cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bagpiping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagpipings
Senses: glosses: action of the verb to bagpipe; playing the bagpipes
bagpiping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bagpipe
banjoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of playing the banjo.
banjoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of banjo
midan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maidan (“an urban open space”).
bassooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈsuːnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: Action of the verb to bassoon; playing the bassoon.
glosses: The action of making a sound similar to a bassoon.
bassooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bəˈsuːnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bassoon
bongoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bongo
bongoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The playing of the bongo.
killifish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.li.fɪʃ/
Forms: form: killifishes
form: killifish
Etymology: From killie (“killifish”, perhaps from kill (“channel, creek”)) or kill, + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.
Hyponyms: sense: tiny fish
word: Aplocheilidae
sense: tiny fish
word: Cyprinodontidae
sense: tiny fish
word: Fundulidae
sense: tiny fish
word: Nothobranchiidae
sense: tiny fish
word: Profundulidae
sense: tiny fish
word: Rivulidae
sense: tiny fish
english: families in Cyprinodontiformes with species called killifish
translation: families in Cyprinodontiformes with species called killifish
word: Valenciidae
Derived terms: taxonomic: Empetrichthys merriami
word: Ash Meadows killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus diaphanus
word: banded killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus bermudae
word: Bermuda killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus parvipinnis
word: California killifish
taxonomic: Nothobranchius kafuensis
word: caprivi killifish
taxonomic: Aplocheilus dayi
word: Ceylon killifish
taxonomic: Aplocheilus lineatus
word: golden wonder killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus grandis
word: Gulf killifish
taxonomic: Oryzias latipes
word: Japanese killifish
taxonomic: Heterandria formosa
word: least killifish
taxonomic: Floridichthys carpio
word: goldspotted killifish
taxonomic: Kryptolebias marmoratus
word: mangrove killifish
taxonomic: Aphanius fasciatus
word: Mediterranean killifish
taxonomic: Lucania parva
word: rainwater killifish
taxonomic: Empetrichthys latos concavus
word: Raycraft Ranch killifish
taxonomic: Chologaster cornuta
word: riceditch killifish
taxonomic: Aphanius asquamatus
word: scaleless killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus luciae
word: spotfin killifish
taxonomic: Nothobranchius orthonotus
word: spotted killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus majalis
word: striped killifish
taxonomic: Lamprichthys tanganicanus
word: Tanganyika killifish
taxonomic: Nothobranchius thierryi
word: Togo killifish
taxonomic: Fundulus waccamensis
word: Waccamaw killifish
taxonomic: Aplocheilus werneri
word: Werner's killifish
anemonefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anemonefishes
form: anemonefish
Etymology: From anemone + fish, due to the species' symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.
Senses: glosses: Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.
archerfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archerfishes
form: archerfish
Etymology: From archer + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (usually with sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Toxotes jaculatrix
word: banded archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes oligolepis
word: big scale archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes jaculatrix
word: brackish archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes blythii
word: clouded archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes chatareus
word: common archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes kimberleyensis
word: Kimberly archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes chatareus
word: largescale archerfish
alt: Toxotes lorentzi or Protoxotes lorentzi
word: primitive archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes jaculatrix
word: silver archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes microlepis
word: smallscale archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes kimberleyensis
word: western archerfish
taxonomic: Toxotes blythii
word: zebra archerfish
European garden spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European garden spiders
Senses: glosses: A common arachnid (Araneus diadematus).
Synonyms: sense: Araneus diadematus
word: cross spider
sense: Araneus diadematus
word: diadem spider
Hercules beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hercules beetles
Etymology: In reference to the great strength of Hercules in myth.
Senses: glosses: A type of rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules known for its considerable strength and for being one of the longest insects in the world.
Great Barrier Reef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A massive system of coral reefs, found in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia.
unbandage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbandages
form: unbandaging
form: unbandaged
form: unbandaged
Etymology: From un- + bandage.
Senses: examples: text: […] the disembalming and unbandaging of all literary mummies […]
ref: 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table:
glosses: To remove a bandage from.
Rg Veda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rigveda.
Ṛg Veda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rigveda.
unawed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unawed
form: most unawed
Etymology: From un- + awed.
Senses: glosses: Not awed; not afraid, impressed, or in awe.
marsupial lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsupial lions
Senses: examples: text: The first Australians, I reflected, will have known real monsters such as the Thylacaleo, or ‘marsupial lion’.
ref: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 225:
glosses: A carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene, of the extinct genus Thylacoleo
southern elephant seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern elephant seals
Senses: glosses: A large seal, found mainly around Antarctica of species Mirounga leonina, famous for being the largest ever carnivoran mammal.
megabat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megabats
Etymology: From mega- + bat.
Senses: glosses: Any of the bats in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera; a fruit bat.
Synonyms: english: flying fox; ambiguous, some sources limit the term to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae
translation: flying fox; ambiguous, some sources limit the term to the genera Pteropus and Acerodon within Pteropodidae
word: flying fox
word: fruit bat
unblameable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unblameable
form: most unblameable
Etymology: From un- + blameable.
Senses: examples: text: In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 1:22:
glosses: Innocent.
unreproveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreproveable
form: most unreproveable
Etymology: From un- + reproveable.
Senses: examples: text: In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 1:22:
glosses: Not doing anything wrong that might attract reproof
melt sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melt sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A type of closed sandwich with a non-cheese filling, and a layer of cheese on top which is grilled or fried until the cheese melts.
Derived terms: tuna melt
open sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open sandwiches
Senses: synonyms: open-faced sandwich
glosses: Any dish consisting of only one slice of bread, with any topping.
postcoitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + coitus.
Senses: examples: text: Primitive hematopoiesis occurs around day 7.5 postcoitus.
glosses: The period immediately after coitus
Related terms: postcoital
postcoitum
sandwichy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sandwichy
form: most sandwichy
Etymology: From sandwich + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, sandwiches.
glosses: Resembling a sandwich.
examples: text: […] it received at once the gratifying tribute of large sandwichy grins and chuckles all round the table.
ref: 1914, Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson, The Clean Heart:
glosses: Full of sandwiches; containing sandwiches.
Philly cheesesteak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philly cheesesteaks
Etymology: Named after Philly (Philadelphia).
Senses: glosses: A cheesesteak sandwich made according to the classic Philadelphia recipe of melted cheese, sliced onions and thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak on a hoagie roll.
club sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: club sandwiches
Etymology: Said to have originated at the Union Club in New York City.
Senses: glosses: A type of sandwich, often served as a double-decker (with three slices of bread) and usually cut into quarters; traditionally made with turkey, bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
glosses: A tea sandwich.
Synonyms: clubhouse sandwich
Related terms: club soda
BLT
fluffernutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluffernutters
form: Fluffernutter
Etymology: From fluff + -er + nut + -er.
Senses: glosses: A sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, most common in New England.
unforced error
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unforced errors
Senses: examples: text: This meant Nadal needed to hold serve to force his opponent to earn the win. An unforced error took Rosol to 30-15 and two points away from glory, but a net cord in Nadal's favour and the men were level in the game.
ref: 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A basic error committed in a tactical game, where errors are usually forced by the game strategy.
Synonyms: blunder
clanger
po'boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: po'boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of po' boy.
po' boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊ.bɔɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Forms: form: po' boys
form: po'boy
form: po-boy
form: poboy
form: po boy
form: poor boy
Etymology: Shortened form of poor boy. Beyond that, the etymology is disputed.
Senses: glosses: A traditional submarine sandwich from Louisiana, typically consisting of meat or seafood, usually fried, served on a Louisiana baguette.
Synonyms: sense: sandwich
word: sub
Derived terms: po' boy bread
Related terms: bánh mì
muffaletta
prehellenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prehellenic
form: most prehellenic
Etymology: From pre- + Hellenic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Greece before the Hellenic period.
beef on weck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beef on wecks
Senses: glosses: A sandwich made from kummelweck with a roast beef and horseradish sauce filling, most common in New York State.
weck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: wecks
Etymology: From German Weck, Wecken (“bread roll”).
Senses: glosses: Kummelweck bread.
Derived terms: beef on weck
encierro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnsɪˈɛəɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌɛnsiˈɛɹoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
Forms: form: encierros
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (“to lock up”).
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
synonyms: bull run
running of the bulls
glosses: A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
tiento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A musical genre originating in Spain in the mid-15th century.
ba da bing ba da boom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bada bing bada boom.
encomiendas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encomienda
bada boom bada bing
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
bada bing
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
bada boom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bada bing bada boom.
cockalane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockalanes
Etymology: From French coq-à-l'âne (“satire, incoherent story”). Compare cock-and-bull story.
Senses: glosses: A satire or lampoon.
glosses: A rambling or incoherent story, which passes from one subject to another (as from a cock to a bull).
euphemize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euphemizes
form: euphemizing
form: euphemized
form: euphemized
form: euphemise
Etymology: Back-formation from euphemism with the suffix -ize. Compare Ancient Greek εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō).
Senses: examples: text: There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question.
ref: 1999, A. J. Meier, “When Is a Woman a Lady?”, in American Speech, volume 74, number 1, page 63:
glosses: To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
examples: text: The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from "decomposing animal matter," as we euphemise it now-a-days.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, chapter 2, in Two Years Ago:
glosses: To describe in euphemistic terms.
Derived terms: euphemizer
euphemiser
euphemization
euphemisation
euphemise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: euphemises
form: euphemising
form: euphemised
form: euphemised
Etymology: From euphem(ism) + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of euphemize.
Schweizer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schweizer
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schweizer. Doublet of Switzer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
kutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌtʃə/
Forms: form: more kutcha
form: most kutcha
form: cutcha
form: kacha
form: kachcha
form: kuchcha
Etymology: From Hindi कच्चा (kaccā, “raw, unripe”).
Senses: glosses: Imperfect, makeshift; ramshackle, second-rate.
examples: text: The manager publicly announced that the kutcha house loan was for those who lived in thatched huts and the linkage loan for those who lived in tiled houses!
ref: 2016 July 7, K. Kalpana, Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India, Routledge, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: Built from natural materials, especially unfired mud and thatch.
kutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌtʃə/
Forms: form: cutcha
form: kacha
form: kachcha
form: kuchcha
Etymology: From Hindi कच्चा (kaccā, “raw, unripe”).
Senses: examples: text: The only reasonable objection that could be made was its being cutcha—that is, built with mud instead of mortar.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 215
text: Does the Station go on still? That was ages and ages ago. It must be crumbling to pieces. All except the Amirtollah kutcha road. I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.
ref: 1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass.; London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page 84:
glosses: Dried brick or mud, used as a material.
Derived terms: kutcha house
kutcha-pukka
bullas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulla
bullid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Bullidae.
thioperoxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioperoxide
outburst flood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outburst floods
Senses: glosses: A flood caused by a lake or reservoir overflowing.
Derived terms: glacial lake outburst flood
mullas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulla
mullid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mullids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Mullidae, the goatfish or red mullets.
mullo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mullos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mulo.
butoh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 舞踏 (butō). The trailing “h” is to indicate the pronunciation; compare bokeh.
Senses: examples: She’s a butoh dancer.
glosses: A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
butoh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butoh
Etymology: From Malay butuh.
Senses: synonyms: lanjiao
glosses: Penis
glosses: Term of abuse.
marketising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marketise
openside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opensides
form: open side
Etymology: From open + side.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
coordinate_terms: blindside
glosses: The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline.
examples: text: The openside packs down at the scrum on the openside.
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: Ellipsis of openside flanker.
Derived terms: opensider
bank rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank rates
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The rate of interest that a central bank charges when it lends money to another bank
Synonyms: discount rate
Related terms: policy rate
key interest rate
Quedlinburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Germany, north of the Harz mountains, in Harz district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt; a town famous for its architecture; a UNESCO World Heritage Site
wikipedia: Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg Castle
marketize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marketizes
form: marketizing
form: marketized
form: marketized
form: marketise
Etymology: From market + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Marketizing many traditional public services has met both success and failure.
topics: economics
management
sciences
glosses: To convert to management by open-market principles.
examples: text: "You have technology in [Chinese] universities, but people don't know what to do with it— how to marketize it."
ref: 2007, quoted in Thomas L Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, page 370
topics: business
marketing
glosses: To bring to market.
Derived terms: marketizer
marketization
marketise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marketises
form: marketising
form: marketised
form: marketised
Etymology: From market + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of marketize.
inside back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside backs
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: a back whose primary job is to create space for the outside backs outside him, i.e. the scrum-half, the fly-half and the inside centre.
half-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-backs
Senses: examples: text: But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
ref: 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: the scrum-half and the fly-half
three-quarter back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-quarter backs
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Any of a group of players positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs; consists of the left wing, the inside centre, the outside centre and the right wing
first receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first receivers
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: The first player to receive the ball from a scrum-half. This is often the fly-half, but may be a different player if the fly-half is unavailable, or a forward who will drive.
outerchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊ.tə(ɹ)ˈtʃeɪndʒ/
Forms: form: outerchanges
Etymology: From outer + change by analogy with interchange.
Senses: examples: text: The five minute walk between Northwick Park and Kenton tube stations is a valid outerchange.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A connection between two stations within walking distance of each other but which are not physically connected; used especially where a journey involving such a connection can be done on a single ticket.
plastic surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastic surgery
union bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: union bugs
Senses: examples: text: Printed matter circulated by the (US) Democratic Party inevitably displays a union bug.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A maker’s mark imprinted on a work to show that it is sanctioned by members of a trade union. It is often a tiny elongated rhomboid containing and surrounded by, in minuscule typeface, identifying names and the union’s local chapter number.
Related terms: bug
maker's mark
logo
made in Japan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: You're wondering who I am / Machine or mannequin / With parts made in Japan / I am the modern man
ref: 1983, Styx, “Mr. Roboto”, in Kilroy Was Here:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Manufactured in Japan.
glosses: Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, especially if made in East Asia.
Related terms: made in China
chalara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: ash dieback (disease)
glosses: Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the fungus that causes this disease
chala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Croton scouleri, a tree native to the Galapagos.
terraplenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terraplene
terraplene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terraplenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of terreplein.
combination products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combination product
primases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primase
primas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prima
hypercommercialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + commercialism.
Senses: glosses: The excessive use of mercantilism in media to obtain success and profit; Extreme emphasis on commerce.
Related terms: hypercommercial
valorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valorisation
valorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valorizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of valorisation.
valorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valorization
valorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: valorises
form: valorising
form: valorised
form: valorised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of valorize.
valorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of valorise
valorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of valorise
valorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of valorise
all wet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: 1805: Journal of William Clark
Wind Shifted about to the S. W. and blew hard accompanied with hard rain. rained all the last night we are all wet our bedding and stores are also wet, we haveing nothing which is Sufficient to keep ourselves bedding or Stores dry
text: When I came home, I found a common-looking person, all wet and muddy.
ref: 1852, Charles Dickens, chapter 59, in Bleak House:
text: The persons you meet inside a theatre are all wet, and the actors act as if the rain had taken all the fire out of them, and they had not had time to get a fresh supply.
ref: 1853, The Illustrated London Magazine:
text: 1972: Trends in long-term care: hearings, ninety-first Congress
My mother has long hair. They rubbed a towel over it to get the drippings. They combed it out, and it was sopping wet. Then they braided it, and put her to bed with a wet head. The pillow was all wet and her sheet was all wet.
glosses: Thoroughly soaked; drenched.
examples: text: ...you're all wet, calling me out on that close play at second base!
ref: 1931, U.S. Army Recruiting News:
text: The he'll report back to Rita that she's all wet, on account I can't possibly be interested in you when I'm carrying the torch for him, see?
ref: 1935, Liberty, volume xii:
text: The lull gave Johnson a chance to show such critics as Canada's Prime Minister Lester Pearson and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright that they were all wet in arguing that a halt in the bombing might open the way to negotiations.
ref: 1965 May 28, “The Lull That Lapsed”, in Time:
text: If you think I withheld the ransom for the glory of France, you're all wet.
ref: 1966, Robert Hogan, Saint Jane:
glosses: Utterly incorrect; erroneous; uninformed.
examples: text: They've figured out she's a sort of a kind of Joan of Arc. I think she's all wet, and it burns me up to see such a grand person as Ash Banner fall for that stuff!
ref: 1940, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, Of Human Kindness:
glosses: Deliberately and grotesquely untruthful.
univocalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + vocalic.
Senses: examples: text: Georges Perec's 1972 novella Les revenentes complemented his earlier lipogrammatic work by being a univocalic piece in which the letter e is the only vowel used.
ref: 2015, Gyles Brandreth, Word Play:
glosses: That uses instances of only one vowel.
univocalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: univocalics
Etymology: From uni- + vocalic.
Senses: glosses: A piece of writing that uses only one of the vowels.
bureaucratese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bureaucrat + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Help you fill out the application for food stamps and other government programs, break down the discouraging bureaucratese.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 186:
glosses: A style of language, used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.
examples: text: The company president's annual statement was complete bureaucratese: it was utterly content-free.
glosses: Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles bureaucratic writing.
Synonyms: officialese
legalese
Related terms: bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratic
bureaucratically
legalese
obfuscation
animal magnetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French magnétisme animal.
Senses: glosses: sexual attractiveness; charisma derived from non-intellectual characteristics.
qualifier: mesmerism
glosses: A magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings.
Related terms: mesmerism
SFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SFPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of small form factor pluggable/plug-in, a kind of transceiver.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of sentence-final particle.
misprize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈpɹʌɪz/
Forms: form: misprizes
form: misprizing
form: misprized
form: misprized
form: mesprise
form: misprise
Etymology: From Middle French mespriser (verb), mespris (noun).
Senses: examples: text: Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart,
Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
Mis-prizing what they looke on […]
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.
misprize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈpɹʌɪz/
Forms: form: mesprise
form: misprise
Etymology: From Middle French mespriser (verb), mespris (noun).
Senses: examples: text: He ment to make them know their follies prise,
 Had not those two him instantly desired
 T'asswage his wrath, and pardon their mesprise […].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Contempt.
Related terms: misprision
demagogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demagogical
form: most demagogical
Etymology: From demagogic + -al.
Senses: glosses: demagogic
Synonyms: word: demagogic
Derived terms: demagogically
over-zealous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-zealous
form: most over-zealous
Senses: examples: text: Long afterward I learned that I was shadowed for six months by Secret Service men in the fear that I might be assaulted by some over-zealous union man. Of this I was not aware at the time, or I should have taken steps to have prevented it.
ref: 1925, Thomas R. Marshall, Recollections of Thomas R. Marshall, Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 201:
text: By the 11th, however, feeling between the rival companies had penetrated down to the "lower ranks," for on that day some over-zealous officials of the Midland caused the Lancashire & Yorkshire metals to be pulled up at Methley Junction.
ref: 1957 April 24, K. Field and J. P. Wilson, “The Junctions at Methley”, in Railway Magazine, page 280:
glosses: Alternative spelling of overzealous.
sfogliatella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sfogliatelle
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sfogliatella, diminutive form of sfogliata, singular feminine past participial of sfogliare (“to unfold, to leaf through”), from the resemblance of the pastry's texture to the pattern of unfolding leaves.
Senses: glosses: A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.
taken aback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more taken aback
form: most taken aback
Etymology: From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.
Senses: examples: text: It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Surprised, shocked.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Said of a ship, when the wind, suddenly changing, forces the sails aft against the mast.
taken aback
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From taken + aback, first attested in 1840.
Senses: glosses: past participle of take aback
sfogliatelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sfogliatella
resistive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more resistive
form: most resistive
Etymology: From resist + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: He had a stubborn, resistive nature.
glosses: Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
examples: text: This material is highly resistive.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.
examples: text: a pure resistive circuit
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.
Derived terms: resistively
resistive random access memory
resistivity
Related terms: resistant
resistance
malease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Maleate hydratase, a lyase enzyme that catalyzes the reaction (R)-malate ⇌ maleate + H₂O.
immit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immits
form: immitting
form: immitted
form: immitted
Etymology: From Latin immitĕre, from in (“into”) and mittĕre, missum (“to send”).
Senses: glosses: To send in, put in, insert, inject or infuse
Related terms: immission
maleo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maleos
Senses: glosses: Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
Scaramouche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramucci, and skirmish.
Senses: glosses: A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.
Scaramouche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scaramouches
Etymology: From French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramucci, and skirmish.
Senses: glosses: A tumbler; an acrobat.
glosses: A disreputable fellow; a scoundrel.
simonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simonists
Etymology: From simony + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Theologians went on quoting his definition. However, the original simonist, Simon Magus, had made his offer for the Holy Ghost in hard cash...
ref: 1978, Alexander Murray, Reason and Society in the Middle Ages, page 64:
topics: Christianity
glosses: One who engages in simony, the purchase of church offices.
leches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lech
piss away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pisses away
form: pissing away
form: pissed away
form: pissed away
Senses: examples: text: I pissed away four years of my life in university and didn't graduate.
text: The old mayor pissed millions of dollars away on stuff nobody wanted.
text: You can't keep pissing away your money like this!
synonyms: fritter away
;
squander
waste
glosses: To spend wastefully.
spad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spads
form: SpAd
form: SpAD
Etymology: Shortening of special adviser.
Senses: examples: text: SPAD Special Advisor
ref: 1997 November 24, Reddy Hannah with Wimbush, Angela and Linesberry, Debbie, “Abbreviations and Acronyms”, in Dr. Russell G. Swenson, editor, Defense and Intelligence Abbreviations and Acronyms, Washington, DC: Joint Military Intelligence College, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2017, page 192:
text: A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.
ref: 2009, Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:
text: The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.
ref: 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian
topics: government
politics
glosses: A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
spad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spads
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.
spad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spads
Senses: examples: text: No. 6.—Spadonas or spads, the first wing-quills of the chick, clipped at about six months.
ref: 1911 September, contributed by Cyphers Incubator Co., “Ostrich Farming in South Africa”, in American Poultry World, volume II, number 11, Buffalo, N.Y.: American Poultry Publishing Co., page 966:
text: RAW OSTRICH FEATHERS / Primes, Wings, White Feminas, Spads, Etc.
ref: 1921 September 7, The New York Times, volume LXX, number 23,237, New York, N.Y., page 24, column 6:
text: “What d’you mean—‘feathers’,” asked the tanned young public school man who volunteered to trot me round, “spads, second-after-chicks, fancies, natals, black butts, adults, juvenals, byocks, chicks, primes, feminas, or what?”[…]The first white ones we call spads.[…]Two or three months after that clipping we pull out the spad quills.
ref: 1924 February 12, “On Ostrich Feathers”, in The Manchester Guardian, number 24,175, page 6, column 4:
text: An improvement was noted in the demand for femina wings, spads and long bodies;
ref: 1959, The Standard Bank Review, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, page 15:
glosses: Clipping of spadona/spadone.
familiarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of familiarise
familiarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of familiarise
familiarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of familiarise
fains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fain
fains
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fainites (“cry for truce in children's games”).
synonyms: word: fainites
extra: cry for truce in children's games
faining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fain
fained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fain
funnelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: funneled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of funnel
funnelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: funneled
Senses: examples: text: I recall in particular the amazing speed of the siderods of our elegant little Caledonian 4-6-0 and the vivid contrast between its polished blue livery and the red-funnelled mail steamers and white-hulled yachts crowding Oban Bay; […].
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 705:
glosses: Having a particular type or colour of funnel.
Derived terms: unfunnelled
funneled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: funnelled
Senses: glosses: having a funnel, or shaped like a funnel
Derived terms: unfunneled
funneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: funnelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of funnel
breare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breares
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of briar.
Derived terms: sweet-breare
archcriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archcriminals
Etymology: From arch- + criminal.
Senses: glosses: A highly prolific or skilled criminal; a criminal of the highest order.
familiarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: familiarisations
Etymology: From familiar + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: The timetable on other lines has been temporarily reduced to allow for driver and guard familiarisation.
ref: 2023 March 22, “Network News: New Class 777s make inroads on Merseyside”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of familiarization.
Derived terms: refamiliarisation
fiords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fjords
Senses: glosses: plural of fiord
aibohphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ībōfō'bēə
ipa: /aɪ.bəʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: Deliberately constructed to be a palindrome, combining the suffix -phobia with its reversed spelling.
First appeared as a response to National Challenge #36, in a newspaper column written by J Baxter Newgate. The challenge was to invent a phobia. The column did not identify the entrant. (Source: Orlando Sentinel, Oct 22, 1977)
Senses: examples: text: The article was a disservice to those of us who are unfortunate enough to be afflicted with aibohphobia.
ref: 1983, Author unknown, Science Digest, page 103:
text: We trust that we've relieved any Aibohphobia, any fear of palindromes that you might have harbored.
ref: 1997, Richard Lederer, The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book, page 60:
text: If you suffer from aibohphobia (fear of palindromes) you should skip a few pages while the rest of us go in search of[…]
ref: 2004, Peter Seddon, Football Talk: The Language and Folklore of the World's Greatest Game, page 267:
text: We hope, however, that in passing this on we don't provoke any attacks of aibohphobia among our readers. This pallindrome, as Alan Lane discovered, means "an abnormal and persistent fear of pallindromes".
ref: 2006 Feb, NewScientist, page 56, column 3:
glosses: An irrational fear of palindromes.
fooleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foolery
parasaurolophus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasaurolophuses
form: parasaurolophi
Etymology: From the New Latin genus Parasaurolophus; see there for more.
Senses: examples: text: Forty-eight hours after a single announcement on the 353rd broadcast of the Greater Sinclair Minstrels, one million dinosaur stamp books were distributed through 30,000 Sinclair Dealers. So many additional requests were received that another two million albums were printed and distributed. Only an outstanding program could secure so tremendous a response—even with the aid of brontosauri, parasaurolophi and other long departed dinosaurs.
ref: 1936 January 30, “Sinclair Dinosaur Stamp Album: 1 Million from One Broadcast”, in Printers’ Ink: A Journal for Advertisers, volume CLXXIV, number 5, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
text: Instead of a dramatis personae of species, The Dinosaurs uses its beasts to illustrate climate, daily life, movement, danger, even extinction. So we meet nesting hydrosaurs, a singing pair of parasaurolophi, a herd of treetop-browsing brontosaurs.
ref: 1981 December 15, Don Lessem, “Paperbacks ’81: Novelty items with soft covers”, in Richard M. Gaines, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume X, number 50, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 7 (The Season: Part III), review of “THE DINOSAURS. By William Stout. […]”, page 16, column 5:
text: The Ride is a swift trip on a water raft through a jungle inhabited by stegosauri, parasaurolophi, dilophosauri, velociraptors and other life-size mechanical dinosaurs.
ref: 1996 August 11, Associated Press, “Ride proves fascination with dinosaurs not extinct: Universal Studios Hollywood park is drawing mammoth crowds”, in Springfield News-Leader, volume 106, number 224, Springfield, Mo.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11G, column 1:
glosses: Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.
wikipedia: Field Museum of Natural History
Related terms: parasaurolophin
Parasaurolophus walkeri
Parasaurolophus tubicen
Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
ornithopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithopods
Etymology: From ornitho- + -pod.
Senses: glosses: A type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, found on all seven continents.
unalienably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unalienably
form: most unalienably
Etymology: From unalienable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inalienably.
Bryant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪ.ənt/
rhymes: -aɪənt
Forms: form: Bryants
Senses: examples: text: When Bryant returned in 2015-16 for what would become his final campaign, each stop became a celebration of Bryant’s achievements, but those all paled compared to that last night at Staples.
ref: 2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point night”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2024:
glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Saline County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Jay County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Graham County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Curtis Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood within Powderhorn, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An extinct town in Douglas County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former township in Logan County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in north-east Seattle, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
Related terms: Bryan
antitrypsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitrypsins
Etymology: From anti- + trypsin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes
Bryon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, a nonstandard spelling of Brian.
deamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːæmɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: deaminations
Etymology: From de- + amination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of an amino group from a compound.
Derived terms: cyclodeamination
transdeamination
Related terms: deaminate
diamination
iberulite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iberulites
Senses: glosses: A form of dust particle, found as an atmospheric aerosol, that originates in the Sahara.
Georgianna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.
ref: 1936, George Weller, Clutch and Differential, Ayer, published 1970, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, a spelling variant of Georgiana, confused with George + Anna.
misorientation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misorientations
Etymology: From mis- + orientation.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect or inappropriate orientation.
misoriented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misoriented
form: most misoriented
Etymology: From mis- + oriented.
Senses: glosses: oriented incorrectly
unmeltable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + meltable.
Senses: examples: text: What we need to invent is unmeltable ice-cream.
glosses: Not capable of being melted; not meltable.