cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
smuthound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmʌthaʊnd/
Forms: form: smuthounds
Etymology: From smut + hound.
Senses: examples: text: These early smuthounds were children of the great chain of religious awakenings known as the evangelical revival.
ref: 1977, Edward J Bristow, Vice and vigilance: purity movements in Britain since 1700:
glosses: A purveyor or seeker of erotica.
smuthounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smuthound
skatelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skatelike
form: most skatelike
Etymology: From skate + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a skate (the fish).
magazinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magazinelike
form: most magazinelike
Etymology: From magazine + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a magazine (publication).
pristineness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pristine + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The resilience of mankind in Antarctica is inexorable; even the constant bleating of those who whine for permanent silence and infinite pristineness dissipates into an insignificant Buddhist drone beneath the soothing rumble of fleets of machines with pulsing hydraulics.
ref: 2011, Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place, page 78:
glosses: The state or condition of being pristine.
nonzonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + zonal.
Senses: glosses: Not zonal.
Derived terms: nonzonally
nonimmunized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunized.
Senses: glosses: Not having been immunized.
nonantique
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + antique.
Senses: glosses: Not antique.
nonantique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonantiques
Etymology: From non- + antique.
Senses: glosses: An item that is not an antique.
nonantiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonantique
storelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more storelike
form: most storelike
Etymology: From store + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a store; shoplike.
smutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smutch
smutches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smutch
smutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smutch
smutching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Spaniards and Iriſh take [Tobacco] moſt in Powder or Smutching, and it mightily refreſhes the Brain, and I believe there's as much taken this way in Ireland, at [sic] there is in Pipes in England: One ſhall commonly ſee the Serving-maid upon the Waſhing-block, and the Swain upon the Plow-ſhare; when they are overtir'd with Labour, take out one of their Boxes of Smutching, and draw it into their Noſtrils with a Quil, and it will beget new Spirits in them with a freſh Vigour to fall to their work again.
ref: 1688, James Howell, “To Henry Hopkins, Eſquire.” (chapter VII), in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, Fourth edition, volume III, "A Third Volume of Familiar LETTERS, Of a Freſher Date.", page 404:
glosses: Snuff.
smutched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smutch
writ larger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of writ large: more writ large
writ largest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of writ large: most writ large
Nietzscheans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nietzschean
hyænæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But now left, as Men are ready to imagine, theſe Events might ſeem to happen according to ſome fix’d courſe of Nature, and not by the diſpenſation of the Creator, he ordain’d that ſome few Creatures ſhould propagate their Kind upon Earth after a different manner, for an Indication and Sign of his Providence : That for example, the Raven ſhould bring forth her Young at the Mouth, and the Weezle propagate at the Ear ; that ſome ſort of Fowls, as Hens, ſhould bring forth Eggs, addle either by the Wind or the Duſt ; that ſome other Creatures ſhould change the Male by turns, into the Female, and every Year alter their Sex ; as Hares and the Hyænæ, which they call Monſters ; the ſome ſhould ariſe out of the Earth, and take thence their Fleſh, as Moles ; others out of Aſhes, as Vipers ; others out of putrefy’d Fleſh, as Waſps out of the Fleſh of Horſes, and Bees out of that of Kine ; others out of Cows Dung, as Beetles ; others out of Herbs, as the Scorpion out of Baſil ; and on the contrary, that Herbs ſhould ſpring out of Animals, as Smallage and Aſparagus out of the Horn of a Stag or of a Roe‐Buck.
ref: 1712, William Whiston, M.A., Primitive Chriſtianity Reviv’d, Volume V: Containing the Recognitions of Clement, or, the Travels of Peter: in Ten Books, book VIII, § XXV, pages 293-294:
glosses: plural of hyæna
takes stock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take stock
taking stock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take stock
taken stock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take stock
took stock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take stock
make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a silk purse of a sow's ear
form: making a silk purse of a sow's ear
form: made a silk purse of a sow's ear
form: made a silk purse of a sow's ear
Etymology: Coined by Stephen Gosson in 1579 in the book The Ephemerides of Phialo: Deuided Into Three Bookes p62v
Senses: examples: text: "He always was an unmannerly cub," said Master Headley, as he read the letter. "Well, I've done my best to make a silk purse of a sow's ear!"
ref: 1884, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 22, in The Armourer's Prentices:
text: PR people can make a silk purse of a sow's ear.
ref: 1997 May 23, Joanna Biddolph, “Mandelson has become PR’s new role model”, in PRWeek, UK, retrieved 16 Dec 2009:
text: A smart development can make a silk purse of a sow's ear, and the effect on older properties can be quite dramatic.
ref: 2001 January 6, Penny Jackson, “House & Home: On your marks. Get set. Sell!”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 16 Dec 2009:
glosses: To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
wikipedia: Stephen Gosson
Related terms: put lipstick on a pig
polish a turd
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From make a silk purse of a sow's ear, with the common perception of swine as unrefined, dirty, or base creatures.
Senses: glosses: It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
Synonyms: you can't polish a turd
Related terms: put lipstick on a pig
cast pearls before swine
ropemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ropemakers
form: rope-maker
Etymology: From rope + maker.
Senses: synonyms: roper
ropeman
glosses: A maker of ropes.
plurilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more plurilateral
form: most plurilateral
Etymology: From pluri- + lateral.
Senses: glosses: Involving several parties.
Derived terms: plurilateralism
Related terms: multilateral
actio popularis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actiones populares
Etymology: Latin actio (“action”) + popularis (“of the people”)
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Action to obtain remedy by a person or a group in the name of the collective interest.
Related terms: erga omnes
jus cogens
pull ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls ahead
form: pulling ahead
form: pulled ahead
form: pulled ahead
Senses: examples: text: After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap.
text: The 1833 Slavery Abolition Act had abolished slavery completely in the British Empire, and this, along with the fact that the Empire's military and economic might was beginning to pull even further ahead of other nations', thanks in part to the Industrial Revolution, saw the squadron expand to around twenty-five ships (regularly having to be swapped out because of the high incidence of tropical disease)[…]
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 7:26 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
glosses: To move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition).
put through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts through
form: putting through
form: put through
form: put through
Senses: examples: text: Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.
glosses: To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.
examples: text: After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.
glosses: to cause to endure
examples: text: Playing football brought people together – we’d play against any brick wall, on any kerb, or see if we could put the window through in the art department.
ref: 2005 October 25, “Pete Doherty pens song for his football team”, in NME:
glosses: To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.
examples: text: Friedel again had to save as he parried a Patrice Evra shot before gathering the ball after the left-back had been put through by Ryan Giggs.
ref: 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.
Derived terms: put through the wringer
put through the mangle
put one through one's paces
put through
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put throughs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.
sito-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).
Senses: glosses: food, especially grain
queer bashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queer bashings
form: queer-bashing
Senses: examples: text: The judge in the case indicated that the beating of Mills was a homophobic queer-bashing when he said, "This occurred from an attitude that was prevalent. The opportunity presented itself."
ref: 1983 April 23, Sue Hyde, “Castro Bashers Jailed”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
synonyms: gay bashing
glosses: Prejudice or violence against queer people.
rack up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: racks up
form: racking up
form: racked up
form: racked up
Senses: examples: text: At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls.
text: If you rack up, I'll break.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To arrange in a rack.
examples: text: Chelsea racked up another 3 points at home to Bolton.
text: In between, Mesut Özil's penalty was saved and Arsenal racked up more chances than they would probably want to remember.
ref: 2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate.
examples: text: By the age of 18, he had already racked up thousands of dollars in debt.
text: Rack up your arm candy with this schmancy bangle, watch, and bracelet set from Anne Klein.
ref: 2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To acquire, to gather together.
glosses: To defeat severely, to thrash.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: To collect one's chips and cash out.
engloom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: englooms
form: englooming
form: engloomed
form: engloomed
Etymology: From en- + gloom.
Senses: glosses: to make gloomy
englooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engloom
englooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engloom
engloomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engloom
interfulgent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntəˈfʌldʒənt/
Forms: form: more interfulgent
form: most interfulgent
Etymology: From Latin interfulgentem.
Senses: examples: text: The window at each gable end stood open; into one fell the silvery splendor of the moon; the other was dusky with shadows, though beyond he caught the interfulgent rays among the sycamore leaves.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 28:
glosses: Shining between, through, or among.
stannary parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stannary parliaments
Senses: glosses: A legislative body, with royal charter, governing the tin miners of Devon and Cornwall during the middle ages.
Related terms: stannary court
stannator
stannary parliaments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stannary parliament
stannary court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stannary courts
Senses: glosses: The legal institution which administered for the stannary parliament.
Related terms: stannary parliament
stannator
stannary courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stannary court
stannator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stannators
Senses: glosses: An elected representative to the stannary parliament.
glosses: The mayor of Plympton, in Devon.
stannators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stannator
stannary town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stannary towns
Senses: glosses: A town considered to be the administrative centre of a stannary region in Devon and Cornwall
Related terms: stannary parliament
stannary court
stannator
stannary towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stannary town
thugocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θʌɡˈɑkɹəsi/
Forms: form: thugocracies
Etymology: From thug + -o- + -cracy, as in democracy.
Senses: glosses: Government by a group of thugs.
bicornute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bicornuate.
synonyms: word: bicornuate
bilaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bilaminates
Etymology: From bi- + laminate.
Senses: glosses: A lamination of two laminae
bilaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + laminate.
Senses: examples: text: The zoarium is unilaminate or bilaminate.
ref: 1896, John W. Gregory, Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum, page 117:
glosses: Composed of two laminae.
bilobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + lobate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two lobes
Synonyms: bilobed
Derived terms: subbilobate
bilobate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bilobates
Etymology: From bi- + lobate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A grain that has two lobes
home pages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home page
Nuremberg defenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nuremberg defense
Nuremberg defences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nuremberg defence
aksing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aks
aksed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aks
Imperial Stormtrooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imperial Stormtroopers
form: Imperial stormtrooper
Senses: examples: text: There'll be a little bit of the Imperial Stormtrooper thing with the boombox, along with a little bit of casual fingerpicking.
ref: 1997, Gerrie Lim, Inside the outsider: a decade of shooting the pop culture breeeze, ^([sic]) page 31:
text: The young policeman had given up on playing the Imperial Stormtrooper and had sat down, loosening the strap on his semi-automatic so that it lay across his lap under the dismal tabloid.
ref: 2002, Christopher Brookmyre, Country of the Blind, page 87:
text: The security guards in Imperial Stormtrooper body armour, better armed than any police, were not much impressed by my warrant card […]
ref: 2003, Paul McAuley, Whole Wide World, page 66:
glosses: A member of a fictional corps of authoritarian, armor-clad soldiers in the Star Wars universe.
Imperial stormtrooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imperial stormtroopers
Senses: examples: text: [...] the young man with the short black hair and what looked like an Imperial stormtrooper’s utility belt under his black-and-red flannel shirt.
ref: 1999, Arthur Charles Clarke, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, The Trigger, page 431:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Imperial Stormtrooper.
Imperial stormtroopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imperial stormtrooper
Imperial Stormtroopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imperial Stormtrooper
sociometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sociometry or to sociometrics
speciest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speciests
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of speciesist.
speciest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speciest
form: most speciest
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of speciesist.
quindecuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quindecuplets
Etymology: From quindecuple (“times fifteen; composed of 15 parts”) + -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin quindecim (“fifteen”) + -plus (“-times, -fold”).
Senses: examples: text: Exercise 11.10. Calculate the multiplicities of the weights in the octet of 𝒮𝒰(3) and in the quindecuplet of 𝒮𝒰(4) according to (11.4.60).
ref: 1988, Wolfgang Ludwig, Claus Falter, Symmetries in Physics: Group Theory Applied to Physical Problems, 2nd edition, Springer–Verlag, →ISBN, page 310, →ISBN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A multiplet of fifteen subatomic particles.
Eurocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurocentrism
Etymology: Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a back-formation from Eurocentric. Superficially Euro- + -centrism
Senses: examples: text: The rather philistine assertion of Eurocentrism and Westernness on the part of conservative educators […]
ref: 1993, Cameron McCarthy, Warren Crichlow, Race, identity, and representation in education, page 294:
glosses: The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture.
glosses: European ethnocentrism.
Related terms: Eurocentric
Anglo-Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglo-American
Anglocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anglocentrism
Etymology: From Anglo- + -centrism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of viewing the world from an English or Anglo-American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of English or Anglo-American culture.
Related terms: Anglocentric
femes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feme
racket abuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: the throwing of one's racket in anger, during play, which may result in a penalty.
rafty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: raftier
form: raftiest
Etymology: Perhaps akin to German Reif (“hoarfrost”).
Senses: glosses: damp; musty
race-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: race-walks
form: race-walking
form: race-walked
form: race-walked
Senses: glosses: To compete in race walking.
transborder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + border.
Senses: glosses: Beyond the border, on the other side of the border.
hwk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of homework.
Synonyms: hw/HW
coral tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coral trees
Etymology: The spiky red flowers resemble coral.
Senses: synonyms: erythrina
glosses: Any of the trees of the genus Erythrina, of most tropical and subtropical regions.
Hypernyms: tree
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Erythrina variegata
word: Indian coral tree
cswk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of coursework.
macrophotography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: macro-photography
Etymology: 1889, macro- + photography.
Senses: glosses: Photography that is done up close; close-up photography.
Synonyms: photomacrography
Pappy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Pappy told me about his life.
glosses: one's grandfather
shoo-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoo-in
Grandpappy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Grandpappy told me about his life.
glosses: one's grandfather
Related terms: Grandmummy
suttees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suttee
electric currents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric current
arbuti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin arbutī.
Senses: examples: text: The wild olive, the laurel, the oleander, the agnos, various kinds of arbuti, the yellow jasmine, terebinth, lentiscus, and rosemary, with the myrtle and laburnum, richly decorate the margin of the river, while masses of aromatic plants and flowers exhale their varied perfumes and breathe their luscious odours through the scented air.
ref: 1819, Edward Dodwell, A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806, volume II, London: […] Rodwell and Martin, […], page 112:
text: […] on the left of which are steps leading to a pretty Coppice, composed of arbuti, Mediterranean heaths, and other shrubs; […]
ref: 1824, Mariana Starke, Information and Directions for Travellers on the Continent, 5th edition, London: John Murray, […], page 290:
text: The vegetation was more or less made up of arbuti, chestnut trees, vines, olives, and aloes.
ref: 1866, Charles R[hoderick] McGrigor, Garibaldi at Home: Notes of a Visit to Caprera, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], pages 202–203:
text: It is the land, too, of flowering and berried shrubs, Spirea, Berberris of several kinds (including our well-known B. aquifolium), Ribes, numerous Rubus, Gaultheria shalon, sometimes a tree 20 feet high—the Sal-lal of the Indians,—that most striking of arbuti, the Madroña tree, the lovely western dogwood (Cornus nuttallii), two beautiful elders, one red and one blue-berried (Sambucus arborescens and S. glauca), several Rhamnus, and five great blaeberries or Vaccinium, some red and some blue-berried, but all, as a rule, 6 feet high.
ref: 1908, F. R. S. Balfour, “Trees of Western America”, in Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, volume XXI, Edinburgh: […] the Society. […], page 124:
text: But they live so much music and art and literature; they have such a peaceful and dignified grace; and their charm grows like a secret glade of arbuti: to the eye there is only the common beauty of green tangle but the scent perfumes the wind and makes the heart grow large and heavy with love.
ref: 2020, Robin Langstaff-French, editor, Brothers, Lift Your Voices, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 573:
glosses: plural of arbutus
immersion blender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immersion blenders
Senses: synonyms: hand blender
stick blender
wand blender
coordinate_terms: hand mixer
glosses: A long, electric, hand-held tool with sharp blades at the end, designed for immersion into food to mash or liquefy it.
Hypernyms: blender
immersion blenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immersion blender
vitamise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vitamises
form: vitamising
form: vitamised
form: vitamised
form: vitamize
Etymology: Back-formation from vitamiser, genericised from the trademark Vitamiser.
Senses: glosses: to use a vitamiser, to blend
vitamiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamisers
form: vitamizer
Etymology: Genericised from the trademark Vitamiser, presumably from vitamin + -ise + -er or similar.
Senses: glosses: a kitchen appliance used for reducing fruit and vegetables to liquids, a blender
Synonyms: blender
liquidiser
liquidizer
Derived terms: vitamise
spinal columns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinal column
sea birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea bird
sea ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea duck
sea-parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-parrot
sea parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea parrot
Navajos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Navajo
Navajoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Navajo
exotic sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotic spheres
Senses: glosses: A manifold (of any dimension) homeomorphic to a sphere but not diffeomorphic to the standard sphere.
exotic spheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exotic sphere
élites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of élite
hello yourself, and see how you like it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Probably popularised by its occurrence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876; see quotation).
Senses: examples: text: Tom hailed the romantic outcast: “Hello, Huckleberry!” “Hello yourself, and see how you like it.”
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: A response to being greeted with "hello".
wikipedia: Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
analloerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌænˌæloʊ.ɪˈɹɒtɪk/
Etymology: From an- (“not”) + alloerotic (“sexual attraction to another person”).
Senses: examples: text: In the asexual or analloerotic transsexual autogynephilia does not lead to erotic attractions, either to women or to men.
ref: 1997, Cornelis Dirk Doorn, Towards a gender identity theory of transsexualism, Vrije Universiteit, page 7:
glosses: Lacking sexual attraction to other people of any gender. but not necessarily to oneself.
Related terms: analloeroticism
asexual
aromantic
alloerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + erotic (“pertaining to erotic desire”).
Senses: examples: text: It is this loss of gratification—whether autoerotic or alloerotic (involving another person such as the mother)—that Lacan refers to as "castration."
ref: 1999, Bruce Fink, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique, Harvard University Press, page 66:
glosses: having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
Synonyms: heteroerotic
Derived terms: alloeroticism
alloeroticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alloerotic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being alloerotic
Related terms: heteroeroticism
homoeroticism
heteroeroticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heteroerotic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being heteroerotic
Related terms: heteroerotically
heteroerotica
heterosexuality
heterosociality
habiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habitus
heteroerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- (“other”) + erotic (“pertaining to sexual desire”).
Senses: examples: text: The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves.
ref: 2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216:
glosses: Relating to heterosexual desire or attraction.
Derived terms: heteroeroticism
heteroerotically
heteroerotica
Related terms: heterosocial
bierotic
analloerotic
thugocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thugocracy
songbirdlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more songbirdlike
form: most songbirdlike
Etymology: From songbird + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a songbird.
saronglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saronglike
form: most saronglike
Etymology: From sarong + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sarong.
vinagron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinagrons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vinegaroon.
rezonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rezoning
Vonnegutian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vonnegutian
form: most Vonnegutian
Etymology: From Vonnegut + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922–2007), American novelist and satirist, or to his works.
Related terms: Vonnegutesque
softish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more softish
form: most softish
Etymology: From soft + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat soft.
oddish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oddish
form: most oddish
Etymology: From odd + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat odd.
rehumanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehumanizes
form: rehumanizing
form: rehumanized
form: rehumanized
Etymology: From re- + humanize.
Senses: glosses: To make human again.
rehumanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehumanize
rehumanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehumanize
rehumanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehumanize
ungreeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + greeted.
Senses: glosses: Not having been greeted; unwelcomed.
uncongratulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + congratulated.
Senses: glosses: Not having been congratulated.
LaVeyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more LaVeyan
form: most LaVeyan
Etymology: From LaVey + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Anton Szandor LaVey (1930–1997), the American founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, or to his school of Satanism.
LaVeyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LaVeyans
Etymology: From LaVey + -an.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Anton LaVey; a LaVeyanist.
unwelcomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + welcomed.
Senses: examples: text: As if Fresh Meadows needed reminding that it was very much in the modern era, a notice arrived unwelcomed in April, in the form of an outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus.
ref: 2009 June 21, Gregory Beyer, “An Outpost of the City, Within the City”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been welcomed.
nonnaturalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + naturalistic.
Senses: glosses: Not naturalistic.
nonnaturalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + naturalized.
Senses: glosses: unnaturalized
carwasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carwashers
Etymology: From car + washer.
Senses: glosses: One who washes cars.
carwashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carwasher
noncongealing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + congealing.
Senses: glosses: That does not congeal.
noncongenital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + congenital.
Senses: glosses: Not congenital.
Derived terms: noncongenitally
blotchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blotchily
form: most blotchily
Etymology: From blotchy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Sunlight filtered blotchily through the forest canopy.
glosses: In a blotchy manner.
blotchiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blotchy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being blotchy.
Louanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luanne
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, a combination of Lou and Anne.
Luanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Louanne.
noncourageous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + courageous.
Senses: glosses: uncourageous
courageless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From courage + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of courage; fearful, cowardly.
Derived terms: couragelessly
couragelessness
unslumbering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slumbering.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher watched over his pupils with unslumbering vigilance.
glosses: Not slumbering; unsleeping.
Derived terms: unslumberingly
slumberer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slumberers
Etymology: From Middle English slombere, slomerer, slummerare, equivalent to slumber + -er.
Senses: examples: text: His right arm he thrust out towards the east, / Westward his left; th' ends did themselves digest / Into ten lesser strings, these fingers were: / And as a slumberer stretching on his bed, / This way he this, and that way scattered / His other leg, which feet with toes upbear;
ref: 1633, John Donne, “The Progress of the Soul. Metempsychosis”, in John Carey, editor, John Donne: The Major Works, Oxford University Press, published 1990, First Song, Stanza XV, 141-6, p. 75:
text: There lay the houses in the dawn light with closed window-shutters, like joyless slumberers with heavy lids.
ref: 1955, Martin Buber, translated by Maurice Friedman, The Legend of the Baal-Shem, London: Routledge, published 2002, page 148:
glosses: One who slumbers; a sleeper.
slumberers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slumberer
slumberingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slumberingly
form: most slumberingly
Etymology: From slumbering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: While slumbering; in a state of sleep.
slumberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slumberlike
form: most slumberlike
Etymology: From slumber + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of slumber; sleeplike.
limpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limpish
form: most limpish
Etymology: From limp + -ish.
Senses: examples: a limpish handshake
glosses: Somewhat limp.
propanelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more propanelike
form: most propanelike
Etymology: From propane + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of propane.
noncomedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + comedic.
Senses: glosses: Not comedic.
nonemployer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonemployers
Etymology: From non- + employer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an employer.
nonemployers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonemployer
Faulknerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Faulknerian
form: most Faulknerian
Etymology: From Faulkner + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works.
chromhidrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromo- + hidrosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rare condition characterized by the secretion of coloured sweat, caused by the deposition of lipofuscin in the sweat glands.
bromhidrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bromidrosis.
hypodiastole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpədaɪˈæstəli/
Forms: form: hypodiastoles
Etymology: From Latin hypodiastolē, from Ancient Greek ὑποδιαστολή (hupodiastolḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, lower”) + διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, distinction”), from διαστέλλω (diastéllō, “separate”), from διά (diá, “through, during”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “order, arrange”).
Senses: glosses: A mark ⟨⸒⟩ in late Classical and Byzantine Greek used as a form of interpunct to show two words should be read separately in situations where they might otherwise be confused with an identically spelled single word.
Synonyms: diastole
Related terms: enotikon
Greek hyphen: the corresponding mark used to combine terms which might otherwise be read separately
bushily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bushily
form: most bushily
Etymology: From bushy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bushy manner.
kampungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kampung
hectowatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectowatts
Etymology: From hecto- + watt.
Senses: glosses: A unit of power equal to 100 watts.
Derived terms: hectowatt-hour
hectowatts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hectowatt
suicidologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicidologists
Etymology: From suicidology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person engaged in suicidology.
suicidologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicidologist
unimpaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + impaled.
Senses: glosses: Not having been impaled.
unimpaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unimpale + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unimpale
paedogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paedo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of pedogenesis (“premature reproduction”).
wonkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wonkily
form: most wonkily
Etymology: From wonky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: My mother walked wonkily back to the footpath.
ref: 2006, Michel Faber, The Apple, Canongate Books, page 192:
glosses: In a wonky manner.
wonkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wonky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being wonky.
Frankensteinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Frankensteinish
form: most Frankensteinish
Etymology: From Frankenstein + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Some people think genetically-modified foods are risky, Frankensteinish creations.
glosses: Reminiscent of Frankenstein's monster; assembled irresponsibly from disparate parts.
Saanen goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saanen goats
Etymology: the Saanen valley in Switzerland + goat
Senses: glosses: A white or cream-colored breed of goat.
cork oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cork oak
seed cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed cakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seedcake.
Wren Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: A celebration on December 26 where people, especially boys, hunt a fake wren and parade it upon a decorated pole.
Related terms: St. Stephen's Day
wrenboy
kiviak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiviaq
Etymology: From Greenlandic [Term?].
Senses: glosses: In Greenland, traditional food made from fermented raw auk flesh stuffed inside a hollowed-out seal's body.
precisian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈsɪ.ʒən/
Forms: form: precisians
Etymology: From precise + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A religious purist; a Puritan.
examples: text: Her speech was hardly more grating upon him, precisian though he was, than the careless, untutored lapses of a child might have been; all the senses of comparison as readily ignored them.
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 47:
text: “A sister of mine will be there,” explained the one, knowing the Duke to be a precisian.
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
glosses: Someone who strictly observes the rules; a pedant or stickler.
Derived terms: precianism
kill-deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kill-deers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of killdeer.
blockade whiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockade whiskeys
Senses: glosses: Illegally distilled whiskey; moonshine.
glosses: Home made liquor, produced legally or otherwise.
patentese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patent + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: patentspeak
glosses: The legal and technical jargon used in patents.
angle grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angle grinder
bench grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench grinder
propmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propmakers
Etymology: From prop + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of props for use in plays or films.
propmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propmaker
proplyds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proplyd
ricottas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ricotta
pastizzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastizzi
Etymology: Borrowed from Maltese pastizzi.
Senses: examples: text: One may find a McDonald's outlet next door to a traditional pastizzi outlet, and both may be equally popular with local youth.
ref: 2005, Shirley R. Steinberg, Teen Life in Europe, page 158:
text: “He's a good Maltese boy. He likes pastizzi,” Nanna announced.
ref: 2009, Barbara Haworth-Attard, My Life from Air-Bras to Zits:
glosses: A Maltese pasty filled with ricotta, peas, or chicken .
Derived terms: pastizzeria
pastorlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pastorlike
form: most pastorlike
Etymology: From pastor + -like.
Senses: examples: pastorlike conduct
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pastor.
Synonyms: pastorly
Kozak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kozaks
Etymology: * As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack.
* Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, though probably influenced by the sense above.
* Also as a Slovak and Czech surname, possibly from kozák (“kind of mushroom”).
* As a Turkish surname, from kozak (“cone”) or its homonym meaning "shady place," from Ottoman Turkish قوزاق.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאָזאַק (kozak, “Cossack”), related to the first sense above.
Senses: examples: text: According to Russian deputy prime minister Dmitrii Kozak, every ruble spent on preparations for the Sochi Olympics has been justified.
ref: 2014 February 13, Thomas Remington, “10 explanations for Russia’s coming fiscal squeeze”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2017:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A Cossack.
black hellebore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black hellebores
Senses: examples: text: Christmas rose (black hellebore), strewn on the floor or burned, drove away witches.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272:
glosses: A poisonous and medicinal plant, Helleborus niger.
glosses: Another similarly poisonous and medicinal plant, the black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum.
black hellebores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black hellebore
green hellebore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green hellebores
Senses: glosses: An extremely toxic herbaceous perennial plant of the species Veratrum viride that is native to only the western and eastern parts of the United States.
green hellebores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green hellebore
drontes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dronte
Eda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /iː.də/
Etymology: From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
Senses: examples: text: Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship.
ref: 1848, Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier, published 1848, page 142:
glosses: A female given name from Old English.
glosses: A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.
pole fitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A program of exercise centered around a gymnastics performed on a pole.
Bathsheba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæθˈʃiːbə/
Etymology: From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).
Senses: examples: text: 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 11:3:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.
examples: text: 'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.' He turned to look at me. 'That's one of them Bible names.'
ref: 1996, Martha Grimes, “Hotel Paradise”, in Headline, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
glosses: A village in Saint Joseph parish, Barbados.
glosses: A ghost town in Oklahoma, United States, a short-lived female colony.
Synonyms: Bathshua
Uriah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊəˈɹaɪə/
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of Old Testament men.
examples: text: And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 11:15:
text: Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.
ref: 2014, Jimmy Carter, “Full Prisons and Legal Killing”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of a number of Old Testament men.
The husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.
examples: text: but the thing that struck me most, was, that with the evidences of his native superiority still upon him, he should submit himself to that crawling impersonation of meanness, Uriah Heep.
ref: 1869, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter XXXV:
qualifier: rather rare
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
Synonyms: Urias
Derived terms: Uriah Heep
Urias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias
glosses: Uriah
qualifier: rather rare
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.