cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
demarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demarchies
Etymology: From demo- + -archy.
Senses: examples: text: In his recent book Is Democracy Possible? (1985) John Burnheim advocates a system that he calls ‘demarchy’, with striking resemblances to classical democracy. […] This is more significant for demarchies administering manufacturing processes, but would affect them all to some extent.
ref: 1993, W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell, Towards a New Socialism, pages 163-164, 168:
text: Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens. Demarchies have been portrayed extensively in scifi, including Alastair Reynolds’s Revelation Space series of novels (where it’s used to flatten hierarchies), […]
ref: 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo:
glosses: Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
Synonyms: lottocracy
Derived terms: demarchic
demarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demarchy
lottocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lotto + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens.
ref: 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo:
glosses: Demarchy.
appealeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: appeal + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appeal
coalign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coaligns
form: coaligning
form: coaligned
form: coaligned
Etymology: From co- + align.
Senses: glosses: To align together.
Related terms: coalignment
coaligning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coalign
coaligns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coalign
coaligned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coalign
coalignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalignments
Etymology: From co- + alignment.
Senses: glosses: alignment together
Related terms: coalign
coalignments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalignment
Taj.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Tajikistan.
Tanz.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Tanzania.
Thai.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Thailand.
Trin. & Tobago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Que.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qué.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Quebec.
gauding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gaud
trumperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpery
pathed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] they stood in the region of perpetual snow, amidst the glittering, treacherous glaciers and crevasses, with vast slippery-pathed precipices yawning round.
ref: 2002, Charles Morris, The San Francisco Calamity:
glosses: Provided with a path.
Derived terms: multipathed
unpathed
pathed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of path
caraguatá
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caraguatás
form: caraguata
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caraguatá, from Old Tupi karagûatá.
Senses: examples: text: Of the "végétation rabougrie," the cactus and the caraguatá bromelia appeared to be the most general.
ref: 1870, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay, page 374:
text: [...] women are constantly occupied with making thread, netting, or needle-looping. The development of techniques of string work was favored by the abundance of the Bromelia which provide excelllent raw material. The caraguatá (Bromelia sp.) are uprooted [...]
ref: 1946, Handbook of South American Indians, page 285:
text: Some edible species of caraguatá (Bromelia sp.) are found in the forested areas of the Chaco. [...] They leave in small family groups with their caraguatá fiber bags strapped across their foreheads, carrying long poles hooked at the far end [...]
ref: 2002, John Renshaw, The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: Identity and Economy, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 82:
glosses: Any of several similar South American bromeliad plants, Bromelia serra, Bromelia pinguin or Bromelia balansae (syn. Bromelia argentina), which yield a long, silky fiber used for making cords, sacks, etc.
doglings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogling
gleaneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glean + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glean
amaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amain
gloweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glow
whitherto
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From whither + to.
Senses: glosses: To where; to which place or destination.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
togetherish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more togetherish
form: most togetherish
Etymology: From together + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: We are also asking for a new humanism that will revive a healthy individualism in what has become a crowded, urbanized, "togetherish" society.
ref: 1992, Richard Kenneth Barksdale, Praisesong of Survival:
text: Salads are chatty, sociable, so togetherish at a lamplit table, everyone (or two) taking helpings.
ref: 2002, Stephen Sandy, Surface Impressions:
text: If things pan out, if it is on the right footing, maybe I could even think about more of him than that, something more togetherish.
ref: 2004, Merle Thornton, After Moonlight:
text: The Lambert clan was togetherish, as Georgina frequently complained. “You should tell your family that you are a person witha life of your own!” she advised Poco.
ref: 2013, Janet Taylor Lisle, Looking for Juliette:
glosses: Indicative or characteristic of togetherness or being together; togetherly.
examples: text: They still look awful togetherish.
ref: 1942, William Davidson, Brother Goose:
glosses: Somewhat together.
togetherish
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more togetherish
form: most togetherish
Etymology: From together + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I have hopes then that we might go there together - or at any rate togetherish as to boats - in September.
ref: 1982, Ezra Pound, Brita Lindberg-Seyersted, Pound/Ford, the Story of a Literary Friendship:
glosses: In a togetherish or somewhat together manner.
togetherdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From together + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Not the wounds, not the danger, not the dirt, the boredom, the fear, the fatigue, the sight of the dead, and not the longing for home — I am an orphan, in any case — but the beastly togetherdom with hundreds and thousands of men.
ref: 1960, The Massachusetts Review, volume 2, page 281:
text: The poet plays with the thought that the net of individualism too much divides, but that, if the dividing strings should break, the two personalities would merge only " in lost togetherdom."
ref: 1970, Elton Edward Smith, Louis MacNeice:
glosses: The condition, sphere, or state of being together; togethership.
Related terms: togetherhood
togetherness
togetherful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more togetherful
form: most togetherful
Etymology: From together + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Warner watched her hurry past the lime tree toward a brand-new Monday morning, the beginning of a togetherful Work Week filled with all sorts of stimulating projects.
ref: 1965, Willard Marsh, Week with no Friday:
text: For each age is a dream that is dying Or one that is coming to birth. In history, what shall it be through us — a dream of acting togetherful of color dying [...]
ref: 1997, Charles Harris Wesley, James L. Conyers, Charles H. Wesley:
glosses: Full of or characteristic of togetherness.
untogether
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/
ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more untogether
form: most untogether
Etymology: The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.
Senses: glosses: Not together.
Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated.
examples: text: This here little Sister name Mae was most definitely untogether.
ref: 2005, H. D. Adamson, Language Minority Students in American Schools:
text: […] Works, which will assist these backward, untogether niggers [sic] in getting themselves together.
ref: 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:
glosses: Not together.
Of a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy.
synonyms: uncollected
uncomposed
glosses: Not together.
Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized.
Derived terms: untogetherness
untogether
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/
ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more untogether
form: most untogether
Etymology: The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Just as Hinckle terms the dispersed text of Jes Grew “Untogether,” [...]
ref: 2006, John Kevin Young, Black Writers, White Publishers:
glosses: In a disorderly manner; apart.
untogether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðə/
ipa: /ˌʌntəˈɡɛðəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)
Etymology: The adjective and adverb are derived from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + together. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: We characterize the together, or the untogether based on it, as a rum. The untogether belonging to such a mode of the together, lacking as something outstanding, can, however, by no means ontologically define the not-yet that belongs to Da-sein as its possible death.
ref: 2007, Gordon Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism:
glosses: That which is not together.
quietlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quietlike
form: most quietlike
Etymology: From quiet + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Me, no, wouldn't hurt nobody, but where the fuck was I? Guess I wasn't so much in school, this serene quietlike country setting, as sitting on the spare tire of an open gun jeep manning an M-60 machine gun, patrolling a mountain side, [...]
ref: 2007, Richard Boes, The Last Dead Soldier Left Alive:
glosses: Indicative or characteristic of quietness or of being quiet.
quietlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quietlike
form: most quietlike
Etymology: From quiet + -like.
Senses: examples: text: "[...] I can watch her quietlike... like a man."
ref: 2009, John Aubrey Anderson, Abiding Darkness:
glosses: In a quietlike manner; quietly.
prosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prose
cascavel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cascavels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cascabel (“type of bell”).
huesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more huesome
form: most huesome
Etymology: From hue + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The bubble rises, as we hope, All huesome as the rainy bow, To form the little filmy sphere, Reflecting all the things below, […]
ref: 1965, Julien Gerard de Rialle, Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée - Volume 40 - Page 134:
glosses: Full of hue or colour; colourful.
Synonyms: hueful
hueful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hueful
form: most hueful
Etymology: From hue + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: They were cavernous and brightly lit and the facades lining them were pompous and hueful.
ref: 2004, Sphyrex of Shobol, Vagabond: Psalms of the Dreamers: Abridged(earth Edition) - Page 4:
glosses: Full of hue or colour; colourful.
Synonyms: huesome
Derived terms: huefully
huefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more huefully
form: most huefully
Etymology: From hueful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A gaudy grotto of blocked canvas huefully painted — green serpents with flame eyes, rosy, bustious nymphs caught athwart aggressive fish tails.
ref: 1927, Samuel Ornitz, A Yankee passional:
glosses: In a hueful or colourful manner; colourfully.
claspest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: clasp + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of clasp
behue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: behues
form: behuing
form: behued
form: behued
Etymology: From be- + hue.
Senses: examples: text: Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain Like precious stones behued in tints divine, That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain, A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!
ref: 1873, Francis Saltus Saltus, Honey and Gall:
glosses: To endow with hue or colour; to colour; make colourful.
becolour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: becolours
form: becolouring
form: becoloured
form: becoloured
form: becolor
Etymology: From be- + colour.
Senses: examples: text: Bring the wine (of love), wherewith we may becolour the garment of hypocrisy (borrowed, illusory, centreless existence); For, we are intoxicated with the cup of pride; and (with us only) the name of sensibleness — is.
ref: 1891, Hāfiz, The Dīvān - Volume 1 - Page 143:
glosses: To impart colour to; mark with colour; colour all over.
Synonyms: behue
Tunis.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Tunisia.
Turk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Turkey.
Turkm.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Turkmenistan.
Turks & Caicos Is.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Turks and Caicos Islands.
Alta.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada, as used in case citations.
Nfld.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nfld
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Newfoundland and Labrador: a province of Canada.
coquetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquetters
Etymology: From coquet + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who coquets; a coquettish person.
coquetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coquetter
para.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of paragraph.
Derived terms: sub-para.
paras.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of paragraphs.
pts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of parts.
princ.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of principle.
princs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of principles.
sumō
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Even after retiring from the sumō ring, he continues to rewrite sumō history books.
ref: 1992, Philbert Ono, “Kōkishin: A New Dawn for Akebono”, in Eye-Ai, Tokyo: Riverfield, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 1:
text: Sumō became a professionalized sport during the Edo period and is now watched by millions on TV, not just in Japan.
ref: 2005, John Reeve, Japanese Art in Detail, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 92, column 1:
text: Just as in sumō, audiences can immediately determine the relative standing of an actor by perusing the placement and size of the names in a program.
ref: 2013, Samuel L. Leiter, “Nadai and Nadai Shita”, in Kabuki at the Crossroads: Years of Crisis, 1952–1965, Leiden: Global Oriental, →ISBN, chapter 10 (Till Death Do Your Parts: Debuts, Education, and Mortality), page 355:
glosses: Alternative form of sumo.
anchoreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: anchor + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anchor
welleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: well + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of well
printeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: print + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of print
imprinteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: imprint + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imprint
impresseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: impress + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impress
gimp nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimp nails
Senses: glosses: An embroiderer's small nail.
gimp nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gimp nail
sec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of section.
glosses: Abbreviation of second.
glosses: Abbreviation of secretary.
sec.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of secundum.
secs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of sections.
ann.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: bibliography
computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of annotated.
qualifier: chiefly genealogy
glosses: Abbreviation of annulled.
raw_tags: of a marriage
ann.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of annum.
comp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of compare.
glosses: Abbreviation of compiler.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
glosses: Abbreviation of compilation.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of comparative.
comp.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: cp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of compiled.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
copy.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of copyright.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
dft.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of draft.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
ms.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mss.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of manuscript.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
ms.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kenneth Kimball, 1 yr. and 6 ms. old.
ref: 1902 [1901], Gustavus F. Kimball, The Kimball Family News, Topeka, page 307:
text: a [year] & 2 ms. old, có̤i nê:
ref: 1905, T. B. Adam, “Y”, in An English-Chinese dictionary of the Foochow dialect, Lacy & Wilson, page 352:
glosses: plural of m. (“month”)
n.s.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of new series.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
n. pub.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of no publisher.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
prtg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of printing.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
prtgs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of printings.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
repl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of replacement.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
repr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of reprint.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
glosses: Abbreviation of representative.
repr.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of reprinted.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
glosses: Abbreviation of representing.
spec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of species.
spec.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: bibliography
computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of special.
spec.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: A leader; spec. Il''' or The Duce, title assumed by Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), the creator and leader of the Fascist state in Italy.
ref: 2019, “Duce, n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press:
qualifier: reference works
glosses: Abbreviation of specifically.
temp.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: tem.
Etymology: Short for Latin tempore (“in the time of”), ablative case of tempus (“time”).
Senses: examples: text: plays published temp. Elizabeth I
glosses: In the time of (followed by an indicator of a historical period, especially a reigning monarch).
Related terms: fl.
tent.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of tentative.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
trans.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of translated.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
glosses: Abbreviation of translator.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
glosses: Abbreviation of translation.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
trans.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of transitive.
unabr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of unabridged.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
amber-gris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: now largely obsolete and uncommon
glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber gris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: now largely obsolete and uncommon
glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of ambergris.
amber-grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of ambergris.
amber-greace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambergrece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber-grece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber grece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambergrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber-grice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber grice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambregrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambregris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber-grise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ambergris.
sched.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sched
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of schedule.
scheds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of schedules.
premeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + meal.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: prefeeding
synonyms: preprandial
;
anteprandial
precibal
antonyms: postmeal
postprandial
;
postcibal
;
postfeeding
;
postbreakfast
postlunch
postdinner
glosses: Before a meal.
postmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + meal.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: postfeeding
synonyms: postprandial
;
postcibal
antonyms: premeal
preprandial
;
anteprandial
precibal
;
prefeeding
;
prebreakfast
prelunch
predinner
glosses: After a meal.
oatmealy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oatmealy
form: most oatmealy
Etymology: From oatmeal + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or full of oatmeal.
shabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shab
amber-grese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambergrese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber grese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber grise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ambergris.
amber-griece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambergriece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber griece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
haznadar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haznadars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hazinedar.
amber griese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
amber-griese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
ambergriese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ambergris.
gray amber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey amber.
grey amber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ambergris.
examples: text: Although amber is most famously yellow, red amber, black amber, grey amber and even blue amber also exist.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grey, amber.
Tanoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈnoʊ.ən/
ipa: /təˈnəʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
Etymology: From Tano + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Tanoan languages or the peoples that speak them.
Tanoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈnoʊ.ən/
ipa: /təˈnəʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
Etymology: From Tano + -an.
Senses: glosses: A family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Hypernyms: Arizona Tewa
Hopi-Tewa
Isleta
Jemez
Kiowa
Northern Tewa
Picuris
Piro
Sandia
Southern Tewa
Taos
Tewa
Tiwa
Towa
Benthamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Benthamian
form: most Benthamian
Etymology: From Bentham + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer, regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Kel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kell
Senses: glosses: A female given name, clipping of Kelly.
glosses: A male given name, clipping of Kellan.
cranse iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranse irons
form: cranse-iron
form: crance iron
form: crance-iron
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a fitting on the end of a bowsprit of a sailing vessel to which the forestay is attached
Synonyms: cranse
crance
cranze
lie back and think of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies back and thinks of England
form: lying back and thinking of England
form: lay back and thought of England
form: lain back and thought of England
Senses: examples: text: He tried to back away, but she was on him like a vixen on heat, pushing him back onto the bed, rubbing her body against him, opening her legs, reaching for him, her mouth coming down hard on his and her tongue lancing into his mouth. He struggled for a moment, then thought, ‘Well, I’d better lie back and think of England.’
ref: 1996, John Gardner, Cold, Orion Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: Synonym of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.
synonyms: word: close one's eyes and think of England
extra: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures
shut one's eyes and think of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuts one's eyes and thinks of England
form: shutting one's eyes and thinking of England
form: shut one's eyes and thought of England
form: shut one's eyes and thought of England
Senses: examples: text: Once she got going on the subject of that poor mutt's performance—or, more properly, lack of it—there was no stopping her. I hardly knew where to put my face, let alone various other portions of my anatomy. It was what you might call an illustrated lecture, see? Everything but the magic lantern slides. In the end I just shut my eyes and thought of England.
ref: 1982, Sylvia Theresa Haymon, Ritual Murder, page 136:
glosses: Alternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.
U.A.E.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United Arab Emirates.
U.K.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: U.K.
form: the U.K.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United Kingdom.
Uru.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Uruguay.
Uzb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Uzbekistan.
subsec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of subsection.
subsecs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of subsections.
supp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
law
marketing
glosses: Abbreviation of supplement.
tbl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of table.
tbls.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of tables.
tit.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of title.
tits.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of titles.
vols.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of volumes.
Venez.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Venezuela.
Virgin Is.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Virgin Islands.
Zam.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Zambia.
Zim.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Zimbabwe.
subdivs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of subdivisions.
Related terms: word: divs.
word: subdiv.
word: subsecs.
Germanies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Germany
Germanys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Germany
Germanie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Germany.
wananish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌwɑ.nəˈniʃ/
/ˌwɑ.nɑ.-/
/-ˈnɪʃ/
Forms: form: ouananiche
form: winninish
form: winnonish
Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French ouananiche, from Montagnais, from wanans ("salmon") + -is (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: A fish from any of several freshwater populations of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar.
ouananiche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wananish.
philosophy of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philosophies of mind
Senses: examples: text: Philosophy of mind, paradoxically enough, became an interesting area of philosophy only when philosophers began to stop taking the notion of "mind" for granted and began asking whether it was a misleading locution.
ref: 1982 November, Richard Rorty, “Contemporary Philosophy of Mind”, in Synthese, volume 53, number 2, page 325:
text: [T]he crux of the debate over concepts is really to be found within discussions of the philosophy of mind.
ref: 2006 October, Jonathan Stoltz, “Sakya Pandita and the Status of Concepts”, in Philosophy East and West, volume 56, number 4, page 567:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The area of philosophy which studies the nature and functions of the mind, thought, and consciousness, with attention to such topics as perception, reasoning, belief, memory, will, and identity.
examples: text: Descartes is a thinker whose very reputation and influence have been serious obstacles to the correct understanding and interpretation of his doctrines . . . . This is preëminently true of his ‘philosophy of mind’, understanding by this expression his conception of the human mind, its nature and significance.
ref: 1932 September, Ledger Wood, “Descartes' Philosophy of Mind”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 41, number 5, page 466:
text: Now we shall argue that science is relevant to philosophy and, in particular, to the problem of settling the disputes among the ten philosophies of mind outlined in the previous section.
ref: 1991 December, Mario Bunge, “A Philosophical Perspective on the Mind-Body Problem”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 135, number 4, page 518:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The views of a particular philosopher or philosophical movement concerning the matters studied within this area of philosophy.
day fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day fines
form: day-fine
Senses: glosses: A unit of fine payment based on the offender's daily personal income. The number of day fines depends on the gravity of offence.
Synonyms: unit fine
day-fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day-fines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of day fine.
unit fine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unit fines
Senses: glosses: A day fine.
pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See cast pearls before swine.
Senses: examples: text: Your lecture deserved a much better reception than it got. Pearls before swine!
glosses: Something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
Synonyms: caviar to the general
day fines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day fine
l.n.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of location number.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
rec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of record.
raw_tags: in bibliographies
N.W.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: NWT
form: N. W. T.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Northwest Territories.
cheat the hangman
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheats the hangman
form: cheating the hangman
form: cheated the hangman
form: cheated the hangman
Etymology: In full "cheat the hangman of his fee", since a hangman would not be paid if there was nobody to hang.
Senses: examples: text: I sincerely hope, for your sake, that Don Beltran may expiate his treason, on the old Spanish gibbet in the Recoveco, as soon as Caraccas is a little more quiet; unless, indeed, the earthquake has already cheated the hangman of his fee, as is most probable.
ref: 1831, Richard Longeville Vowell, William D. Mahoney, Campaigns and Cruises, in Venezuela and New Grenada, and in the Pacific Ocean, Longman, page 69:
text: Twelve were condemned to death by hanging, among them Göring, who cheated the hangman by swallowing a cyanide tablet in his cell.
ref: 2007, Bernard Wasserstein, Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in our Time, →ISBN:
glosses: To die, especially by suicide, while under sentence of death, or while guilty of a capital crime; also, to kill someone else who is in such a state.
examples: text: Rozsa's escapes from the gendarmerie were followed closely by the invisible crowd, and every time he cheated the hangman his legend grew.
ref: 2000, Alice Freifeld, Nationalism and the Crowd in Liberal Hungary, 1848-1914, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: To escape punishment for one's crimes; to get away with something.
N.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Nova Scotia: a province of Canada.
glosses: Abbreviation of NATO state.
glosses: Abbreviation of New Style (dates according to the Gregorian calendar).
N.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of NS.
Nun.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Nunavut: a territory of Canada.
P.E.I.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.
cognitive parallax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv ˈpaɹəlaks/
Senses: examples: text: One of the most obvious manifestations of (cognitive) parallax may be observed when the very fact of an individual saying or writing something proves the falseness of what he says or writes (...) note that (cognitive) parallax cannot be mistaken in any way for lies, hypocrisy, or conscious dissimulation.
ref: 2011, Olavo de Carvalho (autor), Machiavelli, or The Demonic Confusion, part 4 (original: "Maquiavel, ou a Confusão Demoníaca")
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: philosophical phenomenon described as the dislocation of the axis of the theoretical construction of a thinker and the axis of his lived experience; discrepancy between theory and experience
Synonyms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: dislocation
schooliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of school + scoliosis, coined by Petr Skrabanek and James McCormick.
Senses: glosses: The medical misdiagnosis of scoliosis in schools.
healthism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From health + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
examples: text: The locals are not much restrained by the old puritanical or Protestant code. Instead, they have constructed their own ethos of environmentalism, healthism, and egalitarianism that makes it bad form to spend money lavishly or live ostentatiously.
ref: 1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner:
glosses: An excessive preoccupation with one's health.
glosses: Discrimination on the basis of one's health status.
Derived terms: healthist
Concil.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of conciliation.
Cust.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of customs (government department or agency authorized to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods).
Crim.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of criminal.
arraigneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: arraign + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arraign
censureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: censure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of censure
tushery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tusheries
Etymology: From tush + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Critics have derided the works of Walter Scott as tushery.
glosses: Writing that makes frequent use of affected archaisms
Related terms: grandiloquence
magniloquence
tusheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tushery
beseemings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beseeming
Kri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Vietic language spoken in parts of Laos.
top and tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tops and tails
Senses: glosses: The top and bottom of something.
top and tail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tops and tails
form: top and tails
form: topping and tailing
form: top and tailing
form: topped and tailed
form: topped and tailed
form: top and tailed
form: top and tailed
Senses: glosses: To add to the beginning and end of (something), such as the salutation and valediction added to a letter.
glosses: To remove the top and bottom of (an item), for example when preparing carrots for cooking.
examples: text: They are retrieved when needed, topped and tailed ready for use, and stored on the newsroom system […]
ref: 2002, Carole Fleming, The Radio Handbook, page 128:
text: “Roger—a lovely man, great DJ, and huge Bruce fan—got the interview for [London's] Capital Radio,” rock journalist Patrick Humphries told me. “He liked the Springsteen book I'd done so I transcribed the tape and topped and tailed it. […]
ref: 2013, Jeff Burger, Springsteen on Springsteen:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: To set the limits of (an audio tape recording, a digital video file, etc.) by adding physical markers or by trimming unwanted portions.
glosses: To bathe (a small child) in a minimal way by wiping its face and bottom.
examples: text: All services to Rhymney were top and tailed by locos that had been associated with the line over the years; namely, Classes 33, 37, 47 and 50.
ref: 2018, Nicholas Wilcock, Arriva Trains Wales:
text: Railway Support Services repaired the damaged drawgear to enable the unit to be top-and-tailed to Peel Ports' Alexandra Dock (Liverpool) by Rail Operations Group 57310 and 57312, [...].
ref: 2021 October 6, “News in pictures: Final journey for damaged Class 507”, in RAIL, number 941, page 30, photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: To provide (a train) with a locomotive at each end, for ease of reversal.
top and tail
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For this reason also we usually advise that the children are placed "top and tail" alternately so that each child's head is at least six feet from the next one.
ref: 1948, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (Great Britain), The Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene:
text: There were seven chisels in my father's toolbox laid top and tail about like sardines or packed on their sides like bottles of wine yet each one different suited and ground to its own purpose and buffed to a misty mirror-finish
ref: 1983, New Writing Scotland:
text: The remaining children would almost always share beds, often sleeping 'top and tail' to squeeze in as many as possible into one bed.
ref: 2010 March 15, Sue Bruley, The Women and Men of 1926: A Gender and Social History of the General Strike and Miners' Lockout in South Wales, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Lined up in alternating directions; (of humans specifically) lying side-by-side with each person's head by their neighbours' feet.
examples: text: The Class 50s headed the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cornwall and back to Bristol, running top and tail on the Cornish branches.
ref: 2022 May 5, Peter Green, English Electric Class 50 Diesels: From the Western Region to Preservation, Pen and Sword Transport, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: With a locomotive at each end.
weanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaning
supertensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertensor
hypertensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertensor
Latourian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Latourian
form: most Latourian
Etymology: From Latour + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bruno Latour (born 1947), French sociologist and anthropologist.
Latourian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latourians
Etymology: From Latour + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the beliefs or approach of Bruno Latour.
bleakish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bleak + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat bleak.
shroudeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shroud + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shroud
enshroudeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enshroud + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enshroud
cosmogenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmogenists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cosmogonist.
Salemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salemites
Etymology: From Salem + -ite.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Salem
Salemite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Salem + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of the Salem witch trials
Salemites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salemite
wearieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: weary + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of weary
calfbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calfbones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calf bone.
calfbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calfbone
takingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From taking + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being taking, fetching, or attractive.
quirley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quirleys
Senses: examples: text: He stood there smoking a rolled quirley cigarette held in his left hand, looking back, intently, at the spot where the portly judge had just disappeared down the Pullman aisle.
ref: 1974, Bill Burchardt, The birth of Logan Station, page 26:
text: Layla was twisting the ends of a cigarette, regarding it thoughtfully. […] "A girl's allowed a vice or two, just like a man," she said defiantly, holding out the quirley between her thumb and index finger.
ref: 2002, Peter Brandvold, Dealt the Devil's Hand, page 71:
glosses: Alternative form of quirly.
quirleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quirley
respireth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: respire + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respire