cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
genital cutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The cutting of genitals of either gender.
Hypernyms: body modification
genital mutilation
Hyponyms: circumcision
clitoridectomy
female circumcision
female genital cutting
male circumcision
penectomy
male genital cutting
adrenaline junkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenaline junkies
Senses: examples: text: Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.
text: More than 300 daredevils parachuted off the nation's second-highest bridge in an annual ritual that attracts thousands of spectators. "Everybody out here is an adrenaline junkie," parachutist Mike Cleary, 27, of Milwaukee, said yesterday.
ref: 1991 October 20, “300 parachutists leap into gorge”, in Toledo Blade, retrieved 16 Nov 2013, page A3:
text: "I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff, which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff."
ref: 2002 Jan. 17, Christy Lemire, "Success of 'Lord of the Rings' puts actor Bloom in the spotlight,' Daily Gazette, p. C7 (retrieved 16 Nov 2013)
text: Since then, the adrenaline junkie has been getting his kicks from a variety of extreme sports, such as skydiving and racing motorcycles and go-carts.
ref: 2009 July 30, “Schumacher's F1 Comeback: An Adrenaline Junkie Returns to the Racetrack”, in Spiegel Online International, retrieved 16 Nov 2013:
glosses: One who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such opportunities.
Synonyms: daredevil
thrill seeker
birotulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birotula
Zhongdu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 中都.
Senses: glosses: A former city in Liangxiang, Fangshan district, Beijing, China, one of the capitals of the ancient Yan Kingdom.
glosses: A former city in Xicheng district, Beijing, China, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Empire.
Synonyms: word: Chung-tu
english: loose
translation: loose
word: Beijing
english: loose
translation: loose
word: Peking
Chung-tu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chung Tu
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 中都.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zhongdu.
Chung Tu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 中都.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chung-tu.
Beijingese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Beijing + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Pekingese, related to or from Beijing
Synonyms: Beijing
Beijingnese
Peiping
Pekin
Pekinese
Peking
Pekingese
Pekingnese
Beijingese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Beijing + -ese.
Senses: glosses: the Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinguished from standardized Mandarin
Beijingese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Beijing + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Pekingese (natives or inhabitants of Beijing)
Synonyms: Beijinger
Beijingnese
Pekinese
Pekinger
Pekingese
Pekingnese
Belorussians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belorussian
Peking opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peking operas
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
Synonyms: Beijing opera
jingju
jingxi
Related terms: Yueju opera
Shaoxing Opera
Cantonese opera
Beijing duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By substitution of Beijing, the Pinyin name of the city, in place of the earlier spelling Peking.
Senses: examples: text: The art of preparing Beijing Duck became popular in the 15th century, although the dish had existed much earlier as a delicacy for the aristocracy.
ref: 1985, Fredric M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Arne J. De Keijzer, The China Guidebook 1985, Houghton Mifflin, page 283:
text: Beijing duck is the capital's famous invention, now a production-line of sorts. Your meal starts at one of the agricultural communes around Beijing where the duck is pumped full of grain and soya bean paste to fatten it up[…]
ref: 1988, Alan Samagalski, Robert Strauss, Michael Buckley, China: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 501:
text: We were disappointed by the Beijing duck, which we tried in one of the restaurants best known for that dish. Every part of the duck was brought in at one time or another, and every part was too bland and fatty for our tastes.
ref: 1990, Roy Blount (Jr.), First Hubby, page 215:
text: Beijing Duck This is made on the same principle as that other great delicacy, paté de foie gras, namely by force-feeding ducks.
ref: 2001, Caroline Liou, Robert Storey, Beijing, Lonely Planet, page 132:
glosses: Alternative form of Peking duck.
orthosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɔː(ɹ)θəˈsɛksjuəl/
/ˌɔː(ɹ)θəˈsɛkʃuəl/
Forms: form: more orthosexual
form: most orthosexual
Etymology: From ortho- + sexual.
Senses: antonyms: malsexual
glosses: Relating to or having the orthodox form of sexuality in a particular culture.
Related terms: orthosexuality
yellow-throated marten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-throated martens
Senses: synonyms: kharza
glosses: An Asian species of marten, Martes flavigula.
kharza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kharzas
Etymology: From Russian харза́ (xarzá).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yellow-throated marten.
synonyms: word: yellow-throated marten
Khanbalik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cambaluc
form: Cambuluc
form: Chanbalik
form: Cambalik
form: Kambalig
form: Khanbaliq
form: Khanbalikh
form: Khanbaligh
form: Qanbaliq
form: Kanbalu
Etymology: From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (qanbalik, “City of the Khan”), from ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) + ᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (balik), both possibly from Old Turkic. Compare Mongolian Ханбалиг (Xanbalig).
Senses: examples: text: Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence.
ref: 1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367:
glosses: The capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at site of present-day Beijing.
Synonyms: word: Dadu
word: Daidu
word: Ta-tu
word: inexact
Cambaluc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cambuluc
form: Cambalu
Etymology: From Italian Cambaluc found in the account of Marco Polo's travels, from Mongolian and East Turkish Khanbalik, "City of the Khan".
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khanbalik.
Cambuluc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cambaluc.
Cambalu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cambaluc.
Khanbaliq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Peking consists essentially of two walled cities, the northern Inner city and the southern Outer city. The Inner city, also known as the Tatar city, lies approximately on the site of Khanbaliq of the Mongol dynasty. It is in the form of a square with walls nearly 15 mi. in length.
ref: 1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 532, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Khanbalik.
Khanbalikh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khanbalik.
Khanbaligh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khanbalik.
Qanbaliq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khanbalik.
Dadu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dæˈdu/
/dɑˈdu/
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 大都.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Khanbalik.
synonyms: word: Khanbalik
evening gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evening gowns
Senses: glosses: An evening dress: an elegant dress worn by women.
Derived terms: evening-gowned
Ta-tu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ta Tu
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 大都.
Senses: glosses: Khanbalik.
Xicheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiːˈt͡ʃʌŋ/
enpr: shēʹchǔngʹ
Forms: form: Hsi-ch'eng
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 西城 (Xīchéng, literally “west city”).
Senses: examples: text: The city of Peking has 85 neighborhoods, each with more than 50,000 residents (Luo, 1980). The Fengsheng Neighborhood in the Xicheng District of Peking, for example, has 14,136 families and 52,978 persons.
ref: 1983, Clifton W. Pannell, Laurence J. C. Ma, China: The Geography of Development and Modernization, V. H. Winston & Sons, →ISBN, page 85:
text: In Xixingsheng lane of the Xicheng District, more than 20 armed policemen were beaten up by mobs; some were badly injured, and the others’ whereabouts are unknown.
ref: 1989, Yi Mu, Mark V. Thompson, Crisis at Tiananmen: Reform and Reality in Modern China, San Francisco: China Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229:
text: Xicheng The sector immediately west of the Forbidden City, Xicheng is the site of some of the most extensive old hutong (alleyway) neighborhoods left in Beijing.
ref: 2000, J. D. Brown, Beijing (Frommer's), Foster City, CA: IDG Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
text: In Beijing, authorities ordered all cinemas closed until November 14 in the capital's Xicheng district, which lies west of Tiananmen Square and is home to over a million people.
ref: 2021 October 30, “China cracks down over 'serious' Covid outbreak”, in France 24, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2021:
glosses: A district in downtown Beijing, China, comprising the sections immediately west of the Forbidden City.
glosses: a subdistrict in Zengdu, Suizhou, Hubei, China
glosses: a subdistrict in Jingzhou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Related terms: Dongcheng
Ta Tu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 大都.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ta-tu.
plimmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Diminutive with -ie.
Senses: glosses: plimsolls
conversationalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conversationalizes
form: conversationalizing
form: conversationalized
form: conversationalized
Etymology: From conversational + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make conversational; to phrase in an informal, chatty way.
Related terms: conversationalization
conversationalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conversationalize
conversationalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conversationalize
conversationalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conversationalize
withness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From with + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.
ref: 2000, Sharon Warner, Experiencing the Knowing of Faith, page 113:
text: Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral.
ref: 2009, Eric Manning, Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy, page 6:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being or doing with something.
jetless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From jet + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a jet or jets.
boosterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From booster + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a booster or boosters.
nutating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nutate
nutates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nutate
nutated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nutate
unreclaimable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reclaimable.
Senses: glosses: Not reclaimable.
B"H
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: b'ezrat hashem (Transliterated form of ב״ה, written at the top of documents).
glosses: baruch Hashem
Synonyms: BS"D
BS"D
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: besiyata dishmaya (Transliterated form of בס״ד, written at the top of documents).
Synonyms: B"H
sulfolene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfolenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sulfone 2,5-dihydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide formed by the cycloaddition of sulfur dioxide to butadiene
sulfolenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfolene
piperonylbutoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piperonyl + butoxide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piperonyl butoxide.
PBO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PBOs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of piperonylbutoxide.
glosses: Initialism of polybenzobisoxazole.
glosses: Initialism of Parliamentary Budget Officer.
glosses: Initialism of public benefit organization.
glosses: Initialism of paperback original.
glosses: Initialism of pension benefit obligation.
PBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Pinoy Box Office.
polybenzobisoxazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybenzobisoxazoles
Senses: glosses: A thermoset liquid crystalline polyoxazole with high tensile strength.
polybenzobisoxazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polybenzobisoxazole
frosks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frosk
ball gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball gowns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ballgown.
nondifferentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondifferentiations
Etymology: From non- + differentiation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of undifferentiation.
synonyms: word: undifferentiation
freebaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freebasers
Etymology: From freebase + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who freebases.
freebasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freebaser
nontrustee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontrustees
Etymology: From non- + trustee.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a trustee.
nontrustees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontrustee
undeclinables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undeclinable
Neurathian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Neurathian
form: most Neurathian
Etymology: From Neurath + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Otto Neurath (1882–1945), Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
metapolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From metapolitical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of metapolitics.
metapolitician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapoliticians
Etymology: From meta- + politician.
Senses: glosses: One who studies metapolitics.
metapoliticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapolitician
pony car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony cars
Etymology: From the segment-defining introduction of the Ford Mustang muscle car, whose front grille badge featured a mustang (a type of horse).
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An affordable, compact, highly styled car with a sporty or performance-oriented image.
wikipedia: Ford Mustang
Coordinate terms: muscle car
sportscar
supercar
pony cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony car
dockization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dock + -ization.
Senses: glosses: conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam
Related terms: dockize
dockize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒk.ɑɪz/
ipa: [ˈdɒk.ɑɪ̯z]
Forms: form: dockizes
form: dockizing
form: dockized
form: dockized
Etymology: From dock + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert (an area of water) into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam.
Related terms: dockization
dockizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dockize
dockizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dockize
dockized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dockize
docklander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docklanders
Etymology: From dockland + -er.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the docklands.
docklanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of docklander
dockise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dockises
form: dockising
form: dockised
form: dockised
Etymology: From dock + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dockize.
dockisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dock + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dockization.
dockising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dockise
dockises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dockise
dockised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dockise
gippy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gippies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyppy.
gyppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyppies
form: gippy
form: gyppie
Etymology: From gypsy + -y.
Senses: glosses: A gypsy.
Related terms: gyppy tummy
gippies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gippy
gyppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyppy
gyppoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyppo
felsics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felsic
nonfelsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + felsic.
Senses: glosses: Not felsic.
pseudobreccias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudobreccia
Felcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
udert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uderts
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A vertisol with cracks that are open for less than 90 cumulative days per year and less than 60 consecutive days during the summer. In some areas, cracks open only in drought years.
ustert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: usterts
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A vertisol with cracks that are open for at least 90 cumulative days per year.
torrert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torrerts
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A vertisol with cracks that are closed for less than 60 consecutive days when the soil temperature at 50 cm is above 8°C.
xerert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xererts
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A vertisol with cracks that are open for at least 60 consecutive days during the summer, but closed for at least 60 consecutive days during winter.
cryert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryerts
Senses: examples: text: Cryerts are most extensive in the grassland and forest-grassland transitions zones of the Canadian Prairies and at similar latitudes in Russia.
ref: 2018, Khan Towhid Osman, Management of Soil Problems, page 119:
glosses: A vertisol with a cryic soil temperature regime.
aquert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquerts
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: An aquic vertisol.
Derived terms: epiaquert
redoximorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From redox + -morphic.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Exhibiting characteristic features caused by alternating reduction and oxidation of iron and manganese compounds.
gumless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gum + -less.
Senses: examples: a gumless postage stamp
the gumless streets of Singapore, where chewing-gum is banned
glosses: Without gum.
examples: text: The sight of deep-pitted orbs and gumless mouths with protruding crooked teeth was macabre and gruesome.
ref: 2011, Martina Nicolls, The Sudan Curse, page 15:
glosses: Without gums (part of the mouth).
unlittered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + littered.
Senses: examples: text: The sand was a beautiful gold colour and completely unlittered by kelp or shells, suggesting to me that the waters around Kauai cannot be very productive.
ref: 2013, Glen Chilton, The Last Place You'd Look for a Wallaby:
glosses: Not littered.
unemotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unemotive
form: most unemotive
Etymology: From un- + emotive.
Senses: glosses: Not emotive.
unemotively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unemotively
form: most unemotively
Etymology: From unemotive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not emotive.
unemphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unemphatically
form: most unemphatically
Etymology: From unemphatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not emphatic.
unempirical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unempirical
form: most unempirical
Etymology: From un- + empirical.
Senses: glosses: Not empirical.
ungrainy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungrainy
form: most ungrainy
Etymology: From un- + grainy.
Senses: glosses: Not grainy.
nongrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongrains
Etymology: From non- + grain.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the chronically poor counties in Yunnan Province in the late 1970s tended to specialize in nongrain crops in the late 1950s. That was particularly true of ten counties, almost half the provincial total of chronically poor counties, located in two contiguous prefectures, Wenshan and Hungho, in tropical southeastern Yunnan.
ref: 1983, Nicholas R. Lardy, “Living standards and the distribution of income”, in Agriculture in China's modern economic development, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 185:
glosses: That which is not grain; a food product not categorised as a grain.
nongrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongrain
ergocornine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular alkaloid found in ergot.
ergocryptine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular alkaloid found in ergot.
Derived terms: bromocriptine
dihydroergocryptine
heliocentrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From heliocentric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a heliocentric manner.
African sacred ibis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African sacred ibis
form: African sacred ibises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sacred ibis.
synonyms: word: sacred ibis
nonprohibited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prohibited.
Senses: glosses: Not prohibited.
purtiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From purty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being purty.
purtily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more purtily
form: most purtily
Etymology: From purty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a purty manner.
purtier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of purty: more purty
purtiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of purty: most purty
inwrapt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inwrap
inwrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inwrap
inwraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inwrap
inwrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inwrap
inwrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inwrappings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enwrapping.
sliothar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sliothars
Senses: examples: text: Camogie resembles hurling, although the field is smaller (110 meters by 68 meters), the stick, or caman, is smaller than a hurley, and the ball is also lighter than the sliothar.
ref: 2003, Robert Crego, Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sliotar.
sliothars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliothar
Fivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiver
Koreanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean + -ology.
Senses: glosses: Korean studies, the study of Korea.
Related terms: Koreanologist
Koreanologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koreanologists
Etymology: From Koreanology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Korean studies.
Koreanologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreanologist
nonvolatility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + volatility.
Senses: glosses: Quality of not being volatile.
unpawed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pawed.
Senses: examples: text: […] cats hid in haylofts, where they let mice scurry past them unpawed.
ref: 2012, Kellie Wells, Fat Girl, Terrestrial, page 246:
glosses: Not pawed.
strahlsteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strahlstein
homefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeful
homefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homeful + -ness, by analogy with homelessness.
Senses: examples: text: It is such men and such books as these that are created to help us make our whole land a land of beauty and homefulness.
ref: 1886, The Library Magazine, page 168:
glosses: Quality of being homeful.
angio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angios
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of angiogram.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of angiography.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of angioplasty.
superwindow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superwindows
Etymology: From super- + window.
Senses: glosses: A highly insulated window incorporating multiple insulation techniques.
superwindows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superwindow
uncondescendingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncondescendingly
form: most uncondescendingly
Etymology: From uncondescending + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not condescending.
patronizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patronizable
form: most patronizable
Etymology: From patronize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being patronized.
Derived terms: unpatronizable
fuzztone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzztones
Etymology: From fuzz + tone.
Senses: glosses: A fuzzy distortion effect sometimes used in rock music.
Derived terms: fuzztoned
gastropubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gastropubby
form: most gastropubby
Etymology: From gastropub + -y.
Senses: examples: text: At this time in my life, our group of friends had a habit of heading out for enormously long, gastropubby Sunday lunches, where we would sit around chatting, smoking, swearing, and guzzling endless Merlot.
ref: 2012, Sean Thomas, Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You, page 228:
glosses: Characteristic of a gastropub.
overenunciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + enunciation.
Senses: glosses: Excessively strong enunciation.
Related terms: overenunciate
postpenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + penal.
Senses: glosses: After release from a penal institution.
postperovskites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postperovskite
incidentalomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incidentaloma
antispy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + spy.
Senses: glosses: Countering or opposing spies; antiespionage.
leatherwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leatherwings
Etymology: From leather + wing, from the wing texture.
Senses: glosses: soldier beetle
leatherwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leatherwing
Dhul-Qarnayn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dhu'l-Qarnayn.
Othello syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Shakespeare's character Othello, who kills his lover after becoming falsely convinced that she is unfaithful.
Senses: glosses: delusional jealousy; a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a strong delusional belief that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful
turtlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtling
ekphrasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ekphrasic
form: most ekphrasic
Etymology: From ekphrasis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ekphrasis.
ekphratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ekphratic
form: most ekphratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to ekphrasis.
infamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infame
infaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infame
lineworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lineworkers
Etymology: From line + worker.
Senses: glosses: A lineman; one who works on overhead cables.
glosses: A worker on a production line.
lineworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lineworker
production line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: production lines
Senses: examples: text: As the glut of new orders placed in the optimistic pre-pandemic years (worth billions of pounds) reaches its conclusion, production lines in Newton Aycliffe, Derby and Newport face a potentially barren future - as well as job losses that will be devastating for their communities and supply chains.
ref: 2024 March 20, Ben Jones, “Suppliers' uncertain wait for new trains”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 36:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.
Related terms: assembly line
production lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of production line
know inside out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows inside out
form: knowing inside out
form: knew inside out
form: known inside out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of know inside and out.
monoband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + band.
Senses: examples: I have a 5-element monoband beam (antenna) for the 10-metre band.
glosses: Designed to be used on only one band, in particular a radio frequency band.
Related terms: monobander
perambulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to perambulation.
Derived terms: perambulatorily
uncask
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncasks
form: uncasking
form: uncasked
form: uncasked
Etymology: From un- + cask.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a cask.
uncasked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncask
uncasks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncask
uncasking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncask
monobander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monobanders
Etymology: From monoband + -er.
Senses: glosses: A radio antenna designed to be used on just one radio frequency band, typically used by radio amateurs.
Related terms: monoband
Gathas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gatha
barrelless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From barrel + -less.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Lacking barrels in the somatosensory cortex.
raw_tags: of a mouse
dorsalmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorsal + -most.
Senses: glosses: Most dorsal.
earywigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earywig
Grands Prix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: UK, anglicised
ipa: /ɡɹɒn ˈpɹiː(z)/
Senses: glosses: plural of Grand Prix
a hair past a freckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "What time is it?" she said.¶ "A hair past a freckle," he said, pretending to look at his wrist.
ref: 1987, Joan Silber, In the City, New York: Penguin Books, published 1988, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Eddie cocked his elbow and looked at his watch-less wrist. "A hair past a freckle, Eastern Elbow Time," he said. He gave Mrs. Marvelle his goofy grin.
ref: 1994, Terry & Wayne Baltz, The Invisible Kid and the Killer Cat, Fort Collins: Prairie Divide Productions, →ISBN, page 85:
text: I bussed it to The New Fruiton Times building and arrived at a hair past a freckle. I don't own a watch either.
ref: 2006, Jeff House, Writing Is Dialogue, Norwood: Christopher-Gordon, →ISBN, page 178:
text: "What time it is?"^([sic]) Jim looked at his empty wrist and said, "Just a hair past a freckle."
ref: 2010, Alan Call, The Warf-A-Tron Report, Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: "What time is it?" the guy asked, looking at his wrist and seeming disappointed to discover that he didn't have on a watch.¶ Eamon thought he'd help by looking at his own watch, but his was gone, too. "It's a hair past a freckle, apparently."
ref: 2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Passion, New York: Kimani Press, →ISBN, pages 42–43:
text: He looked at his left wrist, as if there were a watch there. Scott Shamwell never wears a watch, and yet he always does this when time of day is at issue. I always point out that he isn't wearing a watch, and he always says "So? I can see that it's half a hair past a freckle." This makes me laugh, so we do it every time.
ref: 2016, Craig Lancaster, Edward Unspooled, Billings: Missouri Breaks Press, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: Said when asked the time, humorously indicating that one does not know or does not care to check, or that one is not wearing a wristwatch and that nothing is to be seen on the wrist but hairs and freckles.
law of the land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Besides it must be remembered that precedents in some cases will not excuse a judge, even where they are according to the undoubted law of the land.
ref: 1724, The Drapier's Letters, Jonathan Swift, Appendix 4:
text: Hackney-coaches are part and parcel of the law of the land; they were settled by the Legislature; plated and numbered by the wisdom of Parliament.
ref: 1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “chapter-7”, in Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
text: He confessed that neither he nor any citizen had a right to consult his own feelings or conscience in a case where a law of the land had been violated before his own eyes.
ref: 1873, Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, chapter 29, in The Gilded Age:
text: I am on the side of the established authorities. I am in the cast-iron position of the man who falls into line with the law of the land.
ref: 1915, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 14, in An Amiable Charlatan:
text: "I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..."
ref: 2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 95:
text: "A lot of other people don’t like it. But what’s law is law and you abide by the law of the land."
ref: 2013 September 24, Manny Fernandez, “In Corner of Arkansas, Frustration but No Panic Over Possible Shutdown”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Nov 2013:
text: So why not rob these red cloaks? Serves em right for letting their guard down. Isn’t that the unwritten law of the land? If someone gets one up on you, you deserve it for letting them?
ref: 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
topics: law
glosses: A particular law or the complete set of laws currently in effect within a jurisdiction, especially with emphasis on the official and authoritative nature of such law.
landing gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landing gear
helper verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helper verbs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of helping verb.
synonyms: word: helping verb
helper verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helper verb
Pommie-basher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmibaʃə/
Forms: form: Pommie-bashers
form: pommie basher
form: Pommy-basher
Senses: examples: The ceremony was dignified and touching…The sing-along was most enjoyable even though some of the words were a little different to the ones I knew and even the most ardent ‘Pommie Basher’ surely would not have disapproved of our rendition of Waltzing Matilda.'--Lt Col (Retd) Mick Berrill, OBE
glosses: Someone who habitually criticizes England or English people.
Related terms: pom
pommie
pommy
pommie basher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pommie bashers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Pommie-basher.
Pommy-basher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pommy-bashers
Senses: examples: text: Atherton's spiel sounded exactly like what Australian's were saying to me almost every day. Was this vestigial bitterness from years of Aussie humiliations in his own career? Had he turned into a Pommy-basher?
ref: 2008, William Buckland, Pommies: England Cricket Through an Australian Lens, Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 15:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Pommie-basher.
yellow flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow flags
Senses: glosses: A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, Iris pseudacorus.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, flag.
Coordinate terms: sense: colours of flags
word: beige flag
sense: colours of flags
word: black flag
sense: colours of flags
word: blue flag
sense: colours of flags
word: chequered flag
sense: colours of flags
word: green flag
sense: colours of flags
word: orange flag
sense: colours of flags
word: pink flag
sense: colours of flags
word: red flag
sense: colours of flags
word: white flag
snow plough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow ploughs
Senses: examples: text: Although the [snow] fences afforded a large measure of protection, deep drifts, calling for the use of snow ploughs, were of common occurrence.
ref: 1955 December, H. A. Vallance, “The Highland Centenary—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 859:
text: Snow ploughs tested, but hopefully won't be needed
ref: 2023 March 8, “Network News: News in pictures”, in RAIL, number 978, page 28, photo caption:
glosses: Alternative form of snowplow.
snow plough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snow ploughs
form: snow ploughing
form: snow ploughed
form: snow ploughed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snowplow.
snow ploughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow plough
catalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: catalytic
Derived terms: autocatalytical
biocatalytical
noncatalytical
chemosynthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + synthesized.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Produced by chemosynthesis.
consomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: inbred and with one of its chromosomes replaced by the homologous chromosome of another inbred strain via a series of marker-assisted backcrosses
raw_tags: of a strain
Derived terms: subconsomic
consomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consomics
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Such an organism
diagonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diagonalities
Etymology: From diagonal + -ity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being diagonal
Derived terms: quasidiagonality
tridiagonality
hyperleptinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperleptinemias
Etymology: From hyper- + leptinemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of a higher than normal amount of leptins in the bloodstream
Derived terms: hyperleptinemic
leptinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptinaemia
Etymology: From leptin + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of leptins in the bloodstream
Derived terms: hyperleptinemia
hypoleptinemia
leptinemic
normoleptinemia
snow plow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow plows
Etymology: From snow + plow.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snowplow.
snow plow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snow plows
form: snow plowing
form: snow plowed
form: snow plowed
Etymology: From snow + plow.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snowplow.
lysophosphatidylethanolamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide derived from a lysophosphatidylethanolamine
neuroapoptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + apoptosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The apoptosis of neurons
Related terms: neuroapoptotic
picomol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picomols
Etymology: From pico- + mol.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of picomole.
plasmacytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmacytoma
tetramethylpentadecane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetramethylpentadecanes
Etymology: From tetramethyl + pentadecane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomers of a tetramethyl derivative of pentadecane, but especially pristane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane).
splanchnocranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniəm
Forms: form: splanchnocraniums
Etymology: From splanchno- + cranium.
Senses: glosses: viscerocranium
Derived terms: splanchnocranial
aurorean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈɹɔəɹɪən/
Forms: form: more aurorean
form: most aurorean
Etymology: Either the Latin aurōre(us) + the English -an or formed from the two English elements auror(a) + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: 1783, Richard Griffith (misattributed to Laurence Sterne), The Koran: or, The Life, Character, and Sentiments, of Tria Juncta in Uno in The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne, London, Volume 6, p. 50,
[…] a winged seraph […] sipping aurorean dew, and extracting nectareous essences from aromatic flowers.
text: Their lips touch’d not, but had not bade adieu,
As if disjoined by soft-handed slumber,
And ready still past kisses to outnumber
At tender eye-dawn of aurorean love:
ref: 1819, John Keats, “Ode to Psyche”, in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: Taylor and Hessey, published 1820, page 118:
text: 1860, Robert Bulwer-Lytton (as Owen Meredith), “Lucile”, London: Chapman and Hall, Part 2, Canto 5, stanza 16, p. 300,
[…] There, hover’d in light,
That image aloft, o’er the shapeless and bright
And Aurorean clouds, […]
text: When the earliest dews impearled
The front of all the world
Ringed with aurorean aureole of the sun,
ref: 1880, Algernon Charles Swinburne, “Birthday Ode”, in Songs of the Springtides,, London: Chatto and Windus, page 119:
text: 1896, George Santayana, Sonnet 50 in Sonnets and Other Verses, New York: Stone and Kimball, p. 54,
Though no dawn burst, and no aurorean choir
Sing GLORIA DEO when the heavens ope,
synonyms: auroral
dawnlike
dilucular
eoan
glosses: Belonging to the dawn, or resembling it in brilliant hue.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Aurora, goddess of dawn in Roman mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the asteroid (94) Aurora.
anechogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + echogenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not echogenic
stratigoti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratigotus
theri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: prevocalic form of therio-
Mekhitar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mkhitar.
Derived terms: Mekhitarist
Mkhitar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mekhitar
form: Mechitar
Etymology: From Armenian Մխիթար (Mxitʻar).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Մխիթար (Mxitʻar).
Derived terms: Mekhitarist
Related terms: Mkhitaryan
Mechitar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Mechitar, from Armenian Մխիթար (Mxitʻar).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mkhitar.
Derived terms: Mechitarist
fixing to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finna
form: fina
form: fixna
form: fitna
Senses: examples: text: It's fixing to rain.
text: I'm fixing to whoop you if you don't shut up.
text: Three of us boys, myself, Iver Holt, and Webbie Touchstone crawled upon this board that went across the tank to dive off. I was fixing to, but [one of the other boys] got up there before I did, […]
ref: 1925, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 266, page 434:
qualifier: Appalachia and African-American Vernacular
glosses: Going to; preparing to; about to.
Synonyms: fitting to
going to
Mkhitaryan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mkhitarian
form: Mekhitarian
form: Miktarian
Etymology: From Armenian Մխիթարյան (Mxitʻaryan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Related terms: Mkhitar
cttee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cttees
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of committee.
radio amateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio amateurs
Senses: glosses: A person who practises the hobby of amateur radio. Radio amateurs must possess a licence issued by the relevant authority in the country in which they live, and must pass an exam before they can obtain a licence to operate.
Synonyms: word: amateur radio operator
alt: Etymology 3
word: ham
word: radio ham
Related terms: amateur radio
causet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: causets
Etymology: Blend of causal + set
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: causal set
Related terms: poset
causets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of causet
causal set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: causal sets
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A set of spacetimes that have a causality relationship