cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
accessory breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: accessory breathing muscles, accessory breathing organ
text: Figure 15 summarizes his work on the factors controlling breathing in the yarrow, Erythrinus, a teleost which uses its air bladder for accessory breathing.
ref: 1970, William Stewart Hoar with David J. Randall, The nervous system, circulation, and respiration, page 402:
text: Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.
ref: 2007, Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga Anatomy, page 13:
text: Reflexively mouth breathing and accessory breathing are associated
ref: 2008, Leon Chaitow with Joseph Pizzorno, Jr., Naturopathic Physical Medicine, page 387:
glosses: A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.
diaphragmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diaphragm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Which uses, or is located in or near, the diaphragm.
Synonyms: diaphragmatic
Related terms: diaphragmic breathing
diaphragmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diaphragmatically
form: most diaphragmatically
Etymology: From diaphragmatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way
qualifier: Of breathing
glosses: by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest
Synonyms: diaphragmically
double-deals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-deal
double-dealt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-deal
dummies up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dummy up
dummying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dummy up
dumbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dumbed
form: most dumbed
Senses: examples: text: Sharpevilled to spearpoints for revenging / but now our pride-dumbed mouths are wide in wordless supplication
ref: 1963, Dennis Brutus, “This Sun on this Rubble”, in Gerald Moore, Ulli Beier, editors, Modern Poetry From Africa, new edition, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, page 214:
glosses: That has been made dumb (speechless).
Derived terms: dumbed-down
dumbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dumb
Related terms: dumbed-down
dumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dumb
recoups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recoup
recouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recoup
glosses: present participle and gerund of recoupe
recouping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recoupings
Senses: glosses: The process by which something is recouped.
recouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recoup
glosses: simple past and past participle of recoupe
repurposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repurpose
repurposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repurpose
repurposing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repurposings
Senses: examples: text: One theme of the mix is the international play of loans, snatches, repurposings, retroengineerings and recirculations of beats, motifs, techniques, and melodies between musicians in the diaspora and beyond.
ref: 2011, Jonathan Harris, Globalization and Contemporary Art, page 229:
glosses: The act by which something is repurposed.
repurposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Felixstowe (1905): [...] In 1931 the three original railcars were retired and replaced by a single repurposed Ipswich tram.
ref: 2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 51:
glosses: simple past and past participle of repurpose
redargues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redargue
redarguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redargue
redargued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redargue
price of tea in China
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The price of tea in China was an important topic in England during and around the 19th century. It was often mentioned in the British House of Commons.
Senses: examples: text: What does the president's latest tweet have to do with the price of tea in China?
glosses: Something that is irrelevant or unimportant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.
examples: text: Due to the Sino-Indian trade crisis, the price of tea in China has risen dramatically the past fiscal month.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see price, tea, China.
Derived terms: what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Related terms: all the tea in China
price of eggs
hate someone's guts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hates someone's guts
form: hating someone's guts
form: hated someone's guts
form: hated someone's guts
Senses: examples: text: She caught him seeing another woman, and now she hates his guts.
text: “I am so, so sorry, Frank. I took a wrong turn in life. I made a mistake walking out, but I’ve had to live with it. I know I let you down, Frank. I bet you hate my guts.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: When the singer of a band is screaming, only eight minutes in, “I hate your fucking guts” over a sea of boos and chants of another artist’s name, it suggests the gig isn’t going so well.
ref: 2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To despise; to hate intensely or passionately.
St. Anthony's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St Anthony's fire
form: Saint Anthony's fire
Senses: glosses: Any of several inflammatory conditions of the skin
Ergotism, a disease characterised by gangrene and a burning sensation in the hands and feet.
glosses: Any of several inflammatory conditions of the skin
Erysipelas, a streptococcal skin disease.
glosses: Any of several inflammatory conditions of the skin
Herpes zoster.
ergotoxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɜːɡəˈtɒksiːn/
Etymology: From ergot + toxin + -ine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of alkaloids (ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine) identified in ergot, formerly believed to be a single compound.
proxy mine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proxy mines
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: 2000: "twopinacoladas", review of The World is not Enough http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/review/R12476.html
In mid night departure (forest with the air control) base the frame rate ''SUCKS'' out side far worse then PD with 4 players 8 sims and proxy mines.
text: Proxy mines are always good because the computer doesn't seem to defend against them.
ref: 2002: "yc", Super Smash Bros. Melee: Marth http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/516492/18648
text: 2004: "TerranRedneck", review of Custom Robo http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/review/R73394.html
Pods are like "little buddies" that help you out. Some buzz around your rivals head obscuring his vision and annoying him, some serve as proxy mines, while others simply bounce off the walls blowing up on the first bot they meet.
text: The proxy mines detonate when anyone comes near them (including the one who set the mine) and are absolutely wonderful for laying traps.
ref: 2006: "ProtectorOne", Perfect Dark: Multiplayer Scenario FAQ http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/43519
text: If you get too close it'll trigger. Shoot it from a safe distance and it will blow up. … Leave the room and go through the door that was previously protected by a proxy mine.
ref: 2007: "UnknownMercernary", Die Hard: Vendetta: FAQ/Walkthrough http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/479800/47821
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
video-games
war
weaponry
glosses: A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
Synonyms: proxy
diviner's sage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The psychoactive plant Salvia divinorum.
muscimol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskɪmɒl/
/ˈmʌsɪmɒl/
Etymology: From German Muscimol, formed from Latin muscarius (in Amanita muscaria) + imine + -ol.
Senses: examples: text: The organopsychedelic muscimole, an isoxazole-alkaloid derived from Amanita muscaria, a.k.a. the fly agaric mushroom […].
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 66:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.
ibotenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isoxazole present in Amanita fungi, used as an insecticide.
ibotenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /iːbə(ʊ)ˈtɛnɪk/
Etymology: From Japanese イボテングタケ (ibotengutake, “Amanita ibotengutake (syn. Amanita strobiliformis)”), from which it was first isolated.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to ibotenic acid and its derivatives.
Related terms: ibotenate
'tain't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 'taint.
draw-well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draw-wells
form: draw well
Senses: synonyms: word: D Well
word: DW
glosses: A deep well from which water is lifted by a bucket on a rope
look daggers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlʊk ˈdæɡəz/
ipa: /ˌlʊk ˈdæɡɚz/
Forms: form: looks daggers
form: looking daggers
form: looked daggers
form: looked daggers
Etymology: An allusion to a look being so fierce as to be able to injure the person looked at like a dagger.
Senses: examples: text: Before him set the grim baron, with a face worthy of the father of such a daughter, and looking daggers and rat's bane.
ref: 1835, [Washington Irving], “Abbotsford”, in Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey (The Crayon Miscellany; no. 2), Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, →OCLC, pages 40–41:
text: Both employers looked daggers at Kit, for the insult rankled; […]
ref: 1912 October, Jack London, “The Meat”, in Smoke Bellew, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co, →OCLC, page 43:
text: Even before a waitress came up, two hostesses approached and looked daggers at Suzy and Teresa, both of whom glared back.
ref: 1986, Stephen Coonts, chapter 9, in Flight of the Intruder, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 116:
synonyms: glare daggers
shoot daggers
stare daggers
glosses: Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
Related terms: dirty look
evil eye
if looks could kill
quick smart
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quicksmart.
big guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big gun
scrutore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrutores
Senses: examples: text: But this princess, who has an infinite deal of wit and humour, set me gently on my feet upon the scrutoire […]
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):
text: When our heroe had finished and sent this letter, he went to his scrutore, took out Miss Western's muff, kissed it several times, and then strutted some turns about his room […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 578:
glosses: Obsolete form of escritoire.
scrutoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrutoires
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of escritoire.
solanaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɒləˈneɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more solanaceous
form: most solanaceous
Etymology: From modern Latin Solanaceae, from Latin solanum (“nightshade”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the family Solanaceae, which includes the nightshades.
thorn apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thorn apples
form: thornapple
Etymology: Cognate with Dutch doornappel and French pomme épineuse.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
Datura spp., especially
glosses: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
Datura spp., especially
Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), an annual plant having white flowers and prickly capsules.
glosses: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
Crataegus spp.
glosses: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
Solanum incanum, native to Africa and Asia
Synonyms: sense: Datura spp.
word: devil's trumpet
sense: Datura spp.
word: moonflower
sense: Datura spp.
word: jimsonweed
sense: Datura spp.
word: devil's weed
sense: Datura spp.
word: hell's bells
sense: Datura stramonium
word: jimsonweed
Derived terms: thorn-apple crystal
toloache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɒlˈwæt͡ʃi/
Forms: form: tolguacha
form: tolguache
form: toluache
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish toloache, from Classical Nahuatl toloatzin, from toloa (“to bow the head”) + tzin (reverential). Doublet of toloatzin.
Senses: glosses: Angel's trumpet, an annual plant of species Datura inoxia.
examples: text: Three related tribes, the Costanoan, Esselen, and Salinan, living along the California coast to the south of San Francisco Bay used tobacco and toloache (datura). Toloache was taken for vision quests and to initiate boys into manhood.
ref: 2000, Joseph C. Winter, Tobacco Use by Native North Americans: Sacred Smoke and Silent Killer, page 33:
glosses: A psychoactive, hallucinogenic preparation made from the plant.
Synonyms: sense: plant
word: pricklyburr
sense: plant
word: recurved thorn-apple
sense: plant
word: downy thorn-apple
sense: plant
word: Indian-apple
sense: plant
word: lovache
sense: plant
word: moonflower
sense: plant
word: nacazcul
sense: plant
word: toloatzin
sense: plant
word: tolguache
Timotheus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Tīmotheus.
Senses: examples: text: Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.
ref: Acts 16: 1-2
glosses: Timothy, a companion of Paul. (biblical character)
cloud point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud points
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The temperature at which one component of a mixture of liquids begins to solidify (or a mixture of liquids starts to become immiscible) on cooling, resulting in visible cloudiness; as for example in diesel fuel in freezing temperatures; the consolute point
toloatzin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl toloatzin. Doublet of toloache.
Senses: glosses: Toloache (Datura inoxia)
pentimenti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛnti/
ipa: /ˌpɛntəˈmɛnti/
ipa: [-ɾə-]
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -ɛnti
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Italian pentimenti, from pentimento + -i (the plural form of -o (suffix forming masculine singular nouns).
Senses: glosses: plural of pentimento
nail scissors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Small, usually curved scissors for cutting the fingernails and toenails.
Related terms: nail clippers
achiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From achy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Aspirin may help the achiness of my muscles from overworking.
glosses: The property of being achy.
adenoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenoiditises
Etymology: From adenoid + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the adenoid in the human throat.
Related terms: tonsilitis
tonsilitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonsilitises
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of tonsillitis.
shrewdnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrewdness
abnormals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abnormal
abrogators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abrogator
aberrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɛ.ɹənt/
ipa: /ˈæ.bə.ɹənt/
ipa: /əˈbɛ.ɹənt/
ipa: /ˈæ.bə.ɹənt/
Senses: glosses: plural of aberrant
ablatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ablative
abbotcies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.ət.sis/
ipa: /ˈæb.ət.sis/
Senses: glosses: plural of abbotcy
abettals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɛt.l̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of abettal
abeyancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abeyancy
abysses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abyss
abridgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abridger
absorbencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absorbency
abundances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abundance
cataclysms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cataclysm
didicoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didicois
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of didicoy.
bombarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombarders
Etymology: From bombard + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who bombards.
glosses: A high-voltage transformer used in neon signage.
absenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absenter
Pippa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, diminutive of Philippa.
acidoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: acid + -oses
Senses: glosses: plural of acidosis
advocacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advocacy
advisories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advisory
advices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is desired that the following advices be deliberately read in each subordinate select meeting, at least once in the year:
ref: 1869, Society of Friends Iowa Yearly Meeting, The Discipline of the Society of Friends of Iowa Yearly Meeting, page 65:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English or programming
glosses: plural of advice
adulterants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adulterant
adulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adulator
adulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adulate
very well
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: She plays very well almost any instrument that you can think of.
text: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see very, well.
examples: text: It may very well rain this afternoon.
text: I can't very well talk to you and concentrate on sanding this at the same time.
glosses: Used to weaken the effect of certain modal verbs.
very well
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: A: I don't want to go today.
B: Very well. Let's go tomorrow, then.
glosses: Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.
glosses: Synonym of fair enough.
synonyms: word: fair enough
examples: Conning officer: "Rudder amidships."
Helmsman: "Rudder amidships aye! Rudder now amidships."
Conning officer: "Very well."
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A standard response by a superior to a report or confirmation.
very well
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I'm feeling very well today.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see very, well.
adulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adulate
adulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adulate
aerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerator
aerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeration
aeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerie
aerofoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerofoil
aestivated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aestivate
glosses: Alternative spelling of estivated.
Related terms: estivate
aestivates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aestivate
aestivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of estivating.
Related terms: estivate
aethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aether
airspeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airspeed
airfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airfield
apolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + polar.
Senses: glosses: Having no polarity
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having no polarity
Having no dipole
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Orthogonal under the polar pairing between the symmetric algebra of a vector space and its dual.
Related terms: apolarity
airbursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airburst
airbursts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of airburst
airbrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of airbrush
airbrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airbrushings
Senses: glosses: The use of an airbrush; work done with an airbrush.
uniquify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uniquifies
form: uniquifying
form: uniquified
form: uniquified
Etymology: From unique + -ify.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To eliminate duplicates from a list, especially when using the *nix command/function uniq.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To turn an instance of a type into an instance of a new unique copy of the original type.
Related terms: uniquification
airbrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of airbrush
airbrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more airbrushed
form: most airbrushed
Senses: glosses: Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
glosses: Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Derived terms: nonairbrushed
unairbrushed
airbrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbrush
airbrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of airbrush
agronomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agronomy
agriculturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agriculturalist
agribusinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agribusiness
agrarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrarian
acroliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrolith
dwarfisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarfism
dobbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobby
autoprotolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoprotolyses
Etymology: From auto- + protolysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H₂O => H₃O⁺ + OH⁻
Related terms: protolysis
aikidos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aikido
aigrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aigret
aiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aider
agoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agora
agons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agon
scend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scends
Etymology: A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.
Senses: glosses: The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
scend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scends
form: scending
form: scended
form: scended
Etymology: A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.
Senses: glosses: To heave upward.
agones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agon
agilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agility
agings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of aging
aggry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: aggri
Etymology: * From Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowrie”)
Senses: examples: text: Aggri beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.
glosses: Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture.
begry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of beggary.
aggregations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggregation
aggrandizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggrandizer
agers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ager
aftertastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftertaste
nangry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnæŋɡɹi/
Forms: form: more nangry
form: most nangry
Etymology: From angry; from 17th century.
Senses: examples: 1738, Robert Dodsley, Sir John Cockle at Court, Act II, Scene III, in 1811, Walter Scott (editor), The Modern British Drama, Volume 5, page 104,
Kitty. Poor Sir Timothy! are you disappointed, love? Come, don′t be nangry, and I′ll sing it a song.
glosses: Alternative form of angry.
nangry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnæŋɡɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug nangaray (“to sleep”).
Senses: qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: Asleep.
nangry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnæŋɡɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug nangaray (“to sleep”).
Senses: qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: To sleep.
menagry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menagries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of menagerie.
aftershaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftershave
afterimages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterimage
puggry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɡɹiː/
Forms: form: puggries
form: pagari
form: pagri
form: puckery
form: pugaree
form: puggaree
form: puggerie
form: puggery
form: puggree
form: puggri
form: pugree
Etymology: From Hindi.
Senses: glosses: A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a pith helmet, and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.
Related terms: turban
afterglows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterglow
aftereffects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftereffect
afterbirths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterbirth
skuggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scuggery.
affluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afflux
skulduggeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sculduggeries
form: scullduggeries
form: skullduggeries
Senses: glosses: plural of skulduggery
affrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of affray
affrays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affray
affraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of affray
affrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of affray
Derived terms: afraid
affusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affusion
ageings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ageing
Senses: glosses: plural of ageing
absinthes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absinthe
academes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of academe
ogres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ogre
adoptees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adoptee
pct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pct
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of percent.
on line
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I'm waiting on line at the bakery.
text: Get on line while I shop.
qualifier: Connecticut
glosses: In a queue; waiting one's turn for something.
Synonyms: in line
rollerblades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollerblade
rollerblades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rollerblade
bowdlerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowdlerize
bowdlerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bowdlerized
form: most bowdlerized
Senses: examples: text: a bowdlerized edition of Shakespeare’s plays
glosses: Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
Derived terms: unbowdlerized
discretizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discretize
forwent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔɹˈwɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: for- + went
Senses: glosses: simple past of forgo
forgone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forgo
Derived terms: unforgone
forgoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forgo
gang signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gang signals
Senses: glosses: A gang sign.
dumpsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumpster
new broom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new brooms
Senses: examples: In one way, Mr. Brown's position is particularly difficult, because unlike other political leaders he cannot claim to be a new broom. The Economist in article "Labour pains" on Dec 1st 2007
glosses: A new leader or management.
Related terms: a new broom sweeps clean
supt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sup
circumfuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).kəmˌfjʊz/
Forms: form: circumfuses
form: circumfusing
form: circumfused
form: circumfused
Etymology: From circum- + fuse.
Senses: glosses: To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
glosses: To spread round; to surround.
accts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acct
beknown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /bɪˈnoʊn/
Forms: form: more beknown
form: most beknown
Etymology: From be- + known.
Senses: glosses: known
Derived terms: unbeknown
beknown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /bɪˈnoʊn/
Etymology: From be- + known.
Senses: glosses: past participle of beknow
acerbities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acerbity
rimland theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A political theory that holds that control of Eurasia and Africa (the World Island) is achieved via control of the countries bordering the Soviet Union
Related terms: heartland theory
acerber
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of acerb: more acerb
acerbest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of acerb: most acerb
abrupter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of abrupt: more abrupt
abruptest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
lampyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampyrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug
acerbated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acerbate
acerbating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of acerbate
marsh gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: bog gas
swamp gas
glosses: gases emitted by a marsh
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: methane
gers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ger
agapae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈɡɑ.paɪ/
/aˈɡɑpi/
/ˈɑ.ɡə.paɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of agape
pake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pakes
Etymology: Blend of pie + cake.
Senses: examples: text: Cherry pie baked inside a chocolate cake, for a dandy Black Forest pake.
ref: 2014 July 1, Nancy Stohs, “Bake a pie in a cake to make a ‘pake,’ because why not?”, in The Brownsville Herald, volume 122, number 363, page C2:
text: Pie specials include pumpkin, pumpkin crunch, pumpkin pecan, pumpkin haupia, gluten-free pumpkin pake (cake meets pie), pumpkin pake, cranberry walnut pudding, chocolate chip pecan and rum pecan.
ref: 2014 November 21, The Garden Island, section “TGIFR!DAY” (volume 2, number 46), page 5:
text: We honor foot-high pie, oatmeal pecan pie, “pake” (that’s a pie baked inside a cake), apple green chili pecan pie, levee-high pie and even gooey butter cake pie.
ref: 2015 November 18, Patricia Corrigan, “Sweet! St. Louis thrives with pies”, in St. Louis Jewish Light, volume 68, number 44, page 1B:
glosses: Synonym of piecake.
synonyms: word: piecake
AFRICOM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kɑm/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: USAFRICOM
glosses: Acronym of Africa Command.
Related terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: CENTCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: EUCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: INDOPACOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: NORTHCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: PACOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: SOUTHCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: SPACECOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USAFRICOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USCENTCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USEUCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USINDOPACOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USNORTHCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USPACOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USSOUTHCOM
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: USSPACECOM
hars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of har
kapia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: The resin of the kauri tree from New Zealand, often in petrified form.
abscessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abscess
achenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achene
acnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acne
acned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acned
form: most acned
Etymology: From acne + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: An acned teenager with his hand in a bag of nacho-flavored Doritos was whispering to another kid who was reading Lolita and picking his nose.
ref: 2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase, page 230:
glosses: Marked by acne; suffering from acne.
aconites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aconite
acquaintanceships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquaintanceship
acridities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acridity
acrostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrostickes
form: acrosticks
Senses: glosses: plural of acrostic
acidifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidifier
acknowledgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acknowledger
fends off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fend off
fending off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fend off
acreages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acreage
fended off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fend off
acquirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquirer
activisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of activism
actives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of active
actualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actuality
actuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actuary
acuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acuity
adages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adage
adaptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adaption
adaptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adaptor
squama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squamae
form: squamas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The bract of a deciduous spike.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any scaly bracted leaf.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A calypter.
Derived terms: squamation
Related terms: squamous
addictives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addictive
addends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addend
addends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of addend
adducers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adducer
addressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addresser
addresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: addressers
form: addressor
Etymology: From address + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The girls were listening with the polite though precarious attention which Brown Borough girls always bring to bear on the first three hundred words of any address, especially if the addresser be a man.
ref: 1916, Stella Benson, chapter I, in I Pose, pages 305–306:
glosses: A person who gives an address or speech.
examples: text: When letters were in their infancy, and when knowledge and the arts were groping their way through seemingly impervious mists, some splendid name was necessary to give an author celebrity—hence the custom of DEDICATIONS; hence those floods of adulation, which poured from the press, and outraged the feelings of the addresser and the addressed.
ref: 1788, Hannah Cowley, The Fate of Sparta, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, dedicatory letter:
text: All adults had to be addressed as Mister, Missus, Miss, Auntie, Cousin, Unk, Uncle, Buhbah, Sister, Brother and a thousand other appellations indicating familial relationship and the lowliness of the addressor.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 5, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 22:
glosses: A person who addresses someone (directs spoken or written communication toward someone).
examples: text: […] if they had not been lifted in the air by the enormous accident of a man of genius, the Dickenses, I fancy, would have appeared in poorer and poorer places, as inventory clerks, as caretakers, as addressers of envelopes, until they melted into the masses of the poor.
ref: 1906, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 2, in Charles Dickens: A Critical Study, New York: Dodd Mead & Co., page 25:
glosses: A person who addresses (applies an address to an object to be delivered to a particular location).
glosses: A machine that addresses.
adequacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adequacy
adherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adherer
adhesions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhesion
adieus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adieu
adiposities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adiposity
admittances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admittance
admixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admixture
aerograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerogram
aggrandizements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggrandizement
emptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emptors
Etymology: From Latin ēmptor.
Senses: examples: text: “The point at issue seems to be now a mere difference of opinion as to the definition of the word ‘payment’ between the vendor and emptor.[…]”
ref: 1923 April, Emeric Hulme Beaman, “A Matter of Principle”, in The Windsor Magazine, number 340, page 560:
text: Nolte […] is of the following opinion: As a rule, the emptor cannot waive his claim for delivery of documents and demand delivery of the discharged goods […]
ref: 1940 August, William L. Smyser, “Delivery of Possession Under Straight Bills of Lading in Germany”, in Comparative Law Series, volume 3, number 8, page 446:
text: This was treacherous territory for both the emptor and the vendor, made even riskier by the sheer size of the market.
ref: 2016, M. R. Griffiths, J. R. Lucas, Value Economics: The Ethical Implications of Value for New Economic Thinking, →ISBN, page 204:
topics: law
glosses: Buyer.
Related terms: caveat emptor
ahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ah
ahs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ah
ahems
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ahem
airbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbus
abstractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈstɹæk.tɚ/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: abstractors
Etymology: From abstract + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abstracter
glosses: A clerk of a certain title or grade in the British civil service.
abstractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstractor
aborters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aborter
abraders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abrader
acceptees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acceptee
accepters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accepter
accorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accorder
accounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accounter
achromats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achromat
acumens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acumen
adjurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjurer
adjurors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjuror
administrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administrant
admiralships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admiralship
adoptabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adoptability
adopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adopter
adorners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adorner
adsorbents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adsorbent
adulterators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adulterator
advancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advancer
aerobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerobe
aeroliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerolith
aerologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerologist
affecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affecter
affinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And married she was, thanks to the affinities of landed property!
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: plural of affinity
affirmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affirmer
bibulously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪbjʊləsli/
Forms: form: more bibulously
form: most bibulously
Etymology: From bibulous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Venetian captain, prodding among the butts and bales of the cargo, had discovered a stowaway--a fat, sandy-haired man in worn leather, snoring bibulously among the barrels.
ref: 1939, Robert E. Howard, Gates of Empire:
glosses: In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
Synonyms: sense: drunkenly
word: drunkenly
sense: drunkenly
word: intoxicatedly
sense: drunkenly
word: leglessly
sense: drunkenly
word: winefully
affixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affixer
affrayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affrayer
agglutinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agglutinin
airbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbill
airboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airboat
advt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of advertisement.
afghanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afghani
afghans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afghan