Gordon, Existence in Black:
text: Can't you yard apes think of anything original to cry about?
ref: 1997, Sum1 Sumwhere, “Why Africa cannot afford to be Weak”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):
glosses: A black person.
yard apes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard ape
burrhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrheads
Etymology: From burr + head, referring to fuzzy hair.
Senses: examples: text: Top FBI officials were bitter that their scandalous tidbits about "burrhead" (Hoover's favorite nickname for [Martin Luther] King) were were not published and King's stature was undiminished.
ref: 1993, Donald Lee Grant, Jonathan Grant, The Way it was in the South, page 424:
text: If you burrheads are looking for some white stuff tonight, you'd better look elsewhere. Now, get the hell out of here before I feed you your balls for an appetizer!” The younger black whirls to face Harlan, his biceps tugging at his shirtsleeves […]
ref: 2002, Charles Combs, Deadly Heritage, page 27:
glosses: A black person.
burrheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrhead
normans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norman
breweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: brew + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brew
foundereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: founder + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of founder
sinketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sink + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sink
undergoeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: undergo + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undergo
reflashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reflash + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being reflashed.
flashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flash + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being flashed (having its memory rewritten).
flash house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash houses
Etymology: Because frequented by flash or showy people, such as thieves and whores.
Senses: examples: text: A gang of footpads, revelling with their favourite beauties at a flash-house.
ref: 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England:
glosses: A brothel.
flash houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash house
repaireth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: repair + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repair
repayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: repay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repay
despaireth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: despair + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despair
Lawrencian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lawrencian
form: most Lawrencian
Etymology: From Lawrence + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English writer and painter.
unflashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flashed.
Senses: glosses: Not flashed.
approveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: approve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of approve
disapproveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disapprove + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disapprove
improveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: improve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of improve
Blu-rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blu-ray
dazzleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dazzle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dazzle
sozzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sozzle
unprocrastinating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprocrastinating
form: most unprocrastinating
Etymology: From un- + procrastinating.
Senses: glosses: Not engaging in procrastination.
procrastinatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more procrastinatingly
form: most procrastinatingly
Etymology: From procrastinating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With procrastination.
flippy skirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flippy skirts
Senses: glosses: A skirt with a hem that turns upward slightly.
flippy skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flippy skirt
ventousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ventouse
ventoused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ventouse
ventoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ventose
teleprompterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From teleprompter + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But wouldn't it be wise to commit a handful to memory for those teleprompterless personal appearances?
ref: 2005, Mike Walker, Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter Tells CBS How to Do News, Nelson Current, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Anyone who thinks Obama can't function without a teleprompter should compare George Bush's teleprompterless 2004 debate performance with Barack Obama's 2008 teleprompterless debate performance and get back to us about who seems confused, incompetent and lost.
ref: 2009 March 20, Christopher Helms, “Re: Making Bush look brilliant”, in aus.invest (Usenet):
text: Besides, I would love to see Newt tear a teleprompterless Obama to pieces in a debate. (-8
ref: 2011 March 9, El Castor [username], “Re: Newt Says he Had Affairs Because Passion for His Country Led Him to Work Too Hard”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):
glosses: Without a teleprompter.
lwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lwas
form: lwa
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loa.
from a mile away
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When Talley met with his seniors privately after a practice in mid-August, he posed the question, “Are we going to have problems with any of the freshmen?” Almost in a chorus, the group had identified Antwon Young as the potential problem child, a situation that Talley had seen coming from a mile away.
ref: 2007, Tony Moss, A Season in Purgatory: Villanova and Life in College Football's Lower Class, University of Nebraska Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 38:
text: For tactile kids I always suggest keeping nutritious snacks around — peanut butter, bananas, or carrots — so that their blood sugar doesn't drop too low, because if they get caught up in some kind of intense game or sport, they may forget to eat, and you'll want to have a quick antidote to the tantrum you can see coming from a mile away.
ref: 2009, Priscilla J. Dunstan, Child Sense: From Birth to Age 5, How to Use the 5 Senses to Make Sleeping, Eating, Dressing, and Other Everyday Activities Easier While Strengthening Your Bond With Your Child, Bantam Books, →ISBN, pages 90–91:
text: “You could see the betrayal coming from a mile away,” said a Romney insider.
ref: 2012, Ronald B. Scott, Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics, Lyons Press, published 2012, →ISBN:
glosses: Well in advance.
scopal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scope + -al.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to scope.
reflecteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reflect + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reflect
revieweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: review + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of review
divergeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: diverge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diverge
digresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: digress + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digress
convergeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: converge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of converge
parallel citation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel citations
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In legal writing, a portion of a citation indicating an additional publication of the document cited.
parallel citations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parallel citation
session laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The published set of all laws passed during a specific legislative session, including those that will not be incorporated into the statutes of the jurisdiction.
legislative session
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legislative sessions
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The period of time in which a group of legislators elected together in a general election are able to enact legislation; usually one year if general elections are conducted annually, or two years if general elections are conducted biennially.
legislative sessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legislative session
advanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: advance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of advance
ventureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: venture + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of venture
adventureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: adventure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adventure
quelleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: quell + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quell
ringeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ring
yawneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: yawn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yawn
yelleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: yell + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yell
morphograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphographs
Etymology: From morpho- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A logical fragment of a word, such as prefix or suffix, used in teaching spelling.
glosses: In a writing system, a symbol that represents a morpheme, such as most Chinese characters.
Derived terms: morphographic
Related terms: morpheme
morphographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphograph
noticeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: notice + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of notice
freezeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: freeze + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freeze
congealeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: congeal + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of congeal
amendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: amend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amend
strippeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: strip + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strip
redresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: redress + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redress
overturneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: overturn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overturn
underlieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: underlie + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underlie
collideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: collide + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of collide
suppositiones materiales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppositio materialis
gybing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gybe
gybed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gybe
decrumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decrumbs
form: decrumbing
form: decrumbed
form: decrumbed
Etymology: From de- + crumb.
Senses: examples: text: A couple of hours later I had the washing going, the children fed and dressed and the kitchen floor semi-decrumbed in a mad effort to come to terms with this rotten day, when the phone rang.
ref: 1972, Twila Van Leer, Life is just a bowl of kumquats, page 71:
text: I don't want my runner stopping off to decrumb a table or empty an ashtray.
ref: 2001, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, page 230:
text: She nearly dropped the toast rack she was decrumbing.
ref: 2011, Sophie Page, To Marry a Prince, page 156:
glosses: To remove the crumbs from.
decrumbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decrumb
decrumbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decrumb
decrumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decrumb
narrowcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrowcasters
Etymology: From narrowcast + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which narrowcasts.
narrowcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narrowcaster
newscastress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newscastresses
Etymology: From newscaster + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: She thought of herself for a moment as a company president, brain surgeon, television newscastress, professional football coach.
ref: 1975, The Review of the News, volume 11, page 39:
text: A noted newscastress pronounces 'duchess' with an accent on the second syllable.
ref: 1978, Richard Buckle, U and non-U revisited, page 86:
text: On Radio Avila that morning, the newscastress spoke so rapidly that the Tarbuttons could only catch the drift of the events that had overtaken them as well as the distressed Colonel Jimenez.
ref: 2001, Michael Lynch, The Casinghead Company, page 440:
text: The video rolled on relentlessly: the newscastress explaining that they had a Home Movie clip of Kathryn's skating debut, of Kathryn Byrne and her very special sister[…]
ref: 2001, Elizabeth Searle, Celebrities in disgrace, page 76:
glosses: A female newscaster.
Synonyms: newsreaderess
lythes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lythe
cra-cra
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cra-cra
form: most cra-cra
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, don’t batter another person’s wall, no matter how much you might think they enjoy your pathetic daily well-wishing and the publicizing of your social encounters on campus, because we’re all secretly laughing behind your back about how cra-cra you are — elle-em-a-oh, elle-em-a-oh.
ref: 2011 April 29, James Castle, “Did you use protection when you Facebook poked me?”, in University Daily Kansan, volume 123, number 143, University of Kansas, page 6A:
text: Use the exacto knife to cut out rectangles from the foam board... make sure you cut on some kind of cutting board and a metal ruler does wonders for keeping your blade from going cra-cra!
ref: 2011 November 29, “Christmas C.R.A.F.T. #12: Family Tree Ornaments”, in The Herald News, Fall River, Massachusetts:
text: Selena and Justin have been going cra-cra since they broke up.
ref: 2013, Steven Kaufman, "Cry Me a River: The Jelena Saga Part XXV", The Dynamo (University of Mount Union), Volume 125, Issue 12, 23 January 2013, page 4
glosses: Alternative spelling of cray-cray.
tilths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilth
tining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tine
pointest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: point + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of point
pointeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: point + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of point
suborneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suborn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suborn
ordaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ordain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ordain
inverteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: invert + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invert
Cumberbabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cumberbabes
Etymology: Blend of Cumberbatch + babe.
Senses: examples: text: So is the fantasy to put warmth and cuddly love into this weird detective's life - or is Benedict such a Cumberbabe magnet because he's just a brilliant actor and easy on the eye?
ref: 2012 March 29, Beverley Watts, “Calling all Cumberbitches! Is it Benedict Cumberbatch who's irresistible or is it Sherlock?”, in Now:
text: Cumberbabes: brace yourselves. Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that some of his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes are so tight that, in his words, “you can almost see what religion I am.”
ref: 2013 March 8, Tom Cole, “Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek costumes are so tight 'you can almost see what religion I am'”, in Radio Times:
text: 2013, Liz Ferguson, "Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think, Cumberbabes?", The Gazette (Montreal), 13 March 2013 (only used in title)
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
Synonyms: word: Cumberbitch
word: Cumberlady
Hypernyms: Cumberfan
Cumberperson
Cumberbabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cumberbabe
wind socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind sock
mermothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mermother
merfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merfather
barbasco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbascos
Etymology: From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.
Senses: glosses: A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu, now Deguelia rufescens var. urucu) native to parts of northern South America used as a poison for fishing and an insecticide.
glosses: An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
glosses: One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
Related terms: word: cubé resin
roman: syn. Lonchocarpus utilis
taxonomic: Derris utilis
word: cubé
-exia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /-ˈɛksi.ə/
Forms: form: -hexia
form: -exis
form: -hexis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “possession, condition”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Forms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as pyrexia or cachexia.
Derived terms: cachexia
cathexis
pyrexia
hectic
Related terms: -iasis
-itis
-osis
praiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: praise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of praise
practiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: practise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of practise
detaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: detain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detain
exposeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: expose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expose
detaileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: detail + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detail
espouseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: espouse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of espouse
scandalizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scandalize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scandalize
violateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: violate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of violate
postdeterminer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postdeterminers
form: post-determiner
Etymology: From post- + determiner.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A term (or phrase) that follows a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.
Hypernyms: determiner
Coordinate terms: predeterminer
central determiner
Directioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Directioner
nasosinusitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naso- + sinusitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the nasal sinuses.
Romanianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Romanianizes
form: Romanianizing
form: Romanianized
form: Romanianized
Etymology: From Romanian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Romanian.
Romanianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Romanianize
Romanianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Romanianize
Romanianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Romanianize
roofball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ro͞ofʹbôl
ipa: /ˈɹuːfbɔːl/
rhymes: -uːfbɔːl
Etymology: From roof + ball.
Senses: glosses: A game in which players attempt to keep a ball in play by alternately bouncing it off a sloping roof.
roosterfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roosterfishes
form: roosterfish
Etymology: From rooster + fish.
Senses: glosses: A game fish of species Nematistius pectoralis, sole species of family Nematistiidae, found in the warmer waters of the East Pacific from Baja California to Peru, distinguished by its "rooster comb", seven very long spines of the dorsal fin.
roosterfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roosterfish
ampelographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ampelographer
wuxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wuːˈʃɑː/
ipa: /ˌwuˈʃɑ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 武俠／武侠 (wǔxiá, “martial hero”).
Senses: glosses: A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
Coordinate terms: jiang hu
xianxia
romneya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romneyas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: On one occasion I raised a batch of romneyas from seeds which were sown directly they were ripe, but the usual method of propagation is by root cuttings, which can be obtained at this period of the year.
ref: 1927, William Robinson, The Garden:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Romneya of flowering plants of the poppy family, perennial subshrubs with woody stems and large white flowers with yellow centres.
romneyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romneya
Songkran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Thai สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan), from Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti, “transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”).
Senses: glosses: The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.
technosociety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technosocieties
Etymology: From techno- + society.
Senses: glosses: An industrially developed society with a reliance on technology.
Related terms: technosocial
technosocieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technosociety
Malaccan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malaccan
form: most Malaccan
Etymology: From Malacca + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Malacca.
Malaccan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malaccans
Etymology: From Malacca + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Malacca.
Malaccans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malaccan
malabsorptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more malabsorptive
form: most malabsorptive
Etymology: From mal- + absorptive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, malabsorption.
Malmquist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malmquists
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Malmqvist, from malm (“ore”) + kvist (“twig”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Derived terms: Malmquist bias
Malmquist index
summer squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer squashes
Senses: glosses: Any of various squashes, mostly varieties of Curcubita pepo, that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible.
Hyponyms: sense: squash with edible rinds
word: Cousa squash
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: pattypan squash
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: scallop squash
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: yellow crookneck squash
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: yellow summer squash
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: zucchini
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: courgette - Cucurbita pepo cultivars
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: tromboncino
sense: squash with edible rinds
word: zucchetta - Cucurbita moschata cultivars
summer squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summer squash
enemye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enemyes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of enemy.
mainframer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainframers
Etymology: From mainframe + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The mainframers will now have to either design or buy an interface for their systems that looks like the IBM interface.
ref: 1977 April 4, Computerworld, volume 11, number 14, page 16:
glosses: One who works with mainframe computers.
mainframers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainframer
enemyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enemye
shooke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of shook, simple past of shake.
smoak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoaks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of smoke.
smoak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smoaks
form: smoaking
form: smoaked
form: smoaked
Senses: examples: text: […] innumerable Legions of his Angels of Light, the warm gleames of whose presence is able to make the Mountains to reek and smoak, and to awake that fiery principle that lies dormient in the Earth into a devouring flame.
ref: 1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness, page 236:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of smoke.
proclaime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: proclaimes
form: proclaiming
form: proclaimed
form: proclaimed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of proclaim.
Holmesians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Holmesian
dearely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dearely
form: most dearely
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dearly.
malpositioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more malpositioned
form: most malpositioned
Etymology: From mal- + positioned.
Senses: glosses: Badly or wrongly positioned; in the wrong place.
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The condition was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss.
Senses: topics: gastroenterology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.
Related terms: Mallory-Weiss tear
malmanagement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malmanagements
Etymology: From mal- + management.
Senses: glosses: mismanagement
malmanagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malmanagement
prepayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepayers
Etymology: From pre- + payer, or prepay + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes an advance payment.
prepayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepayer
suckitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suck + -itude, or sucky + -tude; modelled after words such as altitude, gratitude, etc.
Senses: examples: text: To anyone outside of the precious inner sanctum that includes you, your spouse, the kid's grandparents and some of the tiny dimwit's classmates—your kid sucks so bad he or she is a living breathing vacuum of suckitude.
ref: 2008, Dr. Denis Leary, Why We Suck:
text: Oh, I'm sure Obama intended to do the right thing when he started off, but the Three Principles of Eternal Democratic Suckitude tend to defeat all comers, [...]
ref: 2010, Amanda Marcotte, Get Opinionated:
text: TAYLOR McBride let the suckitude of that word hang in the air until his agent nodded. “On ice?” Once more the disdainful tone.
ref: 2011, Nancy Warren, Face-Off - Page 149:
glosses: The condition, quality, extent, or measure of how much something or someone sucks; suckiness.
Derived terms: suckitudinal
dafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dafter
fawneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fawn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fawn
majagua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish majagua.
Senses: glosses: Hampea reynae, a plant endemic to El Salvador.
ecoburbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoburb
Mamertine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mamertines
Senses: glosses: One of a group of mercenaries of Italian origin, hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles (361–289 BCE), Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaimed King of Sicily.
Mamertines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mamertine
sparkleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sparkle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sparkle
infanticidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infanticidally
form: most infanticidally
Etymology: From infanticidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, infanticide.
conceiveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: conceive + -eth
Senses: examples: text: And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son; […]
ref: 1862, Young's Literal Translation, Hosea 1:8:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conceive
spinneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spin + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spin
amusest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: amuse + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of amuse
amuseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: amuse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amuse
abusest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: abuse + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of abuse
abuseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: abuse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abuse
ecoburb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoburbs
Etymology: Blend of ecological + suburb
Senses: examples: Village Homes in Davis, California and The Woodlands, Texas are ecoburbs..
glosses: A type of suburban development which protects environmental functions of a site such as natural hydrology and habitat.
purgeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: purge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of purge
worlding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of world
Blackstonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /blækˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /blækˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Blackstonian
form: most Blackstonian
Etymology: From Blackstone + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), English jurist.
Pervezi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pervezis
Senses: glosses: A follower of the Islamic scholar Ghulam Ahmed Perwez (1903–1985).
brown bottle flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The illness caused by drinking too much alcohol; a hangover.
bladderpod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladderpods
Etymology: From bladder + pod.
Senses: examples: text: c. 1977-1989, Donald W. (Hank) Nicol, Notes from the Naturalist, page 50,
The bladderpod (Isomeris arborea) is a pretty bush. It has loads of bright yellow flowers and the punching bag seed pods that give it its name. But, to be honest, it stinks!
text: As early as February, the ground between creosote bushes begins to turn yellow as masses of bladderpod^([Lesquerella gordoni]) start to bloom.
ref: 1989, Janice E. Bowers, 100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest, unnumbered page:
text: Bladderpod^([Isomeris arborea]) is fast growing, and the yellow flowers and blue-green foliage are attractive in mass plantings.
ref: 2009, Susan Van Atta, Southern California Native Flower Garden, page 66:
glosses: Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.
bladderpods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladderpod
compelleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: compel + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compel
scrutinizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scrutinize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrutinize
kneadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: knead + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knead
kneeleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: kneel + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kneel
schooleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: school + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of school
educateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: educate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of educate
traineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: train + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of train
catechizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: catechize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catechize
sweeteneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sweeten + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sweeten
directeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: direct + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of direct
seweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sew + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sew
darneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: darn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of darn
damneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: damn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of damn
dammeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dam + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dam
guardeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: guard + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guard
contesteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: contest + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contest
competeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: compete + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compete
completeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: complete + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of complete
poisoneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: poison + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poison
intoxicateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: intoxicate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intoxicate
foisteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: foist + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foist
kicketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: kick + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kick
handeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hand + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand
battleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: battle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of battle
landeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: land + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of land
insisteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: insist + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insist
intrudeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: intrude + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intrude
invadeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: invade + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invade
endoweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: endow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endow
entaileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: entail + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entail
dispatcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dispatch + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispatch
digesteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: digest + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digest
shattereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shatter + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shatter
scoldeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scold + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scold
bridleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bridle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bridle
cooleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cool + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cool
saddleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: saddle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of saddle
diverteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: divert + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of divert
draineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: drain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drain
straineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: strain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strain
linketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: link + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of link
demeaneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: demean + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demean
swoopeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: swoop + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swoop
floateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: float + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of float
discrediteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: discredit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discredit
crediteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of credit
dischargeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: discharge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discharge
complieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: comply + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comply
apprehendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: apprehend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of apprehend
coproxamol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of co-proxamol.
catereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cater + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cater
buzzeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: buzz + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buzz
busieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: busy + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of busy
bustleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bustle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bustle
conspireth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: conspire + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conspire
animateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: animate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of animate
explodeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: explode + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of explode
exploreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: explore + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of explore
lazeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: laze + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laze
expandeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: expand + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expand
exerteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: exert + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exert
extracteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: extract + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extract
expoundeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: expound + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expound
Cl. Ct.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Claims Court, as used in case citation.
pull one over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls one over
form: pulling one over
form: pulled one over
form: pulled one over
Senses: examples: text: Most audiences are too savvy to pull one over on. I assumed most people would be so far ahead of us.
ref: 2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quoting Kevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post:
glosses: Alternative form of put one over.
fluxuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: This misspelling comes from wrongly applying the change from -ct- to -x- in many English words of Latin origin to this word and the influence of the related word flux which did undergo that change.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuate.
fluxuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: * This misspelling comes from wrongly applying the change from -ct- to -x- in many English words of Latin origin to this word and the influence of the related word flux which did undergo that change.
* Can be viewed as deriving from the similarly misspelled fluxuate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuation.
fluxuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: This misspelling comes from wrongly applying the change from -ct- to -x- in many English words of Latin origin to this word and the influence of the related word flux which did undergo that change.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuates.