cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
headwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌweə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: headwears
Etymology: From head + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing worn on the head (e.g. hats, helmets, headdresses, headscarves).
Synonyms: word: headgear
word: headdress
word: headwear
word: headpiece
Hypernyms: word: clothing
word: artifact
Hyponyms: word: cap
word: hat
word: hood
word: headscarf
word: veil
word: mask
word: turban
word: wig
word: crown
word: helmet
word: coonskin cap
word: liberty cap
word: mobcap
word: muffin cap
word: baseball cap
word: swim cap
word: skullcap
word: bonnet
word: fez
word: sombrero
word: toque
word: Davy Crockett hat
word: Homburg hat
word: mitre
word: Panama hat
word: Santa hat
word: bobble hat
word: bucket hat
word: cowboy hat
word: party hat
word: straw hat
word: sunhat
word: tin-foil hat
word: tinfoil hat
word: top hat
word: hairpiece
word: toupee
word: rug
word: peruke
word: kerchief
word: shemagh
Meronyms: word: brim
word: visor
Related terms: word: :Category:en:Headwear
traffic calming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress
trainspotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainspotters
Etymology: From train + spotter.
Senses: examples: text: `So are you like one of those anorak wearing trainspotter types?'
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 2:
text: Above all, I remember the noise and smell of the steam locomotives, and it was those journeys that turned me into a trainspotter, which meant that soon a pencil, notebook and the Ian Allan locospotter's guide became essential items for the trip.
ref: 2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 34:
text: “Unless you want to end up in the depot!” Then he looks at me more closely, suspecting a trainspotter in his midst. “Maybe, you do want to end up in the depot.”
ref: 2025 May 31, Oliver Smith, “A night on the Riviera”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 6:
glosses: A person whose hobby is train spotting.
glosses: An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby.
Related terms: trainspotting
planespotter
locospotter
anorak
ferroequinologist
rivet counter
tree hugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree huggers
form: treehugger
form: tree-hugger
Etymology: Compound of tree + hugger. Popularized after the 1970s Chipko movement in India, who resorted to actual group hugging of trees in order to prevent deforestation. Tommy James claims that his 1971 song Draggin' the Line popularized the phrase.
Senses: examples: text: Animal liberationists like Rosmarino resented the tree huggers' insensitivity to animals and reluctance to risk jail time, while more mainstream environmentalists like AFR's Jeff Berman disagreed with the bunny huggers' wacky morality and in-your-face tactics. The two groups' differences were in full view as they teamed up to parade through Vail last winter.
ref: 1999, Mother Jones Magazine (Mar–Apr 1999, page 64)
coordinate_terms: bunny hugger
glosses: An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging and especially one who uses dramatic, attention-grabbing methods of obstruction.
examples: text: The idea of naturopathic doctors had always formed an image in my mind of old, bearded, tree-huggers who boiled roots and made poultices out of gross things to treat weird people who believed in that "natural" stuff.
ref: 2005, Erin Bell, Miss Diagnosed: Unraveling Chronic Stress:
text: She'd heard the term from American soldiers about these 'free love' people. 'Tree huggers' who reveled in sex, drink and drugs.
ref: 2014, Zoe Ambler, The Road of Darkness:
text: Until fairly recently, even the idea of a MBS connection was dismissed by Western medicine as the province of New Age tree huggers, so it had very little mainstream credibility.
ref: 2020, D. L. Kline, Simple Spirituality:
glosses: A hippie.
Synonyms: eagle freak
greeniac
lentil-weaver
posy sniffer
prairie fairy
yoghurt-knitter
Related terms: panda hugger
trophy wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophy wives
Etymology: Popularized by Julie Connelly in a 1989 Fortune magazine cover story, by analogy with a real estate trophy building.
Senses: examples: text: […] while Mrs. Scott-Baxter, his fourth (and trophy) wife, blonde and young and bored, glowered at the Baxter spawn like a mother mink in a mink farm, just waiting for a jet to strafe the facility, affording her an excuse to feign terror and eat her young.
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 34:
text: But don't expect this one to break up. Arnold [Schwarzenegger] got his trophy wife—a real-life Kennedy, his entreé to the top social echelons in the country—and he's not about to let her go.
ref: 1993 March, Sally Ogle Davis, “The good, the bad and the disasters”, in Ladies' Home Journal, page 57:
text: "Women considered trophy wives are accomplished and ambitious," she reported, "in both their careers and their lives. […] On what was trophy wife bottomed, as they say at the Supreme Court?
ref: 1994 May 1, William Safire, “ON LANGUAGE; Trophy Wife”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2021:
text: ‘She's with her nanny.’ ‘Oh yeah, I forgot. You're a proper trophy wife now. Staff and everything. Well…’ She produced a bottle of cava from a plastic bag. ‘With no child to keep up appearances for, let's get ourselves in the mood.’
ref: 2008, Julia Llewellyn, The Model Wife, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: She was David's fourth wife. Twenty-four years his junior, they both knew why they were together. David was filthy rich, and Belinda was a trophy wife. In fact, this was her third time around in this career: Being a trophy wife.
ref: 2013, George G. Nyman, Love Lost in Time Relativity, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 12:
coordinate_terms: trophy husband
glosses: A wife, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for the husband, usually older and affluent.
Related terms: arm candy
'tude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtʃuːd/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /tjuːd/
ipa: /tud/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: 'tudes
form: tude
Etymology: Aphetic form of attitude.
Senses: examples: text: Hey. No reason for you to cop a ’tude on me just because she dumped you.
glosses: Attitude, especially one of arrogance or hostility; swagger.
Related terms: attitude-adjuster
attitudinous
Rita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːtə
Forms: form: Ritas
form: Reta
form: Reeta
form: Reeta
Etymology: From Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.
Senses: examples: text: Born Margarita Carmen Cansino to Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino on October 17, 1918, in New York City, Rita Hayworth was no stranger to show business.
ref: 1993, Diane Telgen, Jim Kamp, editors, Notable Hispanic American Women, VNR AG, →ISBN, page 194:
coordinate_terms: Margarita
Margaret
Margot
Margo
glosses: A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
Derived terms: ritalin
Ritalin
Santa Rita
Rita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːtə
Forms: form: Ritas
form: Reetha
form: Retha
form: Ritha
form: Reeta
form: Reta
form: Reeta
Etymology: From South Asian languages, from Sanskrit रीता (rītā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Related terms: Reeta
Reta
pre-stressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pre-stressed
form: most pre-stressed
Etymology: From pre- + stressed.
Senses: examples: pre-stressed concrete
topics: architecture
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Standing before a stressed syllable.
eminent domain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of New Latin dominium ēminēns (literally “supreme ownership”).
Senses: examples: text: The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store.
topics: law
property
glosses: The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.
topics: law
property
glosses: In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.
Synonyms: word: compulsory purchase
word: compulsory acquisition
word: expropriation
english: Scots law
translation: Scots law
word: superiority
trebuchet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/
enpr: trěb’yo͞o-shet
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/
Forms: form: trebuchets
form: trepeget
Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.
Senses: examples: text: Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
text: With counterweight trebuchets at its disposal, a besieging force at last had the advantage in sieges, and it was probably the appearance of the trebuchet which prompted the changes in castle design from the mid-twelfth century onwards which were described in the previous chapter: the move from rectangular to round or multiform towers […]
ref: 2003, Helen Nicholson, Medieval Warfare, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 95:
hypernyms: catapult
coordinate_terms: onager
mangonel
glosses: A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
glosses: A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
trebuchet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/
enpr: trěb’yo͞o-shet
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/
Forms: form: trebuchets
form: trebucheting
form: trebucheted
form: trebucheted
form: trepeget
Etymology: From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.
Senses: glosses: To shoot with a trebuchet.
suck rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks rocks
form: sucking rocks
form: sucked rocks
form: sucked rocks
Senses: examples: text: The copier on this floor sucks rocks.
glosses: Term of general disparagement, an emphatic version of suck/sucks
Synonyms: suck less emphatic
siege engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːd͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/
ipa: /ˈsid͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/
Forms: form: siege engines
form: siege-engine
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁én
From siege + engine (“large construction used in warfare”).
Senses: examples: text: Opposite this hill Bohemund's men now began to dig in a definite direction. For the besiegers had devised this new mischief against the city and invented a new knavish siege-engine to apply to the town. For as they dug, they went along under the ground like moles boring holes in the soil and in places protecting themselves by sheds with high roofs against the stones and arrows which were thrown from above, and in others propping up the earth above them with poles, and thus they went on in a straight line.
ref: 1928, Anna Comnena [i.e., Anna Komnene], “Book XIII”, in Elizabeth A[nna] S[ophia] Dawes, transl., The Alexiad (Byzantine Series), Cambridge, Ont.: In Parentheses Publications, published 2000, page 233:
text: The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
ref: 1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401:
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: military engine
siege weapon
glosses: A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
wikipedia: Château des Baux
Les Baux-de-Provence
Hyponyms: ballista
battering ram
ram
carroballista
catapult
mangonel
onager
oxybeles
polybolos
scorpio
scorpion
siege tower
sow
trebuchet
Kanzler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kanzlers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kanzler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
extravasation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹævəˈseɪʃən/
Forms: form: extravasations
Etymology: From extravasate (“let out or force out (blood or fluid)”) + -ion; further etymology at extravasate. Attested from the 17th century.
Senses: glosses: The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
glosses: The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
Related terms: extravasate
extravasatory
get across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets across
form: getting across
form: got across
form: got across
form: gotten across
Senses: examples: text: In heavy rain, the cavalry couldn't get across the river.
text: It's impossible to get across with all checkpoints closed.
text: Bridge the digital divide. Let the poor get across.
glosses: To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
examples: text: I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact.
text: Better organized writing helps to get the point across.
glosses: To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To succeed; to do well.
glosses: To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.
Derived terms: get it across one's head
synonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From synonym + -ic, after French synonymique.
Senses: examples: text: He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.
ref: 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a synonym.
Synonyms: synonymical
synonymous
Related terms: synonymics
assimilate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
Forms: form: more assimilate
form: most assimilate
Etymology: First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: glosses: Assimilated.
raw_tags: as a participle
glosses: Similar, like, the same as.
assimilate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
Etymology: First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant[.]
ref: 2005, Ep Heuvelink, Tomatoes, →ISBN, page 65:
text: the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks
ref: 2012, A. Läuchli, R.L. Bieleski, Inorganic Plant Nutrition, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: Something that is or has been assimilated.
glosses: Something that is like, similar to another.
gird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜːd/
ipa: /ɡɝd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: girds
Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.
Senses: examples: text: I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: A sarcastic remark.
glosses: A stroke with a rod or switch.
examples: text: Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
ref: 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon II. The Folly of Scoffing at Religion. 2 Pet[er] III. 3.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
glosses: A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
gird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜːd/
ipa: /ɡɝd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: girds
form: girding
form: girded
form: girded
Etymology: From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.
Senses: examples: text: Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: To jeer at.
examples: text: Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: To jeer.
Related terms: through-gird
anthropocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anthropocentric
form: most anthropocentric
Etymology: From anthropo- + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: But just as we recognize that nature doesn't provide a very good guide for human social conduct, isn't it anthropocentric of us to assume that our moral system offers an adequate guide for what should happen in nature?
ref: 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 325:
glosses: Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
Derived terms: anthropocentrically
anthropocentricity
anthropocentrise
anthropocentrize
anthropocentrism
anthropocentrist
antianthropocentric
smexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɛk.si/
rhymes: -ɛksi
Forms: form: smexier
form: smexiest
Etymology: Blend of smart + sexy.
Senses: examples: text: "Does Spencer Ridgely think I'm smexy?"
ref: 2010, Risa Green, The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball, page 58:
text: "I've felt attracted to both of you guys too. I think our whole group, really. I just have some smexy friends, you know."
ref: 2014 June 15, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 550 - Smexy:
text: “You're not my mother, Amelia,” Erin groused and tried to get her hand free. “And he's smexy as hell... […]
ref: 2020, Felicity Heaton, Her Demonic Angel:
glosses: Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
Derived terms: smexily
Related terms: shmexy
schmexy
smexily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more smexily
form: most smexily
Etymology: From smexy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: sexily; in a sexy way
haruspex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /həˈrʌspɛks/
Forms: form: haruspices
form: aruspex
form: haruspice
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin haruspex.
Senses: examples: text: If it be lawfull for Panæcius to maintaine his judgement about Aruspices, Dreames, Oracles and Prophecies[…]: Wherfore shall not a wise-man dare that in all things, which this man dareth in such as he hath learned of his Masters?
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: All of this is nonsense, but so are all attempts to look at a few successes and a few failures and make fatuous generalizations based on coincidence. Etruscan and Roman haruspices did the same thing with the entrails of chickens.
ref: 2013, Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality:
glosses: A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
phocine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/
ipa: /ˈfəʊsiːn/
Forms: form: more phocine
form: most phocine
Etymology: From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: He telegraphed to the whaling ports of New England, and sent messages to San Francisco and Alaska, to know if a group of sea lions and other specimens of the phocine tribe could be secured.
ref: 28 December 1871, New York Daily Standard:
text: […] she had already yanked out of me the coveted section [of the newspaper] and retreated to her mat near her phocine mamma.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 44:
text: She walked over towards me with an odd elegance, big strides, like a champion girl swimmer, say; muscled but lean, with a phocine grace.
ref: 1987, William Boyd, The New Confessions:
glosses: Pertaining to a seal (or similar pinnipeds); seallike.
phocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/
ipa: /ˈfəʊsiːn/
Forms: form: phocines
Etymology: From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion.
ref: 2007, Brian Keith Hall, Fins into Limbs, page 313:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.
Constantine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒns.tənˌtaɪ̯n/
ipa: /ˈkɑns.tənˌtin/
Etymology: From Latin Cōnstantīnus, the name of Roman emperors, notably that of Constantine the Great, Latin cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”). Doublet of Konstadinos.
Senses: examples: text: Helen, the mother of great Constantine
 Nor yet Saint Philip's daughters were like thee.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A place name:
A city and province in north-east Algeria.
glosses: A place name:
A village and former municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A place name:
A village and civil parish south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, named after Saint Constantine (OS grid ref SW7329).
glosses: A place name:
A township and village therein, in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States.
Synonyms: sense: city in Algeria
word: Qacentina
Derived terms: Eaton Constantine
Thorpe Constantine
Related terms: word: Constance
word: Constantina
far-fetched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtʃt
Forms: form: more far-fetched
form: further-fetched
form: farther-fetched
form: most far-fetched
form: furthest-fetched
form: farthest-fetched
form: far fetched
form: farfetched
Senses: examples: text: it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
glosses: Brought from far away.
examples: text: He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.
text: When the honorable member chose to repeat a long list of grievances which he attempted to father upon the present Government, simply because some of the members of it belonged to the late administration, I think it was about the furthest fetched argument he could have got.
ref: 1876 July 13, Robert Stewart, "Want of Confidence Motion." Parliamentary Debates (Queensland Legislative Assembly)
text: The idea that any new MZ could be a star of an international motorcycle show is even farther fetched, rather like a Fiat outshining a Ferrari.
ref: 1993 March 11, Alan Cathcart, “MZ ON THE RISE”, in Cycle World:
synonyms: outlandish
wild
impractical
glosses: Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe.
Derived terms: farfetchedness
one-track mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-track minds
Senses: examples: text: He has a one-track mind. All he ever talks about is trains and railroads.
text: You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind
ref: 1970, “Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter”, in Alline Bullock (lyrics), Workin’ Together, performed by Ike & Tina Turner:
text: I have a one-track mind, I have a one track-mind / There is a method to the madness, to the madness / Gotta have a one-track mind
ref: 2018, “One Track Mind”, in AMERICA, performed by Thirty Seconds to Mars ft. A$AP Rocky:
synonyms: word: obstinacy
word: doggedness
word: conviction
word: insistence
word: pertinacity
word: recalcitrance
word: resolve
word: stubbornness
word: temerity
word: tenacity
word: vehemence
word: intransigence
word: pigheadedness
glosses: That said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.
Related terms: Johnny-one-note
one-trick pony
single-minded
back and forth
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: back-and-forth
Senses: synonyms: backwards and forwards
glosses: From one place to another and back again.
Coordinate terms: out-and-back
out-and-home
side-to-side
there and back
to and fro
up and down
Related terms: here and there
hither and thither
hither and yon
back and forth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: back-and-forth
Senses: examples: text: The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.
glosses: Going from one place or position to another and back again.
back and forth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back and forths
form: back-and-forth
Senses: examples: text: Roll the ball to your child, who then rolls it back to you. After a few back-and-forths, roll the ball to a nearby corner of the room or other hiding place.
ref: 2009, Dorothy Rich with Beverly Mattox, Megaskills for Babies, Toddlers, and Beyond: Building Your Child's Happiness, page 43:
glosses: The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.
examples: text: There's some back and forth between Simpson and his CIA counterparts and, in essence, the CIA says that you must ship all of the quantities requested.
ref: 1895, United States Congress, “Congressional serial set”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 11214, page 718:
text: It was months and months of back and forth, ah-ah, ah-ah
You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore
ref: 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
glosses: Negotiations or discussions (not necessarily fruitful) between two or more parties; a dialog.
Synonyms: sense: negotiations
word: tug of war
chrome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəʊm/
ipa: /kɹoʊm/
rhymes: -əʊm
Forms: form: chromes
form: chroming
form: chromed
form: chromed
Etymology: Borrowed from French chrome.
Senses: glosses: To plate with chrome.
glosses: To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
Synonyms: chromium-plate
Derived terms: chromable
rechrome
pantropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Etymology: From pan- + tropical.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America.
Derived terms: pantropically
pantropical spotted dolphin
Related terms: palaeotropical
neotropical
palaeotropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeotropical
form: most palaeotropical
Etymology: From palaeo- + tropical.
Senses: topics: biology
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring in tropical Africa and Asia, i.e. the tropics of the Old World.
Related terms: neotropical
pantropical
palaeotropics
neotropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Forms: form: more neotropical
form: most neotropical
Etymology: From neo- + tropical.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.
Derived terms: neotropical silverside
Related terms: palaeotropical
pantropical
neotropics
arcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹkəs/
ipa: /ˈɑːkəs/
Forms: form: arcus
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
Related terms: arc
arcuate
arcus juvenilis
arcus inguinalis
arcus senilis
neotropics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neotropics
Etymology: From neo- + tropics.
Senses: glosses: Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
Derived terms: neotropic
neotropical
second banana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second bananas
Senses: examples: text: He grew disenchanted with playing second banana and never getting credit for the laughter.
glosses: A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
examples: text: The plumber left his second banana behind, to finish installing my new sink.
text: When you want to be the boss, but you can't, it's not a lot of fun to be second banana.
ref: 2012 August 30, Michael Smyth, “The lifeboat is filling up”, in The Province:
glosses: A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
Related terms: top banana
second fiddle
muddleheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muddleheaded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being muddle-headed; mental confusion or foolishness.
deman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demans
form: demanning
form: demanned
form: demanned
Etymology: From de- + man.
Senses: glosses: To sack employees from.
MW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MWs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of medium wave.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of microwave.
glosses: Initialism of morning wood.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: MF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SW
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: HF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: RF
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VHF
MW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […]
MW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]
ref: 2006 December 2, Brian M. Scott <b.scottcsuohio.edu>, "Re: CRIT: Untitled", message-ID <a86e8xtjh2mi.nv2vbi8kpxb0$.dlg@40tude.net>, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/bb413cfaa74b0fa4
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
related: word: M-W
glosses: Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries.
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: Initialism of MediaWiki.
Related terms: sense: Merriam-Webster
word: Merriam
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: MWDEU
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: MWU
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: Webster
sense: MediaWiki
word: media
sense: MediaWiki
word: wiki
sense: MediaWiki
word: wikiwiki
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: AHD
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: OED
sense: Merriam-Webster
word: RHD
TEA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TEAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of training and employment agency.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of triethylaluminium.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of triethylamine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of triethanolamine.
TEA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of taxed enough already.
TEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Acronym of The Elm Architecture.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Tiny Encryption Algorithm
examples: text: Hinojosa presented state budget data going back to 2016 that she said shows TEA has grown by about 50% over the last decade under Gov. Greg Abbott, while the percentage of students who pass the state’s assessment tests has declined.
ref: 2025 March 28, Brant Bigamon, “DOGEing the Texas Education Agency”, in The Austin Chronicle:
topics: education
glosses: Acronym of Texas Education Agency.
ignition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭgnĭ'shən
ipa: /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: ignitions
Etymology: From French ignition.
Senses: synonyms: inflammation
glosses: The act of igniting.
glosses: The initiation of combustion.
topics: automotive
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
examples: text: Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
Derived terms: word: autoignition
word: basic ignition timing
word: dynamic ignition timing
word: ignition timing
word: preignition
word: reignition
sense: Expressions
word: entry ignition engine
sense: Expressions
word: false ignition
sense: Expressions
word: ignition coil
sense: Expressions
word: ignition interlock
sense: Expressions
word: ignition key
sense: Expressions
word: ignition temperature
sense: Expressions
word: ignition tube test
Related terms: ignite
phoca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊkə/
Forms: form: phocas
form: phocae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).
Senses: examples: text: His charet swift in haste he thither steard,
 Which with a teeme of scaly Phocas bound
 Was drawne vpon the waues, that fomed him around.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: With tangled fins, behind, huge Phocæ glide,
 And Whales and Grampi swell the distant tide.
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 68:
glosses: A seal.
Related terms: phocine
Phocinae
suchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/
Forms: form: such like
form: such-like
Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
Senses: examples: text: If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]
ref: 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction
text: For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
synonyms: somesuch
glosses: Of the same or similar kind.
suchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/
Forms: form: such like
form: such-like
Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
Senses: examples: text: That is, we use reading not just as a means to educate ourselves, or to “explore other worlds” and suchlike, but to literally keep our distance from others.
ref: 2020, Washington Post:
synonyms: somesuch
glosses: Other things of the same kind or type.
suchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌt͡ʃ.laɪk/
Forms: form: suchlikes
form: such like
form: such-like
Etymology: From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
Senses: examples: text: Entertainment is the name of the media game which may include your telling about why the book was written, fun stuff about completing the manuscript […] or suchlikes to liven the interview.
ref: 1999, William Carroll, Self Publishing Made Easy, page 229:
glosses: A thing of the same kind or type.
Related terms: of the like
businesslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more businesslike
form: most businesslike
form: business-like
Etymology: From business + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann:
text: Further along, the road passes a low E-shape of red-brick estate buildings, obviously modern, yet all of a piece with this sensible, attractive and businesslike village.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling:
glosses: Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
examples: text: Then, with a businesslike rigor, he grasped the outstretched palm of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady.
ref: 2024 November 1, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, “Did Ron DeSantis Shake His Wife’s Hand?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Synonyms: sense: earnest, practical and undistracted
word: earnest
sense: earnest, practical and undistracted
word: focused
sense: earnest, practical and undistracted
word: matter-of-fact
Derived terms: businesslikely
businesslikeness
unbusinesslike
catlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætlaɪk/
Forms: form: more catlike
form: most catlike
Etymology: From cat + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a cat; feline.
glosses: Nimble, quick, graceful.
examples: text: With cat-like tread,
 Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
 Our cautious way we feel.
ref: 1879, W. S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance, Act II:
glosses: Slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy.
Synonyms: sense: resembling a cat
word: catty
sense: resembling a cat
word: feline
sense: nimble and quick
word: agile
sense: nimble and quick
word: light-footed
sense: quiet and stealthy
word: slinky
word: sneaky
word: covert
word: catly
Derived terms: catlikeness
uncatlike
Old Blighty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally solely of Australian usage, from Blighty
Senses: examples: text: They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay. Bound for Old Blighty shore.
ref: 1940, Fred Godfrey, “Bless 'Em All”performed by George Formby:
glosses: Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad
Synonyms: Blighty
Old Country
Old Dart
Related terms: old sod
childlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/
Forms: form: more childlike
form: most childlike
Etymology: From child + -like.
Senses: synonyms: word: credulous
word: unworldly
word: artless
word: callow
word: childlike
word: clueless
word: credulous
word: dewy-eyed
word: cute
raw_tags: used ironically
word: fleeceable
word: green
word: guileless
word: ingenuous
word: innocent
word: jejune
word: Panglossian
word: Panglossic
word: quaint
raw_tags: used ironically
word: simple
word: simple-hearted
word: simple-minded
word: starry-eyed
word: unaffected
word: undesigning
word: unpretentious
word: unsophisticated
word: untested
word: unworldly
word: wide-eyed
word: immature
word: born yesterday
word: wet behind the ears
word: virgin
glosses: Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
examples: text: Even Mario is given childlike mannerisms – running open-armed like a fearless toddler, whooping with delight – to convey playful innocence.
ref: 2019 May 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: childish
childly
glosses: Of, like, or suitable for a child.
Synonyms: word: bairnlike
word: childlike
word: childly
word: juvenile
word: juvey
word: kiddish
Hypernyms: word: anthropic
Hyponyms: word: childish
word: boyish
word: puerile
word: girlish
word: girllike
word: girly
word: puellile
word: puelline
Derived terms: childlikeness
nonchildlike
unchildlike
Related terms: word: childish
word: naive
word: young
INTO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Irish National Teachers' Organisation.
quarter of an hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarters of an hour
Senses: examples: text: Will you shut up! You've been talking for the last quarter of an hour.
text: After half or three quarters of an hour’s chat.
topics: time
glosses: fifteen minutes.
Synonyms: quarter-hour
UTU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ulster Teachers' Union.
glosses: Initialism of United Transportation Union.
glosses: Initialism of University of Turku.
PFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PFIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of private finance initiative.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of port fuel injection.
PFI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Popular Front of India, a banned organization in India.
Related terms: sense: fuel injection
word: DFI
sense: fuel injection
word: EFI
sense: fuel injection
word: FI
sense: fuel injection
word: MFI
CSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSEs
Senses: examples: text: John left school with eight CSEs.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Certificate of Secondary Education, a former examination in UK schools; a pass achieved in this examination.
glosses: Initialism of child sexual exploitation.
glosses: Initialism of computer science and engineering.
glosses: Initialism of computational science and engineering.
CSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Communications Security Establishment.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of colloquial Singapore English.
glosses: Initialism of Council of Science Editors
Synonyms: word: CSEC
Related terms: GCE
GCSE
Jeffersonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Jefferson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories.
Jeffersonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Jeffersonians
Etymology: From Jefferson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.
null pointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: null pointers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pointer that does not point to any data object.
Johansson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish Johansson. Doublet of Johnson.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Related terms: Johansen
Johanson
Johanssen
Johnson
manlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmanlʌɪk/
ipa: /ˈmænlaɪk/
Forms: form: more manlike
form: most manlike
Etymology: From man + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In events, I carry my selfe man-like; in the conduct childishly.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.
examples: text: The legendary Bigfoot is said to be a manlike creature.
text: "In heaven's name, what is it?" he asked. "We have been asked not to photograph it. Possibly the light would infuriate it. The command through the medium was definite. We can only say that it is either an ape-like man or a man-like ape."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Of or relating to a human being; anthropoid, anthropomorphous.
Derived terms: manlikeness
unmanlike
unsportsmanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsportsmanlike
form: most unsportsmanlike
Etymology: From un- + sportsmanlike.
Senses: examples: text: The ATP rulebook defines unsportsmanlike conduct as “any misconduct by a player that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the success of a tournament, ATP and/or the sport” and carries a fine of up to $20,000.
ref: 2022 February 23, Matias Grez, “Alexander Zverev is withdrawn from Mexican Open after striking umpire’s chair multiple times”, in CNN:
synonyms: not cricket
unsporting
unsportsmanly
glosses: Violating the accepted standards of sportsmanship.
horror movie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horror movies
Senses: glosses: A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
Synonyms: horror film
horror flick
Hyponyms: creature feature
slasher movie
Related terms: horror story