cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
undercard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercards
Etymology: From under- + card.
Senses: examples: text: Phil Foden can hardly be called a member of Manchester City's undercard given his consistent brilliance, but his precious value was underlined again with a show of dazzling brilliance against Aston Villa.
ref: 2024 April 3, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Aston Villa: Phil Foden produces 'masterclass' to show worth again”, in BBC:
glosses: A list of minor or supporting contests printed on the same bill as the main event (primarily fighting or racing, such as the main fight at a boxing match or wrestling, horse or car racing, etc.), occurring before or after the main event.
glosses: The events so listed.
examples: text: The eight on the turn was another undercard to her pair of nines
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A card lower than another given card or pair.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The supporting candidate on a ticket, such as vice president.
Hyponyms: sense: supporting contest
word: preliminary card
Coordinate terms: topics: poker
card-games
word: overcard
Related terms: sense: supporting contest
word: top billing
unelectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unelectable
form: most unelectable
Etymology: From un- + electable.
Senses: examples: text: Just to be on the safe side, the Kremlin has also banned any of Putin's serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
ref: 2008 March 1, Adrian Blomfield, "Has Russia got a new Stalin?"ᵃʳᶜʰⁱᵛᵉᵈ, The Daily Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 26 Sep 2012)
glosses: Incapable or unlikely of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.
raw_tags: of a person or party
unelectable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unelectables
Etymology: From un- + electable.
Senses: glosses: A person who is unable, unlikely, or unfit to be elected to office.
Related terms: could not get elected dogcatcher
deconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈvɜːʒən/
Forms: form: deconversions
Etymology: From de- + conversion.
Senses: hypernyms: reversion
antonyms: conversion
coordinate_terms: reconversion
glosses: Undoing or dissolution of conversion.
hypernyms: reversion
antonyms: conversion
coordinate_terms: reconversion
glosses: Undoing or dissolution of conversion.
The loss of faith in a given religion and return to a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism).
synonyms: reversion
;
apostasy
Related terms: word: convert
word: deconvert
word: reconvert
uthappam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈu.təˌpʌm/
ipa: /ˈuː.təˌpʌm/
Forms: form: uthappams
form: uttapam
form: utthapam
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil ஊத்தப்பம் (ūttappam, “raised pancake”).
Senses: examples: text: In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.
ref: 1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 255:
glosses: A pancake made from rice and lentil flour with tomatoes, spices etc.
Related terms: dosa
nonbeliever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbelievers
form: non-believer
Etymology: From non- + believer.
Senses: glosses: a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.
Hyponyms: aatheist
adragonist
afairyist
aleprechaunist
asantaist
atheist
atoothfairyist
aunicornist
azeusist
Related terms: unbeliever
uttapam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uttapams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uthappam.
webcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webcasters
Senses: glosses: A person or organization that transmits a webcast over the Internet.
zayde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪdi
-eɪdə
Forms: form: zaydes
form: zada
form: zaida
form: zaide
form: zaidy
form: zayda
form: zaydee
form: zaydeh
form: zaydie
form: zeda
form: zeideh
form: zeidi
form: zeidy
form: zeyde
form: zeydie
Etymology: From Yiddish זיידע (zeyde, “grandfather”).
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.
ref: 1974, Fran Ross, Oreo, →ISBN, page 207:
glosses: grandfather
examples: text: The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...
ref: 3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74
text: To many people, the phrase "Jewish elderly" still conjures up images of bearded zaydes with yarmulkes...
ref: 1997, Susan Berrin, A Heart of Wisdom, →ISBN, page 200:
glosses: elderly man (as a term of respect)
zeidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeidies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zayde.
zaydeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaydehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zayde.
tortfeasance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːtˌfiːzəns/
ipa: /ˈtɔ(ə)ɹtˌfiːzəns/
ipa: /ˈtɔːɹt-/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesance (“act, action, deed”).
Senses: examples: text: The defendant's tort-feasance is now set forth with the damage, and the plaintiff says, that the defendant with an intention to injure him in the enjoyment of his commonable estate, during the time of his being so entitled to his common, wrongfully put and depastured several cattle on the waste there, in consequence of which, he has been unable to make use of his commonable profits in as ample and beneficial a manner as he otherwise might.
ref: 1824, Humphry W[illiam] Woolrych, “Of Pleading Rights of Common, etc.”, in A Treatise on the Law of Rights of Common, London: Joseph Butterworth and Son, law booksellers, 43, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 278:
text: Among the various matters of which, either from ancient authors or the testimony of grammarians, we know the Thesmothetæ to have had cognizance, are the following— […] Also a great variety of civil actions; as those for the recovery of land, houses, and mesne profits: actions for debt, deposit, breach of contract, abusive language, damage or tort-feasance: […]
ref: 1856, Demosthenes, “Appendix IV. The Archons.”, in Charles Rann Kennedy, transl., The Orations of Demosthenes against Leptines, Midias, Androtion, and Aristocrates. Translated, with Notes, &c. (Bohn's Classical Library), volume III, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, →OCLC, pages 260–261:
text: In the case of successful tort subrogation claims against the federal government, for example, the economic losses resulting from government tortfeasance are shifted from the industry to the government; hence, they are distributed presumably through taxation rather than spread equally among policyholders of a specific class.
ref: 1964, Ronald C. Horn, Subrogation in Insurance Theory and Practice (S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education, Studies), Homewood, Ill.: Published for the S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education, University of Pennsylvania, by R. D. Irwin, →OCLC, page 107:
text: The conspicuous absence of the use of the term "joint" tortfeasor can be taken to mean that the position of the Ontario Court of Appeal is that the tortfeasance that is sufficient to attract the operation of § 2(1) of the Act may be joint or concurrent (several) tortfeasance.
ref: 1980, Chitty's Law Journal, volume 28, Toronto: Jonah Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 235, column 2:
text: To procure another's tort will render the procurer jointly liable in tort. By the doctrine of joint tortfeasance, the procurement leads the law to 'impute' the commission of the same wrongful act to two or more persons at once.
ref: 2010, Hazel Carty, “Inducing Breach of Contract”, in An Analysis of the Economic Torts, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60:
topics: law
glosses: The condition, or an act, of doing wrong; the act of committing a tort.
Related terms: cotortfeasor
tort
tortfeasor
tortious
tortiously
e-passport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-passports
Etymology: From e- + passport.
Senses: examples: text: A Home Office analysis seen by the Guardian has concluded that changes announced by Philip Hammond on Wednesday, which allow citizens from seven other countries including the US to use e-passports to travel through Britain, will slow down UK citizens’ journey times.
ref: 2019 March 13, Rajeev Syal, “E-passport changes will cause longer queues for Britons, leak reveals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”.
ref: 2020 October 23, Daniel Boffey, “UK presses for use of faster passport gates at EU airports post-Brexit”, in The Guardian:
glosses: a biometric passport
Related terms: e-gate
biometric passport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biometric passports
Senses: glosses: A combined paper and electronic identity document that uses biometrics to authenticate the citizenship of travelers.
biometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪ.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
Etymology: From bio- + -metric, or biometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or using biometrics.
glosses: Of or relating to biometry.
Derived terms: biometrically
biometric passport
chronobiometric
multibiometric
nonbiometric
unibiometric
Related terms: biometrical
biometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + metrics.
Senses: glosses: The automated measurement of biological data.
glosses: The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.
Derived terms: biometrician
multibiometrics
nanobiometrics
Related terms: cliometrics
slackly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slackly
form: most slackly
Etymology: From slack + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He shook my hand slackly. It was like shaking a dead fish.
text: The flags hung slackly, there wasn't a breeze in the sky.
glosses: In a slack manner.
fuck with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fucks with
form: fucking with
form: fucked with
form: fucked with
Etymology: From fuck + with. In some senses, shortened from fuck around + with.
Senses: examples: text: Don't fuck with that gang! They all carry guns!
glosses: To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.
examples: text: Don't take it serious, man, I'm just fucking with you.
glosses: To play with in a lighthearted or joking manner; kid with; play tricks on.
examples: text: The thought that she might be cheating on me is really fucking with me.
glosses: To affect seriously or disturbingly; give someone a hard time; to trouble, harass.
examples: text: I fuck with you heavy.
text: “I’m promoting you, dawg. I’m planning an early retirement, and I gotta know that my business is in good hands. I worked hard to get shit to this point, yo. You think you could handle being the boss one day?” “Muthafuckin’ right,” Smurf said beating his chest. “I’m ready to do whatever is asked of me for the team.” “That’s why I fuck with you, Smurf,” Dink said with a sly smile.
ref: 2005, Lisa Lennox, Crack Head, →ISBN, page 211:
text: “Yo, Kid, Dude is my cousin.” “Oh well! I’m sorry, Son, but your cousin fucked up!” “Nah, I mean, you’re my peoples. I fuck with you heavy. I don’t even fuck with that nigga like that, but he is family. If you kill him, then I gotta go to the funeral.”
ref: 2012, Michael Archer, Trunk-Space: The Retribution of A Psychopath, →ISBN:
text: How can I fuck with the fun again, when I'm known?
ref: 2013, “Tennis Court”, in Pure Heroine, performed by Lorde:
text: “Boss, no disrespect. I fuck with you, and what shorty just pulled was foul. I know y’all got history, but I hope you ain’t planning on going back to the bitch anytime soon.”
ref: 2017, Dana Shontale, Naked Truth, Naked Truths, →ISBN:
text: RODOLFO RAMIREZ (played by Amaury Nolasco):What do you know about how we roll on the West coast? TOMMY EGAN (played by Joseph Sikora): Not much. But I fucks with that Cali herb hard.
ref: 2019 October 7, Courtney A. Kemp, Theo Travers, Andre J. Ferguson, 21:15 from the start, in Power(Like Father, Like Son) (6), episode 7 (TV series), spoken by Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora):
qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
glosses: To work or associate with, roll with, have dealings with; (by extension) to like, approve of, enjoy.
Derived terms: unfuckwithable
Related terms: mess with
skywriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪ(ˌ)ɹaɪtəɹ/
Forms: form: skywriters
Etymology: From sky + writer.
Senses: glosses: One who does skywriting. A pilot who writes messages, by leaving a trail of smoke from the plane, that are visible from the ground.
skywriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sky + writing.
Senses: glosses: Messages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane, that are visible from the ground.
skywards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: skyward
Etymology: From sky + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: The explosion sent him skywards.
text: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. [...] He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
ref: 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 3:
text: The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
ref: 1958 February 24, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
text: [I]f your neighbour is not exploiting their potential to go skywards, you can buy it off them and make your building even taller. It seems fitting that in the cut-throat capital of capitalism, even the air is for sale.
ref: 2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2020:
glosses: In the direction of the sky; upwards.
skycap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skycaps
Etymology: From sky + cap, modeled after redcap (“railroad porter”).
Senses: examples: text: JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.
ref: 1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour, California: New Line Cinema:
glosses: A porter at an airport.
skoal
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".
Senses: glosses: A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
Related terms: skoaling
skoal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skoals
form: skoaling
form: skoaled
form: skoaled
Etymology: From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".
Senses: examples: text: With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.
ref: 1971, Linda Wolfe, McCall's introduction to Scandinavian cooking, page 5:
glosses: To make such a toast.
sky-blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Except for an eye-catching sky-blue container boldly and attractively featuring the B.T.C.'s "door-to-door" arrow symbol […], there were no outlandish colour schemes or lettering styles.
ref: 1961 July, “Talking of Trains: The Marylebone exhibition”, in Trains Illustrated, page 388:
glosses: Alternative form of sky blue.
sky-blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sky-blues
Senses: examples: text: […] every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny.
ref: 1827 (originally 1755?), Connoisseur, page=223
glosses: Alternative form of sky blue.
sky-high
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sky + high.
Senses: examples: text: a sky-high building
text: She is elegant on sky-high heels in spite of the rubble and the cracks in the paving.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 20:
synonyms: word: skyscraping
word: topless
word: elevated
word: eminent
word: exalted
word: high
word: lofty
word: tall
glosses: extremely tall
examples: text: The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay.
text: Superinflation blew prices sky-high.
text: They had to bid against a private buyer, which pushed the price sky high.
ref: 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Saved: Trust protects Adrian Shooter's legacy”, in RAIL, number 987, page 28:
synonyms: word: extortionate
word: inordinate
word: disproportionate
word: exorbiant
word: exorbitant
word: extortionable
word: extortionate
word: extortious
word: extravagant
word: inordinate
word: sky-high
word: usurious
glosses: excessive, exorbitant
exorbitantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntliː/
ipa: /ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtəntliː/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzoɹbətəntli/
ipa: /ɛɡˈzoɹbətəntli/
Forms: form: more exorbitantly
form: most exorbitantly
Etymology: From exorbitant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
nodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nodular
form: most nodular
Etymology: From nodule + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a nodule or nodules.
examples: text: Loose nodular deposits of gold metal are commonly referred to as nuggets.
text: The disease causes nodular black growths that may become pustular.
text: The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Possessing, composed of, or similar in form to nodules.
Derived terms: acinonodular
extranodular
fibronodular
granulonodular
internodular
lymphonodular
macronodular
micronodular
muconodular
multinodular
nodularity
nonnodular
papulonodular
paranodular
perinodular
pseudonodular
reticulonodular
septonodular
uninodular
nuzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuzzlers
Etymology: From nuzzle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The puppy was an affectionate nuzzler, which was unfortunate as I was wearing a black suit.
glosses: One who nuzzles.
nuzzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuzzler
nuttiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuttinesses
Etymology: From nutty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The nuttiness of the Belgian chocolates was remarkable.
glosses: The quality or degree of having a nutty flavor or texture.
examples: text: He watched a little of the sitcom, but the nuttiness was off-putting, so he decided to read a book instead.
synonyms: nuttery#English:_craziness_or_zaniness
glosses: The quality or degree of having a nutty aspect; craziness or zaniness.
novelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelizes
form: novelizing
form: novelized
form: novelized
form: novelise
Etymology: From novel + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.
glosses: To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel.
examples: text: […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.
ref: 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 38:
glosses: To innovate.
Derived terms: novelizer
novelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelises
form: novelising
form: novelised
form: novelised
Etymology: From novel + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Herbert was able to novelise his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.
glosses: Alternative form of novelize.
Derived terms: noveliser
Brazil nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brazil nuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of brazil nut.
novelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of novelize
novelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelising
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of novelize
novelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of novelize
novelises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of novelise
novelising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of novelise
novelised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: novelized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of novelise
velure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velures
Etymology: Alteration of velour.
Senses: glosses: A fabric similar to velvet.
glosses: A silk or plush pad for smoothing or giving lustre to silk hats.
velure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: velures
form: veluring
form: velured
form: velured
Etymology: Alteration of velour.
Senses: glosses: To dress with a velure.
perchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: percheries
Etymology: From perch + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production.
parricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parricidal
form: most parricidal
form: parricidial
Etymology: From Latin parricīdālis. By surface analysis, parricide + -al.
Senses: examples: text: When my parents grounded me, I had a burst of parricidal thoughts, but I eventually got over it.
glosses: Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family.
Derived terms: parricidally
invertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From invert + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being inverted or turned.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Able to be inverted, having an inverse.
raw_tags: of a function or matrix
examples: text: invertible sugar
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Capable of being changed or converted.
Derived terms: invertibility
invertible matrix
noninvertible
uninvertible
remotest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Hay, and his director, Marcel Hellman, managed to extract the last drop of comedy from the idea of a derelict station in remotest Ireland, and their work is assured of a lasting place in this ever-popular cinema genre.
ref: 1958 February 24, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
text: Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour.
ref: 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages[:] words & phrases born out of historical events great & small, 2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Anyone with the remotest knowledge of railway signalling knows that it always fails safe.
ref: 2021 November 17, Christian Wolmar, “Misleading statements lead to ill-informed speculation”, in RAIL, number 944, page 44:
glosses: superlative form of remote: most remote
PDE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDEs
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of partial differential equation.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of plugin development environment.
glosses: Initialism of pulse detonation engine.
PDE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of present-day English.
ODE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ODEs
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of ordinary differential equation.
ODE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine.
latchet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latchets
Etymology: From Middle English lachet, from Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz (“lace”).
Senses: glosses: A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
examples: text: a stronger than I commeth after me, whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and unlose.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:
glosses: A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.
latchet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latchets
Etymology: From latch + -et.
Senses: examples: text: A little wicket opened into a half-wilderness, half-shrubbery, whose narrow pathway was chequered by the soft light that found its way through the densely-grown plantation. As she turned to secure the latchet, the voice of music came upon her ear.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Anticipation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: A small latch, as for a gate.
Kuhnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kuhn + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The scientific advances spurred a Kuhnian revolution.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn, especially the theories in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
Monsieur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monsieurs
form: Messieurs
Etymology: From French Monsieur.
Senses: examples: text: It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]
ref: 1880, Horace Wemyss Smith, Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D.: First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. With Copious Extracts from His Writings, page 140:
text: As the Monsieurs suddenly showed up and confronted the situation with wicked grins on their faces, the gang members decided to sullenly disperse and slink away. It was like a scene from an old West showdown.
ref: 2011, Rick Johnson, That's My Teenage Son: How Moms Can Influence Their Boys to Become Good Men, Revell, →ISBN, page 204:
text: Estella smiled when she considered how very different her circumstances were now to those when, not so long ago, she had feared Monsieur Jones, and thought of him only as her captor. Now, he was something else: her liberator, ...
ref: 2014, Tasha Alexander, The Counterfeit Heiress: A Lady Emily Mystery, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: Mister, especially in a French context.
Synonyms: M.
neo-pagan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: neopagan
Etymology: From neo- + pagan.
Senses: examples: text: The neopagan impulse of the classical revival.
ref: 1877, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy iv. 193
text: 1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560,
The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.
glosses: Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
Derived terms: neopaganize
neo-pagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-pagans
form: neopagan
Etymology: From neo- + pagan.
Senses: examples: 1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268,
The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their surroundings if transported back into early Greece, would, I think, be the neo-pagans and Hellas worshipers of today.
glosses: An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.
absentee ballot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absentee ballots
Senses: examples: text: Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots.
ref: 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN:
text: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
postal ballot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postal ballots
Senses: glosses: A ballot in which votes are sent by postal mail.
Related terms: postal vote
absentee ballot
postal vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postal votes
Senses: glosses: A vote made on an official form which is then sent through the post/mail.
Synonyms: mail-in vote
Related terms: postal ballot
absentee ballot
activewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From active + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; sportswear.
sportswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sports + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Yohji Yamamoto's strength was to stick with the sportswear that has inspired him since he teamed up with Adidas to create the imaginative pin-striped or painted-denim footwear that walked his grass-turf runway.
ref: 2002 January 29, Suzy Menkes, “PARIS FASHION : Wind of Change:New Formality With a Rugged Edge”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: sportwear
glosses: Casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear.
short-timer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short-timers
Senses: examples: text: Almost every Marine in Viet Nam carries a short-timer’s calendar of his tour of duty—the usual 365 days—plus a bonus of 20 days for being a Marine.
ref: 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 45:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier during the Vietnam War who had less than two months to serve.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A person who would not be required to do a difficult or dangerous task.
glosses: An employee who has given notice of their intent to leave.
glosses: The customer of a prostitute.
orchard heater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchard heaters
Senses: glosses: A heat-generating device used for frost-prevention in fruit orchards and vineyards.
Synonyms: smudge pot
Hatshetsup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Hatshepsut.
retiarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛtɪˈɑːɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌɹɛtɪˈɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌɹiʃiˈɛəɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi.əs
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: retiari
form: retiarii
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rētiārius.
Senses: qualifier: gladiatorial combat
glosses: A gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon.
footloose and fancy free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more footloose and fancy free
form: most footloose and fancy free
form: footloose and fancy-free
Senses: examples: text: As long as I am a student, I will be footloose and fancy free.
glosses: Able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.
party pooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party poopers
form: party-pooper
Senses: examples: text: Call me anti-social, call me a holiday-hater, call me Scrooge, call me a party-pooper—call me anything, but please don't call me about a party you're giving because I won't come.
ref: 1971 December 19, Robert Yoakum, “Scrooging up courage for a party”, in Eugene Register-Guardian, page 11A:
text: Still, it's not something that any country can easily walk away from—not even a Bush administration that has made a habit of being the party pooper in international forums.
ref: 2001 August 1, Tony Karon, “Who's a Racist? Can a UN Conference Decide?”, in Time:
glosses: One who dampens fun; especially, one who declines to participate in or enjoy a party or some other group activity; one who does not agree with the opinions of a group.
Synonyms: buzzkill
killjoy
spoilsport
Related terms: party-pooping
Not to be confused with party popper
stroke of work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I fear I am going to fail my exams because I have not done a stroke of work this semester.
synonyms: tap of work
tap
glosses: A small amount of work.
Related terms: lift a finger
common-or-garden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: common or garden
Etymology: An extension of the practice of naming domestic – and therefore non-exotic – plants as common or garden, such as common lavender/garden lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
Senses: examples: text: It's just a common-or-garden fridge but it works fine.
text: It is to do away entirely with both the magicians and their magic and run our civilization according to practical and comprehensible rules, dedicated to non-legal justice, to common-or-garden fairness that the ordinary man can understand, in the regulation of human affairs.
ref: 1939, Fred Rodell, Woe to You Lawyers, Form #11.402, page 74:
text: Comparing Quantum Mechanics to Common-or-Garden Mechanics.
ref: 2010, Martin Cohen, Philosophy For Dummies, →ISBN, page 354:
text: For what was objective existence in the long run but a series of common-or-garden situations?
ref: 2012, Wilson Harris, Black Marsden, →ISBN:
glosses: ordinary, standard.
Related terms: common
garden variety
common-and-garden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It's just a common-and-garden fridge, but it works fine.
glosses: ordinary, standard.
Related terms: common
garden variety
flak jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flak jackets
Senses: examples: text: By longstanding, bipartisan tradition, decades of White House press secretaries have handed down a cheeky symbol of their job fielding rat-a-tat inquiries from feisty reporters: a flak jacket.
ref: 2022 May 20, Michael M. Grynbaum, “White House Press Secretary Gets a New ‘Flak Jacket’: A Women’s Blazer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A special piece of clothing worn by soldiers to protect them from shrapnel and grenade fragments, other non-direct fire and battlefield debris. Sometimes used informally to connote any of the various forms of a bullet-proof vest.
Related terms: bulletproof vest
nuby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌbi
Forms: form: nubies
Senses: examples: text: She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face.
ref: 1 June 1804, Henry James, “Pandora”, in The New York Sun:
text: "The little white nuby in my top drawer, Betty—I felt a chill striking the back of my neck."
ref: 1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground:
text: "I met her at a church festival one Christmas Eve," responded Aunt Saidie, in a high-pitched, rasping voice. "The same evening that I got this pink crocheted nuby." She touched a small pointed shawl about her shoulders.
ref: 1904, Ellen Glasgow, The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields:
glosses: An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
backwardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækwɚdli/
ipa: /ˈbækwədliː/
Forms: form: more backwardly
form: most backwardly
Etymology: From backward + -ly.
Senses: examples: 1552, Richard Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum
Bowed backwardlye, recuruue.
glosses: In a backward direction.
Related terms: downwardly
sidewardly
upwardly
well-appointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɛləˈpɔɪntɪd/
ipa: /ˌwɛləˈpɔɪn(t)ɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪntɪd
Forms: form: better-appointed
form: more well-appointed
form: best-appointed
form: most well-appointed
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂éd
From well (adverb) + appointed (“provided with necessities, equipped, fitted-out”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: a well-appointed kitchen
text: VVhat vvel appointed Leader fronts vs heere?
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], signature [F4], recto:
text: She to the Scottiſh her faire courſe adreſt, / Nor vvould deſiſt till ſhe had raiſde agen, / Ten thouſand valient vvell-appointed men.
ref: 1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Miseries of Queene Margarite”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 100:
text: In him, thy vvell appointed proxy ſee, / Armed for a vvork too difficult for thee, […]
ref: 1785, William Cowper, “Tirocinium: Or, A Review of Schools”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 328:
text: Boat trains are dealt with on either side of a 1,010-ft. long island platform, from which escalators and lifts convey passengers and luggage to the vast upper floor, laid out on the modern, spacious and well-appointed lines that ought to grace the concourse of all the biggest and busiest stations in the country.
ref: 1959 February, G[eoffrey] Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 92:
glosses: Chiefly of accommodation: properly supplied with a complete set of whatever furniture, equipment, etc., is needed; fully equipped or fitted-out; also, beautifully decorated.
Derived terms: well-appointedness
abetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abetter
lung cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lung cancers
Senses: glosses: Cancer of the lung(s).
add fuel to the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adds fuel to the fire
form: adding fuel to the fire
form: added fuel to the fire
form: added fuel to the fire
form: add fuel to fire
Senses: examples: text: Instead of apologizing to his girlfriend, he decided to add fuel to the fire.
text: But this had no effect, only to add fuel to the fire; so that, at last, both parties were so exasperated, that, had not the magistrates of Frankfort (who were now head of the English reformed church) interposed, they were on the point of coming to blows.
ref: 1839, Charles Dodd, edited by Mark Aloysius Tierney, Dodd's Church History of England, volume 2:
text: […] and to admit women into active participation in politics will certainly be to increase disorder and add fuel to the fire of strife.
ref: 1891, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 54:
synonyms: word: add insult to injury
word: fan the flames
word: add fuel to the flame
word: pour gasoline on the fire
word: throw gasoline on the fire
word: throw gas on the fire
word: add fuel to the fire
word: add insult to injury
word: cap it all off
word: fan the flames
word: make matters worse
word: throw gasoline on the fire
word: With malice
word: hit someone when they are down
word: kick a dog when it's down
word: kick someone when they are down
word: punch down
word: put the boot in
word: rub it in
word: rub salt in the wound
word: strike someone when they are down
word: twist the knife
antonyms: pour oil on troubled waters
clear the air
glosses: To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see add, fuel, fire.
Related terms: stir shit
pull quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull quotes
form: pull-quote
Senses: examples: text: Experts are often reduced to sound bites or "pull quotes," if they are consulted at all.
ref: 2017, Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise, page 10:
text: Really, though, in between the pull quotes and the killer lines, Infantino’s performance was something far more disturbing.
ref: 2022 November 19, Barney Ronay, “Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during bizarre monologue on Qatar”, in The Guardian:
topics: arts
graphic-design
synonyms: liftout
pullout
glosses: A brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.
Related terms: quote doctor
treyf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹeɪf/
rhymes: -eɪf
Forms: form: treyfa
form: treyfe
form: treifa
form: treife
form: treif
form: tref
form: trefa
form: trefah
form: t'refah
form: trayf
form: traif
form: traife
form: trafe
form: terefa
form: terefah
form: terephah
Etymology: From Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה (trefá).
Senses: examples: text: The casserole looked delicious, but Moishe wouldn't eat it because it was treyf.
synonyms: unkosher
antonyms: kosher
glosses: Nonkosher.
benignly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more benignly
form: most benignly
Etymology: From Middle English benignely; equivalent to benign + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a benign manner.
gilravage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galravage
form: gulravage
Senses: glosses: Noisy riotous conduct.
gilravage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gilravages
form: gilravaging
form: gilravaged
form: gilravaged
form: galravage
form: gulravage
Senses: glosses: To feast in a noisy and riotous manner.
glosses: To plunder; to despoil.
bewigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + wigged.
Senses: examples: text: No profanity was intented when zealous, close-cropped, and bare-headed ecclesiastics reminded their bewigged brethren that they were bound to imitate Christ in all things, and then asked them if the Saviour were likely to recognise a resemblance to himself in a priest under a wig.
ref: 1853, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 375:
text: The walls were adorned with oil paintings, portraits of stiff ladies with powdered coiffures, of bewigged Oldenborgians and other redoubtable persons in mail and armour or red coats.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4:
text: Why should anyone imagine that bewigged judges in The Hague will succeed where cold steel has failed?
ref: 1999, Alton Frye, Toward an International Criminal Court: A Council Policy Objective, page 46:
text: It was standing room only in Le Napoléon and Le Mondial cafes, facing each other across the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in Paris’s 10th arrondissement – both rammed to the rafters inside with flag-waving, face-painted, red-white-and-blue bewigged fans.
ref: 2022 December 18, Jon Henley, “‘You can’t begrudge Messi’: Parisians react as France lose World Cup final”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Wearing a wig.
glosses: Perplexed, bewildered.
landscaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landscapings
Senses: glosses: Improved land (trees, gardens, leveled ground, etc).
glosses: The act of improving a landscape.
Derived terms: brandscaping
hard landscaping
potscaping
streetscaping
landscaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of landscape
looniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loony: most loony
invades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invade
mesmerised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mesmerised
form: most mesmerised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mesmerized
mesmerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mesmerise
Derived terms: unmesmerised
treehugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treehuggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tree hugger.
glosses: A species of libellulid dragonfly, Tyriobapta torrida, of Southeast Asia.
quarreling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quarrelling
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of quarrelling.
quarreling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarrelings
form: quarrelling
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of quarrelling.
ju-jitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jujitsu.
jiu-jitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Using these simple verbal jiu-jitsu moves will help you articulate the concerns underlying your complaints and critiques while building stronger relationships and culture.
ref: 2019 March 26, Hanna Hart, “Phrasing Matters: How To Be A Constructive Critic”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jujitsu.
glosses: Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
chalumeau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʃælʊˈməʊ/
Forms: form: chalumeaus
form: chalumeaux
Etymology: Borrowed from French chalumeau, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Doublet of shawm and probably caramel.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
glosses: The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C.
kickboxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickboxers
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: One who practices the martial art of kickboxing.
Derived terms: kickboxing
kickboxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickboxer
theurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theurges
Senses: examples: text: He acknowledged Christ to be a most excellent man, the friend of God, the admirable theurge; he denied, however, that Jesus designed to abolish entirely the worship of demons...
ref: 1803, Johann Lorenz Mosheim, translated by Archibald Maclaine, An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, page 174:
text: The father was known simply as a philosopher, the son as a theurge...
ref: 1995, Brian P. Copenhaver, Trismegistus Hermes, Hermetica, Cambdridge: University Press, page xxv:
text: In other words, the theurge makes himself known to and recognized by the gods, like the mysta in his initiation, by means of 'symbols', signs or passwords (synthemata).
ref: 1996, Robert Turcan, The Cults of the Roman Empire, Blackwell Publishing, page 285:
text: In this process the human mediator's own role was significantly increased from that of middleman theurge to god-imitating demiurge, not only bringing the images to life inside himself in the form of an “inner sculpting,” but...giving them external form as spirits as well.
ref: 2001, Victoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets, Harvard University Press, page 54:
synonyms: theurgist
glosses: One who works miracles, or persuades a god or spirit to perform a supernatural work.
Related terms: theurgy