cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
recontinuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recontinuation
crow-trodden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crow-trodden
form: most crow-trodden
Senses: examples: text: Do I look as if I were crow-trodden?
ref: c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Custome of the Countrey”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:
glosses: Marked with crow's feet, wrinkles about the eyes.
inofficially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inofficially
form: most inofficially
Etymology: From inofficial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Unofficially.
embow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbəʊ/
Forms: form: embows
form: embowing
form: embowed
form: embowed
Etymology: From em- + bow.
Senses: examples: text: embowed arches
ref: 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:
text: with gilded horns embowd like the moon
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To bend like a bow; to curve.
Derived terms: embowment
embowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A dexter and sinister arm embowed in armour, each hand grasping a spear erect […]
ref: 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Bent, curved or arched like a bow.
Derived terms: counterembowed
embowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embow
embowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of embow
embows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embow
outswollen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outswell
cytogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + -genous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Producing cells; applied especially to lymphatic or adenoid tissue.
soldierwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soldier + wood; plants of species Colubrina elliptica make a sound like that of musket fire when they disperse their peppercorn-size seeds.
Senses: synonyms: stickpea
glosses: A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the Caribbean, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
synonyms: nakedwood
glosses: A plant of species Colubrina elliptica
bregmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: bregmatic diameter
text: bregmatic flattening
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the bregma.
Derived terms: basibregmatic
mentobregmatic
occipitobregmatic
Origenist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Ōrigenista, from Ōrigenēs + -ista. By surface analysis, Origen + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: Origenistic
glosses: Of or relating to Origenism, the teachings of Origen of Alexandria that were anathematized by the Synod of Constantinople (543).
Origenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Origenists
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Ōrigenista, from Ōrigenēs + -ista. By surface analysis, Origen + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A follower of Origenism.
Origenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Origenist
chlorpicrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlor- + picrin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: chloropicrin
indeposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + deposable.
Senses: examples: text: Princes indeposable by the pope.
ref: 1673, Edward Stillingfleet, A sermon preached November V 1673 at St. Margarets Westminster:
synonyms: undeposable
glosses: Incapable of being deposed.
antidysenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + dysenteric.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Working against dysentery.
antidysenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidysenterics
Etymology: From anti- + dysenteric.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A medicine for dysentery.
antidysenterics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidysenteric
incameration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Treaty of Pisa, signed the 17th of February 1664, ended the quarrels between the court of France and the pope. . . . ‘The pope shall revoke the incameration of the duchies of Castro and Ronciglione. The duke of Parma shall take possession of them, paying to the apostolical chamber the sum he owes it, of a million three hundred twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty crowns.’
ref: 1762, Paul M. Rapin de Thoyras, Nicolas Tindal, The History of England, Volume 12, page 382:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The incorporation of certain property, rights, or income into the dominion of the Pope.
lampron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamprons
Etymology: Compare Old English lampreon.
Senses: glosses: A lamprey.
lamprons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampron
divesture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divestures
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of divestiture.
pendently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pendently
form: most pendently
Etymology: From pendent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pendent manner.
sleighty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sleighty
form: most sleighty
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sleighty; equivalent to sleight + -y.
Senses: examples: text: You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.
ref: 1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden:
glosses: cunning; sly
glosses: nimble; dexterous
snary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɛəɹi/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: more snary
form: most snary
Etymology: From snare + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.
greegree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greegrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gris-gris.
greegrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greegree
farcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑː.si/
ipa: /ˈfɑɹ.si/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si
Forms: form: farcies
form: farcin
Etymology: From French farcin, from Latin farcīminum (“a disease of horses”), from farciō (“to stuff, to fill”). See farce.
Senses: glosses: The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
Derived terms: word: farcical
word: farcied
word: farcinous
word: farcy bud
word: pseudofarcy
moorpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moor + pan. Compare hardpan.
Senses: synonyms: moorband
glosses: A clayey layer underlying some moors.
sharker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharkers
Etymology: From shark + -er. See sharking.
Senses: glosses: One who lives by trickery; a conman.
glosses: A shark fisher
sharkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharker
animadverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animadverters
Etymology: From animadvert + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who animadverts; a censurer or criticiser.
animadverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animadverter
reticulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reticulose
form: most reticulose
Senses: examples: text: A reticulose rhizopod is one in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.
glosses: Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated structure.
reticulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The possible protective effects of ferritin and reticulose are being studied.
ref: 1951, United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps, Consolidated R&D Annual Project Report, page 557:
text: Recently, reticulose has been described as an immune system modulator, and early clinical studies have shown that reticuose has an ability to rapidly inhibit the course of a variety of viral diseases, particularly in the acute stage.
ref: 1998, Atta-ur Rahman, Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, page 531:
text: There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.
ref: 1998, Gavin Dillard, In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, page 141:
glosses: A solution of ribonucleic acid and short-chain peptides that has been used as an antiviral medication.
trendle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trendles
Etymology: From Middle English trendel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English trendel (“circle, ring”), a variant of Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend + -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend, trindle.
Senses: examples: text: The shaft the wheele, the wheele the trendle turnes
ref: 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
glosses: A wheel, spindle, or other thing that rotates in a similar way, such as a trundle.
Related terms: trendle-tail
trendles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trendle
Allhallown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Written in great hast on Allhallown euen.
ref: 1577, Raphael Holinshed et al., “Henry the sixte”, in The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, volume I, London: John Hunne, page 1228:
text: Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, All-hallown summer!
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the time of All Hallows'.
lilacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪləsɪn/
Etymology: From lilac + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: syringin
imitater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imitaters
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imitator.
imitaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imitater
erectopatent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erect + -o- + patent.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Standing partially spread and erect; said of the wings of certain insects.
feuar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuːə(ɹ)/
homophone: fewer
Forms: form: feuars
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots feuar.
Senses: examples: text: These out-field spots were selected by any feuar at his own choice, amongst the sheep-walks and hills which were always annexed to the Township
ref: 1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
text: In 1835 he cleared the green by giving his sixty tenants, or feuars, land behind their cottages[.]
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 4:
topics: law
property
glosses: One who holds a feu.
feuars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feuar
unpalpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + palpable.
Senses: glosses: Not palpable; impalpable.
ruberythrinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin ruber (“red”) + erythrin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid extracted from madder root; a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.
bombilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bombilates
form: bombilating
form: bombilated
form: bombilated
Etymology: From Latin bombizātum, supine form of bombizō (“buzz, fart”).
Senses: glosses: To hum or buzz.
epiploa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiploon
colostral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to colostrum.
Derived terms: precolostral
typothetae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /taɪˈpɒθɪtiː/
Etymology: From type + Ancient Greek θέτης (thétēs, “one who places”).
Senses: glosses: printers, typesetters
heavenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heavenizes
form: heavenizing
form: heavenized
form: heavenized
Etymology: From heaven + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: But, O my soul, if thou be once soundly heavenized in thy thoughts and affections, it shall be otherwise with thee […]
ref: 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To render like heaven or fit for heaven.
heavenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heavenize
heavenizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heavenize
heavenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heavenize
periganglionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + ganglionic.
Senses: examples: text: the periganglionic glands of the frog
text: periganglionic extensions
text: periganglionic sinus
text: periganglionic vessel
text: periganglionic plexus
text: periganglionic space
text: periganglionic invasion
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a ganglion.
rhodammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhodo- + ammonium.
Senses: examples: text: Rhodammonium Compounds. By S. M. JÖRGENSEN (J. pr. Chem. [2], 25, 346-348).— The author has prepared and cursorily examined some of the rhodammonium compounds, and has found them to be strictly analogous to the cobalt- and chrom-ammonium compounds.
ref: 1882, “Abstracts of Chemical Papers”, in Journal of the Chemical Society - Part 2, page 1173:
text: Rhodammonium Hydroxide, Rh₂(NH₃) ₁₀ (OH)₆, is obtained by warming rhodammonium chloride with water and silver oxide, and evaporating the solution.
ref: 1891, Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, A Treatise on Chemistry: Metals, page 436:
text: When the ammoniacal compound is mixed with excess ammonia and the solution filtered and concentrated, a yellow salt is obtained, which, on treatment with water, loses ammonium chloride and forms rhodammonium trichloride, 10NH₃Rh₂Cl₆.
ref: 1896, Thomas Edward Thorpe, The metals, page 399:
text: Other addition agents such as lead acetate and potassium dichromate, lead acetate and ammonium chloride, sodium thiosulphate with rhodammonium or with potassium dichromate and ammonium sulphate have been added
ref: 1951, Sheet Metal Industries, volume 28, page 948:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cation, Rh₂(NH₃)₁₀⁶⁺, containing rhodium and ammonia.
Related terms: rhodamine
interosculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interosculates
form: interosculating
form: interosculated
form: interosculated
Etymology: From inter- + osculate.
Senses: synonyms: inosculate
glosses: To connect together as if kissing; to touch barely.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.
interosculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interosculate
interosculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interosculate
interosculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interosculate
cartbote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cart + bote.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: un medieval Brirain, wood to which a tenant was entitled for making and repairing carts and other domestic instruments
Shelleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shelleyan
form: most Shelleyan
Etymology: From Shelley + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet.
glosses: Relating to Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.
bridgey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bridgey
form: most bridgey
Etymology: From bridge + -y.
Senses: glosses: Full of bridges.
mispolicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mispolicy
mispolicy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mispolicies
Etymology: From mis- + policy.
Senses: glosses: Wrong or ill-advised policy.
neatresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neatresses
Etymology: From neat (“cattle collectively”) + -resse.
Senses: examples: text: The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.
ref: 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86:
glosses: A woman who takes care of cattle.
revivalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more revivalistic
form: most revivalistic
Etymology: From revivalist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Revivalist.
anteact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anteacts
Etymology: From ante- + act.
Senses: examples: text: his authority was to be guided by precedent and anteacts: therefore erring upon a warrant, this aggravates the fault.
ref: 1620 November 10, Francis Bacon, speech in Star Chamber:
glosses: A preceding act (deed or action).
anteacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anteact
foretopgallant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fore- + topgallant.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast.
homotypal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homotype + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It has been shewn that the whole skeleton of the vertebrate animal is made up of a series of segments, which, with an infinite number of variations, are yet homotypal; that is, of the same general form.
ref: 1863, Augustus Clissold, Inspiration and Interpretation - Volume 5, page 32:
text: The alveolus and two roots of the second premolar (p 2) are included in this fragment of upper jaw, showing a decrease of size corresponding to that of the homotypal teeth of the mandible.
ref: 1877, Richard Owen, Researches on the Fossil Remains of the Extinct Mammals of Australia, page 67:
text: From all these considerations, it will be seen that the vine presents a repetition both of homotypal parts and of homotypal arrangement of parts or forms; or, in other words, that all its parts are similar to one another, and in nice accordance with the whole.
ref: 2022, Hugh Macmillian, The True Vine, page 99:
text: homotypal parts
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype.
truncheoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of truncheon
truncheoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Armed with a truncheon.
truncheoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of truncheon
conrods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conrod
irrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ir- + relation.
Senses: synonyms: nonrelation
glosses: The state of being irrelative or unrelated; a lack of connection or relation.
Synonyms: word: impertinence
word: inapplicability
word: independence
word: irrelation
word: irrelationship
word: irrelevancy
Hyponyms: word: misrelation
word: separation
midfeather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midfeathers
Etymology: From mid- + feather.
Senses: glosses: A vertical water space in a firebox or combustion chamber within a steam boiler.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A support for the centre of a tunnel.
midfeathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midfeather
spiculigenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spicule + -genous.
Senses: examples: text: spiculigenous cells
text: spiculigenous sponges
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Producing or containing spicules.
misunderstander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misunderstanders
Etymology: From misunderstand + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There are other places commonly urged by misunderstanders of Holy Scriptures
ref: 1677, Peter Gunning, The Holy Fast of Lent Defended Against All Its Prophaners:
glosses: One who misunderstands.
misunderstanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misunderstander
rufflement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufflements
Etymology: From ruffle + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of ruffling.
rufflements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rufflement
enunciator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enunciators
Etymology: From Latin enuntiator (“enunciator”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who enunciates.
enunciators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enunciator
monogrammatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monogrammatic
form: most monogrammatic
Etymology: From monogram + -atic.
Senses: examples: text: monogrammatic culture
text: monogrammatic arrangement
text: monogrammatic symbol
synonyms: monogrammic
monogrammatical
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
Derived terms: acromonogrammatic
partialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partialists
Etymology: From partial + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is partial.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: One who believes in partialism, i.e. that Christ's atonement was made for only a part of humanity, the elect.
partialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partialist
bubonocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubonoceles
Etymology: From bubo + -cele.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An inguinal hernia, especially of the incomplete variety in which the hernial sac descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.
bubonoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubonocele
lingel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: lingels
Etymology: French ligneul, diminutive of Latin linea (“a linen thread”).
Senses: examples: text: When I was mortall, this my costiue corps / Did lap vp Figs and Raisons in the Strand, / Where sitting I espi'd a louely Dame, / Whose maister wrought with Lingell and with All, / And vnder ground he vampied many a boote.
ref: 1607 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], The Knight of the Burning Pestle, London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Walter Burre, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act V, signature K3, recto:
glosses: A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
examples: text: a little hemp, which he spun into lingels
ref: 1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
lingels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lingel
two-percenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-percenters
Etymology: From two percent + -er.
Senses: glosses: A joke or reference that is so obscure that only a small minority of the audience will recognize and understand it.
examples: text: If someone does not know the traditions, that person is asked "Are you a two-percenter?" By categorizing them as outcasts, mainstream Aggies overtly pressure two-percenters to correct the error of their ways and be reintegrated into the culture.
ref: 2010, G. Mitchell Reyes, Public Memory, Race, and Ethnicity, page 131:
glosses: Alternative form of two percenter.
Related terms: one-percenter
registered nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: registered nurses
Senses: synonyms: RN
hypernyms: nurse#Noun
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person#Noun
glosses: A professional nurse who is a licensed graduate of a university or college of nursing who has successfully passed an examination such as NCLEX-RN.
Coordinate terms: alt: LPN
word: licensed practical nurse
alt: LVN
word: licensed vocational nurse
alt: NP
word: nurse practitioner
alt: NA
word: nursing assistant
alt: PN
word: practical nurse
alt: VN
word: vocational nurse
Derived terms: RN
registered nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of registered nurse
nurse practitioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nurse practitioner
hold the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds the cards
form: holding the cards
form: held the cards
form: held the cards
form: hold all the aces
form: hold the aces
form: hold all the cards
Senses: examples: text: "[B]ut if you make conditions I have no choice but to accept them, seeing that you hold the cards."
ref: 1907, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 14, in The Red Thumb Mark:
text: Once a ticket is paid for and the airline has your money, it holds the cards.
ref: 1986 August 17, Peter H. Lewis, “Practical Traveller: Learning the ABC's — as well as the XYZ's — of Flying”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Jan 2012:
text: "In the short term, from a power perspective, the current Zimbabwe elite is holding the cards," says Steven Friedman, director of the Center for the Study of Democracy.
ref: 2008 July 10, Megan Lindow, “Why Mugabe and His Foe Are Talking”, in Time:
glosses: To be in a strong position, possessing significant advantages over someone else; to be in control of a situation involving multiple parties.
Related terms: the upper hand
whip hand
hold all the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds all the cards
form: holding all the cards
form: held all the cards
form: held all the cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold the cards.
holding all the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold all the cards
holding the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold the cards
vulture capitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulture capitalists
Etymology: Blend of vulture + venture capitalist
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A takeover artist who loads a venture up with debt while extracting capital for profit, making the firm go bankrupt.
Related terms: vulture capitalism
angel investor
corporate raider
takeover artist
turnaround artist
venture capitalism
Obamacare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Compared to this litany, the 2010s look a little uneventful, don’t they? Even if you declare Obamacare a big [expletive] deal and grant Trump’s election world-historical significance, even if you bring in European dramas like Brexit and the Syrian refugee crisis, even if you pretend self-driving cars are really happening (just as soon as they learn to drive in rain …) … even then, the last decade’s disruptions don’t quite measure up.
ref: 2019 December 28, Ross Douthat, “The Decade of Disillusionment”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2020:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ObamaCare.
Obama-care
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ObamaCare.
RomneyCare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Romneycare
Etymology: Blend of Romney (“Mitt Romney”) + healthcare or Medicare and likely influenced by the term ObamaCare. Although the 2006 Massachusetts Law signed by then-governor Mitt Romney predated the 2010 United States Federal Law signed by President Barack Obama, the term RomneyCare was not commonly used until after the term ObamaCare was in wide use.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Healthcare plans instituted by the state of Massachusetts under the governorship of Mitt Romney, which provided for complete coverage of all citizens of the Commonwealth, and included an individual mandate to purchase health insurance for those able to pay.
Related terms: HillaryCare
ObamaCare
Hillarycare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of HillaryCare.
Hillary-care
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of HillaryCare.
Romneycare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of RomneyCare.
grace-cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grace-cups
Senses: examples: text: as a corollary to conclude the feast and continue their mirth, a grace-cup came in to cheer their hearts, and they drank healths to one another again and again.
ref: , II.5.1.v
glosses: The final drink passed round after grace at the end of a feast, meal etc.; a parting drink.
Nernst lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nernst lamp
news wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of news wire
de-excitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-excitations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Alternative form of deexcitation.
English sonnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English sonnet
acinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: acinar
acinitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acinus + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of an acinus
acinotubular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acino- + tubular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having both acini and tubules
CPVT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
sacrificatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacrificatory
form: most sacrificatory
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sacrificatorius.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to sacrifice
Related terms: sacrifice
aclasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aclasias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A lack of a physical distinction between normal and pathological tissue.
Synonyms: aclasis
aclasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aclases
Senses: glosses: aclasia
acleistocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properly
acmesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ακμή (akmḗ, “point, tip”) + -esthesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The sensitivity of the skin to a sharp point (such as a pinprick)
hold all of the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds all of the cards
form: holding all of the cards
form: held all of the cards
form: held all of the cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold the cards.
holding all of the cards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold all of the cards
Higginson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪɡɪnsən/
Etymology: From Higgin + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A minor city in White County, Arkansas, United States.
Higgin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪn
Etymology: From a Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of Hick, from Richard.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Related terms: Higgins
Higgens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Rare spelling variant of Higgins.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Ritch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Richard, and from rich as a nickname.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Ritchie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃi/
Etymology: From Richard.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
glosses: An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Derived terms: Ritchie County
Related terms: McRitchie
McRitchie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McRitchies
form: MacRitchie
Etymology: From a Scottish Gaelic surname meaning "son of Richard".
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Rickers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Richard or the medieval given name Richer + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
poupou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poupous
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A wall panel located under the veranda of a wharenui, generally carved with ancestral emblems.
blue dwarf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue dwarfs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical class of star developing from a red dwarf.
hold all of the aces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds all of the aces
form: holding all of the aces
form: held all of the aces
form: held all of the aces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hold the cards.
holding all of the aces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold all of the aces
muram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of murram.
levada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levadas
Senses: glosses: An irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira.
levadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levada
gigatrend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigatrends
Etymology: From giga- + trend, using next larger SI prefix from megatrend.
Senses: examples: text: Gigatrends: The Boundary Conditions of Modern Life and their Formation
ref: 1982, Christopher Kaiser, “Course Syllabus: Christianity in a Technological Society”, in Science, Technology & Society, Lehigh University, page 66:
text: An evolutionary gigatrend is far more basic and decisive than any trend currently known to managers and economists, including the megatrends popularized by John Naisbitt in the 1980s.
ref: 1997 February 28, Ervin László with Christopher Laszlo, The Insight Edge: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Evolutionary Management, Westport: Quorum Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:
text: Certainly, e-government is such a gigatrend[…] being just one of the myriad of evident, tangible ways that the Internet is changing relationships between individuals, businesses, and the government.
ref: 2003, David C. Wyld, “Transforming Procurement: The Potential of Auctions”, in Mark A. Abramson, Roland S. Harris, editors, The Procurement Revolution, new edition, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →OL, page 313:
text: Although many gigatrends are interrelated, they can be discussed is^([sic]) several categories: human populations, ecosystems and forest ecosystems, human economics and technology, and forest technology and management.
ref: 2006 October 6, Alan Wittbecker, Good Forestry from Good Theories and Good Practices: Essays on Ecological Forestry & Ecological Design, Cambridge Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
text: This gigatrend is based in part on the notion of a society underpinned by a series of dichotomies between values and empirical facts, and between goals and means, etc.
ref: 2010 November 30, Jan-Eric Furubo with Ove Karlsson Vestman, “Evaluation: For Public Good or Professional Power?”, in Pearl Eliadis, Jan-Eric Furubo, Steve Jacob, editors, Evaluation: Seeking Truth or Power? (Comparative Policy Evaluation, Volume 17), New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: A very major trend.
moel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔɪl/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: moels
Etymology: From Welsh moel (“bare hill”).
Senses: glosses: A hill having a rounded outline in its upper portion because the summit is protected from rapid denudation by a layer of soil and a growth of forest trees or grass, or by marshes of peat.
Related terms: Nant-y-moel
moels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moel
open one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens one's legs
form: opening one's legs
form: opened one's legs
form: opened one's legs
Senses: examples: text: "I beat the shit out of that bitch though, not because she was fucking my man but because she knew he was my man and was still fucking him...well I bet that bitch gone think twice next time before she open her legs to another bitch nigga."
ref: 2011, Shanita Ann Johnson, Love Isn't Painful:
text: "Pity for you though, all the same, you could have tried your luck there — she'll open her legs for grammar-school boys, sure as eggs."
 "But if she's not much to look at anyway," I said, thereby saving both him and me...
ref: 1991, Knut Faldbakken, Insect summer:
glosses: Synonym of put out (consent to having sex).
synonyms: word: put out
extra: consent to having sex
raw_tags: of females
Related terms: english: to someone
translation: to someone
word: open one's arms
sure as eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: A shortened form of sure as eggs is eggs.
Senses: examples: text: "Pity for you though, all the same, you could have tried your luck there — she'll open her legs for grammar-school boys, sure as eggs."
 "But if she's not much to look at anyway," I said […]
ref: 1991, Knut Faldbakken, Insect summer:
qualifier: simile
glosses: surely; doubtlessly
disseizin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːzɪn/
Forms: form: disseizins
form: disseisin
Etymology: From Middle English disseisen, from Anglo-Norman disseisine; equivalent to dis- + seizin.
Senses: examples: text: Disseizin of things corporeal , as of houses , lands , & c . , must be by entry and actual dispossession of the freehold
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: The act of disseizing; an act of unlawful dispossessing, especially of someone's lands.
examples: text: Why should the disseizin of his soul have seemed shameful to him?
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
glosses: Dispossession.
Derived terms: novel disseizin
redisseizin
disseizins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disseizin
recluseness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recluse + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being recluse.
mulley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Every little while I see in The Rural an article published in favor of growing mulley or hornless stock. Allow an old man of three-score years and ten, to give his experience in raising stock of the mulley kind.
ref: 1881 February, John Hankins Wallace, “Polled Cattle”, in Wallace's Monthly, volume 7, number 1, page 29:
text: Surrounding the whole herd, they quietly drove it down into a valley out of sight of the house, and while doing so discovered that of the whole herd there was but one animal sufficiently fat to satisfy the pampered taste of a soldier, and that was a mulley bull.
ref: 1893, John D. Bloodgood, Personal Reminiscences of the War, page 77:
glosses: Alternative form of muley.
demissive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demissive
form: most demissive
Etymology: From demiss + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: They pray with demissive eyelids.
ref: 1630, Henry Lord, A Display of Two Forraigne Sects in the East-Indies:
glosses: downcast; submissive; humble
spurrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spurrers
Etymology: From spur + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who spurs.
glosses: A manufacturer of spurs.
spurrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spurrer
adminisphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adminispheres
Etymology: Blend of administrative + -sphere
Senses: glosses: The administrative layers of an organization's hierarchy.
postfurca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postfurcae
Etymology: From Late Latin post (“behind”) + furca (“a fork”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect
Related terms: postfurcal
postfurcae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postfurca
liripipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liripipes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of liripoop.
liripipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liripipe
turacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turacins
Etymology: From turacou + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Turacin is around 6% copper.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou.
purely and simply
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more purely and simply
form: most purely and simply
Senses: glosses: In a pure and simple manner.
deerstalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deer stalking.
tettish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tettish
form: most tettish
form: teatish
Etymology: Compare testy.
Senses: examples: text: He's the most tettish knave
ref: c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
text: And thou the selfsame Galate art more tettish for to frame
Than Oxen of the wildernesse whom never wyght did tame.
ref: 1567, Ovid, “(please specify the book number or chapter)”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:
glosses: nitpicky or testy
well and truly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɛl n̩ ˈtɹuːli/
ipa: /ˌwɛl n̩ ˈtɹuli/
rhymes: -uːli
Senses: examples: text: Many people remained in their hiding places until the war was well and truly over.
text: [T]he ſaid intended marriage to be had, and, by God's bleſſing, to be well and truly ſolemnized and conſummated between the ſaid Walter Shandy and Elizabeth Mollineux aforeſaid, […]
ref: 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC, pages 82–83:
text: Now then, gentlemen, I beg you to weigh well in your minds; conſider ſeriously—for what are you called here this day?—Conſider, I beg of you;—what have you now ſworn to perform?—You have ſolemnly ſworn, that "you will well and truly try the iſſue between the parties." You have ſworn to try it: well and truly to try it. Now, pray, what is the iſſue? Mr. Fox aſſerts that I owe him about 200 l., which I deny. Now the queſtion between us is, whether debt or not. That is the iſſue which you have ſworn to try; to try it well; and truly to try it.
ref: 1792 September, O. [pseudonym], “Art. XIII. Proceedings in an Action for Debt, between the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, Plaintiff, and John Horne Tooke, Defendant. Published by the Defendant. 85 Pa. Pr. 25. Johnson. 1792. [book review]”, in The Analytical Review, or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign. […], volume XIV, number 1, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Completely; utterly; without doubt.
corticose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corticose
form: most corticose
Etymology: Latin corticosus.
Senses: glosses: barky
Abounding in bark
glosses: barky
Resembling bark
adorkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɔːkəbl̩/
ipa: /əˈdɔɹkəb(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəbəl
Forms: form: more adorkable
form: most adorkable
Etymology: Blend of adorable + dork.
Senses: glosses: Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner.
Derived terms: adorkability
adorkableness
adorkably
pragmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pragmatizes
form: pragmatizing
form: pragmatized
form: pragmatized
form: pragmatise
Senses: examples: text: One of the miraculous passages in the life of Mohammed himself is traced plausibly by Sprenger to such a pragmatized metaphor.
ref: 1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture:
text: Anglophiles hoping to pragmatize Mexican culture along the lines of that of the United States, they regarded central and southern Mexico as the sick and lethargic consequence of Spanish oppression and Catholic obscurantism.
ref: 2006, Mary K. Vaughan, Stephen E. Lewis, The Eagle and the Virgin:
text: When the reader is a critic, and obliged to respond determinately, he is likely to attack James with some exasperation, as not being properly passionate or properly ethical or properly modern or properly Victorian or as being too properly any of the above. In doing so the critic ceases to unconsciously pragmatize; teased out of his shell of moral anonymity he reveals as much about his own ethical and passional predilections as about those of James.
ref: 2011, Anthony Channell Hilfer, The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction, →ISBN, page 101:
text: But the oddness of the falsifiability criterion, and the impossibility, on Popper's account, of providing the necessary disposition-free singular descriptive statements which he requires for falsifiability (except at the price of attitudinal relativism) so pragmatize the notion of demarcation that it is not clear that it is doing any work at all.
ref: 2012, Robert S. Cohen, Marx W. Wartofsky, Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, →ISBN:
glosses: To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.
examples: text: They are generically different ; they preach where they ought to worship, they pragmatize where they ought to pray, they discourse where they ought to send up the “Glory.”
ref: 1856, The Reformed Church Review - Volume 8, page 322:
text: If he be a rationalist he may theorize. If he be a man of the world he may pragmatize.
ref: 1939, Austen Kennedy De Blois, Donald Rex Gorham, Christian Religious Education: Principles and Practice, page 195:
text: A boiling kettle, a crying baby, a ringing telephone may interrupt him, but nothing (like a life plan) less immediate than those. It is all free play here, a refusal to pragmatize.
ref: 2010, Susan Neiman, Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin, →ISBN:
glosses: To behave in a pragmatic manner; to focus on the material or practical rather than abstractions.
Derived terms: pragmatizer
pragmatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pragmatize
pragmatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pragmatize