cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
head shy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more head shy
form: most head shy
form: headshy
form: head-shy
Senses: examples: text: And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over.
ref: 1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, →LCCN, →OL:
text: But let's say the horse is neither head shy, nor rank, and you can bridle him without fuss.
ref: 1975 September, Bill Tarrant, “The gun dog horse: part II”, in Field & Stream, volume 80, number 5, →ISSN, page 129:
text: When we climb up to ride the horse, if we have not taken care of any fear he may have of our touching his ears, and we reach down to pet him while we're on his back, he may get scared and begin bucking, because he is head shy.
ref: 1991, John Lyons, Lyons on Horses: John Lyons' Proven Conditioned-Response Training Program, Doubleday, →ISBN, →OL, page 78:
glosses: Disposed to evade having one's head touched.
raw_tags: of an animal
confiteors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confiteor
lechering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lecher
lechered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lecher
moodsetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moodsetters
Etymology: From mood + setter.
Senses: examples: text: The third cocktail party essential, music, is a major moodsetter for your party.
ref: 2011, Cheryl Charming, The Everything Cocktail Parties and Drinks Book, link:
glosses: A person, thing, or event that determines the emotional tone in a time and place.
moodsetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moodsetter
traditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tradition
traditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tradition
stethoscoping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stethoscope
stethoscoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stethoscope
paganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pəˈɡænɪk/
Forms: form: more paganic
form: most paganic
form: paganical
Etymology: From pagan + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: paganic cult
text: paganic beliefs
text: the paganic fables of the gods
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to pagans or paganism; pagan.
Related terms: paganically
daguerreotyper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daguerreotypers
Etymology: From daguerreotype + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes daguerreotypes.
Synonyms: daguerreotypist
daguerreotypers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daguerreotyper
regenerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regenerator
ingenerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ingenerate
comprehensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comprehensor
slinkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slinkingly
form: most slinkingly
Etymology: From slinking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When he got among the familiar streets he went slinkingly, hurrying round corners, avoiding glances.
ref: 1889, George Gissing, The Netherworld:
glosses: With a slinking motion.
indorser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indorsers
form: indorsor
Senses: examples: text: There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.
ref: 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276:
glosses: Alternative form of endorser.
indorsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indorser
derning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dern
hydropathical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hydropathic.
chimney breast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimney breasts
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built (usually inside a building)
chimney-breasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimney-breast
remittors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remittor
fritillarias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fritillaria
suppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supping
aerographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: aerographical
Senses: glosses: Relating to aerography.
razeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of razee
razeeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of razee
nearshoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nearshore
eppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eppy
many another
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: many other, most other (followed by singular noun)
Related terms: many a
nary a
milling cutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milling cutters
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: mill
glosses: A rotary cutting tool typically used in milling machines.
not've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑtəv/
ipa: /ˈnɒtəv/
Etymology: not + -'ve
Senses: examples: text: I'd not've fallen in if you'd've told me it was there, Da. And I'd not've sunk if you'd've taught me how to swim.
ref: 1998, David Weber, The War God's Own, →ISBN:
text: Mac McAdams might not've added all those "ayes," but he spoke in such a melodious dialect that "aye" kind of came out understood.
ref: 2005, George Singleton, Novel:
text: “To the fan, did it add that much value?” Nelson wondered. “Was it worth that much time? I don’t know. It might not’ve.”
ref: 2018, MST3K, Turkey Day, and 30 years of taking over the world before pie is served:
glosses: Contraction of not have.
unconsiderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconsiderable
form: most unconsiderable
Etymology: From un- + considerable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inconsiderable.
synonyms: word: inconsiderable
Synonyms: insignificant
unproduceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌn.pɹəˈdu.sɪ.bəl/
Forms: form: more unproduceable
form: most unproduceable
Etymology: From un- + produceable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being produced.
eiruv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eiruvin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eruv.
eiruvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eiruv
erub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erubs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eruv.
erubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erub
eruvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eruv
Sclave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sclaves
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Slav.
leoparde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopardes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of leopard.
posek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poseks
form: poskim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פּוֹסֵק (posék, “arbiter”).
Senses: examples: text: Standard disclaimer.... I am not a posek. Always consult a real posek if you want a real p'sak. Poskim don't waste their time answering Usenet postings. :-)
ref: 1996 April 28, Jonathan Kamens, “Question on love affairs and illegitimate children”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
text: In other words, like many of the poskim in this camp, Rabbi Avraham Danzig is opposed to cantors who are only interested in the melodies and ignore the content of the prayers.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Should the cantor pray slowly or shorten the service?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 12:
glosses: decisor; legal scholar who decides the Halacha in cases where previous authorities are inconclusive or no halakhic precedent exists.
poseks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posek
poskim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posek
Munchausenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmʊŋk(h)aʊzəˌnɪzəm/
Forms: form: Munchausenisms
Etymology: From the German name Münchhausen + -ism, after the fantastical adventures said to have been related by Baron Münchhausen (1720–1797). Compare German Münchhausengeschichte (“cock-and-bull story”). See also Münchausen syndrome.
Senses: glosses: An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvellous exploit or adventure.
Related terms: Munchausenize
Munchausenisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Munchausenism
trioecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/
Forms: form: triecious
form: triœcious
form: trioicous
Etymology: From tri- + -oecious.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.
Related terms: trioecy
trioecism
dioecious
seabank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seabanks
Etymology: From Middle English see-banke, se-banke, see banke, equivalent to sea + bank.
Senses: examples: text: So strong is the barrier which these sea-borne sands oppose to the river-borne ooze, that as soon as a seabank is built — as the projectors of the Victoria County have built them — across any part of the estuary, the mud caught by it soon 'warps' the space within into firm and rich dry land.
ref: c. 1860, Charles Kingsley, The Fens:
text: Typically, aerial photography of areas of seabanks shows a complex pattern of banks and counter-walls […]
ref: 2009, Peter Murphy, The English Coast: A History and a Prospect, page 55:
glosses: A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
glosses: The seashore.
symphorophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by sexologist John Money.
Senses: examples: text: The phylism to which biastophilia and symphorophilia become attached is probably the ungovernable rage of an infantile temper tantrum. The victims of the catastrophe are, like hostages, stand-ins for the original enemy.
ref: 1986, John Money, Lovemaps, page 92:
text: One of the strangest sexual problems occurs with symphorophilia.
ref: 2006, Linda Edelstein, Writer's Guide to Character Traits, page 168:
text: Autoassassinophilia (arousal from putting oneself in a position to be killed) and symphorophilia (arousal by accidents or catastrophes) are paraphilias of the sacrificial type.
ref: 2008, Anil Aggrawal, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, page 17:
text: "What's he need?" Alan asks. "Car crashes?"
"It's called symphorophilia, dear," Callie says. "Someone who is sexually aroused by accidents or catastrophes."
ref: 2010, Cody McFadyen, Abandoned:
glosses: A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from staging and watching disasters, such as traffic collisions.
wikipedia: John Money
seabanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seabank
sunblotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sun + blotch.
Senses: examples: text: Sunblotch is easily overlooked and a tree can become infected in many different ways[…]
ref: 2008, Integrated Pest Management for Avocados, page 77:
glosses: A disease of avocado trees, resulting in lower yields and discoloured fruit.
armagnacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armagnac
shinglings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shingling
w-shingling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: w-shinglings
Etymology: w denotes the number of tokens in each shingle in the set.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In natural language processing, a set of unique "shingles" (contiguous subsequences of tokens in a document) that can be used to gauge the similarity of documents.
Jesuitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛzjuˈɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more Jesuitic
form: most Jesuitic
form: jesuitic
Etymology: From New Latin Iēsūīticus, from Iēsūīta + Latin -icus. By surface analysis, Jesuit + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Jesuit#Adjective
Jesuitical
glosses: Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
examples: text: Their prosperity appeared to prove that honesty after all was not the best policy. What should I do then? How should I begin the jesuitical business of committing evil that good, personal good, might come of it?
ref: 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
examples: text: I ſhould be glad therefore, […] that they vvould joyn in a publick Act of diſovvning and deteſting thoſe Jeſuitick Principles; and ſubſcribe to all Doctrines vvhich deny the Popes Authority of Depoſing Kings, and releaſing Subjects from their Oath of Allegiance: […]
ref: [1682], [John] Dryden, “The Preface”, in Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: Talmudic
glosses: Of logical arguments: intricate, or casuistic or hair-splitting.
Jesuitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jesuitical
form: most Jesuitical
form: jesuitical
Senses: examples: text: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]
ref: 1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for the author, at Charing-Cross, →OCLC, page 145:
text: There certainly was a kind of Jesuitical cast to him; she could imagine him sombre in a black cassock.
ref: 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Synonym of Jesuitic.
synonyms: word: Jesuitic
clevises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clevis
ploughhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploughheads
form: plowhead
Etymology: From plough + head.
Senses: glosses: The clevis or draught iron of a plough.
ploughheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploughhead
plowhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plowheads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ploughhead.
plowheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plowhead
ratlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratlins
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of ratline.
ratlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratlin
ratling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratlings
Etymology: From rat + -ling.
Senses: glosses: a small rat
glosses: a baby rat
ratling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratlings
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of ratline.
ratlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratling
Bhatlapenumarru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Machilipatnam, Vijag, Andhra Pradesh.
confessants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confessant
regals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regal
halsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halser
kernelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: kerneled
Etymology: From kernel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a kernel.
grubble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grubbles
form: grubbling
form: grubbled
form: grubbled
Etymology: From grub + -le, frequentative, but compare grabble.
Senses: examples: text: When all depart, when Complements are loud, / Be sure to mix among the thickest Crowd: / There I will be, and there we cannot miss, / Perhaps to Grubble, or at least to Kiss.
ref: 1704, John Dryden, Poetical Miscellanies, volume 5, London, translation of Amores by Ovid, page 28:
glosses: To feel or grope in the dark.
Synonyms: fumble
grabble
feel around
polysemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more polysemically
form: most polysemically
Etymology: From polysemic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Even though some names or words polysemically carry sexual meanings, this does not automatically mean that every usage of them in literary texts, even those of a pornographic nature, has a sexual meaning, either explicitly or punningly.
ref: 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 113:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: In a polysemic manner; with multiple meanings.
bacchanales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacchanale
monosemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monosemic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monosemic manner; with a single meaning.
yousuns
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you-uns.
entomologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From entomological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is not my purpose, in this paper, to more than refer in general to the peculiarities of the year 1868, entomologically considered […]
ref: 1869, Missouri. State Board of Agriculture, Annual report of the State Board of Agriculture: Volume 4, page 517:
glosses: In terms of entomology.
Beaujolais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌboʊ.ʒəˈleɪ/
Etymology: From French Beaujolais.
Senses: glosses: A historical province of France known for winemaking, covering parts of Rhône-Alpes and Burgundy.
Beaujolais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌboʊ.ʒəˈleɪ/
Forms: form: Beaujolais
Etymology: From French Beaujolais.
Senses: examples: text: Educated the expensive way / He knows his claret from his Beaujolais
ref: 1996, “Charmless Man”, in The Great Escape, performed by Blur:
glosses: A light-bodied French red wine made from Gamay grapes.
ungarnished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungarnished
form: most ungarnished
Etymology: From un- + garnished.
Senses: examples: text: I slipped through one of these cracks, went up a swept and ungarnished staircase, as arid as a desert, and opened the first door I came to.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
synonyms: word: unembellished
word: unornamented
word: austere
word: bare
word: chaste
word: inornate
word: modest
word: plain
word: quiet
word: severe
word: simple
word: spartan
word: unadorned
word: unembellished
word: unextravagant
word: unornamented
word: undecked
word: ungarnished
word: untrimmed
word: unvarnished
glosses: Not garnished.
ungarnished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From ungarnish + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungarnish
eliminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eliminant
seventeenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From seventeenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the seventeenth place; seventeenth in a row.
sangoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sango
dilettants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilettant
visiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visiter
gudgeoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gudgeon
gudgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gudgeon
expulsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expulser
Euryale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊˈɹaɪ.əli/
Etymology: Ancient Greek Εὐρυάλη (Euruálē, literally “far-roaming”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The second eldest of the gorgons.
nymphaeaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Nymphaeaceae + -ous (adjectival suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Nymphaeaceae of water lilies.
antozonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A radioactive variety of fluorite, containing traces of elemental fluorine gas.
Synonyms: fetid fluorite
scenographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scenographical
form: most scenographical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scenographic.
triweeklies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triweekly
hextree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hextrees
Etymology: From hex- + tree.
Senses: glosses: A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to sixteen children. It can be used to partition a four-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
Related terms: binary tree
quadtree
octree
hextrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hextree
butylene glycol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butylene glycols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric glycols formally derived from butane
fee-faw-fum
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: fee-fi-fo-fum
glosses: A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
fee-faw-fum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fee-faw-fums
Senses: examples: text: The kindly fee-faw-fums of childhood, how many delicious shivers we owe them; the Things that stood behind doors, that trooped into the church when the congregation went out, that lurked in closet corners and under the bed […]
ref: 1908, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 102, page 823:
glosses: A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
examples: text: J. H. Newman
impudent fee-faw-fums
text: One of the most successful fee-faw-fums worked off on the prospective patients of mine for the past twenty-five years has been: “If you go to Tilden, he will starve you to death.”
ref: 1921, J. H. Tilden, Food: Its Influence As a Factor in Disease and Health, page 153:
glosses: Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
fee-faw-fums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fee-faw-fum
downtrodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of downtrod
Samsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Samsonian
form: most Samsonian
Etymology: From Samson + -ian.
Senses: examples: Samsonian effort
a Samsonian feat
glosses: Of or relating to the Biblical Samson, noted for his great strength.
sidereal day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidereal days
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One day of sidereal time; the time in which Earth rotates once around its axis, relative to the point of the vernal equinox (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates around its axis 360 degrees.
Related terms: stellar day
solar day
Cahors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the capital of Lot department, Occitania, France.
ventuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ventuses
form: ventusing
form: ventused
form: ventused
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ventouse.
ventused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ventuse
Nipmuc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nipmucs
form: Nipmuc
form: Nipmuck
Etymology: From Loup A Nippamaug, from nippe (“water”) + âmag (“fishing”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a people descended from the indigenous Algonquian peoples of Nippenet, corresponding to central Massachusetts and immediately adjacent portions of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
stellar day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellar days
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The rotational period of Earth; the time in which Earth rotates exactly 360 degrees around its axis, measured relative to the stars.
Synonyms: sense: commonly
word: sidereal day
Related terms: sidereal day
solar day
fringillid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fringillids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Fringillidae; a finch.
fringillids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringillid
vermicules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermicule
bellybands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellyband
fescued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fescue
fescuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fescue
technoerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more technoerotic
form: most technoerotic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of techno-erotic.
court-cupboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court-cupboards
Senses: examples: text: Away with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
glosses: A movable sideboard or buffet on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special occasions.
irps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irp
destool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destools
form: destooling
form: destooled
form: destooled
Etymology: From de- + stool; compare dethrone.
Senses: glosses: To remove (a ruler) from power.
Related terms: destoolment
deskin
jawning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jawn
Kennedyism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kennedy + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political philosophy associated with the US president John F. Kennedy.
Related terms: Kennedyesque
Kennedyite
JFK
sea hulver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sea holly
sauropodomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauropodomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any of the long-necked dinosaurs in the Sauropodomorpha clade.
sauropodomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sauropodomorph
Scotchgard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Brand name: a modified spelling of Scotch + guard.
Senses: glosses: A stain repellent and water repellent for use on furniture, carpets, etc.
Scotchgard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Scotchgards
form: Scotchgarding
form: Scotchgarded
form: Scotchgarded
Etymology: Brand name: a modified spelling of Scotch + guard.
Senses: glosses: To apply Scotchgard to (a surface).
Scotchgards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Scotchgard
Scotchgarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Scotchgard
Scotchgarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Scotchgard
semispecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semispecies
Etymology: From semi- + species.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: One of the species in a superspecies.
semispecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + specific.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat specific; specific in a limited degree.
Romanianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Romanian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Romanian.
Romanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Roman + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Roman.
unphased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unphased
form: most unphased
Etymology: From un- + phased.
Senses: glosses: Not phased; not organized or structured in chronological phases.
glosses: Misspelling of unfazed.
uncomprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + comprehension.
Senses: examples: text: A voice of grieved uncomprehension.
ref: 1861, Margaret Oliphant, The House on the Moor:
glosses: Alternative form of incomprehension.
boaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatie
superluminary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Faster than the speed of light
subdelegated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subdelegate
subdelegates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subdelegate
subdelegating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subdelegate
submacroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more submacroscopic
form: most submacroscopic
Etymology: From sub- + macroscopic.
Senses: glosses: At a scale smaller than macroscopic.
subsidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsidations
Etymology: From subside + -ation.
Senses: glosses: subsidence; sinking to a lower level as from geological activity
subsidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsidation
epistling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epistle
epistled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epistle
enstore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enstores
form: enstoring
form: enstored
form: enstored
Etymology: See instaurate.
Senses: examples: text: enstore alle thingis in Crist, whiche ben in heuenes, and whiche ben in erthe
ref: c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Ephesians 1:10:
glosses: To restore.
corroborants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corroborant
momager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momagers
form: momanager
Etymology: From blend of mom + manager.
Senses: examples: text: A growing category of “bad” mother is the so-called “momager,” the woman who interferes with her famous children's affairs, exploits them, and contributes to their tarnished reputations—[...]
ref: 2010, Andrea O'Reilly, Encyclopedia of Motherhood:
text: The most fitting occupation for my mother is no longer a stage actress or momager or anything like that; she would make—she is—a fantastic nurse.
ref: 2012, Sarah Wylie, All These Lives, page 184:
text: The scope of ambition of the Hadids can be seen in the increased visibility of Yolanda, who accompanied Gigi to the Fashion awards, because you are no one without a momager.
ref: 2016 December 13, Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian:
text: It seems even Kris Jenner has got the pink memo. The momager followed up Kim's post with her own, sharing a throwback pic of herself in a neon pink '80s swimsuit.
ref: 2023 June 14, Alexandria Dale, “Kim Kardashian relaxes poolside in a bright pink thong bikini”, in Women's Health:
glosses: A showbusiness manager who is also the performer's mother.
carefrontation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carefrontations
Etymology: From blend of care + confrontation. Compare carefront.
Senses: examples: text: If she wants attention, ignore her. If she is trying to get you angry, laugh. As with the first approach, this is most effective in low-stakes situations, and it won't go very far toward building a lasting friendship. Practice carefrontation.
ref: 1999, Sandra A. Crowe, Since strangling isn't an option:
text: "Carefrontation first creates resonance with the person you're confronting. I use gentle statements.
ref: 2007, Jill Neimark, Stephen Post, Ph.D., Why Good Things Happen to Good People
text: In a “carefrontation,” there is still a lack of agreement about a situation; however, the skills that are used to resolve the situation are caring skills.
ref: 2008, Maryln Appelbaum, How to handle the hard-to-handle student, K-5:
glosses: Confrontation done in a caring or loving manner.
misrespect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
Etymology: From mis- + respect.
Senses: examples: text: Violence extends from harassment in the street or at work to various forms of misrespect, such as treating individuals as objects, assault and sexual abuse inside and outside the family, as well as rape, the illegal trade in women, [...]
ref: 2000, Christopher Flockton, Eva Kolinsky, Rosalind M. O. Pritchard, The new Germany in the East:
text: And yet his people report mat the apprehension of your Lordship's discourtesies and misrespect hastened his end, whereof my Lord his son seems very sensible.
ref: 2003, James Charles Roy, The Fields Of Athenry: A Journey Through Ireland:
text: Maybe she didn't like it that I was so forward, but I meant no misrespect.
ref: 2010, Sandra Dallas, Prayers for Sale:
glosses: Lack of respect; improper respect; disrespect.
misrespect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
Forms: form: misrespects
form: misrespecting
form: misrespected
form: misrespected
Etymology: From mis- + respect.
Senses: examples: text: On 29 October 1954, Jill Berryman writes to her son, Never feel anything but free to speak of Allyn as you like to me, never think that I disliked or misrespected him—[...]
ref: 2006, Samuel Fisher Dodson, Berryman's Henry: Living at the Intersection of Need and Art:
text: Moragan turned to those assembled. “Just so you know, Miss Anne put me in charge, and I love her vera, vera much! If you misrespect me, you are misrespecting her too, and I just will not stand for that!”
ref: 2011, Paul Jackson, A Servant's Story:
glosses: To show improper respect to or for; disrespect.
maniverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maniverses
form: manyverse
Etymology: From mani- + universe.
Senses: examples: text: What is meant by this is that this is a universe and not a diverse or a maniverse and that what appears to be separate and contradictory is so only in appearance and not in reality. One Purpose underlies and interpenetrates all existence.
ref: 1909, Bolton Hall, Life, and love and peace:
text: Musings. [The world] is neither a universe pure and simple nor a manyverse pure and simple.
ref: 2003, Phillip Hoffmann, Nothing So Absurd: An Invitation to Philosophy:
text: Then there is the title `multiverse'. In actual fact, this book is about the Anthropic principal and new theories of the big bang(s) and whole manyverse beyond our Observable Universe that might exist.
ref: 2011, The Kob, Amazon.co.uk: Customer Reviews
glosses: The hypothetical set of manifold possible universes parallel to our own; multiverse.
blissed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bliss out
undesecrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undesecrated
form: most undesecrated
Etymology: From un- + desecrated.
Senses: glosses: Not desecrated.
undesecrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undesecrate
form: most undesecrate
Etymology: From un- + desecrate.
Senses: examples: text: […] the attic, which since the earliest days Fuchsia could remember had been for her a world undesecrate.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
glosses: Not desecrated.
witchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witcher
exanimating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exanimate
exanimated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exanimate
animuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animus
expostulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expostulator
Wookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wookie
surement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊə(ɹ)mənt/
Etymology: From Middle English surement, from Old French seürement; equivalent to sure + -ment.
Senses: glosses: A making sure; surety.
Ixquic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Xquic.
astrictives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrictive
antipion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipions
Etymology: From anti- + pion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a pion.
antipions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipion
Rohmerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rohmerian
form: most Rohmerian
Etymology: From Rohmer + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Éric Rohmer (1920–2010), French film director and writer, whose films concentrate on intelligent, articulate protagonists who frequently fail to own up to their desires.
glosses: Of or relating to Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward, 1883–1959), English novelist.
diarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /daɪˈɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: more diarial
form: most diarial
form: diarian
Etymology: From diary + -al.
Senses: glosses: daily.
horribley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of horribly.
dynamometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dynamometrical
Etymology: From dynamometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dynamometry.
Derived terms: dynamometrically
kievs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiev
gallopaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gallopade
gallopading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gallopade
fahlerz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Fahlerz.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: fahlband
fahlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fahlores
Senses: glosses: Antimony-bearing copper arsenate
marinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marinizes
form: marinizing
form: marinized
form: marinized
form: marinise
Etymology: From marine + -ize.
Senses: glosses: to adapt for marine environments
Related terms: marinization
reluctating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reluctate
antagonistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antagonistical
form: most antagonistical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antagonistic.
antagonizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antagonizers
Etymology: From antagonize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, antagonizes.
antagonizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antagonizer
commanderies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commandery
gazels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazel
caxons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caxon
ritrattos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ritratto
ritrattoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ritratto
cohabiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohabiter
androgynal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more androgynal
form: most androgynal
Etymology: From andro- + gyno- + -al.
Senses: glosses: androgynous
linksman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linksmen
Etymology: From links + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male golfer.
linksmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linksman
epitheted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epithet + -ed.
Senses: examples: July 26, 1629, Henry Wotton, letter to Jack Dinely
Never was a town better epitheted.
glosses: described by an epithet
ormolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ormolu
assenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assenter
deconcentrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deconcentration
botryoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botryoid
noncorrelatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + correlatable.
Senses: glosses: Not correlatable.
uncorrelatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + correlatable.
Senses: glosses: Not correlatable.
correlatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From correlate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being correlatable.
correlatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From correlated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being correlated.
scorbutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scorbutical
form: most scorbutical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scorbutic.
empire waist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)ˈweɪst/
Forms: form: empire waists
form: empire-waist
Senses: topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A waistline on a woman's dress that is located immediately below the bust.
Related terms: empire line
Olympiads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Olympiad
bydlo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish bydło (“cattle”) or Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “cattle”) in online culture; compare the connotative uses of redneck and sheeple.
Senses: synonyms: word: hick
word: bogger
word: bogtrotter
word: boor
word: bucolic
word: bydlo
word: culchie
word: carl
word: churl
word: corncob
word: cornhusker
word: country bumpkin
word: country cousin
word: clodhopper
word: dubbo
word: joskin
word: hayseed
word: hillbilly
word: hick
word: hob
word: hobnail
word: hog-rubber
word: honyock
word: hunk
word: lob
word: promdi
word: provincial
word: redneck
word: rube
word: rustic
word: woolly back
word: yokel
glosses: Someone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.
Coordinate terms: gopnik
know which end is up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows which end is up
form: knowing which end is up
form: knew which end is up
form: known which end is up
Etymology: From the common marking this end up on parcels to guide proper transport.
Senses: examples: text: He was too stoned to know which end was up.
text: He's so in love, he doesn't know which end is up.
ref: 1992, Dorothy Garlock, Glorious Dawn, →ISBN:
text: “I'll gladly take criticism from a cop who knows which end is up and isn't afraid to do the job the way it should be done.”
ref: 2005, John C. Hefley, Failure Equals Death, →ISBN, page 29:
text: “I'm not some naïve, virginal little nothing who doesn't know which end is up.”
ref: 2009, Lis Wiehl, April Henry, Face of Betrayal, →ISBN, page 145:
text: “[B]elieve me, she is some catch for the right boy—for a boy which knows which end is up.”
ref: 2010, Gordon Lish, “The Friend”, in Collected Fictions, →ISBN, page 243:
text: “When someone doesn't know which end is up, who knows why they do things.”
ref: 2011, Richard North Patterson, Silent Witness, →ISBN, page 277:
text: The whole company is in disarray! Nobody knows which end is up.
ref: 2011, Catherine McGuinness, Emperors' Clothes, →ISBN, →ISBN:
synonyms: know which way is up
glosses: To possess sound judgment or common sense; to have a clear understanding of a situation.
Related terms: know one's way around
know which side one's bread is buttered on
know which way is up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows which way is up
form: knowing which way is up
form: knew which way is up
form: known which way is up
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of know which end is up.
Sitchinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sitchinesque
form: most Sitchinesque
Etymology: From Sitchin + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: This work of science fiction is a more Sitchinesque vision in which initiation is technologically mediated, but when the astronaut goes through the stargate, he passes into multidimensionality and encounters rotating lattices of light and music that conduct him through an initiation, serve as midwives to his rebirth, and carry him back to his planet so that he can become the messianic starchild for an Earth in crisis.
ref: 1998, William Irwin Thompson, Coming Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness, Palgrave Macmillan, page 90:
text: Even if we ignore this last somewhat Sitchinesque interpretation of the texts, another flaw in this argument seems to be the logic behind the demonisation of those who left the enclave.
ref: 2004, Ian Lawton, Genesis Unveiled: The Lost Wisdom of Our Forgotten Ancestors, Virgin Books, page 56:
text: Though the details of their cosmologies are different, the similarity of the themes between the Gurdjieffian and Sitchinesque models of the history of the solar system makes one wonder about a common mythic-archetypal origin.
ref: 2010, P. T. Mistlberger, The Three Dangerous Magi: Osho, Gurdjieff, Crowley, O Books, page 636:
glosses: Resembling or influenced by the works, ideas, or literary style of Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010).
nerve trunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerve trunks
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve
suboscine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + oscine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni.