cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ingulf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ingulfs
form: ingulfing
form: ingulfed
form: ingulfed
Senses: examples: text: Borne slowly, on account of the caution necessary to be observed, how long seemed the interval ere he alighted, and on foot proceeded in the direction leading to the spot which ingulfed his victim!
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 287:
glosses: Archaic form of engulf.
Derived terms: ingulfment
ingulfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ingulf
ingulfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ingulf
ingulfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ingulf
waterboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterboys
Senses: examples: text: If the court now scuttles that precedent in deference to the culture wars, its majority members should refrain from pretending to be an independent branch of government and just acknowledge that they’re partisan waterboys for a Republican White House and Senate.
ref: 2020, Editorial: Abortion ruling could show whether Supreme Court can still claim independence, in: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 8 2020
glosses: Alternative spelling of water boy.
waterboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterboy
waterbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterbuck
alveolo-palatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to those consonants that are intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants.
alveolo-palatal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alveolo-palatals
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Any consonant that is intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants.
blowoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowoff
barefoot and pregnant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "The only way to keep a woman happy," he said, "is to keep her barefoot and pregnant."
ref: 1958, Joseph H Peck, All about men:
text: Ms. Frank finds it a strange, if not a perverse coincidence that, after all these centuries of Jewish history, just when Jewish women are demanding greater and more meaningful participation in Jewish religious and communal life, certain segments of the Jewish community are loudly hitting the old "barefoot and pregnant motif."
ref: 1994, Steven Bayme, Gladys Rosen, The Jewish family and Jewish continuity:
text: I was to stay the ol' barefoot and pregnant wife. And I saw no need for that. I found myself in a rut. Get up, fix breakfast, send hubby off to work...
ref: 2007, Edward M Tauber, Jim Smoke, Finding the Right One After Divorce:
text: "He wanted me barefoot and pregnant," she said. But staying home was driving her crazy.
ref: 2007, Greg J Duncan, Aletha C Huston, Thomas S Weisner, Higher ground: New Hope for the working poor and their children:
glosses: Kept at home to perform the traditional duties expected of women.
raw_tags: of women
equigranular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more equigranular
form: most equigranular
Etymology: From equi- + granular.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
Derived terms: inequigranular
subequigranular
Related terms: equigranularity
ethnopoetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + poetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnopoetics.
Related terms: ethnopoet
ethnopoetry
Plotinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pləˈtɪnɪk/
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more Plotinic
form: most Plotinic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Plotinus (circa 204–270), a major philosopher of the ancient world who is widely considered the founder of Neoplatonism.
henology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the oblique/combining form of Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs, “one”) (genitive singular ἑνός (henós)) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The philosophical discourse on "The One" that appears most notably in the philosophy of Plotinus.
Derived terms: henological
henological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From henology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to henology.
acephalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: acephalalgic
Etymology: From a- + cephalgic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That occurs without headache, especially of migraine.
acephalalgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acephalgic.
aboundant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aboundant
form: most aboundant
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of abundant.
artwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From art + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: It has, after all, been almost twenty years, and as Norma reminded me, a lot can happen, artwise, in that amount of time.
ref: 2003, Eli Bartra, Crafting gender: women and folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean:
text: Probably a lot of it was that, as much boundless energy as I had, I was aware I was really kind of limited in my skills. Juggling that many titles, I had to take shortcuts artwise.
ref: 2003, Eric Nolen-Weathington, George Pérez, Modern Masters Volume 2: George Perez:
glosses: In terms of art.
chipmusic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chip + music.
Senses: examples: text: Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.
ref: 2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia:
text: At the time, tracking chiptunes (i.e. using trackers) was the fundamental method of chipmusic-making.
ref: 2018, Dafni Tragaki, Made in Greece: Studies in Popular Music:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The musical genre made up of chiptunes.
teacherese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teacher + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: 'Troubled', the headmaster had said, presumably teacherese for the same thing.
ref: 1995, Anabel Donald, In at the Deep End:
text: This latter was a nice teacherese way of saying that Alex was hopelessly uncoordinated. It took her forever to learn to put on her underpants […]
ref: 1997, Frank Deford, Alex: the life of a child:
glosses: The sort of language spoken by teachers.
Anabel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Annabel.
nonautoimmune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + autoimmune.
Senses: glosses: Not autoimmune.
rhyme scheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhyme schemes
Senses: glosses: The pattern created by the rhymes at the ends of the lines of a stanza of poetry
tearjerking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tearjerking
form: most tearjerking
form: tear-jerking
Etymology: From tear + jerking.
Senses: examples: text: Robert Zemeckis, a director previously known more for brittle, antihumanistic comedy (Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) than heartwarming sentiment, moves into Oscar territory with an accomplished tearjerking comedy (1994) about a slow-witted southerner (Tom Hanks in the title role) living through an alternately auspicious and absurdist half-century of American history.
ref: 1995 March 17, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Don Druker, Pat Graham, Dave Kehr, Peter Keough, Henry Sheehan, “Movies”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Emotionally charged so as to induce sorrow.
Related terms: tearjerker
vanishing cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanishing creams
Senses: glosses: A moisturizing lotion, intended to remove wrinkles, that leaves no visible trace when rubbed into the skin.
Cupidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cupidlike
form: most Cupidlike
form: cupidlike
Etymology: From Cupid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cupid-like.
cusplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cusplike
form: most cusplike
Etymology: From cusp + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
bonnetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bonnetlike
form: most bonnetlike
Etymology: From bonnet + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Out on the boating lake were two bufflehead ducks, a male with a bonnetlike white patch on his dark head, and his chocolate brown female.
ref: 1984, Donald Knowler, The falconer of Central Park:
text: She was wearing a rose-beige lace suit and a charming little bonnetlike hat.
ref: 1961, Ilka Chase, The Carthaginian rose:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
stovelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stovelike
form: most stovelike
Etymology: From stove + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a stove.
comalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comalike
form: most comalike
Etymology: From coma + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a coma.
lidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lidlike
form: most lidlike
Etymology: From lid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lid.
phloemlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phloemlike
form: most phloemlike
Etymology: From phloem + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a phloem.
sawtoothlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sawtoothlike
form: most sawtoothlike
Etymology: From sawtooth + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sawtooth.
mafialike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mafialike
form: most mafialike
Etymology: From mafia + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The criminals were in the employ of a mafialike syndicate.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mafia.
idlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idlike
form: most idlike
Etymology: From id + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Whether allowed freedom or not, the idlike monster will destroy the rational constructs of man.
ref: 1993, Gordon Slethaug, The play of the double in postmodern American fiction:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the psychological id.
lashlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lashlike
form: most lashlike
Etymology: From lash + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the lash of a whip.
harnesslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harnesslike
form: most harnesslike
Etymology: From harness + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
unsanguine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsanguine
form: most unsanguine
Etymology: From un- + sanguine.
Senses: glosses: Not sanguine; timid, pessimistic, etc.
nonquiescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quiescent.
Senses: glosses: Not quiescent.
presenescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more presenescent
form: most presenescent
Etymology: From pre- + senescent.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of senescence.
senescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senescence
Pythonesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pythoness
VU meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VU meters
Etymology: Abbreviation of volume unit + meter.
Senses: examples: text: VU (volume unit) meters are wonderful to look at as their pointers swing merrily back and forth across their brightly-lit faces.
ref: 1978, Craig Anderton, Home recording for musicians:
text: The accuracy of VU meters is sometimes questioned in two areas.
ref: 2006, David E Reese, Lynne S Gross, Brian Gross, Radio production worktext: studio and equipment:
glosses: A display in audio equipment that represents the loudness of the signal.
examples: text: The ECC Syncro Demo is a demonstration of text scrolling in the GS border area, as well as having VU meters in the border area. Similar to FTA's X-mas demo.
ref: 1991, Kenrick J. Mock, “demos on tybalt?”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
text: Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any source code that showed how to read the values to construct a VU meter from a tracker replay routine.
ref: 1991, Cybernetworx, “VU meters”, in comp.sys.amiga.programmer (Usenet):
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any animated graphical representation of the volume of sound or music (often subdivided across channels).
litter lout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litter louts
Senses: glosses: A person who repeatedly drops litter.
Synonyms: litterbug
request for proposal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requests for proposal
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: request for proposals
glosses: A formal publicly released document outlining a need and inviting businesses to submit plans to fulfill that need.
Derived terms: word: RFP
Related terms: alt: RFC
word: request for comment
roman: RFC
alt: RFC
word: request for comments
alt: RFI
word: request for information
requests for proposal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of request for proposal
indelibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indelibilities
Senses: examples: text: The indelibility of the country's old government frustrated those desiring change.
glosses: The property of being indelible.
seam allowance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːm əˌlaʊ.ənts/
Forms: form: seam allowances
Senses: examples: text: Trim the seam allowances to between 1/4 in. and 1/2 in. Fold one seam allowance in toward the other and pin along the fold.
ref: 2001, Claire B. Shaeffer, Couture Sewing Techniques, page 40:
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: The part of the material or fabric added to the dimensions of a sewing pattern outside the seam.
Related terms: seam roll
stand pat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands pat
form: standing pat
form: stood pat
form: stood pat
Etymology: Probably originally a poker phrase, with "pat" equaling "optimal", meaning that drawing more cards is unnecessary. Later the phrase came to be employed in other spheres. "Stand pat" was actively used in U.S. political campaigns of the 1900s, quickly gaining a sense of "being reactionary, resistant to dramatic changes in policy". Moreover, a noun, standpatter, was coined to denote such politicians.
Senses: examples: text: With a mixed hand and the highest card the curse of Scotland, I've seen that man stand pat in a game with four millionaire mining men.
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To play one's hand without drawing any more cards.
examples: text: After getting a hand of 20, the player stood pat.
topics: blackjack
games
synonyms: word: stand
word: stick
glosses: To stop hitting; to declare one's hand as final.
examples: text: China has cut rates and allowed banks to boost lending, while some countries, such as South Korea have stood pat, fearful that inflation pressures could reignite.
ref: 2012, "Asia's Local Growth Dilemma", Wall Street Journal, by Alex Frangos, 21st of July
glosses: To resist changes.
Derived terms: standpatism
standpattism
standpatter
regies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regie
seam allowances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seam allowance
phaseoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaseolus
after-school
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of afterschool.
takeup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takeups
Etymology: Deverbal from take up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take-up.
intervillage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + village.
Senses: glosses: Between villages.
driver's licenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driver's license
driving licences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driving licence
belle esprit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bel esprit.
bel esprit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛlɛˈspɹi/
Forms: form: beaux esprits
Etymology: Borrowed from French bel esprit.
Senses: examples: text: a man of letters and a bel esprit
ref: 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A very witty or clever person.
beaux esprits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bel esprit
objurgative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more objurgative
form: most objurgative
Senses: glosses: That objurgates; sharply disapproving.
Derived terms: objurgatively
tr00
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Alteration of troo by o–0 substitution.
Senses: examples: text: Is not a tr00 gamer and tr00 gamers buy the PS2, na, i don’t think so.
ref: 2000 November 23, Kirby, alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 (Google group): Go back to Segaweb, losers!!!
text: > Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump. (Sad but true) (And why would they want to?)
Not tr00.
Coral reefs can’t either.
Or tadpoles.
ref: 2001 February 22, Martin Ben-Jones, alt.mothers (Google group): Fascinating facts
text: Purple represents sexual deviancy. It’s tr00, it’s tr00.
ref: 2003 February 27, [ctrl][alt][del], alt.music.miocene (Google group): excuse me
glosses: Leetspeak spelling of true
barbershop quartets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbershop quartet
barbitoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbiton
bar-crested antshrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar-crested antshrike
barebackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barebacker
bare-eared squirrel monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bare-eared squirrel monkey
bar flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar fly.
barquentines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barquentine
baroque organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baroque organ
barred antshrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barred antshrike
San Diegan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: San Diegans
Etymology: From San Diego + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from San Diego.
San Diegans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of San Diegan
bar stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar star
basetenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basetender
basketball courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basketball court
bass notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass note
basts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bast
bastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪstɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of basting
batting orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batting order
battle-cruisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle-cruiser
batties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batty
opanak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opanci
form: opanak
Senses: glosses: A kind of traditional leather shoe worn in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.
batunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batune
bean-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bean-eater
bean-shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bean-shooter
bear pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear pit
beat levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beat level
beating-heart transplants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beating-heart transplant
beef Wellingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beef Wellington
beer nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer nut
beer tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer ticket
carbonylsulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carbonyl + sulfide.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbonyl sulfide.
carbonyl sulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mixed oxide and sulfide of carbon COS.
solar panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar panels
Senses: examples: text: Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
ref: 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
glosses: An array of connected solar cells
oxysulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxysulfides
Etymology: From oxy- + sulfide.
Senses: glosses: A mixed oxide and sulfide.
Derived terms: carbon oxysulfide
beezers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beezer
solar panels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar panel
solar cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar cell
interpassivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of interactivity + passivity, coined by cultural theorist Robert Pfaller.
Senses: examples: text: […] interpassivity, the exact obverse of "interactivity," which refers to the sense of being active through another subject who does the job for one […]
ref: 1998, Slavoj Žižek, “Cyberspace, or, How to Traverse the Fantasy in the Age of the Retreat of the Big Other”, in Public Culture, volume 10, number 3, page 483:
text: A film like Wall-E exemplifies what Robert Pfaller has called ‘interpassivity’: the film performs our anti-capitalism for us, allowing us to continue to consume with impunity.
ref: 2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 3, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN:
text: […] the true motivation for readymade laughter in TV comedies is interpassivity: I don't have to engage in recognising, sympathising with and interpreting the drama.
ref: 2010, Juha Suoranta, Tere Vadén, Wikiworld, Pluto Press, page 133:
glosses: A state of passivity, particularly cognitive or emotional passivity, enabled or facilitated by the appearance or potential of interactivity
begynnynges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of begynnynge
bell ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bell rope
crossmatched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + matched.
Senses: examples: text: units were both typed and crossmatched
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Shown to be compatible with that of a recipient, not only in blood type (ABO) but also regarding various antigens.
raw_tags: of donated blood
Derived terms: noncrossmatched
uncrossmatched
Related terms: crossmatch
curvelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curvelets
Etymology: From curve + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small section of a curve (used in image processing)
diabatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diabatically
form: most diabatically
Etymology: From diabatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a diabatic manner
interdimer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + dimer.
Senses: glosses: Between dimers
intradimer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + dimer.
Senses: glosses: Within a dimer
curvelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curvelet
junctionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From junction + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having no junction
lithographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lithograph + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lithography.
multitrace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + trace.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple traces
radionebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radionebulas
form: radionebulae
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of radio nebula.
radio nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio nebulas
form: radio nebulae
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any nebula that emits radio waves
Related terms: radio galaxy
ripplon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ripplons
Etymology: From ripple + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantized capillary-tension wave at the surface of a liquid
ripplons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ripplon
bendlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bendlet
bench memos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench memo
starshade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starshades
Etymology: From star + shade.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets
starshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starshade
uncharmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + charmed.
Senses: examples: text: She had seen many who had long been the throned idols of her imagination, and her disappointment much resembled that of the princely lover of Cinderella, who, on questioning his porters if they had seen a robed and radiant beauty pass, learnt that their uncharmed eyes had only beheld a little dirty girl.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 155:
glosses: Not charmed
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having no charm quark
unitarised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unitarized.
benefactive cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benefactive case
sullow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌləʊ/
rhymes: -ʌləʊ
Forms: form: sullows
form: sullowing
form: sullowed
form: sullowed
Etymology: From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully.
Senses: synonyms: sowl
glosses: To sully.
sullow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌləʊ/
rhymes: -ʌləʊ
Forms: form: sullows
form: sull
form: sowl
form: zool
Etymology: From Middle English suluh, solowe, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk (“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli (“furrow”), heq (“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ (hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)).
Senses: glosses: A plough.
beta carbon nitrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta carbon nitride
barspin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barspins
form: bar spin
Etymology: From bar + spin.
Senses: glosses: A BMX bicycle trick in which the rider whips the handlebars around while in the air and then catches them while still in the air.
barspins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barspin
beta emitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta emitter
betatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betatron
betting shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betting shop
civilianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: civilianizations
Etymology: From civilian + -ization.
Senses: glosses: the act or process of civilianizing
civilianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: civilianizes
form: civilianizing
form: civilianized
form: civilianized
Etymology: From civilian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert from military to civilian operation or control.
glosses: To change the status of (a member of the armed forces) to that of a civilian.
Related terms: civilianization
civilizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more civilizable
form: most civilizable
Etymology: From civilize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being civilized.
Derived terms: uncivilizable
civism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Good citizenship, civic-mindedness.
Derived terms: anticivism
incivism
Related terms: civic
civil
civilian
wapper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wappers
form: wappering
form: wappered
form: wappered
Etymology: Frequentative of wap; compare German dialect wappern, wippern (“to move up and down, to rock”).
Senses: examples: text: this is it, That makes the wapper'd widow wed again;
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life of Tymon of Athens:
text: Emery Ann declared to me, privately, after I had said in general council that I felt it impossible, that she was "really wappered out with mountains; […]"
ref: 1876, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Sights and Insights: Patience Strong's Story of Over the Way, page 318:
text: Marry, 'tis nigh on forty mile, I warrant. Thou'll not see Stratford to-night, sir; thy horse is wappered out, and that I plainly see."
ref: 1899, Joseph Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village, page 258:
text: They monks be weedy batch! Make un wappered and whelmed! Make un moil! '
ref: 1962, Prudence Andrew, A Question of Choice, page 20:
text: At first he felt somewhat wappered.
ref: 1967, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, A Ring of Words, page 97:
text: "I be wappered," Catherine declared as she flung herself down upon the bed and assumed a pose that denoted complete exhaustion.
ref: 2010, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Face Down upon an Herbal:
text: When I asked him how he was he confessed to being wappered, which he explained meant tired, fatigued, or, as we might say, knackered.
ref: 2011, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, Words We Don't Use (Much Anymore):
glosses: To exhaust; to tire out.
examples: text: But still he stode, his face to set awrye, And wappering turnid vp his white of eye.
ref: 1610, John Higgins, The Mirour for Magistrates:
text: She was toothlesse, chap-falne, hollow-eyed, and wappering withall, her haire sluttishly hanging about her eares, unkempt, and as greazie as it was knotty;
ref: 1634, Mateo Alemán, The Rogve: Or, The Life of Gvzman de Alfarache:
text: Miss Mansfield abandons her salt furrow and in two stanzas lies flapping and wappering.
ref: 1912 March 28, “Present-Day Criticism”, in The New Age, volume 10, number 22, page 519:
text: She was wappering and seemed shot.
ref: 1930, The Cornhill Magazine, page 638:
text: his blue and white dotted tarentaal scarf wappering in the wind.
ref: 2003, Patrick Mynhardt, Boy from Bethulie: An Autobiography, page 122:
glosses: To move weakly or tremulously; to flag.
Related terms: wapper jaw
wapper-jawed
wapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wappers
Etymology: Borrowing from Flemish
Senses: examples: text: "And a wapper, too; when I first saw it I thought it was a rabbit, and now it's bigger than a deer, and still a mile or two off," said Joe.
ref: 1863, John Beauchamp Jones, Wild Western Scenes, page 40:
text: The Wapper had, just for the fun of it, put an iron pot under the hat.
ref: 2022, William Elliot Griffis, Belgian Fairy Tales:
text: Presently the good woman discovered to her horror that the foundling was swelling and becoming heavy, and when she put it down the Wapper assumed his own shape and ran off shrieking.
ref: 2022, Edward Neville Vose, The Spell of Flanders:
glosses: A mischievous sprite.
trons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tron
cæcum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cæcums
form: cæca
Senses: examples: text: In the Piked Whale, the length from the ſtomach to the cæcum is 28 yards and an half, length of cæcum ſeven inches, of the colon to the anus two yards and three quarters.
ref: June 28, 1787, John Hunter, Mr. HUNTER’S Obſervations on the Structure and Oeconomy of Whales, in Philosophical Transactions, Lockyer Davis and Peter Elmsly; Volume LXXVII, part II, page #407
glosses: Dated spelling of caecum.
nidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nidifications
Etymology: Compare French nidification.
Senses: glosses: The building of a nest.
Synonyms: nestbuilding
nestmaking
Derived terms: nidificational
Related terms: nidify
heaven knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Be content with the knowledge that, ere the voyage had ended, both she and I were desperately and unreasoningly in love with one another. Heaven knows that I can make the admission now without one particle of vanity.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 10:
text: In olden days, a glimpse of stockings / Was looked on as something shocking; / Now, heaven knows, / Anything goes.
ref: 1934, Cole Porter, “Anything Goes”:
text: And heaven knows I really miss him more / Than anyone I really loved before / And I know, I'm so lost without his heart
ref: 1969, “Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now”, performed by Sandie Shaw:
text: I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour / But heaven knows I'm miserable now / I was looking for a job and then I found a job / And heaven knows I'm miserable now
ref: 1984, Morrissey & Johnny Marr, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”, in Hatful of Hollow, performed by The Smiths:
glosses: Alternative form of God knows.
presells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presell
preselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presell
Appelt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Appelts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Appelt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
East Frisia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal cultural region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
Synonyms: Eastern Friesland
face-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face-off
lucid dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucid dream
lucid dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lucid dream
court shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court shoes
Senses: glosses: A shoe with no fastening and a low-cut front, worn by men with formal dress such as court dress or white tie, but now usually by women.
court shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court shoe
rhyme schemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhyme scheme
linned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lin
big deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big deal
bigeminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bigeminal
big girl's blouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big girl's blouse
amazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amazones
Etymology: From French amazone.
Senses: examples: text: Miss Nightingale was attired simply in a genteel amazone […] and had quite a martial air.
ref: 1857, Alexis Soyer, Culinary Campaign:
glosses: A woman's riding habit.
binomial distributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binomial distribution
binomial names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binomial name
laissez-fairism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of laissez-faireism.
in flight
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Flying, making a flight, as opposed to being on the ground.
bird's-eye views
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird's-eye view
refactorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refactoring
lurdan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurdans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lurdane.
lurden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurdens
Senses: examples: 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company,
Robin, thou red-headed lurden, how oft must I tell thee not to shoot straight with a quarter-wind blowing across the mark?
Note: Deliberately dated language; the story is set during the Hundred Years' War.
glosses: Alternative spelling of lurdane.
Related terms: english: possibly etymologically related
translation: possibly etymologically related
word: fever lurden
haecceities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haecceity.
monogamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We saw how in 'Epipsychidion' he rejected monogamic principles on the ground that true love is increased, not diminished, by division, and we can now understand why he calls this theory an "eternal law."
ref: 1913, Sydney Waterlow, Shelley:
text: It embodied their spirit and carried it forward, uniting their delicate feeling for chastity and purity with the ideal of monogamic love.
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6):
text: And the greater part of civilized humanity living in a state of monogamic marriage, it behooves us to make the best of it, to get out of it the greatest amount of happiness that we can, obviate as much unhappiness as possible, and to do everything in our power to make it permanent.
ref: 1929, William J. Robinson, Woman:
glosses: monogamous, of or relating to monogamy
interpassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of interactive + passive
Senses: examples: text: Interpassive people are those who want to delegate their pleasures or their consumptions. And interpassive media are all the agents—machines, people, animals etc.—to whom interpassive people can delegate their pleasures.
ref: 2003, Robert Pfaller, "Little Gestures of Disappearance: Interpassivity and the Theory of Ritual", European Journal of Psychoanalysis, number 16, Winter-Spring 2003
glosses: Having the quality of interpassivity.
bite wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bite wing
bitter ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitter end
black abalones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black abalone
microminiaturizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microminiaturize
microminiaturizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microminiaturize
microminiaturized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microminiaturize
lurdens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lurden
beavery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beaver + -y.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to beavers
beavery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaveries
Etymology: From beaver + -y.
Senses: glosses: a place, especially artificial, where beavers live.
coleopterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Coleoptera + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries, and the coleopterous insects of two districts, into two nearly equal masses, the species of the larger genera on one side, and those of the smaller genera on the other side, and it has invariably proved to be the case that a larger proportion of the species on the side of the larger genera present varieties, than on the side of the smaller genera.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
glosses: Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
coleopterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkoʊ.liˌɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From translingual Coleoptera + -ology.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific study of beetles.
Derived terms: coleopterologist
Cisalpine Gaulish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The extinct language spoken in Cisalpine Gaul, now northern Italy.
hemipterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
hemipteral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Hemiptera + -al
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
mulos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulo
lexical analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical analyses
Senses: examples: text: While it's often not difficult to identify tokens while parsing, having a separate stage for lexical analysis simplifies the structure of your compiler.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing.
Derived terms: lex
lexer
Related terms: lexical analyzer
parsing
semantic analysis
cameline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin camelinus.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to camels.
glosses: Resembling a camel.
cameline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camelines
Etymology: From Middle English camelyn, camelyne, camlyn, chamelyn, kamelyn, kamelyne, from Anglo-French camelin and Continental French chamelin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of camlet.
synonyms: word: camlet
cebine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Cebus + -ine
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to capuchin monkeys.
cebine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cebines
Etymology: Cebus + -ine
Senses: glosses: Synonym of capuchin monkey (“primate of the genus Cebus”).
synonyms: word: capuchin monkey
extra: primate of the genus Cebus
vicugna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicugnas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vicuna.
vicugnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicugna
viverrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vaɪˈvɛɹaɪn/
/vaɪˈvɛɹɪn/
Etymology: From Latin viverra (“ferret”) + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the mammals of the subfamily Viverrinae.
viverrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vaɪˈvɛɹaɪn/
/vaɪˈvɛɹɪn/
Forms: form: viverrines
Etymology: From Latin viverra (“ferret”) + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Any mammal of the subfamily Viverrinae.
Hyponyms: sense: Viverrinae
word: civet
sense: Viverrinae
word: genet
sense: Viverrinae
word: linsang
gadine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: gadoid; of or relating to cod
capuchin monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capuchin monkey
crablet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crablets
Etymology: From crab + -let.
Senses: glosses: A young crab.
tipulid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to craneflies (insects of the family Tipulidae)
tipulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipulids
Senses: glosses: A cranefly
false shower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false showers
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A pattern in which all the props (usually balls) are thrown in the same direction like a shower, but with the hands crossing and uncrossing.
Synonyms: windmill
false showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false shower
churr
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌr/
ipa: /t͡ʃøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃeː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: chur
homophone: chirr (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: chair (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: churrs
form: churring
form: churred
form: churred
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *churren, *chirren, *cherren, from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, grumble, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”).
glosses: To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
churr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌr/
ipa: /t͡ʃøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃeː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: chur
homophone: chirr (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: chair (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: churrs
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *churren, *chirren, *cherren, from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, grumble, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”).
glosses: A low vocal sound made by some birds.
Derived terms: nightchurr
Burke's Barrage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Invented by Ken Burke.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.
Related terms: Mills Mess
Rubenstein's Revenge
Rubenstein's Revenge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by George Gillson after its inventor, Rick Rubenstein.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms, similar to Mills Mess but with a more complicated exchange of the two middle props.
Related terms: Burke's Barrage
crickety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crickety
form: most crickety
Etymology: From cricket (“insect”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to crickets.
examples: a crickety night
glosses: Full of crickets.
crickety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crickety
form: most crickety
Etymology: From cricket (“sport”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the sport of cricket.
crickety
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crikey.
Derived terms: by crickety
Related terms: crickety-crack
Rubenstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rubinstein
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Rubinstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rubenstein
Senses: examples: text: The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Rubinstein syndrome
churring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of churr
churrs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of churr