cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
HA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HAs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of high availability.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of hospital apprentice.
procrastine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: procrastines
form: procrastining
form: procrastined
form: procrastined
Senses: glosses: To procrastinate.
exitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exituses
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exitus. Doublet of ejido and exit.
Senses: examples: text: She was brought to the Emergency Room moribund and went on to exitus soon after.
ref: 1944 November, John G. Sinclair, N. D. Schofield, “Anomalies of the cardio-pulmonary circuit compensated without a ductus arteriosus”, in The Anatomical Record, volume 90, number 3, →DOI, page 209:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: exitus letalis
fatality
glosses: death
faex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faeces
Etymology: From Latin faex.
Senses: examples: text: In some cases he has identified the plant parasites also in the intestine of insects (Hemiptera and Muscidae) living on the plants and presumably distributing infection either by bite or by faex.[…]It gives a concise and coherent general account of the biology, the Protozoa, group by group, as exemplified by representative species and deals in well digested detail, and in their taxonomic setting, with the species found in the intestine and faex and blood and tissues of man
ref: 1924, Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, Tropical Diseases Bulletin, volume 21, pages 135, 243:
text: The colour of the faeces presumably depends on that of the sand on which the worm happens to be feeding. It would be difficult to explain the following laboratory observation in any other way. A worm, which was setting up a new head shaft, produced a cylinder consisting of 4 cm. of yellow matter followed by 3 cm. of black, the two separated by a sharp boundary though both forming parts of the same faex.
ref: 1944, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal, volume 26, page 201:
text: I, the last of the Ducases, I, the strider across millennia, I, the brilliant Courier in the style of Metaxes, I … I, to these veteran Couriers here, was simply an upright mass of perambulating dreck. A faex that walks like a man. Which is the singular of faeces. Which is to say, a shit.
ref: 1969, Robert Silverberg, Up the Line, Ballantine Books:
text: When > 120 sand eel otoliths were present in a faex, a random subsample of at least 25 % of the total number was measured.[…]Table 3. Mean numbers of fish otoliths and cephalopod beaks per faex containing prey (n) for each geographical area (I. Inverness Firth; D. Dornoch Firth; B. Beauly Firth) in summer and winter for those prey species contributing > 3.5 % to the overall diet composition, by mass.[…]Table 4. Results of one-way Kruskal – Wallis ANOVAs (df = 3) to test for between-year differences in summer diet composition in 1989 – 1992, measured by numbers of otoliths or beaks per faex (see the text for details).
ref: 1996, Canadian Journal of Zoology, volume 74, pages 1111, 1115, 1116:
topics: sciences
glosses: singular of faeces
equinoctes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkwɪˈnɒktiːz/
ipa: /ˌiː-/
ipa: /ˌɛkwəˈnɑktiz/
ipa: /ˈi-/
Etymology: This would be the plural of equinox if it were a Latin word; the accusative, nominative, or vocative plural of Latin nox (“night”) is noctēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of equinox
knower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knowers
Etymology: From know + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm, the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 9:
glosses: Agent noun of know: one who knows.
knowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knower
knotwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knotworks
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From knot + -work.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
head_nr: 1
glosses: Work involving the tying of knots.
head_nr: 1
glosses: An object composed of or using knots.
Related terms: macrame
knotworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knotwork
knucklebone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knucklebones
Etymology: From knuckle + bone.
Senses: glosses: A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
glosses: Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
glosses: A die.
knobbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of knobbly: most knobbly
knobblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of knobbly: more knobbly
kungfu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kung fu.
rasberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of raspberry.
eliminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elimination
emirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emirate
engorges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engorge
engorging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engorge
entreats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entreat
entreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entreat
etiologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etiology Alternative spelling of aetiologies.
envisaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of envisage
excoriations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excoriation
elucidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elucidation
Ethiopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ethiopian
emaciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emaciate
emaciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emaciate
electives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elective
energiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energisers
form: energizer
Etymology: From energise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of energizer.
energisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of energiser
embarkations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarkation
endives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endive
emulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emulation
elongations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elongation
bottlenose dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottlenose dolphins
form: bottle-nosed dolphin
Senses: glosses: One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
glosses: One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.
qualifier: historically
Hyponyms: sense: Tursiops
word: Tursiops truncatus
sense: Tursiops
word: Tursiops aduncus
sense: Tursiops
word: Tursiops australis
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tursiops truncatus
word: Black Sea bottlenose dolphin
talk out of turn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks out of turn
form: talking out of turn
form: talked out of turn
form: talked out of turn
form: speak out of turn
Senses: examples: text: Wherever she was, she always essayed the leading social role; and it was seldom that a woman said to her: "Mrs. Volante, you are talking out of turn."
ref: 1894, George Putnam, “A Lady of the Line,”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 15, page 255:
text: "If the President is wise, he will henceforth confine his press conferences to domestic questions." . . . With these words, Pundit Walter Lippmann last week reprimanded Franklin Roosevelt for talking out of turn about religious freedom in Russia.
ref: 1941 October 13, “Power Politics”, in Time:
text: Because some government officials apparently talked out of turn, the Russians can now engage in ballistics blackmail with our allies.
ref: 1957 June 13, Ruth Montgomery, “Leaders in Congress Fume at Lack of ICBM Security”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 25 Sep 2008, page 2A:
text: A judge admonished rock star Courtney Love after she showed up two hours late for a hearing on drug charges and talked out of turn in court.
ref: 2004 March 17, Robert Jablon, “Talkative Courtney Love admonished by judge in drug case”, in San Diego Union Tribune, retrieved 25 Sep 2008:
text: The oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train passed. They found holes and rents in the iron but never reported them as they were never asked, and it wasn't their job. These were deferential times, and few wanted to talk out of turn.
ref: 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81:
glosses: To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.
Related terms: loose lip
out of turn
tell tales out of school
speak out of turn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speaks out of turn
form: speaking out of turn
form: spoke out of turn
form: spoken out of turn
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of talk out of turn.
talking out of turn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk out of turn
orans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orantes
form: orant
form: oranta
form: orante
Etymology: Derived from Latin orans (“praying”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
art
arts
glosses: A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The posture or bodily attitude of such a figure.
out of turn
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: There are also controls to select out-of-turn working or acknowledge a warning that the programme-roll description of a train and train-describer description are at variance, [...].[...] The machines can automatically take account of late running of trains and, if it exceeds a pre-determined amount, can despatch a train out of turn.
ref: 1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758:
glosses: When it is not one's turn.
Related terms: talk out of turn
oppugnant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oppugnant
form: most oppugnant
Etymology: From Latin oppugnans, present participle of oppugno.
Senses: glosses: opposing, antagonistic, contrary
Derived terms: oppugnancy
oppugnant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppugnants
Etymology: From Latin oppugnans, present participle of oppugno.
Senses: glosses: One who oppugns; an opponent.
oppugner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpjuːnə/
Forms: form: oppugners
Etymology: From oppugn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other.
ref: 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Of the Will”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 1, member 2, subsection 11, page 44:
text: Dennis, the fiercest oppugner of puns in ancient or modern times, professes himself highly tickled with the “a stick” chiming to “ecclesiastic”.
ref: 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “[Popular Fallacies.] VIII. That Verbal Allusions Are Not Wit, Because They Will Not Bear a Translation.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, pages 239–240:
glosses: Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
ordinant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinants
Senses: glosses: One who ordains.
ordinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ordinant
form: most ordinant
Senses: examples: text: Then imagine that muscular firmness and subtlety, and the instantaneously selective and ordinant energy of the brain, sustained all day long, not only without fatigue, but with a visible joy in the exertion,
ref: 1872, John Ruskin, The Relation of Art to Morals:
text: Why, even in that was heaven ordinant.
I had my father's signet in my purse,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
glosses: Ordaining; decreeing.
ordines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordo
moldavite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒldəvʌɪt/
Forms: form: moldavites
Etymology: From German Moldawit, from Moldau (“Vltava River”).
Senses: examples: text: When a meteorite strikes the earth, it produces the formation of moldavite. This semiprecious stone, which resembles green glass, has gemlike qualities and is often used in jewelry.
ref: 2009, Simon Cox, Decoding The Lost Symbol, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 156:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
pre-increment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-increments
Etymology: From pre- + increment.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
pre-increment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-increments
form: pre-incrementing
form: pre-incremented
form: pre-incremented
Etymology: From pre- + increment.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform such an operation upon.
post-increment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-increments
Etymology: From post- + increment.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An increment operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
post-increment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: post-increments
form: post-incrementing
form: post-incremented
form: post-incremented
Etymology: From post- + increment.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform such an operation upon.
pre-decrement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-decrements
Etymology: From pre- + decrement.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A decrement operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.
pre-decrement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-decrements
form: pre-decrementing
form: pre-decremented
form: pre-decremented
Etymology: From pre- + decrement.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform such an operation upon.
post-decrement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-decrements
Etymology: From post- + decrement.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A decrement operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.
post-decrement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: post-decrements
form: post-decrementing
form: post-decremented
form: post-decremented
Etymology: From post- + decrement.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform such an operation upon.
bocage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bocages
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boscage.
acupoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kjuˌpɔɪnt/
ipa: /ˈæ.kjəˌpɔɪnt/
Forms: form: acupoints
Etymology: Blend of acupuncture + point. By surface analysis, acu- + point.
Senses: examples: text: An important aspect of the "barefoot doctors" treatment is G-Jo. G-Jo rests on the same philosophy as acupuncture, acupressure, Shiatsu and the other acupoint stimulation therapies.
ref: 1979, George J. Feiss, Mind Therapies, Body Therapies, page 59:
topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A specific point on the body where acupuncture or acupressure is applied.
Derived terms: nonacupoint
loungewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lounge + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: “I love that loungewear has become a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work.”
ref: 2022 April 12, Rhonda Garelick, “Am I Done Suffering for Fashion?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Loose clothing in which one can lounge.
meeja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meedja
Etymology: Lax pronunciation of media.
Senses: examples: text: That's the life of the busy meeja type, I suppose.
text: Monkey noted at Victoria Real's post-Big Brother party that when it comes to debauchery, digital types are outdoing their meeja counterparts.
ref: 2000 September 29, “Big Brother's sordid secrets”, in The Guardian:
glosses: media (communications industry)
dynamimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamimeters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dynamometer.
dynamitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamitists
Etymology: From dynamite + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Dynamiter.
dynameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynameters
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the magnification of a telescope.
dymonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dymondes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of diamond.
dyery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyeries
Etymology: From dye + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A factory where fabric is dyed.
Coordinate terms: bleachery
dyeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyeable
form: most dyeable
Etymology: From dye + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be dyed.
undyeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undyeable
form: most undyeable
Etymology: From un- + dye + -able.
Senses: glosses: Unable to be dyed.
glosses: Best left undyed.
dyarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyarchies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diarchy.
Derived terms: dyarchal
dyarchic
dyarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diarchal.
astringence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹɪndʒ.əns/
Forms: form: astringences
form: astringency
Senses: examples: 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1239: “Good For Him, Really”
I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection.
glosses: Alternative form of astringency.
diarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dyarchal
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system
dodecadodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdəʊdɛkəˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdɹən/
ipa: /ˌdəʊdɪkəˌdəʊdɪkəˈhiːdɹən/
ipa: /ˌdoʊdɛkəˌdoʊdɛkəˈhiːdɹən/
Forms: form: dodecadodecahedra
form: dodecadodecahedrons
Etymology: From dodeca- + dodecahedron.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A nonconvex polyhedron with twenty-four faces, thirty vertices, and sixty edges.
Related terms: dodecadodecahedral
dodecahedron
icosidodecadodecahedron
duyker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duykers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duiker.
duiker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪkɚ/
ipa: /ˈdaɪkə/
rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
homophone: diker
Forms: form: duikers
form: duyker
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.
Senses: examples: text: Next day she rose early, and went out with the gun and killed a duiker on the edge of the Big Tobacco Land (where her father had grown tobacco during his season's phase of believing in it).
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 65:
hyponyms: coquetoon
glosses: Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Cephalophus spadix
word: Abbott's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus adersi
word: Ader's duiker
word: banded duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus dorsalis
word: bay duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus niger
word: black duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus nigrifrons
word: black-fronted duiker
taxonomic: Philantomba monticola
word: blue duiker
taxonomic: Sylvicapra grimmia
word: common duiker
word: crowned duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus brookei
word: Brooke's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus harveyi
word: Harvey's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus jentinki
word: Jentink's duiker
taxonomic: Philantomba maxwellii
word: Maxwell's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus ogilbyi
word: Ogilby's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus callipygus
word: Peters's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus rufilatus
word: red-flanked duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus natalensis
word: red forest duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus rubidis
word: Ruwenzori duiker
taxonomic: Philantomba walteri
word: Walter's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus weynsi
word: Weyns's duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus leucogaster
word: white-bellied duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus sylvicultor
word: yellow-backed duiker
taxonomic: Cephalophus zebra
word: zebra duiker
dutchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
rhymes: -ʌtʃi
homophone: duchy
homophone: dutchie
Forms: form: dutchies
Senses: examples: text: The ſeigniorie alſo and principality of this part (which the Perſians call a Satrapy, that is, a Dutchy or Countey) doth in great meaſure exceede all other prouinces that are vnder the protection of the great King.
ref: 1584, Herodotus, translated by B[arnabe] R[ich], The Famous Hystory of Herodotus. […], London: […] Thomas Marshe, folio 61, recto:
text: The United Netherlands, (in Latin called Belgium fœderatum,) which we here particularly ſpeak of, form the northern part of the Netherlands, and including the Generalitélandes, border to the ſouth on Auſtrian Flanders and Brabant, to the eaſt on the upper quarters of the dutchies of Gelders and Cleve, the biſhopric of Munſter, the County of Bentheim, and the principality of Eaſt Frieſland, and to the north and weſt on the northern ſea; forming a territory of about ſix hundred and twenty-five ſquare geographical miles.
ref: 1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the United Netherlands”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; […], volumes III (Containing, Italy, Sardinia, Naples, Sicily, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, United Netherlands, and Swisserland), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, § 3, pages 449–450:
glosses: Archaic spelling of duchy.
dutchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
rhymes: -ʌtʃi
homophone: duchy
homophone: dutchie
Forms: form: dutchier
form: dutchiest
Etymology: Possibly Dutch + -y. Compare double Dutch.
Senses: examples: text: He is so dutchy that we can hardly understand him.
qualifier: regional to rural Central New York State
glosses: difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated
Dutchland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Duchelond (“Germany”), from Middle Dutch duutsche land or from late Middle High German diutschland, both equivalent to Dutch + -land. Cognate with West Frisian Dútslân (“Germany”), Dutch Duitsland (“Germany”), German Deutschland (“Germany”), Swedish Tyskland (“Germany”), Icelandic Þýskaland (“Germany”).
Senses: glosses: Pennsylvania Dutchland
examples: text: The dwellers in those mountain regions, along with the greater part of the lowland population, we call by a Latin name "Germans," as if we had first learned about them by reading Cæsar's commentaries. One can see how the popular name "Dutchland" would naturally remain associated especially with that bit of shore with which our forefathers had most to do.
ref: 1902, John Fiske, The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America:
glosses: The region of Continental Europe populated by speakers of Low, Middle and High West Germanic languages, roughly corresponding to the Netherlands, Flanders, Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland.
examples: text: […] a comedian no less handsome and no less kind in Dutchland than Mrs. Johnson was in England […]
ref: 1688, George Etherege, in a letter (written from Regensburg (Ratisbon)) to Middleton, printed in 1982 in A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, […] and Other Stage Personnel in London, volume 8, page 170
text: I observe, in Turinge in Dutchland, […]
ref: 1838, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixteenth edition (printed from the authorized copy of 1651), Democritus Junior to the Reader, page 51
text: Before a few weeks ago I always held England for the greateste land of the whole world after Dutchland, and the Englanders for the best-lighted folk.
ref: 1886, The Education Outlook:
synonyms: Germanland
Germany
glosses: Germany.
examples: text: Isle of Ameyland, Dutchland - German ocean - 7 30
ref: 1822-26, Ebenezer Sibly, An Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology, part 3, page 995
roman: Amsterdam, ditto, - Ditto - 3 00
text: The finest gallery of pictures in Dutchland is the Mesdag Museum, containing the art collections of the painter H. W. Mesdag.
ref: 1913, Hugh Johnston, Travel films: being pen pictures of Europe:
glosses: Holland; The Netherlands (the region inhabited by the Dutch).
Derived terms: Low Dutchland
High Dutchland
Pennsylvania Dutchland
Related terms: Germanland
Dutchify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Dutchifies
form: Dutchifying
form: Dutchified
form: Dutchified
form: dutchify
Etymology: From Dutch + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: O yes, for he called out to his men in Dutchified French, and looked at me zowerswopped enough.
ref: 1834, John Brent, The Sea-Wolf, page 185:
glosses: To render more Dutch.
Synonyms: bedutch
Dutcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutchers
Etymology: From Dutch + -er.
Senses: glosses: A Dutchman.
glosses: A Dutchwoman.
Synonyms: Dutchie
Dutcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch + -er.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Dutcher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of Dutch: more Dutch
Dutch West Indies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Netherlands Antilles.
Dutch East Indies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former Dutch colony in modern-day Indonesia, existing from 1800 to 1949.
Dutch Guiana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former Dutch colony in northern South America, existing from 1621 to 1959, mostly in the area of modern Suriname.
Dutch New Guinea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Western New Guinea from 1945 to 1962, when it was under Dutch rule.
dutchess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dutchesses
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of duchess.
Derived terms: Dutchess County
catch dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches dust
form: catching dust
form: caught dust
form: caught dust
Senses: glosses: To be rarely used.
raw_tags: said of an ornament or an object
Synonyms: gather dust
Related terms: dust-catcher
durzee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durzees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of durzi.
duricrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duricrusts
Etymology: From Latin durus (“hard”) and crust.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A thin hard layer found near the surface in soil.
durdum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durdums
form: dirdum
form: durdan
Senses: glosses: noise, uproar, clamor
durangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durangites
Etymology: Named after Durango, a region in Mexico which is the main source of the gems, + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A rare sodium aluminium arsenate fluoride gem with brittle crystals, chemical formula NaAl(AsO₄)F.
duporthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duporthites
Etymology: Named after Duporth (a town in Cornwall, England, where this mineral occurred) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare asbestiform mineral, a mixture of talc and chlorite.
wikipedia: Duporth
plotty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: plottier
form: plottiest
Etymology: From plot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Now Beacon, Now Sea,” his first memoir, is perhaps more straightforward than his voicey, plotty novels, and he indulges in novelistic and cinematic flourishes — cascading lists, lyrical still lifes — only occasionally.
ref: 2021 September 6, Eleanor Henderson, “Why Did Two People So Poorly Matched Stay Together So Long?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: story
glosses: Having a complicated plot.
raw_tags: of a book
RAIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: AAIB
MAIB
glosses: Initialism of Rail Accident Investigation Branch.
bottlenose dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottlenose dolphin
clapshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Scottish dish made of boiled potatoes and boiled swede (or Scottish turnip) mashed together with chives. Often prepared on Burns night.
lacings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacing
nonsupports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsupport
beefily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beefily
form: most beefily
Etymology: From beefy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a beefy manner.
frit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: frits
Etymology: Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).
Senses: glosses: A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
Derived terms: frit brick
fritless
fritware
frit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: frits
form: fritting
form: fritted
form: fritted
Etymology: Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).
Senses: glosses: To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
examples: text: equal parts of the calcined and roasted ore, of ground flints and potash, are fritted together and then fused
ref: 1831, Benjamin Silliman, Elements of Chemistry:
glosses: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
frit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: more frit
form: most frit
Etymology: Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”).
By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.
Senses: examples: text: The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he? Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Could not take it? Cannot stand it? If I were going to cut and run, I should have gone after the Falklands.
ref: 1983 Margaret Thatcher, Prime minister's questions, 19 April
text: “We shoulder life. We know its ins and outs. We've felt the draught at either end of it. What you're most frit of, that's our bread and jam, and none of us ain't got no time to spare on ignorant, bad-mannered little boys.”
ref: 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 272:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Frightened.
frit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: frits
Etymology: Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”).
By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.
Senses: examples: text: Why are you not going to bother? You are scared? You are a frit? Is that the problem?
ref: 2022, Peter Fortune, “Impact of ULEZ expansion and road charging (Supplementary)”, in Questions to the Mayor (London Assembly):
topics: government
politics
glosses: A politician who does perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
frit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: frits
Senses: glosses: A frit fly.
Related terms: frit away
frit fly
oremus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oremuses
Etymology: From Latin ōrēmus (“let us pray”, first person plural active subjunctive of ōrō), often used to introduce a prayer in the liturgy.
Senses: examples: text: The priest recited long oremuses in Latin, after which he said in the same language to the little seagull: Ingredere, Petre, in domum Domini.
ref: 1923, Pierre Loti, translated by W. P. Baines, A Tale of Brittany, page 144:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A liturgical prayer.
orante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orans.
orantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orans
turnarounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turnaround
ovant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvənt/
Forms: form: more ovant
form: most ovant
Etymology: From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).
Senses: examples: text: A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho.
ref: 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book IV]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
glosses: exultant
Related terms: ovation
pie safe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie safes
Senses: glosses: A piece of furniture for storing pies or other foods not needing immediate refrigeration.
glosses: A cabinet or other piece of (usually freestanding) furniture made similar to or in imitation of a pie safe.
Related terms: larder
pantry
sideboard
buffet
cabinet
monocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocytoses
Etymology: From monocyte + -osis.
Senses: glosses: An increase in the number of circulating monocytes.
Hypernyms: leucocytosis
Derived terms: lymphomonocytosis
roofie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹufi/
rhymes: -uːfi
homophone: roofy
Forms: form: roofies
form: rufie
form: rophy
Etymology: From some pronunciations of Rohypnol, a brand name of flunitrazepam.
Senses: examples: text: Since 17, been countin' Ms, my bank account's on Goofy / They say Cosby gave em roofies, now who know what the truth is?
ref: 2017, “Kill Jill”, in Boomiverse, performed by Big Boi ft. Killer Mike and Jeezy:
synonyms: rope
roaches
Rufalin
glosses: Rohypnol.
glosses: Any drug designed to make someone drowsy or disoriented; a date rape drug.
roofie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹufi/
rhymes: -uːfi
homophone: roofy
Forms: form: roofies
form: roofieing
form: roofied
form: roofied
form: rufie
form: rophy
Etymology: From some pronunciations of Rohypnol, a brand name of flunitrazepam.
Senses: examples: text: Someone roofied her drink, but she found out and poured it away.
glosses: To put roofies in; to spike with roofies.
examples: text: Melody figured roofying him was the only way she could get him to her guest room, for the intimate photos she planned to take.
ref: 2012, Amanda Miller, Celebrity Blind:
glosses: To cause someone to (usually unknowingly) ingest roofies.
roofies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roofie
roofies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roofie
date rape drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date rape drugs
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug with sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, or amnesiac effects which is used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (a date rape), In particular, the drug flunitrazepam ("roofies").
onerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɒnəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: onerates
form: onerating
form: onerated
form: onerated
Etymology: From Latin onerātus, p.p. of onerāre.
Senses: examples: text: onerated with finery
text: onerated with debts
text: onerated with reponsiilities
glosses: To load; to burden or bedeck.
Related terms: oneration
onerous
moraceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin morus (“mulberry tree”) + -aceous.
Senses: examples: text: The amatl paper was made from the inner bark of a moraceous tree; of these trees there are 55 genera and over 700 species, of wide distribution, nearly 600 being comprised in the single genus Ficus.
ref: 1978, Dard Hunter, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, page 26:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
EUA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EUAs
Senses: examples: text: This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients
ref: 2021 February 12, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) update”, in U.S. Food & Drug Administration, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of emergency use authorization.
examples: text: But ICE says futures trading in a variety of carbon-linked financial instruments -- where the bulk of trading activity occurs -- would continue apace. That includes trading in futures and options contracts for EUAs and the carbon offsets credits issued by U.N. organizations, the Certified Emission Reduction futures and options and Emission Reduction Unit futures.
ref: 2011 January 20, Nathanial Gronewold and John J. Fialka, “European Commission Halts Transfers of Carbon Emissions Allowances Until Thefts Are Sorted Out”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
glosses: Initialism of EU Allowance.
Euclidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: euclidian
Etymology: From Euclid + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Euclidean.
limans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liman
nullifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nullify
Derived terms: nullifyingly
nullifying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nullifyings
Senses: examples: text: It was characteristic of English liberal laws that English society did not experience any nullifyings even in times of political change […]
ref: 2000, Tamás Ungvári, The "Jewish Question" in Europe: The Case of Hungary, page 35:
glosses: The act or process by which something is nullified.
naphthas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphtha
flexo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: flexography.
flexography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From flex + -ography.
Senses: glosses: A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
Synonyms: flexo
nanobots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobot
nettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netting
libate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /laɪˈbeɪt/
Forms: form: libates
form: libating
form: libated
form: libated
Etymology: First attested in 1866; borrowed from Latin lībātus, perfect passive participle of lībō (“to pour out, taste”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
glosses: To drink an alcoholic beverage.
Related terms: libation
neurofibromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurofibromata
Senses: glosses: plural of neurofibroma
neurofibromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurofibromas
Senses: glosses: plural of neurofibroma
nutlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutlet
nocturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒktɜːn/
ipa: /(ˌ)nɒkˈtɜːn/
enpr: nŏkʹtûrn'
enpr: nŏkʹtərn
ipa: /ˈnɑkˌtɝn/
ipa: /ˈnɑktɚn/
rhymes: -ɒktɜː(ɹ)n
rhymes: -ɒktə(ɹ)n
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: nocturne
Forms: form: nocturns
Etymology: From Middle English nocturne, borrowed from Medieval Latin nocturna, noun use of the feminine form of Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, of the night”), derived from nox (“night”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: word: uhtsong
glosses: The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A portion of the psalter used during nocturns.
nocturns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nocturn
Blu-Tack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a brand name, from blue tack.
Senses: examples: text: It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).
ref: 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
glosses: A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
Related terms: mastic
Blu-Tack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Blu-Tacks
form: Blu-Tacking
form: Blu-Tacked
form: Blu-Tacked
Etymology: From a brand name, from blue tack.
Senses: examples: text: The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.
glosses: To fix with Blu-Tack.
liquate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: liquates
form: liquating
form: liquated
form: liquated
Etymology: First attested in 1669; borrowed from Latin liquātus, perfect passive participle of liquō (“to melt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
glosses: To cause (something) to become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
examples: text: '[T]is known how eaſily the Bodies, and even the very Bones of ſome Fishes, liquate and diſſolve.
ref: 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “[A Catalogue of the Foreign Fossils in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D. […] Part II […].] Pisces eorumque Partes. Fishes in Stone.”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: To become liquid; to liquefy, to melt.
neonatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neonatologists
Etymology: From neonatology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies or applies neonatology.
neonatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neonatologist
notionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ælɪti
Forms: form: notionalities
Etymology: From notional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being notional.
examples: text: the Advance of Science by discrediting empty and talkative notionality
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
glosses: A notional or groundless opinion.
nylonase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nylon + -ase.
Senses: glosses: A type of enzyme capable of digesting nylon molecules.
sonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a sonic manner
examples: text: The artifact was cleaned sonically in the ultrasonic cleaner tank in mere seconds.
glosses: By means of sound
maccaboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maccaboys
form: maccoboy
Etymology: From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: compare French macouba.
Senses: glosses: A type of rose-scented snuff.
augural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more augural
form: most augural
Etymology: From Latin augurālis. By surface analysis, augur + -al.
Senses: glosses: prophetic
Related terms: augurous
levator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪˈveɪ.tə/
ipa: /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: levatores
form: levators
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
Senses: glosses: One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
antonyms: depressor
coordinate_terms: see Category:en:Muscles
glosses: One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.
antonyms: depressor
Derived terms: levator labiorum
Related terms: word: elevator
word: elevate
alt: doublet
word: lever
word: leverage
word: levitator
word: levitate
word: levity