cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fluxuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: This misspelling comes from wrongly applying the change from -ct- to -x- in many English words of Latin origin to this word and the influence of the related word flux which did undergo that change.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuating.
fluxuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: This misspelling comes from wrongly applying the change from -ct- to -x- in many English words of Latin origin to this word and the influence of the related word flux which did undergo that change.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuated.
fluxuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fluctuations.
tightley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tightly.
brightley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of brightly.
credibley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of credibly.
effectiveley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of effectively.
effectivley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of effectively.
dowd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Forms: form: dowds
Etymology: Back-formation from dowdy.
Senses: examples: text: “I knew there were women-dowdies in Bengal. They come up here sometimes. But I didn't know that there were men-dowds, too.”
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 29:
text: He, of course, was only an unbalanced religious fanatic, whose opinions were not of the slightest consequence to anybody, whom everybody seemed to take a dislike to at sight (except ignorant paupers like the Cooneys), and whose ideal type of girl would probably be some hideous dowd, a slum-worker, a Salvation Army lassie, perhaps.
ref: 1913, Henry Sydnor Harrison, chapter XI, in V. V.'s Eyes:
text: "You wouldn't have me a dowd, Olaf?" said she, demurely. "I have to be neat and tidy, you know. You wouldn't have me going about in a continuous state of unbuttonedness and black bombazine like Mrs. Rabbet, would you?"
ref: 1915, James Branch Cabell, chapter II, in The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck:
text: Marie was still away upon her trail. "I don't really let myself go as much as you might think. I'm always dressed for breakfast, if I've been up half the night; I don't allow myself to be slovenly. And however I've had to hurry over putting the children to bed, and cooking dinner and things, I always change my blouse and put on my best slippers before Osborn comes in. I feel—at home I feel as if I look quite nice; but when I come out of it"—she indicated her surroundings—"I realise I'm just a dowd who's fast losing what looks she had. When I come out, and see others, I—I know I can't compete. It makes you almost afraid to come out. And Osborn—while I'm at home, plodding along, you see, he's out, seeing the others all the time. He sees them in the restaurants, and they pass him in the street—girls as I used to be."
ref: 1920, May Edginton, chapter XVI, in Married Life, or The True Romance:
glosses: A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
glosses: Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
dowds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowd
shitbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitbirds
Etymology: From shit + bird.
Senses: examples: text: Marines work hard. Only shitbirds try to avoid work, only shitbirds try to skate. Marines are clean, not skuzzy. I teach Leonard to value his rifle as he values his life. I teach him that blood makes the grass grow.
ref: 1979, Gustav Hasford, “The Spirit of the Bayonet”, in The Short-Timers, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2011:
text: 'Cause you do not get to win, shitbird. We do!
ref: 2004 September 19, David Simon, “Time After Time” (11:43 from the start), in The Wire, season 3, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Ellis Carver (Seth Gilliam), via HBO:
text: The blond prick and his two shitbirds were never far away, but they eventually gave up and walked back to the barracks.
ref: 2009, Jason Christopher Hartley, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An objectionable, despicable person.
Related terms: shitbeast
shitbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitbird
freeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: free + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of free
enslaveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enslave + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enslave
engageth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: engage + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engage
inductivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inductivists
Etymology: From inductive + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to inductivism.
Derived terms: meta-inductivist
inductivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inductivist
hypotheticodeductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypothetic + -o- + deductive.
Senses: glosses: Involving logical deduction by the formation and verification of hypotheses.
outsurvive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outsurvives
form: outsurviving
form: outsurvived
form: outsurvived
Etymology: From out- + survive.
Senses: examples: text: It is not the case that A outsurvived B because A had greater fitness. If A outsurvived B, it was because A possessed some set of properties, P, that B lacked.
ref: 1992, P. E. Griffiths, Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology, page 155:
text: In war, merely to outsurvive the enemy can be an advantage. He who survives can communicate his outsurvival to headquarters, meaning that the masters he serves will know of the outcome of his struggle even if he dies shortly thereafter.
ref: 2006, Hugh Cook, The Worshippers And the Way, page 250:
glosses: To survive longer than; to outlive.
Synonyms: survive
outsurviving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outsurvive
outsurvived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsurvive
outsurvives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outsurvive
Noric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Noric
form: most Noric
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient region of Noricum.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a racial category proposed by the anthropologist Victor Lebzelter, supposed to be a lighter subtype of the Dinaric, and characterized by tall stature, brachycephaly, nasal convexity, a long face and a broad forehead.
Noric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Celtic language, attested in only two fragmentary inscriptions from the Roman province of Noricum.
Coordinate terms: sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Celtiberian
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Cumbric
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Galatian
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Gaulish
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Lepontic
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Pictish
slopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloper
perfectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perfect + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: He had noticed in his circle many an otherwise promising union result in disappointment and dismay, purely in consequence of the false estimate formed by bride or bridegroom concerning the imagined perfectability of the other.
ref: 1914, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter V, in Three Men on the Bummel:
text: The man who has learned the Fifth Secret of Rache Churan—who has learned how to control his will—holds a power absolute and beyond perfectability.
ref: 1920, Sax Rohmer, chapter III, in The Golden Scorpion:
text: In him as in his two intimates, Gallatin and Madison, there was a touch of that philosophy which colored the thought of reformers on the eve of the French Revolution, a naive confidence in the perfectability of man and the essential worthiness of his aspirations.
ref: 1921, Allen Johnson, A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Yale University Press, page 19:
glosses: The state or quality of being able to be perfected.
Derived terms: imperfectability
blameth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: blame + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blame
spiritualizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spiritualize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spiritualize
evolveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: evolve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evolve
penneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pen + -eth.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pen
penneth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penneths
Etymology: Contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pennyworth.
peepeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: peep + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peep
bloometh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bloom + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bloom
scribbleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scribble + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scribble
Sendakian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sendakian
form: most Sendakian
Etymology: From Sendak + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American illustrator and writer of children's books.
revolveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: revolve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revolve
swerveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: swerve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swerve
toileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: toil + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toil
entrappeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: entrap + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entrap
trappeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: trap + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trap
rollicksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rŏl'ĭksəm
ipa: /ˈɹɒlɪksəm/
note: father-bother merger
ipa: /ˈɹɑlɪksəm/
rhymes: -ɒlɪksəm
Forms: form: more rollicksome
form: most rollicksome
Etymology: From rollick + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The cause was very evident, for there was Larry in the midst of a group of seamen, dancing an Irish jig to the tune of one of his most rollicksome songs.
ref: 1883, W. H. G. Kingston, chapter V, in Paddy Finn:
text: With genuine and heartfelt emotion they shook hands and looked into each other's eyes—these two who had not met for long years, since the rollicksome days of student life in Paris when they had been as intimate as brothers.
ref: 1899, William Murray Graydon, chapter XIII, in In Friendship's Guise:
text: Let him see one of the little white beds where he will sleep after you return home, the sunny dining room where he will eat his morning porridge and his Sunday ice cream; the playground full of rollicksome youngsters, with whom he will seesaw and play tag by and by, and the busy schoolroom, where so many delightful and interesting things are sure to happen.
ref: 1915, John Dutton Wright, chapter XXIV, in What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know, page 86:
glosses: Rollicking; lively, boisterous.
Bakrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abu Bakr + -ism
Senses: glosses: Sunni Islam
Bakriyyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَكْرِيَّة (bakriyya).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Sunni Islam
Related terms: Bakri
claspeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: clasp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clasp
graspeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grasp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grasp
quaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: quake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quake
sootheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: soothe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soothe
harvesteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: harvest + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harvest
nielloware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niellowares
Etymology: From niello + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Articles made from niello.
niellowares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nielloware
Nicodemism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of Nicodemites.
Nicodemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪkəˈdiːmʌɪt/
Forms: form: Nicodemites
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Nicodemite, corresponding to Nicodemus + -ite, after a Pharisee in the Gospel of John who secretly comes to Jesus for instruction while outwardly remaining a pious Jew.
Senses: examples: text: The democratic dividends for Scotland have been kept well off the agenda by the big-business-led no campaign and its Nicodemite fellow travellers – a few of whom are writers.
ref: 2014 July 23, Alan Warner, The Guardian:
glosses: Someone who hides their faith or belief in something; a secret adherent.
Related terms: Nicodemism
Nicodemites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nicodemite
necrotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From necrotrophic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a necrotrophic manner.
nematodelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nematodelike
form: most nematodelike
Etymology: From nematode + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Body of typical nematodelike appearance in free-living forms, swollen in the females of some plant-parasitic species, but without large swollen cells inside.
ref: 1935, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, volume 89, page 33:
text: An aberrant feature of the genus is the nematodelike embryo, a tightly coiled and wormlike form within a separate and loose sac[…]
ref: 1975, Robert A. Wardle, James A. MacLeod, Sydney Radinovsky, Advances in the Zoology of Tapeworms: 1950-1970, page 202:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of nematodes.
nerdlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nerdlike
form: most nerdlike
Etymology: From nerd + -like.
Senses: glosses: nerdy
niggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggies
Senses: examples: text: "Shot me a niggie and they sent me to jail."
ref: 2008, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, Balance of Power, page 124:
text: When we mourned another season without new bicycles or were stung by a neighbor child's taunt of "Plygie, plygie, worse than a niggie," our father would console us in stately tones[…]
ref: 1984, Dorothy Allred Solomon, Andy Wilkinson, In My Father's House: A Memoir of Polygamy, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of niggy.
nikkeijin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nikkeijins
form: nikkeijin
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 日系人.
Senses: glosses: A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not resident in Japan.
nikkeijins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nikkeijin
neurobehaviourally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurobehavioural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In neurobehavioural terms.
neurobehaviorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurobehavioral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In neurobehavioral terms.
neurophysically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurophysical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In neurophysical terms.
neurolemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neurolemma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neurolemma.
niaouli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niaoulis
Senses: glosses: Melaleuca quinquenervia, the broad-leaved paperbark, a myrtaceous tree whose essential oil is used in cosmetics and herbal medicine.
paperbarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paperbark
niaoulis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niaouli
niggliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From niggly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being niggly.
chilgoza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chilgozas
Etymology: From Persian چلغوزه (čelġuze), from چهل (čehel, “forty”) + غوزه (ġuze, “nut”).
Senses: glosses: A pine of species of Pinus gerardiana, native to the northwestern Himalayas.
glosses: An edible pine nut of Pinus gerardiana.
Derived terms: chilgoza pine
chilgozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chilgoza
Nelson's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The first case was reported in 1958 by Don Nelson et al.
Senses: glosses: The rapid enlargement of a pituitary adenoma that occurs after the removal of both adrenal glands.
nematoceran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Nematocera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Nematocera, a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae, consisting of the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, and midges.
nematoceran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematocerans
Etymology: From translingual Nematocera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any fly of the Nematocera
nematocerans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nematoceran
neotectonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + tectonic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neotectonics.
supercinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercinemas
Etymology: From super- + cinema.
Senses: glosses: A large, luxurious cinema.
supercinemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercinema
mutationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mutation + -ism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A theory emphasizing mutation as a creative principle and source of discontinuity in evolutionary change, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics.
Related terms: mutationistic
mycoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycoparasite
mycoplasmologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycoplasmologists
Etymology: From mycoplasmology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies mycoplasmology.
mycoplasmologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycoplasmologist
myelinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelinopathy
myologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From myological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of myology.
myopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myopsids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any squid of the order Myopsida or suborder Myopsina.
myopsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myopsid
myristyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myristyl
Friedmannian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Friedmannian
form: most Friedmannian
Etymology: From Friedmann + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alexander Friedmann (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фри́дман; 1888–1925), Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician known for his pioneering theory that the universe was expanding according to a set of equations.
Related terms: Friedmanian
NAIRU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment.
nappying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nappy
nappied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nappy
narcological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From narcology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to narcology.
naranjilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naranjillas
Etymology: From Spanish naranjilla.
Senses: glosses: Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
glosses: The edible fruit of this plant.
naranjillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naranjilla
narcologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narcologists
Etymology: From narcology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies narcology.
narcologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narcologist
rimaye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rimayes
Etymology: Borrowed from French rimaye.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: a crevasse at the upper end of a mountain glacier.
Synonyms: bergshrund
Ndembu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ndembus
form: Ndembu
Senses: glosses: A member of a subgroup of the Lunda people of Africa.
Ndembu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Ndembus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ndembu
mycotrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mycotrophic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a mycotrophic manner.
myogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From myogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a myogenic manner.
naked mole rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naked mole rat
myotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myotrophins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that in humans is encoded by the MTPN gene.
myotrophins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myotrophin
Peace Vallis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named on September 26, 2012 by the International Astronomical Union as a valley in the Aeolis quadrangle on the planet Mars Aeolis (“Aeolis quadrangle”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: A valley within Gale Crater near the landing site (Bradbury Landing) of the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars.
naveta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navetas
Senses: glosses: A kind of megalithic chamber tomb, unique to the Balearic island of Minorca, with two vertical and two corbelled walls giving it the form of an upturned boat.
navetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naveta
navvying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of navvy
navvied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of navvy
Balearian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balearians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Balearic islands.
Balearians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balearian
naved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nave + -ed.
Senses: examples: a triple-naved church
a circular-naved church
glosses: Having a (specified kind or number of) nave.
Bradbury Landing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bradbury + landing.
Named on August 22, 2012, by NASA in honor of writer Ray Bradbury. Landing because it was the landing site of the Curiosity rover some two weeks earlier.
Senses: glosses: An area approximately 140 square kilometers (54 sq mi) at 4.5895°S 137.4417°E on the planet Mars, located in Gale Crater.
wikipedia: en:Curiosity (rover)
en:Ray Bradbury
mustard greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Chinese mustard
green mustard cabbage
Indian mustard
leaf mustard
glosses: Brassica juncea, a mustard plant with edible leaves, seeds, and stem.
Chinese mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: mustard greens (Brassica juncea)
Indian mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: It is used in Indian cuisine.
Senses: glosses: mustard greens
leaf mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: mustard greens
green mustard cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: mustard greens
Muldergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mulder + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A South African political scandal of the 1970s, in which Prime Minister B. J. Vorster, Dr. Connie Mulder (Minister of Information) and Dr. Eschel Rhoodie (Secretary of Department of Information) were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for its then Apartheid Government.
Spetsnaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spetznaz
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian спецна́з (specnáz), abbreviation of войска́ специа́льного назначе́ния (vojská speciálʹnovo naznačénija, “special purpose forces/troops”).
Senses: examples: text: In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶
ref: 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 42:
glosses: Special forces in Russia and other post-Soviet states.
exocomet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exocomets
Etymology: Constructed from Ancient Greek: exo- + comet
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: An extrasolar comet; A comet which exists outside Earth's solar system, including interstellar comets and comets that orbit stars other than the sun.
Synonyms: exosolar comet
extrasolar comet
Hyponyms: interstellar comet
Derived terms: exocometary
Related terms: exomoon
exoplanet
planetary system
exocomets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exocomet
dippiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dippy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being dippy.
dippily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪpəli/
rhymes: -ɪpəli
Forms: form: more dippily
form: most dippily
Etymology: From dippy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dippy manner.
dragnetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dragnet
dragnetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dragnet
yapunyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yapunyahs
Senses: glosses: Eucalyptus ochrophloia, a eucalypt native to inland New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia.
yapunyahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yapunyah
lapunyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapunyahs
form: lapunya
Etymology: Variant of yapunyah.
Senses: glosses: Any of three species of Australian eucalypts, Eucalyptus ochrophloia, Eucalyptus thozetiana and Eucalyptus argophloia.
napunyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yapunyah.
nasojejunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌneɪzoʊd͡ʒəˈd͡ʒuːnəl/
Etymology: From naso- + jejunal or naso- + jejunum + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a route through the nose into the jejunum, usually with reference to a feeding tube as the route of administration of enteral nutrition.
Related terms: word: nasoduodenal
word: through the nose into the duodenum
word: nasoileal
word: through the nose into the ileum
word: nasoenteral
alt: hypernym to nasoduodenal, nasojejunal, and nasoileal
word: through the nose into the small intestine
word: nasogastric
word: through the nose into the stomach
NATFHE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education.
natally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From natal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: At the time of birth.
glosses: In terms of birth.
Derived terms: postnatally
nashis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nashi
nastin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fat extracted from the microbe involved in leprosy, formerly believed to be useful in treating the condition.
setoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from set off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set-off.
setoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setoff
blackfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blackface + -ing.
Senses: glosses: performance in blackface makeup
yellowfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yellowface + -ing.
Senses: glosses: performance in yellowface makeup
unpastured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pastured.
Senses: examples: text: The sheep are afterwards driven into an unpastured adjoining meadow, and remain there (to prevent their soiling themselves in the sheephouse) a day and night, […]
ref: 1800, Transactions of the Dublin Society, page 198:
glosses: Not pastured.
moweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mow + -eth
Senses: examples: text: Oh! too oft the ghostly reaper / Moweth down the young.
ref: 1852, William Howe Cuyler Hosmer, Lucy's Dirge:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mow
pastureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pasture + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pasture
pilloweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pillow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pillow
bribeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bribe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bribe
wheeleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wheel + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wheel
greaseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grease + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grease
ploweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: plow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plow
grazeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: graze + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graze
flocketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flock + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flock
crowdeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crowd + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crowd
weaveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: weave + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weave
harnesseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: harness + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harness
harmonizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: harmonize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harmonize
organizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: organize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of organize
varnisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: varnish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of varnish
vanisheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vanish + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vanish
fiddleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fiddle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle
retaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: retake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retake
figureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: figure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of figure
shitteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shit
film blanc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: films blancs
Etymology: Borrowed from French film blanc (literally “white film”).
Senses: glosses: A film characterized by an optimistic outlook, contrasting with film noir.
films blancs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of film blanc
interstellar comet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interstellar comets
Etymology: interstellar + comet
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: A comet (or exocomet) located in interstellar space, and not gravitationally bound to a star.
Hypernyms: exocomet
exosolar comet
extrasolar comet
Related terms: interstellar planet
rogue planet
deep space
outer space
planetary system
interstellar planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interstellar planets
Etymology: Constructed from Latin: inter- + stellar + planet. The latter derives from Middle English planete, from Old English planēta (“planet, chasuble”), from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wander, roam”), cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: a planetary-mass object which has either been ejected from its system or was never gravitationally bound to any star or other such object, and that therefore orbits the galaxy directly.
Synonyms: free-floating planet
nomad planet
orphan planet
rogue planet
Related terms: exocomet
exoplanet
exosolar planet
extrasolar planet
interstellar comet
deep space
outer space
planetary system
brake lining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake linings
Senses: glosses: Consumable surfaces in brake systems, such as drum brakes and disc brakes used in transport vehicles.
Related terms: brake shoe
trancecore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of trance + hardcore, or trance + -core.
Senses: glosses: A music genre combining elements of trance music and metalcore.
illbient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪl.bi.ənt/
Etymology: Blend of ill + ambient; coinage attributed to DJ Olive (Gregor Asch). See hip-hop slang sense of ill.
Senses: examples: text: This describes the sound of what is known as illbient, a genre of electronic music that arose in New York in the mid-1990s. The first illbient compilations were released by the Asphodel label—Crooklyn Dub Consortium Vol. 1 in 1995 and Incursions in Illbient in 1996—and Olive was involved with both projects.
ref: 2012, Mark Katz, Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A music genre with layered soundscapes, dub and hip-hop influences (including the use of samples), and a progressive approach to beat programming.
wikipedia: DJ Olive
at leisure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at one's leisure
Senses: glosses: Free from any occupation; not busy; idle.
glosses: When convenient.
at one's leisure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Hannah! Hannah!” exclaimed her mother; “I told you not to go near that tree! Get your flowers quick, if you must get them, and come away.”
Hannah went on gathering the flowers at her leisure.
“You will certainly get stung,” said her mother.
ref: 1872, Jacob Abbott, Gentle Measures In The Management And Training Of The Young […] , Harper & Brothers, page 40:
glosses: At one’s convenience.
Related terms: at leisure
flareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flare + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flare
flayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flay
excommunicateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: excommunicate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excommunicate
psychoerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + erotic.
Senses: examples: text: Bufotenin is capable of producing server hallucinations of a psycho-erotic nature.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 51:
glosses: Relating to the mind and the erotic.
ticktacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticktack
glanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glance
enhanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enhance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enhance
laick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of laic.
anough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of enough.
explaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: explain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of explain
explicateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: explicate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of explicate
yearneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: yearn + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yearn
Picene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪsiːn/
Forms: form: Picenes
form: Picentes
form: Picentini
Etymology: From Latin Picenum.
Senses: glosses: A resident of ancient Picenum in Italy.
Picene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪsiːn/
Etymology: From Latin Picenum.
Senses: glosses: An extinct language spoken by the Picenes.
Picentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Picene
Picenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Picene
Picentini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Picene
interstellar comets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interstellar comet
interstellar planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interstellar planet
decideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: decide + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decide
concedeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: concede + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concede
lingereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: linger + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of linger
bookshelving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From book + shelving, or bookshelf + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Shelving for the storage of books; bookshelves collectively.
bookshelving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From book + shelving, or bookshelf + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bookshelve
luteolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to luteolysis.
Derived terms: antiluteolytic
luteolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From luteo- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
lactogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactogen
lactogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactogens
Etymology: From lacto- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
resigneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: resign + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resign
designeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: design + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of design
signeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sign + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sign
consigneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: consign + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of consign
shaveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shave + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shave
smeareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: smear + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smear
sheareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shear + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shear
Acad.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of academy.
Related terms: Acads.
Auth.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of authority.
Comm'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of commission.
Comm'r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of commissioner.
essayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: essay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of essay
assayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assay
measureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: measure + -eth
Senses: examples: text: […] the twelue cubited man (as Iacobus à Voragine measureth his length) or the twelue-footed man (as he is measured by Petrus de Natalibus) […]
ref: 1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, page 303:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of measure
handleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: handle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handle
Commc'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of communication.
foldeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fold + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fold
enfoldeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enfold + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enfold
embittereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: embitter + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embitter
instituteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: institute + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of institute
affixeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: affix + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affix
peeleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: peel + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peel
equivalencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of equivalence
equivalenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of equivalence
wingco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingcos
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Wing Commander
wingcos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingco
tattooable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tattoo + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being applied as, or marked with, a tattoo.
keitais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keitai
rosticcerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosticceria
uncathartic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncathartic
form: most uncathartic
Etymology: From un- + cathartic.
Senses: glosses: Not cathartic.
Admin.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of administration.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of administrative.
Adm'r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of administrator.
Adm'x
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of administratrix.
unbitter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbitter
form: most unbitter
Etymology: From un- + bitter.
Senses: glosses: Not bitter.
Adver.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of advertising.
Agric.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of agricultural.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of agriculture.
Alt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of alternative.
Am.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of America.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of American.
chimeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chime + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chime
Assoc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of associate.
Ass'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of association.
Atl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Atlantic.
Auto.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of automobile.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of automotive.
ovotesticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ovo- + testicular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ovotestes.
ownable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.nə.bl̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.nə.bl̩/
Etymology: From own + -able.
Senses: examples: text: an ownable commodity
glosses: Capable of being owned
Derived terms: unownable
ownable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.nə.bl̩/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.nə.bl̩/
Forms: form: ownables
Etymology: From own + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something that can be owned; a commodity or item of property.
pachycephalosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pachycephalosaur
pageanter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pageanters
Etymology: From pageant + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in a pageant.
pageanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pageanter
pandemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pandemical
form: most pandemical
Senses: glosses: pandemic
papillomaviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to papillomavirus.
pappiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pappy: most pappy
oxidational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oxidation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to oxidation.
carbogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of carbon + oxygen
Senses: glosses: A mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen gas.