cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɛn/
Forms: form: Wrens
Etymology: From the similarity to WRNS, influenced by wrens (birds).
Senses: examples: text: The characterisation of male officers as ineffectual chauvinists, and the offering of the Wrens as objects for Charlie's and the viewer's gaze, are mutually contradictory as well as uncomplimentary to all branches of the Navy.
ref: 2007, Jonathan R. Rayner, The naval war film: genre, history, national cinema:
text: There was plenty of work for Wrens in the training bases of the navy.
ref: 2008, Brian Lavery, CHURCHILL'S NAVY: THE SHIPS, MEN AND ORGANISATION, 1939-1945:
text: By the end of 1942 Wren officers were permitted to enrol on the meteorological course at RNC Greenwich, after which they were employed as fully qualified forecasters.
ref: 2008, Mark Barber, The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II:
glosses: A female member of the Royal Navy (a member of the WRNS)
antirobot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirobot
form: most antirobot
Etymology: From anti- + robot.
Senses: examples: text: The government was offering the company a fortune, and threatening it with antirobot legislation in case of a refusal.
ref: 1950, Isaac Asimov, I, Robot:
text: Or will the Auto Workers Union force the car companies to make an antirobot reassessment of plans?
ref: 1970 September, Popular Mechanics, page 208:
glosses: Opposed to robots.
antiracisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A conception of praxis as principled pragmatism is articulated, and the commitment to pragmatic antiracisms is contrasted with liberalism's policy of nonracialism.
ref: 1993, David Theo Goldberg, Racist culture: philosophy and the politics of meaning:
glosses: plural of antiracism
Wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛnz
Senses: glosses: plural of Wren
Wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛnz
Senses: glosses: A city in Georgia, United States.
antistat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antistats
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Any antistatic compound.
antistats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antistat
anting-antings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anting-anting
antirepublican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirepublican
form: most antirepublican
Etymology: From anti- + republican.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing the formation of a republic.
antirepublican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirepublicans
Etymology: From anti- + republican.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirepublican
Abaddan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abaddans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abaddon.
anticonsumer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticonsumer
form: most anticonsumer
Etymology: From anti- + consumer.
Senses: examples: text: ...the Commission was aware of the anticonsumer effects of market segmentation...
ref: 2000, Roland Francis Stephen, Vehicle of influence: building a European car market:
glosses: Opposing the consumer.
anticonsumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticonsumers
Etymology: From anti- + consumer.
Senses: glosses: A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticonsumers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticonsumer
antiuniversity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiuniversity
form: most antiuniversity
Etymology: From anti- + university.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a university or universities in general.
antiuniversalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + universalism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Opposition to universalism (the theological belief that all souls can attain salvation).
Related terms: antiuniversalist
ballotless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ballot + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a ballot.
ballotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloting
antisyphilitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisyphilitic
form: most antisyphilitic
Etymology: From anti- + syphilitic.
Senses: examples: text: Ehrlich knew that an antisyphilitic drug would be an instant sensation.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 86:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering syphilis.
antisyphilitic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisyphilitics
Etymology: From anti- + syphilitic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug that counters syphilis.
antisyphilitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisyphilitic
antiherpetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiherpetic
form: most antiherpetic
Etymology: From anti- + herpetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering herpes.
antiherpetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiherpetics
Etymology: From anti- + herpetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug that counters herpes.
antiherpetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiherpetic
antiherpes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + herpes.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering herpes.
Synonyms: antiherpetic
outsiderhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From outsider + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being an outsider.
Synonyms: outsiderness
outsiderness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: out'sīʹdərnəs
ipa: /ˌaʊtˈsʌɪdənəs/
enpr: out'sīʹdərnəs
ipa: /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdɚnəs/
Etymology: From outsider + -ness; compare earlier outsiderishness, outsiderliness.
Senses: examples: text: For others of us, though, Obama’s wit is closely linked to the outsiderness that got him elected.
ref: 2009 August 9, Matt Bai, “Funny How?”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or condition of being an outsider.
Synonyms: outsiderhood
preludial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preludial
form: most preludial
Etymology: From prelude + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: A gradual shift from the improvisatory, preludial ricercare to a more formally structured composition is apparent in a keyboard repertory surviving in manuscript […]
ref: 1992, Tim Carter, Music in Late Renaissance & Early Baroque Italy:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a prelude.
antiluetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiluetic
form: most antiluetic
Etymology: From anti- + luetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering lues (syphilis).
antiluetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiluetics
Etymology: From anti- + luetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug that counters lues (syphilis).
Synonyms: antisyphilitic
antiluetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiluetic
antiklan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiklan
form: most antiklan
Etymology: From anti- + Klan.
Senses: glosses: Opposing the Ku Klux Klan.
irrigatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From irrigate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being irrigated.
antiparallels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiparallel
prolocutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjətə/
ipa: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjʊtə/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈlɑkjətə/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈlɑkjutə/
ipa: /ˌpɹɒləˈkjuːtəɹ/
ipa: /ˌpɹoʊləˈkjuːtəɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒləˌkjuːtəɹ/
Forms: form: prolocutors
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōlocūtor, from Latin prōlocūtus, from pro (“before”) + locūtus (“having spoken”).
Senses: examples: text: Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods,
Could vſe perſwaſions more pathetical.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others.
glosses: A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly
glosses: A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly:
A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
antiaristocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiaristocratic
form: most antiaristocratic
Etymology: From anti- + aristocratic.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to the aristocracy.
Related terms: antiaristocracy
antiaristocrat
prolocutors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prolocutor
prolongedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prolongedly
form: most prolongedly
Etymology: From prolonged + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "In experiments where one or more stimuli are presented repeatedly or prolongedly, perhaps leading to habituation of an existing nonassociative response, the subsequent passage of time and/or exposure to another form of stimulation may […]"
ref: 2013, Gary Greenberg, Ethel Tobach, Comparative Psychology of Invertebrates:
glosses: In a prolonged manner; at length.
Synonyms: abidingly
enduringly
protractedly
lastingly
antirevolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirevolutionary
form: most antirevolutionary
Etymology: From anti- + revolutionary.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
antirevolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirevolutionaries
Etymology: From anti- + revolutionary.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
Related terms: antirevolution
antirevolutionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirevolutionary
antimechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + mechanism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A belief that opposes mechanism.
antimechanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimechanists
Etymology: From anti- + mechanist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who rejects mechanism.
antimechanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimechanistic
form: most antimechanistic
Etymology: From anti- + mechanistic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Rejecting or opposing mechanism.
antimechanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimechanist
psalmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psalm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to psalms or psalmody
Synonyms: psalmodic
antiaristocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiaristocracy
form: most antiaristocracy
Etymology: From anti- + aristocracy.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to the aristocracy.
Related terms: antiaristocrat
antiaristocratic
rendingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rendingly
form: most rendingly
Etymology: From rending + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to rend or tear apart.
Derived terms: heart-rendingly
one off the wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An act of masturbation.
resignal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resignals
form: resignaling
form: resignalling
form: resignaled
form: resignaled
form: resignalled
form: resignalled
Etymology: From re- + signal.
Senses: glosses: To signal again
examples: text: The Stage I electrified area has been resignalled throughout with colour-lights, which in due course will be associated with B.R. standard A.W.S., and 27 signalboxes now do the work of the steam age's 56.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 713:
text: This arrangement remains firmly in place 21 years later, although it will almost certainly succumb to being fully resignalled within the next 15-20 years as part of the policy adopted by Network Rail in 2011 to centralise signalling and migrate control of the entire network to 12 Rail Operating Centres (ROCs).
ref: 2018 July 18, Paul Stephen, “Shrewsbury's record-breakers”, in RAIL, number 857:
glosses: To equip (a railway) with new signalling equipment.
retrosternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From retro- + sternal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located behind the sternum
antilearning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilearning
form: most antilearning
Etymology: From anti- + learning.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Opposing or countering learning.
Related terms: antieducation
retroverted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retroverted
form: most retroverted
Senses: synonyms: retrorse
retroverse
glosses: Turned or tilted back.
Related terms: retroversion
retroverted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retrovert
autosaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autosave
autosaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autosave
autosaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autosave
autosaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autosave
ringbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɪŋˌbəʊn/
ipa: /ˈrɪŋˌboʊn/
ipa: /ˈriŋˌboʊn/
Forms: form: ring-bone
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ryngbon; equivalent to ring + bone.
Senses: examples: text: “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart:
glosses: A type of osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones (particularly the coffin joint or pastern) of a horse's leg or foot, marked by bone growth.
sanitaryware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitarywares
Etymology: From sanitary + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sanitary ware.
sanitarywares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanitaryware
schnorrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schnorrers
form: schnorer
form: shnorrer
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שנאָרער (shnorer) or German Schnorrer.
Senses: glosses: beggar
glosses: sponger (person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
fan-in-fin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a helicopter's shrouded tail rotor, essentially a ducted fan, intended to counteract the torque of the main rotor.
nonpoker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + poker.
Senses: examples: text: If you've gathered a group that doesn't know each other very well, get the girls gabbing by adding an extra nonpoker element to the evening.
ref: 2005, Toby Leah Bochan, The Badass Girl's Poker Party Kit: All You Need to Play Your Way:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to the card game of poker.
antiromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiromantic
form: most antiromantic
Etymology: From anti- + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: Antiromantic and often cynical, Fanny Fern was the originator of the now-famous phrase, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."
ref: 1986, Joyce W. Warren, editor, Ruth Hall and other writings:
glosses: Opposing or unconducive to romance.
examples: text: What moves directly in the images created by the antiromantic authors is their gaze, an expression of abandonment and loneliness.
ref: 1995, Gunter Gebauer, Christoph Wulf, Mimesis: culture, art, society:
glosses: Opposing or rejecting the Romantic movement.
antiromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiromantics
Etymology: From anti- + romantic.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes or rejects the Romantic movement.
antiromantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiromantic
semidivine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-divine
Etymology: From semi- + divine.
Senses: examples: text: In a Shan möng the power of the prince (saohpa, anglicized tsawbwa) is theoretically absolute but is really exercised by appointed ministers (amat). The prince has semidivine attributes and, unlike the commonality who are monogamous, is expected to maintain an extensive harem.
ref: 1968, “SHAN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 344, column 2:
glosses: Half-divine; pertaining to a demigod.
Related terms: demigod
singingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From singing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: whilst singing; accompanied by the sounds of singing
antiquey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtiːki/
rhymes: -iːki
Forms: form: more antiquey
form: most antiquey
Etymology: From antique + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There was a collection of lead soldiers in one of the cases, possibly antiques, but Polly knew that all lead soldiers, even those cast in Hong Kong a week ago last Monday, have an antiquey look.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
text: She's never been in their apartment before and, no surprise, it's crammed with antiquey knickknacks from the shop.
ref: 2006, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, The Writing on the Wall:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of antiques.
shekeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shekere
antiweed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + weed.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately for Fletcher's antiweed crusade and western farmers in general, this time had already passed.
ref: 2002, Clinton Lorne Evans, The war on weeds in the Prairie West: an environmental history:
text: For example, the creation of historical preservation districts or the passage of antiweed ordinances can be used to preserve a desired rural character.
ref: 2003, Matthew J. Lindstrom, Hugh Bartling, Suburban sprawl: culture, theory, and politics:
text: ...in the year 2000 it was still the third most widely used antiweed compound in North America.
ref: 2006, Vaclav Smil, Transforming the twentieth century: technical innovations and their consequences:
glosses: Opposing or countering weeds (unwanted plants).
examples: text: In recent years, the sophistication of the antiweed forces both within Mexico and along the border has necessitated a specialization on the part of those involved in smuggling and dealing.
ref: 1974, Jerry Kamstra, Weed, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 189:
text: Okay, so even though the guy is antiweed—after all, Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) does quit smoking weed at the end of Knocked Up—Judd Apatow’s work appeals deeply to the stoner sensibility.
ref: 2009, I. M. Stoned, Weed, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 93:
text: A large part of modern conservative antiweed sentiment is informed by the lingering influence of Anslinger's dishonest fearmongering.
ref: 2010, Will B. High, Weed-o-pe-dia, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Utah was the first US state to criminalize the use and possession of cannabis. Whitebread and Bonnie first presumed that this was due to the immigrant invasion, but further investigation revealed that Utah had only a tiny Mexican population. The antiweed laws were more influenced by that other American intoxicant, religion.
ref: 2016, Joe Dolce, Brave New Weed, Harper Wave, →ISBN, page 18:
text: The Americans were also concerned. They had introduced their first national antiweed legislation—the Marihuana Tax Act—just a year earlier.
ref: 2021, Benjamin T. Smith, The Dope, W. W. Norton & Co., →ISBN:
text: Illegal weed tended to be more expensive where antiweed enforcement was more vigorous.
ref: 2022, Robin S. Goldstein, Daniel A. Sumner, Can Legal Weed Win?, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: Opposing or countering weed (marijuana).
antiwarfare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiwarfare
form: most antiwarfare
Etymology: From anti- + warfare.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the leading male protagonist leaves home, joins a first aid team, and commits himself to antiwarfare activities.
ref: 2003, Shuqin Cui, Women through the lens: gender and nation in a century of Chinese cinema:
glosses: Opposed to warfare.
antiwildlife
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiwildlife
form: most antiwildlife
Etymology: From anti- + wildlife.
Senses: examples: text: But I reminded myself that he was also the one who looked at me as though I were the enemy at the antiwildlife rally when his mother was there...
ref: 1989, Isabelle Holland, After the First Love:
glosses: Opposed to wildlife.
multitheater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multitheatre
Etymology: From multi- + theater.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one theater (place where dramatic works are performed).
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one theater of war.
multitheatre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + theatre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multitheater.
soleplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soleplate
soleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English solnes (“solitude”), equivalent to sole + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sole; unity, singleness.
soutache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æʃ
Forms: form: soutaches
Etymology: Borrowed from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás (“ribbon, braid”).
Senses: glosses: A narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern
bitterbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitterbrushes
Etymology: From bitter + brush.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Purshia of flowering shrubs, native to western North America.
bitterbrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitterbrush
sprigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprig
antimatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimatter
antimaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + material.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Composed of antimatter.
glosses: antimaterialistic
antirecession
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + recession.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Serving to counter a financial recession.
staffage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staffages
Etymology: Borrowed from German Staffage. By surface analysis, staff + -age.
Senses: qualifier: painting
glosses: The people and animals represented in a landscape painting.
antilifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilifers
form: anti-lifer
Etymology: From antilife + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We annoyed the antilifers with prolife/family literature (although we had too little), and especially with well-written news releases, which were published surprisingly often.
ref: 1988, Paul Marx, Confessions of a Prolife Missionary:
glosses: A person who holds pro-choice beliefs.
Synonyms: word: pro-abort
word: proabortionist
word: pro-choicer
word: pro-deather
stationkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From station + keeping.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The maintenance of a ship's position relative to others in a fleet or convoy.
examples: text: If you are using the night vision goggles they can aid in formation flight/stationkeeping.
ref: 1974, United States Army Aviation Digest, volume 20, page 15:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The flying of aircraft in formation.
glosses: The maintenance of a satellite in geosynchronous orbit over a desired spot.
antilifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilifer
antifashion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifashions
Etymology: From anti- + fashion.
Senses: examples: text: Antifashion as a means of social defiance goes back to Marie Antoinette, the dandies, the bohemians of Lautrec's Paris...
ref: 1995, Toby Fischer-Mirkin, Dress code: understanding the hidden meanings of women's clothes:
text: Hostesses' sartorial practice manifests some of the attributes generally associated with the antifashion style of punk, hippie, and other subcultures.
ref: 2009, Tiantian Zheng, Red lights: the lives of sex workers in postsocialist China:
glosses: Any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.
antifashion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fashion.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to fashion.
antifashions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antifashion
postsocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + socialist.
Senses: glosses: After socialism.
Related terms: postsocialism
postsocialistic
antigrowth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigrowth
form: most antigrowth
Etymology: From anti- + growth.
Senses: examples: text: Other examples include the failure of a local government to change zoning of property due to local antigrowth pressure, even when the need is obvious.
ref: 1998, Michael C. Thomsett, Jean Freestone Thomsett, Getting started in real estate investing:
text: Insensitivity to Antigrowth Signals and Deregulation of Cell Cycle
ref: 2007, Devendra K. Gupta, Robert Carachi, Pediatric Oncology: Surgical and Medical Aspects:
glosses: Opposing or countering growth.
antarthritics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antarthritic
antiarthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiarthritics
Etymology: From anti- + arthritic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antarthritic.
antiarthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + arthritic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antarthritic.
antiarthritics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiarthritic
antiguerrilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Etymology: From anti- + guerrilla.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Opposing or countering guerrillas.
antiburglary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + burglary.
Senses: synonyms: antiburglar
hypernyms: antitheft
glosses: Opposing or countering burglary.
antiburglar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + burglar.
Senses: synonyms: antiburglary
hypernyms: antitheft
glosses: Opposing or countering burglars.
labyrinthodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labyrinthodont
peabrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːbɹeɪn/
homophone: p-brane
Forms: form: peabrains
form: pea-brain
form: pea brain
Etymology: From pea + brain; compare pea-sized.
Senses: glosses: A stupid or clumsy person; a cretin.
examples: text: Bungo would gladly have put a bullet in Mr. King's little pea brain.
ref: 1986 January 1, Heather Robertson, Lily : A Rhapsody in Red: Volume 2 The King Years, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: The brain of such a person.
peabrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːbɹeɪn/
homophone: p-brane
Forms: form: more peabrain
form: most peabrain
form: pea-brain
form: pea brain
Etymology: From pea + brain; compare pea-sized.
Senses: glosses: Stupid, clumsy, idiot
Synonyms: empty-headed
Related terms: peabrained
peabrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peabrain
cretinisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cretinism
sekere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sekeres
form: sèkèrè
form: shekere
form: shakeree
Etymology: From Yoruba ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀.
Senses: examples: text: The sekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped to produce a subtle variety of effects.
text: They took up their West African drums, Nigerian shekeres, Trinidadian steel drums (plus a slew of other instruments), and just cut loose for the next couple of hours.
ref: 1989 April 22, Ellen Hendrix, “Women Of The Calabash Heat Up The Hall”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.
Synonyms: güiro
abwe
Related terms: afoxé
premarxist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + Marxist.
Senses: examples: text: Lockridge's experiments with the novel form recall Georg Lukacs' premarxist and heavily romantic writings on the theory of the novel.
ref: 1998, David D. Anderson, Myth, memory, and the American earth: the durability of Raintree County:
glosses: Prior to Marxism.
sèkèrè
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Calabash drum — ornamental with strings of cowries — is called Sèkèrè.
ref: 1921, Samuel Johnson, Obadiah Johnson, chapter 8, in A History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate, volume 1, page 121:
text: 1984: Claudius Oluyemi Olaniyan, The Composition and Performance Techniques of Dùndún-Sèkèrè Music of South-Western Nigeria, main title (Queen’s University)
glosses: Alternative spelling of sekere.
shekere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shekeres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sekere.
strandloper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strandlopers
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans strandloper, from Dutch strandloper.
Senses: glosses: beachcomber
strickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstrɪkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: strickles
form: strikle
form: stritchel
form: stritchell
form: stritchill
form: strichell
Etymology: From Middle English strikile, strikelle, strikyll, from Old English stricel, equivalent to strick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Dutch strijkel, streekel, strekel.
Senses: glosses: A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
qualifier: husbandry
glosses: A tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam.
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: A template; a pattern.
glosses: An instrument used in dressing flax.
Synonyms: screed
strickler
strickle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstrɪkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: strickles
form: strickling
form: strickled
form: strickled
form: strikle
form: stritchel
form: stritchell
form: stritchill
form: strichell
Etymology: From Middle English strikile, strikelle, strikyll, from Old English stricel, equivalent to strick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Dutch strijkel, streekel, strekel.
Senses: glosses: To level using a strickle.
subclavian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /səbˈkleɪ.vi.ən/
Etymology: From New Latin subclavius + -ian, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
ref: 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter I (Mr. Sherlock Holmes), page 1:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.
Derived terms: subclavian artery
subclavian steal syndrome
subclavian vein
subclavian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səbˈkleɪ.vi.ən/
Forms: form: subclavians
Etymology: From New Latin subclavius + -ian, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The carotids were in their natural state; the arteria innominata and the subclavian were twice their natural diameter: their smaller branches were proportionally dilated and bent zigzag.
ref: 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 169:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A subclavian part (such as an artery, vein, or nerve).
tamarau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamaraus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tamaraw.
televisionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: televisionaries
Etymology: Blend of television + visionary
Senses: glosses: An enthusiast for advanced television technology.
terreplein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəpleɪn/
/ˈtɛə(ɹ)pleɪn/
Forms: form: terrepleins
form: terre-plein
form: terraplene
form: teraplene
form: terrepleine
form: terraplana
form: terraplane
form: terraplain
form: terreplaine
form: terreplain
Etymology: Originally a borrowing of Italian terrapieno (“earth-fill(ed)”), later altered after the model of French terreplein (now terre-plein). Its former misspellings arose from confusion of the second element of the name with Italian piano or French plain, plane (“flat, level”) based on the appearance of the earth-filled central platforms of walls.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The sloping earthen embankment behind a defensive wall.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The level platform atop a wall, typically protected by a parapet and (strictly) distinguished from the slightly higher banquette used by its defenders.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any level base used by artillery in the field.
topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any earthen embankment with a broad level top, such as those used for a canal elevated above a valley floor.
Synonyms: sense: sloping earthen embankment
word: talus
thoroughpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoroughpins
Senses: glosses: An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses
tohubohu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?
ref: 1861 January – 1862 August, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of tohu-bohu.
tortuosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortuosity
tucuxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu.kuˈʃi/
Forms: form: tucuxis
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese tucuxi, borrowed from Nheengatu tukuxí, possibly from Old Tupi pukusĩ.
Senses: glosses: A freshwater dolphin, estuarine dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis, found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin
unjoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unjoints
form: unjointing
form: unjointed
form: unjointed
Etymology: From un- + joint.
Senses: glosses: To dislocate.
glosses: To disjoint.
unmufflered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mufflered.
Senses: glosses: Not mufflered
mufflered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From muffler + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a muffler.
Derived terms: unmufflered
unmurmuring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + murmuring.
Senses: glosses: Not murmuring; without protest or complaint.
unregarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unregarded
form: most unregarded
Etymology: From un- + regarded.
Senses: examples: text: Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
ref: 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
text: The hotel was expensive but unregarded by noisy pop and film stars and bond traders or any other section of London's beau monde.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 557:
glosses: Not regarded; unnoticed.
unshrinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshrinkable
form: most unshrinkable
Etymology: From un- + shrinkable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot shrink and cannot be shrunk.
Synonyms: nonshrinkable
Coordinate terms: nonshrink
nonshrinking
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: unshrinking
unsized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sized.
Senses: glosses: Not sized
unskimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + skimmed.
Senses: glosses: Not skimmed
unslakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slakable.
Senses: examples: text: And what a bonus it is that Inga, in addition to her unslakable thirst for ever more wealth and ever more power, is so exquisitely and entirely hot.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 397:
glosses: That cannot be slaked.
unslakeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slakeable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be slaked
vagotonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vagotonias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: irritability of the vagus nerve that adversely affects the function of the blood vessels, stomach, and muscles
Derived terms: vagotonic
volens
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”).
Senses: examples: text: A man who unwillingly performs dangerous work because he would otherwise lose his employment is not volens. A man does not act voluntarily unless he acts free from legal or moral compulsion.
ref: 1889, The Law Reports: Appeal cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, also peerage cases, volume 14, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 182:
topics: law
coordinate_terms: sciens
glosses: In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.
Related terms: nolens volens
nanoequivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoequivalents
Etymology: From nano- + equivalent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One thousand-millionth of a gram equivalent
naricorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛəɹɪˌkɔː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: naricorns
Senses: glosses: rhinotheca
rhinotheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhino- + theca.
Senses: glosses: The hornlike covering of the upper part of a bird's beak.
Coordinate terms: gnathotheca
nariform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nariform
form: most nariform
Etymology: Latin nārifōrmis, from nāris (“nostril”).
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a nose
nasofrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntəl
Etymology: From naso- + frontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nose and the forehead.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nasal and frontal bones.
nautiliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nautiliform
form: most nautiliform
Etymology: From nautilus + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Having the spiral form of a nautilus
naviform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more naviform
form: most naviform
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin navis (“ship”) + -form
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a boat.
Sèkèrè
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: To be precise, the relevant actions in this area are as follows: […] the completion of preelectrification installations of Sori (commune of Gogounou), Sèkèrè (commune of Sinendé)[,] Kilibo (commune of Ouessè), Goro (commune of Tchaourou), Baoudjo (commune of Ifangny) and Adohoun (commune of Athiémé) [….]
ref: 2008: Progress Report on Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction, chapter 3: “Infrastructure Development”, priority area 2: “Energy Infrastructure”, pages 33–34, § 87
glosses: Sinendé
Sinendé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in the Borgou department of central Benin.
Synonyms: sense: Beninese commune
word: Sèkèrè
Litueche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mapudungun [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A city in Chile.
Marcapomacocha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Peru.
manjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manjacks
Etymology: From every man Jack.
Senses: examples: text: Manjack see her and stagger, and as if to justify he staggering, he lean over to me and whisper: "Let we fire some rum." I tell he let we get pass the introductions first.
ref: 1990, The Caribbean writer, volume 5, page 92:
text: The box was jam packed full o' gifts for each manjack of us: razors, aftershave, toothbrushes, an' books.
ref: 2013, Robert L. Buyer, Ursula T. Coute, Following the North Star, page 26:
glosses: A person; the average or common person; anybody.
manjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manjac
form: manjak
form: munjac
form: munjack
Senses: examples: text: In outward form and general appearance manjack is not unlike fine coal and is essentially a bituminous substance.
ref: 1915, Mining and Scientific Press, volume 111, page 86:
text: Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
ref: 1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24:
text: Manjack is the local name give to a naturally occurring variety of bitumen that was first mined in Trinidad just before the turn of the century. It has been variously spelt Manjac, Manjak, Munjac or Munjack.
ref: 1996, George E. Higgins, A History of Trinidad Oil, page 24:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: glance pitch
glosses: A form of bitumen-rich asphalt found in Barbados and Trinidad.
manjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manjacks
Senses: examples: text: Buck Island's uplands forest cover also includes frangipani, turpentine, Jamaican caper, manjack, Ginger Thomas, and water mampoo trees.
ref: 2002, U.S. Virgin Islands: A Guide to National Parklands in the United States Virgin Islands:
text: It was unsigned and merely ordered: Meet me under the great manjack tree. Lucinda did not need a signature.
ref: 2003, Maryse Conde, Windward Heights:
text: Amid the scenery, the manjack tree grew quite low. Although it didn't grow very tall, its branches extended over two-thirds of the river in a daring, if not overbearing, fashion.
ref: 2008, Taiwan Literature, English Translation Series - Issues 22-23, page 88:
glosses: Various plants in the genus Cordia.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Cordia bahamensis
word: Bahama manjack
taxonomic: Cordia rickseckeri
word: black manjack
taxonomic: Cordia dichotoma
word: fragrant manjack
taxonomic: Cordia sulcata
word: mucilage manjack
taxonomic: Cordia rickseckeri
word: orange manjack
taxonomic: Tabebuia heterophylla
word: pink manjack
taxonomic: Cordia rupicola
word: Puerto Rico manjack
taxonomic: Cordia glabra
word: red manjack
taxonomic: Varronia bellonis
word: serpentine manjack
taxonomic: Cordia alba
word: white manjack
manjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manji
manjees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manjee
Codegua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Mapudungun codeuyhue.
Senses: glosses: A city in Chile.
magical realist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magical realists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magic realist.
magical realists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magical realist
magic realist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic realists
Senses: glosses: One who creates works in the style of magic realism.
magic realists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic realist
skellington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skellingtons
Senses: examples: text: But it were talked on as 'ow 'ee found old Nobes and 'is missus' skellingtons a-sittin' bolt upright in them two chairs, but I doan't know so much 'bout that...
ref: 1882, John Devenish Hoppus, Riverside papers:
text: Mary led the way, muttering as she went, "I thought this was a decent house, but lawks! there's a skellington in every cupboard."
ref: 1902, Railway Mission, Railway signal: or, Lights along the line, London:
text: Random Remorse, her constant companion ever since it had replaced her old constant companion, Random Lust, was elbowing her out of bed. "You could have at least said it was a nice dream," this dreary skellington nudged at her with its dry bones. "You could at least have kissed her goodbye."
ref: 1980 August 16, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 19:
text: "They were pictures of skellingtons." "Skeletons," I corrected her without thinking.
ref: 2004, Faith Richardson, Fay Lapka Richardson, Dark Is a Color:
glosses: A skeleton.
skellingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skellington
growthwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From growth + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: The formal economy recovered growthwise with a whopping 7 percent, and although a trade deficit opened in June, the neoliberal choir crooned that all was well.
ref: 2002, Donald Clark Hodges, Daniel Ross Gandy, Ross Gandy, Mexico, the end of the revolution:
glosses: In terms of growth.
red-light districts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-light district
nonarcheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonarchaeological.
oxymuriatic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oxy- + muriatic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrochloric acid
antiarmour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + armour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antiarmor.
antiarmor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antiarmour
Etymology: From anti- + armor.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
antibilious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + bilious.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering liver disorder.
antiasthma
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + asthma.
Senses: glosses: Countering asthma.
Synonyms: antiasthmatic
antibacklash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + backlash.
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
anticruelty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cruelty.
Senses: glosses: Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.
antiwear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + wear.
Senses: glosses: Preventing mechanical wear.
pedway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedways
Etymology: Blend of pedestrian + way
Senses: glosses: An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.
pedways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedway
nankeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nankeen
glosses: Clothes, especially breeches, made of nankeen.
galoshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From galosh + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing galoshes.
raincoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From raincoat + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a raincoat.
sou'westered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sou'wester + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a sou'wester.