cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
foodflation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of food + inflation.
Senses: examples: text: Not long ago, before "foodflation," the restaurant operator would figure out menu prices by scribbling costs on a scrap of paper [...]
ref: 1991, Thomas F. Powers, Jo Marie Powers, Food service operations: planning and control:
text: When I spoke to her three years ago, she said she was spending about $50 a week to feed her family of five. With foodflation, she now spends about $80-$100 a week to feed a family of five.
ref: 2010, John Wiley, Pat Foran, The Smart Canadian's Guide to Saving Money:
glosses: The continuous rise in the price of food which is higher than the general inflation level.
featherwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featherwoods
Etymology: Blend of feather + peckerwood
Senses: examples: text: I have another roommate who is a white girl, she is a featherwood. So she got this thing in the mail from her pen pal that had peckerwood written in it. And this black girl wanted to look at her mail, which she had no business doing […]
ref: 1998, Barbara A. Owen, "In the Mix": Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison, page 155:
text: "I don't know, Teri asked me if I was a featherwood and I said no because I don't have wings […]" […] "Girl do you know what a featherwood is?" Tai asked. "I thought it was a bird." "God you're so innocent." Dolores stated.
ref: 2007, Sandra Coleman, From Housewife and Mother to Convict, page 100:
text: I've been visiting a couple of featherwoods, all bad tattoos and twisted intentions. Seeing Anita for the first time without a half-inch-thick plate of shatterproof Plexiglas between us (the county jail allows only noncontact visits), […]
ref: 2010, Kenneth E. Hartman, Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars, page 68:
glosses: A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
Related terms: peckerwood
woodpile
leish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leash.
leish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lish.
bitchwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitchwhores
form: bitch whore
form: bitch-whore
Etymology: From bitch + whore.
Senses: examples: text: Working! Oh that's very good. Screwing that cunt of a lab assistant is what he's doing. The little bitch. I've seen her . . . with her stupid white coat and her stupid white teeth. Little bitch whore!
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 28:
text: “Yeah exactly, well, no not really, I mean you always want the guy to do whatever his thing is even if he's a complete dumbass with an ugly bitchwhore wife, like that boxer retard with the speech impediment...
ref: 2009, Carlton Thurman, Caddie Esoterica, page 151:
glosses: A term of abuse.
bitchwhores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitchwhore
oryges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin orygēs, plural of oryx.
Senses: examples: text: After this troop appeared a long train of chariots, twenty four of which were drawn by elephants; ſixty by he-goats; twelve by lions; ſix by oryges, a ſpecies of goats; fifteen by buffaloes; four by wild aſſes; eight by oſtriches; and ſeven by ſtags.
ref: 1774, The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, volume VI, London: […] J. and F. Rivington, […], translation of original by [Charles] Rollin, page 31:
text: [I]n the dialects of some provinces of that country, the oryges of Arabia may still be denominated reem, even when bearing both horns; […]
ref: 1845, “ANTELOPE”, in John Kitto, editor, A Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, volume I, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 160, column 1:
text: A collection of green slate objects made in the forms of animals, &c., e.g., oryges, cuttlefish, tortoises, &c., chiefly of the Predynastic Period not later than b.c. 4000.
ref: 1903, Parliamentary Papers, page 58:
text: The top of the Hall is protected with a row of spear heads, and from the ceiling hang four heads of gazelle, or oryges; according to a legend certain enemies of Osiris transformed themselves into these animals, and were slain by the god.
ref: 1905, E. A. Wallis Budge, The Egyptian Heaven and Hell, page 160:
text: And I saw werewolves, centaurs, tigers, leopards, hyenas, camelopards or giraffes, and oryges, a variety of Egyptian unicorn with certain features of the antelope.
ref: 1936, The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais, translation of original by François Rabelais, page 797:
glosses: plural of oryx
cyberinformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + information.
Senses: examples: text: But she believes, and I agree, that there will continue to be a place for the librarian/information specialist as a mediator between the user and the vast universe of cyberinformation...
ref: 1998, Carolynne Myall, Ruth C. Carter, Portraits in cataloging and classification: Volume 1, page 196:
text: His concern is that cyberdemocracy will exacerbate inequality, with the world being divided between cyberinformation junkies — who are mostly white, wealthy, and well-educated — and everyone else.
ref: 2004, R. Michael Alvarez, Thad Edward Hall, Point, click, and vote: the future of Internet voting, page 72:
glosses: Information available in cyberspace or through computer networks.
nonmicrofibrillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + microfibrillar.
Senses: glosses: Not microfibrillar.
louseborne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From louse + borne.
Senses: examples: text: Louseborne typhus has played a major role in the history of nations over the past five centuries.
ref: 1981, Ralph D. Feigin, James Donald Cherry, Textbook of pediatric infectious diseases: Volume 2:
glosses: Transported by lice.
Brill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Brill in Buckinghamshire, said to be from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Middle Low German brul (“low wetland”). Compare the variant Bruehl.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Brille (“eyeglasses”).
* As a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym of בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, such as "Ben Rabbi Yehuda Levi".
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).
glosses: A hamlet in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7229).
glosses: A neighbourhood of Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Oak Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Brill Building
Brill-Zinsser disease
countergambit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countergambits
Etymology: From counter- + gambit.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A defence involving the use of the black-piece gambit in response to the white-piece gambit.
countergambits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countergambit
jet-pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet-packs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jet pack.
jet-pack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jet-packs
form: jet-packing
form: jet-packed
form: jet-packed
Senses: examples: text: He had “parked” the scout ship in orbit around the system’s outermost planet and jet-packed over to the larger vessel.
ref: 2000, Michael McBain, The Vast, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 164:
text: “Yeah, and I jet-packed to work, before they fired me.”
ref: 2013, Mick Herron, Dead Lions, Soho Crime, →ISBN:
text: Trump ordered the battle suits away and jet-packed to the floor.
ref: 2014, Jeremiah Liend, The Book of Q, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 110:
text: He jet-packed over to the hole.
ref: 2018, Ronald Morgan, Quest for Continuance: Varuna, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN:
text: In a single afternoon, we had jet-packed over every acre of rain forest, trekked across every beach, and even hiked up the volcano.
ref: 2018, Dustin Brady, Trapped in a Video Game, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN:
text: They raced through the loops and tunnels of a hover go-cart track, jet-packed over a volcano, suction-cup-climbed an office tower, and on and on, in an endless display of reckless fun.
ref: 2021, S. G. Wilson, “TheME Park”, in Me vs. the Multiverse: Enough About Me, New York, N.Y.: Random House Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jetpack.
jet-packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jet-pack
rocket belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocket belt
ages of consent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age of consent
Brill-Zinsser disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Described by Nathan Edward Brill (1860–1925) and Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), American physicians.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: Brill's disease
glosses: A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), occurring some time after the original infection, characterized by symptoms similar to or even identical to the original attack of typhus, including a maculopapular rash.
wikipedia: Hans Zinsser
scumbaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scumbag + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Although no stranger to violence or general scumbaggery, Fisher was already on probation for armed robbery and thought that perhaps his junior high school buddy had gone off the deep end.
ref: 2007, Chuck Hustmyre, An Act of Kindness:
glosses: The behaviour of a scumbag.
Nun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew.
Senses: examples: And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Nun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
loun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: louns
form: louning
form: louned
form: louned
Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).
Senses: glosses: To beat; thrash.
loun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: louns
Etymology: From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).
Senses: glosses: boy, youth
humiture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of humidity + temperature
Senses: examples: text: "Ninety six." She nodded toward the forecast. "And look at that humiture."
ref: 2010, Nora Roberts (writing as J. D. Robb), Indulgence in Death, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 200
glosses: An index of temperature and humidity intended to encapsulate in one number how hot it feels on a humid day.
widow's cruse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widow's cruses
form: widow's cruise
Etymology: From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).
Senses: examples: text: Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.
ref: 2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance:
glosses: An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
pinnula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinnulas
form: pinnulae
Etymology: From Latin pinnula.
Senses: glosses: A pinnule or subleaflet.
Derived terms: pinnular
pinnulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinnula
pinnulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinnula
planctus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plancti
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A lament or dirge, a popular literary form in the Middle Ages.
plancti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planctus
YouTubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of YouTube
YouTubes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of YouTube
YouTubing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of YouTube
YouTubed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of YouTube
Ateso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Nilo-Saharan language
Arvanitic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːvəˈnɪtɪk/
rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Etymology: From Arvanite + -ic, based on Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika).
Senses: synonyms: Arvanitika
Arvanitika Albanian
glosses: A form of the Albanian language spoken by a minority in Greece.
gypsy moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypsy moth
maize weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maize weevils
Senses: glosses: Sitophilus zeamais
Synonyms: sense: Sitophilus zeamais
word: greater rice weevil
rice weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice weevils
Senses: glosses: A pest of species Sitophilus oryzae, that attacks several crops, including wheat, rice, and maize.
Derived terms: alt: Malenterpes spinipes
word: dicky rice weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus zeamais
word: greater rice weevil
fur beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fur beetles
Senses: glosses: A kind of beetle in the family Dermestidae, Attagenus pellio, best known as a pest that feeds on materials of animal origin, such as fur.
thief ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thief ants
Senses: glosses: Solenopsis molesta, very small ants that sometimes nest close to other ant nests, from which they steal food.
Synonyms: grease ant
thief ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thief ant
fur beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fur beetle
rice weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rice weevil
maize weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maize weevil
cinnamon stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.ə.mən ˌstɪk/
Forms: form: cinnamon sticks
Senses: glosses: A thin piece of cinnamon bark curled up into a tube.
dipping tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipping tanks
Senses: examples: text: In the area, there were two small primary schools, a general store, and a dipping tank to rid the cattle of ticks and diseases.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 9:
glosses: A tank where livestock can be immersed in disinfectant chemicals.
dipping tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipping tank
Qamata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, pages 14-15:
text: The idea of good and evil is related to the deity, Qamata, among the Xhosa.
ref: 2007, Molefi Asante, Emeka Nwadiora, Spear Masters, page 75:
glosses: The chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.
crimelord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crimelords
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crime lord.
crime lord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crime lords
form: crimelord
Senses: examples: text: The place felt more like a crime lord's den than anything else.
glosses: A person who is in charge of a criminal organization.
Synonyms: criminal leader
crimelords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crimelord
crime lords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crime lord
cocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒkɪt/
rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Forms: form: cockets
Etymology: From Middle English coket, possibly from Latin quo quietus.
Senses: glosses: A document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
glosses: An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
Derived terms: cocket writer
cocket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒkɪt/
rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Forms: form: more cocket
form: most cocket
Etymology: From French coquet (“coquettish”).
Senses: examples: text: Let her legs be small, but not us'd to sprawl, / Her tongue not too loud nor cocket;
ref: 1608, Thomas Heywood, The Rape of Lucrece, act 3, scene 1:
glosses: pert; saucy
Synonyms: cheeky
Related terms: cocket-bread
cocket writer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocket writers
Senses: glosses: an official in the bond office whose duties included collecting duty on imported goods and issuing the relevant documentation.
Gibbon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪbən/
rhymes: -ɪbən
Etymology: From Old French Giboin, from Frankish *Gebawin (literally “Gift-friend”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Marsh Gibbon
Gibbons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Sturgeon County, central Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms: Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term
Related terms: Gibbins
red-shanked doucs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-shanked douc
agile gibbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agile gibbons
Etymology: agile + gibbon
Senses: glosses: A primate of species Hylobates agilis, in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family.
Synonyms: black-handed gibbon
nimble gibbon
agile gibbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agile gibbon
black-handed gibbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-handed gibbons
Senses: glosses: Hylobates agilis, a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family
Synonyms: agile gibbon
black-handed gibbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-handed gibbon
back five
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back fives
form: back-five
Senses: examples: text: Wales chose to bring their back-five into the game early on with Andy Powell, Sam Warburton, Dan Lydiate and Bradley Davies making inroads into the England defence.
ref: 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: Collectively, the backs (the 2 wings, fullback, outside centre and inside centre).
pileated gibbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pileated gibbons
Etymology: From pileated + gibbon.
Senses: glosses: a primate of species Hylobates pileatus, in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family.
pileated gibbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pileated gibbon
sin-bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sin-bins
Senses: examples: text: Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative form of sin bin.
sin-bin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sin-bins
form: sin-binning
form: sin-binned
form: sin-binned
Senses: examples: text: That is how it stayed until the break and just when Wales needed to keep their composure, tight-head prop Mitchell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck and Flood kicked the penalty.
ref: 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
text: The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.
ref: 2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.
skiboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiboards
form: ski-board
form: ski board
Etymology: From ski + board.
Senses: glosses: A short ski used in the sport of skiboarding.
Synonyms: miniski
skiblade
miniboard
snowblade
skiboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skiboards
form: skiboarding
form: skiboarded
form: skiboarded
Etymology: From ski + board.
Senses: glosses: To travel by skiboard.
Derived terms: skiboarder
skiboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiboarders
form: ski-boarder
form: ski boarders
Etymology: From skiboard + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who skiboards.
Synonyms: snowblader
snow-blader
snow blader
riverboatman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riverboatmen
Etymology: From riverboat + -man.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a riverboat
gives the finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give the finger
given the finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give the finger
giving the finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give the finger
gave the finger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give the finger
rondavel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɒnˈdɑːv(ə)l/
Forms: form: rondavels
Etymology: From Afrikaans rondawel.
Senses: examples: text: For instance those households which only have a single dwelling unit may use it as a kitchen, living room and sleeping room whether it be a hut, a rondavel or a house.
ref: 1963, Basutoland. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural implements and storage facilities:
text: The buildings consisted of two iingxande (or rectangular houses) and seven stately rondavels (superior huts), all washed in white lime, dazzling even in the light of the setting sun.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 18:
glosses: A traditional circular design of house, typically with a conical roof, commonly thatched. Still used in rural regions, but also popular as a theme in the ambience of resorts, either as chalets or as cheap utility buildings.
rondavels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rondavel
frumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹuː.mən.t(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈfɹu.mənˌtɛɹi/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the production and distribution of wheat.
Related terms: frumentation
frumenty
clay up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clays up
form: claying up
form: clayed up
form: clayed up
Senses: glosses: To add clay to (something).
plowgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plowgirls
form: ploughgirl
Etymology: From plow + girl.
Senses: glosses: A girl plower; a girl who plows.
plowhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plowhorses
form: ploughhorse
Etymology: From plow + horse.
Senses: glosses: A horse who pulls a plow.
ploughhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploughhorses
form: plowhorse
Etymology: From plough + horse.
Senses: glosses: A horse who pulls a plough.
orcharder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orcharders
Etymology: From orchard + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who owns or operates an orchard.
Synonyms: orchardist
fruit grower
dime-bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dime-bags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dime bag.
dime-bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dime-bag
kazaam
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: kazam
Senses: examples: text: As a first wish she said that she wished she was young and beautiful again.
Kazaam! Immediately she became young and beautiful. Next she wished that she lived in a gorgeous mansion.
Kazaam! The old house changed into a palace.
ref: 2009, Michael O'Shea, Brother Barney O.P., page 71:
glosses: Used to show that something appears by magic
Synonyms: shazaam
alakazam
beardom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛədəm/
Forms: form: beardoms
Etymology: From bear + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: There were two kinds of beardom opposed here, two futures, two destinies.
ref: 1995, Philip Pullman, Northern Lights:
glosses: The state, essence, or quality of being a bear (the mammal).
examples: Coordinate term: twinkdom
glosses: The state of being a bear (in homosexual subculture).
bedrench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bedrenches
form: bedrenching
form: bedrenched
form: bedrenched
Etymology: From Middle English bidrenchen (attested in past participle bidrenkt, bidreint), equivalent to be- (“all over; completely”) + drench.
Senses: glosses: To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
maloik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maloiks
Etymology: From Sicilian malocchiu. Doublet of malocchio.
Senses: examples: text: "That's not like you. Whatsa matta? Somebody give ya the maloik?” / “Maybe this guy did!” He grabs Pitt playfully. “Did you give me the maloik, you son-of-a-gun?”
ref: 2005, Mark Salvatore Pitifer, Return to Forever, page 388:
qualifier: Italian-American English
glosses: Evil eye; a curse.
beslime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪm
Forms: form: beslimes
form: besliming
form: beslimed
form: beslimed
Etymology: From be- + slime.
Senses: glosses: To make dirty with something slimy; befoul
glosses: To insult, to say negative things about.
glosses: To cover or daub with slime; slime.
besmile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: besmiles
form: besmiling
form: besmiled
form: besmiled
Etymology: From be- + smile.
Senses: examples: text: "[...] Death's sting he felt, who touched our belt; O Love, didst thou besmile me?"
ref: 1857, Charles Bagot Cayley, Psyche's interludes - Page 92:
text: [...] as to whether it would be to allow this matter to pass, as it did in the case of Awrey, without any evidence — simply to besmile it away; [...]
ref: 1885, Ontario. Legislative Assembly, Sessional papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario:
glosses: To smile at; give or show a smile to.
Derived terms: besmiled
bekiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bekisses
form: bekissing
form: bekissed
form: bekissed
Etymology: From be- + kiss.
Senses: glosses: to kiss repeatedly; cover with kisses.
glosses: to kiss intensely or excessively
Synonyms: besmooch
kissle
bekiss'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bekiss
bediaper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bediapers
form: bediapering
form: bediapered
form: bediapered
Etymology: From be- + diaper.
Senses: glosses: To put a diaper on (someone).
raw_tags: used in passive
bereaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bereavers
Etymology: From bereave + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who bereaves.
berain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: berains
form: beraining
form: berained
form: berained
Etymology: From Middle English berainen, bireinen, equivalent to be- + rain. Cognate with Dutch beregenen (“to shower”), German beregnen (“to irrigate”).
Senses: examples: text: Till at the last, recovering his voice, Supping the tears that all his breast berained, [...]
ref: 2005, Gordon Braden, Sixteenth-century poetry: an annotated anthology - Page 132:
glosses: To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
bewrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹæp/
Forms: form: bewraps
form: bewrapping
form: bewrapped
form: bewrapped
Etymology: From Middle English bewrappen, equivalent to be- + wrap. Compare also Middle English bewlappen (“to bewrap”).
Senses: glosses: To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
beflower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beflowers
form: beflowering
form: beflowered
form: beflowered
Etymology: From be- + flower.
Senses: glosses: To cover with flowers.
befeather
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: befeathers
form: befeathering
form: befeathered
form: befeathered
Etymology: From be- + feather.
Senses: examples: text: The men were not ill made, but they disfigured themselves with grease and coarse paint; they were of a dark copper-colour, with lank black hair, which they tied in a knot behind; but they so bepowdered, or rather befeathered it with down, that the colour was hardly discernible […]
ref: 1785, John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean: on Discovery, London: E. Newbery, Part 2, pp. 223-224:
text: In fact, Grace found it very difficult to find a milliner who, if left to her own devices, would not befeather and beflower her past all self-recognition, giving to her that generally betousled and fly-away air which comes straight from the demi-monde of Paris.
ref: 1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 25, in Pink and White Tyranny, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 291:
text: They were making a human fetish doll out of clay, painting and befeathering it, offering yuca to it.
ref: 2001, Leonard Clark, The Rivers Ran East:
glosses: To deck or cover with feathers.
beshame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beshames
form: beshaming
form: beshamed
form: beshamed
Etymology: From be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame.
Senses: examples: text: Controversy is the element of the learned person who has undertaken to beshame and chastise me: […]
ref: 1832, The Philological Museum:
text: But His approval was a conventional outrage! What can be less in accord with the customs of society than to criticize and beshame one's host, especially if we judge him out of his own mouth?
ref: 1902, John George Gibson, Watching for the daybreak! 31 sermons:
text: […] a leading historian of the period, wrote, "Although they assimilated with those nations completely, they will find no peace among them; for the nations will always revile and beshame them, plot against them and falsely accuse them in matters […]
ref: 2010, David Ben Moshe, The Secret of the Jews: Letters to Nietzsche:
glosses: To shame; put to shame.
beshout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beshouts
form: beshouting
form: beshouted
form: beshouted
Etymology: From be- + shout.
Senses: glosses: To shout at.
bewig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bewigs
form: bewigging
form: bewigged
form: bewigged
Etymology: From be- + wig.
Senses: glosses: To furnish or cover with a wig; put a wig on.
Derived terms: bewigged
buttoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttoners
Etymology: From button + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who buttons something.
glosses: Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
glosses: A manufacturer of buttons.
glosses: A con man's apprentice.
bruncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌntʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: brunchers
Etymology: From brunch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who eats brunch.
brusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: brushers
Etymology: From brush + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who brushes (any of the meanings).
topics: business
mining
glosses: A person employed to cut or blast the roof or floor of a roadway and so give more height.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A person who gets the mineral down by blasting in the working face after it has been "holed".
glosses: An online seller who uses the fraudulent technique of brushing.
Derived terms: broad-brusher
toothbrusher
boxball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From box + ball.
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court.
breacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breachers
Etymology: From breach + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who breaches.
abelungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /abəˈlʊŋɡuː/
Forms: form: abelungu
form: abeLungu
form: Abelungu
Etymology: From Xhosa abelungu, Zulu abelungu, plural of umlungu.
Senses: examples: text: Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 27:
glosses: White people collectively.
buffeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffeters
Etymology: From buffet (“strike with blows, contend with”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: A boxer or fighter.
buffeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffeters
Etymology: From buffet (“food counter”) + -er (occupational suffix).
Senses: glosses: Someone who eats at a buffet.
bedframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdˌfɹeɪm/
Forms: form: bedframes
form: bed-frame
form: bed frame
Etymology: From bed + frame.
Senses: glosses: The frame of a bed; a bedstead.
spinning tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinning top
seclusion lodge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seclusion lodges
Senses: examples: text: The huts were seclusion lodges, where we were to live isolated from society.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 30:
text: The seclusion lodge houses circumcision initiates, keeping them separate from the rest of the community.
ref: 1996, Jerry D Moore, Architecture and Power in the Ancient Andes, page 140:
text: The birth lodge, the puberty rite lodge, the menstrual seclusion lodge, as well as the family dwelling built and owned by the woman, show that previously the Plateau-built environment was almost exclusively under women's purview.
ref: 2006, Mary C Wright, in Kelm & Townsend, In the Days of our Grandmothers, p. 265
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A traditional dwelling placed apart from a community, tribe etc., for the use of those under ceremonial or taboo restrictions.
seclusion lodges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seclusion lodge
resinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resinoses
Etymology: From resin + -osis.
Senses: coordinate_terms: gummosis
glosses: The exudation of a resinous substance from woody tissue as a result of necrosis.
pygargus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pygargus.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pygarg.
yenned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yen
recalcitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkælsɪtɹeɪt/
Forms: form: recalcitrates
form: recalcitrating
form: recalcitrated
form: recalcitrated
Senses: examples: text: [The National Assembly] has to hear of innumerable fresh revolts, Brigand expeditions; of Chateaus in the West, especially of Charter-chests, Chartiers, set on fire; for there too the overloaded Ass frightfully recalcitrates.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
glosses: To kick back; to kick against anything.
examples: text: The more one was indignant at being the object of such a man's contempt, the more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his kicks.
ref: 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Society of the Lakes:
glosses: To express repugnance or opposition.
Related terms: recalcitrant
relevate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹlĭvāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪveɪt/
Forms: form: relevates
form: relevating
form: relevated
form: relevated
form: releuate
Etymology: From Latin relevātus, the perfect passive participle of relevō (“to raise, lighten, relieve, alleviate”); compare Middle French and Modern French relever, as well as English relevation. Doublet of relieve.
Senses: glosses: Raise (a person’s) spirits or lighten (his) mood; relieve (someone of a mental or emotional burden).
glosses: Raise; elevate.
Raise or edify; restore (a person’s) uprightness of character.
qualifier: done to a person
glosses: Raise; elevate.
Raise or lift up.
qualifier: done to a thing
glosses: Rise up.
Derived terms: word: relevated
word: relevator
Related terms: relevant
relevation
relevate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹlĭvət
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪvət/
Forms: form: releuate
Etymology: From Latin relevātus, the perfect passive participle of relevō (“to raise, lighten, relieve, alleviate”); compare Middle French and Modern French relever, as well as English relevation. Doublet of relieve.
Senses: glosses: Raised; elevated.
Gheg Albanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Gheg
iron hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron hands
Senses: examples: text: The mental hospital setting is merely a symbol for the world, and in it the powers that be rule with an iron hand.
ref: 1975 December 20, “"Cuckoo's Nest" Still a Valid Statement of the Non-conformist's Struggles”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 13:
text: Reverend Harris ran Clerkebury with an iron hand and an abiding sense of fairness.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 41:
glosses: Firmness, inflexibility, sternness.
Related terms: iron fist
reptant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin rēptō (“I creep”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: word: repent
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: reptatorial
word: reptatory
glosses: Creeping along the ground.
asars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asar
sweater vest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweater vests
form: sweatervest
form: sweater-vest
Senses: synonyms: word: tank top
glosses: A sleeveless sweater, commonly knit in argyle.
sweater vests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweater vest
besticks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bestick
blads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blad
blecks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bleck
bedframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedframe
ploughhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploughhorse
plowhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plowhorse
bediapered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bediaper
didgeridooer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didgeridooers
Etymology: From didgeridoo + -er.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who plays the didgeridoo
didgeridooers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didgeridooer
divisioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divisioner
dotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotter
positive logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The use of the higher voltage level to represent the Boolean value 1 and the lower voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0. For instance: ~5v is equal to logical 1₂, and ~0v is equal to 0₂.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A logical system or fragment thereof not containing a negation operator.
negative logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The use of the higher(positive) voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0 and the lower voltage(negative) level to represent the Boolean value 1.
combinational logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combinational logics
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of digital circuit logic where the current outputs are entirely a function of the current inputs, without having a memory of previous inputs or states.
Related terms: combinational circuit
sequential logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sequential logic is used to construct finite state machines.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of digital circuit logic where the current outputs depend not only on the current inputs, but also on a memory of past inputs and states.
maw-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maw-worm
mawwormism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mawworm + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The Bill was introduced in a spirit of mawwormism and cant.
ref: 1883 August 4, Hansard:
glosses: Sanctimonious hypocrisy; the behaviour of a Mawworm
XNOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of exclusive + NOR.
Senses: examples: text: The output of the XNOR gate is high(1) when both the inputs are high (1) or low(0). In other words, the output of the XNOR gate is high(1) when both the inputs are the same. the XNOR gate can sometimes be called as Equivalence gate. In simple words, The XNOR gate is the complement of the XOR gate.
ref: 2025 August 30, “Logic Gates - Definition, Types, Uses”, in GeeksforGeeks, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A logic gate which is the inverse of XOR.
Synonyms: XAND
XNOR gate
exclusive NOR
Related terms: NOR
OR
subulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subula
maw worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maw worms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maw-worm.
maw worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maw worm
prosecution history estoppel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a cause of action for infringement of the patent where the allegedly infringing acts falling within the matter disclaimed by the amendment.
in the teeth of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena [...]
ref: 1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII:
glosses: in spite of; in direct opposition to
adrenalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adrenalin
aggs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of agg
alanins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alanin
aluminiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aluminium
americiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of americium
antisemitisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisemitism
argons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argon
axen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æksən
Senses: glosses: plural of ash
glosses: plural of axe
Mickey Mouse Protection Act
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mickey Mouse Protection Act
Etymology: So called because it served to prevent Disney's Mickey Mouse character from entering the public domain for a further period.
Senses: glosses: The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
Synonyms: Sonny Bono Act
berylliums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beryllium
POSITA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of person of ordinary skill in the art.
centralisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centralism
ceriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerium
foredestined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foredestine
chauvinisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chauvinism
foredestine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foredestines
form: foredestining
form: foredestined
form: foredestined
Etymology: From Middle English fordestinen, fordestenen, equivalent to fore- + destine.
Senses: glosses: To predestine
curlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curling
cysteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystein
dadaisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dadaism
degs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deg
semihemidemisemiquaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semihemidemisemiquavers
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: principally UK
glosses: quasihemidemisemiquaver.
semihemidemisemiquavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semihemidemisemiquaver
unestablished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unestablished
form: most unestablished
Etymology: From un- + established.
Senses: glosses: Not established.
elvan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvən/
Forms: form: more elvan
form: most elvan
Etymology: From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.
Senses: examples: an elvan course
topics: business
mining
glosses: Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
elvan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvən/
Forms: form: elvans
Etymology: From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.
Senses: topics: business
mining
synonyms: elvanite
glosses: The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.
elvan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvən/
Forms: form: more elvan
form: most elvan
Etymology: Variation of elven (or elfin, which see for more) influenced by -an.
Senses: glosses: Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.
Synonyms: list in elven
elvans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elvan
erbiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erbium
extremisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extremism
kalasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalasas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalasha.
tragelaphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tragelaphi
Etymology: From Latin tragelaphus.
Senses: examples: text: The canathrum, as they call it, is a chair or chariot made of wood, in the shape of a griffin, or tragelaphus, on which the children and young virgins are carried in processions.
ref: 1861, Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's, page 23:
glosses: A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.
Derived terms: tragelaphic
tragelaphi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tragelaphus
farmors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farmor