cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
one-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: onetime
Senses: examples: text: He was the one-time president of the club.
text: His one-time investment in a brickyard had put the idea into his head—an idea that he decided was a good one, for it enabled him to suggest that she ride along with him to inspect the quarry.
ref: 1910, Jack London, chapter XIII, in Burning Daylight:
text: Pollyanna never doubted now that John Pendleton was her Aunt Polly's one-time lover; […]
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 18, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
text: The old Ramsgate Harbour station of the one-time South Eastern Railway was a case in point, as also the stations in the Isle of Wight that you name, such as Ventnor West.
ref: 1945 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Station Turntables”, in Railway Magazine, page 241, reply to J. A. Drew:
text: Has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos – not to say mustard gas?
ref: 2017 April 13, Adam Forrest, “The death of diesel: has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: former
word: past
word: sometime
word: antecedent
word: anterior
word: earlier
word: erstwhile
word: ex
word: foregone
word: former
word: hitherto
word: old
word: olden
word: past
word: preceding
word: precedent
word: previous
word: prior
word: quondam
word: sometime
word: used-to-be
word: whilom
glosses: Of or pertaining to a specific period of time in the past, not extending to the present.
examples: text: one-time charge/payment
text: He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.
text: Even if an attacker manages to intercept a one-time password, that password has already been used and is no longer usable to authenticate.
ref: 2007, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, Wiley, →ISBN:
synonyms: one-off
glosses: Occurring or used in a single instance and then never again.
Derived terms: word: one-time pad
english: one-time password
translation: one-time password
word: OTP
one-time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: one-times
form: one-timing
form: one-timed
form: one-timed
Senses: examples: text: Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech.
ref: 2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
soccer
sports
glosses: To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.
Related terms: one-timer
one-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the one-time
Senses: examples: text: Ayo, it's Hell on Earth
Whose necks are gonna be first?
The projects is front line
And the enemy is one-time
I ain't gotta tell you
It's right in front of your eyes
ref: 1996, Mobb Deep, “Front Lines (Hell on Earth)”, in Hell on Earth:
glosses: The police.
sentimentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentimentalities
Etymology: From sentimental + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
ref: 2021 July 29, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An act or state of being sentimental.
sentimentalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentimentality
sentimentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sentimentally
form: most sentimentally
Etymology: From sentimental + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sentimental manner.
hoofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝ofs
ipa: /hufs/
ipa: /hʊfs/
rhymes: -uːfs
rhymes: -ʊfs
Forms: form: hooves
Senses: examples: text: The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care[…]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of hoof
hoofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝ofs
ipa: /hufs/
ipa: /hʊfs/
rhymes: -uːfs
rhymes: -ʊfs
Forms: form: hooves
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hoof
hoof it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hoofs it
form: hoofing it
form: hoofed it
form: hoofed it
Senses: examples: text: I hoofed it around the store. I didn't see any soda pop bottles, anywhere.
ref: 2017, Charles E. Morgan III, The Case of the Stolen Jewelry:
glosses: To walk, especially when as a result of regular transportation being unavailable.
examples: text: It was doing what looked like an old-fashioned soft-shoe dance, complete with miniature cane, bow tie, and top hat. As it danced, it sang in a squeaky whistle.
"...the old lady was doing a broken-down conga in twenty-five. We hoofed it 'till we couldn't take it any longer and had to jive..."
ref: 2017, David M. Kelly, Mathematics of Eternity:
glosses: To dance.
examples: text: Now hoof it. Don't leave Athens to those Asian cowards who ran from us this morning.
ref: 2008, W. S. Walton, The Demos at Dawn, page 456:
glosses: To depart; scram.
hoofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊfɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʊfɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoof
hoofed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʊft/
rhymes: -ʊft
Forms: form: hooved
Etymology: From Middle English hoved, hovyde, from Old English ġehōfod (“hoofed, hooved”), equivalent to hoof + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
Derived terms: cloven-hoofed
empty-hoofed
hoofed locust
unhoofed
hoofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʊft/
rhymes: -ʊft
Forms: form: hooved
Etymology: From Middle English hoved, hovyde, from Old English ġehōfod (“hoofed, hooved”), equivalent to hoof + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hoof
stammered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of speech: irregular or halting.
stammered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stammer
stammering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stammerings
Senses: examples: text: We could not understand his inarticulate stammerings.
text: At that point, humanity crosses another threshold, miniaturizes its universe into symbolic form, and takes a toddling step toward iconography, writing, and the first stammerings of calendrical notation and mathematics.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 95:
glosses: The act of one who stammers.
stammering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stammer
stammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stammer
stammers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stammer
clenched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clenched
form: most clenched
Senses: examples: a clenched fist
glosses: Closed tightly.
Derived terms: clenched fist
clenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clench
clenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clench
cinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪntʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of cinch
cinches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪntʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cinch
cinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cinch
cinching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Forms: form: cinchings
Senses: examples: text: It says something about the girl's ability or luck in shaping and securing the tent that not once did it begin to fold or come loose from its cinchings to the raft.
ref: 2010, Dan Simmons, Endymion:
text: Panic-stricken, he knew not what to do as he watched his restive horse back away from him, turn, and bolt from his increasingly menacing scent, his belongings torn from their saddle cinchings as the animal sped through the brush.
ref: 2014, T. C. Rypel, Gonji: A Hungering of Wolves, page 209:
glosses: A fastening.
natures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Her wild mood swings displayed the natures of her multiple personalities.
glosses: plural of nature
natures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nature
cinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪntʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cinch
legends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legend
violates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of violate
violating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəˌleɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of violate
disliked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dislike
Derived terms: undisliked
dislikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dislike
dislikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dislike
disliking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dislikings
Etymology: From dislike + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.
ref: 1859, John Stuart Mill, “Introductory”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: gerund of dislike: a dislike.
disliking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From dislike + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dislike
bakgat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bakgat
form: most bakgat
Etymology: From Afrikaans bak (“to bake, roast”) + gat (“bum”).
Senses: examples: text: "Your car was pinking and I fixed it." "Bakgat".
text: A lekker dictionary containing all the bakgat South African words has hit the bookstores. The collection of about 1,500 local words is a bonsella published in the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, "the ultimate authority on South African English".
ref: 2002 September 9, Peroshni Govender, “Hau, my china, it's bakgat”, in Independent Online, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018:
glosses: Great, good, fine, excellent.
service loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service loops
Senses: glosses: An extra length of wire or cable included in an electrical or electromechanical assembly for neatness, accessibility, freedom of movement or future serviceability.
spark plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spark plugs
form: sparkplug
form: sparking plug
Senses: examples: text: In the 21st century, it is not unusual for a set of spark plugs to last a decade or longer; gone are the days when changing the plugs annually was common.
text: With all engines using spark plugs it is comparatively easy to ascertain whether the ignition system is working properly.
ref: 1919 January 24, Practical hints on running a gas engine, United States Department of Agriculture:
glosses: The part of some internal combustion engines which forms a high-voltage electric spark which ignites the fuel-air mixture to begin the power stroke. (Petrol engines have spark plugs. Diesel engines do not have them because the heat from their high compression ratios supplies the ignition.)
examples: text: Helen is a real spark plug. We're lucky she's on the team.
text: Steve Pincus, a Madison-area farmer who sells produce to L'Etoile, says admiringly of Odessa: "She's a spark plug. She's out there speaking out about sustainable agriculture and local food."
ref: 2003, Growing for Market: News and Ideas for Market Gardeners:
text: Mr. Santiago used a sparkplug to smash the driver’s side window.
ref: 2009 May 30, Al Baker, “Investigators Reviewing a Timeline of Seconds That Led to a Police Shooting”, in New York Times:
synonyms: straw that stirs the drink
catalyst
instigator
mover and shaker
stimulus
coordinate_terms: firecracker
dynamo
glosses: Someone who is a driving force in new endeavours.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rod (for cylindrical secondaries) or sphere (for spherical secondaries) of fissile material at the center of the secondary of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which undergoes nuclear fission when compressed to supercriticality by the imploding secondary, helping to raise the secondary to the pressures and temperatures necessary to ignite nuclear fusion in the secondary's fusion fuel.
Derived terms: word: sparkplug
Related terms: spark gap
BJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BJs
form: B.J.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of blow job.
examples: text: Often, BJs will respond to star balloons with a sign of thanks.
ref: 2020, Eve Turow-Paul, Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning:
glosses: Initialism of broadcast jockey.
BJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: B.J.
Senses: glosses: Billy Jean, Bobby Joe or another name with those initials, often abbreviated with the diminutive Beej.
glosses: Initialism of Bugis Junction (“a shopping, office and hotel complex in Singapore”).
representative democracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: representative democracies
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: indirect democracy
coordinate_terms: direct democracy
glosses: A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.
overdrinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I am not against drinking; however, if you are accustomed to overdrinking, it will be a serious problem.
glosses: present participle and gerund of overdrink
necklaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necklace
as far as
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: as far as the eye can see
text: As far as the financing is concerned, there will be no problems.
text: As far as the choice makes any difference, I prefer the second option.
text: I'll help you as far as I can.
glosses: To the degree or extent that.
examples: text: As far as the policies and procedures under which these companies operate, we keep a very close eye on that.
synonyms: regarding
glosses: Used without any completion, usually to imply "to the degree or extent that ... is/are concerned".
Synonyms: insofar as
so far as
so much as
Derived terms: as far as one knows
Related terms: AFAICR
AFAICS
AFAICT
AFAIK
AFAIR
as far as
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: as far as the next town
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as.
examples: text: As far as financing, there will be no problems.
text: As far as food—still no nausea or problems.
ref: 2004, Susan Maria Leach, Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery (non-fiction), HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 21:
text: As far as food, the fire department will have hot dogs and brats.
ref: 2007 July 28, “Stateline Area News in Brief”, in Beloit Daily News (Broadsheet):
text: As far as food, Courville had expected to have his pick of barbecue and beef jerky […]
ref: 2007 July 27, Jodi Rogstad, “The lure of the frontier echoes far”, in Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
text: "We put a lot of emphasis into the training of our staff, as far as food knowledge, wine knowledge," he said.
ref: 2007 August 5, Susan Frick Carlman, “Pasta and more”, in Naperville Sun:
qualifier: see usage note
glosses: With respect to; as relates to.
Synonyms: as to
dinitrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + nitrogen.
Senses: examples: text: […] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).
ref: 2008, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis Neal Irwin, Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 128:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
examples: text: The emission rates into the air are higher for hydropower plants in nonalpine regions due to higher emission rates of methane biogenic (7.94 × 10₋₅ kg for nonalpine plants and 3.89 × 10₋₆ kg for alpine ones), but for dinitrogen monooxide^([sic]), hydropower plants of alpine regions have higher emission rates (2.14 x 10₋₈ ky for alpine plants and 1.1 x 10₋₁₁ kg for nonalpine ones).
ref: 2023, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Shahjadi Hisan Farjana, Candace Lang, Green Energy: A Sustainable Future, page 94:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two atoms of nitrogen as part of some other compound.
raw_tags: used in combination
Derived terms: dinitrogenase
dinitrogen monoxide
dinitrogen oxide
dinitrogen pentoxide
dinitrogen reductase
dinitrogen tetroxide
dinitrogen trioxide
dinitrogen oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nitrous oxide
dinitrogen monoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nitrous oxide
dinitrogen pentoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The unstable binary compound N₂O₅; a strong oxidizing agent.
Synonyms: nitrogen pentoxide
nitrogen pentoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dinitrogen pentoxide
reticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjələt/
ipa: /ɹɪ-/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjələt/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjulət/
ipa: /ɹi-/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Forms: form: more reticulate
form: most reticulate
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
Senses: examples: text: The fingers have a pseudosclerodermatous appearance with scleroatrophy, often with contractures and sometimes with reticulate erythema on the dorsal surface.
ref: 2015, Amy S. Paller, Anthony J. Mancini, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, page 116:
glosses: Network-like in form or appearance.
Synonyms: reticular
Coordinate terms: reticuloid
Derived terms: infrareticulate
venoso-reticulate
reticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjʊˌleɪt/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
ipa: /ɹɪ-/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɪkjuˌleɪt/
ipa: /ɹi-/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt
Forms: form: reticulates
form: reticulating
form: reticulated
form: reticulated
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
Senses: glosses: To distribute or move via a network.
glosses: To divide into or form a network.
glosses: To create a network.
Derived terms: reticulation
reticulative
Related terms: reticle
reticule
Badiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bádiu
Etymology: Borrowed from Kabuverdianu badiu, from Portuguese vadio (“vagrant”).
Senses: glosses: The Cape Verdean Crioulo language spoken on Santiago Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento branch of Crioulo.
Synonyms: Santiago Crioulo
Related terms: alt: Krioulu
word: Crioulo
Bádiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Badiu
Senses: glosses: The Capeverdean Crioulo language spoken on Santiago Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento branch of Crioulo.
Synonyms: Santiago Crioulo
Related terms: alt: Krioulu
word: Crioulo
healable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more healable
form: most healable
Etymology: From heal + -able.
Senses: glosses: Receptive to treatment or cure.
Derived terms: unhealable
eyrir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aurar
Etymology: From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus, öre, øre, and oyra.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna
villi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villus
vild
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪld/
rhymes: -aɪld
Forms: form: more vild
form: most vild
Etymology: As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).
Senses: examples: text: Ye have rooted all the Relicks out / Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:
glosses: vile
Related terms: vildly
varas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vara
deftly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛftli/
Forms: form: more deftly
form: most deftly
Etymology: From deft + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
Synonyms: skillfully
Alemannic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌælɪˈmænɪk/
/ˌæləˈmænɪk/
Forms: form: Allemannic
Etymology: From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.
Senses: glosses: A language or dialect group, belonging to the High German dialects, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Alemannic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌælɪˈmænɪk/
/ˌæləˈmænɪk/
Forms: form: more Alemannic
form: most Alemannic
form: Allemannic
Etymology: From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group.
glosses: Of or relating to the Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Alemannic German terms
asynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/
Etymology: From a- + synchronous.
Senses: examples: text: These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.
ref: 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:
glosses: Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Allowing the client to continue during processing.
raw_tags: of a request or a message
examples: Near-synonym: in parallel
topics: communication
communications
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
Synonyms: word: async
word: asynch
word: metachronous
Derived terms: asynchronously
asynchronousness
asynchronous transfer mode
nonasynchronous
Web service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Web services
Senses: qualifier: Web
glosses: A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.
Synonyms: WS
Hypernyms: service
fakely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fakely
form: most fakely
Etymology: From the adjective fake + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We showed up at the bar and it was an ocean of fakely tanned men, wearing vests with no shirts underneath.
ref: 2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays:
glosses: In a fake way, fraudulently.
site map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: site maps
form: sitemap
Etymology: From site (shortening of website) + map.
Senses: glosses: A webpage that lists the contents and shows the structure of a website, to aid in navigation.
imbued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uːd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of imbue
swelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Forms: form: swelts
form: swelting
form: swelted
form: swelted
form: swelt
form: swelt
Etymology: From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (“to die”).
Senses: glosses: To die.
examples: text: Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,
ref: 1567, Arthur Golding; Ovid's Metamorphoses Book. 1; line 571
text: Thine Israel, o God, had never endured so hard a bondage under Pharaoh, as to be over-swelted in the Egyptian furnaces
ref: a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Songs in the Night:
text: Her deare hart nigh swelt, And eft gan into tender teares to melt.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
swelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Senses: glosses: simple past of swell
surveyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of survey
Whit Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whit Sundays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Whitsunday.
Related terms: alt: doublet
word: White Sunday
catholicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈθɒlɪkɒn/
/kəˈθɒlɪkən/
Forms: form: catholica
form: catholicons
Etymology: Late Middle English, via Medieval Latin from Ancient Greek καθολικόν (katholikón, “that which is universal”), the neuter substantive form of καθολικός (katholikós).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A supposed universal remedy.
qualifier: Orthodox Christianity
glosses: A large urban church used for large gatherings.
Synonyms: panacea
cure-all
Derived terms: diacatholicon
Catholicon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: an early Latin dictionary, the Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon
hig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From or related to Old English hyġe.
Senses: examples: text: ... aw leep off, in a great hig, an sed,[…]
ref: 1850, Tim Bobbin, Samuel Bamford, Dialect of South Lancashire: Or, Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary ; with His Rhymes and an Enlarged and Amended Glossary of Words and Phrases, Chiefly Used by the Rural Population of the Manufacturing Districts of South Lancashire, page 33:
text: She was iv a hig, 'cos Ah wadn't let[ ]her hev her new bonnit on.
ref: 1889, John Nicholson (School principal), The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 43:
text: Off he goas in a hig.
ref: 1890, Peacock, Tales, page 78, quoted in the EDD
glosses: A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
Related terms: hig-taper
Platz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Platz.
Senses: examples: text: Lilly loves everything about John Platz! He feeds her, walks her, gives her treats, and she even takes an afternoon nap with him!
ref: 2007, Ann Platz, Queen Esther's Reflection: A Portrait of Grace, Courage, and Excellence:
glosses: A surname.
monovular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + ovular.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of identical (“derived from the same ovum; monozygotic”).
synonyms: word: identical
extra: derived from the same ovum; monozygotic
raw_tags: of twins
Related terms: biovular
biovular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + ovular.
Senses: glosses: derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
raw_tags: of twins
Related terms: monovular
diovular
clag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology: From Middle English claggen, probably of Scandinavian origin. Compare Swedish klägg and Old English clǣġ.
Senses: glosses: A glue or paste made from starch.
examples: text: The sky was thick with dirty gray clag
ref: 1993, Harry Furniss, Memoirs - One: The Flying Game:
text: This programme included practice interceptions, simulator training, day flying, night flying, clag flying -- in addition to […] [a footnote states that clag flying was Air Force slang for foul weather flying.]
ref: 2001, Colin Castle, Lucky Alex: The Career of Group Captain A.M. Jardine Afc, CD, Seaman and Airman:
text: We went along in the clag for what seemed like an eternity [a footnote defines clag as low cloud cover]
ref: 2004, David A. Barr, One Lucky Canuck: An Autobiography:
glosses: Low cloud, fog or smog.
qualifier: railway slang
glosses: Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit.
examples: text: He ran wide in the corner, hit the clag and spun off.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Bits of rubber which are shed from tires during a race and collect off the racing line, especially on the outside of corners (cf. marbles).
Derived terms: claggy
clagnut
clag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: clags
form: clagging
form: clagged
form: clagged
Etymology: From Middle English claggen, probably of Scandinavian origin. Compare Swedish klägg and Old English clǣġ.
Senses: examples: text: As when the orchard boughes are clag'd with fruite
ref: c. 1620, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Heywood's Art of Love: The First Complete English Translation of Ovid's Ars Amatoria:
text: Can such draw to me/My stund affections all with Cinders clag'd
ref: 1725, Edward Taylor, Preparatory Meditations:
glosses: To encumber
examples: text: Wash the rice well in two waters, if you don't wash 'em, 'e will clag [clag means get sticky] and put 'em in a pot of well-salted boiling water.
ref: 1999: "A queen of a Santee kitchen, pre-war", quoted by Mary Alston Read Simms in the Introduction to Rice Planter and Sportsman: The Recollections of J. Motte Alston, 1821-1909
glosses: To stick, like boots in mud
dinitrogen tetroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₄, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO₂; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket propellants.
Synonyms: word: nitrogen tetroxide
english: chemical formula
translation: chemical formula
word: N2O4
word: NTO
ski resort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski resorts
Senses: examples: text: In fact, ski resorts and ski resort towns throughout the West make a point of trying to attract visitors in the offseason, usually spring and summer.
ref: 2006 June 5, CNN.com:
glosses: A resort providing accommodation and facilities for skiers.
Vladimir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Macedonian and Russian Владимир (Vladimir) and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Вла́ди́мир (Vládímir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
glosses: A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
glosses: A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
glosses: An oblast of Russia.
glosses: Russian form of Volodymyr, a city and raion of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
Related terms: word: Volodya
word: Vova
sense: English pet form
word: Vlad
sense: English pet form
word: Vlady
english: Scandinavian
translation: Scandinavian
word: Valdemar
word: Waldemar
english: Germanic names
translation: Germanic names
word: Woldemar
word: whence Latvian Voldemārs
word: Finnish Valto
shod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɒd/
ipa: /ʃɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Etymology: From Middle English shoed, past participle of shon. Doublet of shoed.
Senses: examples: text: Wallis was unsuitably shod for the muddy hike.
glosses: Wearing shoes.
glosses: Having tires equipped.
Synonyms: sense: wearing shoes
word: shoed
sense: wearing shoes
word: calceate
sense: wearing shoes
word: calceated
sense: wearing shoes
word: calced
Derived terms: dry-shod
iron-shod
ironshod
misshod
roughshod
sharp-shod
shodden
slipshod
the cobbler's children are the worst shod
unshod
shod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɒd/
ipa: /ʃɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
Etymology: From Middle English shoed, past participle of shon. Doublet of shoed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoe
sugary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/
Forms: form: sugarier
form: sugariest
Etymology: From sugar + -y.
Senses: examples: text: By always having water on hand, you’ll be more likely to skip soda or other sugary beverages, which saves you a ton of calories.
ref: 2015 June 19, Jennifer Cohen, “Always busy? 8 ways to stay fit”, in CNN:
synonyms: sugared
glosses: Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
examples: text: Whenever young lovers tied the knot, some wedding guest would inevitably beseech the reception band to play the sugary strains of this song.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
glosses: Fond of sweets.
Derived terms: nonsugary
oversugary
sugarily
sugariness
unsugary
Related terms: brown-sugary
sausage roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausage rolls
Senses: glosses: A short piece of sausage meat baked in a roll of pastry.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: A goal.
examples: text: He had a go because I'm on the dole and I had a go back because he deals pills and robs kids. I love being on the sausage roll, I love being a free spirit; […]
ref: 2016, Luke Barnes, Richard Milward, Ten Storey Love Song:
glosses: The dole; unemployment.
Derived terms: party sausage roll
Related terms: meat pie
pastie
pasty
pig in a blanket
sigil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭjĭl
ipa: /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
enpr: sĭjəl
ipa: /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl
rhymes: -ɪdʒəl
Forms: form: sigils
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.
Senses: glosses: A seal, signature or signet.
glosses: An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
Derived terms: sigillary
sigillate
sigillation
sigillative
sigillistic
sigillography
twigil
Related terms: Hungarian notation
squeezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeeze
squeezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squeeze
handlebar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændəlbɑː/
ipa: /ˈhændəlbɑːɹ/
Forms: form: handlebars
Etymology: From handle + bar.
Senses: examples: text: The bikelike steering handlebars are bent and welded from pipe or conduit.
ref: 1963 November 24, Popular Science, volume 183, number 5, page 185:
text: I'd like to ride my bicycle with you / On the handlebars
ref: 1976, “Oh Lori”, in Alessi, performed by Alessi Brothers:
text: Briefly, in the invention, the shift mechanism is incorporated into the handlebar stem, a positive push-pull type cam mechanism is provided for actuating the rear derailleur, undershift and overshift is prevented to eliminate chain "jump off", and the device can be shifted with the bicycle standing still.
ref: 1981, H Ross, Single lever 10-speed bicycle shifter - US Patent 4,279,174:
text: A pleasant, dapperly dressed man with a handlebar moustache that he regularly twists and tugs...
ref: 2003, Christopher Phillips, Socrates café: a fresh taste of philosophy, page 103:
glosses: The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
examples: text: Got a stick in the passenger in my car
She ride on the dick with no handlebars
Came a long way from poppin' them Xanax bars
ref: 2023 May 5, “superstar” (track 11, 0:04 from the start), in Destroy Lonely (lyrics), If Looks Could Kill:
text: I want a big double R, no, I don't pop handlebars
ref: 2022 June 27, “Swing Ya Pole” (track 7, 2:05 from the start), in Summrs (lyrics), FALLEN RAVEN:
glosses: Xanax.
Derived terms: drop handlebar
handlebar moustache
Related terms: english: often meronymous
translation: often meronymous
word: handgrip
handrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændˌɹeɪl/
Forms: form: handrails
Etymology: From hand + rail.
Senses: examples: text: Retractable steps and handrails are provided on each side of the cars. The steps, which are under the control of the guard, are operated by hand levers in the entrance vestibule.
ref: 1952 September, “Modernised Pull-and-Push Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:
text: Walkways and handrails were also upgraded during the work, to improve safety for maintenance staff.
ref: 2020 July 15, “Network News: £2 million repairs complete at Eskmeals viaduct”, in Rail, page 22:
glosses: A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
examples: text: We trialled a new ultraviolet system that runs under the handrail of an escalator, killing the virus. We are rolling that out at more than 100 stations.
ref: 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in RAIL, page 54:
glosses: A moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support.
Derived terms: handrailed
Related terms: balustrade
banister
handhold
railing
remover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmuːvə/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/
Forms: form: removers
Etymology: From remove + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We had to take my little brother to the hospital when he swallowed some of my sister's nail-polish remover.
glosses: Agent noun of remove; one who, or that which, removes.
examples: text: A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Fortune”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: An agitator.
Derived terms: boomer remover
make-up remover
makeup remover
nail polish remover
polish remover
spot remover
stain remover
staple remover
beareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bear + -eth
Senses: examples: text: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 15:2:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear
abideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: abide + -eth
Senses: examples: text: He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 2:10:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abide
hocuspocus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hocuspocuses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
hocuspocus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hocuspocuses
form: hocuspocusing
form: hocuspocused
form: hocuspocused
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
instancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instancings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The creation of an instance of something.
instancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of instance
instanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of instance
Derived terms: uninstanced
masochistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæ.səˈkɪs.tɪk/
Forms: form: more masochistic
form: most masochistic
Etymology: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated.
wikipedia: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Derived terms: automasochistic
ethnomasochistic
masochistically
nonmasochistic
unmasochistic
Related terms: masochism
masochist
sitemap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitemaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of site map.
Skippy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In reference to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, an Australian television series of the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: Nickname given to people of Australian origin by the British.
wikipedia: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Related terms: skip
skippy
dinitrogen trioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen N₂O₃, a pale blue liquid that reacts with water to form nitrous acid.
dinitrogenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinitrogenases
Etymology: From di- + nitrogen + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
Related terms: dinitrogenase reductase
dinitrogenase reductase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
Related terms: dinitrogenase
dinitrogen reductase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dinitrogenase reductase
nitrogenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nitrogenates
form: nitrogenating
form: nitrogenated
form: nitrogenated
Etymology: From nitrogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To react something with nitrogen.
Derived terms: denitrogenate
Related terms: nitrogenize
azotize
nitrogen dioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Black carbon is the sooty material ejected from diesel engines in their exhaust gases. RSSB notes that it can cause lung diseases. Nitrogen dioxide is also a product of burning diesel and can effect people's lungs.
ref: 2021 October 6, Philip Haigh, “Pollutants and air quality on our trains”, in RAIL, number 941, page 32:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.
nitrogen fixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrogen fixers
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A plant or other organism which performs nitrogen fixation.
nitrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitrogen + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: nitrogenous
glosses: of, relating to, or containing nitrogen
Derived terms: nonnitrogenic
nitrogenise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nitrogenises
form: nitrogenising
form: nitrogenised
form: nitrogenised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nitrogenize.
believeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: believe + -eth
Senses: examples: text: He that beleeueth on the Sonne, hath euerlaſting life: and he that beleeueth not the Sonne, ſhall not ſee life: but the wrath of God abideth on him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:36, column 2:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of believe
iniquities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iniquity
Chanaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Canaan.
camped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæmpt/
rhymes: -æmpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of camp
cleansed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cleanse
Derived terms: uncleansed
sinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sin
shewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shew
glorified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: They sang hymns that glorified God.
glosses: simple past and past participle of glorify
glorified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glorified
form: most glorified
Senses: examples: text: The gyroscope is however merely a glorified spinning top […]
ref: 1959, Andrew Gray, A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion:
text: Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation.
ref: 1986, Roy Lubove, The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935:
text: If the captain was only a glorified first aid man as he claimed, the emphasis has to be on the glory he deserved for the way in which he did his job.
ref: 2004, Lloyd Manning Wells, From Anzio to the Alps: an American soldier's story:
glosses: transformed into something more glorious than it actually is (often used sarcastically)
Derived terms: glorified rice
underglorified
unglorified