cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plain as porridge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: apparent
word: arrant
word: undoubted
word: glaring
word: bait
word: blatant
word: clear
word: clear as a bell
word: clear as day
word: clear cut
word: crystal clear
word: cut and dried
word: decided
word: elucidate
word: evident
word: eyely
word: intuitive
word: manifest
word: notable
word: noticeable
word: obvious
word: open-and-shut
word: ostensible
word: palpable
word: patent
word: plain
word: plain as a haystack
word: plain as a pikestaff
word: plain as day
word: plain as Dunstable highway
word: plain as porridge
word: plain as print
word: plain as Salisbury
word: plain as the nose on one's face
word: prima facie
word: res ipsa loquitur
word: straightforward
word: undissembled
antonyms: word: clear as mud
word: inevident
word: nonevident
word: muddied
word: muddled
word: non-obvious
word: nonobvious
word: opaque
word: subtle
word: unclear
word: unobvious
word: unevident
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very clear and evident.
examples: a face plain as porridge
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very unattractive or unprepossessing.
chauffeurship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chauffeur + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Prospective employer - "How close to the edge of that cliff can you drive at speed?" / First candidate for chauffeurship - "Within two inches, easy." / P. E. - "And you?" / Second candidate - "I have driven within half an inch." / P. E. - "And you?" / Third candidate. - "Sure, I would keep as far away as I could, if it cost me the job.
ref: 1905, Automotive Industries, volume 13, page 582:
text: We are climbing in an auto under Molly's efficient chauffeurship.
ref: 1945, Ella Young, Flowering Dusk: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately:
glosses: The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
camptastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more camptastic
form: most camptastic
Etymology: From camp + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: And I swear the old New York City gay club Splash used to play clips of Grayson Hall’s camptastic performance as Dr. Julia Hoffman.
ref: 2020 September 4, Erik Piepenburg, “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dark Shadows’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Very campy.
extrasensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: extrasensory
Kengtung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɛŋˈtʊŋ/
Forms: form: Kyaingtong
Etymology: Borrowed from Shan ၵဵင်းတုင် (káeng tǔng).
Senses: glosses: A former Shan state in eastern Burma.
glosses: A town in Shan State, Burma.
myringo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: myring-
Etymology: From myringa, which is from New Latin; more at myringa § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the eardrum (also known as the myringa, myrinx, or tympanum).
Synonyms: tympano-
Related terms: word: myringotomy tube
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: syringo-
tympano-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: tympan-
Etymology: Latin tympanum, drum.
Senses: examples: tympanostomy
glosses: Of or relating to the eardrum.
Synonyms: myringo-
breathtaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breathtakers
Etymology: From breath + taker.
Senses: glosses: Something astounding, impressive, or both.
Related terms: breathtaking
Moulmein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊlˈmeɪn/
ipa: /məʊlˈmeɪn/
Forms: form: Mawlamyine
form: Mawlamyaing
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese မော်လမြိုင် (maula.mruing).
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Myanmar.
Derived terms: Moulmein cedar
acatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acate + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: A look at the monthly provisions for the queen's table from only two departments, the acatry and the poultry, suggests that the courts arrival must have depopulated the wildlife in surrounding counties to supply it.
ref: 1999, Mary Hill Cole, The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Ceremony, page 44:
glosses: A room or place used to store provisions purchased for the king.
motor boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor boats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of motorboat.
Derived terms: coastal motor boat
buttillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttillaries
Senses: glosses: A buttery.
soshulist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soshulist
form: most soshulist
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of socialist.
soshulist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soshulists
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of socialist.
ghettology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ghetto + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: Then that see ghettology as an urban Vietnam / Giving deadly exhibitions of murder by napalm
ref: 1981, The Clash, “This Is Radio Clash”, in This Is Radio Clash:
glosses: The study of ghettos.
feudal rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feudal rushes
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The strategy of assaulting the enemy with feudal age units very early.
sound stages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound stage
valeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to valeology.
openSUSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.pənˈsuːzə/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.pənˈsuːzə/
Etymology: From open (as in open-source) and the name of its sponsor, SUSE S.A., originally an acronym of German Software- und System-Entwicklung (“Software and Systems Development”).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A free and open-source Linux distribution.
wikipedia: SUSE S.A.
standard definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard-definition
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
synonyms: SD
coordinate_terms: high definition
glosses: A system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television (720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, 4K UHDTV, and 8K UHD) or enhanced-definition television (EDTV 480p).
Derived terms: standard-definition television
thallo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Relating to a thallus.
glosses: Related to thallium.
series of tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American politician Ted Stevens in 2006 to describe the Internet in the context of opposing network neutrality, the phrase was widely ridiculed and began to be used satirically.
Senses: synonyms: word: Intertubes
word: cloud
word: cyberspace
word: digital highway
word: Infobahn
word: information superhighway
word: Internet
word: internet
word: Intertubes
word: interweb
word: Net
word: net
word: series of tubes
word: t'internet
word: interwebs
word: interwebz
glosses: The Internet.
Žižkov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Žižkov.
Senses: glosses: A district mainly in the Prague 3 municipality of Prague, Czech Republic.
unnurturing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnurturing
form: most unnurturing
Etymology: From un- + nurturing.
Senses: glosses: Not nurturing.
antipatriarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipatriarchical
form: most antipatriarchical
Etymology: From anti- + patriarchical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antipatriarchal.
patriarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patriarchical
form: most patriarchical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patriarchal.
Derived terms: antipatriarchical
patriarchically
antipatriarchally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antipatriarchally
form: most antipatriarchally
Etymology: From antipatriarchal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an antipatriarchal way.
nonmisogynist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonmisogynist
form: most nonmisogynist
Etymology: From non- + misogynist.
Senses: glosses: Not misogynist.
redisinfect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redisinfects
form: redisinfecting
form: redisinfected
form: redisinfected
Etymology: From re- + disinfect. Attested since the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: In this case we must employ two surgeons, or else the single one must thoroughly redisinfect his hands and arms in the manner already described before opening the abdomen.
ref: 1895, Annals of Surgery, volume 22, page 469:
glosses: To disinfect again.
protoMercury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Mercury.
Senses: glosses: The planet Mercury at an early stage.
protoVenus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Venus.
Senses: glosses: The planet Venus at an early stage.
protoMars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Mars.
Senses: glosses: The planet Mars at an early stage.
protoJupiter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Jupiter.
Senses: glosses: The planet Jupiter at an early stage.
proto-Saturn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Saturn.
Senses: glosses: The planet Saturn at an early stage.
proto-Uranus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Uranus.
Senses: glosses: The planet Uranus at an early stage.
accelerator cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accelerator card
accelerator card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accelerator cards
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A graphics card with its own GPU and memory, for greater performance.
Diet of Worms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diet (a council or assembly) held in Worms, Germany in 1521.
cryomagma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryomagmas
Etymology: From cryo- + magma.
Senses: topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
planetology
volcanology
glosses: Collectively, substances such as water, ammonia or methane that are found within some planets and are expelled by cryovolcanoes.
Derived terms: cryomagmatic
Related terms: cryovolcano
cryolava
geocoronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + corona + -ium, coined by Alfred Wegener in 1911.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical gaseous chemical element proposed to explain certain spectroscopic lines, and the green glow, found in the polar aurorae, that was later found to be explained by singly-ionized oxygen.
wikipedia: Alfred Wegener
Coordinate terms: coronium
nebulium
Related terms: coronium
geocorona
corona
aurora
applied arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The art of using of design and decoration to make everyday usable items aesthetically pleasing.
eurythermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eury- + Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ability to live in a wide range of temperatures.
big eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big eaters
Senses: glosses: glutton
big eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big eater
work like a dream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works like a dream
form: working like a dream
form: worked like a dream
form: worked like a dream
Senses: glosses: To function very efficiently and effectively, with few or no problems.
multi-platform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multiplatform
Etymology: From multi- + platform.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: cross-platform
single-platform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of software, etc., designed to work on only one operating system.
Synonyms: monoplatform
Oakville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From oak + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, southern Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Toronto.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Napa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Louisa County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in London Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Memphis, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Live Oak County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
marconi operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marconi operators
Etymology: Genericization of Marconi operator
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wireless operator or radio operator, a person who operates a wireless set / radio communications device.
synonyms: word: wireless operator or radio operator
extra: a person who operates a wireless set / radio communications device
goes out on a limb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go out on a limb
went out on a limb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go out on a limb
gone out on a limb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go out on a limb
snowscoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowscoots
form: snow-scoot
form: snow scoot
Etymology: Blend of snowboard + scooter
Senses: glosses: A kick scooter-like device for travelling over snow on an alpine ski run, with handlebars and a frame that connects two skis that are similar to a snowboard split in two, allowing the front portion to turn while the rider stands on the rear portion.
Related terms: skibike
snowbike
snow racer
escalefters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escalefter
monkeys' weddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey's wedding
teachering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teacher + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: This phenomenon also resonated with my own teachering experience.
ref: 2000, Deborah Lynch Walsh, Labor of Love: One Chicago Teacher's Experience:
glosses: The act or process of being a teacher.
professoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From professor + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: As an occupation, especially when compared to others within organizations, university professoring is unusually free of constraints, opening out to a broad span of personal possibilities.
ref: 1981, Van Cleve Morris, Deaning, Middle Management in Academe:
glosses: Acting as a professor.
BoJo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: Bozza
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of Boris Johnson (born 1964), a British politician and journalist who served as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
coldened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colden
coldening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colden
coldens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colden
snowscoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowscoot
country ham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country hams
Etymology: First mentioned in print in 1944.
Senses: hyponyms: Smithfield ham
glosses: A variety of cured ham, typically very salty, traditionally prepared in the rural parts of the southern United States.
country hams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country ham
hihi
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: See hehe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hehe.
hihi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hihis
Etymology: From Maori hihi (“ray of sun”)
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stitchbird.
synonyms: word: stitchbird
MILs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MIL
unemollient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unemollient
form: most unemollient
Etymology: From un- + emollient.
Senses: glosses: Not emollient.
emolliently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more emolliently
form: most emolliently
Etymology: From emollient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an emollient manner.
unpostponed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + postponed.
Senses: glosses: Not postponed.
pieces of furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piece of furniture
dago dazzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dago dazzlers
Senses: examples: text: There's places where a dago-dazzler doesn't cut much ice, but it was dollars to doughnuts that the Sultan'd have a kindly feeling for it when I had Mungo explain that it was from the President of the U. S. A., telling him to treat his Uncle Phineas good and white, and he'd do the same by him some day.
ref: 1917, Walter Alleyne Ireland, Beating 'em to it: Or, The Sultan and the Sausages:
text: I also took off well supplied with letters of introduction to medieval scholars and with what were then called "dago dazzlers,” formal letters to which the Harvard seal was affixed, […]
ref: 2017, George Caspar Homans, Coming to My Senses: The Autobiography of a Sociologist, page 170:
glosses: An impressive-looking document used to identify the bearer as being affiliated with some official institution, typically a university or college, with the purpose of impressing low-level bureaucrats, usually of a foreign nation.
dago dazzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dago dazzler
dago red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dago reds
Senses: glosses: Cheap, inferior red wine.
dago reds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dago red
rerollable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reroll + -able.
Senses: glosses: Of scrap metal: capable of being rolled out again.
rerollable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rerollables
Etymology: From reroll + -able.
Senses: glosses: A piece of scrap metal capable of being rolled out again.
DXing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From DX + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The hobby of receiving and identifying distant radio or television signals, or making two-way radio contact with distant stations.
Related terms: DXer
DXer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DXers
Etymology: From DX + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in DXing.
DXers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DXer
gluggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gluggy: most gluggy
widgetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: widgetizes
form: widgetizing
form: widgetized
form: widgetized
Etymology: From widget + -ize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To adapt to work with user-interface widgets.
widgetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of widgetize
widgetizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of widgetize
widgetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of widgetize
babywore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of babywear
babieswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From babies + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: The company specializes in children and babieswear, ladieswear and men's sportwear.
ref: 2005, The Textile Magazine, volume 46, numbers 7-12, page 63:
glosses: Synonym of babywear.
synonyms: word: babywear
babyworn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of babywear
babywears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of babywear
comparativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of comparatism.
comparatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of studying things by comparing them.
Related terms: comparatist
French spacing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences.
Scriblerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scriblerian
form: most Scriblerian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Scriblerus Club, an informal 18th-century association of authors based in London, England, including the satirists Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.
Scriblerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scriblerians
Senses: glosses: A member of the Scriblerus Club.
Scriblerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scriblerian
Tenasserim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /təˈnæsəɹɪm/
Forms: form: Dahnasari
form: Tanacerin
form: Tanasary
form: Tanasery
form: Tannaserim
form: Tarnassari
form: Tenazar
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Tanah Sari.
Senses: glosses: A river in southern Burma.
glosses: An administrative region in southern Burma.
Synonyms: sense: river
word: Great Tenasserim
sense: administrative region
word: Tanintharyi
Nüwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).
Senses: examples: text: The first sovereign was Fuxi, the heavenly sovereign, and first ancestor of 100 emperors. His marriage to his sister, Nüwa, balanced yin and yang.
ref: 2008, Essential Visual History Of World Mythology, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 334:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a goddess who repaired heaven and created the Earth
floreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more floreal
form: most floreal
Etymology: From Latin flōreus + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Give me peace — and the rest as thou willest! / Choose thou my new floreal dwelling, / From plants of the forest or field, / By stream or by fountain up-welling.
ref: 1879, Rosa Fairfax Costley, Fantasma: And Other Poems, page 281:
glosses: floral; flowery
little spiderhunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little spiderhunters
Etymology: From little + spiderhunter.
Senses: glosses: Arachnothera longirostra, a long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family, found in South and Southeast Asia.
little spiderhunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little spiderhunter
unask
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unasks
form: unasking
form: unasked
form: unasked
Etymology: From un- + ask.
Senses: examples: text: Oliver's question pops out of him unbidden. Neither the surly tone nor the aggressive formulation is of his choosing. If he could unask it he would, but it's too late.
ref: 1999, John le Carré, Single & Single:
glosses: To undo the asking of (a question).
unasks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unask
fruitbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruitbowls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fruit bowl.
Tavoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Dawei (“city in southern Burma”).
whoam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoams
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: home
cor triatriatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Triatrial heart: a rare congenital heart defect where the left atrium (cor triatriatum sinistrum) or right atrium (cor triatriatum dextrum) is subdivided by a thin membrane, resulting in three atrial chambers.
triatrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + atrial.
Senses: glosses: Having or involving three atria.
Related terms: biatrial
cor triatriatum
discruciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discruciate
discruciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: To single Hearts doubling is discruciating: such tempers must swear to dissemble, and prove but hypocritical Hypocrites.
ref: 1716, Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals:
glosses: present participle and gerund of discruciate
discruciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discruciate
fruitbowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruitbowl
whoams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whoam
buttillaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttillary
heckova
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heckuva.
intermatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermating
tutworkman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tutworkmen
Etymology: From tut-work + -man.
Senses: glosses: A laborer who carries out tut-work.
tutworkmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tutworkman
Macclesfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmækəlzˌfiːld/
enpr: mǎʹkulz-
Etymology: From the Old English name *Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
glosses: A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Macclesfield Bank
Maxonian
cardplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From card + play.
Senses: examples: text: Wearied of cardplay the Chinese sprawled across the seats like drowsy primates, resting their noggins indecorously in the aisle, and gracing the floorboards with their hair as, upside down, they tracked the movements of various kiddies […]
ref: 2006, Trevor Carolan, Pillow Book of Doctor Jazz, page 61:
text: The trouble is, in this account of a gambler seeking shelter from the storm in the numbness of cardplay, the prose is similarly, symptomatically numb.
ref: 2011, Richard Gray, A History of American Literature:
glosses: The playing of card games.
personal rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɚ.sə.nəl ɹuːl/
Forms: form: personal rules
Etymology: From personal + rule.
Senses: glosses: The rule of a monarch characterized by a lack of consultation with the parliamentary body of the state.
benchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bench + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a bench or benches.
technamations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technamation
frobnitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frobnitz
Halki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Greek island in the Dodecanese
decarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decarchies
form: decadarchy
form: dekadarchy
form: dekarchy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεκαρχία (dekarkhía), from δεκα- (deka-, “deca-: ten”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to dec- + -archy.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
Synonyms: government
Coordinate terms: government
Related terms: decarch
decarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decarchy
warm the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: warms the bench
form: warming the bench
form: warmed the bench
form: warmed the bench
Senses: examples: text: I spent the whole game warming the bench – I didn't get to play at all.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute.
Synonyms: ride the bench
ride the pine
Related terms: bench-warmer
warms the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warm the bench
warming the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warm the bench
warmed the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warm the bench
ride the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the bench
form: riding the bench
form: rode the bench
form: ridden the bench
Senses: examples: text: I spent the whole game riding the bench – I didn't get to play at all.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To warm the bench.
Synonyms: warm the bench
rides the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride the bench
riding the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride the bench
rode the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride the bench
ridden the bench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride the bench
hexarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexarchies
Etymology: From hexa- + -archy.
Senses: glosses: A group of six states.
hexarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexarchy
wrack and ruin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wracke and ruine
Etymology: 1577, as wracke and ruine, influenced by earlier go to wrecke (1548).
Senses: examples: text: Whiles all things seeme to fall to wracke and ruine.
ref: 1577, Henry Bull, Commentarie upon the fiftene psalmes (by Martin Luther, translation):
glosses: Complete destruction.
wikipedia: Ephraim Udall
Derived terms: rack and ruin
whole heartily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of wholeheartedly.
covariability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covariabilities
Etymology: From co- + variability.
Senses: examples: text: Multiple correspondence analyses showed covariability in multiple signs and symptoms, with severity being the strongest factor corresponding across outcomes.
ref: 2016 March 4, “An Evidenced-Based Scale of Disease Severity following Human Challenge with Enteroxigenic Escherichia coli”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being covariable
minituber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minitubers
Etymology: From mini- + tuber.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, cytokinins (CKs) were proposed to induce aerial minitubers in tomato, similar to potato tubers.
ref: 2016 March 4, “Insight on Genes Affecting Tuber Development in Potato upon Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A miniature tuber.
minitubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minituber
pupicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Killing pupae.
biocompound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocompounds
Etymology: From bio- + compound.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, and as EVOO phenolic compounds metabolism is still unknown, it is necessary to perform further in vitro studies where the intestinal absorption and biotransformation of biocompounds are considered.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Phenolic Compounds in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Stimulate Human Osteoblastic Cell Proliferation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any chemical compound of biological origin.
biocompounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocompound
fibrogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrogenicities
Etymology: From fibrogenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The high aspect ratio, size distribution and biopersistence of MWCNTs is likely associated with pulmonary inflammation, damage, fibrogenicity along with their ability to potentiate tumorigenesis in rodents poses a major safety concern.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Integrated Analysis of Dysregulated ncRNA and mRNA Expression Profiles in Humans Exposed to Carbon Nanotubes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being fibrogenic.
hyperparasitemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperparasitemia
hyperparasitaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperparasitaemias
Senses: examples: text: There was no association between pkdhfr mutations and hyperparasitaemia or malaria severity, both hypothesized to be indicators of H-H transmission.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Dihydrofolate-Reductase Mutations in Plasmodium knowlesi Appear Unrelated to Selective Drug Pressure from Putative Human-To-Human Transmission in Sabah, Malaysia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of hyperparasitemia.
hyperparasitaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperparasitaemia
hyperparasitaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperparasitaemic
form: most hyperparasitaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperparasitemic.
hyperparasitemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperparasitemic
form: most hyperparasitemic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to hyperparasitemia.
interfractional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + fractional.
Senses: examples: text: Because the interfractional setup errors play an important role for the overall treatment success, one major requirement during radiotherapy is to reduce these errors as far as possible and to introduce safety margins around the CTV to compensate for the remaining geometric uncertainties.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Quantification and Assessment of Interfraction Setup Errors Based on Cone Beam CT and Determination of Safety Margins for Radiotherapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of interfraction.
synonyms: word: interfraction
intraerythrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + erythrocyte.
Senses: examples: text: Patients with MECP2 gain-of-function mutations showed increased oxidative stress marker levels (plasma non-protein bound iron, intraerythrocyte non-protein bound iron, F 2 -isoprostanes, and F 4 -neuroprostanes), as compared to healthy controls (P ≤ 0.05).
ref: 2016 March 2, “MECP2 Duplication Syndrome: Evidence of Enhanced Oxidative Stress. A Comparison with Rett Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within an erythrocyte.
intraspherule
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + spherule.
Senses: examples: text: However, 3D reconstruction indicated highly disorganized intraspherule structure.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Morphological Diversity of the Rod Spherule: A Study of Serially Reconstructed Electron Micrographs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a spherule.
intracrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + crystalline.
Senses: coordinate_terms: extracrystalline
glosses: Within a crystal.
dermatotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dermatotoxic
form: most dermatotoxic
Etymology: From dermato- + toxic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Synonym of dermatoxic.
synonyms: word: dermatoxic
Related terms: dermatotoxicity
dermatotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermatotoxins
Etymology: From dermato- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dermatoxin.
synonyms: word: dermatoxin
dermatotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatotoxin
oculotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oculotoxic
form: most oculotoxic
Etymology: From oculo- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, it has recently been used to evaluate oculotoxic drugs in a study which reported a positive predictive value of 83%.
ref: 2016 March 2, “A Naturally-Derived Compound Schisandrin B Enhanced Light Sensation in the pde6c Zebrafish Model of Retinal Degeneration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: toxic to the eyes
phagostimulants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phagostimulant
storm-wracked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more storm-wracked
form: most storm-wracked
form: storm-racked
Etymology: From earlier “wracked by storm”, in sense wrack (“destroy”). Later sense of “stormy” due to influence by and confusion with rack (“torture, suffer”); see usage notes for rack.
Senses: glosses: Destroyed by a storm.
examples: text: I believe I eloquently spoke of him, when I proposed his health, as one ‘of those daring spirits, who, proudly turning their backs on an old and effete world, pushed forth over the unsociable and storm-wracked seas to seek a golden future in a region teeming with boundless possibilities and wealth, that need only a daring hand to lay it open to the sun.’
ref: 1864 March 12, William Chambers, “Blamyre’s Chambers”, in Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, volume 41, number 11, page 171:
text: I sailed a ship in a storm-wracked sea
And all were lost except for me.
ref: 2001, Dana Gioia, Nosferatu: An Opera Libretto:
glosses: Stormy, beset by a storm.
Related terms: pain-racked
staurospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staurospore
amerospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amerospore
dictyospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dictyospore
didymospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didymospore
helicospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helicospore
phragmospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phragmospore
scolecospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scolecospore
fog bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog banks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fogbank.
pain-racked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pain-racked
form: most pain-racked
form: pain-wracked
Etymology: Variant of “racked with pain”, in sense rack (“suffer pain, torture”); see usage notes for rack.
Senses: examples: text: ’Tis thine to ease the pain-racked breast, With doubts, with trembling fear o’erwhelm’d
ref: 1786, “Poetry”, in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, page 661:
text: Quieter and yet more quiet grew the sea, quiet as the soft mist that brooded on her bosom, and covered up her troubling, as the illusive wreaths of sleep brood upon a pain-racked mind, causing it to forget its sorrow.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: It’s designed to apply the natural laws of foot motion to pain-racked feet. … Order today and say goodbye forever to sore, tired, pain-racked feet!
ref: 1988 June 28, “Foot Pain Is No Laughing Matter: At Last—Here’s Instant Relief!”, in Weekly World News, page (insert):
glosses: Racked with pain, in pain, suffering.
Related terms: nerve-racking
storm-wracked
araru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
pteroyl acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aromatic carboxylic acid composed of a pteridine ring and a 4-aminobenzoic acid. It is a common structural feature of folic acid and its derivatives.
Sud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department in Haiti.
Earth to someone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Suggesting a control room on Earth communicating with a crew on a space mission.
Senses: examples: Hello! ...Hello? Earth to Daniel!
glosses: Used to call the attention of a distracted person.
glosses: Used to suggest that a person's opinion is divorced from reality.
oracle bone script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American missionary Frank Herring Chalfant in 1906.
Senses: glosses: The set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.
oracle bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oracle bones
Senses: glosses: A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.
Derived terms: oracle bone script
oracle bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oracle bone
sand shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand shoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandshoe.
wipe the smile off someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wipes the smile off someone's face
form: wiping the smile off someone's face
form: wiped the smile off someone's face
form: wiped the smile off someone's face
Senses: glosses: To cause someone to stop being happy or joyful.
toe to toe
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: toe-to-toe
Senses: coordinate_terms: face to face
qualifier: literal
glosses: Positioned facing another, with the toes touching.
examples: text: standing toe to toe
synonyms: head to head
glosses: At the same level as someone else.
raw_tags: of skill etc.
examples: text: go toe to toe with someone
text: It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in The A.V. Club:
text: Mr. Harris said he was confident he could go toe to toe with any skeptic; he bragged that he’d recently schooled some crypto haters from Vice News.
ref: 2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: It’s a grim stalemate that has taken on the rhythms of a heavyweight title bout, with each side going toe to toe in one of the longest-running battles of the war.
ref: 2023 January 9, Andrew E. Kramer, Nicole Tung, “Without Hesitation, Ukraine Goes Toe to Toe With Russia in Bakhmut”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: head to head
glosses: Against, in direct opposition.
Related terms: head to toe
one-dog night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-dog nights
Senses: glosses: A particularly cold, chilly night.
one-dog nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-dog night
watch one's language
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: watches one's language
form: watching one's language
form: watched one's language
form: watched one's language
Senses: examples: text: You need to watch your language here. These people are very religious.
text: And I put my hands on her jugs. She goes crazy. She says 'Take your hands off me slimeball!' So I go, 'Rona, watch your language!' And she goes, 'If you wanna have fun with your hands, why don't you pass the time playin' solitaire.'
ref: 1993, John Lahr, The Manchurian Candidate: A Play [...] From the Novel by Richard Condon, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: To be careful about what one says, in particular the avoidance of foul language.
S.M.A.R.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology; also SMART: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
old people's home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old people's homes
Senses: glosses: nursing home
glosses: retirement village
Related terms: old folks' home
old people's homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old people's home
easy as cake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of easy as pie.
synonyms: word: easy as pie
retirement village
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retirement villages
Senses: glosses: A residential complex designed for senior citizens who require little or no assistance from carers.
Synonyms: retirement community
Related terms: nursing home
retirement villages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retirement village
retirement community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retirement communities
Senses: glosses: A retirement village.
retirement communities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retirement community
assythments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assythment
bijaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bijao
Szekszárd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
Pegu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pəˈɡuː/
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Bago.
Derived terms: Peguer
Pegu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈɡuː/
Forms: form: Pegus
Senses: examples: text: The road was flooded in some places and in others the rains had filled potholes with mud, and the horses – ponies rather, stout little Pegus from Burmah – stumbled into them and lost their footing.
ref: 2014, M. J. Carter, The Strangler Vine:
glosses: A pony from the Burmese city of Bago.
misdirective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misdirective
form: most misdirective
Etymology: From mis- + directive. Attested since the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: It appears to me that the designation radio-thermal is not only inappropriate, but misdirective, and calculated to put in doubt (without cause, I admit) the correctness of Mr. M.'s views.
ref: 1846 April 4, The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, page 222:
glosses: Synonym of misleading.
synonyms: word: misleading