cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ostent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒstɛnt/
ipa: /ˈɑstɛnt/
ipa: /ɒˈstɛnt/
ipa: /ɑˈstɛnt/
ipa: /ə-/
Forms: form: ostents
Etymology: Perhaps from Latin ostentum.
Senses: examples: text: […] one would be inclined to suspect some confusion in Bede's information, seeing that 40 moments and 60 ostents both are equal to an hour. I cannot find an example of the use of ostentum as a measure of time before Bede, and it is first used as one-sixtieth of an hour in 978 A.D. by Alcuin, who knows a double use.
ref: 1926 [????], Roger Bacon, Opera hactenus inedita Rogeri Baconi..., page 291:
text: As listed in the Oxford English Dictionary under atom, the hour in the table of Papias contained either 5 points, 10 minutes, 15 parts, 40 moments, 60 ostents, [or] 480 ounces[…]
ref: 2010 November 1, Samuel L. Macey, The Dynamics of Progress: Time, Method, and Measure, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).
ostents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostent
pseudaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudæsthesia
form: pseudesthesia
Etymology: From pseudo- + -aesthesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: phantom pain.
swanskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swanskin
box iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box irons
Senses: glosses: A non-electric clothes iron which is heated by placing something hot (as a piece of iron (the slug), or heated charcoal) into its hollow chamber.
box irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box iron
coistril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coistrils
form: coistrel
form: coystrel
form: coystril
Etymology: Probably from Old French coustillier (“groom or lad”). Compare custrel.
Senses: glosses: An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries; a coistrel.
examples: text: And he shall 'by his merriment as dear / As ever coistril bought so little sport: / Ne'er let this sword assist me when I need, / But rust and canker after I have sworn.
ref: c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Anonymous, Arden of Faversham, act 3, scene 2:
text: He's a coward and a coistril that will not / drink to my niece till his brains turn o'the toe like a / parish top.
ref: c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 3:
glosses: A mean, paltry fellow; a coward.
Synonyms: sense: paltry fellow
word: coward and Thesaurus:villain
coistrils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coistril
cutproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cutproof
form: most cutproof
Etymology: From cut + -proof.
Senses: coordinate_terms: stabproof
;
bulletproof
glosses: Resistant to being cut.
Related terms: kevlar
lapalissade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˌpælɪˈsɑːd/
enpr: lə-păl'ĭ-sädʹ
rhymes: -ɑːd
Forms: form: lapalissades
form: Lapalissade
Etymology: From French lapalissade, equivalent to Jacques de la Palice (a French nobleman and military officer) + -ade; see Lapalissian for more.
Senses: examples: text: In a certain way our theory is so obvious that it appears to us as a “lapalissade”. The cell is a network of phospholipid membranes and one of their chief functions is to keep certain substrates and enzymes apart.
ref: 1961, Robert John Cecil Harris, The Initial Effects of Ionizing Radiations on Cells: A Symposium Held in Moscow, October, 1960, Supported by UNESCO and the IAEA and Sponsored by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.:
text: Despite their affection for Gavarni, they dismissed as a lapalissade his oft-repeated statement that science had killed the notion of God
ref: 1990, Malcolm Scott, The Struggle for the Soul of the French Novel: French Catholic and Realist Novelists, 1850–1970, Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press:
text: His display of the virtues Dickens has popularized is a real fraud. Nothing can show that he wants to abide by them. That he only loves himself is a lapalissade.
ref: 1996, Bridges: A Senegalese Journal of English Studies:
glosses: An obvious, self-evident truth, especially humorously so; a tautology or truism.
Related terms: Lapalissian
Lapalissianly
lattis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latti
progeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From progeria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to progeria.
nonprogressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonprogressive
lavallière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavallières
Senses: examples: text: "Yes, I wouldn't very much mind getting my pearl lavallière back," said Grace, as she and Amy joined them.
ref: 1918, Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service; Or, Doing Their Bit for the Soldier Boys:
glosses: Alternative form of lavaliere.
parhelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliəm
Forms: form: parheliums
form: parhelia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parhelion.
unprocessability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + process + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being unprocessable.
swinney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Swinney is altogether an imaginary disease.
ref: 1872, American agriculturist: Volume 31:
glosses: Archaic form of sweeny.
gorcrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorcrows
Etymology: From gore + crow.
Senses: glosses: The carrion crow.
gorcrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorcrow
idioplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idioplasm
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own; proper, peculiar”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “form, mold”). Equivalent to idio- + -plasm. Coined by Carl Nägeli.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma.
wikipedia: Carl Nägeli
Derived terms: idioplasmic
Related terms: hygroplasm
enarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Old French enarmé (“equipped with a handle”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:enarmed.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Having horns, hoofs, etc. of a different colour from the body.
slavedealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavedealers
Etymology: From slave + dealer.
Senses: glosses: One who buys and sells people as slaves.
slavedealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slave + dealing.
Senses: glosses: The buying and selling of people as slaves.
slavedealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavedealer
lapalissades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapalissade
lavallières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavallière
tunnelable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tunnellable
Etymology: From tunnel + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being tunneled through.
lentando
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italian lentando, present participle of lentare (“to make slow”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Archaic form of rallentando.
cannabine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin cannabinus.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemp; hempen.
cannabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin cannabinus.
Senses: examples: text: Indian hemp yields cannabine and cannabine hydrate; combined with tannin the hydrate forms a staple compound.
ref: 1886, Thomas Michael Dolan, A Summary of New Remedies, page 19:
text: Cannabine occurs as a syrupy, brown liquid; but the tannate of the alkaloid is a yellowish-brown powder, of a bitter taste and almost odorless.
ref: 1893, David Cerna, Notes on the Newer Remedies:
text: Cannabine tannate is a substance prepared commercially by distilling Indian hemp with steam to deprive it of its volatile oil, extracting with water, precipitating the aqueous extract with lead acetate, decomposing this with hydrogen sulphide and combining the cannabine thus set free with tannic acid; or the aqueous extract may be directly precipitated with tannic acid.
ref: 1907, British Pharmaceutical Codex, page 201:
text: By march the "blue death" had killed nearly 6,500 people in Paris, roughly 50 percent of those who became infected, and Parisian medical journals reported that hashish tincture, referred to interchangeably as "hachichine" and "cannabine," produced inconclusive results at best.
ref: 2021, Lucas Richert, Jim Mills, Cannabis: Global Histories, page 10:
glosses: An alkaloid extracted from Cannabis sativa or hemp that was used medicinally in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
shekinah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈkaɪnə/
ipa: /ʃəˈkaj.nə/
Forms: form: shekinahs
Etymology: From Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (sh'chiná, literally “act of dwelling”).
Senses: examples: text: Some said that the Shekinah, who dwelt with his people on earth, still lived on the Temple Mount, even though the Temple was in ruins.
ref: 1993, Karen Armstrong, A History of God, Vintage, published 1999, page 90:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
Related terms: shechinah
shechinahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shechinah
unkard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unkard
form: most unkard
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unked.
sesquialterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltərəs/
Etymology: From Latin sesquialter + English -ous, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of sesquialteral, having a band or dot occupying a third of a wing.
synonyms: word: sesquialteral
word: having a band or dot occupying a third of a wing
Encratite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Encratites
Etymology: Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”).
Senses: glosses: One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.
Synonyms: Continent
Encratites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Encratite
Continents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Continent
entoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entoderms
Etymology: From ento- + -derm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of endoderm.
Derived terms: entodermal
entoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entoderm
circumesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + esophageal.
Senses: examples: text: circumesophageal connective
text: circumesophageal interneurons
text: circumesophageal ganglia
text: the circumesophageal nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the esophagus.
incontestibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being incontestible.
incontestableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incontestable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being incontestable.
podobranch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podobranchs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the gills attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
podobranchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podobranch
propination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin propinatio. See propine.
Senses: glosses: The right to distill spirits.
examples: 1697-1698, John Potter, Archæologia Græca
This Propination was carry'd about towards the right hand, where the superior Quality of some of the Guests did not oblige them to alter that method.
glosses: The act of pledging, or first drinking and then offering the cup to another.
carvelbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carvel-built.
traybake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traybakes
Etymology: From tray + bake.
Senses: glosses: A meal or dessert baked in a tray.
Related terms: traybaked
traybakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traybake
sutling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The business or occupation of a sutler.
sutling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sutle
belam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belams
form: belamming
form: belammed
form: belammed
Etymology: From be- + lam.
Senses: examples: text: he unjoynted the spondyles or knuckles of the neck , disfigured their chaps , gashed their faces , made their cheeks hang flapping on their chin , and so swinged and belammed them , that they fell down before him
ref: 1653, François Rabelais, “Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes”, in W. Heath Robinson, transl., The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, page 83:
glosses: To beat or bang.
belammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belam
belamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belam
belams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belam
glasseye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glasseyes
Etymology: From glass + eye.
Senses: glosses: A fish, the walleyed pike.
examples: 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
Another species of blindness , and of which mention was made when describing the retina , is Gutta Serena , commonly called glass eye. The pupil is more than usually dilated : it is immovable , and bright , and glassy .
glosses: A form of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
glasseyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glasseye
supersulphuretted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supersulphuretted
form: most supersulphuretted
form: supersulfuretted
form: supersulphureted
Etymology: From super- + sulphuretted.
Senses: examples: text: supersulphuretted hydrogen
text: supersulphuretted lead
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: impregnated or combined with an excess of sulfur.
pectose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectoses
Etymology: Blend of pectic + cellulose
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amorphous carbohydrate found especially in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group.
Derived terms: pectosic acid
pectoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pectose
scratchweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scratchweeds
Etymology: From scratch + weed.
Senses: glosses: cleavers (Galium aparine).
scratchweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratchweed
interalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of entrails.
supplyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supplyant
form: most supplyant
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of suppliant.
periblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periblasts
Etymology: From peri- + -blast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.
Related terms: periblastic
periblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periblast
brocage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brocages
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of brokerage.
brocages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brocage
coestate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coestates
Etymology: From co- + estate.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Cham himself was so much alarmed at the lawless proceedings of Brut-an-tiffi, that he convoked a general assembly of all the potentates who possessed fiefs in the empire, in order to deliberate upon measures for restraining the ambition of this ferocious freebooter. Among others, the Dairo of Japan, as lord of the farm of Yesso, sent a deputy to this convention, who, in his master’s name, solemnly disclaimed and professed his detestation of Brut-an-tiffi’s proceedings, which, indeed, were universally condemned. The truth is, he, at this period, dreaded the resentment of all the other co-estates rather more than he feared the menaces of Brut-an-tiffi […]
ref: 1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume I, London: Robinson and Roberts, page 136:
glosses: Joint estate; an estate co-owned.
coestates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coestate
sootish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sootish
form: most sootish
Etymology: From soot + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: things become blacke by a sootish and fuliginious matter proceeding from the sulphur of bodies torrified
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: sooty
cabiai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabiais
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of capybara.
cabiais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabiai
symphonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of symphonize
symphonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of symphonize
symphonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of symphonize
hydromellonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydromellone
hydromellone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid prepared by dissolving mellonuret of potassium in boiling water, and adding hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, or nitric acid.
Synonyms: hydromellonic acid
dartars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French dartre (“eruption, dandruff”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
steining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steinings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of steening.
steinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steining
trichomatose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?]
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Affected with trichoma (plica).
Related terms: trichoma
subbilobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + bilobate.
Senses: glosses: Almost or approximately bilobate.
peltiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peltiform
form: most peltiform
Etymology: From pelta + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: The seedlings will, in the first year, have only cotyledonal leaves; in the second, peltiform ones
ref: 1831, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine:
glosses: shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate
epagoge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛpəˈɡəʊɡiː/
Etymology: From Latin epagōgē, from Ancient Greek ἐπᾰγωγή (epăgōgḗ, “a bringing in”). See epact.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
Derived terms: epagogic
suffumige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈfjuːmɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: suffumiges
Etymology: Latin suffumigium.
Senses: examples: text: For external means , drying ſuffumiges or ſmoaks are oft prescribed with good ſucceſs
ref: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
glosses: A medical fume.
suffumiges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suffumige
Hooke's gearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hooke's gearings
Etymology: So called from the inventor.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
senatusconsult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senatusconsults
Etymology: From Latin senātūs cōnsultum.
Senses: glosses: A decree written by the Roman Senate.
senatusconsults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senatusconsult
dithyrambus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithyrambi
Etymology: From Latin dīthyrambus, from Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dithyramb.
dicyemid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dicyemid
form: most dicyemid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Like or belonging to the phylum Dicyemida or the family Dicyemidae, extremely simple parasites found in the kidneys of cephalopods
dicyemid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicyemids
Senses: glosses: Any member of the phylum Dicyemida or the family Dicyemidae.
dicyemids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicyemid
clinkant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clinkant
form: most clinkant
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clinquant.
countermure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈkaʊntəˌmjʊə/
Forms: form: countermures
form: contramure
Etymology: From French contremurer.
Senses: examples: text: if they could aduance a countermure as high as their wals , and ſo to attaine to the conqueſt thereof
ref: 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when that is breached or destroyed.
countermure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊntɚˌmjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈkaʊntəˌmjʊə/
Forms: form: countermures
form: countermuring
form: countermured
form: countermured
form: contramure
Etymology: From French contremurer.
Senses: examples: 15??, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
They are plac'd in those empyreal heights,
Where, counter-mur'd with walls of diamond,
I find the place impregnable.
glosses: To fortify with a wall behind another wall.
countermured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countermure
countermures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countermure
countermuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countermure
tripudiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tripudiations
Etymology: Latin tripudiatio.
Senses: examples: text: dances to the musicall aires of the cogitations, which is that tripudiation of the Nymphs
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
text: Till champagne and tripudiation do their work; and all lie silent, horizontal; passively slumbering, with meed-of-battle dreams!
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
glosses: The act of dancing.
Related terms: tripudiate
tripudiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripudiation
skeeziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skeezy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being skeezy.
apprizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: apprizers
Etymology: From apprize + -er.
Senses: glosses: An appraiser.
examples: text: The apprizer, therefore (as the holder of a mortgage was then called), entered upon possession, and, in the language of Hotspur, “came me cranking in”
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
apprizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apprizer
triliteralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From triliteral + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being triliteral.
Synonyms: triliterality
humoralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humoralisms
form: humouralism
Etymology: From humoral + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being humoral.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humours; humorism.
humoralisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humoralism
excecate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excecates
form: excecating
form: excecated
form: excecated
form: excæcate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excaecātus, perfect passive participle of excaecō (“to blind”), from ex- (denoting privation) + caecō (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).
Senses: examples: text: God doth worke inwardly in the hearts of sinners, doth excecate and obdurate the minds of men
ref: 1630, James Sharpe, The Triall of the Protestant Priuate Spirit:
glosses: To blind.
Related terms: excecation
excecated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excecate
excecates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excecate
excecating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excecate
Cerberean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɜɹˈbɪəɹɪən/
Forms: form: more Cerberean
form: most Cerberean
form: Cerberian
Senses: examples: text: with wide Cerberean mouth
ref: 1741, William Hogarth, The Enraged Musician:
glosses: Of or relating to, or resembling, Cerberus in Greek mythology.
Cerberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cerberian
form: most Cerberian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cerberean.
hemiprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiproteins
Etymology: From hemi- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An insoluble proteid substance formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid, and apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
hemiproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemiprotein
medlied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of medly
medlies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of medly
medly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: medlies
form: medlying
form: medlied
form: medlied
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of medley.
medlying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of medly
sambuke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsambjuːk/
Forms: form: sambukes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of sambuca.
sambukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sambuke
entoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ento- + -plasm.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of endoplasm.
recubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin recubare (“to lie upon the back”).
Senses: examples: text: French and Italian translations, expressing neither position of session nor recubation, do only say that he placed himself at the table; and when ours expresseth the same by sitting
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: recumbence; a state of lying down
stockwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockworks
Etymology: German Stockwerk.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped, especially common with tin ore.
stockworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockwork
sensualistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensualistically
form: most sensualistically
Etymology: From sensualistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a sensualistic manner.
sensualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sensualistic
form: most sensualistic
Etymology: From sensual + -istic.
Senses: glosses: sensual
synonyms: word: epicurean
word: sybaritic
word: Babylonian
word: decadent
word: epicureal
word: epicurean
word: epicureous
word: epicurish
word: hedonic
word: hedonistic
word: intemperate
word: lotus-eating
word: luxurious
word: self-indulgent
word: sensualistic
word: sinful
word: sybarite
word: sybaritic
word: sybaritical
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
glosses: Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
doomedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doomed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being doomed.
felo-de-se
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felos-de-se
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of felo de se.
felos-de-se
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felo-de-se
trithionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + thionic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A thionic acid, H₂S₃O₆.
thiometalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiometalates
Etymology: From thio- + metalate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thiometallate.
thiometalates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiometalate
tangleproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tangleproof
form: most tangleproof
Etymology: From tangle + -proof.
Senses: examples: a tangleproof telephone cord
glosses: Resistant to tangling.
Syriza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of SYRIZA.
sematrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sematropes
Etymology: From sema- + -trope.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for signalling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.
Related terms: heliotrope
semaphore
semiotics
sematropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sematrope
pipemouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipemouths
Etymology: From pipe + mouth.
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the genus Fistularia; the tobacco pipefish (Fistularia tabacaria).
pipemouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipemouth
monoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoplasts
Etymology: From mono- + -plast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A monoplastic element.
monoplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoplast
philomot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləmɒt/
Etymology: See filemot.
Senses: examples: text: One of them was blue, another yellow, and another philomot
ref: 1712 January 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, January 3, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 265; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of filemot.
actinological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more actinological
form: most actinological
Etymology: From actinology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to actinology; relating to the effect of light on chemicals.
brown lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of byssinosis
synonyms: word: byssinosis
linoleums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linoleum
subaccount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subaccounts
Etymology: From sub- + account.
Senses: topics: business
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A secondary account that belongs to a separate parent account.
lofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lofers
Etymology: See loafer (“wolf”).
Senses: examples: text: He's part lofer, Jean. His mother was a favorite shepherd dog of mine. His father was a big timber wolf that took us two years to kill.
ref: 1921, Zane Grey, To The Last Man:
glosses: Alternative form of loafer (“timber wolf”).
lofes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lofe
subaccounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subaccount
triracial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + racial.
Senses: examples: text: Allen has an Afro-Caribbean mom and Chinese-Greek dad, making him triracial.
text: Within the Latin American triracial system, a great emphasis is placed on color gradations, phenotype, and class status when bestowing racial status, according to whether such factors closely approximate a notion of whiteness.
ref: 2009, Evelyn Glenn, Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: Of or relating to three races.
Related terms: biracial
reallocator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reallocators
Etymology: From reallocate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, reallocates.
reallocators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reallocator
cellotaphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellotaph
anaerobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French anaérobie, plural anaérobies.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: anaerobes
closehauled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of close-hauled.
louage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: louages
Etymology: From French louage (“renting”).
Senses: qualifier: Tunisia
glosses: Synonym of shared taxi.
synonyms: word: shared taxi
seabound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sea + bound or sea + -bound.
Senses: glosses: surrounded by the sea
glosses: Destined for the sea.
hemialbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + albumin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hemialbumose
setdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setdown
exiccation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of exsiccation.
septaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septarium
septarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /sɛpˈtɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: septaria
Etymology: From Latin saeptum (“inclosure, partition”) + -arium.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: turtle-stone
glosses: A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
hypocist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + Cistus.
Senses: glosses: An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
polysyndetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polysyndetic
form: most polysyndetic
Senses: glosses: Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions.
Derived terms: polysyndetically
postfactum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of post factum.
stoak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stoaks
form: stoaking
form: stoaked
form: stoaked
Etymology: Compare German stocken.
Senses: examples: text: The pump is stoaked.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To stop; to choke.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of stoke.
stoaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stoak
stoaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stoak
stoaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stoak
blennorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blennorrheas
form: blennorrhoea
form: blennorrhœa
Etymology: From blenno- + -rrhea, New Latin combining forms based on Ancient Greek roots.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: gonorrhea
blennorrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blennorrhea
metatungstic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + tungstic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates).
Synonyms: polytungstic acid
pyrotungstic acid
sifilet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sifilets
Etymology: Compare French siflet.
Senses: glosses: The western parotia (Parotia sefilata), a species of bird of paradise found in New Guinea
sifilets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sifilet
court tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: real tennis
louages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of louage
baldmoney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/
Forms: form: bald-money
form: bawd money
form: bawd-money
form: baldmoyne
form: bald-moyne
Etymology: Apparently a corruption of Latin valdē bona (“very good”) (a plant mentioned in Leonhart Fuchs's Great Herbal). Earliest forms seem to come from an intermediate, unattested French form baudemoine (modern French baudremoine) and by analogy to the plant name agrimony.
Senses: synonyms: meu
meon
meum
spignel
bearwort
glosses: Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
examples: text: Gentius king of Illyria was the first founder of this herbe, and the first that used it in medicine, for which cause it was called Gentian after his own name: in Greek, γεντιανή, which name also the apothecaries retaine unto this daie, and call it Gentiana: it is named in English Felwoort Gentian; Bitterwoort; Baldmoyne, and Baldmoney.
ref: 1597, John Gerard, Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, Chapter 100: Of Felwoort, or Baldmoney , pages 350–352:
glosses: A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
written statement of employment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: written statements of employment
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legally binding document that puts the main terms of employment, such as pay, working hours, holidays, applicable collective agreement, sick leave and pension in writing, and which an employer is required to give to an employee.
teraconic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of terebic + citraconic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
ternion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ternions
Etymology: From Latin ternio, from terni (“three each”). See tern (adjective).
Senses: examples: text: disposing them into ternions of three general hierarchies
ref: 1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:
glosses: A group of three things together; a ternary, triplet or triad.
topics: arts
bookbinding
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages.
Synonyms: sense: three things together
word: threesome
word: triad
word: trio
Related terms: quaternion
ternions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ternion
cribration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cribrations
Etymology: Compare French cribration, from Latin cribrare (“to sift”). See cribble (noun).
Senses: glosses: sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts.
cribrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cribration
plagiostomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Alternative form of plagiostomous.
shrouded gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrouded gears
Senses: glosses: A cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
shrouded gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrouded gear
bona roba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bona robas
Etymology: From Italian bona roba, literally, “good stuff”.
Senses: examples: text: And is Jane Nightwork alive? […] By the mass, I could anger her to th' heart. She was then a bona-roba. Doth she hold her own well?
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, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: A fine strapping bona roba, in the Chartres taste, but well-limbed, clear-complexioned, and Turkish-eyed; thou the first man with her, or made to believe so, which is the same thing […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: For he assured me that now he possessed very large experience, for so small a matter; being thoroughly acquainted with women of every class, from ladies of the highest blood, to Bona-robas, and peasants’ wives: and that they all might be divided into three heads and no more; that is to say as follows.
ref: 1871, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, London: Sampson Low, page 317:
glosses: An attractive woman, especially one who is sexually available; a prostitute or courtesan.
bona robas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bona roba
chloroleucite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroleucites
Etymology: From chloro- + leucite.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A chloroplast.
chloroleucites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroleucite
renay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈneɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: renays
form: renaying
form: renayed
form: renayed
form: reny
Etymology: From Middle English reneye, from Old French reneier, French renier, renier, from Latin re- (“re-”) + negare (“to deny”). See renegade. Doublet of renege and related to deny.
Senses: examples: text: […] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, […]
ref: 1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. Chapter 15. That Princes be Boundẽ [Bounden] to Punish Heretykes, and that Fayre Handelyng Helpeth Litle with Many of Them.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book IV, page 279, column 2:
glosses: To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
glosses: To take back, to recant (something one says or believes).
glosses: To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement).
renayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renay
renayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: You know our armie is inuincible:
As many circumcized Turkes we haue,
And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed,
As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea
Small drops of water, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or III), scene i:
glosses: Apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god.
renaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renay
renays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renay
three-pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile.
politzerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politzerizations
Etymology: From Hungarian Politzer + -ization, named after Ádám Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.
wikipedia: Ádám Politzer
politzerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politzerization
caballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈbælɚ/
/kəˈbɑːlɚ/
Forms: form: caballers
Etymology: From cabal + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a close caballer and tongue-valiant lord
ref: 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: "I would threaten him with a protestant son-in-law, and be glad of an opportunity to disobey him for conscience sake. And now that Nanny is out of hearing, let me really say, I think you would be excuseable before God and man for resisting this preposterous match by every means in your power. A proud, dark, ambitious man; a caballer against the state; infamous for his avarice and severity; a bad son, a bad brother, unkind and ungenerous to all his relatives—Isabel, I would die rather than have him."
ref: 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Someone who cabals; a plotter or intriguer.
caballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caballer