cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Noam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnoʊəm/
homophone: no'm
Etymology: From Hebrew נועם (“pleasantness; a male name”).
Senses: examples: text: According to Noam Chomsky, linguistic theory should concern itself primarily with the investigation of a speaker's competence.
ref: 1981, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities, page 86:
text: We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.
ref: 2022 January 19, Yair Rosenberg, “Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2022:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Naomi
reseparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + separation.
Senses: glosses: separation again
realteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realterations
Etymology: From re- + alteration.
Senses: glosses: alteration again
recycling bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycling bins
Senses: glosses: A recycle bin.
recycle man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycle men
Senses: glosses: A man employed to collect recyclables from people's homes.
recycle truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycle trucks
Senses: glosses: A truck used to pick up recyclables from people's houses.
sweepable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sweep + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for sweeping
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Of a mine: capable of being located by minesweeping
rapted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rapt
rapting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rapt
unpicturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpicturable
form: most unpicturable
Etymology: From un- + picturable.
Senses: glosses: Not picturable.
ungirly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungirly
form: most ungirly
Etymology: From un- + girly.
Senses: glosses: Not girly.
stuffable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stuff + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Generally, a stuffable material is stuffed into molds which are subjected to heat for cooking, chilling, and then removed from the molds as a cooked and ready-to-eat food product that may thereafter be sliced or sectioned and packaged for sale […]
ref: 1982, Endel Karmas, Meat, poultry, and seafood technology: recent developments, page 157:
glosses: Capable of being stuffed; suitable for stuffing.
Derived terms: stuffable diaper
keros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kero
queros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quero
qero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qeros
Senses: examples: text: The qero cups included in the project date from the Inka period through the colonial period.
ref: 2002, Pamela B. Vandiver, Martha Goodway, Jennifer L. Mass, Materials issues in art and archaeology VI:
text: Hummingbirds often accompanied depictions of Inca women on qeros, the brilliantly colored wooden cups.
ref: 2004, Paul Richard Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology, page 107:
glosses: Alternative form of kero (Inca drinking-cup)
qeros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qero
araki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araqi
Senses: glosses: A date liquor distilled illegally in Sudan.
araqi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of araki.
umqombothi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Xhosa.
Senses: examples: text: He notes that South Africa has a traditional beer called umqombothi brewed from sorghum, a grain in the millet family.
ref: [2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.
pottiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pottinesses
Etymology: From potty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It’s all very well for the Warden to talk about an open mind, but we shall all feel perfectly ghastly wondering what other people are thinking about us, and whether our own conversation doesn’t sound a little potty. It’s the pottiness, you know, that’s so awful.
ref: 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:
glosses: The quality of being potty.
pottily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pottily
form: most pottily
Etymology: From potty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a potty manner.
you must be new here
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: What would happen if you went to the soil and said, "Give me some fruit. Give me some plants"? The soil would probably respond, "Excuse me, sir, but you're a little confused. You must be new here. That's not the way the game is played."
ref: 1986, Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, Free Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 384:
text: Did you really think I wouldn't discuss the most important segment of the season before beginning with the rankings? You must be new here.
ref: 2009 November 9, Annie Barrett, “'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Period Pieces”, in Entertainment Weekly:
text: When a Turkish reporter, after yesterday's 2-1 U.S. Cup tune-up victory over Turkey, asked U.S. coach Bob Bradley to name his starting lineup for its tournament opener against England on June 12, a team publicist slyly remarked to the reporter: "You must be new here."
ref: 2010 May 29, John Jeansonne, “Questions remain for U.S. on eve of World Cup”, in Newsday:
glosses: Used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.
pincloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pincloths
Etymology: From pin + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A pinafore.
pincloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pincloth
nontrace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + trace.
Senses: glosses: Not merely a trace amount.
coted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cote
coting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cote
hypothalamocerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From hypothalamo- + cerebellar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and cerebellum.
hexadecapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexadecapeptide
hypothalamospinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From hypothalamo- + spinal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypothalamus and spinal cord.
unsocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsocket
unsocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not socketed.
unsockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsocket
unsocketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsocket
mankiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From manky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being manky.
emanateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: emanate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emanate
uncounselled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + counselled.
Senses: glosses: Not counselled.
unprocured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + procured.
Senses: glosses: Not having been procured.
unresolute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unresolute
form: most unresolute
Etymology: From un- + resolute.
Senses: glosses: Not resolute; irresolute.
irketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: irk + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of irk
in-betweeny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more in-betweeny
form: most in-betweeny
Etymology: From in-between + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She thought about the color black, the nature of blackness, and the in-betweeny shades therein.
ref: 2005, Carole Cadwalladr, The Family Tree, Dutton, →ISBN, page 141:
text: I half slept and half woke and enjoyed for several hours that dreamy, in-betweeny state of living that hovers between consciousness and sleep.
ref: 2007, Stephen Cottrell, Do Nothing to Change Your Life: Discovering What Happens When You Stop, Seabury Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 3:
text: Then there are those in-betweeny spring and autumn days when you're in two minds about what the “real-feel” temperature is — and no matter what you wear, it always seems to be the wrong thing.
ref: 2007, Matt Seaton, Two Wheels: Thoughts from the Bike Lane, Guardian Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an in-between state.
in-betweeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-betweenies
Etymology: From in-between + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I was an in-betweeny, neither one thing nor the other, and though on the one hand it was frustrating and at times even made me feel freakish, there were also many occasions when my situation gave me cause for amusement.
ref: 1991, Stephanie Anne Lloyd, Sandra Sedgbeer, Stephanie: A Girl in a Million, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 100:
text: He calls her an 'in-betweeny', neither a Taig nor a Prod, and that^([sic]) she should never have tried to be something she is not.
ref: 2005, John Lynch, Torn Water, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 113:
text: A suboptimal outcome usually results when a business vacillates between the two – becoming an 'in-betweeny' – or where there are tensions between key functions, pulling in opposite directions through their allegiance to different strategies.
ref: 2010, Peter Cheverton, Building the Value Machine: Transforming Your Business Through Collaborative Customer Partnerships, Kogan Page, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: Something in an in-between or intermediate state.
unstippled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stippled.
Senses: glosses: Not stippled.
unmugged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mugged.
Senses: glosses: Not having been mugged.
unburgled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + burgled.
Senses: glosses: Not having been burgled.
unrobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + robbed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been robbed.
unrecoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrecoiling
form: most unrecoiling
Etymology: From un- + recoiling.
Senses: examples: text: a clear ground whereupon to preach the gospel with an unrecoiling heart
ref: 1699, John Howe, A Funeral Sermon for Reverend Matthew Mead:
glosses: Without recoiling.
magnificent frigatebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnificent frigatebirds
Senses: synonyms: word: man-of-war
word: man-of-war bird
glosses: A species of frigatebird native to the tropical Atlantic, Fregata magnificens.
same sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the same sex
Senses: glosses: The same gender to which one is referring, often when referring to oneself.
Synonyms: sense: Synonym
word: same-sex
sense: Synonym
word: same gender
same sex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of same-sex.
mulching mowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulching mower
mud fights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud fight
nightmarey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nightmarey
form: most nightmarey
Senses: examples: text: "What happened next I can scarce describe, for it sometimes seems to me as if it wasn't I myself who went through it all, but some one else in a tale, or myself in a nightmarey sort of a dream. […]
ref: 1884, Marianne Filleul, Ellen Tremaine, or The Poem without an Ending, The Religious Tract Society, page 203:
text: To what low degree of criminal degeneracy must man fall to subject a human being to the ante-operative anxiety, to the shock of the anesthesia, to the post-operative vomiting and retching, to the pain of the wound, to the danger of infection, to the horrible paralytic distension of the bowels, to the nightmarey nights, to the fear of death — and all for some wretched lucre or rotten "reputation."
ref: 1914 March, William J. Robinson, “A Visit to the Inferno, or a Case of Appendicitis: A Personal Narrative”, in The Southern Practitioner, volume XXXVI, number 3, page 129:
text: The house itself, which was built before the arrival of the von Ernsts, looked, in an uncertain nightmarey way, like the blurred skyline of a cathedral town.
ref: 1917, Grace Hodgson Flandrau, Cousin Julia, D. Appleton and Company, published 1917, page 70:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nightmary.
peer-to-peer lending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The online lending of money to a person or organization by a group of unrelated people who each commit a relatively small amount.
Related terms: peer-to-peer economy
Gigli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Gigli saw
Gigli's operation
Giornico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Gravina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gravinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gravina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Guglielmi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guglielmis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Guglielmi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian. equivalent to Williams
golden weddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden wedding
South East Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Southeast Asia.
Idria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Idrija.
Idrija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Gorizia statistical region of Slovenia.
statistical region
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statistical regions
Senses: glosses: Any of twelve regions of Slovenia created in 2007 for administrative, legal and statistical purposes
Insubres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria.
Ischia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island and volcano in the Bay of Naples, west of Naples in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
glosses: A town and comune on the island of Ischia in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
glosses: A town and comune of Lazio, Italy; in full, Ischia di Castro.
Bay of Naples
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Bay of Naples
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gulf of Naples.
synonyms: word: Gulf of Naples
Gulf of Naples
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gulf of Naples
Senses: synonyms: Bay of Naples
glosses: A gulf of the Mediterranean Sea, located along the coast of Campania in Italy.
laddoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laddoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laddu.
laddoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laddoo
laddu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ləɖˈɖuː/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈlʌɖːu/
ipa: /ləˈduː/
ipa: /ˈlæd.(d)u/
ipa: /ˈlʌd.(d)u/
Forms: form: laddus
form: laddoo
form: ladoo
form: luddoo
form: ludoo
Etymology: From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).
Senses: examples: text: His foster-mother Yashoda caught him stealing laddus.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 107:
text: Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.
ref: 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
laddus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laddu
Horner's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869.
Senses: glosses: A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, characterized by ptosis of the eyelid accompanied by miosis.
Synonyms: Bernard-Horner syndrome
Claude Bernard syndrome
Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome
Horner syndrome
oculosympathetic palsy
oculosympathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + sympathetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the eye and the sympathetic nervous system.
Horner syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Horner's syndrome.
Bernard-Horner syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Horner's syndrome
Claude Bernard syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard.
Senses: glosses: Horner's syndrome
wikipedia: Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Horner's syndrome
ciliospinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From cilio- + spinal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ciliary body and spinal cord.
cerebellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebellins
Etymology: From cerebellum + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hexadecapeptide that has neuromodulatory functions in the brain.
Derived terms: precerebellin
cerebellins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebellin
precerebellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + cerebellin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor of cerebellin.
protocapitalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + capitalistic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to protocapitalism.
protocapitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + capitalism.
Senses: glosses: Any early system of trade from which modern capitalism ultimately derives.
Related terms: protocapitalist
protocapitalistic
protocapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + capitalist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to protocapitalism.
protocapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocapitalists
Etymology: From proto- + capitalist.
Senses: glosses: Somebody involved in protocapitalism.
protocapitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protocapitalist
filler-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filler-uppers
Senses: glosses: Anything that serves to fill up, such as a snack food or a stopgap measure.
filler-uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filler-upper
Miller Fisher syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Canadian neurologist C. Miller Fisher, who described it in 1956.
Senses: glosses: A rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, manifesting as a descending paralysis that proceeds in the reverse order and usually affects the eye muscles first.
areflexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From areflexia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting, or relating to, areflexia.
Derived terms: Roussy-Lévy areflexic dystasia
Bernoulli number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bernoulli numbers
form: Bernoulli's number
Etymology: Named after Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli (1654–1705), who discovered the numbers independently of and at about the same time as Japanese mathematician Seki Kōwa.
The numbers first appeared as coefficients in Bernoulli's formulae for the sum of the first n positive integers, each raised to a given power. The sequence was subsequently found in numerous other contexts.
Senses: examples: text: 1993, Serge Lang, Complex Analysis, Springer, 3rd Edition, page 418,
The assertion about the value of the zeta function at negative integers then comes immediately from the definition of the Bernoulli numbers in terms of the coefficients of a power series, namely
t/(eᵗ-1)=∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲B_n(tⁿ)/(n!)
text: In the first three sections, we present standard results about the Bernoulli numbers and polynomials and the Riemann zeta functions and its zeros.
ref: 2002, M. Aslam Chaudhry, Syed M. Zubair, On a Class of Incomplete Gamma Functions with Applications, CRC Press (Chapman & Hall/CRC), page 287:
text: This done, he extends occurrence of Bernoulli numbers in the expansion of #92;textstyle#92;frac 1 2#92;cot(#92;frac 1 2x) to the more general form #92;textstyle#92;frac#92;pin#92;cot(#92;frac#123;m#92;pi#125;n) and uses that to relate Bernoulli numbers to the values of #92;zeta(2n). To end the theoretical parts of his exposition, he gives some of the properties of the Bernoulli polynomials and notes that Bernoulli numbers grow faster than any geometric series.
ref: 2007, C. Edward Sandifer, How Euler Did It, Mathematical Association of America, page 175:
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: Any one of the rational numbers in a sequence of such that appears in numerous contexts, including formulae for sums of integer powers and certain power series expansions.
wikipedia: Jacob Bernoulli
Seki Takakazu
Related terms: Bernoulli polynomial
Maaloula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maalula
form: Ma'loula
form: Ma'lula
form: Ma'lulah
Etymology: From Western Neo-Aramaic ܡܰܥܠܽܘܠܰܐ (Maʿlūlā).
Senses: glosses: Historical town in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.
dihydroxyphenylalanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroxyphenylalanine
monothematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monothematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monothematic fashion.
polythematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + theme + -atic.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: multitopic
coordinate_terms: monothematic
glosses: Dealing with more than one theme or topic.
Related terms: thematic
nooch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːtʃ
Etymology: Clipping of nutritional.
Senses: glosses: Nutritional yeast.
Related terms: gendy nooch
dog door
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog doors
Senses: glosses: A doggie door.
vacuum bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum bags
Senses: glosses: A bag used in vacuum cleaners to collect the dirt.
barmpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːmˌpɒt/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹmˌpɑt/
Forms: form: barmpots
form: bampot
Senses: glosses: An idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.
that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Implying that a dollar is the cost for the coffee, leaving the other item worthless.
Senses: examples: text: So you can name all the Chinese provinces? That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
glosses: A comment used to imply that either previously stated information, an ability, or an item, are of no value.
Synonyms: sense: that and a token will get you on the subway
word: 1
sense: that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee
word: 1
that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
homochromia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + -chromia.
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, the same holds good of mimetic parasitism; for at the climax of that process we have the elaborate imitation of the living organism, then of its cadaver or its excreta, till, finally, we arrive at homochromia, that is, the adoption by certain animals of the prevailing colour of their environment.
ref: 1895, Jean Massart & Émile Vandervelde, Parasitism, Organic and Social (trans. William Macdonald and J. Arthur Thomson), Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited (1895), pages 16-17
text: Mimetic homochromia consists not only of imitation of the colour and texture of the environment or of other spp (animal or plant), but also involves Imitation of their behaviour, immobility being the best known example, especially in otherwise conspicuous spp.
ref: 1975, Animal Behaviour Abstracts, volume 3, page 201:
text: […] I mean, butterflies are good at make-believe, too…. What are homochromia and dissuasive livery, if not artistic lies? Like the Caligo prometheus, who proclaims to his enemies, "I'm the head of an owl, I'm gonna eat you!" Or the Samia cynthia, which looks like a dreadful dragon! Pride of our species, my eye."
ref: 2000, Nancy Huston, Prodigy, McArthur & Company, →ISBN, page 55:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background or other form of camouflage as a means of protection.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The anatomical state in which the same pigmentation or coloring occurs in the eyes, skin or hair.
Synonyms: homochromy
Derived terms: homochromatic
homochromous
innocent bystander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: innocent bystanders
Senses: glosses: A person who, although present at some event without taking part in it, is affected by it deleteriously.
was-sceptre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: was-sceptres
form: was sceptre
form: was-scepter
form: was scepter
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.
Senses: topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Commonwealth spelling
glosses: A type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs.
food porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foodporn.
out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out of the mouths of babes.
cataplexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cataplexy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cataplexy.
mutistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mute + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mutism.
percontations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percontation
anticatatonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + catatonic.
Senses: glosses: Countering catatonia.
Immaculata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Virgin Mary.
unromanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + romanced.
Senses: glosses: Not romanced.
unbleachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bleachable.
Senses: glosses: Not bleachable.
unroomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unroomy
form: most unroomy
Etymology: From un- + roomy.
Senses: glosses: Not roomy.
puzzleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From puzzle + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without puzzles.
subsectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subsection + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to subsections.
lightning round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightning rounds
Senses: glosses: A round of a game or contest that gives participants a fixed time in which to achieve as much as possible.
lightning rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightning round
Beamonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beamonesque
form: most Beamonesque
Etymology: From Beamon + -esque, after American athlete Bob Beamon (born 1946), who spectacularly broke the long jump world record by nearly two feet in 1968.
Senses: examples: text: Daland believes these walking chemistry experiments have forever tarnished the truly remarkable performance, that every Beamonesque achievement from now on will be suspected of being pharmaceutically accomplished[…]
ref: 1997, David McComb, World History: 1500 To the Present, page 230:
text: Because his body and mind had found peace, Crocker was able to deliver an effort in Barcelona that was truly Beamonesque[…]
ref: 2006, Paul McMullen, Amazing Pace, page 36:
text: The idea […] was to get to the top [of the stairs] in the fewest strides. Ripken could do it in six strides, which was positively Bob Beamonesque.
ref: 2011, Curt Smith, A Talk in the Park:
glosses: spectacular; remarkable
raw_tags: of a sporting achievement
wikipedia: Bob Beamon
any fule kno
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From as any fule kno (misspelled form of as any fool knows), a catchphrase of fictional schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, subject of a series of books by Geoffrey Willans.
Senses: examples: text: The Manoir is expensive, any fule kno that. But there is little point, judging from reports, in worrying what else you might have done with the £25 charged for a first course of wild salmon and caviare.
ref: 1995, Jim Ainsworth, Consumers' Association, Good Food Guide 1996, page 324:
text: Mow Cop is in Cheshire as any fule kno, but in the great tradition of smaller copies of greater buildings (vide Corris, Blackpool, Lichfield, Kiparrissia) there is a model sham ruin inspired by [it][…]
ref: 1999, Gwyn Headley, Wim Meulenkamp, Follies, grottoes & garden buildings, page 430:
text: Aside from the observation that, as any fule kno, rockets launch satellites, but themselves fall to earth, one wonders why this was ever considered to be helpful.
ref: 2003, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, page 402:
glosses: Any fool knows; it is well known.
wikipedia: Geoffrey Willans
Nigel Molesworth
bear meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: meat from a bear
roast pork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roast porks
Senses: glosses: Pork cooked by roasting.
Synonyms: pork roast
roast porks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roast pork
char siu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɑː ˈʃuː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑ siu̯/
Forms: form: char siew
form: char xiu
form: cha shao
form: cha su
form: chasu
Etymology: From Cantonese 叉燒／叉烧 (caa¹ siu¹, “fork roast”).
Senses: examples: text: We settled on cumin-spiced lamb buns, Moreton Bay bug crystal dumplings and the char siu Ōra King salmon fillet.
ref: 2021 February 24, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 37, column 1:
glosses: A style of preparation of barbecued pork in Cantonese cuisine, typically using honey and spices.
Synonyms: barbecue pork
BBQ pork
Related terms: char siu bao
chashu
Origenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Origenian
form: most Origenian
Etymology: From Origen + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Origen, an ancient scholar, early Christian theologian and Church Father.
Xenophonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzɛnəˈfəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌzɛnəˈfoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˈzi-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Xenophonian
form: most Xenophonian
Etymology: From Xenophon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Xenophon, an Ancient Greek historian, soldier, and philosopher.
apokatastasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apokatastases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apocatastasis.
Derived terms: apokatastatic
apokatastases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apokatastasis
apocatastatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apocatastatic
form: most apocatastatic
form: apokatastatic
Etymology: From apocatastasis + -ic.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Relating to apocatastasis.
apokatastatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apokatastatic
form: most apokatastatic
Etymology: From apokatastasis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apocatastatic.
microniche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microniches
Etymology: From micro- + niche.
Senses: glosses: A very small niche.
microniches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microniche
dimethyltryptamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethyltryptamine
unrespectfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unrespectfully
form: most unrespectfully
Etymology: From unrespectful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not respectful.
qyoot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːt
Senses: glosses: Informal form of cute.
Lando
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Landos
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Lando, a patronymic surname from a personal name of Germanic origin.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Landó, a pet form of the personal name Lándor.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
A surname from Italian
glosses: A surname.
A surname from Hungarian
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A male given name.
A male given name from Italian.
order of business
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orders of business
Senses: glosses: A task which needs to be completed.
glosses: The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or priority; an agenda.
Related terms: order of the day
running order
Leventina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Locarno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Ticino canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A district of Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Related terms: locarnize
Lollobrigida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lollobrigidas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lollobrigida.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: Gina Lollobrigida (1927–2023), Italian actress and sex symbol.
Derived terms: Lollobrigidian
Lombardo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lombardos
form: Lombardoes
Etymology: From Romance (Italian Lombardo from lombardo; Spanish Lombardo from lombardo; Portuguese Lombardo from lombardo) from Latin Longobardus, from Germanic. See Lombard.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from the Romance languages
Longobardi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Langobardi.
Lugano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Derived terms: Lake Lugano
luganese
Luria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lurias
Etymology: Variant of Loria.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
waivodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waivode
waivode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waivodes
Senses: examples: text: On the elevation of Stephen Bathori to the throne of Poland, his brother Christopher succeeded him as waivode of Transylvania, and dying in 1582, left an infant son, Sigismund, under the protection of the Porte.
ref: 1807, William Coxe, History of the House of Austria, Volume 1, Part 2, page 682:
text: My father fell a victim to the rapacity of the Waivode, who insinuated this charge against him in order to possess himself of the lands belonging to my parent.
ref: 1825, Tertius T C. Kendrick, The Travellers, volume 1, page 79:
text: The Turkish waivode resides in it — a personage with little real authority, who may be considered in the light of a referendee, or of a gate that a man puts up in his own road to establish his claim thereto.
ref: 1833, Adolphus Slade, Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the years 1829,1830, and 1831, volume 2, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of voivode.
Manfredo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manfredos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Manfredo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
tree hollow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree hollows
Senses: glosses: A semienclosed cavity which has naturally formed in the trunk or branch of a tree.
Marino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marinos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
An inner northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
glosses: A place name:
A city and comune in Lazio, Italy.
glosses: A place name:
A settlement in Ilinden municipality, North Macedonia.
glosses: A place name:
A coastal suburb of Adelaide in the City of Marion, South Australia.
Masaccio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæˈsæt͡ʃioʊ/
ipa: /məˈsɑːt͡ʃioʊ/
ipa: /məˈzɑːt͡ʃ(i)oʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Masaccio, from Maso (diminutive of Tommaso) + -accio (pejorative suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Around 1425, the Florentine artist Masaccio painted the first major works in one-point perspective. That revolutionized what artists could do ever after.
ref: 2022 March 3, Blake Gopnik, “One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An Italian painter (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone; 1401–1428) of the Quattrocento period.
Mauro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Mendrisio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ticino canton, Switzerland.
corona discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corona discharges
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ionization of air (or any other fluid) surrounding an electrically energized conductor, as a result of a strong electric field.
Synonyms: corona
Michelin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Michelins
Etymology: Borrowed from French Michelin.
Senses: examples: text: On Friday, at a former Michelin factory in the north-east of the city, the finishing touches were being put in place for the fifth Dundee design festival, which opens on Monday.
ref: 2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Michelin star
Michelin tire baby syndrome
Modane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Modugno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Modugnos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Modugno.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Monna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese もんな (Monna) itself from Japanese 門奈 (Monna). Kanji possibly mean 門 (family, kin) and 奈 (apple), but this is unlikely.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Monna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Related terms: Monna Lisa
Montesano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.
Montessori
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Montessori
form: most Montessori
Etymology: From the surname of the founder Maria Montessori.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Montessori education method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori.
wikipedia: Maria Montessori
Monviso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Monte Viso
synonyms: word: Monte Viso
firedamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firedampers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire damper.
Mura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Mura.
Senses: glosses: One of the statistical regions of Slovenia.
Mura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Muras
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan, French and Italian Mura.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of Amazonas, Brazil, whose sole surviving dialect is Pirahã.
Muti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mutis
Etymology: (surname): Borrowed from Italian Muti
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Related terms: Mutti
stink-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stink eye.
unbamboozled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bamboozled.
Senses: examples: text: To the unbamboozled, the very presence of officially coached, officially subsidized teams from behind the Iron Curtain had a political dimension.
ref: 1972, William Frank Buckley, National Review Bulletin (volume 24, page B-148)
glosses: Not bamboozled or fooled; aware of the true situation.
handtool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handtools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand tool.
nonedged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + edged.
Senses: examples: text: These tools are termed nonedged handtools because they are not used for cutting purposes and do not have sharpened or cutting edges. They are designed to facilitate mechanical operations such as clamping, hammering, twisting, turning, […]
ref: 1960, United States. Dept. of the Army, Use and care of handtools and measuring tools, page 77:
glosses: Not supplied with an edge.
handtools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handtool
mouthstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouthsticks
Etymology: From mouth + stick.
Senses: glosses: A rodlike prop used by jugglers, held between the teeth and primarily used for balancing objects on.
glosses: A device allowing a paralysed person to perform various activities using only the mouth.
Related terms: handstick
headstick
sidestick
mouthsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthstick
Gilbert's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʒiːlˈbɛər/
Etymology: First described by French gastroenterologist Augustin Nicolas Gilbert and co-workers in 1901.
Senses: glosses: A hereditary condition characterized by hyperbilirubinemia due to reduced activity of the enzyme glucuronyltransferase.
Synonyms: word: Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome
word: GS
disguiseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disguise + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disguise
chintziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chintzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being chintzy.
chintzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chintzily
form: most chintzily
Etymology: From chintzy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a chintzy fashion.
wallowingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From wallowing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was nothing less than Leoville de Vinchelez's strange catapult-carrying catamaran, barely under control and listing to port as it sailed wallowingly towards the headland […]
ref: 2007, Sinclair Forrest, The Dragon of Angur, page 346:
text: She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell.
ref: 2009, Jane Pattison, Charles and Diantha, page 327:
glosses: So as to wallow.
discontinuative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In narratives, discontinuative predicate focus is used when there is a topic shift, or when two referents are contrasted.
ref: 2010, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, The Expression of Information Structure:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Indicating discontinuation.
Nitti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Nitti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Nitti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Alternative form of Nitto.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nitto.
synonyms: word: Nitto
pitchcapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pitch + capping.
Senses: glosses: A form of torture used against suspected rebels during the period of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, in which hot pitch or tar was poured into a conical paper "cap", which was then forced onto the bound suspect's head, allowed to cool, and rapidly removed, taking with it a portion of the skin.
Norberto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Norbertos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Norberto.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
Palladianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Palladian + -ism.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Palladian architecture
geopolitician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geopoliticians
Etymology: From geo- + politician.
Senses: glosses: One who is involved in geopolitics.
geopoliticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geopolitician
chakric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chakra + -ic.
Senses: examples: chakric energies
glosses: Relating to chakras.
synergetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A school of thought on thinking and geometry developed by Buckminster Fuller.
glosses: A school of thought on thermodynamics and other systems phenomena developed by Hermann Haken.
triple-lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple-locks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triple lock.
tansu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tansus
form: tansu
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 箪笥.
Senses: glosses: A traditional portable chest from Japan.
tansus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tansu
whorephobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɔːˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
ipa: /ˌhɔɹˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From whore + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: However, to stop there, ignoring the manner in which whorephobia articulates with patriarchy, heterosexism, and homophobia, is to elide and, in turn, to misunderstand the subtle similarities and differences in the experiences of sex workers.
ref: 2007, Kevin G. Barnhurst, Media Q, Media/Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents, page 178:
text: Accusations of “whorephobia” are increasingly used to silence and deter any criticism of the sex trade whatsoever.
ref: 2017 March 16, Julie Bindel, The Independent:
glosses: Hatred of sex workers.
Related terms: whorephobic
pornophobia
derogateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: derogate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of derogate
diaperings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diapering
unextractable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + extractable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be extracted.
extricability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being extricable.
anticonservation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticonservation
form: most anticonservation
Etymology: From anti- + conservation.
Senses: glosses: Opposing conservation (of animals, natural sites, etc.).
redraftings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redrafting
deep-fat fryers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep-fat fryer
deep-fries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deep-fry
deep-fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep-fry
hyleg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hylegs
Etymology: From medieval Latin, from Arabic هيلاج (haylāj), from Middle-Persian ŠḆKWN-k' (hilag, “releaser”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀφέτης (aphétēs).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Hellenistic astrology, the planet with the greatest essential dignity in five important natal chart positions: the degree of the Sun; the degree of the Moon; the Ascendant; the Lot of Fortune; and the prenatal syzygy (that is, New Moon or Full Moon, whichever most closely preceded the birth).
hylegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyleg