cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
caesarotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caesarotomies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Caesarean section.
synonyms: word: Caesarean section
caesarotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caesarotomy
caesaropapacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of caesaropapism.
synonyms: word: caesaropapism
caesaropopism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of caesaropapism.
synonyms: word: caesaropapism
Rhomania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Rhōmānĭ́ā).
Senses: examples: text: There is a significant coincidence of dates between several events: the splitting of the Paulician community in Rhomania in consequence of Séryios’s innovations; the breach between Séryios’s partisans and the East Roman Imperial Government, […]
ref: 1973, Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Constantine Porphyrogenitus and his world, page 682:
text: In this letter the basileus informed the Pope that Béla III had attacked Serbia, since he was not content with his own country, “which he acquired with difficulties and with the help of the armies and the money of Rhomania [i.e. Byzantium]”.
ref: 1989, Ferenc Makk, The Árpáds and the Comneni: political relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century, page 110:
text: If the Constantinopolitan Byzantines regarded the Anatolian Turkic territories as lands temporarily lost from their indivisible universal Rhomania, the Turkoman rulers of the twelfth century considered Rhomania as being factually divided between several rulers.
ref: 1999, Rustam Shukurov, “Turkoman and Byzantine Self-Identity: Some reflections on the Logic of the Title-Making in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Anatolia”, in Eastern Approaches to Byzantium: Papers from the Thirty-Third Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies:
glosses: Alternative form of Romania (“Byzantine Empire”).
satinizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satinizers
Etymology: From satinize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine or preparation for satinizing.
satinizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satinizer
Cahuapana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chayahuita (“a language of Peru”).
synonyms: word: Chayahuita
extra: a language of Peru
Congo pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Congo peas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pigeon pea.
synonyms: word: pigeon pea
Congo peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Congo pea
Le Tréport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, commune and port in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
calelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: calelectrical
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a kind of generator involving a heated electromagnetic coil.
calelectrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calelectric.
Calixtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Calixtian
form: most Calixtian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Georg Calixtus (1586–1656), German Lutheran theologian.
camelman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camelmen
Etymology: From camel + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person in charge of a camel.
camelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camelman
campshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campsheds
Senses: glosses: A supporting structure for a river bank, built from planks and piles.
campshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: campsheds
form: campshedding
form: campshedded
form: campshedded
Senses: glosses: To build such a supporting structure.
campsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campshed
campsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of campshed
campshedded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of campshed
campsheeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of campshedding.
campsheeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Supported by a campshed or campsheeting.
Beckerlegge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beckerlegges
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cantharidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: cantharidized collodion
glosses: Treated with cantharides.
Matthewman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matthewmans
Etymology: From Matthew + man, a surname given to a servant of a man called Matthew.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
cardinalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardinal + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: […] subjected to ridicule by the cardinalic junta, […]
ref: 1846, Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 10, page 458:
glosses: Of or relating to a cardinal.
charging cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charging case
carecloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carecloths
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A sort of veil held over the heads of a newly married couple as they received the blessing.
carecloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carecloth
carniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːˈnɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more carniferous
form: most carniferous
Senses: examples: text: […] naked dead bodies hanging on trees, some by the heels, and others by the neck or shoulders, and all the bodies picked or torn by carniferous birds.
ref: 1762, C. F. Noble, A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748, page 89:
glosses: Obsolete form of carnivorous.
Carmanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carmanian
form: most Carmanian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Carmania.
Carmanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carmanians
Senses: examples: text: According to the Ancient Greek historian Strabo, the Carmanians were a warlike people who practised cannibalism.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Carmania.
Carmanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carmanian
Mound City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Linn County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Holt County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Campbell County, South Dakota.
glosses: Synonym of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
synonyms: word: Saint Louis
word: Missouri
word: USA
Saint Louisan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Saint Louisan
form: most Saint Louisan
form: Saint Louisian
Etymology: From Saint Louis + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Saint Louis.
Saint Louisan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Louisans
form: Saint Louisian
Etymology: From Saint Louis + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Saint Louis.
Saint Louisans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Louisan
Saint Louisian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saint Louisians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saint Louisan.
Saint Louisians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint Louisian
under-approximates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of under-approximate
under-approximating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of under-approximate
under-approximated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of under-approximate
bubble-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bubble-brained
form: most bubble-brained
Senses: examples: text: I was angry with my bubble-brained antics and my waddlesome sloth, with my guides, with the thunder, with this stupid maze of rocks.
ref: 2001, The Way of the Wanderer: Discover Your True Self Through Travel:
glosses: Empty-headed; foolish.
waddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more waddlesome
form: most waddlesome
Etymology: From waddle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: I was angry with my bubble-brained antics and my waddlesome sloth, with my guides, with the thunder, with this stupid maze of rocks.
ref: 2001, The Way of the Wanderer: Discover Your True Self Through Travel:
text: Thru-hiking the AT, he wrote in the opening pages of the ensuing book, would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth.
ref: 2021, Philip D'Anieri, The Appalachian Trail: A Biography, page 199:
text: Beholding his waddlesome approach out of the tail of her eye, the white animal would whinny a dignified and conservative welcome.
ref: 2021, Irvin S. Cobb, Old Judge Priest:
glosses: Characterised by a waddling gait.
over-approximates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of over-approximate
over-approximating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of over-approximate
over-approximated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of over-approximate
Wachusett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wachuset
form: Watchuset
form: Watchusett
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Massachusetts.
Wachuset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wachusett.
Watchuset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wachusett.
Watchusett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wachusett.
go with one's gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes with one's gut
form: going with one's gut
form: went with one's gut
form: gone with one's gut
Senses: glosses: To trust or follow an intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis.
goes with one's gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go with one's gut
going with one's gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go with one's gut
went with one's gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go with one's gut
gone with one's gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go with one's gut
Wahpekute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A band within the Santee division of the Dakota people.
Wahpeton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A band within the Santee division of the Dakota people.
Wahpeton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Richland County, North Dakota.
magic of diversification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One reason why banks engage in securitization is to spread around risk like jelly on toast. Instead of lumping the jelly on one small piece of the toast, leaving all the reward (or risk that it falls off the toast) for one bite, it's evenly distributed, making for lots more tasty bites—and, through the quant magic of diversification (spreading the jelly), less risk.
ref: 2010, Scott Patterson, The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It, Crown Business, →ISBN:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The effective reduction of risk of a portfolio, achieved without reduction to expected returns through the combination of assets with low or negative correlations.
wainman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wainmen
Etymology: From wain + -man.
Senses: glosses: A wagoner.
wainmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wainman
Wainman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wainmans
Etymology: Occupational surname for a cartwright, from Middle English wayn (“wagon, cart”) + man.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Synonyms: Cartwright
Wainwright
Wakonda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wakanda.
sideshow alley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideshow alleys
Senses: glosses: A cluster of attractions that may accompany public events, such as agricultural shows.
meat wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rousong.
synonyms: word: rousong
warblet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warblets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of warble (“lesion under skin of cattle”).
warblet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warblets
Etymology: From warble + -let.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A chirplet based on cyclically varying frequency-modulated signals.
warblets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warblet
warrambool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrambools
Senses: glosses: A shallow watercourse.
warrambools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrambool
warratau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrataus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waratah (“Australian plant”).
warrataus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warratau
warwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From war + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: Governments, churches, theatres, the press, and local authorities, direct their efforts, in the main, warwards; […]
ref: 1916, Francis Neilson, Albert Jay Nock, How Diplomats Make War, page 369:
text: At once he gave the order to the clear-voiced heralds
To summon warwards the Akhaioi with their long-grown hair.
ref: 2015, William Guy, transl., Homer's Iliad:
glosses: Towards war.
Akhaioi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιοί (Akhaioí).
Senses: examples: text: At once he gave the order to the clear-voiced heralds
To summon warwards the Akhaioi with their long-grown hair.
ref: 2015, William Guy, transl., Homer's Iliad:
glosses: The Achaeans.
Grana Padano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian Grana Padano, from grana (a cheese similar to parmesan, masculine) and padano (“from the Po Valley”).
Senses: glosses: A hard, crumbly cheese from the Po river valley in northern Italy.
washmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washmaids
Etymology: From wash + maid.
Senses: glosses: A young washerwoman.
washmaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washmaid
washtrough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washtroughs
Etymology: From wash + trough.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Pewsey, at the wash-trough, puckered up her little witch's face[.]
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 98:
glosses: A trough for washing.
washtroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washtrough
washtray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washtrays
Etymology: From wash + tray.
Senses: glosses: A tray for holding items while they are washed.
washtrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washtray
wasteproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From waste + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: This conversion process should be wasteproof. One of the major problems faced by manufacturers the world over is fighting waste.
ref: 2004, Sarika Kulkarni, Supply Chain Management, page 56:
text: If the feeder is not wasteproof, the birds scatter the grain which they do not want over the floor, often in substantial quantity.
ref: 2020, Wendell Mitchell Levi, Making Pigeons Pay:
glosses: Designed to prevent wastage.
Wealthy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wealthys
form: Wealthies
Etymology: Named by Peter Gideon (1820–1899), creator of the cultivar, after his wife, Wealthy (Hull) Gideon.
Senses: examples: text: Wealthys and McIntoshes are not good bakers.
ref: 1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, page 129:
glosses: A certain cultivar of American apple from Minnesota.
Wealthies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wealthy
weaponshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weaponshaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wapinschaw.
weaponshaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaponshaw
jungle bendy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jungle bendies
Senses: glosses: A tree of the genus Tetrameles.
weenong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weenongs
Senses: glosses: A tree of the genus Tetrameles.
jungle bendies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungle bendy
weenongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weenong
Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district.
Weismannian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Weismannian
form: most Weismannian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist.
Weitspekan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Yurok language.
gender reallocation surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gender reallocation surgeries
Senses: examples: text: Oh, yes, Zippy. I run about helter-skelter all the day long accusing people of having gender-reallocation surgery. You sure got my nuber.
ref: 2004 November 9, trout, “Son to university”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk (Usenet), retrieved 22 Sep 2021:
text: This contradiction [between biological gender and social gender] can be resolved in various ways […] by gender reallocation surgery; by psycho-therapy, […]
ref: 2009, Anthony Synnott, Re-Thinking Men: Heroes, Villains and Victims, published 2016, →ISBN, page 85:
text: The film’s final act is Einar’s bodily transformation with gender reallocation surgery.
ref: 2016 July 30, Navyo, “The Danish Girl”, in Osho News, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2020:
glosses: Synonym of sex reassignment surgery.
synonyms: word: sex reassignment surgery
weiselbergite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weiselbergites
Etymology: From Weiselberg + -ite, after the hill in Saarland, Germany, where it is found.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deep black and light blue magmatic rock with isolated pieces of feldspar.
NHN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of nickel hydrazine nitrate (an explosive).
weiselbergites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weiselbergite
Wenhaston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM4275).
ADOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Descendants of Slavery.
ADOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADOSes
Senses: glosses: Acronym of assistant director of studies.
ADOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.
afuega'l pitu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Asturian afuega'l pitu. Literally "choke the chicken". According to local legend, the cheese is deemed to be ready when it is strong enough to choke a chicken that eats it.
Senses: glosses: A strong unpasteurised soft cheese from Asturias, Spain, made from cow milk.
wellyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellyards
Etymology: From well + yard.
Senses: glosses: A yard in which a well (water source) is located.
wellyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellyard
gorrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorru
wheelbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelboxes
Etymology: From wheel + box.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.
wheelboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelbox
quantum fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum field
gruffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌfi
Forms: form: gruffier
form: gruffiest
Etymology: From gruff + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Hey, bub,” a gruffy looking man stood over him. “You're lookin' for that kid ain't ya?”
ref: 2010, Johnathon M. Creech, Legends Of Myrthia:Shards of the Kaynara, page 145:
topics: manner
qualifier: speech
glosses: Rough or surly.
raw_tags: in appearance
examples: text: A gruffy, almost sleep sounding voice answered the phone.
ref: 2018, J.E.K. Roberts-Thomas, A Married Life, page 37:
glosses: Low and throaty; hoarse.
raw_tags: of a voice
Derived terms: gruffily
gruffiness
gruffily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gruffily
form: most gruffily
Etymology: From gruffy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gruffy way or manner.
whereanent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From where- + anent.
Senses: glosses: Concerning which; relating to which.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
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whenever
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wherefor
wherefore
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whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
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wheremid
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whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
whisterpoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whisterpoops
Senses: glosses: A blow; a wherret.
whisterpoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whisterpoop
Whistonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪsˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
note: non-wine-wine
ipa: /ʍɪsˈ-/
ipa: /wɪsˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ʍɪsˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Whiston + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to William Whiston (1667–1752), English theologian, historian, and mathematician.
Whitleyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Whitley + -ism; the system was proposed by John Henry Whitley (1866–1935), British politician.
Senses: qualifier: industrial relations
glosses: The system of regular formal consultative meetings between workers and employers ("Whitley councils") to deal with issues and take matters to arbitration if necessary.
wikipedia: John Henry Whitley
whosomedever
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: whosoever
Related terms: howsomedever
whosomdever
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whosomedever.
windmilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From windmill + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The whole united industry seemed to be thriving and flourishing, too; and when a windmilly town does flourish, it is (from a flourishy point of view) a thing to remember.
ref: 1885, George Henry Boughton, Sketching Rambles in Holland, page 50:
text: A windmilly country this, though the windmills are so damp and rickety, […]
ref: 1895, Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller, page 149:
glosses: Having many windmills.
witnessdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From witness + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: David is our expert-witness man, the guru of expert witnessdom inside the firm, and he is doing the research and going through the case law […]
ref: 2003, Vince Passaro, Violence, Nudity, Adult Content, page 252:
glosses: The role or status of a witness.
Wolffianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wolffian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The philosophy of Christian Wolff (1679–1754), German philosopher.
Alice in Wonderlandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Alice in Wonderlandish
form: most Alice in Wonderlandish
Etymology: From Alice in Wonderland + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Alice in Wonderland (“as in a surreal fairy tale”).
synonyms: word: Alice in Wonderland
extra: as in a surreal fairy tale
Wogan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wogans
form: Worgan
Etymology: From the Welsh personal name Gwgan, from gwg (“scowl”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
woodmancraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woodman + -craft.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woodcraft (“skills related to a woodland habitat”).
synonyms: word: woodcraft
extra: skills related to a woodland habitat
wrinkleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wrinkle + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to become wrinkled.
writerling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writerlings
Etymology: From writer + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A minor or petty writer.
writerlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writerling
binch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binches
Etymology: Humorous alteration of bitch that emerged on Twitter in the late 2010s in response to profanity filters.
Senses: examples: text: If possible, give those binches some serious tea to spill.
ref: 2017, Gisela Factora, "How Millennials Killed Me", Nonsense (satirical magazine of Hofstra University), September 2017, page 9
text: “Sorry I was a binch yesterday. Ooh, I like those earrings.”
ref: 2018, Janice Erlbaum, Lucky Little Things, page 34:
text: An important part of sexual health is respecting yourself enough to cut out any binches if they don't respect your sexual boundaries.
ref: 2019, Jessica Lanyadoo, T. Greenaway, Astrology for Real Relationships: Understanding You, Me, and How We All Get Along, page 95:
glosses: A bitch.
SpO2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SpO2
SpO2/FiO2 ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SpO2/FiO2 ratio
double doctoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of doctor shopping.
synonyms: word: doctor shopping
raises the stakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise the stakes
raising the stakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raise the stakes
raised the stakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise the stakes
sweetens the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sweeten the pot
sweetening the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sweeten the pot
sweetened the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweeten the pot
sugarcoats the pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sugarcoat the pill
sugarcoating the pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sugarcoat the pill
sugarcoated the pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sugarcoat the pill
swallows a bitter pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swallow a bitter pill
swallowing a bitter pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swallow a bitter pill
swallowed a bitter pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swallow a bitter pill
grins and bears it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grin and bear it
grinning and bearing it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grin and bear it
grinned and bore it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of grin and bear it
grinned and borne it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of grin and bear it
puts a brave face on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a brave face on
putting a brave face on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put a brave face on
makes the best of a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the best of a bad job
making the best of a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make the best of a bad job
made the best of a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make the best of a bad job
grits one's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grit one's teeth
gritting one's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grit one's teeth
gritted one's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grit one's teeth
puts on a brave face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put on a brave face
putting on a brave face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put on a brave face
takes the bull by the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the bull by the horns
taking the bull by the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the bull by the horns
took the bull by the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the bull by the horns
taken the bull by the horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the bull by the horns
whistles in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle in the dark
whistling in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whistle in the dark
whistled in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whistle in the dark
whistles in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle in the wind
whistling in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whistle in the wind
whistled in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whistle in the wind
whistles down the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle down the wind
whistling down the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whistle down the wind
whistled down the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whistle down the wind
gives something up as a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give something up as a bad job
giving something up as a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give something up as a bad job
gave something up as a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give something up as a bad job
given something up as a bad job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give something up as a bad job
makes the best of a bad bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the best of a bad bargain
making the best of a bad bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make the best of a bad bargain
made the best of a bad bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of make the best of a bad bargain
makes a virtue of necessity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a virtue of necessity
making a virtue of necessity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a virtue of necessity
made a virtue of necessity
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a virtue of necessity
seizes the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize the day
seizing the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seize the day
seized the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seize the day
stops and smells the roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop and smell the roses
stopping and smelling the roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop and smell the roses
stopped and smelled the roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop and smell the roses
stopped and smelt the roses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop and smell the roses
wakes up on the wrong side of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wake up on the wrong side of bed
waking up on the wrong side of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wake up on the wrong side of bed
woke up on the wrong side of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wake up on the wrong side of bed
woken up on the wrong side of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wake up on the wrong side of bed
gets up on the wrong side of the bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get up on the wrong side of the bed
gets up on the wrong side of bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get up on the wrong side of bed
gets out of bed on the wrong side
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of bed on the wrong side
getting out of bed on the wrong side
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get out of bed on the wrong side
got out of bed on the wrong side
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get out of bed on the wrong side
gotten out of bed on the wrong side
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get out of bed on the wrong side
gets a grip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get a grip
getting a grip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get a grip
got a grip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get a grip
gotten a grip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get a grip
TAAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TAA
FXAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FXAAs
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of fast approximate anti-aliasing.
FXAAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FXAA
takes five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take five
taking five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take five
took five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take five
taken five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take five
take a five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a five
form: taking a five
form: took a five
form: taken a five
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take five.
takes a five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a five
taking a five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a five
took a five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a five
taken a five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a five
takes ten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take ten
taking ten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take ten
took ten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take ten
taken ten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take ten
Purkyně effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Purkyně effects
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Purkinje effect.
Purkyne effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Purkyne effects
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Purkinje effect.
eonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eonists
Etymology: See eonism.
Senses: glosses: A person who exhibits or engages in eonism.
eonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eonist
Purkyne effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Purkyne effect
Purkyně effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Purkyně effect
ill-ease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Alarm brought Bradly over to glare down at Podson, bristling up his beard at him. Podson glanced at Bradly, and away from him, and rasped his shoulder-blades; manifesting these symptoms of ill-ease over a spiritual quandary.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 81:
glosses: A feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness.
corked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Stoppered with a cork.
examples: text: He shut up suddenly, corked up by a special item in his list of martyrdoms that squandered him to gloom.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82:
glosses: Unable to speak; silenced.
Lake Louise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake, hamlet, and ski resort in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A lake in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A lake and census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
glosses: A lake in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A state park with a man-made lake in Mower County, Minnesota.
glosses: A lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bacalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bacall
Beckerlegges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beckerlegge
Wainmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wainman
Wogans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wogan
Wilczewski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wilczewskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Wilczewski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Whidbee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whidbees
Etymology: Variant of Whitby.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Whidbees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whidbee
Wilczewskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wilczewski
Axford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Axfords
Etymology: From a metathesised form of Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Nutley parish and Preston Candover parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU610433).
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Ramsbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2370).
glosses: A placename:
A community in the Rural Municipality of Brokenshell No. 68, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Barlage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barlages
Etymology: Borrowed from German Barlage.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Barlages
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barlage
Axfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Axford
Betti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bettis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Betti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Betti number
Bignell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bignells
Etymology: Habitational surname from a small place near Bicester, from the Old English personal name Biċġa + hyll (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.
Bignells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bignell
Bettis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Betti
Bickmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bickmores
Etymology: Possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
Belger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Belgers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Belger. It could also be a variant of Bolger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Belgers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Belger
Bickmores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bickmore
Bentsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bentsens
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Bentsen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bittenbender
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bittenbenders
Etymology: Variant of Bittenbinder.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bittenbenders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bittenbender
Bentsens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bentsen
Matthewmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Matthewman
Shutter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shutters
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Occupational surname for a marksman, from an agent derivative of Middle English shoten (“to shoot”).
* An Americanized spelling of Schutter.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Shutters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shutter
Abranteses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abrantes
McAra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McAras
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bittenbinder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bittenbinders
form: Bittenbender
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bittenbinder.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bittenbinders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bittenbinder
Arendses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arends
McAras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McAra
ILL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ILLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of interlibrary loan.
ILLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ILL
'ills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'ill