cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kanat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːt
Forms: form: kanats
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani क़नात (qanāt, “wall of tent; canvas screen”).
Senses: examples: text: "There was an arrangement of loose-boxes in kanats, and she was in the next one talking to him."
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 116:
glosses: A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.
Qandahar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kandahar.
Kandahar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qandahar
form: Candahar
Etymology: From Pashto کندهار (Kandahār, “Alexander, Alexandria”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria Arachosia”), the city's ancient name. Doublet of Alexander, Alexandria, Alexandretta, Iskenderun, and Scandaroon.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
examples: text: “I’m from Kandahar myself. Have you ever been to Kandahar, hamshira? No? It’s lovely. What gardens! And the grapes! Oh, the grapes. They bewitch the palate.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 309:
glosses: A province in southern Afghanistan.
Synonyms: word: Alexandria
word: Alexandria Arachosia
word: Alexandropolis
word: Alexandria in Arachosia
bootlegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootleggers
Etymology: From bootleg + -er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
Senses: glosses: Someone who bootlegs.
One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
glosses: Someone who bootlegs.
One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
synonyms: pirate
glosses: Someone who bootlegs.
A miner who mines illegally.
Derived terms: booklegger
bootlegger reverse
bootleggery
buttlegger
foodlegger
organlegger
Related terms: bootlegging
moonshiner
revenuer
qanon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qanons
Senses: examples: text: The ud (oud, lute), rahab (bowed, single stringed), qanon (zither), violin, nay (end blown flute), darabukka (goblet drum), and daff (frame drum) all became prevalent after 1900.
ref: 2005, Richard O. Nidel, World Music: The Basics, page 188:
glosses: Alternative spelling of qanun.
kanoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of qanun.
fantasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæntəsiz/
ipa: /ˈfæntəziz/
ipa: /ˈfæntəsiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fantasy
qawwal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qawwals
Etymology: From Arabic قَوَّال (qawwāl)
Senses: examples: 2000: Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, et al, eds, World Music: The Rough Guide, volume two of the new edition
What does It mean to be a qawwal?
glosses: A person who performs qawwali music or song.
oryxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oryx
qawwali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈwɑːli/
Forms: form: qawwalis
Etymology: From Urdu قوالی (qawwālī), from Classical Persian قوالی (qawwālī).
Senses: examples: text: Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].
ref: 1994, Simon Broughton, World Music: The Rough Guide:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.
examples: text: They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 223:
text: Every Thursday, in the dargah's enclosure, musicians in shimmering turquoise kurtas, their fingers bejewelled with bling, perform qawwalis attributed to Khusrau […].
ref: 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 86:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A song in this style.
Derived terms: qawwali-like
Related terms: qawwal
buzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzɪz/
rhymes: -ʌzɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of buzz
buzzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌzɪz/
rhymes: -ʌzɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buzz
Qazaq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Qazaqs
Etymology: Originally an alternative transliteration of Russian каза́к (kazák), каза́х (kazáx); now from Kazakh qazaq (Latin spelling of қазақ).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kazakh.
Qazaq
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Qazaq
form: most Qazaq
Etymology: Originally an alternative transliteration of Russian каза́к (kazák), каза́х (kazáx); now from Kazakh qazaq (Latin spelling of қазақ).
Senses: examples: text: It was chiefly to protect the mining districts from the Qazaq nomads that a fortified frontier running in a semi-circle from Orenburg to Omsk and thence up the Irtysh, thus cutting off the Urals and the Altai from the steppe, came into existence.
ref: 1931, D[mitry] S[vyatopolk-]Mirsky, “Territorial Survey of the Empire”, in Russia: A Social History, London: The Cresset Press, published 1942 (2nd impression), →OCLC, chapter VI (The Petersburg Period (1698-1861)), page 187:
text: In the spring of 1913 two Qazaq notables, Bay Muhammad Maykutov and Utash Jarasov, achieved the construction of the new mosque-and-madrasa complex in a modern Russian-style four-storey building.
ref: 2001, Stéphane A. Dudoignon, “Status, Strategies and Discourses of a Muslim ‘Clergy’ under a Christian Law: Polemics about the Collection of the Zakât in Late Imperial Russia”, in Stéphane A. Dudoignon, Komatsu Hisao, editors, Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Centuries) (Islamic Area Studies; 3), London: Kegan Paul International, →ISBN, part 1 (Community Building in the Russian Dār al-Ḥarb), page 59:
text: The fortified lines of the Siberian and Orenburg Cossacks largely conform to the modern boundary between Kazakhstan and Russia; the role of the Kereys in resisting its advancement, and defending what is seen as both Qazaq land and the realm of Islam, is clearly evident in these Kerey sources.
ref: 2020, Allen J. Frank, “The Kereys”, in Paolo Sartori, Danielle Ross, editors, Sharīʿa in the Russian Empire: The Reach and Limits of Islamic Law in Central Eurasia, 1550–1917, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Islamic Scholars among the Kereys of Northern Kazakhstan, 1680–1850), page 186:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Kazakh.
Related terms: Qazaqstan
Qazaqstani
qazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qazis
Senses: examples: text: Almost all towns in the Mughal empire had a qazi, who was directly appointed by the imperial court, usually on the recommendations of the chief sadr.
ref: 2004, Farhat Hasan, State and Locality in Mughal India: Power Relations in Western India, Circa 1572-1730:
glosses: Alternative spelling of qadi.
Qazvin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæzˈviːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran, the seat of Qazvin County's Central District and the capital of Qazvin Province.
glosses: A county of Iran, around the city.
glosses: A province of Iran.
meteorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meteorite
minstrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minstrel
pletzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pletzels
form: pletzl
Etymology: Yiddish פּלעצל (pletsl, “small bread”)
Senses: glosses: A flat bread roll, either crisp or chewy, somewhat similar to a bagel
Related terms: bialy
miniskirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniskirt
plim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪm/
ipa: [pʰlɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: more plim
form: most plim
Senses: glosses: plump; full
plim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plɪm/
ipa: [pʰlɪm]
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: plims
form: plimming
form: plimmed
form: plimmed
Senses: examples: text: "Don't that make your bosom plim?"
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:
glosses: To swell or inflate; to fill up.
terrapins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terrapin
nosebleeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On the trip up Mt. Rainier, two of the kids got nosebleeds from the dry air and altitude.
glosses: plural of nosebleed
examples: text: I went to the concert, but I could only afford to sit in the nosebleeds; I could barely see the singers.
glosses: The nosebleed seats.
kaddish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈkɑdɪʃ/
rhymes: -ædɪʃ
homophone: caddish
Forms: form: kaddishes
form: kaddishim
form: Kaddish
form: qaddish
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קַדִּישׁ (kadish, “kaddish”), from Aramaic קַדִּישׁ (qaddīš, “holy; holy person”). Doublet of kiddush.
The plural form kaddishim is borrowed from Hebrew קַדִּישׁים (kadishim).
Senses: examples: text: O, my Father: ancient, hallowed
Lonely, disappointed Father:
Betrayed and rejected Ruler of the Universe:
Angry, wrinkled Old Majesty:
I want to pray
I want to say Kaddish
My own Kaddish. There may be
No one to say it after me
ref: 1963, “Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’”, Samuel Pisar (lyrics), Leonard Bernstein (music):
text: So context me no contexts, analyse me no analyses, suspend your partially informed diagnoses; leave off your strenuous efforts at even-handedness. Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners' kaddish.
ref: 2023 October 14, Simon Schama, “Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners' kaddish”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
glosses: A Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative.
kaffeeklatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffeeklatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
coffee klatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfi klætʃ/
Forms: form: coffee klatches
form: coffee klatching
form: coffee klatched
form: coffee klatched
form: coffee klatsch
form: coffee-klatch
form: coffee-klatsch
Etymology: Partial calque of German Kaffeeklatsch.
Senses: examples: text: The upshot of this incessant meeting and dining and coffee klatching is that women are in great demand.
ref: 2009, Patrick Fanning, Not Dead Yet: …and One or Two Other Good Things About Retirement, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Hotel workers were busy setting up for morning meetings and men and women in business suits sat coffee-klatching in various corners of the floor.
ref: 2013, Lori Bryant-Woolridge, Read Between the Lies, Doubleday, →ISBN:
glosses: To meet to gossip with friends, often over coffee.
kaleidoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌlaɪdəˈskɒpɪk/
ipa: /kəˌlaɪdəˈskɑːpɪk/
Forms: form: more kaleidoscopic
form: most kaleidoscopic
form: caleidoscopic
Etymology: From kaleidoscope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
examples: text: Like scholars picking over the childhood of Buddha, we want to understand how Lennon became the man he did, but there’s also a purity to this portrayal because it presents Lennon before the prism of fame split him into his kaleidoscopic multitude of facets that allowed artists to imprint their own ideas of what John Lennon was or should have been.
ref: 2020 December 8, David Barnett, “How John Lennon was made into a myth”, in BBC Online:
glosses: Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
Derived terms: kaleidoscopically
kart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹt/
Forms: form: karts
form: cart
Etymology: Short for go-kart, an alteration of go-cart.
Senses: glosses: A go-cart.
examples: text: For our kart racer , we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life
ref: 2012 July 26, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 102:
text: As there have been many kart games since Mario Kart. Before Mario Kart racing games were generally the same. This new style caught like fire.
ref: 2021 June 22, Adam Jeremy Capps, The Game Maker's Bible: An All You Need Book To Create A Great Game, Adam Jeremy Capps, page 46:
text: However, the tracks in a kart racing game tend to be a little bit wackier than your average racer and this was no different – loop-de-loops, racing upside down, and right-angle corners were all commonplace.
ref: 2024 February 23, Paul Roberts, Game AI Uncovered: Volume One, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 71:
topics: video-games
synonyms: mascot racer
glosses: A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.
topics: video-games
synonyms: mascot racer
glosses: A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.
A vehicle in such a game.
Derived terms: superkart
kart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹt/
Forms: form: karts
form: karting
form: karted
form: karted
form: cart
Etymology: Short for go-kart, an alteration of go-cart.
Senses: glosses: To ride in a go-cart.
mydriatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mydriatric
Etymology: From mydriasis + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye).
Derived terms: nonmydriatic
mydriatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mydriatics
form: mydriatric
Etymology: From mydriasis + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that causes mydriasis.
kayo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪəʊ
Forms: form: kayos
form: kayoes
Etymology: Respelling of the initial letters KO.
Senses: examples: text: His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.
ref: 2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A knockout.
kayo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪəʊ
Forms: form: kayos
form: kayoes
form: kayoing
form: kayoed
form: kayoed
Etymology: Respelling of the initial letters KO.
Senses: examples: text: When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?
ref: 2014, Robert F. Fernandez, Sr., Boxing in New Jersey, 1900–1999, McFarland, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
kebob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kebobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kebab.
kebob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kebobs
form: kebobbing
form: kebobbed
form: kebobbed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kebab.
keypunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keypunches
Etymology: From key + punch.
Senses: examples: text: In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 107:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
keypunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keypunches
form: keypunching
form: keypunched
form: keypunched
Etymology: From key + punch.
Senses: glosses: To use such a device or machine
Derived terms: keypuncher
Related terms: Hollerith code
keypuncher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keypunchers
Etymology: From keypunch + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A keypunch.
glosses: A person who operates a keypunch.
kick-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪkæs/
Forms: form: kickass
form: kick-arse
Etymology: From kick + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Rough, aggressive; powerful and successful.
examples: text: I guess it helped that they were one of the few bands with an environmental sensibility but, more importantly, they played some kick-arse rock'n'roll.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 276:
text: His plan is to create a company of 20 “kick-ass” dancers.
ref: 2007 January 5, The Guardian, page 3:
glosses: Excellent, first-class.
Derived terms: kick-assery
Related terms: kick ass
kickoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from kick off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kick-off.
nebulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebula
mosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moss
mosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moss
juries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jury
cowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cow
pollster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊlstɚ/
Forms: form: pollsters
Etymology: From poll + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Trump didn't like the results of the polls, so he fired the pollsters.
text: Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have been replaced by pollsters and spin doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.
ref: 2000 December 3, Alexander Stille, “The Original Spin Doctor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.
Derived terms: pollstress
entreaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entreaty
fiduciaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiduciary
granaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granary
draconic month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draconic months
Senses: glosses: A period of time between two consecutive passages of the Moon through the same orbital node. The draconic month is shorter than the sidereal month, due to precession of the Moon's orbit. An average one lasts 27 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes, 35.8 seconds.
Synonyms: draconitic month
nodal month
pasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paste
thighs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thigh
encyclopedias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encyclopedia
amended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪd
Forms: form: more amended
form: most amended
Senses: examples: text: We voted on the amended bill, and it passed.
glosses: That has been modified from a previous form.
Derived terms: nonamended
unamended
amended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amend
educe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈduːs/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /ɪˈdjuːs/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -uːs
Forms: form: educes
form: educing
form: educed
form: educed
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
Senses: glosses: To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
glosses: To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
examples: text: The justice of God may be vindicated by a belief in a future state; but, only by believing that evil is educing good for the individual, and not for an imaginary whole.
ref: 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
glosses: To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
glosses: To cause or generate; to bring about.
Derived terms: educement
educible
eduction
educe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈduːs/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /ɪˈdjuːs/
ipa: /ə-/
rhymes: -uːs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
Senses: glosses: An inference.
Anakim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Bible Deuteronomy 1.28.
Senses: glosses: A race of giants, the sons of Anak, who were living in Canaan at the time of the arrival of Moses and the Israelites.
Related terms: Anakite
treknobabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛknoʊˌbæbəl/
ipa: /ˈtɹɛknəʊˌbæbəl/
Etymology: Blend of Trek + technobabble.
Senses: examples: text: I'd sooner trust treknobabble for an explanation than any thing you say.
ref: 1997 September 24, $teve2, “Re: SUNBURN : If you were not watching GITM”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: So you think up something like Voyager meets some Romulans stranded in the DQ, or some treknobabble takes down the command staff and Seven assumes command.
ref: 1999 December 29, Bozo the Proctologist, “Re: Bad Voyager Plots”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet):
text: Even if they won using the power of treknobabble, this force ratio does not show the audience how mighty and dangerous the Imperial warships are […]
ref: 2003 December 17, Kazuaki Shimazaki, “The More Detailed Critique”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):
glosses: A kind of technobabble particular to the Star Trek universe, with a particularly heavy emphasis on configurations of pseudoscientific particles and waves.
discalced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkælst/
rhymes: -ælst
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.
Senses: examples: text: Brother John is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.
examples: text: They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen.
ref: 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Shoeless; without shoes on; barefoot, or wearing sandals rather than shoes.
Related terms: dis-
Discalced Carmelites
discalceate
ninnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ninny
geologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geologist
inclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inclusion
gravest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: grave + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grave: most grave
gravest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grave + -est
Senses: examples: text: "Thou wilt get an aged woman before thy years. Thou seemest ignorant of that best preservative of bright eyes and fresh looks — repose ; and unwittingly thou gravest a new wrinkle on thy brow, with each hour thou livest!"
ref: 1847, Eliza Lynn Linton, Azeth, the Egyptian, page 188:
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of grave
besting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of best
tagging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taggings
Senses: examples: text: Taggings account for the vast majority of graffiti.
ref: 2012, Roger J. R. Levesque, Encyclopedia of Adolescence:
glosses: The act by which something is tagged.
tagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tag
Derived terms: e-tagging
radio tagging
red-tagging
tagging interface
transposon tagging
obscenities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obscenity
inocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + ocular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.
examples: text: A tumor which originated in a Japanese waltzing mouse was transplanted for many generations in mice of the same variety, but invariably failed to grow when inoculated into common mice. […] Susceptibility to an inocular tumor is neither, therefore, inherited in accordance with Mendel's law, nor are the results obtained from cross-breeding explained by any other known principle of inheritance.
ref: 1910, Experiment Station Record - Volume 22, page 377:
text: The infected group all showed thickening of the terminal ileum and enlargement of the mesenteric lymph nodes at post-mortem examination and all had serum antibody to the inocular strain at levels of 1:320 - 1:640 compared with 1:20 and 1:40 pre-inoculation.
ref: 1982, Ramiro Ramírez Necoechea, IPVS 82: Proceedings, page 58:
text: Agglutinating antibody to the inocular strain develops.
ref: 2018, Jean Paul Butzler, Campylobacter Infection in Man and Animals, page 204:
glosses: Pertaining to inoculation.
inocular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + ocular.
Senses: examples: text: It was found that those factors consisted of the inocular size or viable unit of tubercle bacilli to be inoculated on a medium, the kind of a medium, the preparation and preservation of a medium and culture condition influenced the test results .
ref: 1964, Nihon Igakkai. Sōkai, Abstract of the Proceedings, page 389:
text: Percentage survival curves of an inocular of a laboratory culture of E. coli into seawater collected in August .
ref: 1970, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report - Volumes 215-219:
text: An inocular of 1x10 ( 5 ) PLC/PRF/5 cells were injected subcutaneously into the back of athymic mice.
ref: 1983, International Cancer Research Data Bank, ICRDB Cancergram: Oncofetal proteins - Issue 6, page 9:
glosses: A dose of an inoculum.
interceder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interceders
Etymology: From intercede + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
lamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈlæmɚ/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lambers
Etymology: From lamb + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.
ref: 2017, Trisha Ashley, The Little Teashop of Lost and Found:
glosses: A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
examples: text: The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.
ref: 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm, page 354:
text: The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.
ref: 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills, page 130:
glosses: A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
lamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈlæmɚ/
rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lambers
Etymology: From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lamba (“Madagascan garment”).
laquear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæk.wi.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈlæk.wiː.ɑː/
Forms: form: laquears
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laquear.
Senses: examples: text: these were the panels proper of the laquear or fretted ceiling.
ref: 1903, Suetonius, Gai Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum, Libri III-VI, page 298:
text: Gradus in quo lector stat, Amp. I, V. 381, it is clear that the ambo, which is meant by it, was to a certain extent an imitation of the laquear in Solomon's temple .
ref: 1919, Leo Wiener, Contributions Towards a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture, page 351:
text: The sunk or hollow compartments, which form the laquear of this depressed vault, differ considerably in shape and arrangement from those which were adopted when it was finally rejected.
ref: 2022, John Addington Symonds, The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti:
topics: architecture
glosses: A lacunar.
examples: text: The instrument thus bent is gently pushed upwards, so tahat its points take a position to the right and left side of the uterine neck, as high up as possible in the laquear vaginæ.
ref: 1860, E. Noeggerath, “Remarks on the Employment of Uterine Pessaries, With the Description of a New Instrument.”, in The Retrospect of Medicine, volume 41, page 284:
text: The distance from the posterior laquear to the bottom of Douglas's cul-de-sac measures 1.5, 2.6 to 3.7 centimetres; in a woman in the seventh month of pregnancy, even 5.8 centimetres.
ref: 1874, “Ætiology of Uterine Flexions”, in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, page 489:
text: Rent of cervix and roof of the vagina (laquear) on the right side.
ref: 1890, August Eduard Martin, Ernest Watson Cushing, Pathology and Therapeutics of the Diseases of Women, page 348:
text: The great ganglionic apparatus of the uterus lies imbedded in the parts surrounding the lateral portion of the Laquear Vaginæ but above the level of the Laquear.
ref: 1894, Casey A. Wood, T. A. Woodruff, “The Uterus and the Eye, an Ophthalmic Review for the General Practitioner”, in The North American Practitioner, volume 6, page 16:
glosses: The upper portion of the vagina.
oafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊfs
Senses: glosses: plural of oaf
orators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orator
fast track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast tracks
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A racetrack with optimum conditions for high speeds
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railroad for express trains.
examples: text: Google welcomes the decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML.
glosses: The quickest or most direct method or path.
glosses: A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.
fast track
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fast tracks
form: fast tracking
form: fast tracked
form: fast tracked
Senses: examples: text: The head of Sydney Airport thinks frequent flyers should be fast-tracked through security checks.
glosses: To progress something with unusual rapidity.
fast-track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fast track.
fast-track
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fast-tracks
form: fast-tracking
form: fast-tracked
form: fast-tracked
Senses: examples: text: November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Valencia is known more as a low-confidence winger and McNair is a 19-year-old who has been fast-tracked from the youth academy after being spotted at Ballyclare Colts.
text: It's also good to note that TfL resisted the pressure to fast-track service introduction, preferring to test extensively to make sure that embarrassing technical or operating failures are much less likely to happen once the line is in service.
ref: 2022 July 27, Sir Michael Holden, “In praise of Crossrail 1... and in search of Crossrail 2”, in RAIL, number 962, page 34:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fast track.
kicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪkiː/
Forms: form: kickier
form: kickiest
Etymology: From kick + -y.
Senses: glosses: Lively, exciting, thrilling.
examples: text: a kicky dance routine
glosses: Characterised by kicking motions.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).
Derived terms: kickiness
Related terms: kicky-wicky
kidder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidders
Etymology: From kid + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who kids, or teases light-heartedly.
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: A term of endearment/address for a child or young adult, usually male.
glosses: A forestaller or huckster.
kidder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidders
Etymology: From Kidderminster.
Senses: glosses: A kidderminster (carpet)
kidderminster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidderminsters
Etymology: From Kidderminster, the English town where they were once manufactured.
Senses: glosses: A type of two-ply carpet.
Kidderminster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England, traditionally associated with the cloth trade and the manufacture of carpets (OS grid ref SO8376).
kiddish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kiddish
form: most kiddish
Etymology: From kid + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: So! here I find on kiddish mind / Traditionary lore instil'd. / Tho' fairly bookt, Nymph might have lookt / For poet's promise unfulfil'd.
ref: 1855 March 3, Walter Savage Landor, “To a Kid”, in Pen and Pencil, lines 21–24; republished in Stephen Wheeler, editor, The Poetrical Works of Walter Savage Landor, volume 3, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937, page 194:
text: They can't even focus on the speech by our President. They have to go through their mobile phones, check their messages, or play video games. This kiddish temperament of unstable mind, if this needs to be controlled, you need yoga.
ref: 2019 June 21, Ram Madhav, quotee, “'Kiddish Temperament': Ram Madhav's Yoga Day Shot At Rahul Gandhi”, in NDTV:
glosses: Childish; immature.
examples: text: There was something kiddish about Clotilde, something especially kiddish as she strode along the winding country road, face uplifted, tinted with peach-blow color in either cheek, eyes bland and untroubled as an infant's, red lips parted over even white teeth, her whole slender body thrown, with a kind of kiddish abandon, into the business of getting ahead. "Boyish" she might have been called, not only for the clean-cut freshness of her face, but for the slimness of her hips, the unexaggerated curves of her uncorseted waist the flatness of her bosom on which the round little twin promontories were hardly noticeable when the wind threw her into momentary reliefs suggestive of the Winged Victory: "boyish" she might have been called if it be permitted to speak of a delicately-featured, prefect-complexioned, smooth-limbed boy as "girlish." Lacking this permission, the "boyish" must at once be withdrawn, and "finely girlish" substituted.
ref: 1918, Allan Updegraff, Strayed Revellers, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 10:
text: It had caught my eye specifically because of the shiny packaging and how like kiddish it sort of looked, so I thought it might to be fun to try on.
ref: 2020 January 10, Ida Domingo, quoting Lauren Moore, “Missouri teen says 'Yes To' face mask burned her face”, in CBS Austin:
glosses: Of, like, or suitable for a child.
Synonyms: sense: immature
word: infantile
word: puerile
word: childish
sense: suitable for a child
word: childly
word: juvenile
word: childlike
kiddish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiddishes
form: kiddishim
Senses: examples: text: Each week, the kiddish was sponsored by a different member of the congregation. This being the Sabbath before Passover, the kiddish was sponsored by Max Warberg.
ref: 2017, Herb Rothman, Journey to Freedom, page 142:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kiddush.
thingies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thingy
glosses: plural of thingie
kielbasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kielbasis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kielbasa.
kilocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilocycles
Etymology: From kilo- + cycle.
Senses: glosses: A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
glosses: A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.
Derived terms: multikilocycle
kilohertz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪləhɜːts/
Forms: form: kilohertz
form: kilohertzes
form: kHz
Etymology: From kilo- + hertz.
Senses: synonyms: kilocycle
glosses: A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
Derived terms: multikilohertz
subkilohertz
snitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snitch
snitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snitch
kinematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪn.ɪˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: /kaɪ.nɪˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: /kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Etymology: Back-formation from kinematics. Piecewise doublet of cinematic.
Senses: examples: text: We have unfortunately no kinematic records, but it is not impossible or very difficult to imagine the various gestures and movements which might be considered appropriate to such a rite in different localities or among different peoples.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 167:
text: The Cognitive function in Humans results from our extremely complex kinematic capabilities. Grasping for objects, bending down and up, or sitting down on objects are examples of kinematic capabilities[…]
ref: 2003, Frank Kirchner, Takamasa Koshizen, Dirk Spinneberg, “Cognitive Human Robots Based on Complex Kinematic Features”, in Knowledge-based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 7th International Conference Proceedings Part II, page 584:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
Synonyms: sense: of motion
word: motoric
Derived terms: arthrokinematic
biokinematic
corticokinematic
cosmokinematic
isokinematic
kinematically
kinematic envelope
morphokinematic
nonkinematic
osteokinematic
spatiokinematic
Related terms: kinematics
stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stitch
stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stitch
batches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of batch
batches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ætʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of batch
kingship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪŋʃɪp/
Forms: form: kingships
Etymology: From king + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: kingdom
text: The traditional world knew divine kingship.
ref: 1995, Julius Evola, “The Beginning”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 6:
text: [Of Henry I, who reigned 1100–1135:] Although the king's harsh treatment of his brother [Robert Curthose] sparked widespread criticism, it was typical of Henry's pragmatic approach to kingship. If he had shown greater mercy and set Robert free, it would have been only a matter of time before Curthose made fresh trouble. As it was, the Anglo-Norman territory that had been so hard won by their father was now firmly under Henry's control.
ref: 2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic, →ISBN, page 25:
coordinate_terms: queenship#Noun
queendom#Noun
princeship#Noun
princedom#Noun
princessship#Noun
princessdom#Noun
glosses: The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
glosses: A monarchy.
glosses: The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
Derived terms: administrative kingship
high kingship
unkingship
dess
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dess
form: most dess
Etymology: Probably a clipping of desperate.
Senses: examples: text: They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the most dess block in Toronto
ref: 2021 October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
text: Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit is dess. I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.
ref: 2023 August 18, @CHICVGO, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
text: These kids are so dess. Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanity
ref: 2024 March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
text: Periods are dess asf!
ref: 2024 April 13, @FCGunnis, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
glosses: Unattractive, unappealing.
dess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dais.
thatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thatchings
Senses: glosses: Bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof.
glosses: The act or art of covering with thatch.
Synonyms: sense: bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof
word: thatch
Derived terms: de-thatching rake
thatching grass
thatching rake
thatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thatch
faucets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faucet
scratches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scratch + -es.
Senses: glosses: plural of scratch
scratches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From scratch + -es.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scratch
scratches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the behaviour induced by the disease, which causes scratching.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pastern dermatitis.
synonyms: word: pastern dermatitis
mismatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismatch
mismatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismatch
mismatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismatch
mismatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mismatchings
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Finkel speculated that the recession could amplify the fallout from monetary mismatchings.
ref: 2009 August 16, Catherine Rampell, “I Say Spend. You Say No. We’re in Love.”, in New York Times:
glosses: An incorrect match or pairing; a mismatch.
splashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splash
splashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of splash
splashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of splash
splashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splashings
Senses: examples: text: Bathtime was full of mischief and splashings.
glosses: An action that splashes.
monkey wrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey wrench
benching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃɪŋ
Forms: form: benchings
Senses: glosses: An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
benching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bench
sprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprint
sprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprintings
Senses: examples: text: Fyodor, Pedro and the second heard the first crash from the door of the store-room, and it was succeeded by sprintings of feet overhead along the deck. For a moment they stood listening.
ref: 1942, Alex Comfort, The Almond Tree: A Legend, page 144:
glosses: The act or action of the verb to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period).
correcting fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correcting fluids
form: correction fluid
Senses: glosses: An opaque fast-drying liquid used to cover a mistake written or typed on a piece of paper.
Synonyms: white-out
white-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-outs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whiteout.
white out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whites out
form: whiting out
form: whited out
form: whited out
Senses: glosses: To hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To space out a composition for printing.
Related terms: black out
brown out
correcting fluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correcting fluid
emergent literacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the reading and writing concepts, behaviors, and dispositions that precede and develop into conventional reading and writing.
Kiput
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Philippine barangay in the municipality of Pata, in the province of Sulu.
glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in northern Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
barangay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/
Forms: form: barangays
form: balangay
form: Brgy.
Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish barangay, from Tagalog balangay.
Senses: examples: text: Because of this active involvement of the civilian and other auxiliary units (e.g. barangay tanod), the police are able to devote their time and resources to the control and prevention of serious crimes.
ref: 1987, Marcelo M. Orense, Nelia R. Marquez, Philippine Yearbook, page 77:
text: The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) shall establish and administer an appropriate system under which the punong barangay, the members of the sangguniang barangay, the barangay secretary, the barangay treasurer, and the members of the brangay tanod shall enjoy insurance coverage as provided in this Code and other pertinent laws .
ref: 1991 October 28, “Miscellaneous and Final Provisions”, in Official Gazette: Republic of the Philippines, volume 87, number 43, page 263:
text: The victim is always addressed as the "datu" or rich man of their Barangay and enjoyed an economic ascendancy over Marcelino, a mere barangay tanod.
ref: 2021, Deogenes Nambayan Agellon, Criminal Law Case Digests:
synonyms: barrio
glosses: The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
glosses: Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”).
Meronyms: word: purok
word: sitio
english: when it is located in a barangay
translation: when it is located in a barangay
word: subdivision
Derived terms: barangay captain
barangay chairman
barangay councilor
barangay hall
Related terms: balanghai