cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sonkyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonkyo
Etymology: From Japanese 蹲踞 (sonkyo), from Middle Chinese 蹲踞 (MC dzwon kjoH).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: The calm, straight-backed squat, following the shiko exercises, in mental preparation for the tachiai
watch one's step
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: watches one's step
form: watching one's step
form: watched one's step
form: watched one's step
Senses: glosses: To move cautiously.
examples: text: We congratulate our correspondents on some very cogent reasoning, and shall have to watch our step even more carefully in future!
ref: 1944 May and June, “In the Critics' Den”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:
glosses: To be cautious.
Kinki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Jinxi.
jackrabbit start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackrabbit starts
Senses: examples: text: Both are grand horses that did not know defeat However Admiral will have to make a jackrabbit start to get away ahead
ref: 1937 May 8, Hayward Daily Review, Hayward, California:
text: Secretary of Interior Ickes' plan to conserve gasoline by arresting "jackrabbit start" drivers and operators of fume-belching autos, starting tomorrow,
ref: 1941 July 4, “Ickes Widens Drive On 'Gas' Wasters”, in Washington Post:
text: 1993, Chicago Tribune (18 April), "Jackrabbit Start for Egg Hunt", Susan Kubian
One little tyke had to be restrained from a jackrabbit start under the rope as his mother pulled him back, grabbing the hood of his jacket.
text: JACKRABBIT START ... The sudden acceleration of a motor vehicle from a standing stop. ... The analogy is to a jackrabbit (q.v.) leaping suddenly from cover and bounding quickly away when disturbed by a dog or a hunter.
ref: 1995, Robert Allen Palmatier, Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors:
glosses: A fast or quick start, as to a race.
legally binding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more legally binding
form: most legally binding
Senses: examples: text: A contract is a legally binding agreement.
topics: law
glosses: That is enforceable by law.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legally, binding.
age rating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: age ratings
Senses: glosses: A classification, applied to products, specifying a minimum age for a person using it
recode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recodes
form: recoding
form: recoded
form: recoded
Etymology: From re- + code.
Senses: examples: text: The program below, taken from Example 8.7, is recoded with several errors that are flaggable by the assembler.
ref: 1963, Philip M. Sherman, Programming and coding the IBM 709-7090-7094 computers, page 126:
glosses: To code again or differently.
To reprogram; to refactor; to redevelop.
glosses: To code again or differently.
To recipher.
coordinate_terms: decipher
decode
decrypt
encipher
encode
encrypt
redecipher
reencrypt
recodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recode
recoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recode
recoding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recodings
Senses: glosses: The act or result of coding again or differently.Noun
recoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recode
recolour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recolours
form: recolor
Etymology: From re- + colour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recolor.
recolour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recolours
form: recolouring
form: recoloured
form: recoloured
form: recolor
Etymology: From re- + colour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recolor.
recolours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recolour
recolouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recolour
recoloured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recolour
recondenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recondense
recondensing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recondense
recondensed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recondense
blues-rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical genre combining elements of blues and rock and roll
Related terms: twelve-bar blues
eight-bar blues
recoverability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recover + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being able to recover or be recovered.
toilet seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet seats
Senses: glosses: The hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, often with a hinged cover, of a toilet.
rear up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rears up
form: rearing up
form: reared up
form: reared up
Etymology: * rear + up
Senses: examples: text: She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […]
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106:
glosses: To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
rears up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rear up
contoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contour
contoured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contoured
form: most contoured
Senses: glosses: Smoothly shaped
Derived terms: noncontoured
uncontoured
rearing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rear up
reared up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rear up
reships
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reship
reshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reship
reshipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reshippings
Senses: examples: text: Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
ref: 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:
glosses: Act of shipping something again.
reshipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reship
fegeleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fegelehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feygele.
sulker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulkers
Etymology: From sulk + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sulks.
sulkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulker
heliolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhi.liˈɑl.ə.tɹi/
Forms: form: heliolatries
Etymology: From helio- + -latry.
Senses: examples: text: The sun […] had a curious sentient, personal look, […] his present aspect […] explained the old-time heliolatries in a moment.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
glosses: The worship of the sun as an actual religion or mythos.
glosses: Sunbathing.
Synonyms: topics: religion
lifestyle
word: heliotheism
Related terms: heliolater
heliolatrous
swing for the fences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings for the fences
form: swinging for the fences
form: swung for the fences
form: swung for the fences
form: swing for the fence
Senses: examples: text: Don't swing for the fences unless it's an easy ball; be content with running part way.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run.
examples: text: I'm not going to swing for the fences tomorrow, but I'm hoping my speech will be warmly received.
text: “This is a very inexperienced government swinging for the fences in a situation where Labour is the strong favorite in the next election, if they don’t swing too far left,” said Kenneth S. Rogoff, a professor of economics at Harvard.
ref: 2022 September 27, Mark Landler, quoting Kenneth S. Rogoff, “Truss Takes a Bold Economic Gamble. Will It Sink Her Government?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Go on and swing for the fences / Take a shot at the moon / A dandelion that dances / Takes chances and fancies every little light in the room
ref: 2025, “Swing For The Fences”, performed by Elton John and Brandi Carlile:
glosses: To do something extremely ambitious, especially rashly.
Related terms: hit one out of the ballpark
run for the roses
shoot the moon
yellowjacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowjackets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yellow jacket (“predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen”).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Vespula maculifrons
word: eastern yellowjacket
delusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more delusively
form: most delusively
Etymology: From delusive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a delusive or deluded manner.
diagraming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diagramming
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diagram
diagramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diagraming
Senses: examples: text: Slow-speed control was fitted to Class 37/7s in South Wales, to permit diagramming on the coal circuits between pit and power station.
ref: 2020 December 16, David Clough, “Class 37s at 60: the great survivors”, in Rail, page 56, photo caption:
glosses: present participle and gerund of diagram
diagramed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diagrammed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diagram
diagrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diagramed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diagram
degunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɡʌŋk/
ipa: /diːˈɡʊŋk/
Forms: form: degunks
form: degunking
form: degunked
form: degunked
Etymology: From de- + gunk.
Senses: glosses: To remove gunk from.
Derived terms: degunker
degunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of degunk
degunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of degunk
datasets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dataset
deflowerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈflaʊəɹə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: deflowerers
Etymology: From deflower + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who deflowers.
Synonyms: cherry-popper
deflorator
devirginator
deflowerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deflowerer
demurring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demur
demurring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demurring
form: most demurring
Senses: examples: text: And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.
ref: 2004, Rowan Manahan, Where's My Oasis?:, page 158:
text: "I'm the hostess, it would be unsociable for me to leave," I said, flashing him my most demurring smile.
ref: 2006, Scarlett O'Hara Can Go to Hell, page 173:
text: Well, if he, Karl, owned a pair of pants like that it would be no trick at all to captivate the most demurring siren.
ref: 2017, Bertita Harding, Golden Fleece:
glosses: Reluctant; tending or serving to demur.
Derived terms: demurringly
undemurring
demurring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demurrings
Senses: examples: text: After some legal demurrings, it was allowed[…]
ref: 1825, Mary Sabilla Novello, A Day in Stowe Gardens, page 264:
glosses: demurral
beastish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beastish
form: most beastish
Etymology: From beast + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a beast; brutal; beastly.
Derived terms: beastishly
beastishness
red wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red wine
eellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eellike
form: most eellike
Etymology: From eel + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Lamprey: This eel-like pseudo-fish is said to increase the seminal fluid.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 135:
glosses: Resembling an eel in shape or behaviour.
debellate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debellates
form: debellating
form: debellated
form: debellated
Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin dēbellātus, perfect passive participle of dēbellō (“to subdue”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of debel.
Senses: examples: text: They [the French] deſire (king Edward [III] grovvne aged) not to ſeeme by ſitting ſtill vpon ſo many thornes of diſgrace, and loſſe, to haue beene outvvarred, though ouer-vvarred, and though in tvvo or three battels inferior, yet not to haue beene clearly debellated.
ref: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Third, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 138, page 586, column 2:
text: It doth notably set forth the consent of all nations and ages, in the approbation of the extirpating and debellating of giants, monsters, and foreign tyrants, not only as lawful, but as meritorious even of divine honour.
ref: 1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
glosses: To conquer (someone) in war; to subdue.
Related terms: bellator
bellatrix
bellicose
belligerent
rebel
pear trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pear tree
electromagnetic unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromagnetic units
Senses: glosses: Any of the various units to measure electricity and magnetism in the CGS (now replaced by SI) system of units; abbreviated emu, e.m.u., or EMU.
Sandoval
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsæn.dəˌvɑl/
/-vəl/
Forms: form: Sandovals
Etymology: From Spanish, named after the city in Burgos Province, Spain, from Old Spanish Sannoval, from Latin saltus (“grove”) + novālis (“newly cleared land”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A placename
A city in Burgos, Spain.
glosses: A placename
A small town in Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Sandoval County.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Sandoval Township.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Lake Sandoval.
Derived terms: Lake Sandoval
Sandoval County
Sandoval Township
quadratum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quadrate bone.
tunica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunicae
form: tunicas
Etymology: From Latin tunica. Doublet of tunic and maybe distantly related to chiton.
Senses: examples: text: The tunica is made of a very rich material, plain silk or brocade, with an ornamental border, and over it is the paludamentum or semicircular cloak which was coming into very general use at this period. The collar is a separate article, and is of rich embroidery to match that on the bottom of the tunica.
ref: 1924, Herbert Norris, Costume & Fashion, London; Toronto, Ont.: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton and Co., page 180:
text: I was being drawn up into the clouds, and Papinian, who in my vision was wearing a tunica of light, was fluttering about, his butterfly wings flapping noisily.
ref: 1988, S.P. Somtow, “A Tale of Truffles”, in Aquila and the Sphinx, Wildside Press, published 2001, page 171:
text: It was then that I noticed some of them were wearing tunicas.
ref: 2020, Rob Steiner, Natta Magus, Quarkfolio Books:
glosses: Synonym of tunic (“garment”).
synonyms: word: tunic
extra: garment
examples: text: Ecto- and endotunicae thin, hardly discernable as two tunicae in unreleased, unstained asci; without zonation and ring structures; ocular chamber indistinct.
ref: 1980, Opera Botanica, page 107, column 2:
text: The hyaloid system and its associated vascular tunicas are responsible for providing vascular and metabolic support to the lens during embryological development.
ref: 2013, David Maggs, Paul Miller, Ron Ofri, “Development and Congenital Abnormalities”, in Slatter’s Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology, 5th edition, Saunders, page 21:
text: Fig. 15.5 Tunicae of arteries and veins showing the thicker walls of the arteries.
ref: 2021, Jacquelyn Banasik, “Alterations in Blood Flow”, in Pathophysiology, 7th edition, Elsevier, Inc., →LCCN, section “Principles of Flow”, page 323, column 2:
glosses: Synonym of tunic (“covering”).
synonyms: word: tunic
extra: covering
Hyponyms: tunica albuginea
tunica intima
tunica media
tunica mucosa
tunica propria
tunica serosa
tunica vasculosa
Derived terms: ectotunica
endotunica
the items above at Hyponyms
wheel wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel war
yellowjackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowjacket
autolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autolyses
form: autolysing
form: autolysed
form: autolysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of autolyze.
autolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autolyse
autolysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autolyse
autolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autolyse
autolyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autolyze
autolyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autolyze
autolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autolyze
beastishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beastish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being beastish.
Synonyms: bestiality
beastliness
big baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɪɡ ˈbeɪbi/
Forms: form: big babies
Senses: glosses: An adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies, such as tantrums or pouting.
bidonville
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbi.dɔnˌvil/
/ˈbi.dɔnˌvi.əl/
Forms: form: bidonvilles
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bidonville
Senses: examples: text: With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.
ref: 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:
glosses: A shantytown or slum, in French-speaking regions.
cluey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cluey
form: most cluey
Etymology: From clue + -y.
Senses: glosses: Savvy; street-smart; in the know.
misspells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misspell
nostrum remedium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nostra remedia
Etymology: From Latin meaning "our remedy".
Senses: glosses: Any folk medicine, or popular cure that is not tested, especially one not used in medicine.
enterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of the intestines.
Derived terms: enterological
gastroenterology
entero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈɛntəroʊ-/
Forms: form: enter-
Etymology: From New Latin entero-, combining form from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: relating to the intestines.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: relating specifically to the small intestine.
Derived terms: enteroanastomosis
enteroanthelone
enteroapocleisis
enterobactin
enterobiasis
enterobius
enterotherapy
Related terms: enteral
entrails
hepatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepato- + -logy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Derived terms: hepatologic
hepatological
hepatologist
light someone's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights someone's fire
form: lighting someone's fire
form: lit someone's fire
form: lit someone's fire
Senses: examples: text: Come on, baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire.
ref: 1967, The Doors (Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison, et al.), “Light My Fire” (song), on The Doors (album), Elektra Records
text: It really excited him — you know, really lit his fire. We aren’t sure which of the bunch it is. I’d love to know.
ref: 1985, David Carkeet, I Been There Before (novel), Harper & Row, page 61
text: He’d prowled Houston’s titty bars for more than a decade, and he’d found the one woman who really lit his fire.
ref: 2003, Robert Bryce, Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 213:
glosses: To excite or arouse someone; to turn someone on.
Related terms: turn someone's head
i.q.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: From the Latin īdem (“same”) + quod the neuter nominative of quī (“what”).
Senses: examples: text: Cleopatris, Egypti, i. q. Arsinoe Heroopolitana.
ref: 1851, William Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 113:
text: כָּרְסֵא, the throne; m. n., i. q. Hebr. כִּסֵּא, סּ being changed into רס.
ref: 1859, George Longfield, An Introduction to the Study of the Chaldee Language, London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 157:
text: Bejuthno, i.q. Bojudno
ref: 1871, John Bannister, A Glossary of Cornish Names, London: Williams & Norgate, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: the same as
combinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmbɪneɪtɪv/
ipa: /ˈkɑmbɪneɪtɪv/
ipa: /kəmˈbaɪnətɪv/
Forms: form: more combinative
form: most combinative
Etymology: From combination + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
glosses: Serving, tending, or able to combine.
Synonyms: sense: of or pertaining to combination
word: combinatorial
sense: of or pertaining to combination
word: combinatory
sense: serving to combine
word: amalgamative
sense: serving to combine
word: coalescent
sense: serving to combine
word: combinatory
sense: serving to combine
word: unitive
Related terms: combine
combined
combinable
combination
noncombinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + combinative.
Senses: glosses: Not pertaining to, resulting from, or involving combination.
glosses: Unable to combine; not combinative.
Synonyms: sense: Not pertaining to or involving combination
word: divisive
sense: Not pertaining to or involving combination
word: partitive
sense: Not pertaining to or involving combination
word: separative
combinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more combinable
form: most combinable
Etymology: From combine + -able.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, liquids are the most 'combinable' of all bodies — because, of all divisible materials, the liquid is most readily adaptable in shape, unless it be viscous.
ref: 1922, Aristotle [in translation], De Caelo:
text: Candidate tasks cannot be too difficult or too easy, but they have to be divisible or combinable, so that they can be broken down into smaller chunks that can be solved independently by a potentially large group of contributors.
ref: 2022 June 1, Elena Simperl, Roberta Cuel, Martin Stein, Incentive-Centric Semantic Web Application Engineering, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 86:
synonyms: mergeable
unitable
antonyms: divisible
separable
glosses: Able to be combined.
Derived terms: incombinable
uncombinable
Related terms: combinability
combinableness
combinably
combine
compatible
combinability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From combine + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being combinable.
combinableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From combinable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being combinable.
combinably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more combinably
form: most combinably
Etymology: From combinable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a combinable manner.
caecotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cecotrophy
Etymology: From caecum + -trophy.
Senses: examples: 2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13,
The second group (T-2: 6 rabbits) was also fed the labelled diet but only during the last ten days of the fattening period when animals were fitted a neck collar to prevent caecotrophy.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: coprophagy
glosses: In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
Related terms: caecotroph
caecotrophagic
caecotrophic
reingestion
unitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːnɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more unitive
form: most unitive
Etymology: From Late Latin unitīvus.
Senses: examples: text: The mystics' fundamental vision was unitive: all things, including sinful creatures, are united with God.
ref: 1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages, page 290:
text: Starting with this principle, established by God, namely that sex must always be the expression of a love that is unitive (till death) and procreative (opened to life), we can arrive at a simple Sexual Ethics primer.
ref: 2003, Albert Joseph Mary Shamon, Firepower Through Confirmation, page 13:
text: It was unitive in that it directly asked each person to go beyond that which separates him or her from other people.
ref: 2009, David Gershon, Social change 2.0: a blueprint for reinventing our world:
glosses: Of, causing, or involving unity or union.
unitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unitively
form: most unitively
Etymology: From unitive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a unitive manner.
cecotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caecotrophy.
caecotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caecotropes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caecotroph.
cecotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cecotropes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of caecotroph.
unitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unitive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unitive.
repopulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repopulations
Etymology: From re- + population.
Senses: glosses: The act of repopulating, especially with a species that might otherwise die out in an area.
inartful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inartful
form: most inartful
Etymology: Alteration of earlier unartful, equivalent to in- + artful.
Senses: examples: 2008, Barack Obama, prepared statement, quoted in William Safire, “Inartful”, The New York Times Magazine, 2008 July 20,
The fact that […] General Clark said something that was inartful about John McCain, I don’t think is what is keeping Ohioans up at night.
synonyms: clumsy
unartful
glosses: Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; ill-phrased; inexpedient
Derived terms: inartfully
inartfulness
pilei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pileus
pileate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pileated
misconfiguration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misconfigurations
Etymology: From mis- + configuration.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
heavyweights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavyweight
homoeopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of homeopathy.
Derived terms: electrohomeopathy
homoeopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoeopathic
form: most homoeopathic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of homeopathic.
Derived terms: homoeopathical
homoeopathically
humourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humourless
form: most humourless
Etymology: From humour + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak.
ref: 2025 June 24, Lucy Mangan, “Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of humorless.
Derived terms: humourlessly
hippopotamuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippopotamusses
Senses: synonyms: hippos
hippopotami
hippopotamus
glosses: plural of hippopotamus
horsewhipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horsewhip
horsewhipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsewhippings
Senses: glosses: A beating with a horsewhip.
horsewhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horsewhip
holidaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of holiday
holidaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holidayings
Senses: glosses: The taking of a holiday or vacation.
holidayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of holiday
hospitalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hospitalise
hospitalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hospitalise
hospitalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hospitalised
form: most hospitalised
form: hospitalized
Senses: glosses: being treated in a hospital
hospitalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hospitalized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hospitalise
hopscotches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hopscotch
hopscotching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hopscotch
hopscotched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hopscotch
hemstitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemstitch
hemstitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hemstitch
hemstitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hemstitch
hemstitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hemstitch
hydrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydra
hydras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydra
hookier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hooky: more hooky
hookiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hooky: most hooky
haddocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haddock
hippier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hippy: more hippy
glosses: comparative form of hippie: more hippie
hippiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hippy: most hippy
glosses: superlative form of hippie: most hippie
homerooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeroom
readier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ready: more ready
readier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readiers
Senses: glosses: One who or that which makes something ready.
readiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ready: most ready
revolutionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revolutionise
revolutionising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revolutionise
revolutionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revolutionise
reveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revel
replications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of replication
recapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recap
regularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regularises
form: regularising
form: regularised
form: regularised
Etymology: From regular + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularize.
regularises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regularise
regularising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regularise
regularised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regularise
reevaluates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reevaluate
reevaluating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reevaluate
reevaluated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reevaluate
relabelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relabel
relabelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relabellings
Senses: glosses: An act or instance of giving something a different label.
relabelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relabel
rationalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rationalisations
Etymology: From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -isation or rationalise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.
ref: 1999 July 9, Bernard Burgoyne, “The Mind”, in The Guardian:
text: My trip along the rest of the line is delightful. It's yet another route that has recovered from previous rationalisation by having tracks and platforms reinstated in recent years.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization.
rationalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rationalisation
rationalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæʃənəlaɪz/
Forms: form: rationalizes
form: rationalizing
form: rationalized
form: rationalized
form: rationalise
Etymology: From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make something rational or more rational.
examples: text: Vested interest, united ties, / landed gentry, rationalize. / Look who bought the myth. / By jingo, buy America.
ref: 1987, “Exhuming McCarthy”, in Document (R.E.M. No. 5), performed by R.E.M.:
glosses: To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
examples: text: At our October meeting, Membership Director George Kaufer suggested rationalizing schedules on the Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton trains. He had prepared peak-hour schedules with a focus on ensuring that trains to Hoboken alternate more equally with those to New York, rather than having a number of trains to one destination together before a train to the other city.
ref: 2024 11, Sally Jane Gellert, “Report from the Chair”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:
glosses: To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.
Hyponyms: english: myth & popular beliefs
translation: myth & popular beliefs
word: euhemerize
Derived terms: rationalization
rationalisation
rationalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rationalise
rationalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rationalise
rationalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rationalise
rationalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Given a rational explanation
examples: text: Advantage has been taken of the rationalised platforming to produce a new-style departure sheet for the West Side of Liverpool Street.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 21:
glosses: Reorganised, made more efficient.
reawakens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reawaken
reawakening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-awakening
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reawaken
reawakening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reawakenings
form: re-awakening
Senses: examples: text: Our longings after immortality are sensibly experienced under the solemn views of dissolving nature, and its reawakening at the call of the angel, when this corruptible shall put on incorruptibility, and this mortal immortality, and death, to the sons and daughters of resignation shall be swallowed up in victory.
ref: 1807, Rosewell Messinger, Sentiments on Resignation, P. F Collier and Son Company, page 224:
text: In several of these patients, who previously had been treated by curetting and lactic acid, and who had been considered as cured, the injection of one or two milligrammes showed that this was not the case, and caused a reawakening of the disease.
ref: 1891, Massachusetts Medical Society, The New England Journal of Medicine, Samuel Squiee Speigge, page 3:
text: It is my belief that the constant use of this water, and the proximity to the unwholesome lagoon, would, in a short time, have resulted in evil to the command, although during our stay butfew cases of sickness were encountered. Several cases of malarial fever were developed, but the history of each case proved it to be the result of a reawakening of a former infection.
ref: 1889, United States Surgeon-General's Office, Report of the Surgeon-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Tear Ending, Government Printing Office, page 49:
text: The reawakening was brought about by Gwendolen’s inviting the artist to stay to dinner.
ref: 1893, Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemen, The American Claimant, P. F Collier and Son Company, page 183:
text: But is not this partly due to a kind of reawakening of the mind by the altered, and doubtless improved, social surroundings?
ref: 1919, Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown, The Lancet, Samuel Squiee Speigge, page 250:
glosses: A second or subsequent awakening.
reawakened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reawaken
reawakened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reawakened
form: most reawakened
Senses: examples: text: But when she was with Natasha she was not vexed with her and did not reproach her. The reawakened power of life that had seized Natasha was so evidently irrepressible and unexpected by her, that in her presence Princess Mary felt that she had no right to reproach her even in her heart.
ref: 1828, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Humphrey Milford, page 415:
text: The land which had given birth to the institution cherished it long; and there its efforts were continually reawakened even in its decline.
ref: 1830, George Payne Rainsford James, The History of Chivalry, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, page 328:
text: The late disastrous fire also worked no little injury to members of our congregation, but I am encouraged to believe that a better and more earnest spirit is making itself felt in the Parish, and that we shall soon be permitted to see the fruits of a reawakened energy and zeal.
ref: 1884, Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown, Journal of the Proceedings, Paul Hamlyn, page 28:
glosses: Being awakened again.
reinitialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinitialises
form: reinitialising
form: reinitialised
form: reinitialised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reinitialize.
reinitialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinitialise
reinitialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinitialise
reinitialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinitialise
reinitialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinitializes
form: reinitializing
form: reinitialized
form: reinitialized
form: reinitialise
Etymology: From re- + initialize.
Senses: glosses: To initialize again.
Derived terms: reinitialization
reinitializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinitialize
reinitializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinitialize
reinitialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinitialize
rebuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebus
refurbishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refurbish
refurbishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refurbish
refurbishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refurbishings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is refurbished.
Arnamagnæan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Arnamagnaean
form: Arnamagnean
Etymology: A Latinized adjective formed from the name of Árni Magnússon, Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector.
Senses: examples: the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection; the Arnamagnæan Institute; the Arnamagnæan Commission
glosses: of or pertaining to Árni Magnússon or his work or dedicated to him
tlaquimilolli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tlaquimilolli
Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl tlaquimilolli.
Senses: glosses: A sacred bundle.
preamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preamps
Etymology: From pre- + amp.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pre-amp.
preamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preamps
form: preamping
form: preamped
form: preamped
Etymology: From pre- + amp.
Senses: glosses: preamplify
bday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːdeɪ/
rhymes: -iːdeɪ
homophone: bidet stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: bdays
form: b-day
form: B-day
form: bdai
Senses: examples: text: Happy bday!
text: I think last time we spoke we both kind of said some really nasty things that neither of us meant, like… you broke up with me… on my b-day.
ref: 2008, Lorene Scafaria, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, spoken by Nick (Michael Cera):
glosses: Abbreviation of birthday.
bdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bday
voyd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more voyd
form: most voyd
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of void.
voyd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voyds
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of void.
voyd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voyds
form: voyding
form: voyded
form: voyded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of void.
tyrannie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tyranny.
dignitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dignities
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dignity.
destroi
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destrois
form: destroiing
form: destroied
form: destroied
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of destroy.
high-sticked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-stick
fire off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fires off
form: firing off
form: fired off
form: fired off
Senses: examples: text: No sooner had I replied to his first question, than he fired off another one.
text: When I had read the article, I immediately fired off a letter to the editor.
text: The networks tell us that they are open to shows with gay themes and gay characters, but don't get the scripts from their writers and producers. We've decided to test out their good intentions by regularly firing off story ideas to the producers of individual series.
ref: 1975 December 27, Ginny Vida, quotee, “Ideas Needed”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 2:
synonyms: toss off#Verb
coordinate_terms: throw together#Verb
slap together#Verb
whip up#Verb
glosses: To perform (a task) rapidly, often unexpectedly.
examples: text: The nervous soldier fired off a few more rounds into the darkness.
glosses: To discharge from a firearm.
rifer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For many years he was stationed on down-town beats, where crime was rifer, and where a less resolute officer would have been a certain failure.
ref: 1894, Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio, page 54:
glosses: comparative form of rife: more rife
rifest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rife: most rife
ionise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ionises
form: ionising
form: ionised
form: ionised
Etymology: From ion + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ionize.
Derived terms: counterionise
deionise
ionisation
nonionised
nonionising
photoionised
ionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ionise
ionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ionise
individualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of individualise
individualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of individualise
fire blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire blankets
Etymology: fire + blanket
Senses: glosses: A large piece of fireproof or fire resistant material, used exclusively to cover and extinguish a small fire.
individualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of individualise