cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
caressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɛsɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: caressives
Etymology: From caress + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: [W]e, like the ancient Mexicans and many another lower race, have terms of praise and endearment,—"a jewel of a babe," and the like,—legions of caressives and diminutives in the use of which some of the Low German dialects are more lavish even than Lowland Scotch.
ref: 1896, Alexander Francis Chamberlain, “The Name Child”, in The Child and Childhood in Folk-thought: (The Child in Primitive Culture), New York, N.Y.; London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 88:
text: An interesting characteristic of the following extracts is the abundance of diminutives also termed “caressives” in Greek. -άκι, -ίτσα and -ούλα here are derivational suffixes for indexing the diminutive and their use indicates affection, endearment and solidarity serving thus as markers of informal positive politeness[…].
ref: 2010, Mariza Georgalou, “Pathfinding Discourses of Self in Social Network Sites”, in Rotimi Taiwo, editor, Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction: Language Structures and Social Interaction, volume I, Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference, →ISBN, section 1 (Discursive Behavior and Social Interaction), page 51, column 1:
text: One another suffix used as a caressive and appellative is -(l)y. Like -kAy, it is attached to kinship terms, generally to the ones expressing closer relationships.
ref: 2015, Fatma Şahan Güney, “Eurasia [Tatar]”, in Nicola Grandi, Lívia Körtvélyessy, editors, Edinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, part II, page 312:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A type of diminutive indicating affection or endearment.
caressings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛsɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of caressing
cardboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardboard
footsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtsiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of footsie
glosses: plural of footsy
dispell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dispells
form: dispelling
form: dispelled
form: dispelled
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dispel.
glosses: Misspelling of dispel.
dispells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispell, obsolete spelling of dispels.
unequivocably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnɨˈkwɪvəkəblɪ/
enpr: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kə-blē
ipa: /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvəkəbli/
Forms: form: more unequivocably
form: most unequivocably
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of unequivocally.
pennyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Three years had intervened, and how, in their pennyless state, could her mother have existed during this time?
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79:
glosses: Dated form of penniless, today used most often for the sense of "without using pennies" rather than "without money".
conformities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conformity
inconsequentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inconsequential
guildsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldzmən/
Forms: form: guildsmen
Etymology: From guild + -s- + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male member of a guild.
Related terms: guild
guildswoman
guildsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guildsman
faithfulest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of faithful: most faithful
faithfullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of faithful: most faithful
umbrellaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From umbrella + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: 1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966,
He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […]
text: It was a dull, rainy, depressing day as I stood upon the dock-side above the landing-stage, and watched the tender come sidling up with the crowd of umbrellaed passengers upon her deck, and my errand was not of a kind to elevate the spirits.
ref: 1996, Frank Savile, Beyond the Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic, page 44:
text: [W]e had moved out to one of the umbrellaed tables, out of easy earshot from the bartender.
ref: 2010, Kents Rose, The Meat Tree and Other Stories, page 109:
glosses: Covered by or carrying an umbrella.
examples: text: His ideal of a woman looked up at Tom Smith's great sun-burnt Lincoln-like face, umbrellaed by the fateful sombrero, and laughed.
ref: 1912, Bret Harte, The Overland Monthly, page 133:
text: How then are these umbrella-ed powers to respond, as they see their own security diminishing [...]
ref: 1986, Stan Windass, The rite of war, page 102:
text: [...] a loose collective of prostitute advocacy groups, prostitution survivors and academic activists, commonly umbrellaed under the label "radical feminist."
ref: 1997, Karen J. Maschke, Pornography, Sex Work, and Hate Speech, page 368:
glosses: Under an umbrella.
umbrellaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From umbrella + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of umbrella
vindicat.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of vindication.
nicotined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nicotined
form: most nicotined
Etymology: From nicotine + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: the nicotined teeth and fingers of a smoker
text: Fox jabbed the air with nicotined finger.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 113:
glosses: Stained by nicotine from smoking tobacco.
chickenwire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chicken wire.
conciliatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more conciliatingly
form: most conciliatingly
Etymology: From conciliating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to conciliate.
slavedriver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavedrivers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slave-driver.
slavedrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavedriver
callbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of call box.
callboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callbox
draconianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draconianisms
form: Draconianism
Etymology: From draconian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: When an organization has selected its mission and laid out its strategies for attaining it, the job duties inherent in those functions must be monitored to determined that they are being performed adequately. This aspect of monitoring may smack of draconianism or Taylorism, but it is not. All organizations that are successful over time monitor their progress and internal functions.
ref: 2002, Carolyn J. Downey; Fenwick W. English; Larry E. Frase; R. Gerald Melton; William K. Poston, Jr.; Betty E. Steffy, “Strategy Thirty-six: Monitor the Curriculum”, in 50 Ways to Raise Students’ Test Scores: Standards for High Performing Schools: Leveling the Playing Field for All Learners (Cutting Edge Practices Series), Johnston, Ia.: Curriculum Management Systems, Inc., →OCLC, Standard Five (Establish Curriculum Expectations, Monitoring, and Accountability), page 148:
glosses: A system of cruel or harsh laws.
sourfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sourfaced
form: most sourfaced
Etymology: From sour + faced.
Senses: glosses: Having a sour face.
reknot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈnɒt/
ipa: /ɹiːˈnɑt/
Forms: form: reknots
form: reknotting
form: reknotted
form: reknotted
Etymology: From re- + knot.
Senses: glosses: To knot again.
reknots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reknot
reknotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reknot
reknotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reknottings
Senses: glosses: The act or result of knotting something back together.
reknotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reknot
disenchantments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disenchantment
endurances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endurance
medicinals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medicinal
whatsomever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English whatsomever; equivalent to what + somever.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of whatsoever.
tinily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tinily
form: most tinily
Etymology: From tiny + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Robert Loo indeed sat as though trying to weave silence round himself, two tufts of cotton wool ineffectual valves, for the noise dwindled from a lion to ants as it met the soft obstacles, but, marching tinily rather than leaping with spread claws, still entered.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 472:
glosses: In a tiny way.
waterbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterbags
form: water-bag
form: water bag
Etymology: From water + bag.
Senses: examples: text: Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda my darling
 Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda with me
 Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag
 Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda with me.
ref: 1895, “Waltzing Matilda”, Banjo Paterson (lyrics):
text: We had no waterbags. We lived on the veldfoods that quite by chance I had learned to pick out by keeping an eye on the bearers.
ref: 1983, Wilma Stockenström, translated by J. M. Coetzee, The Expedition to the Baobab Tree, London: Faber & Faber, page 90:
text: Somewhat later, Ayla picked up her waterbag to get a drink, found it empty, then put it down and forgot about her thirst.
ref: 2010, Jean M. Auel, The Shelters of Stone, →ISBN:
text: The men took their lunch, usually Romano cheese, ham or Italian sausage and bread, and a waterbag.
ref: 2011, Lenore Layman, Criena Fitzgerald, 110 degrees in the Waterbag, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: A bag for carrying water.
glosses: The bag-like compartment in a camel's hump in which the animal was once believed to store water; in fact it is fatty tissue.
Coordinate terms: sense: camel
word: water cell
waterbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterbag
tiddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiddler
salvations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salvation
remorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remorse
dustcloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustclouds
Etymology: From dust + cloud.
Senses: glosses: A cloud of dust.
dustclouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustcloud
extratextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + textual.
Senses: antonyms: intratextual
;
textual
coordinate_terms: paratextual
peritextual
epitextual
subtextual
contextual
glosses: Outside of a text.
Derived terms: extratextuality
extratextually
Related terms: exophoric
toolhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolhouses
Etymology: From tool + house.
Senses: glosses: toolshed
toolhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolhouse
rodeoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rodeo
rodeoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rodeo
brownly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more brownly
form: most brownly
Etymology: From brown + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] And rivers deep, exulting as they glide, / And forests high, and brownly-wooded dales, […]
ref: 1830, Robert Montgomery, Satan, a poem, page 25:
glosses: With a brown colour.
lawned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lawn + -ed.
Senses: examples: a lawned garden
glosses: Provided with a lawn.
horsedealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsedealers
Etymology: From horse + dealer.
Senses: glosses: A dealer in horses.
horsedealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsedealer
knotholed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knotholed
form: most knotholed
Etymology: From knothole + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having knotholes.
dustjacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustjackets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dust jacket.
dustjackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustjacket
decentest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of decent: most decent
distinctest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of distinct: most distinct
reluctances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reluctance
conspiratorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more conspiratorily
form: most conspiratorily
Etymology: From conspiratory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a conspiratory manner.
Synonyms: english: the more common of the two words
translation: the more common of the two words
word: conspiratorially
distincter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of distinct: more distinct
boughed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bough + -ed.
Senses: examples: high-boughed hedges
glosses: Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
spellcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spellcastings
form: spell casting
form: spell-casting
Etymology: From spell + casting.
Senses: examples: text: The true mages, lifelong students of the arcane arts, practiced their trade with due respect for the magic, ever wary of the potential consequences of their spellcastings.
ref: 1988, R[obert] A[nthony] Salvatore, “The Gathering Gloom”, in The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy; 1), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 97:
text: Lewis unwittingly brings Izard back from the dead trying to impress a schoolmate with his spellcasting abilities, and all magical Hell breaks loose.
ref: 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018:
glosses: The casting of magic spells.
Related terms: spellcast
spellcaster
spellcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From spellcast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spellcast
painfilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more painfilled
form: most painfilled
Etymology: From pain + filled.
Senses: examples: text: A paper-thin line of blood welled up to meet the metal, and Lily, who had become very still from the moment the blade touched her, drew in a ragged, painfilled breath.
ref: 2010, Emily Bascom, Major Westhaven's Unwilling Ward:
synonyms: word: aching
word: sore
word: achesome
word: aching
word: achy
word: raw
word: hurt
word: hurty
word: griefful
word: pained
word: painfilled
word: painful
word: smartful
word: smarting
word: sore
word: suffering
word: tender
word: tormented
glosses: Filled with pain.
Related terms: painful
commandoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commando
genteeler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of genteel: more genteel
reholster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reholsters
form: reholstering
form: reholstered
form: reholstered
Etymology: From re- + holster.
Senses: glosses: To replace (a weapon) in its holster.
reholstering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reholster
reholstered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reholster
reholsters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reholster
jeaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: jeansed
Etymology: From jean + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: a tight-jeaned girl
text: a blue-jeaned man
text: Is there no way to prove to them that woollen-shirted, brown-jeaned simplicity is infinitely better than broad-clothed degradation?
ref: 1902, Paul Laurence Dunbar, chapter 15, in The Sport of the Gods, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, pages 212–213:
text: It is the merry jest of visiting urbanites to hail the blue-jeaned farmer as “Hiram” and ask with grotesque nasal whining after the welfare of his crops.
ref: 1937, Frederic Franklyn Van de Water, chapter 8, in A Home in the Country, page 153:
text: The audience was made up almost entirely of international youth, bearded and jeaned and unwashed.
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 79, in Earthly Powers, London: Hutchinson:
synonyms: jeansy
glosses: Wearing jeans.
Synonyms: bejeaned
antheap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antheaps
Etymology: From ant + heap.
Senses: glosses: anthill
antheaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antheap
rollered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From roller + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The fact that a steel-rollered machine, so long as it remains steel-rollered, did not infringe and was capable of lawful use as a complete machine in that state was irrelevant.
ref: 2013, Paul Torremans, Holyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law, page 157:
glosses: Having rollers.
Coordinate terms: wheeled
Related terms: roller bearing
rollerblade
roller skate
roller table
rollered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From roller + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roller
millhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlˌhaʊs/
Forms: form: millhouses
Etymology: From mill + house. Doublet of Mulhouse.
Senses: glosses: A building housing a gristmill, especially a domestic building that is also a mill.
Related terms: milkhouse
springhouse
millhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millhouse
nightscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightscopes
Etymology: From night + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An optical instrument that provides night vision.
nightscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightscope
tap dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The performance of tap dance.
tap dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tap dance
apurpose
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From a- + purpose.
Senses: examples: 1900-1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard
He did it apurpose!
glosses: on purpose; deliberately
tick and tie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ticks and ties
form: ticking and tying
form: ticked and tied
form: ticked and tied
Senses: examples: text: The leveling diagram can be used as a tick and tie list for the year 2000 team to ensure that no system or piece of hardware that should be fixed is overlooked.
ref: 1997, James Edward Keogh, Solving the Year 2000 Problem, page 131:
text: Rather than diving into the filing cabinets to tick and tie the paper trail, today's external audits start with a proper understanding of the business and the competitive environment in which a company operates.
ref: 2003, Mary Pat McCarthy, Tim Flynn, Risk From the CEO and Board Perspective, page 22:
text: Auditors do not necessarily tick and tie every single position held in a fund.
ref: 2012, Jason A. Scharfman, Private Equity Operational Due Diligence, page 239:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To make sure that every item in a ledger or in an inventory is accounted for and properly connected to other items to which it relates.
subchief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subchiefs
Etymology: From sub- + chief.
Senses: examples: text: Chatto (1860–1934) was a Chiricahua Apache subchief who later became an Apache Scout.
glosses: A lesser or secondary chief.
subchiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subchief
subchieftain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subchieftains
Etymology: From sub- + chieftain.
Senses: glosses: A lesser or secondary chieftain.
subchieftains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subchieftain
chickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪkiz/
rhymes: -ɪkiz
Senses: glosses: plural of chickie
narrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From narration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to narration.
outjutting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more outjutting
form: most outjutting
Etymology: From out- + jutting.
Senses: glosses: jutting outward
outjutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outjuttings
Etymology: From out- + jutting.
Senses: examples: text: Renaissance church spires thrust up over the orange-red rooftops, and still higher, the massive outjuttings of the Alps, surrounding the city, were visible from almost every point.
ref: 1986, Robert Alter, A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal, page 16:
glosses: That which juts outward; a protrusion.
allsorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: People are like a bag of allsorts; we are all different.
ref: 2014, Wendy Riley, Tales of Enchantment: Stories to Empower Positive Self-Change:
glosses: Liquorice allsorts.
winterweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From winter + weight.
Senses: glosses: Of relatively heavy weight, intended for use in cold winters.
raw_tags: of clothing
summerweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From summer + weight.
Senses: glosses: Of relatively light weight, intended for use in warm summers.
raw_tags: of clothing
bellbottom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bell-bottom.
coaldust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaldusts
Etymology: From coal + dust.
Senses: glosses: The dust of coal.
brickdust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brick + dust.
Senses: glosses: The dust of bricks.
glosses: A dark red color.
Derived terms: brickdust deposit
brickdust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From brick + dust.
Senses: examples: text: […] and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
glosses: Having a dark red color.
cataracted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cataracted
form: most cataracted
Etymology: From cataract + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The eyelids frozen open, the wide cataracted eyes, the loose lips, the dark pink tunnel of throat.
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 155:
glosses: Of an eye: clouded by a cataract.
cataracted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cataract + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cataract
harpstring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpstrings
form: harp-string
form: harp string
Etymology: From Middle English harpestring, harpestryng, harpe streng, from Old English hearpestreng (“harpstring”),
equivalent to harp + string. Cognate with Swedish harpsträng (“harpstring”), Icelandic hörpustrengur (“harpstring”).
Senses: examples: text: […] her voice shook like a harpstring.
ref: 2001, Jane Lane, A State of Mind, page 127:
glosses: The string of a harp.
harpstrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harpstring
washpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washpans
Etymology: From wash + pan.
Senses: glosses: A pan to hold water for washing.
washpans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washpan
upperworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From upper + works.
Senses: examples: text: On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.
ref: 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: superstructure
glosses: head; brains
knothead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knotheads
Etymology: From knot + head.
Senses: examples: text: CATHERINE: With the pace we've set it'll still be months before the mill's bankrupt. I don't know if I can wait that long. Besides, there's always a chance my knothead husband may decide to take a peek at those dusty old books.
ref: 1989, Mark Frost, David Lynch, Twin Peaks (television screenplay: episode 1)
glosses: A stupid or stubborn person.
knotheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knothead
ticks and ties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tick and tie
ticking and tying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tick and tie
highback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highbacks
Etymology: From high + back.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Part of a boot binding that extends from the back of the foot to cover the lower leg.
Related terms: highback chub
highbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highback
ticked and tied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tick and tie
lifelikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lifelike + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: That last conception of realism is certainly not the same as the notion of lifelikeness. Some of Magritte's paintings are very lifelike, for example, even though they do not show the sorts of scenes which one would ever actually encounter.
ref: 2013, Dominic Gregory, Showing, Sensing, and Seeming, page 161:
glosses: Quality of being lifelike.
knobkerrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knobkerries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knobkerry.
foreclaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreclaws
Etymology: From fore- + claw.
Senses: glosses: A front claw.
creekbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creekbanks
Etymology: From creek + bank.
Senses: glosses: The bank of a creek.
foreclaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreclaw
creekbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creekbank
roofbeam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roofbeams
Etymology: From roof + beam.
Senses: glosses: Any of the beams that form a roof.
prosperities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosperity
roofbeams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roofbeam
undog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undogs
form: undogging
form: undogged
form: undogged
Etymology: From un- + dog.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To unfasten (a hatch or door).
undogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undog
undogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undog
undogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undog
undogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Swiss were fat, free, and undogged by history.
ref: 2004, Edmund Blair Bolles, Einstein Defiant:
glosses: Not dogged, hounded, or harassed.
inexpressively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexpressively
form: most inexpressively
Etymology: From inexpressive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without expression.
misrecognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misrecognitions
Etymology: From mis- + recognition.
Senses: glosses: incorrect recognition
rezipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rezip
rezipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rezip
rezips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rezip
topsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topsider
cammies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: camouflage clothing
manhunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From man + hunting.
Senses: glosses: Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
midchannel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + channel.
Senses: examples: text: Far out the great ships were keeping mid-channel as scenting danger to come.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
qualifier: navigation
glosses: In the middle of a channel.
lunchbreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunchbreaks
form: lunch break
Etymology: From lunch + break.
Senses: glosses: A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
lunchbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchbreak
gundeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gundecks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gun deck.
gundeck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gundecks
form: gundecking
form: gundecked
form: gundecked
Senses: topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”).
synonyms: word: pencil whip
extra: to falsify records to suggest that work has been done
gundecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gundeck
gundecks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gundeck
rubbered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rubber + -ed.
Senses: examples: rubbered waterproof cloth
glosses: Treated or coated with rubber.
examples: text: Bobby laughed. 'She's away out for a meal with her pals. What are you lot up to the night, anyway?'
'Eh, getting rubbered, I suppose,' said Drew.
'Then hitting some disco,' added Gus.
ref: 1991, Gordon Legge, In Between Talking about the Football, page 63:
text: Steve celebrated his return to The Scotsman by getting rubbered that Friday night.
ref: 2011, Giulio Saggin, Deep Fried Pizza, page 95:
glosses: Thoroughly drunk.
reshoe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reshoes
form: reshoeing
form: reshoed
form: reshoed
form: reshod
form: reshod
Etymology: From re- + shoe.
Senses: glosses: To fit with new horseshoes.
reshoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reshoe
reshoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reshoe
reshoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reshoeings
Senses: glosses: The act of replacing an animal's horseshoe.
reshoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reshoe
reshod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reshoe
wannabees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wannabee
grandpop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandpops
Etymology: From grand- + pop.
Senses: glosses: grandfather
grandpops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandpop
subduedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subduedly
form: most subduedly
Etymology: From subdued + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subdued manner.
saucering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of saucer
saucered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saucer
saucerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From saucer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a saucer.
pawlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pawlike
form: most pawlike
Etymology: From paw + -like.
Senses: coordinate_terms: handlike
footlike
;
clawlike
fingerlike
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a paw.
uncinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncinches
form: uncinching
form: uncinched
form: uncinched
Etymology: From un- + cinch.
Senses: glosses: To loosen (a saddle, a belt, etc.).
unreflected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reflected.
Senses: glosses: Not reflected.
uncinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncinch
uncinches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncinch
uncinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncinch
noncomprehension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncomprehensions
Etymology: From non- + comprehension.
Senses: glosses: Lack of comprehension; failure to comprehend.
Synonyms: nonunderstanding
rosebed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosebeds
Etymology: From rose + bed.
Senses: glosses: A flowerbed where roses are grown.
Related terms: bed of roses
rosebeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosebed
lonesomer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lonesome: more lonesome
mimetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mimetically
form: most mimetically
Etymology: From mimetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a mimetic manner.
murmurously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more murmurously
form: most murmurously
Etymology: From murmurous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a murmurous manner.
informalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informality
lodgekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lodgekeepers
Etymology: From lodge + keeper.
Senses: glosses: The keeper of a lodge (at the entrance to a larger property)
lodgekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodgekeeper
cellophaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cellophane
cellophaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cellophane
cellophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellophane
cellophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cellophane
imperceptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more imperceptively
form: most imperceptively
Etymology: From imperceptive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: imperceptibly
floodlamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floodlamps
Etymology: From flood + lamp.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of floodlight.
synonyms: word: floodlight
floodlamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floodlamp
schoolmasterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolmasterish
form: most schoolmasterish
Etymology: From schoolmaster + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmaster.
Related terms: schoolmarmish
schoolmarmishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From schoolmarmish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being schoolmarmish.
firepits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firepit
bootsole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootsoles
Etymology: From boot + sole.
Senses: glosses: sole of a boot
bootsoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootsole
worriting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of worrit
worriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worritings
Senses: glosses: A worrying.
worrited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of worrit
workshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worksheds
Etymology: From work + shed.
Senses: examples: text: One night, when the old woman was asleep, he crept out of bed and took her walking-stick downstairs to his workshed.
ref: 1979, Roald Dahl, The Twits:
glosses: A shed where work is carried out.
worksheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workshed
junkshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkshops
Etymology: From junk + shop.
Senses: examples: text: Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
glosses: A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
junkshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkshop
woodfire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodfires
Etymology: From wood + fire.
Senses: hypernyms: fire#Noun
glosses: A fire that uses wood for fuel.
Related terms: word: campfire
word: firelog
word: firewood
word: wood burner
word: woodfired
word: woodsmoke
word: woodsmoked
word: woodstove
woodfires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodfire
overtunic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overtunics
Etymology: From over- + tunic.
Senses: examples: 1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel
The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King.
glosses: A tunic worn over other clothing.
overtunics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overtunic
sweetums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetums
Etymology: From sweet.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I want more bacon.’ / ‘There’s more in the frying pan, sweetums,’ said Aunt Petunia, turning misty eyes on her massive son. ‘We must feed you up while we’ve got the chance … I don’t like the sound of that school food …’
ref: 1998 July 2, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Worst Birthday”, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter; 2), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.
instrumentalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instrumentality
bedmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bed + making.
Senses: glosses: The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
coastlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastland
garageman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garagemen
Etymology: From garage + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male mechanic who works in a garage.
garagemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garageman
crookedest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookeder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crooked: more crooked
unmanicured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + manicured.
Senses: glosses: Not manicured.
plyboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plyboard
plyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plyboards
Etymology: From ply + board.
Senses: glosses: A material made from wooden boards glued together.
hairclip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairclips
Etymology: From hair + clip.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hair clip.
hairclips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairclip
feeblemindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feeblemindednesses
Etymology: From feebleminded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being feeble-minded; weak intellect.
sonofabitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonofabitch
semidarkened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + darkened.
Senses: examples: a semidarkened room
glosses: Partially darkened.
haycart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haycarts
Etymology: From hay + cart.
Senses: glosses: A cart for transporting hay.
haycarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haycart
funnybone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funnybones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of funny bone.
funnybones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funnybone
midevening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + evening.
Senses: glosses: The middle of the evening.
whichaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Did you see whichaway they went?
glosses: which way; in which direction.
unintermittent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + intermittent.
Senses: examples: text: The dust-storms have been not merely unintermittent, but of a frightful character, even for North China. Within the past two or three weeks they have taken the form of violent winds, each of which at sea would almost make a young typhoon. In the Hengshui district we hear that the roof of a theatrical pavilion was blown for miles, and that two children were blown away, one killed, and the other never heard of.
ref: 1891 May 29, “Western Shantung”, in North-China Herald, volume XLVI, number 1243, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 662, column 2:
glosses: Not intermittent.
midwatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwatches
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.
midwatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midwatch
jezebel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jezebels
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Jezebel.
jezebels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jezebel
asparkle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: a-sparkle
Etymology: From a- + sparkle.
Senses: examples: text: 1909, Ralph Henry Barbour, The Lilac Girl, Fairfield, IA: 1st World Library, 2004, Chapter 10, p. 86,
And when the sun shone against the walls of her palace it was filled with a lovely lavender light, and when the moon shone it was all asparkle with silver.
text: […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: Out on the deck, with the breeze blowing and the whole sea a-sparkle with light and movement, she felt little sickness at all;
ref: 1995, Philip Pullman, “Northern Lights”, in The Golden Compass, London: Scholastic, published 1998, Part 2, Chapter 10, p. 163:
text: […] I kept hoping for the film to spin back to the moment where my aunt materialized asparkle with the gems previously the property of the rabbi's late wife.
ref: 2004, Philip Roth, chapter 5, in The Plot Against America, London: Jonathan Cape, page 201:
glosses: Sparkling.
desireable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desireable
form: most desireable
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of desirable.
Derived terms: desireableness
unreturning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + returning.
Senses: examples: text: So, thou hast pass'd the unreturning gate,
Where dust with dust doth linger, and gone down
In all the beauty of thy blooming years
To this most sacred city of the dead.
ref: 1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Tomb of a Young Friend at Mount Auburn, page 34:
text: For gifts that die have living memories—
Voices of unreturning days, that breathe
The spirit of a day that never dies.
ref: 1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, Four Plays of Aeschylus, Dedication, page 4:
glosses: Not returning; not coming back.
Derived terms: unreturningly
Related terms: return
crashland
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crashlands
form: crashlanding
form: crashlanded
form: crashlanded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crash-land.
crashlands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crashland
crashlanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crashland
crashlanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crashland
tapwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tap water.
slantways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slantways
form: most slantways
Etymology: From slant + -ways.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slantwise.
nursey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurseys
Etymology: From nurse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Family Doctor. “Well, my little Man, and how are you this Morning?” Young Hopeful. “Oh, Nursey says I ’m ever so much Normaller to-day!”
ref: 1892 August 6, “A Satisfactory Patient”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CIII, London: […] Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of nursie.
nurseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nursey
rehook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehooks
form: rehooking
form: rehooked
form: rehooked
Etymology: From re- + hook.
Senses: glosses: To hook again.
rehooks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehook
rehooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehook
rehooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehook
wavetop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wavetops
Etymology: From wave + top.
Senses: examples: text: At length I could look up, and to a sea / Of fire wavetops; not wavetops of these seas / Ægean, white wavetops or black […]
ref: 1861, Richard Watson Dixon, Christ's company: and other poems, page 27:
glosses: The top of a wave of liquid.
wavetops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wavetop
ceilingwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ceiling + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Towards the ceiling.
fledgelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fledgeling
restuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restuffs
form: restuffing
form: restuffed
form: restuffed
Etymology: From re- + stuff.
Senses: glosses: To stuff again.
restuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restuff
restuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restuff
restuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restuff