cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
red, white and blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more red, white and blue
form: most red, white and blue
Senses: examples: text: Some folks are born made to raise the flag / they're red, white and blue
ref: 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son”, in Willy and the Poor Boys:
text: What is more red, white, and blue than cheeseburgers!
ref: 2007, David Harsanyi, Nanny State, →ISBN:
text: This multilingual grunter would fit right in, as red, white and blue as a telephone solicitor hyping penny stocks to shutin geriatrics.
ref: 2010, Stephen Coonts, The Red Horseman, →ISBN:
text: He's an intelligent man who reads books and knows history, but he could not bring himself to admit that a Puerto Rican girl's childhood in the Bronx was just as red, white, and blue as an Irish American boy's childhood in Washington.
ref: 2011, Eugene Robinson, Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: Quintessentially American.
Related terms: bleu, blanc et rouge
bleu, blanc et rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: bleu
form: blanc
form: et rouge
Etymology: From French bleu, blanc et rouge (literally “blue, white and red”).
Senses: examples: text: Nashville Predators Voice Pete Weber says of hockey's bleu, blanc et rouge, “Montreal Canadiens fans care too much.”
ref: 2012, Curt Smith, Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV:
text: Hitting the NHL during the 1985–86 season, he not only debuted in the famed bleu, blanc, et rouge but guided the squad to Lord Stanley's Cup.
ref: 2015, Jon Waldman, He Shoots, He Saves: The Story of Hockey's Collectable Treasures:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club.
Related terms: red, white and blue
mantologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantologist
manumitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manumitters
form: manumittor
Etymology: From manumit + -er.
Senses: glosses: An emancipator from slavery, someone who manumits.
Related terms: manumission
manumissive
manumittor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manumittors
Etymology: From manumit + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of manumitter.
manumotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Which can be moved by hand.
Related terms: manumotor
manuport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manuports
Etymology: From Latin manū (“with a hand”) portāre (“to carry”).
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A natural (not man-made) object of an excavation site, which was originally brought into the site by humans.
Related terms: artefact
ethnoarchaeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + archaeology.
Senses: glosses: The ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons.
Related terms: ethnoarchaeological
ethnoarchaeologist
ethnoarchaeologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoarchaeologists
Etymology: From ethno- + archaeologist.
Senses: glosses: Someone interested in ethnoarchaeology.
ethnoarchaeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + archaeological.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ethnoarchaeology.
Derived terms: ethnoarchaeologically
archaeometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From archaeo- + -metry.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The application of techniques and methodologies of the natural sciences to archaeology, mostly for dating, analysis, survey and confirmation of provenance or authenticity.
Related terms: archaeometric
archaeometrist
bioarchaeometry
Queer Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: examples: text: In any event, the German slugger nailed down 21 of his 39 victories by putting his opponent on Queer Street via the knockout route.
ref: 1957 August 10, “Cronin's Corner”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: Frazier had him on Queer Street in the 11th round. ... He was glad he got off Queer Street.
ref: 1971 March 9, “In the Wake of the News”, in Chicago Tribune:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A stunned condition.
examples: text: But soon they led a Queer-street life, / 'Twas what she'd not expected / Like cat and dog, with snarl and strife, / And love and lamps neglected. / About his work he would not wag
ref: 1818, Thomas Hudson, Comic Songs, page 23:
text: The only reason Ms Beverley-Stevenson and her two companies are in business is to make a profit, otherwise she and her partners would be on Queer Street.
ref: 2009 March 17, “The dangers of commerce in medical care”, in Yorkshire Post:
text: He is one of those men who have overshot their true generation. He should have been a buck in the days of the Regency—a boxer, an athlete, a plunger on the Turf, a lover of fair ladies, and, by all account, so far down Queer Street that he may never find his way back again.
ref: 1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 277:
glosses: A difficult circumstance, especially bankruptcy; hard times.
examples: text: I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. It was a bit of the printed description of your house at Chesney Wold. Not much in that, you'll say, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. No. But when my foreign friend here is so thoroughly off her guard as to think it a safe time to tear up the rest of that leaf, and when Mrs. Bucket puts the pieces together and finds the wadding wanting, it begins to look like Queer Street.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Suspicious circumstances.
warpaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warpaints
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of war paint.
manurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From manure + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
war time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war times
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wartime.
Magadan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Магада́н (Magadán).
Senses: glosses: An oblast in far eastern Russia.
glosses: A port city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, on the Sea of Okhotsk.
Related terms: alt: Колыма́ (Kolymá)
word: Kolyma
Magadan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Magadans
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Magadán. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
midcourter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midcourters
Etymology: From midcourt + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
netball
sports
glosses: A player in the midcourt.
netballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛtbɔːlə/
ipa: /ˈnɛtˌbɔlɚ/
Forms: form: netballers
Etymology: From netball + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
netball
sports
glosses: A netball player.
charoset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charosets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haroseth.
goodest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: good + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of good: most good, best
Related terms: good
gooder
schedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schede
gurgly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gurgly
form: most gurgly
Etymology: From gurgle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The baby made a gurgly noise that might have been laughter.
glosses: Gurgling; like a gurgle.
hillwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hill + walking.
Senses: glosses: The pastime of walking in hilly countryside.
Related terms: fellwalking
negihama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ネギハマ (negihama).
Senses: glosses: A type of sushi, yellowtail and scallion.
incult
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkʌlt/
Forms: form: more incult
form: most incult
Etymology: From Latin incultus.
Senses: examples: text: Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means.
ref: 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
glosses: Uncultivated, wild.
examples: text: where good government is, […] there all things thrive and prosper […] : where it is otherwise, all things are ugly to behold, incult, barbarous, uncivil, a paradise is turned to a wilderness.
ref: , New York, 2001, p.86
glosses: Rough, unrefined.
Birobidzhan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Биробиджа́н (Birobidžán).
Senses: glosses: A city, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia.
Related terms: Jewish Autonomous Oblast
tippees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tippee
tippee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tippees
Etymology: From tip + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee.
ref: 2009 April 4, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Last Pullman Porters Are Sought for a Tribute”, in New York Times:
glosses: The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
examples: text: If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel
ref: 2002 October 17, “Tips on insider trading How an investor can avoid the problems”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A recipient of inside information.
manurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manurer
inside information
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Must a corporation issue a news release if it becomes aware that material inside information has leaked out? "It should make an immediate announcement,"
ref: 1968 September 12, “SEC Calls 'Insider' Cases Beneficial to Public”, in New York Times:
text: Recently, the hedge-fund industry has been shaken by allegations that it exploits inside information.
ref: 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.
Related terms: insider trading
manustupration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin manus (“hand”) + stuprō (“debauch”). The verb is often wrongly quoted as stupō, stupare.
Senses: examples: text: The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.
ref: [1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young:
glosses: Synonym of masturbation.
synonyms: word: masturbation
manuterge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manuterges
Etymology: From Latin manus (hand) + tergere.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: A towel used by a priest during liturgy
manuterges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manuterge
manutergium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manutergia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin manutergium.
Senses: glosses: manuterge
manyatta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manyattas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maasai manyatta.
Senses: examples: text: The Masai tribes, or sections of tribes, haunt certain districts. Every section has usually some three favourite districts, in each of which is a village called a manyatta.
ref: 1901, Sidney Langford Hinde, The Last of the Masai:
text: All of the inhabitants worked together for two full moon cycles to build their manyattas, bomas for the cows and a fence that spanned the length of two big football pitches to protect everyone from the lions.
ref: 2012, Jackson Ntirkana, Wilson Meikuaya, The Last Maasai Warriors: An Autobiography:
glosses: A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors.
Related terms: enkang
manyattas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manyatta
dayrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dayrises
Etymology: From day + rise.
Senses: examples: text: 'Twas a fair sight to see her glide
A constant shadow by the side
Of her old Father ! At dayrise,
With light feet and with sunny eyes,
ref: 1839, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, "The Sisters.", The Poetical Works of Miss Landon, publ. by E.L. Carey and A. Hart, pg. 225
text: Compared to such sentimentalism that dream of the million men rising up at the President's call between dayrise and dayfall appears like grim realism.
ref: 1917, Hermann Hagedorn, "The Spirit of Preparedness," Proceedings of the Congress of Constructive Patriotism, National Security League, Washington, D.C., January 25-27, 1917, pg. 138
text: We ate without talking and watched dayrise through frost-rimmed glass in the double-hung window.
ref: 2008, Barry Lopez, “Bear in the Road,”, in The Wide Open: Prose, Poetry, and Photographs of the Prairie, Annick Smith and Susan O'Connor, eds., University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: daybreak, dawn
eunoto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maasai [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A Masai ceremony in which a warrior passes into senior warriorhood.
warriorhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From warrior + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: His back and muscular shoulders were all ridged by the cicatrized weals of warriorhood.
ref: 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 126:
glosses: The state of being a warrior.
flywhisk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flywhisks
Etymology: From fly + whisk.
Senses: glosses: A whisk used to brush away flies.
elderhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elder + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: A notion of elderhood appears to exist in most non-Western societies and is largely based on combining social and functional definitions of one's place in the life cycle.
ref: 2004, Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Encylopedia of Medical Anthropology:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being an elder.
emorata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maasai [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A Masai ceremony of manhood, involving circumcision.
synchroniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synchronizer.
converb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.vɜːb/
ipa: /ˈkɑn.vɝb/
Forms: form: converbs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Konverb. By surface analysis, con- + verb; compare adverb and conjunctive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.
qualifier: Yiddish linguistics
glosses: A verb with a stressed, separable prefix.
Derived terms: converbal
converbial
converbialization
quasiconverb
Related terms: adverbial participle
transgressive
coverb
converbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of converb
fromagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fromager
rytina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rytinas
Senses: glosses: steller; a kind of sea cow
fuseboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusebox
glops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glop
glops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glop
glopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glop
glopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glop
goffers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goffer
goffering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goffer
goffering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gofferings
Senses: glosses: Material that has been goffered or crimped.
goffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goffer
cristae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krĭsˈti
ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪstaɪ/
Forms: form: cristæ
Senses: glosses: plural of crista
gluteuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluteus
roadmaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadmap
tolbutamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tolbutamides
Senses: examples: text: The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.
ref: 2009 March 27, Ken-ichi Takeuchi et al., “Changes in Temperature Preferences and Energy Homeostasis in Dystroglycan Mutants”, in Science, volume 323, number 5922, →DOI, pages 1740–1743:
glosses: A drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes.
Hypernyms: sulfonylurea
glycosyntheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycosynthesis
glugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glug
aesthenospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aesthenosphere
grampuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grampus
grides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gride
nose-picks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose-pick
nose-picks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nose-pick
Related terms: nose-picker
nose-picking
rhinotillexomania
nose-picked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nose-pick
Related terms: nose-picker
nose-picking
rhinotillexomania
dorea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doreas
form: doorea
form: doriya
form: doriyah
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A kind of cotton fabric from India.
anencephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
examples: text: If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!"
ref: 1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 10:
glosses: Stupid, brainless
anencephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anencephalics
Senses: glosses: A person, especially a fetus or newborn, affected by anencephaly.
aneurysmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: aneurismal
Etymology: From aneurysm + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
Derived terms: aneurysmally
microaneurysmal
nonaneurysmal
perianeurysmal
postaneurysmal
Related terms: aneurysmatic
plakous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς (plakoûs).
Senses: glosses: A flatbread, of Ancient Greek origin, thought to be a precursor of pizza.
stupend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈstjuːpɛnd/
Forms: form: more stupend
form: most stupend
Etymology: From Latin stupendus. Doublet of stupendous.
Senses: glosses: Stupendous.
gnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnosis
warmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warming
volcanological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From volcanology + -ical.
Senses: synonyms: vulcanological
glosses: Of or pertaining to volcanology.
volcanologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From volcanological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a volcanological way.
unrelaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrelaxed
form: most unrelaxed
Etymology: From un- + relaxed.
Senses: examples: text: The ideal was "a hard, lean body, a dieted or trained one, an upright, shoulders back, unrelaxed posture, tight rather than loose movement, tidiness in domestic arrangement and eating manners, privacy in relation to bowels, abstinence or at any rate planning in relation to appetites.
ref: 2013, Paul Kivel, Living in the Shadow of the Cross:
glosses: Not relaxed
aneurysmally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aneurysmal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an aneurysmal way.
unrecombined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrecombined
form: most unrecombined
Etymology: From un- + recombined.
Senses: glosses: Not recombined
acephalously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From acephalous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without a head.
glosses: Leaderlessly; without a leader.
qualifier: document studies
glosses: Without its beginning.
Synonyms: headlessly
uncrosslinked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncrosslinked
form: most uncrosslinked
Etymology: From un- + crosslinked.
Senses: examples: text: The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe.
ref: 1995, Proceedings, International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, page 63:
glosses: Not crosslinked
headlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From headless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a headless way.
unconserved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconserved
form: most unconserved
Etymology: From un- + conserved.
Senses: glosses: Not conserved
triethylammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From triethyl + ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent cation obtained by protonation of triethylamine
web browsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web browser
tonalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonalites
Etymology: Tonale + -ite
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An igneous, plutonic rock composed mainly of plagioclase.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Quartz diorite.
Derived terms: tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite
hypertexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertext
hypertextually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hypertextually
form: most hypertextually
Etymology: From hypertextual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hypertextual way.
titred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of titre
hypertextualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypertextual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of hypertextualizing.
glosses: Something that has been hypertextualized; a hypertext version.
hypertextualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypertextualizes
form: hypertextualizing
form: hypertextualized
form: hypertextualized
Etymology: From hypertextual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert to a hypertext format.
hypertextualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypertextualize
hypertextualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hypertextualize
hypertextualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypertextualize
textualisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From textualise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of textualizable.
expressibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more expressibly
form: most expressibly
Etymology: From expressible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an expressible way.
textualizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From textualize + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be textualized; expressible in text.
Synonyms: writable
anticryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticryptic
form: most anticryptic
Etymology: From anti- + cryptic.
Senses: examples: text: Without the anticryptic benefit of their spots, leopards would go hungry.
glosses: Of or pertaining to camouflage used by a predator to provide stealth, as opposed to camouflage used by prey to hide.
tonalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonalite
symptomlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From symptomless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a symptomless way.
Thatcherisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Thatcher + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thatcherization.
Thatcherization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Thatcherisation
Etymology: From Thatcher + -ization, named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).
Senses: glosses: The act or process of Thatcherizing.
Related terms: Thatcher effect
Thatcheresque
Thatcherian
Thatcher illusion
Thatcherisation
Thatcherise
Thatcherism
Thatcherist
Thatcherite
Thatcherize
Thatchernomics
Thatcher's children
roofspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roofspaces
Etymology: From roof + space.
Senses: glosses: The space inside a roof (between the roof and the ceiling).
roofspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roofspace
woodily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woodily
form: most woodily
Etymology: From woody + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a woody way.
woodless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wood + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without wood.
noncitrus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + citrus.
Senses: examples: noncitrus fruits
glosses: Not citrus.
palletisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palletise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of palletizable.
palletizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palletize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for palletization.
iotize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪətaɪz/
Forms: form: iotizes
form: iotizing
form: iotized
form: iotized
form: iotise
Etymology: 1854 pre-iotized, 1874 iotization, iotized, 1890 iotised, 1906 iotise. Adapted from Ancient Greek ἰωτίζω (iōtízō, “I write with an iota”). Compare iota.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".
Synonyms: alt: attested 1939 iotated, 1978 iotate
word: iotate
Derived terms: word: iotization
word: iotized
Related terms: iota
iotated
iotation
jot
jod
yod
yodization
yotization
interfaceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interface + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without an interface, especially a user interface.
iotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iotize
iotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of iotize
iotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: iotised
Etymology: 1854 pre-iotized, 1874 iotize, 1890 iotised. See iotize.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iotize
iotized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iotized
form: most iotized
form: iotised
Etymology: 1854 pre-iotized, 1874 iotize, 1890 iotised. See iotize.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of iotated.
synonyms: word: iotated
unworldlinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unworldliness
worldlinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worldliness
limiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of limey: most limey
citruslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more citruslike
form: most citruslike
Etymology: From citrus + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a citrus fruit.
Synonyms: citrusy
Hyponyms: lemony
limey
orangey
designated drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of designated driver
daggily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæɡɪli/
Forms: form: more daggily
form: most daggily
Etymology: From daggy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a daggy way.
capless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæpləs/
Etymology: From cap + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a cap.
Synonyms: hatless
uncapped
Derived terms: caplessness
nonemulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + emulsion.
Senses: glosses: That is not emulsion or lacks emulsion.
recoat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: recoats
form: recoating
form: recoated
form: recoated
Etymology: From re- + coat.
Senses: glosses: To coat again (as with paint).
Derived terms: recoater
Related terms: overcoat
topcoat
reapply
repaint
recoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊt
Forms: form: recoats
Etymology: From re- + coat.
Senses: glosses: A subsequent coat.
Derived terms: recoat time
recoats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recoat
recoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recoat
recoating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recoat
recoating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recoatings
Senses: examples: average time between recoatings
glosses: A second or subsequent coating.
recoated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recoat
memberless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From member + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without members; limbless.
examples: text: With the death of the founders, the club was left memberless.
glosses: Without members or people who belong.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Without members; empty or null.
Derived terms: memberlessness
uncharacterizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + characterizable.
Senses: glosses: Not characterizable; that cannot be characterized.
uncharacterisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + characterisable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncharacterizable.
characterlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more characterlessly
form: most characterlessly
Etymology: From characterless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a characterless way.
splurger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splurgers
Etymology: From splurge + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who splurges.
Synonyms: spendthrift
wastrel
splurgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splurger
doughnutlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doughnutlike
form: most doughnutlike
form: donutlike
Etymology: From doughnut + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a doughnut.
donutlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more donutlike
form: most donutlike
Etymology: From donut + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a donut.
coatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coat + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be coated; to which a coating can be applied.
uncoatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coatable.
Senses: glosses: Not coatable.
paintable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paintable
form: most paintable
Etymology: From paint + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.
examples: text: The grunt indicated doubt. Not so easy to paint, these paintable subjects.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29:
glosses: Able or suitable to be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).
Derived terms: paintableness
paintably
unpaintable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paintable.
Senses: glosses: Not paintable.
virtual realities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual reality
cyberworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberworld
cyberpolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyberpolitical
form: most cyberpolitical
Etymology: From cyber- + political.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to cyberpolitics.
cyberpolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpolitics
Etymology: From cyber- + politics.
Senses: glosses: Politics as carried out in cyberspace, comprehending such concepts as electronic voting.
Derived terms: cyberpolitical
unstraightened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + straightened.
Senses: glosses: Not straightened.
Eastertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eastertimes
form: Easter time
Etymology: From Easter + time.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Holy Week, Easter Week, Octave of Easter
glosses: The time during which Easter takes place; the Easter season.
examples: Meronyms: Easter Week < Octave of Easter
qualifier: traditionally; precisely; traditionally; precisely
glosses: Eastertide, a portion of that season or one that overlaps with it and extends past it.
cyberstudy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + study.
Senses: glosses: Study that takes place in cyberspace or over the Internet.
Synonyms: cyberlearning
Eastertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eastertime
polytonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more polytonally
form: most polytonally
Etymology: From polytonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a polytonal way.
polytonalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytonality
insightfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From insightful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being insightful.
insightless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From insight + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking insight.
Derived terms: insightlessness
the moon on a stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːn ɒn ə ˈstɪk/
ipa: /ˈmun ɑn ə ˈstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology: The term describes something that is impossible to obtain.
Senses: examples: text: Once I saved twenty-five dollars and bought her a print gown for her birthday, and she was so pleased you'd have thought I'd given her the moon on a stick.
ref: 2002, Donald Clarke, Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon:
text: There is no point in asking for the moon on a stick, but we can produce cheap sticks through a sensible division of labour and sell them with effective market segmentation strategies. Leave the moon for dreamers.
ref: 2002, Martin Parker, Utopia and Organization:
text: You promise partners the moon on a stick, so that you can snatch it back easily when you change your mind.
ref: 2006, Stella Hyde, Tonwen Jones, Snarling Tiger, Dirty Rat:
text: What more do I want—the moon on a stick of course.
ref: 2007, Pamela Cotterill, Sue Jackson, Gayle Letherby, Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education:
glosses: All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything.
Related terms: ask for the moon
promise the moon
hypertensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypertension
hypotensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypotension
trick cyclist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trick cyclists
Etymology: Deliberate malapropism of psychiatrist.
Senses: examples: text: It was a commonplace for the medical officer to refer problem cases to the "trick cyclist" so that people got used to the idea that he might be able to help.
ref: 1964, The British journal of criminology:
text: But what if it had the contrary effect? What if his wife turned wholly sane? What if she announced, not on any trick cyclist's couch...
ref: 1984, Michael Innes, Carson's conspiracy:
text: "I want to, and my trick-cyclist says it might help. Kill or cure."
ref: 1989, Peter Dickinson, Skeleton-in-waiting:
glosses: A psychiatrist.
brake press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake presses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of press brake.
synonyms: word: press brake
brake presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brake press
press brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press brake
macrocomputer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocomputers
Etymology: From macro- + computer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mainframe, as opposed to a microcomputer.
macrocomputers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocomputer
tweely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tweely
form: most tweely
Etymology: From twee + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a twee manner.
cockneyfy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cockneyfies
form: cockneyfying
form: cockneyfied
form: cockneyfied
Etymology: From cockney + -fy.
Senses: examples: text: There certainly are a set of John Bulls, both male and female, who would cockneyfy every spot on the globe they might visit — even the very pyramids...
ref: 1837, William Rae Wilson, chapter IV, in Notes abroad and rhapsodies at home, page 65:
text: Bozo had a strange way of talking, Cockneyfied and yet very lucid and expressive.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
text: This first hint of shyness and shame, and the irony that tried to cover it, cockneyfied and West Indian too, made Nick want to jump on him and kiss him.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cockneyfies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cockneyfy
cockneyfying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cockneyfy
cockneyfied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cockneyfy
Derived terms: uncockneyfied
single-wide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single-wides
Senses: glosses: A trailer measuring eighteen feet or less in width and ninety feet or less in length, able to be towed as a single unit.
Related terms: double-wide
double-wide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-wides
Senses: glosses: A trailer measuring twenty feet or more in width and ninety feet or less in length, towed as a two separate units before assembly; especially, a mobile home that is twice its standard width.
Related terms: single-wide
single-wides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single-wide
double-wides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-wide
reborrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reborrows
form: reborrowing
form: reborrowed
form: reborrowed
Etymology: From re- + borrow.
Senses: glosses: To borrow again or back.
reborrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reborrow
reborrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reborrowings
Senses: examples: text: The word flan itself is a relatively recent addition to English, adopted on our behalf from French by the chef Alexis Soyer (a Frenchman working in England), but in that form it is in fact simply a reborrowing of a word which originally crossed the Channel in the 13th century as flawn, denoting some sort of custard tart or cheesecake.
ref: 1990, John Ayto, “flan”, in Dictionary of Word Origins, New York: Arcade, →ISBN, page 230:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that passed from language A into language B and thence back into language A. Such words may have changed in meaning and/or form.
examples: text: The borrower will usually argue that the accordion should be considered as a reborrowing of debt already repaid, and therefore should be a redraw of tranche A first.
ref: 2020, John Gilligan, Mike Wright, Private Equity Demystified, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214:
glosses: Something reborrowed.
Related terms: borrowing
twice-borrowed
reborrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reborrow
reborrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reborrow
griding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gride
shiur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈʃiː.ɚ/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈʃiːɹ/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈʃiːʊɹ/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈʃiːɔɹ/
ipa: /ˈʃiːʊə/
ipa: /ˈʃiːuː/
ipa: /ʃiˈʊɹ/
rhymes: -iːuː
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shiurs
form: shiurim
Etymology: From Hebrew שִׁעוּר (shi'úr).
Senses: examples: text: Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”
ref: 2009 April 4, Samuel G. Freedman, “A Jewish Holiday, Once Every 28 Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
Related terms: word: maggid shiur
alt: a lesson on a topic in the Qurʾān or Sunna
word: dars
élans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of élan
grided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gride
griskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griskin
ballgown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːl.ɡaʊn/
Forms: form: ballgowns
form: ball gown
Etymology: From ball + gown.
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
synonyms: balldress
glosses: A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
Derived terms: ball-gowned
ballgown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːl.ɡaʊn/
Forms: form: ballgowns
form: ballgowning
form: ballgowned
form: ballgowned
form: ball gown
Etymology: From ball + gown.
Senses: examples: text: She'll take any excuse to ballgown!
qualifier: live action roleplaying games
glosses: To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
ballgowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballgown
ballgowns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ballgown
defragmenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːfɹæɡˈmɛntə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defragmenters
Etymology: From defragment + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: defragger
glosses: That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
defragmenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defragmenter
dyscrasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɹeɪzɪə/
Forms: form: dyscrasias
form: dyskrasia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία (duskrasía, “bad mixture”).
Senses: qualifier: ancient usage
glosses: Imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, black and yellow bile, phlegm) that was thought to cause disease.
qualifier: modern usage
glosses: Any bodily disorder, especially regarding the blood.
Synonyms: disease
pathological condition
Hyponyms: sense: blood dyscrasias
word: plasma cell dyscrasia
sense: blood dyscrasias
word: T-cell dyscrasia
word: endocrine dyscrasia
Derived terms: dyscrasic
Related terms: acrasia
bikable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bikable
form: most bikable
form: bikeable
Etymology: From bike + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be biked; traversable by bicycle.
Synonyms: bicyclable
bikeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bikeable
form: most bikeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bikable.
listable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From list + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be listed.
Synonyms: enumerable
Derived terms: unlistable
cheeseries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheesery
abzymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abzyme
flippase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flippases
Etymology: From flip + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme located in the membrane responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid molecules between the two leaflets that compose a cell's membrane (transverse diffusion).
flippases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flippase
alkylbenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkylbenzene
alkylbenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylbenzenes
Etymology: From alkyl + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups
Synonyms: AB
Derived terms: AB
alphaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphavirus
alphavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Alphavirus.
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
aminosterols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminosterol
headwraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headwrap
aminosterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminosterols
Etymology: From amino + sterol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a sterol, especially any of a group of such antibiotics obtained from sharks
Hyponyms: squalamine
headsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headsman
hegemonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hegemonize
aphthoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphthovirus
hegemonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hegemonize
aphthovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphthoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of viruses, of the genus Aphthovirus, responsible for diseases such as foot and mouth
statured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stature + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Of or having a certain kind of stature.
hegemonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hegemonize
hegemonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hegemonises
form: hegemonising
form: hegemonised
form: hegemonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hegemonize.
hegemonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hegemonise