cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
uncheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: unchecks
form: unchecking
form: unchecked
form: unchecked
Etymology: From un- + check.
Senses: examples: text: Uncheck the “save my password” box.
text: If you uncheck either of these check boxes, [Microsoft] Expression Web 2 will create all new Web pages with uppercase tag names and/or attributes. Current Web standards require that HTML tag names and attributes be lowercase. Therefore, pages created with either of these boxes unchecked will not be compatible with existing standards.
ref: 2008 March, Jim Cheshire, “Using Web Page Views”, in Using Microsoft Expression Web 2, special edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Que Publishing, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 138:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: unselect
word: untick
antonyms: check
glosses: To remove a checkmark.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
synonyms: offload
antonyms: check
glosses: To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.
Related terms: word: unchecked
checkmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkmarks
Etymology: From check + mark.
Senses: examples: text: Put a checkmark in the box corresponding to the correct answer.
text: But when records of bad decisions find their way into the spotlight, it is seemingly impossible to keep the pitchfork-wielding blue checkmarks at bay.
ref: 2019 February 14, Erik Halvorson, “Past wrongs should be met with grace and forgiveness”, in The Hillside Collegian, Hillsdale College, page A5:
text: While economists generally say that a W remains entirely possible, they aren’t willing to make it their most-likely forecast because it hinges on two total unknowns: whether there is another spike in infections, and whether states will shut down again if that happens. Analysts who venture a guess increasingly favor a nonletter shape as their base-case: the checkmark.
ref: 2020 May 29, Jeanna Smialek, “Forget Swooshes and V’s. The Economy’s Future Is a Question Mark.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of check mark.
checkmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checkmarks
form: checkmarking
form: checkmarked
form: checkmarked
Etymology: From check + mark.
Senses: glosses: To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick.
permeablise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: permeablises
form: permeablising
form: permeablised
form: permeablised
Etymology: From permeable + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of permeabilize.
permeabilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: permeabilizes
form: permeabilizing
form: permeabilized
form: permeabilized
form: permeablise
form: permeablize
form: permeabilise
Senses: glosses: To make something permeable.
Derived terms: electropermeabilize
electropermeabilized
hyperpermeabilized
nonpermeabilized
nonpermeabilizing
permeabilizable
permeabilizer
prepermeabilized
repermeabilize
semipermeabilized
unpermeabilized
junior synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junior synonyms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name.
senior synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senior synonyms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes the same taxon as one or more subsequently published names.
ordres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordre
ordres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ordre
bonnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonne
entreprises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entreprise
jambes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jambe
Skinnerian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Skinnerians
Etymology: From Skinner + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who endorses the behavioristic tradition of B. F. Skinner, that is, psychology should study the conditions under which behavior occurs, and that behavior is observable and measurable, as are the environmental conditions that control it.
Skinnerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Skinnerian
form: most Skinnerian
Etymology: From Skinner + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the methods and theories of B. F. Skinner
Related terms: Skinner box
Skinnerism
permafrozen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From perma- + frozen.
Senses: examples: text: Piece of cake? her mind screeched. Piece of ten-million-year-old permafrozen glacier, maybe.
ref: 2006, Terri Farley, Phantom Stallion #21, page 210:
text: Pingos form by the penetration of unfrozen but saturated sands to the surface through a layer of permafrozen ground.
ref: 2001, Graham Taylor, R.A. Eggleton, Regolith Geology and Geomorphology, page 239:
text: With the very long winter, permafrozen soil, and low evaporation, the soil is waterlogged.
ref: 1980, Robert Auty, Companion to Russian Studies: An Introduction to Russian History, page 11:
glosses: permanently frozen
Related terms: permafrost
regarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regardes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of regard.
regarde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regardes
form: regarding
form: regarded
form: regarded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of regard.
idées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idée
preoccupied name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preoccupied names
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In zoological nomenclature, a name which is formally published, but which had already been used for another taxon; this second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced.
preoccupied names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preoccupied name
senior synonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senior synonym
junior synonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junior synonym
druggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: druggies
Etymology: From drug + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of druggie.
druggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: druggier
form: druggiest
Etymology: From drug + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).
ref: 2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc.
Derived terms: druggily
drugginess
unsuited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsuited
form: most unsuited
Etymology: From un- + suited.
Senses: examples: text: […] we are convinced, from considerable experience and observation, that the class of diseases described by Sir James as unsuited to the climate of Pau, et vice versâ […]
ref: 1842, A. Taylor, “On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrénées, on Disease, &c.”, in The Lancet, volume II, page 885:
text: It might have been a good thing if he had, unsuited as he was physically, but the mood passed easily under fraternal dissuadings and a feeling of duty toward his father.
ref: 1933, James Truslow Adams, Henry Adams:
text: Reggie was a “release” from Guiding Eyes; he kept leading his trainers into light poles, so he was deemed temperamentally unsuited to be a service dog.
ref: 2011 June 11, Robin Finn, “Sunday Routine: Jessica Walter”, in The New York Times, retrieved 05 Dec 2011:
glosses: Not suited to a specific purpose.
glosses: Not compatible; mismatched.
examples: text: an unsuited astronaut
glosses: Not wearing a suit.
examples: text: You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.
ref: 2005, Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em, page 270:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Not of the same suit.
raw_tags: said of two or more cards
infective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more infective
form: most infective
Etymology: From infect + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood.
ref: 1984 December 29, Christine Guilfoy, “Health Worker's AIDS Prompts Investigation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 2:
glosses: Able to cause infection; infectious
Derived terms: antiinfective
autoinfective
coinfective
disinfective
infectiveness
infectivity
noninfective
parainfective
postinfective
subinfective
superinfective
uninfective
infective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: infectives
Etymology: From infect + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
ref: 2002, Belinda Barnes, Glenn Fulford, Mathematical Modeling with Case Studies, →ISBN, page 140:
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.
Coordinate terms: immune
susceptible
finfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finfishes
form: finfish
Etymology: From fin + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
glosses: Clipped compound of finned fish, as in e.g. ray-finned fish; used to distinguish them from shellfish, cartilaginous fish and other similar aquatic creatures customarily used as food.
Related terms: word: fishly
word: piscine
word: fishy
sense: astronomical
word: The Fish
sense: astronomical
word: Pisces
word: bony fish
word: finned fish
word: Osteichthyes
word: ray-finned
underflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underflows
Etymology: From under- + flow, modelled on overflow.
Senses: glosses: A current flowing below the surface.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored; usually treated as an error condition.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The error condition that results from an attempt to retrieve an item from an empty stack.
Related terms: overflow
underflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underflows
form: underflowing
form: underflowed
form: underflowed
Etymology: From under- + flow, modelled on overflow.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To trigger the condition in which the value of a computed quantity is smaller than the smallest non-zero value that can be physically stored.
examples: text: Upon an attempt to pop an empty stack, the stack underflows […]
ref: 2022, Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition, page 255:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To trigger the error condition resulting from attempting to retrieve a value from an empty stack.
unjustifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unjustifiable
form: most unjustifiable
Etymology: From un- + justifiable.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: indefensible, inexcusable, unforgivable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprovoked, unreasonable, regrettable, unacceptable, unworthy, remiss, blameworthy, culpable, unwarrantable, excessive, immoderate, unconscionable, outrageous, groundless, unfounded, foundationless, baseless, unsupported, unsubstantiated, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, invalid, untenable, weak, shaky, flawed, defective
text: From track level, its operating floor looks particularly capacious, but there is a vacant space at one end which was designed to accommodate the control panel for the Perth-Inverness C.T.C. scheme; this was adumbrated as long ago as the 1955 Modernisation Plan, but now seems to be regarded as an unjustifiable luxury.
ref: 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 270:
glosses: That cannot be justified, excused or pardoned.
Derived terms: unjustifiability
unjustifiableness
unjustifiably
unfairness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfɛənəs/
ipa: /ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/
ipa: /ɐnˈfeːnəs/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ɐnˈfeənəs/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ɐnˈfiənəs/
ipa: /ʌnˈfeɹnəs/
ipa: /ʊnˈfɛːnəs/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ʊnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəs/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ʊnˈfeːnəs/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
Forms: form: unfairnesses
Etymology: From unfair + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
ref: 2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It:
antonyms: fairness
glosses: The state of being unfair; lack of justice.
examples: text: That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: An unjust act or situation.
wrongdoings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrongdoing
unrewarding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrewarding
form: most unrewarding
Etymology: From un- + rewarding.
Senses: glosses: Not providing reward or satisfaction
uninterruptedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uninterrupted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They adopted the singular, though in their case probably advantageous, decision to continue each to have a separate place of abode, in order that each might work uninterruptedly, […]
ref: 1890, Lucy Madox Rossetti, chapter 1, in Mrs. Shelley, pages 19–20:
text: Speed downhill was not allowed to exceed 77½ m.p.h., then, after a 63 m.p.h. slowing through Creil, the more gradual rise to Gannes was climbed at between 75 and 79 m.p.h. uninterruptedly.
ref: 1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 804:
text: Save for the three brief ¼-mile descents, before Bakewell, Monsal Dale and Miller's Dale, the line is climbing uninterruptedly at round about 1 in 100 for 9 miles from Rowsley almost to Miller's Dale, [...].
ref: 1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177:
glosses: Without interruption.
Synonyms: ceaselessly
incessantly
nonstop
continuously
Related terms: interrupt
interruption
uninterrupted
subdecurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subdecurrent
form: most subdecurrent
Etymology: From sub- + decurrent.
Senses: examples: text: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.
topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
emarginate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more emarginate
form: most emarginate
Etymology: From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
raw_tags: of leaves
examples: text: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate.
topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point.
examples: 1840 Georges Cuvier Cuvier's Animal kingdom (intranslation).
In the Haliotus, Lam, the shell is perforated along the side of the columella with a series of holes; and when the last hole remains incomplete, the shell has the appearance of beiing emarginate.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.
Derived terms: emarginately
subemarginate
emarginate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emarginates
form: emarginating
form: emarginated
form: emarginated
Etymology: From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”).
Senses: examples: text: The radius resembles that of Nesodon in form, but is proportionately shorter and stouter; the distal end is especially massive and the scaphoid facet emarginates the dorsal border more deeply and in a more conspicuous way.
ref: 1909, William John Sinclair, Mammalia of the Santa Cruz Beds: Typotheria. I., page 156:
text: a radial depression extends from the beak to the anterior ventral margin, which it slightly emarginates;
ref: 1926, Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, page 27:
text: At most, the groove emarginates only one-third the distal surface of the femur.
ref: 1995, Robert A. Long, Philip A. Murry, Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States, page 180:
glosses: To take away the margin of.
examples: text: The palate in Leptictis emarginates between M's.
ref: 1986, Michael J. Novacek, The Skull of Leptictid Insectivorans and the Higher-level Classification of Eutherian Mammals, page 26:
text: This membrane emarginates at intervals, forming pits.
ref: 2004, M.S. Mani, Progress in Invertebrate Zoology, page 90:
text: The body shape is mostly circular in stage 1, then becomes elongated, and the hindbody emarginates at later stages.
ref: 2007, Zoological Studies - Volume 46, Issues 4-6, page 754:
glosses: To lose the margin.
examples: text: Hegel ignores, represses, and emarginates these factors in order to found his logic on a dialectic conceived as the appropriation of the other, rather than a becoming other (Anderswerden).
ref: 1992, Robert C. Holub, Crossing Borders, page 44:
text: Indeed, it has been argued that the theory of Anglo conformity is inherently discriminatory: it requires assimilation into a majoritarian culture and inferentially emarginates other legitimate forms of cultural expression .
ref: 2000, John A. Kromkowski, Race and Ethnic Relations 2000-2001, page 151:
text: The economic process, then, converges in that space and emarginates whole categories of residents from zones rendered inaccessible to them because they are beyond their financial means.
ref: 2004, Benjamin Tonna, Gospel for the Cities: A Socio-Theology of Urban Ministry, page 54:
text: Their antisocial behavior may be a conscious or subconscious act against a system that they feel to be uncaring and oppressive, and that, in their opinion, emarginates them from the mainstream of society.
ref: 2011, George B. Palermo, The Faces of Violence, page 81:
glosses: To marginalize.
braquemards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braquemard
andantino
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more andantino
form: most andantino
Etymology: From Italian andantino, the diminutive of andante.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of a tempo that is slightly faster than andante but slower than moderato.
andantino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andantinos
Etymology: From Italian andantino, the diminutive of andante.
Senses: glosses: A piece of music played in this style.
arachnoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arachnitis
Etymology: From arachnoid + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord.
radiculopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiculopathies
Etymology: From radiculo- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves.
Related terms: polyradiculopathy
radiculopathic
bluer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blue: more blue
bluer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: bluers
Etymology: From blue + -er (“Oxford -er”). Used at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: Bluer buttons illustrate the principle of 'keeping under'. The Knoll rule book states: 'It is a one year priv. [privilege] to have the bottom button on one's bluer undone [and] a three summer priv. to have all the buttons of one's bluer undone.'
ref: 1981, James Anthony Mangan, Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School, Psychology Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 170:
text: He was alone in his room, in his bluer and his tie, seated on a chair, leaning over his bed like a desk—his preferred way to study—holding the stapled pages of the script, muttering the words.
ref: 2011, Justin Evans, “Voraciously”, in The White Devil:
qualifier: school slang
glosses: A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
Related terms: english: grey uniform trousers
translation: grey uniform trousers
word: greyers
bluer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: bluers
Etymology: From blue + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”).
synonyms: word: blue
extra: blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing
blacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblækɚ/
rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blackers
Etymology: From black + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Then "G. A. R." did shoulder his burden and with much labor made footprints for a hostelry afar off, where he might put it in for safe keeping, while the venders of papers and the ragged blackers of boots followed in his train and pelted him […]
ref: 1895, The Gopher: Annual Publication of the Student Body of the University of Minnesota:
glosses: One who blacks (in various senses).
examples: text: Blackers across the globe, many of them teens and preteens, are embroiled in a ferocious game of one-upsmanship, battling to see how many notes they can cram into a single composition. First it was 100K, then 500K, then a million—now upwards of five million notes are common.
ref: 2013 December 30, Matt Earp, “Meet the 15-Year-Old Boy King of Black MIDI”, in VICE, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2023:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who creates black MIDI music.
blacker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblækɚ/
rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of black: more black
pinker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pink: more pink
pinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpɪŋkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pinkers
Senses: examples: text: The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.
ref: 2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry, page 92:
glosses: One who pinks (in various senses).
Related terms: english: pinking shears
translation: pinking shears
word: pinkers
purpler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of purple: more purple
greyer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grey: more grey
grayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪɚ/
rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gray: more gray
blonder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blond: more blond
glosses: comparative form of blonde: more blonde
rustier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rusty: more rusty
mustier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of musty: more musty
pinkest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pink: most pink
greyest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grey: most grey
grayest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪ.ɪst/
rhymes: -eɪɪst
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gray: most gray
blondest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blond: most blond
glosses: superlative form of blonde: most blonde
rustiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rusty: most rusty
mustiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of musty: most musty
bluffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌfɚ/
ipa: /ˈblʌfə/
rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bluffers
Etymology: From bluff + -er.
Senses: glosses: one who bluffs
bluffer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌfɚ/
ipa: /ˈblʌfə/
rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ)
Etymology: From bluff + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bluff: more bluff
OISE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɪsi/
note: especially locally
ipa: /ˈɔɪzi/
rhymes: -ɔɪsi
rhymes: -ɔɪzi
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, of the University of Toronto.
covens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coven
consensuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consensus
consensuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of consensus
zoom lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoom lens
zero-point energies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero-point energy
yes men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yes-men
Senses: glosses: plural of yes man
X-ray therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-ray therapy
words of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word of honor
words of honour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word of honour
wood pussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood pussy
witness boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witness box
wise men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wise man
wireless telegraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireless telegraphy
QEW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: QE
form: Queen E
Senses: glosses: The Queen Elizabeth Way, a heavily-traveled Canadian highway connecting the Peace Bridge at Buffalo, New York to Toronto, Ontario.
wire brushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire brush
window boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window box
wide-angle lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wide-angle lens
TTC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of triphenyl tetrazolium chloride.
TTC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of trying to conceive.
TTC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Toronto Transit Commission.
examples: text: to take the TTC to work
topics: transport
glosses: Public transportation, such as trains or buses, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission.
metaescaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + escaline.
Senses: glosses: A lesser-known psychedelic drug, 3,4-dimethoxy-5-ethoxyphenethylamine; It is an analog of mescaline. Little data exists about the pharmacological properties.
Related terms: phenethylamine
psychedelics
OIBITDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of operating income before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.
open box
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: Pertaining to a product sold by merchants at a discount, because the item was returned but found not to be defective.
preambulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preambulates
form: preambulating
form: preambulated
form: preambulated
Etymology: From pre- + ambulate, or from Latin praeambulo, praeambulatus.
Senses: glosses: To walk before; figuratively, to precede.
prosti-tot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosti-tots
Senses: examples: 2007. MSNBC.com on Feb. 4, 2007.http://www.MSNBC.com, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16961761/site/newsweek/
glosses: Alternative spelling of prostitot.
two-spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuːˌspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /tuˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuˌspɪɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪt (one pronunciation)
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From two + spirit.
Senses: examples: text: Paul's grasp of the [Holy] Spirit as the sign of the erupting messianic age is at odds with the two-spirit thought of Qumran which never became incompatible with law observance.
ref: 1957, The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press [for the Harvard Divinity School], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 133:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
two-spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuːˌspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /tuˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuˌspɪɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪt (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: two-spirits
form: two spirit
Etymology: The noun is derived from two + spirit, coined in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal Native American, First Nations, Gay and Lesbian American Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based on Ojibwe niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”) (coined at the same conference), from niizh (“two”) + manidoo (“spirit”) + -wag (suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun); the term was created to replace berdache in anthropological literature which was considered offensive.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: The Lakota, by the way, called their Two-Spirits winkte and wapetokeca which means "people with special powers."
ref: 2006, Walter L[ee] Williams, Toby Johnson, “About the Historical Accuracy of this Novel”, in Two Spirits: A Story of Life with the Navajo, Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 322:
text: "The elders will tell you the difference between a gay Indian and a Two-Spirit," he [Joey Criddle] said, underscoring the idea that simply being gay and Indian does not make someone a Two-Spirit.
ref: 2006 October 8, John Leland, “A spirit of belonging, inside and out”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024:
text: The term/identity of two-spirit does not make sense unless it is contextualized within a Native American frame […] Today, most people associate the term with LGBT Natives; however, the work of the two-spirit organizations is more akin with the traditional understanding
ref: c. 2013, Harlan Pruden, Se-ah-dom Edmo, “Two-spirit People: Sex, Gender & Sexuality in Historic and Contemporary Native America”, in ESIT Weekly, [Olympia, Wash.]: Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families, published 18 March 2022, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025, page [2]:
synonyms: 2
2S
berdache
hermaphrodite
glosses: A Native North American bisexual, homosexual, or gender-variant person; especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender, fourth-gender, or transgender cultural category that has a ceremonial role.
Derived terms: 2
2S
two-spirited
Related terms: word: acault
english: now considered offensive
translation: now considered offensive
word: berdachism
word: sworn virgin
two-spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuːˌspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /tuˈspɪɹɪt/
ipa: /ˈtuˌspɪɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪt (one pronunciation)
Etymology: The noun is derived from two + spirit, coined in 1990 at the Third Annual Inter-tribal Native American, First Nations, Gay and Lesbian American Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based on Ojibwe niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”) (coined at the same conference), from niizh (“two”) + manidoo (“spirit”) + -wag (suffix denoting the third-person plural of an animate noun); the term was created to replace berdache in anthropological literature which was considered offensive.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: A Hupa two-spirit male told me: / I was real feminine as a child, from as early as I can remember. […] Within the family, Indians believe you can be whatever you choose.
ref: 1996, Walter L[ee] Williams, “Two-spirit Persons: Gender Nonconformity among Native American and Native Hawaiian Youths”, in Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Kenneth M. Cohen, editors, The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Children to Adults, Fort Worth, Tex.; Philadelphia, Pa.: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, →ISBN, part 4 (Cultural and Mental Health Issues), page 421:
text: [I]t should come as no surprise that many Native American gay, lesbian, transgender, and other two-spirit people consider the term "berdache" derogatory.
ref: 1997, Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, Sabine Lang, “Introduction”, in Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, Sabine Lang, editors, Two-spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality, Urbana; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 4:
text: In Canada there are now aboriginal (as we are termed in Canadian English) AIDS projects in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia, due almost entirely to the efforts of two-spirit (gay/lesbian) people.
ref: 1997, Ron Rowell, “Developing AIDS Services for Native Americans: Rural and Urban Contrasts”, in Lester B. Brown, editor, Two Spirit People: American Indian, Lesbian Women and Gay Men, Binghamton, N.Y.; London: Harrington Park Press, →ISBN, page 88:
text: Instead of seeing two-spirit persons as transsexuals who try to make themselves into "the opposite sex", it is more accurate to understand them as individuals who take on a gender status that is different from both men and women. […] Two-spirit people were respected by native societies not only due to religious attitudes, but also because of practical concerns. […] Two-spirit persons assisted their siblings' children and took care of elderly relatives, and often served as adoptive parents for homeless children.
ref: 2010 October 11, Walter L[ee] Williams, “The ‘two-spirit’ people of indigenous North Americans”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025:
synonyms: two-spirited
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit (noun sense).
cun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌn/
ipa: /kʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: cuns
form: cunning
form: cunned
form: cunned
Etymology: From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.
Senses: glosses: To know.
Related terms: cunning
cun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌn/
ipa: /kʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: cuns
form: cunning
form: cunned
form: cunned
Etymology: See conn, cond.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”).
cun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌn/
ipa: /kʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
ipa: /tsuːn/
ipa: /kʌn/
ipa: /kʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: cuns
form: cun
form: tsun
Etymology: From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.
chu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃuː/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).
Senses: examples: text: By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime^([sic]) I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."
ref: 1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
text: >Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.
<chu!>
Seems fine to me. ^_^
ref: 2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):
text: movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~
ref: 2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):
topics: anime
broadcasting
film
manga
media
television
glosses: The sound of a kiss.
Related terms: mwah
smooch
chu
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃuː/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.
Senses: synonyms: cha
glosses: You.
stumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumers
Senses: glosses: Something worthless or counterfeit.
examples: text: […] the agony of having put his little all on a stumer that hadn't finished in the first six.
ref: 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
glosses: A racehorse that is sure to lose.
HIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hĭp
ipa: /hɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: HIPs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Home Information Pack.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel-industry
glosses: Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Acronym of historically informed performance.
glosses: Initialism of hot isostatic pressing
Home Information Pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Home Information Packs
Senses: glosses: A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP
Synonyms: Seller's Pack
Seller's Pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Home Information Pack.
educand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: educands
Etymology: From Latin educandus (“that which is to be educated”), future passive participle of educo (“educate”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who is to be, or is being educated
deaccession
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːækˈsɛʃən/
Forms: form: deaccessions
form: deaccessioning
form: deaccessioned
form: deaccessioned
Etymology: From de- + accession.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps he forgets that museums, too, have basements full of stored art, and not every piece is equally adored. The temptation must be great to “deaccession” some of it, and museums often do succumb.
ref: 2000 December, Jeanne Schinto, “Obscure Objects of Lapsed Desire”, in The Atlantic:
text: Over the past few years, the museum has quietly begun deaccessioning—the genteel art-world euphemism for “getting rid of”—large numbers of its city artifacts.
ref: 2010 June, John Freeman Gill, “Ghosts of New York”, in The Atlantic:
text: The second is an unwritten rule that when a museum deaccessions a picture, the money should be used to purchase art only of the same period.
ref: 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
synonyms: deacquisition#Verb
glosses: To officially remove an object from a ledger of a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold or disposed.
deaccession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːækˈsɛʃən/
Forms: form: deaccessions
Etymology: From de- + accession.
Senses: examples: text: At the last board meeting, trustee Edmund Carpenter moved to clamp down on private trades. All deaccessions, he proposed, should go to other museums, or failing that, to public sale with full disclosure of records and documentation. The motion failed to get a second and there the matter died.
ref: 1974 March 31, Leah Gordon, “Trading a Museum's Treasure—a Very Hazardous Business”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
antonyms: accession#Noun
coordinate_terms: deacquisition#Noun
glosses: The disposal of objects in this way, or the disposed object itself.
showjumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showjumpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of show jumper.
undeniably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undeniably
form: most undeniably
Etymology: From undeniable + -ly, equivalent to un- + deny + -ably.
Senses: examples: text: [A]nd gaunt though his figure, and far from elegant though his dressing-robe, there was that about him which spoke undeniably of the grand seigneur— [...]
ref: 1853, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in “My Novel”; Or Varieties in English Life […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book tenth, page 115:
text: It created inter-city and intermodal services, which were genuinely world leading. And it undeniably pushed British Railways into the modern era.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
synonyms: indeniably
glosses: In an undeniable manner, or to an undeniable extent.
examples: text: The third movie was undeniably the best.
synonyms: indisputably
unquestionably
glosses: Used as a modal adverb to assert that that the indicated statement is undeniable.
Shriner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shriners
Etymology: From shrine + -er.
Senses: topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: A member of the fraternal Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
birdcall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birdcalls
Etymology: From bird + call.
Senses: examples: text: If all the introduced species were somehow miraculously removed, I seriously doubt whether many native species would be able to fill their niche and our cities would fall silent of birdcalls - lyrebirds aren't really into feeding on human refuse.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 43:
glosses: Any vocalization of a bird.
glosses: An imitation of this cry.
glosses: A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds.
birdcall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdcalls
form: birdcalling
form: birdcalled
form: birdcalled
Etymology: From bird + call.
Senses: glosses: To imitate the cry of a bird.
Derived terms: birdcaller
Related terms: bird song
clinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clink
diaphanously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diaphanously
form: most diaphanously
Etymology: From diaphanous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.]
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 89:
glosses: In a diaphanous manner.
unobtrusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/
Forms: form: more unobtrusively
form: most unobtrusively
Etymology: From unobtrusive + -ly or un- + obtrusively.
Senses: examples: text: He felt not the slightest doubt in his mind that this was the girl who had written him, and, having given an order to the waiter, he started to study her face as unobtrusively as possible.
ref: 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
text: Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12:
text: Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 40:
text: Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 140, about Cruden Bay:
glosses: In an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
Synonyms: sense: in an unobtrusive manner
word: inconspicuously
sense: in an unobtrusive manner
word: subtly
Related terms: obtrusive
unobtrusive
unobtrusiveness
unself-conscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unself-conscious
form: most unself-conscious
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unselfconscious.
torturous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃəɹəs/
ipa: /ˈtɔːt͡ʃəɹəs/
Forms: form: more torturous
form: most torturous
Etymology: From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to torture.
glosses: Painful, excruciating, torturing.
Synonyms: tormentous
Pascha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paschas
form: pascha
Etymology: From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paska, paskha, and Pesach.
Senses: glosses: Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)
glosses: Easter, the most important Christian religious holy day or feast.
qualifier: Oriental Orthodoxy
glosses: Orthodox Christian church services during the week succeeding Easter.
Derived terms: word: Kyriopascha
word: Paschal
word: paschal
english: Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον
translation: Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον
word: crucifixional Pascha
english: Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον
translation: Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον
word: crucifixional pascha
english: Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον
translation: Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον
word: resurrectional Pascha
english: Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον
translation: Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον
word: resurrectional pascha
Pascha
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pascha
Etymology: From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paska, paskha, and Pesach.
Senses: examples: text: In the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week is the week succeeding Easter.
qualifier: Oriental Orthodoxy
glosses: Pertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).
Synonyms: Paschal
paschal
Derived terms: Pascha egg
Chiara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Chiara.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.