cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Alabamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæləˈbæmi.ən/
Forms: form: more Alabamian
form: most Alabamian
Etymology: From Alabama + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
Alabamian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæləˈbæmi.ən/
Forms: form: Alabamians
Etymology: From Alabama + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Sunday was the day of the week most Alabamians wanted off for the two holy acts—going to church and watching football.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 24:
glosses: A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.
Hypernyms: American
Alabamians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alabamian
Aleutians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aleutian (person)
Aleutians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Aleutian Islands.
resectabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resectability
cognatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognati
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cognatus (“kinsman”). Doublet of cognate and connate.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A blood relative
Related terms: cognate
cognation
restraining order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restraining orders
Senses: examples: text: 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway?
topics: law
glosses: An order issued by a court of law or other legal authority for a specified timeframe forbidding the restrained party from contacting and being in close proximity to the protected party and other restrictions, usually banning the possession of arms.
examples: text: On February 13, 1974, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order against the council to prevent it from enforcing a January 28, 1974, temporary rollback order for Nassau County police salaries. On February 16, 1974, the court issued another temporary restraining order preventing the Council from conducting further proceedings, including a hearing.
ref: 1974, Economic Stabilization Program Quarterly Report Covering the Period January 1, 1974 Through May 1, 1974, U.S. Cost of Living Council, page 87:
text: Kunsman reports that he was placed in a segregation cell when he subsequently filed an Administrative Remedy Form with warden R. A. Gunnell and that he has been scheduled for a disciplinary transfer. Requests have been made to the U.S. District Court for a restraining order to have Kunsman released from segregation and to prevent the transfer.
ref: 1981 August 22, “Unwelcome Advances”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 2:
topics: law
glosses: An order by a judge or other legal authority that prevents an action by a government or institution.
Derived terms: temporary restraining order
Related terms: peace bond
mantras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantra
orals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oral
chaffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: chaffier
form: chaffiest
Etymology: From chaff + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He chewed the chaffy end of a wheat stalk.
ref: 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 72:
glosses: Like or containing chaff.
Derived terms: chaffiness
chafflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chafflike
form: most chafflike
Etymology: From chaff + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling chaff.
chapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæpɪŋ/
rhymes: -æpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chap
chiselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chisel
chiselling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chisellings
Senses: examples: text: We are justified in considering Parkes as our own; for, here he served his time; here he received instructions in modelling from Sherwin, the pupil of Smyth, whose chisellings and figures adorn so many of our public buildings […]
ref: 1843, The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy:
glosses: A piece of work produced using a chisel.
chiselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chisel
chiselled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chiselled
form: most chiselled
Senses: examples: text: But I thought he looked beautiful, and also like a man. He was tall and blond, chiselled and muscular.
ref: 2022, Rosie Brooks, Flo, Grosvenor House Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of chiseled.
Derived terms: unchiselled
chocolate truffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate truffles
Etymology: From chocolate + truffle, so called because it resembles a black truffle, but is composed of chocolate.
Senses: glosses: A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate.
Related terms: white chocolate truffle
chocolate truffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate truffle
dications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dication
trications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trication
tetracations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetracation
in twain
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Middle English in tweyn, in twen, in tweyne (also as on tweyne). Compare Old English on twēġen (“in two”).
Senses: examples: text: When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.
text: And when cold Winter ſplit the Rocks in twain,
And Ice the running Rivers did reſtrain,
He ſtripp’d the Bears-foot of its leafy Growth,
ref: 1697, trans. John Dryden, Virgil, Georgics, book IV, lines 202–205
roman: And calling weſtern Winds, accus’d the Spring of Sloth.
text: It was an anomalous situation. Precedents, there were none. No state ever before had been rent in twain.
ref: 1913, Warren Wood, When Virginia was Rent in Twain:
text: […]shortly, it will rend my loins in twain, burst forth, and pull us down, down, down into the deep, dark waters of commitment.
ref: 2003, Bill Odenkirk (writer), Kif Kroker in “Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch”, Futurama, season 4, episode 1
glosses: In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder
Synonyms: asunder
sportpony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportponies
Etymology: From sport + pony.
Senses: glosses: A type of pony in the general range of 13.2-14.2 hands that looks and moves like a small horse, capable of competing in the Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage, and eventing, as well as in driving.
Mumping Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: December 21st, St. Thomas's Day, a day for begging before Christmas.
twain cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twain clouds
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Stratocumulus.
kamaʻaina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɑməˈaɪnə/
Forms: form: kamaaina
form: kama'aina
Etymology: From Hawaiian kamaʻāina.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is of Hawaiian origin, but not necessarily of Hawaiian ancestry; a local.
kamaaina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: kamaainas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kamaʻaina.
orale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orales
Senses: glosses: A white silk veil with coloured stripes, sometimes worn by the pope.
ahchoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of achoo.
kerchoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: kerchoo!
form: katchoo
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of achoo, the sound of sneezing.
synonyms: word: achoo
extra: the sound of sneezing
alfalfas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alfalfa
ah-choo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of achoo.
the plot thickens
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the satirical play The Rehearsal. First attested in 1671.
Senses: examples: text: BAYES. Lo' you now, there he's off again.
JOHNS. Admirably done i'faith.
BAYES. Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us.
ref: 1672 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, The Rehearsal, Act III Scene ii
text: Y. Book. Well said, Lad—and as Mr. Bays says, now the Plot thickens upon us, we'll spend our time as gaily as the best of 'em—and all of it in Love …
ref: 1703–4 Richard Steele The Lying Lover: Or, the Ladies Friendship Act II Scene i
text: "His statement is wholly false," was our hero’s reply. "It was his miserable villainy that deprived me of my liberty, and kept me away from my work."
Mr. Goldwin looked puzzled.
"The plot thickens," said he. "Give me your story."
ref: 1888, Frank Munsey, chapter XX, in The Boy Broker; Among the Kings of Wall Street, page 143:
ref: 1973 April 1, “Watergate: The Plot Thickens”, in The Sun-Herald, Sydney, Australia, page 75
glosses: Used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation.
Related terms: curiouser and curiouser
Duggal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duggals
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੁੱਗਲ (duggal).
Senses: glosses: A prominent Khatri clan from the Punjab region.
glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
paises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paise
that one
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: those ones
form: them ones
Senses: examples: text: "Which one do you want?" / "That one over there!"
glosses: A specified object, thing or person (especially one further away/over there or known or mentioned later). (This entry is a translation hub.)
Related terms: this one
disquiets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disquiet
disquiets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disquiet
disquieted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disquieted
form: most disquieted
Senses: examples: text: If I did not view things in this light, my mind would be infinitely more disquieted than it is: for, if a crisis should arrive when a sense of duty, or a call from my country, should become so imperious as to leave me no choice, I should prepare for relinquishment, and go with as much reluctance from my present peaceful abode, as I should go to the tombs of my ancestors.
ref: 1807, John Marshall, The Life of George Washington, page 816:
text: Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.
ref: 1915 April, Helen Jetmore Major, “When Fancy Leaves the Narrow Path”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 45, number 4, page 300:
text: "They seemed at first very disquieted, " reported Hunt, "but we soon reassured them .[…]"
ref: 2013, Larry E. Morris, The Perilous West, page 123:
glosses: Uneasy; uncomfortable.
Derived terms: disquieted dependent
disquietedness
undisquieted
disquieted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disquiet
Kantians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kantian
vandalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vandalous
form: most vandalous
Etymology: From vandal + -ous. Possibly formed by analogy with scandalous.
Senses: examples: text: Even usually thoughtful newspapers such as the Washington Post have cited skateboarding as an irresponsible and vandalous activity to be banned from city streets.
ref: 2001, Iain Borden, Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body, →ISBN, page 253:
glosses: vandalistic; resembling vandalism
examples: text: The word mob [Pöbel] invoked the image of a vandalous rabble and, with it, the specter of the Reign of Terror.
ref: 2000, Jefferson S. Chase, Inciting Laughter: The Development of "Jewish Humor" in 19th Century German Culture, →ISBN:
glosses: destructive; resembling a vandal
Derived terms: vandalously
Esaias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: New Testament Ancient Greek Ἠσᾰΐᾱς (Ēsăḯās), from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū, “Isaiah”).
Senses: examples: text: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, […]
ref: , Matthew 4:14
glosses: Isaiah (biblical character).
hepatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatizations
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
vandalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vandalistic
form: most vandalistic
Etymology: From vandal + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Having the character of vandalism.
Synonyms: vandalous
Derived terms: vandalistically
intervalla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intervallum
Elis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece.
glosses: A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.
Related terms: english: the region governed by the ancient city
translation: the region governed by the ancient city
word: Eleia
Eljas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
on a par
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on par
Senses: examples: text: Their pretensions are on a par.
text: His ability is on a par with his ambition.
text: Working conditions and pay for women should be on a par with those for men.
synonyms: equal
glosses: On a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; equal.
up to par
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more up to par
form: most up to par
Senses: examples: text: The engine is working up to par now.
text: His work isn't up to par. Is he not well?
synonyms: up to standard
up to scratch
up to snuff
coordinate_terms: subpar
above par
glosses: At the usual or expected level.
Related terms: on a par
Raisa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian female given name Раи́са (Raísa).
glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Раі́са (Raísa).
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Раїса (Rajisa)
Helmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Helmers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Helmer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Luce County, Michigan, United States.
Artie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Art + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Arnie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹni/
Etymology: From Arnold + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Arnold.
isochrony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -y.
Senses: synonyms: contemporaneity
contemporaneousness
glosses: The state of being isochronous.
Related terms: chronostasis
diachrony
isochron
isochronal
synchrony
legatura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legaturas
Etymology: Italian. See ligature.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tie or brace; a syncopation.
liuto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alstroemeria ligtu, an herb or bush with large flowers, native to Chile.
legature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: legateship
SXSW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From S (“south”) + X (“by”) + SW (“southwest”).
Senses: glosses: Initialism of South by Southwest: an annual festival held in Austin, Texas.
mantella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mantellas
Senses: glosses: Any frog of the genus Mantella.
membranophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: membranophones
Etymology: From membrane + -o- + -phone.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.
Related terms: membranophonic
Grammys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An annual music awards ceremony, to acknowledge mainstream musicians.
glosses: plural of Grammy
Related terms: Grammy
mensuralist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mensuralist
form: most mensuralist
Etymology: From mensural + -ist.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of or pertaining to mensuralism.
mensuralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mensuralists
Etymology: From mensural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes that neumatic notation supports different rhythmic realizations of chant.
mensuralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mensural + -ism.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: European system(s) of musical notation, in use in different forms from c.1260 to c.1600, in which each note was given an exact time value
Related terms: mensural
mensuration
mensuralist
versal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Clipping of universal.
Senses: examples: text: I'll warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: Universal
versal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versals
Senses: topics: arts
calligraphy
communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
typography
writing
glosses: Ornamental letter that begins a section
Synonyms: sense: ornamental letter
word: drop cap
sense: ornamental letter
word: initial
stentor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stentors
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), the name of a herald in the Iliad who had a loud voice.
Senses: examples: 1609, Ben Jonson, Epicoene Act IV, Scene II, 1989, Johanna Procter (editor), The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson, Volume 1, page 381,
Rogues, hellhounds, Stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May Day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster!
glosses: A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
examples: text: Ere long a solitary amœba and stentor were found engaged in a struggle, which continued for some time with varying success, finally ending with the escape of the latter.
ref: 1894, James H. Logan, Observations on Amœba and Stentor: Western Druggist, volume 16, page 7:
text: When the stentors become too numerous it is a simple matter to subdivide the culture and add the requisite amount of spring water to each culture.
ref: 1943, The Biological Review, volumes 5-18, page 15:
text: It can be an irritant even for humans and is certainly toxic to tiny animals like stentor. He added carmine to the water tank in which the stentor was living, and simply watched to see what happened.
ref: 2004, Helen Saul, Phobias: Fighting the Fear, page 42:
glosses: Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
examples: text: The unit is completely automatic in operation and tower stentors, matching the power output of the amplifier, are provided for roof or tower mounting.
ref: 1956, College and University Business, volume 21, page 65:
glosses: A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
glosses: A howler monkey.
Derived terms: stentorian
modulino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modulinos
form: modulini
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A singlet state thought to be a component of dark matter
due diligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
ipa: /d͡ʒuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
ipa: /ˈdu ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʉː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
Senses: examples: text: Consumers are required to use their credit cards with due diligence, which includes making sure that strangers cannot find or see their PIN.
text: You are required to exercise due diligence by immediately reporting unauthorized withdrawals from your account and unauthorized use of your credit card.
glosses: Appropriate, required, reasonable care or carefulness.
topics: law
glosses: A process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.
Related terms: duty of care
in short
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: [H]e told me I did not treat him as if he was my husband, or talk of my children as if I was a mother; and, in short, that I did not deserve to be used as a wife.
ref: 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC:
text: Mr Snagsby has dealt in all sorts of blank forms of legal process; in skins and rolls of parchment; in paper—foolscap, brief, draft, brown, white, whitey-brown, and blotting; in stamps; in office-quills, pens, ink, India-rubber, pounce, pins, pencils, sealing-wax, and wafers; in red tape, and green ferret; in pocket-books, almanacs, diaries, and law lists; in string boxes, rulers, inkstands—glass and leaden, penknives, scissors, bodkins, and other small office-cutlery; in short, in articles too numerous to mention.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter X, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
text: I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
ref: 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 13:
text: Most political experts expect the Minnesota election to be decided in the courts or even in the state senate. In short, it's a mess.
ref: 2008 December 4, Kate Pickert, “A Brief History of Recounts”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2013:
text: It was, in short, saved before - and looks to be once more.
ref: 2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 53, about Liverpool Street station in London:
glosses: As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
Synonyms: at the end of the day
in a nutshell
in a word
in summary
all the while
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The good fortune which attended him throughout life may have been partly owing to this cause as well as to his undoubted valour, for though he never lost a battle, nothing is more astounding than his imprudence and the easy confidence with which he trusted Somerset, Warwick, Montague, and others, all the while they were betraying him.
ref: 1889, Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, page 82:
text: Sulla, encamped near Scipio, and amusing him with caresses under pretence of an approaching peace, was all the while corrupting his troops.
ref: 1891, Plutarchus, Plutarch's Lives, page 8:
text: And all with that vital piece of evidence burning a hole in his pocket the while!
ref: 1986, Michael Dibdin, A Rich Full Death, page 60:
text: All the while, my intention was to amuse her, and divert her out of her hellish thoughts, and show to her the wide world of which she could now be a part.
ref: 1991, Anne Rice, The Witching Hour, page 281:
synonyms: the while
glosses: At the same time as, usually over an extended period.
amidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amide + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of an amide.
aminic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more aminic
form: most aminic
Etymology: From amine + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of an amine
ammino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of an ammine
ammoniating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ammoniate
transfer window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transfer windows
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: A period of time during which a spacecraft orbiting one celestial body can travel to a different body and enter orbit around it without excessive expenditure of fuel or reaction mass.
examples: text: Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.
ref: 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A period of time during the year in which soccer players may be bought or sold between professional clubs.
ammonify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ammonifies
form: ammonifying
form: ammonified
form: ammonified
Etymology: From ammonia + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To treat with ammonia; to ammoniate; to form into ammonia.
Derived terms: ammonifier
Related terms: ammonification
beaver away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beavers away
form: beavering away
form: beavered away
form: beavered away
Etymology: From the metaphorical image of a person working as industriously as a beaver building its dam.
Senses: examples: text: She won't be going out much, as she's beavering away on her thesis.
text: The most obvious impact of the strike was the “havoc” created at Glasgow and London’s Heathrow airports by striking air traffic controllers (who joined the strike in solidarity and are not themselves directly involved in the dispute). But quietly and without fuss, thousands of scientists normally beavering away in seclusion downed microscopes, test tubes, and oscilloscopes.
ref: 1979 June 28, “Feedback: Trouble at th’ Laboratory”, in New Scientist, page 1103:
text: I was thinking more of the tendency today for people to develop whole areas of mathematics on their own, in a rather abstract fashion. They just go on beavering away.
ref: 1988, Michael Francis Atiyah, An Interview with Michael Atiyah: Collected Works: Volume 1: Early Papers, General Papers, page 299:
text: On the other side there was a floor to ceiling partition, on which the mining share prices and dealing boards were fixed, separating the mining sales desk from the specialist mining research group who beavered away behind the partition.
ref: 2004, Michael Coulson, An Insider’s Guide to the Mining Sector, published 2011, unnumbered page:
text: "I'm still baffled at what you were able to accomplish. The rubberband effect would have lasted at least another... well, it could have lasted ten years without you beavering away in there. Maybe longer. I couldn't... we couldn't have waited that long. We needed you back, and here you are."
ref: 2023 November 24, Placeholder McD, Liryn, HarryBlank, “SCP-7243”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:
glosses: To work hard at a task.
Related terms: eager beaver
ammonoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ammonoids
Etymology: From the scientific name Ammonoidea, equivalent to Ammon + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Although the extinct externally shelled cephalopods ammonoids have an extensive fossil record, their soft tissues are very poorly known and, like extinct and living nautiloids, they are largely presumed to not have possessed an ink sac.
ref: 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An extinct cephalopod of the subclass †Ammonoidea (including ammonites).
ammonoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammonoid
form: most ammonoid
Etymology: From the scientific name Ammonoidea, equivalent to Ammon + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Literally tens of pence with an ammonoid fossil to highlight how bling bling the world of palaeontology has become
ref: 2016 November 9, Mark Carnall, “Is palaeontology a waste of public money?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Characteristic of an ammonite.
aided and abetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aid and abet
aiding and abetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aid and abet
aids and abets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aid and abet
beavered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beaver + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Derived terms: unbeavered
beavered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From beaver + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beaver
beavered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beaver (“part of a helmet”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having or wearing a beaver (part of a helmet covering the lower face).
beavered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beaver (“beard or bearded person”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bearded.
synonyms: word: bearded
beavered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From beaver (“beard or bearded person”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beaver
cast one's vote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts one's vote
form: casting one's vote
form: cast one's vote
form: cast one's vote
Senses: glosses: To vote for something.
seater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsitɚ/
Forms: form: seaters
Etymology: From seat + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: a single-seater aircraft
text: Our new sofa is a three-seater.
text: The Cub is a two-place tandem-seating craft, while the Luscombe and Cessna 120/140 are two-place side-by-side seaters.
ref: 1984, Don Dwiggins, Welcome to Flying: A Primer for Pilots, Blue Ridge Summit, P.A.: TAB Books, →ISBN, page 12:
text: The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor which produces 109 PS.
ref: 2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Toyota is developing a hydrogen fuel cell car, but the research and development costs are eye-watering. By contrast, a British firm, Riversimple, is producing a cheap, compact two-seater, which will probably come to dominate the small car market, particularly for drivers who cannot plug in a car at home.
ref: 2021 January 25, Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2023:
text: “I started to think about it. He’s coming in on a two-seater experimental plane to pitch me to go on a five-seater experimental sub that he has built down to the ocean floor to see the Titanic,” Jay said.
ref: 2023 June 24, Chris Lau and Sara Smart, “‘That could’ve been us,’ say father and son who pulled out of doomed Titan trip out of safety concerns”, in CNN:
text: I've heard it's a one-seater, and I really need my privacy when I go.
ref: 2023, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer, page 33:
glosses: A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.
glosses: Agent noun of seat: one who seats.
Related terms: all-seater
all-seater stadium
backseater
chair seater
four-seater
frontseater
setter
sitter
two-seater
worth every penny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Completely worth the money paid for it.
lays down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay down
civilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of civilize
laying down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay down
civilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of civilize
civilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/
Forms: form: civilises
form: civilising
form: civilised
form: civilised
form: civilize
Etymology: From civil + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
glosses: To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
glosses: To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Derived terms: decivilise
uncivilise
Related terms: citizen
city
civil
civilian
civilisation
civilization
civitas
civilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of civilise
civilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of civilise
amnestied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.nəs.tiːd/
Etymology: From amnesty + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amnesty
amnestied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.nəs.tiːd/
Forms: form: more amnestied
form: most amnestied
Etymology: From amnesty + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The opening of the Panthéon Club in November 1795, a successor to the closed Jacobins, marked the beginnings of a recovery of the extra-parliamentary Left, now reinforced by amnestied militants.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 509:
glosses: That has been given amnesty; whose past offences have been forgiven.
house boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of houseboy.
money talks
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌn.i tɔːks/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.i tɔks/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.i tɑks/
Etymology: 19th century, from earlier forms such as gold speaks (1666, in full, “Man prates, but gold speaks.”), as translation from Italian by Giovanni Torriano, in Piazza Universale di Proverbi Italiani: or, A Common Place of Italian Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 179.
Senses: examples: text: He illustrated the fact of money talking in the case of Mrs. Rita Warren who successfully stopped the showing of 1001 Danish Delights in a local Norwell theatre, yet was promptly arrested when attempting the same picketing in front of the more profitable Ben Sack "57" theatre to stop the showing of The Exorcist.
ref: 1974 February 9, “Tufts Porno”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 33, page 2:
text: Money still talks — indeed, thanks in part to the Roberts court, it talks louder than ever. Still, ideas matter too, shaping both how we talk about society and, eventually, what we do.
ref: 2014 April 25, Paul Krugman, “The Piketty Panic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Money or moneyed interests have power.
Derived terms: money talks, bullshit walks
merit walks
Related terms: almighty dollar
actions speak louder than words
talk is cheap
talk the talk
asexual reproduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
ref: 2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Stick insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any form of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes.
attuite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: attuites
form: attuiting
form: attuited
form: attuited
Senses: glosses: To become aware of (a thing) due to attuition.
attuition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attuitions
Senses: examples: text: But what of non-rational beings—the animal or infant-man of attuition?
ref: 1898, S. S. Laurie, “The Growth of Mind”, in The School Review, volume 6, number 2, page 83n:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings.
Derived terms: attuitional
Related terms: attuite
Pied Piper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪd ˈpaɪ.pə/
Forms: form: the Pied Piper
Etymology: Short for Pied Piper of Hamelin, from pied and piper.
Senses: glosses: A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a ratcatcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.
glosses: The flute-playing ratcatcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.
pied piper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pied pipers
Etymology: From the folk tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who led away the townsfolk's children in revenge for not being paid after ridding the town of rats.
Senses: glosses: That which draws many in its wake.
wikipedia: Pied Piper of Hamelin
Rapa Nui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑpə ˈnui/
Forms: form: Rapanui
Etymology: From Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”).
Senses: glosses: Easter Island.
synonyms: Pascuan
Pascuense
glosses: An Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Easter Island.
Rapa Nui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːpɑː ˈnuːɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹɑpə ˈnui/
Forms: form: Rapa Nui
form: Rapanui
Etymology: From Rapa Nui Rapa Nui (“big Rapa”).
Senses: glosses: The native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Rapa Nui terms
yeastie beastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeastie beasties
form: yeasty beastie
form: yeasty beasty
Senses: glosses: A yeast (Candida) infection.
too much information
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: The expression was first shortened to "TMI" by former Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Checkler circa 1988. It was not until the late 1990s however, that the term was popularized by online communities. See also TMI.
Senses: examples: text: Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.
synonyms: TMI
glosses: An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.
glosses: An expression indicating that someone has imparted an excessive amount of information that cannot be processed in a short amount of time.
glosses: Introduces an expansion of a short answer with additional information that may be extraneous or unnecessary, hinting that it can be ignored if the short answer was sufficient.
Related terms: I'll get my coat
overshare
sharing violation
trauma dump
Rapanui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rapa Nui.
Rapanui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rapanui
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rapa Nui.
silence is golden
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Calque of Latin silentium est aureum (“silence is golden”).
Senses: examples: text: "[I] adore good music, I hate bad, and I despise mediocre. Silence is golden, indeed, compared with poor music."
ref: 1877, Charles Reade, chapter 21, in A Woman-Hater:
glosses: Peace and quiet have great value.
examples: text: But I have spoken long enough. There are times when silence is golden, and one of those times is at hand.
ref: 1897, Horatio Alger, chapter 2, in Walter Sherwood's Probation:
text: I shouldn't lower myself to respond to the personal attacks on me, but silence, as the current scandal plaguing the federal administration shows, isn't golden.
ref: 1987 April 4, T.R. Witomski, “witomski responds to readers' response to witomski (letter)”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: Often the best choice is to say nothing.
Related terms: speech is silver, silence is golden
bicameral legislature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicameral legislatures
Senses: glosses: A legislative body consisting of two chambers or houses.
coimetrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The abnormal and persistent fear of cemeteries.
trade book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade books
Senses: examples: text: Most fiction titles are trade books.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: A book that is marketed to a general audience (as opposed to books that have specialized audiences, such as academic books).
measuring tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: measuring tapes
Senses: glosses: A tape measure.
color commentators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of color commentator
chit-chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chit-chat
chit-chats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chit-chat
azole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæz.oʊl/
/əˈzoʊl/
Forms: form: azoles
Etymology: From azo + -ole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
Synonyms: pyrrole
Derived terms: acetazolamide
arylazole
-azolam
cefazolin
-piprazole
-rozole
Related terms: azolium
diazole
imidazole
isoxazole
monoazole
oxadiazole
oxazole
pentazole
polyazole
probenazole
pyrazole
silazole
tetrazole
thiazole
triazole
tricyclazole
Aztecan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aztecan
form: most Aztecan
Etymology: From Aztec + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Aztecs or their culture.
Synonyms: Aztec
Nahuan
Aztecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aztecans
Etymology: From Aztec + -an.
Senses: glosses: An Aztec.
Aztecan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Aztec + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any language spoken by the Aztecs.
U-bend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: U-bends
Senses: synonyms: return bend
glosses: A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe.
beefed out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beefed out
form: most beefed out
Senses: examples: text: The superhero looked even more beefed out on the poster than in the comics.
glosses: muscular, often in an exaggerated way.
examples: text: His computer was beefed out with the latest hardware, so he was sure it would run the new video game.
glosses: Having been improved greatly or upgraded; beefed up.
Related terms: beefy
beef up
beefed up
beef
beefed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beef out
conjunctive mood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctive moods
Senses: examples: text: From the notion of uncertainty and doubt being a prevailing one in the conjunctive mood, has arisen in most languages its use in giving an opinion; as 'I should say,' &c.
ref: 1868, Edward Thring, On the Principles of Grammar, page 66:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The subjunctive mood.
tink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭngk
ipa: /tɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: tinks
form: tinking
form: tinked
form: tinked
Etymology: From Middle English tinken, of imitative origin. Compare ting.
Senses: examples: text: Jimmy heard the bells tink.
glosses: To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
Synonyms: tinkle
Related terms: tingle
tink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭngk
ipa: /tɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: tinks
Etymology: From Middle English tinken, of imitative origin. Compare ting.
Senses: glosses: A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
tink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭngk
ipa: /tɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: tinks
form: tinking
form: tinked
form: tinked
Etymology: knit spelled backwards.
Senses: examples: text: Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
ref: 2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat, page 48:
text: If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.
ref: 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 89:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To unknit.
tink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭngk
ipa: /tɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: tinks
Etymology: Shortened from tinker.
Senses: examples: text: 'Most have white eyes, which ain't natural in any beast, tame or wild, and they are considered unlucky - the tinks calls 'em moonpies, and most will avoid settling on farms where they are kept.
ref: 2000, David Brian Plummer, Merle: The Start of Dynasty, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Her family had a name that marked them out as tinks, only they weren't tinks anymore.
ref: 2014, Alastair Macleod, The Traveller's Tale, →ISBN:
text: 'Well, you should feel right at home,' Flannigan said. 'You love a bit of thieving, you and the rest of the fucken tinks you grew up with in the Emerald Toilet.'
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
Lemuel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛm.jə(wə)l/
Etymology: From Hebrew לְמוּאֵל (lemu'él, ləmūʔel, literally “devoted to God”).
Senses: examples: text: The wordes of King Lemuel, the prophecie that his mother taught him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:1, column 1:
glosses: A king mentioned in the Proverbs.
examples: text: THE Author of theſe Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my antient and intimate Friend; there is likewiſe ſome Relation between us by the Mother's Side.
ref: 1726 October 28, Richard Sympson [pseudonym], “The Publisher to the Reader”, in [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page iv:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
glosses: A character in the Book of Mormon, the younger brother of Laman and the elder brother of Nephi, Sam, Jacob, and Joseph.
insurance company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insurance companies
Senses: synonyms: insurance carrier
glosses: A company that provides insurance policies.
Related terms: insurance agent
insurer
insurance companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insurance company
affixion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affixions
Etymology: From affix + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act of affixing; affixation, affixment, attachment.
after-effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after-effects
form: aftereffect
Senses: examples: text: It all went wrong for England in those chaotic final moments but until Poland's late surge they had once again shown they are developing and have not suffered too many after-effects from the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties.
ref: 2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.
Coordinate terms: side-effect
after-effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of after-effect