cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Thumbelina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: Thumbelinas
Etymology: From thumb, as a calque of Danish Tommelise, the original name created by Hans Christian Andersen.
Senses: glosses: A variety of small, roundish carrot that does not need to be peeled.
bullockies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullocky
costmary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costmaries
Etymology: From Latin costum, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, “an Oriental aromatic plant”), and Maria (“the Virgin Mary”); only indirectly related to English rosemary.
Senses: examples: text: The Marigolde, and cherefull Rosemarie; / The Spartan Mirtle, whence sweet gumb does flowe; / The purple Hyacinths, and fresh Costmarie, / And Saffron, sought for in Cilician soyle
ref: 1591, “Virgils Gnat”, in Edmund Spenser, transl., Complaints, translation of Culex by Virgil:
synonyms: alecost
mint geranium
glosses: An aromatic plant (Tanacetum balsamita), once used to flavour ale (prior to use of hops); also used as a bookmark in Bibles and other holy texts to dissuade silverfish and other pests.
dumbshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumb show.
mendelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mendelizes
form: mendelizing
form: mendelized
form: mendelized
Etymology: From Mendel + -ize, from Gregor Mendel, an Austro-Hungarian priest and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics. Mendel showed that the inheritance of certain traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To be inherited according to Mendel's laws.
wikipedia: Gregor Mendel
monial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monials
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French moinel, noun use of moienel (“middle”), from moien.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A mullion.
monial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊnɪəl/
Forms: form: monials
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman monyale, Middle French monyalle, or their source, Late Latin monialis.
Senses: examples: text: For the first time since I had glimpsed her across the crowded ballroom I understood how I could have mistaken her for a monial of the order whose habit she wore.
ref: 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter VII, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 49:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A nun, especially one dedicated to an enclosed order.
nivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Dutch-American topographer and geologist François E. Matthes.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Erosion caused by freezing and thawing due to snow.
Related terms: niveous
notchback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notchbacks
Etymology: From notch + back; compare hatchback.
Senses: glosses: A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
optophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑptəˌfoʊn/
ipa: /ˈɒptəˌfəʊn/
Forms: form: optophones
Etymology: From opto- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A device that transforms light into sound.
glosses: A device, used by the blind, that scans text and generates a different sound for each character
power gamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power gamers
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A regular gamer who plays computationally demanding games on state-of-the-art hardware.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A player who focuses on making his or her characters as powerful as possible.
pipestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipestones
Etymology: From pipe + stone.
Senses: synonyms: catlinite
glosses: A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
Derived terms: Pipestone County
pitpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitpans
Senses: glosses: A type of dugout canoe used in Central America
vergée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəːʒeɪ/
Forms: form: vergées
Etymology: From Norman vergée, from Anglo-Norman vergé, vergee, originally terre vergee (“measured land”). Doublet of virgate.
Senses: examples: text: Her father had given her a cottage in the Robergerie with a vergée of land and a greenhouse.
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34:
qualifier: Channel Islands
glosses: A measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.
Lides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lide
Lide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /laɪd/
Forms: form: Leede
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Lyde, from Old English hlȳda, from hlȳdan (“to make noise”) + -a (agentive suffix), literally “noise-maker”; thus the only Germanic month name to survive in Modern English. Compare loud, and more distantly listen, slave.
Senses: examples: text: "Eat Leekes in Lide, and Ramsins in May, / And all the yeare after Physitians may play."
ref: 1686-1687, John Aubrey, edited by James Britten, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme (Lansdowne MS. 231), London: W. Satchell, Peyton, and Co., published 1881, page 13:
text: I have heard this archaism only among tinners, where it exists in such sayings as this: 'Ducks wānt lay until they've a drink'd lide water.'
ref: 1866, Thomas Q. Couch, “Popular Antiquities: Tinner Folk Lore”, in Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, number VI, Truro: Royal Institution of Cornwall, page 132:
text: Bullokar's spelling is retained: bardes, glinne ("glen"), leede ("lide"), narre, palliard, palliardise, sprent, viands, whilome
ref: 1970, Jürgen Schäfer, “The Hard Word Dictionaries: A Re-Assessment”, in Leeds Studies in English, volume n.s. 4, Leeds: University of Leeds, →ISSN, page 47:
text: And so it was that in the month of Lide (the villagers' name for Martius) a great wolf hunt was to be held in Suuremõisa once again, as soon as the ice across the strait of Soela had begun to thin and could no longer bear so much as a wolf's paw, […]
ref: 2005, Johanna Sinisalo, The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy, page 12:
glosses: March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
Lide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /laɪd/
Forms: form: Lides
Etymology: From the German surname, possibly Americanized from Leid.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -eɪt͡ʃ
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Rachel.
nonulcerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ulcerous.
Senses: glosses: Not ulcerous.
noncultured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cultured.
Senses: examples: noncultured cell preparations
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not cultured.
camptocormias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camptocormia
pop a squat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pops a squat
form: popping a squat
form: popped a squat
form: popped a squat
Senses: examples: text: Now, if I was here at my mother's house and someone was out in the yard popping a squat, I'd have to say something […]
ref: 2004, Brace E. Barber, No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the U.S. Army's Elite Rangers:
text: Looking around she popped a squat in front of the car. She had a handful of tissue from the glove box. Finished, she stood up, relieved to not have gotten caught.
ref: 2005, Michael Aloisi, Fifty Handfuls:
text: A mile or so down the beach from the lighthouse I stopped by a big rock and told Nicky to pop a squat. She sat in total silence.
ref: 2008, W. Shane Wilson, Destiny's Key:
glosses: To urinate in a squatting position, especially in a public place.
raw_tags: of people with vaginas
examples: text: Scotty, come here. Pop a squat right next to daddy.
ref: 2002, Mike Myers, Goldmember (film)
glosses: To crouch down.
Synonyms: sense: crouch down
word: cop a squat
codesheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codesheets
Etymology: From code + sheet.
Senses: examples: text: This codebook replaced American codesheets which had been in use since the 1780's.
ref: 1979, Ralph Edward Weber, United States diplomatic codes and ciphers, 1775-1938:
text: The analysts entered the information on a set of standardized codesheets.
ref: 1981, David Levinson, Guide to Alcoholism Treatment Research:
text: The codesheet information is keyboard entered into a computer, with each cell corresponding to a column on the card. These data are then edited, and analysis begins.
ref: 2003, Frank E. Hagan, Research methods in criminal justice and criminology:
glosses: A document listing codes and their meanings.
codesheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codesheet
tumblerful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumblerfuls
form: tumblersful
Etymology: From tumbler + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The old man handed me a tumblerful of whisky.
glosses: As much as a tumbler will hold.
tumblerfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumblerful
tumblersful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumblerful
nonsecured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + secured.
Senses: glosses: Not secured; not fastened; not attached.
glosses: Of a loan or guarantee, without collateral.
Synonyms: sense: not fastened or attached
word: unsecured
sense: without collateral
word: unsecured
varnishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From varnish + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being varnished.
e-crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-crimes
Etymology: From e- + crime.
Senses: examples: text: When asked what e-crimes were committed against their organizations in 2004, respondents cited virus or other malicious code as most prevalent (82%)...
ref: 2007, Jay D. White, Managing information in the public sector:
text: The National Hi Tech Computer Crime Unit was established as a specialist e-crime unit and was folded into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006.
ref: 2009, Lord Carter, Digital Britain: final report:
glosses: Cybercrime.
e-crimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-crime
prestigeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prestigeful
form: most prestigeful
Etymology: From prestige + -ful.
Senses: glosses: respected, admired
rodham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rodhams
Senses: glosses: A bank of silt on the bed of a dried-up river
sailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sailable
form: most sailable
Etymology: From sail + -able.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: navigable
swordfighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordfighters
Etymology: From sword + fighter.
Senses: glosses: One who fights with a sword.
Synonyms: swordsman
swordster
Hyponyms: swordstress
swordswoman
swordfighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swordfighter
sharara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shararas
Etymology: From Urdu شرارہ.
Senses: examples: text: She is dressed in a jade-green sharara with pink blossoms embroidered on the fabric.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 270:
glosses: A pair of loose trousers worn (typically with a kameez and dupatta) by women in South Asia.
coloring book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coloring books
form: colouring book
Senses: glosses: A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.
shararas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharara
coloring books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coloring book
sherwani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sherwanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu شیروانی (śervānī)/Hindi शेरवानी (śervānī), from the name of a town in Persia.
Senses: examples: text: The band that leads the procession wears red-and-green sherwanis.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 40:
text: Friom a distance, Komal secretly observes Lakshaya, dressed in a fitted maroon sherwani, carefully mount the decorated animal.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 283:
glosses: A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.
guddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guddle
guddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guddle
backword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backwords
Etymology: From back + word.
Senses: glosses: A contention, retort, or reply.
examples: text: Richard has compounded with some Italians to paint a mural of his triumph [...] The time may come when the scene is bitter in his eyes, but he should paint it anyway. He should not give backword to the Italians — it is how they get their living.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 840:
glosses: A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
glosses: A section of commentary at the end of a book.
Related terms: foreword
backwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backword
shochet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊxɛt/
/ˌʃoʊˈxɛt/
Forms: form: shochets
form: shochetim
form: shochtim
form: schochat
form: schochet
form: shochat
form: shohet
Etymology: From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”).
Senses: examples: 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 9,
He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer […]
glosses: A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry
Related terms: shechita
sherwanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sherwani
shochets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shochet
shochetim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shochet
startler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: startlers
Etymology: From startle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, startles.
startlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of startler
trackwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trackwidths
Etymology: From track + width.
Senses: qualifier: magnetic recording
glosses: The width of a track.
trackwidths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trackwidth
rodhams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rodham
starwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starworts
Etymology: From star + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of several not closely related plants that have a star-shaped flowers or leaves, but especially members of the genus Stellaria.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Stellaria flaccida
word: forest starwort
taxonomic: Aster amellus
word: Italian starwort
taxonomic: Aletris farinosa
word: mealy starwort
taxonomic: Minuartia groenlandica
alt: syn. Arenaria groenlandica
word: mountain starwort
taxonomic: Tripolium pannonicum
alt: syn. Aster tripolium
word: sea starwort
taxonomic: Callitriche spp.
word: water starwort
taxonomic: Inula helenium
word: yellow starwort
subungulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subungulates
Etymology: From sub- + ungulate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of various mammals, thought to have evolved from ungulates, sometimes grouped in the taxon Paenungulata.
subungulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + ungulate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Hoofed, but with several digits.
succah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: succahs
form: succot
form: succoth
form: succos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sukkah.
Indian peacock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian peacocks
Senses: glosses: Pavo cristatus, a species of peacock native to the Indian subcontinent.
glosses: A member of the aforementioned species
glosses: A male Pavo cristatus.
Synonyms: blue peacock
blue peafowl
Indian blue peacock
Indian blue peafowl
Indian peafowl
Related terms: green peacock
green peafowl
tactus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin tactus. Doublet of tact.
Senses: glosses: The sense of touch.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: beat, pulse
tailwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailwheels
Etymology: From tail + wheel.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.
thinnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinning
titlark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titlarks
Etymology: From tit + lark.
Senses: glosses: Anthus pratensis, the meadow pipit, a songbird.
toileted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From toilet + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He thought that the people who had fed him rich foods, driven him about in new cars and opened up their majestically toileted homes to him were living expensively, even greedily, in a fool’s paradise.
ref: 1941 December 1, Fill Calhoun, “Life’s Reports: How Isolationist Is the Midwest?”, in Life, page 16:
text: Excessively toileted houses, Keynes noted, tend to require walls and gates and private guards to protect the porcelain treasure.
ref: 1997 November 20, John Roberts, “Tending Hilton Heads: Keynes’ economic theory of toilets”, in The Beaufort Gazette, volume 100, number 223, page 4A:
text: All toileted buildings must meet applicable accessibility standards.
ref: 2002, George E. Fogg, Park Guidelines for Off-Highway Vehicles: A Resource Guide to Assist in the Planning, Development, Enhancement, and Operation of OHV Recreation Facilities, National Office-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, page 130:
text: Then they could sit in their new toileted homes and watch the old-fashioned extroversion of such places on Coronation Street.
ref: 2022, Matthew Engel, The Way It Was: Life in Elizabeth’s Britain, 1952–79, Atlantic Books, published 2023, →ISBN:
text: Paradoxically, open defecation areas were less polluted than densely toileted areas.
ref: 2023, Parthasarathi Shome, The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India: Exclusion, Isolation, Domination and Extraction, Bristol University Press, →ISBN, page 246:
glosses: Having a toilet.
toileted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From toilet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toilet
truffling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From truffle + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Searching for, and digging up truffles.
turfman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turfmen
Etymology: From turf + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who goes horse racing, or who owns racehorses
undercrackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Men's underpants
undershrub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undershrubs
Etymology: From under- + shrub.
Senses: glosses: A low-growing shrub.
Related terms: subshrub
vespertilionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vespertilionids
Senses: glosses: Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae.
Synonyms: vesper bat
Related terms: vespertilionine
yandy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yandies
form: yandying
form: yandied
form: yandied
Etymology: From Yindjibarndi yandy.
Senses: glosses: To separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish
yandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yandies
Etymology: From Yindjibarndi yandy.
Senses: glosses: The dish used in this process
catulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catuli
Etymology: Latin catulus (literally “puppy”)
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A catkin.
same exact
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They both did the same exact things in the same exact way.
glosses: Same, exactly the same, exact same.
exact same
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They both did the exact same things in the exact same way.
synonyms: same exact
glosses: Exactly the same; identical.
Spanish walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A movement in which the horse raises the forelegs off the ground in an extreme upward and out manner, with much expression.
Synonyms: piaffer
Related terms: walk Spanish
atextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more atextual
form: most atextual
Etymology: From a- + textual.
Senses: examples: text: What Marx attacks are the atextual theses that history is made up of free events and that history is guided by superior individuals.
ref: 1983, Edward W. Said, The World, the Text, and the Critic, page 45:
glosses: Not textual; not derived from written works.
examples: text: Neither party to the present case challenges the atextual extension of the habeas statute to United States citizens held beyond the territorial jurisdictions of the United States courts...
ref: Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 (2007), Scalia, J., dissenting
topics: law
glosses: Of an interpretation of a statute or similar governing provision, derived from something other than the text of the provision.
stonecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stonecrafts
Etymology: From stone + -craft.
Senses: synonyms: masonry
stonework
glosses: The art or skill of working in stone
defendor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defendors
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of defender.
edumacate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: edumacates
form: edumacating
form: edumacated
form: edumacated
Etymology: From educate + -ma-.
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of educate.
edumacates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of edumacate
edumacating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of edumacate
edumacated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of edumacate
flumpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flumpets
Etymology: Blend of flugelhorn + trumpet
Senses: glosses: A musical instrument that blends qualities of the trumpet and flugelhorn.
flumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flumpet
engineeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engineeresses
Etymology: From engineer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: But at least they learned to dance and smile and talk and choose engineeresses appropriate to their engineering futures.
ref: 1928, Philip Guedalla, Conquistador, American fantasia:
glosses: A female engineer.
engineeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engineeress
prolocutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prolocution
unswervable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unswervable
form: most unswervable
Etymology: From un- + swervable.
Senses: glosses: Not swervable.
unturnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unturnable
form: most unturnable
Etymology: From un- + turnable.
Senses: glosses: Not turnable.
prolocution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prolocutions
Etymology: From pro + locution.
Senses: examples: text: “Sir,” said I, “if I tell you my story, I must commit a friend’s life to your discretion. Pass me your word it shall be sacred; and for what touches myself, I will ask no better guarantee than just your face.”
He passed me his word very seriously. “But,” said he, “these are rather alarming prolocutions; and if there are in your story any little jostles to the law, I would beg you to bear in mind that I am a lawyer, and pass lightly.”
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:
glosses: An introductory speech.
glosses: Speaking on behalf of others.
Related terms: prolocutor
wouldn't you know
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wouldn't you know it.
balsam Canada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Canada balsam.
idiolectical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idiolectical
form: most idiolectical
Etymology: From idiolect + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of idiolectic.
PDLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDLCs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: polymer dispersed liquid crystal.
glosses: project delivery (or project development, or program development) life cycle.
trolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: triethanolamine
wisecracky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wisecracky
form: most wisecracky
Etymology: From wisecrack + -y.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or habitually using wisecracks.
circle strafe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: circle strafes
form: circle strafing
form: circle strafed
form: circle strafed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of circle-strafe.
circle strafes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of circle strafe
circle strafing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of circle strafe
circle strafed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of circle strafe
frained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frain
gangliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ganglion + -iform.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having the form of a ganglion.
frains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frain
gasiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gas + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a gas; gaseous.
coraciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of coraciiform.
coraciiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coraciiforms
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the order Coraciiformes
corolliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From corolla + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a corolla
corymbiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corymbiform
form: most corymbiform
Etymology: From corymb + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a corymb
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: clustered
raw_tags: of a lesion
coryneform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coryneforms
Etymology: From Corynebacterium, from Ancient Greek κορύνη (korúnē, “club”), + -form.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
glosses: Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
Hyponyms: sense: bacteria resembling Corynebacterium
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Rhodococcus
sense: bacteria resembling Corynebacterium
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Gordonia
sense: bacteria resembling Corynebacterium
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Tsukamurella
costiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more costiform
form: most costiform
Etymology: From costa + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a rib.
cotyliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cotyliform
form: most cotyliform
Etymology: From cotyle + -iform.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of a cup.
comarcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comarca
monooleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monooleates
Etymology: From mono- + oleate.
Senses: glosses: A compound having a single oleate ion or group per molecule, or per anion.
hirn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜːn/
ipa: /ˈhɝn/
Forms: form: hirns
Etymology: From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ is a diminutive form of *hurną, from which comes English horn. Doublet of hern.
Senses: glosses: Corner; nook; hiding-place.
hirns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hirn
stoushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoush
stoushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stoush
omphaloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɒmfəˈlɒskəpi/
Etymology: From omphalo- + -scopy, literally "the contemplation of one's navel".
Senses: glosses: Navel-gazing; introversion.
Synonyms: navel-gazing
Related terms: omphaloskeptic
self-abnegation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-abnegations
Etymology: From self- + abnegation.
Senses: examples: text: [Self commendation] should bee accompanied with Self-abnegation, or a renouncing of all Self-conceit, Self-sufficiency, Self seeking, or Self worthiness; to prick the bladder of pride in us.
ref: 1656, Edward Reyner, Rules for the Government of the Tongue, London: Thomas Newberry, page 324:
text: You understand, of course, that it is only by serving and self-abnegation that we advance in the higher world."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Challenger Meets a Strange Colleague”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: She must no longer allow herself to hope for anything for herself. The rest of her life must be spent in self-abnegation: she must seek for no sympathy, must ask for no grace in love, no grace and harmony in living. Henceforward, as far as her own desires went, she was dead.
ref: 1934, D. H. Lawrence, “The Old Adam”, in Keith Sagar, editor, The Mortal Coil and Other Stories, Penguin, published 1971, pages 84–85:
text: The problem was that the Ruler never let anyone know what was expected of him to retain his place of honor. Even humility and self-abnegation, however abject, were not enough to prevent one’s downfall.
ref: 2006, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, chapter 8, in Wizard of the Crow, New York: Pantheon, page 231:
text: [King Charles] lacks, too, that aura of self-abnegation, of having surrendered himself to duty.
ref: 2023 September 18, Zoe Williams, “The booing of the national anthem shows the vulnerability of King Charles’s reign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Certain business titans have made Mar-A-Lago a scene of such flagrant self-abnegation, ring-kissing, and genuflection that it would embarrass a medieval Pope.
ref: 2025 January 12, David Remnick, “The Inauguration of Trump's Oligarchy”, in The New Yorker:
synonyms: self-denial
self-sacrifice
glosses: The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.
examples: text: […] self-abnegations often repeated imply on the part of the actor a tacit ascription of relative selfishness to others who profit by the self-abnegations.
ref: 1879, Herbert Spencer, chapter 14, in The Data of Ethics, New York: Hurst, page 292:
text: There was something monstrous about his self-abnegations. Perhaps he denied himself the things for which he did not care. He wanted to seem nobler than any one else.
ref: 1922, Coningsby Dawson, chapter 4, in The Vanishing Point, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, page 149:
text: In one of his first self-abnegations he [Andy Warhol] induced her [his mother] to sign his works, and write his captions, in her own clumsy but clear handwriting.
ref: 1989, John Updike, “Fast Art”, in Alan R. Pratt, editor, The Critical Response to Andy Warhol, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, published 1997, page 196:
glosses: An act of self-denial.
Related terms: self-abnegatory
snake charmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake charmer
snake charming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of hypnotising a snake by playing an instrument, the performance of which may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts.
Related terms: snake charmer
worm charming
gargling fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gargling fluids
Senses: examples: text: A teaspoonful of table salt added to a pint of warm, not hot, water makes a good gargling fluid.
ref: 1971, B. F. Miller, L. Galton, The Family Book of Preventive Medicine, →ISBN, page 567:
glosses: Mouthwash.
Palinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palinisms
form: Palin-ism
Etymology: From Palin + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The essence of Palinism is emotional, not ideological.
ref: 2009 July 11, Frank Rich, “She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Aug 2010:
text: Palinism still seeks to balance the social conservatism and economic liberty of Reaganism, but it takes seriously the Goldwater extremism speech in its hyperactive purism and refusal to compromise.
ref: 2010 July 29, David Schultz, “What is Orthodox Republicanism?”, in OpEdNews.com, retrieved 20 Aug 2010:
glosses: The political philosophy associated with U.S. public figure Sarah Palin.
examples: text: Sarah Palin has stepped in with her peculiar style of speaking. There are literally thousands of sites catering to the insatiable appetite for Palinisms.
ref: 2008 November 13, “Thus spake Sarah Palin”, in Daily News and Analysis, India, retrieved 20 Aug 2010:
text: An entire book could be dedicated to 'Palinisms'—the gaffes made by the Republican vice-presidential candidate.
ref: 2008 December 22, Byrony Gordon, “2008 in celebrity train wrecks”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 20 Aug 2010:
glosses: A statement or turn of phrase used by U.S. public figure Sarah Palin that is unintentionally comical due to malapropisms, dubious coherency, etc.
Related terms: Palinista
death panel
mama grizzly
refudiate
Bushism
TWIMC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of to whom it may concern.
rockhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockhounds
Senses: examples: text: Many veteran rockhounds will tell you that nothing can replace the knowledge gained by experience in identifying semi-precious stones and gems.
ref: 1995, Charles Garrett, Roy Lagal, You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector, page 115:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rock hound.
rockhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockhound
houndfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houndfishes
form: houndfish
Etymology: From hound + fish.
Senses: glosses: Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
glosses: A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish.
Synonyms: sense: gamefish in Belonidae
word: crocodile needlefish
sense: gamefish in Belonidae
word: hound needlefish
gamefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamefish
houndfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houndfish
sashless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sash + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Windows in the South Bend house are sashless. They are simply plates of glass that slide in the grooves of a wood casing.
ref: 1959 March, “They're testing tomorrow's homes”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 111, number 3, page 102:
glosses: Without a sash.
adiantum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adiantums
form: adianta
Etymology: From the genus name Adiantum.
Senses: glosses: The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
tollhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tollhouses
Etymology: From toll + house.
Senses: examples: text: At the tollhouse the road turns inland to Gledsmuir, and he who goes to the Sker Bay must leave it and cross the wild land called the Whinny Knowes, a place rough with bracken and foxes' holes and old stone cairns.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
coordinate_terms: toll booth
glosses: A building where a toll is collected on a toll road.
Related terms: tollbar
toll-collector
tollgate
tollhouse cookie
tolltaker
lockhouse
tollhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tollhouse
afforce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: afforces
form: afforcing
form: afforced
form: afforced
Etymology: From Old French afforcer, aforcer, from Latin exfortiāre, from fortis (“strong”). By surface analysis af- + force.
Senses: glosses: To reinforce (a team etc.) with extra people
Derived terms: afforcement
lapstrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapstrakes
Etymology: From lap + strake.
Senses: glosses: A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
glosses: A boat built in this style.
lapstrake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lap + strake.
Senses: examples: text: The hotel nightlights shine behind the drawn venetian blinds and the slatted patterns on the curbside cars give them the look of anchored smallcraft with lapstrake hulls.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188:
glosses: Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
Related terms: clinker-built
lapstrakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapstrake
afterdeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterdecks
Etymology: From after- + deck.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
topics: nautical
transport
antonyms: foredeck
hypernyms: deck
related: word: aftcastle
word: aftercastle
word: forecastle
coordinate_terms: poop deck
glosses: The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern.
aftersun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From after- + sun.
Senses: examples: text: Apply aftersun lotion to avoid peeling and flaking caused by sun damage.
glosses: Describing a cooling or moisturizing lotion applied to the skin after exposure to the sun, especially to soothe sunburn.
agrion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrions
Etymology: From the neuter, ἄγρῐον (ágrĭon), of Ancient Greek ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild, fierce; living in open fields”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several damselflies of the genus Calopteryx (syn. Agrion).
tinley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinleys
Senses: glosses: A torch, made from burning straw, supposed to represent the burning of souls
Synonyms: tindle
areligious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more areligious
form: most areligious
Etymology: From a- + religious.
Senses: examples: text: From September 1792, for example, the registration of births, marriages and deaths was made a purely civil function, while legislation on divorce introduced at the same time was also entirely areligious.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 556:
glosses: Not religious; irreligious.
Derived terms: areligiously
cyberflaneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberflaneurs
form: cyberflâneur
Etymology: From cyber- + flaneur.
Senses: examples: text: The attraction that it exerts on the millions that stroll through its maze of information might be used to reinvigorate our cities. Cyberflaneurs have become captivated with the Internet's ready supply of huge amounts of information...
ref: 1997, Nan Ellin, Architecture of fear, page 292:
text: What about the widely heralded hope that cyberspace will be the new street, the piazza in our sprawling cities of connected isolation; that cyberflaneurs will promenade around the Net like Baudelaire taking a stroll around Paris?
ref: 1997, Nathan Gardels, The changing global order: world leaders reflect, page 174:
text: The implied cyberflaneur is the male adult, because kids have their own link, as do women (and this half of the human race is construed as being interested foremost in family and beauty).
ref: 2001, Richard Maxwell, Culture works: the political economy of culture, page 214:
glosses: A person who idly surfs the Internet.
Related terms: cyberflânerie
cyberflaneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberflaneur
afterdecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterdeck
arrangeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrangeable
form: most arrangeable
Etymology: From arrange + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be arranged (especially in a specified manner)
Derived terms: unarrangeable
Whitehead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whiteheads
Etymology: From white + head.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
glosses: A place name:
A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
glosses: A place name:
A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
Derived terms: Whiteheadian
Whitehead link
Whitehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whiteheads
Etymology: From white + head.
Senses: glosses: A form of self-propelling torpedo.
lamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lam
lamming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lammings
Senses: examples: text: This blood, I am informed, saved him many lammings from the head of the house, who, though Keeper of the Fives, fainted at first sight of it […]
ref: 1923, J. M. Barrie, Captain Hook at Eton:
glosses: A beating.
lammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lam
arteriography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: arteriographies
Etymology: From arterio- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: radiography of an artery
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: description of the arteries
Synonyms: angiography
bardie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹdi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: bardies
Etymology: From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: […]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.
ref: 1998, Carol McGuirk, Critical Essays on Robert Burns, page 168:
glosses: A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
bardie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹdi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: more bardie
form: most bardie
Senses: glosses: Rude and insolent; bolshie.
bardie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑɹdi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di
Forms: form: bardies
form: bardee
form: bardy
Etymology: From Noongar language bardi.
Senses: examples: text: Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, pages 19–20:
glosses: The edible larva of an insect.
PDLCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PDLC
beardfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beardfishes
form: beardfish
Etymology: From beard + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
beardie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beardies
Etymology: From beard + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beardy.
glosses: A fish, a bearded loach or stone loach (Barbatula barbatula).
Derived terms: beardie-weirdie
berberis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berberises
Etymology: From the genus name. Doublet of barberry and related to Berber.
Senses: glosses: Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Berberis.
Synonyms: sense: shrub
word: barberry
sense: shrub
word: pepperidge bush
Derived terms: berberin
berberine
biosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The medicinal use of maggots to clean wounds and promote healing
Synonyms: maggot therapy
bobbinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobbinets
Etymology: Blend of bobbin + net.
Senses: glosses: A net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine.
boulderstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boulderstones
Etymology: From boulder + stone.
Senses: glosses: A rounded stone that is larger than a pebble; a cobblestone.
examples: text: Against the huge boulderstones which lay scattered about on the shore, the mighty waves broke incessantly in the maddest and most diversified manner.
ref: 1844, Johann Georg Kohl, Ireland:
glosses: A boulder.
bouldery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bouldery
form: most bouldery
Etymology: From boulder + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing boulders
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Involving, or resembling, bouldering.
cabildo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbɪɫdoʊ/
ipa: /kəˈbɪldəʊ/
rhymes: -ɪldəʊ
Forms: form: cabildos
Etymology: From Spanish cabildo, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapter, chapiter, capitule, and capitulum.
Senses: glosses: A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
glosses: A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries.
cerclage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerclages
Etymology: From French cerclage (literally “encirclement”).
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, there are two angular holes designated for wire cerclages and non-absorbable sutures that can be used for additional fixation of the greater tuberosity.
ref: 2015 July 4, Benjamin Bockmann et al., “Mid-term results of a less-invasive locking plate fixation method for proximal humeral fractures: a prospective observational study”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of a wire loop to hold fragments of a fractured bone together; or to prevent dilation of the cervix in the case of incompetent cervix.
commo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of communication + -o.
Senses: examples: commo guy
glosses: Clipping of communication.
commo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commos
Etymology: Clipping of communist + -o.
Senses: examples: text: To outsiders the show just looked like a propaganda ramp for the commos.
ref: 2012, Hilary McPhee, Ann Standish, Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The Diaries of Tim Burstall:
glosses: Clipping of communist.
fcp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of foolscap.
convenance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convenances
Etymology: From French convenance. Doublet of convenience.
Senses: glosses: conventional propriety
un-Islamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more un-Islamic
form: most un-Islamic
form: unislamic
form: unIslamic
Etymology: From un- + Islamic.
Senses: glosses: Not Islamic; not conforming to the teachings of Islam