cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
extemporize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: extemporizes
form: extemporizing
form: extemporized
form: extemporized
form: extemporise
Senses: examples: text: "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . .
"It's nobody's, miss."
"Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?"
ref: 1881, George MacDonald, chapter 35, in Mary Marston:
text: But while some of his predecessors liked to extemporize, Obama prefers the message to be just so.
ref: 2009 March 5, Peter Baker, “The (very) scripted president”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Nov 2011:
glosses: To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
examples: text: As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes.
ref: 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 10, in The Marble Faun:
text: The small jelly-speck, which we call the amoeba, has no organs save what it can extemporize as occasion arises.
ref: 1879, Samuel Butler, chapter 5, in Evolution, Old & New:
text: The wine runs into pitchers, washing-basins, shards, chamber- vessels, and other extemporized receptacles.
ref: 1906, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part Second, Act Third:
text: His most famous words — "I have a dream" — were extemporized.
ref: 2003 August 25, Emily Eakin, “How King Shaped The Dream”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Nov 2011:
glosses: To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
Synonyms: word: improvise
word: think on one's feet
word: devise
word: improvise
Derived terms: extemporizer
Related terms: extemporaneous
extempore
extemporization
extemporisation
play it by ear
off the cuff
off the top of one's head
homeland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/
ipa: /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/
ipa: /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/
rhymes: -əʊmlænd
Forms: form: homelands
Etymology: From home + land.
Senses: examples: text: defend the homeland
text: return to the homeland
text: homeland security
text: After years abroad, she finally returned to her homeland.
text: They fought bravely to defend their homeland.
glosses: The country that one regards as home.
glosses: One's country of residence.
glosses: One's country of birth.
glosses: The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
synonyms: bantustan
glosses: An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
Hypernyms: land
Derived terms: homelander
homeland security
ur-homeland
Related terms: fatherland
home country
motherland
old country
artwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːtˌwɜːk/
ipa: /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/
Forms: form: artworks
Etymology: From art + -work.
Senses: examples: text: A myriad of Hellenic artworks reflects the perceptions of the citizens of Ancient Greece.
text: The most distinctive physical attribute of the space is the bright red metal sculpture that resembles one of Claes Oldenburg's oversized clothespins, only slightly deconstructed. The artwork may be enjoyed on its own terms, but ...
ref: 2000, Jerold S. Kayden, Privately Owned Public Space: the New York City Experience:
synonyms: work of art
art piece
piece of art
art object
glosses: A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
glosses: Artistic work.
examples: text: The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.
glosses: The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
green chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green chains
Senses: glosses: An area where lumber is sorted and piled at a sawmill.
diphtheria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
other: /dɪpˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /dɪfˈθɪɹ.i.ə/
other: /dɪpˈθɪɹ.i.ə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Forms: form: diphtherias
form: diptheria
Etymology: From French diphtérie (later for a while also spelled diphthérie) in 1857, which was coined in 1855 with the suffix -ie to replace -ite in the previous term diphtérite for the disease because it affects more than one part of the body. The previous term (later for a while also spelled diphthérite) was coined in 1817 by Pierre Bretonneau using Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”) in reference to the tough membrane that forms in the throat.
Bretonneau perhaps coined and used the Latin term diphtheritis (with its close imitation of Greek spelling typical of Neolatin) even earlier than the French term diphtérite, which follows the French habit of sometimes spelling t for the Latin transliteration th of Greek θ (but not, for example, in thermomètre).
Senses: examples: text: Today diphtheria has become so rare — just five cases in the United States in the most recent decade measured — that many doctors would struggle to recognize it.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 377:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
wikipedia: en:Pierre Bretonneau
Synonyms: sense: respiratory tract infection
word: Boulogne fever
sense: respiratory tract infection
word: Boulogne sore throat
sense: respiratory tract infection
word: diphtheritis
sense: respiratory tract infection
word: strangling angel
sense: respiratory tract infection
word: strangling angel of children
Derived terms: antidiphtheria
antidiphtherin
diphtheriae
diphtherial
diphtheric
diphtheritic
diphtheritis
diphtheroid
DPPT
DPT
pseudodiphtheria
Related terms: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
daiquiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈdæ.kɪ.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaɪ.kə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaɪ.kɪ.ɹi/
homophone: dykery (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: daiquiris
form: Daiquirí
form: daiquirí
Etymology: Originated 1915–1920; after Daiquirí, a town on the south coast of Cuba.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added.
Derived terms: daiquiried
frozen daiquiri
Hemingway daiquiri
respiratory tract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: respiratory tracts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The passages, divided into an upper and a lower part, through which air enters and leaves the body, including the mouth, nose and nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and conducting bronchioles, sometimes further including the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.
Derived terms: lower respiratory tract
upper respiratory tract
Related terms: respirologist
pulmonology
alveolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/
ipa: /alˈviː.əl.əs/
ipa: /ælˈvi.əl.əs/
rhymes: -iːələs
Forms: form: alveoli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small cavity or pit.
Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
synonyms: pulmonary alveolus
topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small cavity or pit.
The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
synonyms: dental alveolus
tooth socket
alveolar socket
examples: text: The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.
ref: 1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small cavity or pit.
An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cavity or pit.
The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
Derived terms: alveolar
alveolate
alveolation
alveoliform
alveolitis
alveolo-
Hasse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowing from German Hasse.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
brötchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brötchens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brötchen (“bread roll”).
Senses: glosses: bun, bread roll
Bure
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: A river in Norfolk, England.
Boer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː/
ipa: /bəʊ.ə/
ipa: /bʊə/
ipa: /boɹ/
ipa: /boʊ.ɚ/
ipa: /bʊɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: boor (some dialects)
homophone: bore (some dialects)
Forms: form: Boers
Etymology: From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower.
Senses: glosses: A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
examples: text: The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle.
glosses: A militant in the Boer War.
examples: text: ‘I won't say good day to a fucking boer!’ he exploded, swinging round viciously to escape into the angry light outside.
ref: 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 93:
text: At least one of the scenes on the screen appeared to be the rallying cry of “Kill the Boer,” which U.S. officials and Afrikaner activists have cited as evidence that white South Africans are being persecuted. Boer means farmer in Dutch and Afrikaans.
ref: 2025 May 21, Erica L. Green, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, “Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An Afrikaner, especially a farmer.
Related terms: Afrikaner
Asian
Bantu
colored
Boer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔː/
ipa: /bəʊ.ə/
ipa: /bʊə/
ipa: /boɹ/
ipa: /boʊ.ɚ/
ipa: /bʊɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: boor (some dialects)
homophone: bore (some dialects)
Forms: form: Boers
Etymology: From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Coordinate terms: Boer goat
Deboer
deBoer
DeBoer
de Boer
DenBoer
Denboer
denBoer
Den Boer
den Boer
VanBoer
Vanboer
vanBoer
van Boer
Van Boer
Van Den Boer
vanden Boer
Vanden Boer
van Den Boer
van den Boer
Van den Boer
Vandenboer
Burin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjʊər.ɪn/
rhymes: -ʊəɹɪn
Etymology: Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
boloney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boloneys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bologna (“sausage”).
glosses: Alternative form of baloney (“nonsense”).
fila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪlə/
homophone: phyla
Senses: glosses: plural of filum
filum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪləm/
rhymes: -aɪləm
homophone: phylum
Forms: form: fila
Etymology: From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: a filamentous anatomical structure
bracelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪslət/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/
rhymes: -eɪslɪt
Forms: form: bracelets
Etymology: From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Senses: examples: text: Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49:
synonyms: wristband#English:_decorative
coordinate_terms: wristband#English:_sport
glosses: A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
synonyms: watchband
watchstrap
wristband#English:_wristwatch
glosses: The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
examples: text: […] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.
ref: 1903, Campbell Cowan Edgar, Greek Sculpture, page 57:
coordinate_terms: brassard
glosses: A piece of defensive armour for the arm.
Derived terms: ankle bracelet
awareness bracelet
bracelet cortinar
bracelets of fortune
charm bracelet
friendship bracelet
gel bracelet
jelly bracelet
Kabbalah bracelet
line bracelet
sex bracelet
slap bracelet
slave bracelet
snap bracelet
tennis bracelet
bracelet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪslət/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/
rhymes: -eɪslɪt
Forms: form: bracelets
form: braceleting
form: braceletting
form: braceleted
form: braceleted
form: braceletted
form: braceletted
Etymology: From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Senses: glosses: To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.
Related terms: armband
bangle
-let
tawse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɔːz/
rhymes: -ɔːz
Forms: form: tawses
form: taws
Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.
Senses: examples: text: I lay about me with the taws
 That night and morning I may thrash
 Greek Alexander from my flesh, […]
ref: 1919 March, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, “The Saint and the Hunchback”, in The Wild Swans at Coole, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, pages 104–105:
text: [W]hile James Murray might punish a late comer by a stroke on the palm of the hand, the children found his lessons so interesting that he had no need to resort to the "tawse", the traditional leather strap, that descended on the shoulders of Mr Dodds' pupils at the United school.
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 31:
glosses: A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
tawse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɔːz/
rhymes: -ɔːz
Forms: form: tawses
form: tawsing
form: tawsed
form: tawsed
Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.
Senses: glosses: To beat with a tawse.
urologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urologists
Etymology: From urolog(y) + -ist or uro- + -logist.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists.
ref: 1986, Emil Steinberger, G. Frajese, Anna Steinberger, editors, Reproductive Medicine, page 493:
text: In fact, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., so many men sign up for vasectomies during March Madness that appointments reach “max capacity,” said Dr. Tobias S. Kohler, a urologist and men’s health expert at the medical center who has observed this phenomenon ever since he was an attending physician a decade ago.
ref: 2019 March 28, Christina Caron, “Why Don’t More American Men Get Vasectomies?”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A doctor of urology.
constrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹɪkt/
rhymes: -ɪkt
Forms: form: constricts
form: constricting
form: constricted
form: constricted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.
Senses: examples: text: constrict the airway
text: constrict blood vessels
text: Clothing that is too tight can constrict blood flow.
glosses: To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
examples: text: The snake began to constrict its prey.
glosses: To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
synonyms: inhibit
glosses: To limit or restrict.
Derived terms: constrictive
hyperconstrict
nonconstricting
reconstrict
unconstrict
vasoconstrict
Related terms: constraint
constriction
constrictor
restrict
strict
izmel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אִזְמֵל (izmél, “lancet, scalpel”).
Senses: glosses: A specialized surgical knife used by the mohel in the Jewish circumcision ritual of Brit Milah for infant males. It must have certain characteristics, per Jewish Law, including that it may not stop the flow of blood (unlike the constricting devices commonly used by a surgeon or Urologist).
Related terms: Brit milah
Brit-dam
circumcision
constrained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constrain
constrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more constrained
form: most constrained
Senses: examples: text: The epistle is opened and read—with a little wonder, most probably not a little vexation, at its constrained style.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Kept within close bounds; confined.
glosses: Forced; compelled.
Derived terms: constrainedly
constrainedness
multiconstrained
nonconstrained
semiconstrained
unconstrained
underconstrained
constricted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constrict
constricted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more constricted
form: most constricted
Senses: glosses: Narrowed, especially by application of pressure, drawn together by constriction.
Derived terms: bronchoconstricted
hyperconstricted
nanoconstricted
nonconstricted
preconstricted
unconstricted
vasoconstricted
birthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birth
berthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of berth
seasoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːzənd/
rhymes: -iːzənd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of season
seasoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːzənd/
rhymes: -iːzənd
Forms: form: more seasoned
form: most seasoned
Senses: examples: text: a seasoned traveller
text: a seasoned player
text: a seasoned actor
text: With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
ref: 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:
text: While you do these exercises, typing each one in, you will make mistakes. It’s inevitable; even seasoned programmers make a few.
ref: 2013, Zed A. Shaw, Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code, →ISBN, page 2:
text: "Commuters know where they're going, they grab a coffee, know which platform, which part of the train - they're pretty seasoned.
ref: 2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, page 52:
glosses: Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby
examples: text: Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes.
ref: 1994, Leonard Jacobs, Cooking with Seitan: The Complete Vegetarian "wheat-meat" Cookbook, Penguin, →ISBN, page 28:
text: Delicious, fresh bread — especially a killer herb-seasoned loaf — and a stellar creamy dill dressing elevate Brother Juniper's sandwiches beyond the routine.
ref: 1996, Joan S. Todd, “Beyond Bread”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 199:
text: A good definition for broth would be “seasoned stock.” With the possible addition of salt and other seasonings, fats, or thickening agents, broth is tasty and satisfying.
ref: 2013, Hallee Bridgeman, Hallee the Homemaker™, Fifty Shades of Gravy A Christian gets Saucy!: A Cookbook and a Parody, House of Bread Books™, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Since these noodles are dried, they are often served with a side of seasoned stock.
ref: 2013, Jam Sanitchat, The Everything Thai Cookbook: Includes Red Curry with Pork and Pineapple, Green Papaya Salad, Salty and Sweet Chicken, Three-Flavored Fish, Coconut Rice, and Hundreds More!, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings
Derived terms: seasonedly
seasonedness
gigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪɡd/
rhymes: -ɪɡd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gig
bussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌst
ipa: /bʌst/
homophone: bust
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bus
glosses: simple past and past participle of buss
abuse of distress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuːsəvdɪstɹɛs/
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer
dictated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪkˈteɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dictate
prompted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑmptɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒmptɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prompt
maltreat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /malˈtɹiːt/
Forms: form: maltreats
form: maltreating
form: maltreated
form: maltreated
Etymology: From mal- + treat, after French maltraiter.
Senses: examples: text: he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.
ref: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 217:
glosses: To treat badly, to abuse.
Synonyms: brutalize
Derived terms: maltreater
maltreatment
Related terms: mistreat
maltreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maltreat
supercontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercontinents
Etymology: From super- + continent.
Senses: examples: text: For a supercontinent to form requires a significant volume of continental crustal fragments that survive recycling into the mantle.
ref: 2001, Kent C. Condie, Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 237:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
coordinate_terms: subcontinent
glosses: A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas.
Derived terms: supercontinent cycle
Related terms: Pangaea
microcontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcontinents
Etymology: From micro- + continent.
Senses: examples: text: Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]
ref: 2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
Related terms: subcontinent
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
Etymology: From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.
Senses: examples: text: Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to carry his rider, even in the ruck of the hunt.
ref: 1873, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014, Chapter 16:
glosses: A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
glosses: In Australian rules football
A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
glosses: In Australian rules football
A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.
glosses: In Australian rules football
Either of a ruckman or a ruck rover, but not a rover.
glosses: In Australian rules football
Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
examples: text: ‘Here and there among cats one comes across an outstanding superior intellect, just as one does among the ruck of human beings [...].’
ref: 1911, Saki, “Tobermory”, in The Chronicles of Clovis:
glosses: The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
examples: text: Your worth as a couple is not down to how passionate your rucks are—I said rucks—and how frantic the making-up sex is.
ref: 2023 January 28, Justin Myers, “62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An argument or fight.
Related terms: maul
scrum
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
form: rucking
form: rucked
form: rucked
Etymology: From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.
Senses: glosses: To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
Derived terms: outruck
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
form: rucking
form: rucked
form: rucked
Etymology: 1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc.
Senses: examples: text: Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […]
ref: 1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Collins, 1998, Chapter 8:
text: "What, exactly, happened down cellar?" Appleyard asked, straightening with his heel a rucked rug.
ref: 1959, Peter De Vries, The Tents of Wickedness, page 28:
text: She wore long dangling earrings faced with mirrors, and white Bermuda shorts rucked back to reveal knees and thighs like waxed maple.
ref: 1989, Carol Shields, “Block Out”, in The Collected Stories, Random House Canada, 2004, page 299:
text: The army had a shooting range up there hidden in the chestnut forests, that was all; like a passing plane rucking the fabric of perfect silence, the shots brought all that shatters continuity in life, the violence of emotions, the trajectories of demands and contests of will.
ref: 2003, Nadine Gordimer, “L,U, C, I, E.”, in Loot and Other Stories, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:
glosses: To crease or fold.
examples: text: "Will you come over now and try on your dress?" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. "I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday."
ref: 1917, Edith Wharton, chapter XII, in Summer […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 178:
glosses: To become creased or folded.
Derived terms: ruck up
Related terms: english: to pleat; to bunch up
translation: to pleat; to bunch up
word: ruche
english: to slide
translation: to slide
word: rutch
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
Etymology: 1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc.
Senses: glosses: A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
form: rucking
form: rucked
form: rucked
Etymology: Compare Danish ruge (“to brood, to hatch”), itself related to Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap, stack”).
Senses: examples: text: Bot now thei rucken in here nest
And resten as hem liketh best.
ref: c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:
text: The Rauen rook'd her on the Chimnies top,
And chatt'ring Pies in dismall Discords sung.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
glosses: To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
Senses: examples: text: The Henry Royall [a ship], at her parting thence, / Like the Huge Ruck from Gillingham that flevv: […]
ref: 1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Battaile of Agincourt”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: Obsolete form of roc.
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
Etymology: Clipping of rucksack.
Senses: examples: text: Shah-e-Kot Valley, Afghanistan. March 2002. I strained to see over the soldiers in front of me. They were struggling to shuffle off the bird as quickly as they could. I dragged my ruck across the floor of the aircraft in my right hand.
ref: 2007, Brandon Friedman, The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory, →ISBN, page 57:
text: First of all – a “ruck” is nothing more than a backpack. So to "ruck march" is to carry a heavy duty backpack on a hike (loaded with gear and supplies).
ref: 2013 July 5, Brad McLeod, Top 10 Ruck Marching Tips, accessed 17 JUL 2015:
text: Rocky was only five foot six and skinny as a February coyote, but he could hump an eighty pound ruck across twenty mountain miles […]
ref: 2015, Sean T. Smith, Wrath and Redemption, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rucksack; a large backpack.
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
form: rucking
form: rucked
form: rucked
Etymology: Clipping of rucksack.
Senses: examples: text: He started at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday as he began rucking to church. He changed his clothes, went to church and then began rucking again. That distance totaled about nine miles. Rucking is hiking with a military style backpack, filled with weight.
ref: 2015 June 16, Brandon Cole, “Mount Vernon's Barnes to Compete in "Death Race"”, in the Posey County News, page 13:
glosses: To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.
Related terms: rucksack
backpack
backpacking
ruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌk/
ipa: /ɹʊk/
homophone: rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: rucks
Senses: glosses: A small heifer.
irregularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɪˌɹɛ.ɡjʊˈlæ.ɹɪ.ti/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ɪˌɹɛ.ɡjəˈlɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: irregularities
Etymology: From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas. Morphologically irregular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: An instance of being irregular.
glosses: The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
examples: text: an irregularity of surface
glosses: An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
examples: text: An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.
glosses: A violation of rules.
examples: text: Consuming copious amounts of vegetables, fruit, milk, and an abundance of water effectively treats irregularity. Establishing regular eating, bowel movement, and exercise habits are helpful too.
ref: 2000, James Dallas Jardine, Indu Vaid, Alternative Therapies, Health Harmony, →ISBN, page 246:
glosses: Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
Derived terms: property irregularity report
regioirregularity
Related terms: irregular
mis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English mys-, mis-, from Old English mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-West Germanic *missa-, from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly, mis-”), from the adjective *missaz (whence also miss), from Proto-Indo-European *mitˢtós (“mutual, reciprocal”), from *meyt(h₂)- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”), extended from the root *mey- (“to change”).
Cognate with Scots mis- (“mis-”), Dutch mis- (“mis-”), German miss-, mis- (“mis-”), Danish mis- (“mis-”), Swedish miss- (“mis-”), Icelandic mis- (“mis-”). Compare also French més-, mé- (“mis-”), from Old French mes- (“mis-”), from Frankish *mis-, *missa- (“mis-”), from the same Proto-Germanic source above.
Senses: examples: text: misbehaviour; misspelling; to misbehave
synonyms: mal-
glosses: Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
examples: text: misidentification; to misidentify
synonyms: mal-
para-
dis-
dys-
mal-
glosses: Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
Incorrect; incorrectly.
examples: text: miscarriage (failed carriage of a pregnancy to term), to miscarry, to misacknowledge
synonyms: dis-
dys-
glosses: Failed; in a manner resulting in failure (to do, complete or achieve something).
examples: text: Yes, I did "Buy now", but it was a misclick.
text: I misclicked something on my computer, and now everything is in Hungarian!
synonyms: mal-
glosses: Unintentional, accidental, mistaken; unintentionally, accidentally, mistakenly.
examples: text: misaccusation, to misaccuse
synonyms: pseudo-
glosses: False, falsely.
Related terms: miso-
headslapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headslappers
Etymology: From head + slapper.
Senses: glosses: A mistake of obvious stupidity.
Related terms: d'oh
as an exclamation
facepalm
a related gesture
disrespected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disrespect
hop n pop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hops n pops
form: hopping n popping
form: hopped n popped
form: hopped n popped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hop and pop.
scared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛəd/
ipa: /skɛ(ə)ɹd/
ipa: [skɛɚd]
ipa: /skeːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skeəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skiəd/
ipa: /skeɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /skɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more scared
form: scareder
form: most scared
form: scaredest
Etymology: From scare + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: get scared
text: really scared
text: The child was scared of the dark.
text: I’m scared I’ll miss the train.
glosses: Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
Synonyms: afraid
Derived terms: I'm scared
run scared
scared green
scared pink
scared red
scared shirtless
scared shitless
scared spitless
scared stiff
scared to death
scared white
shit scared
scared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɛəd/
ipa: /skɛ(ə)ɹd/
ipa: [skɛɚd]
ipa: /skeːd/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skeəd/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skiəd/
ipa: /skeɹd/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /skɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From scare + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scare
scarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scar
scarred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: Having a scar or scars.
Derived terms: battle-scarred
vented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vent
vented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Attached to or equipped with a ventilator.
glosses: Having a vent (any sense).
Derived terms: black-vented oriole
rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
rufous-vented tit
yellow-vented bulbul
inoperancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + operant + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: Inoperancy of the world of spirit
ref: 1935, T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton”, in Four Quartets:
glosses: The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
Synonyms: ineffectiveness
ineffectuality
ineffectualness
inoperativeness
Related terms: incapacity
inefficacy
inefficiency
inheritance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
Forms: form: inheritances
form: enheritance
form: enheritaunce
form: inheritaunce
form: inhæritance
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
Senses: glosses: The passing of title to an estate upon death.
glosses: That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
examples: text: The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
topics: biology
human-sciences
linguistics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: genetic algorithms
glosses: The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
Hyponyms: sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: classical inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: dual inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: dynamic inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: multiple inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: parasitic inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: prototypal inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: static inheritance
sense: Hyponyms (computing)
word: Swiss inheritance
Derived terms: blending inheritance
coinheritance
composition over inheritance
disinheritance
inheritance law
inheritance powder
inheritance tax
misinheritance
noninheritance
particulate inheritance
preheritance
widow inheritance
Related terms: inherit
inheritable
inheritor
inheritress
inheritrix
tirade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈɹeɪd/
ipa: /tɪˈɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: tirades
Etymology: From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: diatribe
word: admonition
word: condemnation
word: diatribe
word: dithyramb
word: harangue
word: impugnation
word: j'accuse
word: jeremiad
word: philippic
word: polemic
word: rant
word: screed
word: slanging match
word: tirade
glosses: A long, angry or violent speech.
synonyms: laisse
glosses: A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Related terms: j'accuse
tantrum
tirade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈɹeɪd/
ipa: /tɪˈɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: tirades
form: tirading
form: tiraded
form: tiraded
Etymology: From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
Senses: examples: text: Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […]
ref: 2009, Megan Greenberg, The Orser's Promise:
glosses: To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.
miso-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Combining form of Ancient Greek μῑσέω (mīséō, “to hate”), μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”).
Senses: glosses: hatred; dislike; aversion
Derived terms: misandry
misanthrope
miso-Christian
misogamy
misogyny
misopedia
Related terms: -misia
miso
mis-
miso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmisoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmiːsəʊ/
rhymes: -iːsəʊ
Forms: form: misos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 味噌(みそ) (miso).
Senses: examples: text: Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).
ref: 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
Derived terms: akamiso
miso soup
miso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmisoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmiːsəʊ/
rhymes: -iːsəʊ
Senses: examples: text: I’m here to look for a small, white, hexagonal pill called misoprostol. Also known as miso or Cytotec, the drug induces an abortion that appears like a miscarriage during the early stages of a woman’s pregnancy. For women living in Latin America and other countries that have traditionally outlawed abortion, miso has been a lifeline […]
ref: 2014 June 27, Erica Hellerstein, “The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas”, in The Atlantic:
text: Now a year later, as the courts consider the fate of mifepristone and abortion providers gird for the possibility of a miso-only protocol, Cristina says that she’s grateful she was able to end her unwanted pregnancy, although she knows not everyone has access to the same resources […]
ref: 2023 July 31, Sara Hutchinson, “Having an Abortion at Home? There’s a Hotline for That”, in Cosmopolitan:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Clipping of misoprostol.
Related terms: english: mifepristone
translation: mifepristone
word: mife
petite amie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French petite amie
Senses: qualifier: dated or intentional Gallicism
glosses: A girlfriend.
bonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒnɪt/
ipa: /ˈbɑnɪt/
ipa: /ˈbɑnət/
homophone: banate
rhymes: -ɒnɪt
Forms: form: bonnets
form: bonneting
form: bonnetting
form: bonneted
form: bonneted
form: bonnetted
form: bonnetted
form: bunnet
Etymology: From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni.
Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.
Senses: glosses: To put a bonnet on.
examples: text: Hee hath deſerued worthily of his Countrey, and his aſſent is not by ſuch eaſie degrees as thoſe, who hauing beene ſupple and courteous to the People, Bonnetted, without any further deed, to haue them at all into their eſtimation, and report:
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 10, column 2:
glosses: To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
examples: text: “You’re a dutiful and affectionate little boy, you are, ain’t you?” said Mr. Weller, “to come a bonnetin’ your father in his old age?”
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Showing How Mr. Samuel Weller Got into Difficulties”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 460:
synonyms: block
glosses: To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.
Related terms: boot
sclera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsklɛəɹə/
ipa: /ˈsklɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈsklɛrə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹə
rhymes: -ɪəɹə
Forms: form: scleras
form: sclerae
form: scleræ
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sclera, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Senses: examples: text: She'd been back a week and it was clear that college-level track was kicking her ass, the sclera in her normally wide manga-eyes were shot through with blood vessels.
ref: 2007, Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao:
text: Such pressures explain why humans are peculiar in having our rather small irises set against a white background—the sclera—in our eyes. Anyone watching us can infer where we are looking or whom we are looking at.
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 13, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: sclerotic
sclerotic coat
glosses: The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
Derived terms: corneosclera
episclera
scleral
scleritis
Related terms: scleralization
sclero-
conjunctiva
cornea
iris
vagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/
rhymes: -eɪɡəs
Forms: form: vagi
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).
Senses: examples: text: Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the child was a foundling the place where it was discovered.
ref: 1922, “Domicile”, in Charles George Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, editors, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, volume 17, page 270:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A homeless person or vagrant.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of vagus nerve.
Related terms: nervus vagus
vague