cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overexposure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overexposures
Etymology: From over- + exposure.
Senses: glosses: Excessive exposure.
glosses: Of a famous person, excessive publicity, publication or reporting regarding that person.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Exposure of film to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
Related terms: overexpose
political scientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political scientists
Senses: glosses: An expert in political science.
Related terms: political science
social science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social sciences
Senses: examples: text: During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
ref: 1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:
hyponyms: anthropology
communication studies
criminology
economics
geography
history
political science
psychology
social studies
sociology
coordinate_terms: natural science
formal science
glosses: A branch of science that studies the society and human behavior in it.
Synonyms: word: social science
Meronyms: word: anthropology
word: communication studies
word: criminology
word: economics
word: geography
word: history
word: political science
word: psychology
word: social studies
word: sociology
Related terms: humanities
hard science
soft science
pure science
applied science
disaffect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈfɛkt/
Forms: form: disaffects
form: disaffecting
form: disaffected
form: disaffected
Etymology: From dis- + affect.
Senses: glosses: To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
Derived terms: disaffectation
disaffection
diurnally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From diurnal + -ly.
Senses: antonyms: at night
nocturnally
glosses: By daylight; in the daytime.
examples: text: Sparrows are most active diurnally.
antonyms: nocturnally
glosses: Habitually during the day; every daytime.
examples: text: These flowers open and close diurnally.
text: Although the 1-D RCM can predict only horizontally, diurnally, and seasonally averaged conditions, it is capable of estimating the first-order climate responses of the atmosphere, which is our intention in this study.
ref: 1983, Richard P. Turco et al., “Nuclear winter: Global consequences of multiple nuclear explosions”, in Science, volume 222, number 4630, →ISSN, page 1284:
text: A recent wavelet analysis of the turbidity data showed clear periodicities of turbidity in the three Pilbara datasets during both the baseline and dredge phases of the studies (Stark, unublished data) peaking semidiurnally associated with tides, diurnally associated with daily sea breezes and sometimes fortnightly associated with spring-neap cycles.
ref: 2015 October 8, “Temporal Patterns in Seawater Quality from Dredging in Tropical Environments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
synonyms: circadianly
glosses: On a 24-hour period, a frequency of once per 24 hours; daily.
diversionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /d(a)ɪˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: more diversionary
form: most diversionary
Etymology: From diversion + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: I can assure him and others that I am more than willing to let feminist-separatists, male and/or female go their own gay way. Along with other extraneous and self-indulgent factions, they have been a diversionary and devisive ^([sic]) element.
ref: 1978 April 8, Illogical Comprehension, “Rudy Grillo”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: There is, of course, a diversionary route available via Lincoln (the GN/GE Joint line).
ref: 2019 November 20, “Industry Insider: East Coast problems”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: That serves as a diversion.
dividable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dividable
form: most dividable
Etymology: From divide + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a dividable plant; a dividable lot; dividable property
text: 1674, Seth Ward, “An Apology for the Mysteries of the Gospel” in Seven Sermons, London: James Collins, p. 14,
The whole Gospel is generally dividable into 1. Historical Narrations. 2. Moral Institutions and Motives. 3. Dogmatical Mysteries.
text: 1683, Henry Care, The Darkness of Atheisme Expelled by the Light of Nature, London: D. Brown et al., Theorem 7, p. 9,
Infinite being is not dividable.
text: I was now able to observe that the sailors, marooned on the benches, tables, and other islands of refuge, were roughly dividable into three classes—the prostrate ones, who heaved drunkenly to the roll and took no notice of the primal chaos about them; the semi-prostrate ones, who were still able to exhibit mild resentment when the tidal wave engulfed or threatened to engulf them; and the others—some lounging easily, but the most perched or roosted on some dry but precarious pinnacle—who quaffed great mugs of hot tea and bit hungrily into hunks of bread and smoked fish.
ref: 1919, Lewis R. Freeman, “A Battleship at Sea”, in Stories of the Ships, London: John Murray, pages 119–120:
glosses: Capable of being divided (into fractions or parts).
examples: text: Some sorts of hot Baths are as naturally Sulphureous, as the Sea-water is Salt: but, all those Effects of Minerals, Sulphurs, and the like, are dividable from, and also may be joyn’d to, the Body of water, without any disturbance to the nature of water;
ref: 1668, Margaret Cavendish, Ground of Natural Philosophy, London, Part 12, Chapter 17, p. 199:
glosses: Capable of being separated (from something).
examples: text: Peaceful commerce from dividable shores,
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Divided; separated; parted.
Synonyms: sense: capable of being divided
word: divisible
Derived terms: individable
undividable
divisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From division + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a division.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the process of division.
Derived terms: divisionalize
divisionally
divisional plane
interdivisional
intradivisional
multidivisional
nondivisional
predivisional
divisional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divisionals
Etymology: From division + -al.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division.
divorcement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divorcements
Etymology: From divorce + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law.
ref: 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
glosses: Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Complete detachment or disunion.
stush
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stush
form: most stush
Etymology: Thought to be from ostentatious.
Senses: glosses: posh; classy or stylish
glosses: snobbish or stuck-up
surimi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sʊəˈɹiːmi/
/ˈsʊəɹɪmi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese すり身 (surimi, “ground meat”).
Senses: examples: text: In Singapore, the most popular surimi-based product is the fish ball, which is used in a local application, Yong Tau Foo.
ref: 2005, Jae W. Park, editor, Surimi and Surimi Seafood, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 388:
glosses: A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
Related terms: crab stick
sea legs
kamaboko
mirate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.ɹeɪt/
/maɪˈɹeɪt/
Forms: form: mirates
form: mirating
form: mirated
form: mirated
Etymology: Back-formation from miration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from Latin mīror (“to marvel at”).
Senses: examples: text: With Bud in her arms and Babe at her heels, she rushed from one part of the court to another, laughing boisterously at Paulo's monkey pranks, and "mirating" over Francesca's tawdry finery.
ref: 1893, M.E.M. Davis, “Judy's Mardi Gras”, in Wide Awake:
text: I should have sensed the waves of embarrassment she was radiating. But I didn't. I went right on “mirating” till I finally got around to saying they were “lovely.” Well, that was all my wife could take. “You've said enough,” she remarked, drily.
ref: 1960, “My Affair with a Weekly”, in The North Carolina Miscellany, published 2012, →ISBN, page 209:
text: That paper-doll mother was still mirating at her own flesh and blood having lice. Rosacoke smiled and thought, "That is the one funny thing since Heywood Betts and his Honolulu shirt."
ref: 1999, Reynolds Price, A Singular Family: Rosacoke and Her Kin, →ISBN, page 312:
glosses: To marvel at.
Related terms: list in admire
typewrites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of typewrite
confirmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confirmers
Etymology: From confirm + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who confirms something
Related terms: confirmor
mene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menes
Senses: examples: text: He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.
ref: 1959, The Musical quarterly - Volume 45, page xlvi:
text: The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.
ref: 1991, Blanche Gangwere, Music history during the Renaissance period, 1425-1520, page 25:
text: The counter involves transposition of the sighted note to the fifth below (for extremely low notes a twelfth), the mene and countertenor do not transpose, the treble transposes to the octave above, and the quadreble to the twelfth above.
ref: 2003, Willi Apel, Don Michael Randel, The Harvard Dictionary of Music, page 780:
glosses: The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: mene mene tekel upharsin
reen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reens
form: rean
form: rhyne
Senses: glosses: A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
reet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rēt
ipa: /ɹiːt/
ipa: /ɹeːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: REIT
Forms: form: mair reet
form: maist reet
Etymology: From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: right
reet
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: rēt
ipa: /ɹiːt/
ipa: /ɹeːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: REIT
Etymology: From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Senses: examples: text: Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.
ref: 2011, “Awterations” (track 14), in Bread and Fishes, performed by Houghton Weavers:
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: right
Related terms: english: probably etymologically unrelated
translation: probably etymologically unrelated
word: reet pleat
noteable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of notable.
lignocellulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignocelluloses
Etymology: From ligno- + cellulose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The combination of lignin and cellulose in the structural cells of woody plants.
Derived terms: lignocellulosic
lignocellulolytic
lignocellulosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lignocellulose + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Lignocellulosic materials represent the most significant fraction of the terrestrial phytobiomass, the largest source of organic compounds in the biosphere.
ref: 2011, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Routes to Cellulosic Ethanol, page 54:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
lignocellulosic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignocellulosics
Etymology: From lignocellulose + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Any material composed of lignocellulose
biobutanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + butanol.
Senses: glosses: Butanol, obtained via the pyrolysis of biomass, for use as a biofuel
mechanochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechano- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mechanochemistry
Derived terms: mechanochemically
tom yam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈjæm/
ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈjam/
ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈjʌm/
ipa: /ˌtɑm ˈjɑm/
Forms: form: tom yams
form: tom yum
Etymology: From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”).
Senses: glosses: A Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies.
Derived terms: sense: Note
word: Spelling may vary
english: with chicken
translation: with chicken
word: tom yam gai
word: tom yam kung
english: with prawns or shrimps
translation: with prawns or shrimps
word: tom yam goong
english: with fish
translation: with fish
word: tom yam pla
Related terms: hot and sour soup
tom kha
underlit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + lit.
Senses: glosses: illuminated from beneath
glosses: poorly, or insufficiently illuminated
dumb ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
dumb ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dumb ass
form: most dumb ass
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
dumb-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb-asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
dumb-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dumb-ass
form: dumber-ass
form: most dumb-ass
form: dumbest-ass
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
masu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmasuː/
Etymology: From Inupiaq masu.
Senses: glosses: A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.
masu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmasuː/
Forms: form: masu
Etymology: From Japanese 枡.
Senses: glosses: A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
masu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmasuː/
Forms: form: masu
Etymology: From Japanese 鱒 (masu, “trout, sea trout, salmon”).
Senses: glosses: masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
Related terms: english: possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.
translation: possibly etymologically unrelated, but it is Japanese, like previous etymologies.
word: masu-seki
aerosols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerosol
aerosols
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aerosol
saco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacos
Etymology: From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.
Synonyms: costal
half-carga
Spanish sack
Coordinate terms: cuartillo (1⁄96 saco)
medio (1⁄48 saco)
celemin (1⁄24 saco)
cuartilla (1⁄8 saco)
cuarto (1⁄4 saco)
fanega (1⁄2 saco)
carga (2 sacos)
cahiz (6 sacos)
aerosolise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aerosolises
form: aerosolising
form: aerosolised
form: aerosolised
form: aerolize
form: aerosolize
Etymology: From aerosol + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To disperse a material, usually a solid or liquid, as an aerosol.
Derived terms: aerosoliser
reaerosolise
Related terms: aerosolisation
aerosolization
aerosolises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aerosolise
aerosolising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aerosolise
aerosolised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aerosolise
aerosolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerosolization
Etymology: From aerosol + -isation.
Senses: glosses: The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.
Related terms: aerosolise
door closer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: door closers
Senses: glosses: A mechanical device, containing a spring and a cylinder of fluid, that automatically closes an open door.
slot-loading disc drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slot-loading disc drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A feed drive
feed drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feed drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A drive mechanism for CD-ROMs etc in which no tray is used; the medium is inserted in a slot and is pulled in
Synonyms: slot-loading disc drive
bioremediation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioremediations
Etymology: From bio- + remediation.
Senses: examples: text: CONCLUSION. Aspergillus sp. have tremendous potential as bioremediation tool. Different studies indicate that they possess some evolutionary mechanisms to combat toxic situation. Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning process. The broad spectrum of organic acids produced by Aspergillus strains is believed to play a key role in minimizing the toxicity of hazardous environmental contaminants. Recent research trends focus on introduction of hypertolerance by means of genetic mutation for better bioremediation capability. As this fungus is naturally occurring in contaminated sites, it automatically helps in minimizing toxic substances of its habitat. Hence Aspergillus strains may be considered as natural cleaners employed by the environment itself for the purpose of bioremediation.
ref: 2016, “Chapter 15: Role of Aspergillus in bioremediation process”, in Vijai Kumar Gupta, editor, New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Aspergillus System Properties and Applications, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 212:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water.
Related terms: word: bioremediate
word: bioremediated
word: bioaccumulation
word: biosequestration
word: biosynthesis
word: hyperaccumulation
word: phytoextraction
word: phytomining
word: semisynthesis
habitue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habitues
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of habitué.
learning content management system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: learning content management systems
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software system for the creation, management and transfer of learning content.
headhunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdˌhʌnt/
Forms: form: headhunts
form: headhunting
form: headhunted
form: headhunted
form: head-hunt
Etymology: Back-formation from headhunter.
Senses: glosses: To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies.
glosses: To actively recruit executive personnel.
examples: text: There's a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To pitch at a batter's head.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.
Derived terms: headhunter
headhunting
headhunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headhuntings
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one's enemy.
topics: business
glosses: The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel.
headhunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of headhunt
hide-and-go-seek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hide and seek
hoggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoggish
form: most hoggish
Etymology: From hog + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a pig.
glosses: Having a gluttonous appetite.
Derived terms: hoggishly
hoggishness
controlled explosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controlled explosions
Senses: glosses: The explosion of a small explosive charge, either to destroy a suspect package or unexploded ordinance, or to gain access to a locked enclosure that may be booby-trapped.
quantum theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum theories
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theory developed in the early 20th century, according to which nuclear and radiation phenomena can be explained by assuming that energy only occurs in discrete amounts called quanta.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Modern quantum mechanics.
firebrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪə.bɹænd/
ipa: /ˈfaɪɚ.bɹænd/
Forms: form: firebrands
Etymology: From Middle English fyr-brand, furbrond, equivalent to fire + brand. Cognate with German Feuerbrand (“firebrand”).
Senses: examples: text: The member of the college's Communist League was a firebrand who would launch a sit-in or protest march at a moment's notice.
text: At the same time, Mr. Irons said, it is important to separate “this very valiant and completely kosher and clean repository of public material, which we perfectly endorse, and this kind of firebrand ‘We want to show the publishers they’re wrong’ kind of attitude.”
ref: 2011 February 22, Daniel J. Wakin, “Free Trove of Music Scores on Web Hits Sensitive Copyright Note”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2020:
text: Both Malcolm and King were firebrands. And both were disciplined organisers of people. Malcolm was able to channel the anger of a crowd into action, but then to ensure they did not descend into violence.
ref: 2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London), archived from the original on 27 Nov 2020:
synonyms: radical
revolutionary
troublemaker
glosses: An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.
examples: text: The crowd cheered as a firebrand was tossed onto the huge pile of wood to start the traditional homecoming bonfire.
text: […] he filled all their throats with it, so that those poor wretches were by it made to cough like foxes, crying, Ha, Pantagruel, how how thou addest greater heat to the firebrand that is in us.
ref: 1807, François Rabelais, Mr. Ozell (John), Sir Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Francis Rabelais - Volume 2 - Page 182
text: He that is inebriated with passion is unfit for any action; like Samson's foxes, he scattereth firebrands abroad, to the hurt of all that are near him.
ref: 1868, George Swinnock, Works - Volume 2 - Page 212:
glosses: A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
Derived terms: firebrandish
firebrandism
firebrands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebrand
handcarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handcart
handcarts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handcart
hydrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrant
hulling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌlɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hull
soporifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more soporifically
form: most soporifically
Etymology: From soporific + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, it's "soporifically boring" - quite deliberately so, "the Brussels bureaucracy aims to keep the public's nose out of 'its' business"
ref: 2007 June 23, “Deciding Europe's fate”, in The Week, volumes 619, 5:
glosses: In a soporific manner.
emblems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emblem
essayists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essayist
evection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evections
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
Derived terms: evectional
exclaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exclave
tracible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "And Vain, the Demondim-spawn: artificially manufactured by ur-viles. More rigid than gutrock, less tracible than bone. Alive to his inbred purpose and cruelly insensate to every other need or value or belief."
ref: 1983, Stephen R. Donaldson, White Gold Wielder, page 459:
glosses: able to be broken
guide books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guidebooks
Senses: glosses: plural of guide book
yogourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yogourts
Etymology: From French yogourt, yoghourt, from Turkish; see yogurt.
Senses: glosses: Canada spelling of yogurt.
habitualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From habitual + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being habitual.
near the knuckle
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: So near the knuckle, I wonder they got past the censor.
ref: 1972, Nikolái Vasílievich Gógol, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories:
text: “But . . . Laser Lass is just . . . banging!”
Stifling a giggle and deciding this must be some masculine epithet she hadn't come across before, Evey gave the handcart a shove and went on her way. After all, "banging" wasn't anything that was shown on TV these days, even if some of Gordon Deitrich's shows did get pretty near the knuckle sometimes.
ref: 2006, Steve Moore, V for Vendetta:
text: It's raw, this kind of work, and near the knuckle: unsupported by music, lighting, video screen, it's just you and them, you and them and the dead, […]
ref: 2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black:
glosses: Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.
angst bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angst bunnies
form: angstbunny
Senses: examples: text: In the mid-80's we called them "angst bunnies"; then I started hearing "DIB's" (dress in black) and "goth".
ref: 1998 August 19, Marc Sabatella, “Re: Opinions: the New Swing Craze”, in rec.music.bluenote (Usenet):
glosses: One who expresses, or seeks to evince, angst, especially a goth.
examples: text: "Actually, what I liked about 'Titanic' wasn't so much the romance (though I liked that, too) but the detail they put into developing even the background characters, and how they managed to portray the event as a tragedy, not just a big special effect or a bang-wow disaster. Then again, I'm a confirmed angst-bunny.
ref: 1999 May 29, Rebecca Schoenberg, “Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Yankee takes a rest”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):
glosses: One who appreciates angst-filled literature.
CIWS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /siːwɪ.z/
Forms: form: CIWSes
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of close-in weapon system, such as Phalanx.
audial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin audire (“to hear”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
Synonyms: auditory
aural
Derived terms: audialize
audially
anointer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anointers
Etymology: From anoint + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 1731, John Gill, "The Doctrine of the Trinity, ſtated and vindicated; in ſeveral Diſcourſes on that important Subject; reduced into the form of a Treatiſe", in A Collection of Sermons and Tracts by the Late Reverend and Learned John Gill, D.D., Volume III, George Keith (1778), page 34,
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, becauſe he hath anointed me, &c.” where it is eaſy to obſerve three divine perſons: the Anointer is the Spirit of the Lord; the anointed is the Meſſiah, the Word, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt: and beſides theſe, here is the Lord, or Jehovah, by whoſe Spirit he was anointed.
text: Aldred, Wulstan’s former Bishop, now Archbishop of York, was the anointer of both Harold and William the Conqueror.
ref: 1869, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Cameos from English History: from Rollo to Edward II, D. Appleton and Company, page 82:
text: The next writer to pen the pages of Israel’s history was the long-lived and notable Samuel, one of Israel’s greatest prophets and anointer of kings.
ref: 2007, Dan Hayden, Did God Write the Bible?, Crossway, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: One who anoints.
mums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mʌmz/
Senses: glosses: plural of mum
palish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palish
form: most palish
Etymology: From pale + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: My brother had a palish complexion.
glosses: somewhat pale
Derived terms: palishly
hysteretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hysteretic
form: most hysteretic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hysteresis.
Derived terms: hysteretically
nonhysteretic
duetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duettos
form: duettoes
Etymology: From Italian duetto.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of duet.
restaurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restaurates
form: restaurating
form: restaurated
form: restaurated
Etymology: From Latin restaurātus, past participle of restaurāre. See restore.
Senses: glosses: To restore.
Low Latin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Vulgar Latin
glosses: Late Latin or Medieval Latin
Deepak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːpʌk/
Forms: form: Deepaks
form: Dipak
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दीपक (dīpak), meaning a part of a flame, or someone who enlightens everyone's heart with hope.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi used in India.
glosses: A surname from Hindi.
guailo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guailos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gweilo.
ignorance is bliss
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
Senses: glosses: A lack of knowledge or awareness about certain facts or situations results in happiness or reduced anxiety.
wikipedia: Thomas Gray
Related terms: out of sight, out of mind
what you don't know can't hurt you
willful ignorance
Leanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Lee Ann.
Payton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paytons
form: Peyton
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A unisex given name:
A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A unisex given name:
A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Peyton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peytons
Etymology: Variant of Payton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A unisex given name:
A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A unisex given name:
A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A census-designated place in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
Rhoda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.də/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ɾə/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.də/
rhymes: -əʊdə
homophone: rota
homophone: Rota (flapping)
homophone: rotor (non-rhotic, flapping)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
Senses: examples: text: And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 12:13-14:
text: 'One little girl. Her name is Rhoda.'
'What? Roader?' The others all looked suspicious of a name nobody had ever heard.
'It's in the Bible,' he said.
ref: 1970, Patrick White, The Vivisector, Viking Press, page 13:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
air-con
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeə(ɹ)kɒn/
Forms: form: air-cons
form: aircon
Etymology: Clipping of air conditioning.
Senses: examples: text: “---- it's hot in here. Sweating like a ---- dog. Chuck the air con on.” “Yeah, alright.” (BLEEP!) “Got dust all in my throat from walking outside.” “Ugh!” (GROANS) “Yeah, that air con's doing nothing, eh? My ----'s like a ---- cheese factory down here.”
ref: 2020 August 10, Michael Cusack, “The Dusty Truck 'n' Donut Muster” (2:53 from the start), in YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Rachel (Todor Manojlovic):
text: As I say, it was a very hot day, and I found that the air-con was better on 777013 than either 777001 or 777009. There are, however, no emergency hopper windows, so if the air-con goes down on a hot day, you will cook!
ref: 2023 January 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60:
qualifier: Asia
glosses: air conditioner; air conditioning
Derived terms: air-conned
Roisin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish, anglicized form of Róisín, an Irish diminutive of Rose.
cameraperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camerapersons
form: camerapeople
Etymology: From camera + person.
Senses: examples: text: The camerapersons stand on their towers and watch the ground crew try to get rid of the water.
ref: 1993, Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes:
glosses: A person who operates a camera.
Related terms: cameraman
camerawoman
Rosalind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑzəlɪnd/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”) and *linþaz (“soft; weak, tender”), associated by medieval folk etymology with Latin rosa linda "lovely rose".
Senses: examples: text: Jaques. Rosalind is your love's name?
Orlando. Yes, just.
Jaques. I do not like her name.
Orlando. There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A moon of Uranus.
Rosamond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "I am quite aware," she added, "that we shall be in a certain sense gambling with a conscipious, individualizing name, for she may grow up commonplace-looking or a fright; but we must take some chances in life, mustn't we, Fred?"
"Either Rosamond, Eleanor, or Guendolen is appropriate for a beauty," said I, with non-committal subserviency,
ref: 1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, page 101:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Rosamund.
glosses: A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
Rosina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An Italian pet form of Rosa borrowed in the nineteenth century, particularly from the character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (1816).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Italian.
Sabrina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɹiːnə/
Senses: qualifier: Celtic mythology
glosses: A legendary Celtic princess who gave her name to the river Severn.
examples: text: Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.
ref: 2023 May 10, Terry Ward, “Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages, in regular but quiet use after the release of the film Sabrina (1954).
attinge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: attinges
form: attinging
form: attinged
form: attinged
Etymology: From Latin attingō (“I touch”). Doublet of attain and attainder.
Senses: examples: text: ambient parts of the Body (which are attinged with its yellow Attire)
ref: 1685, Samuel Collins, A Systeme Of Anatomy:
glosses: To touch lightly.
Related terms: attingent
Scarlett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scarletts
Senses: examples: text: For Scarlett and Scarlett's three hundred were riding by
When the points of the Russian lances arose in the sky;
ref: 1854, Alfred Tennyson, The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava:
glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a dyer or seller of (scarlet) fabric.
examples: text: 'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter III, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of general post-1936 usage.
Selena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈliːnə/
ipa: /səˈlinə/
Etymology: Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.
Senses: examples: text: I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything.
ref: 1893, William Wallace, After the Revolution: And Other Holiday Fantasies, W. Hodge, →ISBN, page 163:
text: I have a younger sister, Jessica, who insists that everyone call her Selena because she feels the pain of the murdered Latin American rock star, and who just dropped out of school for the second time.
ref: 2004, D. L. Lepidus, The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2003, Smith and Kraus, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms: Selenator
Shauna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːnə/
Forms: form: Shawna
form: Seana
form: Shaunae
Etymology: From Shaun + -a, variant of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Sheena.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish, a modern feminine of Shaun (“Sean”).
Derived terms: Lashauna
LaShauna
La'Shauna
La'shauna
La'shaunae
Lashaunae
LaShaunae
La'Shaunae
Shaunae
Sheena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːnə
Etymology: Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Sìne and Síne, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, and Shauna.
Senses: examples: text: I imagined her tall, horsy and thirty-something with a name like Sheena. There had been a time when I had regarded Sheenas as the backbone of England.
ref: 1995, John le Carré, Our Game, Knopf, published 1995, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
doin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Contraction of doing, the present participle of do.
Shelly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛli
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly pre-1930 usage.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, variant of Shelley.
Sheri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Sherry.
Shari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chari (“African river”).
Derived terms: Ubangi-Shari
Shari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Shari Redstone, the chair of CBS parent company Paramount Global, said Wednesday that CBS leadership had made a “bad mistake” with their handling of “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil’s contentious interview last week with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Sharon, variant of Sherry.
fingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingos
form: fingo
Senses: glosses: A protective talisman in various forms, used by the Mijikenda people of Kenya.
Sheryl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Cheryl or Shirley.
Skye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /skaɪ/
Etymology: Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.
Senses: glosses: The largest island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland; the Isle of Skye.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
Skye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /skaɪ/
Forms: form: Skyes
Etymology: Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and none of the present top winners has them.
ref: 1976, John T. Marvin, The Book of All Terriers, page 175:
glosses: A Skye terrier.
Schuyler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈskaɪ.lə/
rhymes: -aɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Skylar
form: Skyler
Etymology: Dutch surname "scholar, student", from German Schüler; brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants.
Senses: glosses: An American surname from Dutch.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms: Schuyler County
Schuylerville
Skylar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Skyler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skylar
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of Schuyler, used since the 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: It is a catchy name isn't it? Skyler: sky. A name specifically chosen by my father, who'd expected great things from me, his firstborn child, and male. A name, my father Bix Rampike believed, to set its bearer apart from the merely commonplace.
ref: 2008, Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname.
mingi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.
ref: 1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75:
text: When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women^([sic]) when her breasts are cut off.
ref: 1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba,^([sic]) Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, pages 179–180:
glosses: Among certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
minse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: minses
form: minsing
form: minsed
form: minsed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mince.
Derived terms: minsitive
minga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minga
Etymology: From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (“ants”). Compare emmet.
Senses: examples: text: To have Uluru interpreted by an Anangu guide is far more fulfilling than trailing after the minga, or "ants", as those who show their disrespect by climbing the sacred monolith are called.
ref: 2004, Australia, →ISBN, page 10:
text: It's easy to see why local Aborigines refer to these intruders as minga—or little ants.
ref: 2008, Frommer's Australia:
text: I, too, have come to central Australia as a minga tjuta, though I'm not here to scale the slopes of Uluru.
ref: 2009, Rolf Potts, Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer, →ISBN, page 127:
text: At the end of her patrol yesterday arvo, Ruby went into the crater and found a group of minga off track.
ref: 2018, Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:
glosses: A tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.