cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hallebardier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hallebardiers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halberdier.
sweb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swebs
form: swebbing
form: swebbed
form: swebbed
form: swab
Etymology: From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from
From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.
Senses: examples: text: Hoo swebbed, all droked in sweat, frae the heat o' the desert sun.
roman: She fainted, all drenched in sweat, from the heat of the desert sun.
glosses: To swoon; faint.
sweb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swebs
form: swab
Etymology: From Middle English swebben (“to sleep, swoon”), from Old English swebban (“to put to sleep, lull, kill”), from
From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną, *swēbijaną (“to lull, put to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-, *sup- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Icelandic svefja (“to put to sleep, lull, soothe”), Latin sōpiō (“put to sleep, lull”, verb). Related to sweven.
Senses: glosses: A swoon.
Derived terms: swebby
Related terms: sweven
Bambaiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bambaiyya
form: most Bambaiyya
Etymology: From Hindi बम्बैया (bambaiyā).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Bombay.
Bambaiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bambaiyyas
Etymology: From Hindi बम्बैया (bambaiyā).
Senses: glosses: A person from or residing in the city of Bombay.
Bambaiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi बम्बैया (bambaiyā).
Senses: glosses: The Bombay dialect of Hindi
Synonyms: Mumbaikar
Bombayite
swebby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: swebbier
form: more swebby
form: swebbiest
form: most swebby
Etymology: From sweb + -y.
Senses: glosses: Faint.
Bambaiyyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bambaiyya
Bombayites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bombayite
Bombayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bombayites
Etymology: From Bombay + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The only identity she has ever felt at home in is that of a Bombayite, a lover of printed tiles and creaking balustrades and monsteras by rattan chairs in which you spend an afternoon reading Manto.
ref: 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 231:
glosses: a person from or residing in the city of Bombay.
Synonyms: Mumbaikar
Bambaiyya
sets sail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of set sail
setting sail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of set sail
burra-khanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burra-khana
chamchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamcha
potatoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potatoes
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Hyett submitted to the meeting the following account of a series of experiments which he had tried upon the cultivation of the potatoe during the season just ended[…]
ref: 1842, William Henry Hyett, “Experiments on the growth of the Potatoe”, in Journal of the Farmers' Club:
text: The Potatoe now in use, (Solanum tuberosum,) was brought to England by the Colonists sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh[…]
ref: 1846, Charles Palfray Bosson, chapter I, in Observations on the Potatoe, and a Remedy for the Potatoe Plague, page 3:
text: The potatoe plant in a state of health contains several ingredients, the most important of which are starch, albumen, and solanine.
ref: 1846, Alfred Smee, chapter III, in The potatoe plant, its uses and properties: together with the cause of the present malady, page 33:
text: On Tuesday, the 7th of August, about six, P.M., I was summoned to attend Miss M. E. H., aged 14, the messenger stating she had eaten the berries of the potatoe plant, portions of which she showed me.
ref: 1859 September 3, Thomas Morris, “Case of poisoning by potatoe-berries”, in British Medical Journal, →DOI, page 719:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of potato.
underthreshold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underthreshold
form: most underthreshold
Etymology: From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.
Senses: glosses: Positioned below a threshold.
examples: text: The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]
ref: 1913, Edward Ebenezer Weaver, Mind and health:
text: Accordingly, it represents an underthreshold load in trained persons, and no endocrine response was observed.
ref: 1986, Hormonal ensemble in exercise
text: In this way it is possible to describe the underthreshold membrane behavior of a neuron distinguishing the effects of synapses located in the main dendritic tree or near the trigger zone.
ref: 2003, Vincenzo Capasso, Mathematical modelling & computing in biology and medicine:
glosses: Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.
raajmahals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raajmahal
X-chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-chair
X-stretchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-stretcher
X-stools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-stool
Islamiyat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Islamiat
Etymology: From Urdu اسلامیت (islāmiyat).
Senses: glosses: Islamic religious studies; Islam as a school subject (taught in Pakistani schools).
synsacrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synsacrums
form: synsacra
Etymology: From syn- + sacrum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
ornithology
sciences
glosses: The bone in birds composed of the sacrum and some lumbar or caudal vertebrae fused together.
Derived terms: synsacral
synsacrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synsacrum
synsacra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synsacrum
B-drinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B-drinker
challans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of challan
haschisch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of hashish.
hakims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hakim
nutritarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutritarians
Etymology: From nutri(tion) + (vege)tarian.
Senses: examples: text: A nutritarian understands that food has powerful disease-protecting and therapeutic effects and seeks to consume a broad array of micronutrients via their food choices.
ref: 2003, Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Little, Brown & Company, →ISBN:
glosses: A person whose diet selection is based on the nutrient content or nutrition of food.
Derived terms: nutritarianism
nutritarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutritarian
Troi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Troy.
glosses: A female given name.
Ebeye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːbaɪ/
Etymology: Originally a phonetic respelling of German Ebeje, with j mispronounced as if a German word, from Marshallese Ebeje, the older orthographic spelling of Epjā. Later on, re-pronounced as if an English word, leading to modern Marshallese Ibae.
Senses: glosses: The most populous island of Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands.
germanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germanones
Etymology: From germanium + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any germanium analogue of a ketone - R₂Ge=O
heraldist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heraldists
Etymology: From herald + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in or practitioner of heraldry.
tion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tī'ən
ipa: /ˈtaɪən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: tions
Senses: glosses: A cross between a male tiger and a lioness.
haiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haik
oil of olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil of olive
Etymology: From Middle English oile of olyvys.
Senses: examples: text: Common Oil of Olives, is pressed out of ripe olives, not out of the stones.
ref: 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician:
text: Oil of olives.—The province of Suse produces great abundance of this oil.
ref: 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VIII:
glosses: Olive oil.
uncurbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncurb
heaven on a stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Something that is extremely pleasing or attractive.
JUICE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ESA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Acronym of Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.
toe-hold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe-holds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toehold.
low-doc loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-doc loan
Atacamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Atacaman
Atacamian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atacamians
Senses: glosses: Atacaman
Atacamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Atacaman + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Atacaman
Atacamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atacamanians
Etymology: From Atacaman + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Atacaman
Atacamenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Atacaman (from or of Atacama)
Atacamenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atacamenians
Senses: examples: text: Subsequently, the Atacamenians developed their own distinctive ware.
ref: 1943, in Excavations in northern Chile (edited by Junius Bouton Bird, published by the Institute of Andean Research, New York, NY), page 202
text: Another issue is language. After the conquest, the Spanish administrators in San Pedro cut out the tongues of anyone who spoke the Atacamenians’ original language, known as Cunza, our tongue.
ref: 2000, Lake Sagaris, Bone and Dream: into the world's driest desert, page 91:
text: Strategically located on the highest spot overlooking the rivery valley, it was built by a people from Bolivia […]. With control of the river, they imposed a tax for water rights on the local Atacamenians.
ref: 2004, Mary A. Hood, The Strangler Fig and Other Tales: Field Notes of a Conservationist, page 45:
glosses: Atacaman (person from Atacama)
pontoon bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontoon bridges
Senses: examples: text: As Hiro is entering their neighborhood, he sees men running down the undulating pontoon bridge that serves as the main street, carrying guns and knives.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 385:
glosses: A temporary bridge built over floating pontoons.
hiatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a hiatus.
Derived terms: transhiatal
soft shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft shoulder
hallebardiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallebardier
Sprouser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sprousers
Etymology: From Sprouse (“Dylan and Cole Sprouse”) + -er.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan or supporter of Dylan and Cole Sprouse (identical twin actors, born 1992).
pay-and-display
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a car park in which the motorist obtains a ticket (for a specified period) from a coin-operated machine and displays it in the car so it can be checked by a parking attendant.
Related terms: park-and-ride
hybridation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybridations
Senses: glosses: hybridization
hybridations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hybridation
Q.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: a COLLECTION of ARTICLES, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, & Conſtitutions Eccleſiaſtical, With other PUBLICK RECORDS of the Church of England, Chiefly in the Times of K. Edward VI. Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and K. Charles I.
ref: 1684 [1559], Anth[ony] Sparrow, compiler, A Collection of Articles, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, & Constitutions Ecclesiastical, with Other Publick Records of the Church of England, […], 4th edition, London: […] Blanch Rawlet […], →OCLC, title page:
text: Wherefore the Earl of Eſſex, if he had not been befated with a ſtrong Opinion of ſucceſs in all his actions, (though built on the weakeſt foundation,) would never have referred his life and future well-being to the ſole arbitration of Chance, and the unconſtant guidance of a Womans Affection; which being only skin-deep, could not but in a Court furniſh a perſon of far leſs magnitude than a Sovereign Power with choice enough; eſpecially after his enemies, for their own ſecurity, had ſo far Indulged his, as to furniſh him with an Army paid by the Q. and choſen by himſelf.
ref: 1689 [1683], Francis Osborn[e], “Some Traditional Memorials on the Reign of Q. Elizabeth”, in The Works of Francis Osborn, Esq; […], 9th edition, London: Printed, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 606:
text: And his Elogy upon Q. Elizabeth, and her Successor K. James, in the latter end of his Henry VII, is a Proof of that Play's being written after the Accession of the latter of those two Princes to the Crown of England.
ref: 1709, Nicholas Rowe, Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear:
text: MEMORIALS of AFFAIRS of STATE in the REIGNS of Q. ELIZABETH and K. JAMES I.
ref: 1725, Ralph Winwood, Edmund Sawyer, Memorials of Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. […] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Printed by W[illiam] B[owyer], for T. Ward, […], →OCLC, title page:
text: Tories taken in by K. William, II. 40, 242, 254. and by Q. Anne, 313, 314, 552.
ref: a. 1716 (date written), Thomas Burnet, “An Index to the Two Volumes of This History”, in [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by Thomas Burnet, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume II, London: […] Joseph Downing […], and Henry Woodfall […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 763, column 2:
glosses: Abbreviation of Queen.
Coordinate terms: K.
Qu.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I have read to his Majesty that part of your letter touching the passing a compliment to the Qu. of Swede upon occasion of the Qu. her mother’s death, which the K. would have you forbear to do.
ref: 1655 May 4, Edward Nicholas, “[Letter to Henry de Vic]”, in George F. Warner, editor, The Nicholas Papers: Correspondence of Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, volume 2, published 1892, page 274:
text: Thus Dy’d this famous Favourite of Qu. Elizabeth.
ref: 1695, The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. Elizabeth and the E. of Essex, volume 2, page 111:
text: Surely very noticeable, those five malted progenitors: probably gatherers of much of the wealth which set up the family, and shoved it by Qu. Elizabeth’s time into full “gentleness.”
ref: a. 1920, Louise Imogen Guiney, edited by Grace Guiney, Letters of Louise Imogen Guiney, volume 2, published 1926, page 152:
glosses: Abbreviation of Queen.
leaningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more leaningly
form: most leaningly
Etymology: From leaning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Form a stratum of peats upon all the ground, setting them leaningly on end with an inclination toward the stake or centre[…]
ref: 1851, John Marius Wilson, The Rural Cyclopedia, volume 3, page 785:
glosses: With a leaning motion or posture.
nomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomials
Etymology: Compare binomial, polynomial.
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A name or term.
nomials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomial
stitchwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stitchworts
Etymology: From stitch + wort, as once believed to cure the type of pain called a stitch.
Senses: glosses: A kind of chickweed, Rabelera holostea.
stitchworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stitchwort
conspersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈspɜː(ɹ)ʒən/
Forms: form: conspersions
Etymology: From Latin cōnspersiō, from cōnspergō (“to sprinkle”).
Senses: examples: text: The conspersion and washing the door-posts.
ref: 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of sprinkling.
conspersions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspersion
monticulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monticulous
form: most monticulous
Senses: glosses: monticulate
ecthlipses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecthlipses
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”), from ἐκθλίβω (ekthlíbō, “to squeeze out”), from θλίβω (thlíbō, “to squeeze; to compress”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
qualifier: classics
glosses: In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
Related terms: eclipsis
ellipsis
assever
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assevers
form: assevering
form: assevered
form: assevered
Etymology: Compare Old French asseverer, from Latin asseverare.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of asseverate.
assevered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of assever
assevering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of assever
assevers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assever
assevereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assever + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assever
Herati
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Herat + -i
Senses: examples: text: “She has a Herati accent. You don’t.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 258:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Herat.
Herati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heratis
Etymology: Herat + -i
Senses: examples: text: “Some angry Heratis killed a few Soviet advisers, so the Soviets sent in tanks and helicopters and pounded this place.”
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 383:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Herat.
Heratis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Herati
Herat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛɹɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑːt
Etymology: From Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠harēw⁠/).
Senses: examples: text: He [...] told her that Herat, the city where Mariam was born, in 1959, had once been the cradle of Persian culture, the home of writers, painters, and Sufis.
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 5:
glosses: A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.
examples: text: Shortly before they cross the border into Herat, they pass an Afghan refugee camp.
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 381:
glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Related terms: Aria
Harev
Hari
vernacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vernacles
Senses: glosses: A veronica (image of Jesus).
vernacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernacle
comprecation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comprecations
Etymology: From Latin comprecatio, from comprecari (“to pray to”). See precarious.
Senses: examples: text: Comprecation for spiritual good things
ref: 1651, John Wilkins, A discourse concerning the gift of prayer: shewing what it is, wherein it consists and how far it is attainable by industry:
glosses: The act of praying together.
comprecations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comprecation
simars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simar
samarra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samarras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of simar.
samarras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samarra
souce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊs/
rhymes: -aʊs
Forms: form: souces
form: soucing
form: souced
form: souced
Senses: examples: text: sadly soucing on the sandy shore ,
He tombled on an heape
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of souse.
souce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊs/
rhymes: -aʊs
Forms: form: souces
Senses: examples: text: With dreadfull force he flies at her bylive ,
That with his souce , which none enduren dare
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of souse.
souced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of souce
souces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of souce
soucing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of souce
superlation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superlations
Etymology: From Latin superlatio. See superlative.
Senses: examples: text: he gave such a studied glosse and superlation to the Text.
ref: 1647, George Buck, The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard The Third:
glosses: exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety
superlations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlation
torsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torsals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of torsel.
torsals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torsal
tunnage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunnages
Etymology: From tun + -age. Compare tonnage.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tonnage.
tunnages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunnage
cachiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caxiri (“an alcoholic drink made from manioc or cassava”).
spanaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spanaemic
form: most spanaemic
form: spanemic
Etymology: From spanaemia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: spanaemic blood
text: spanaemic patient
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
excerp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excerps
form: excerping
form: excerped
form: excerped
Etymology: From Latin excerpere, excerptum, from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, gather”). See harvest and compare scarce (adjective).
Senses: examples: text: If in that sentence which Mr Barlee hath excerped out of my letter, he can find the word reall, then I must necessarily either explain, or condemne my selfe
ref: 1659, Henry Hickman, Πατρο-σχολαστικο-δικαιωσις:
glosses: To pick out.
excerped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excerp
excerping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excerp
excerps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excerp
sea acorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea acorns
Senses: glosses: An acorn barnacle (Balanus).
sea acorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea acorn
rhaetizite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called from Latin Rhaetia, Raetia (“the Rhetian Alps”), where it is found, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of the mineral kyanite.
maninoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maninose
Maniots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maniot
rhaitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhaita
fistulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɪstjʊlət/
Forms: form: fistulates
form: fistulating
form: fistulated
form: fistulated
Etymology: Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).
Senses: examples: text: a fistulated ulcer
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
fistulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɪstjʊlət/
Etymology: Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).
Senses: glosses: Hollowed like a fistula.
fistulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fistulate
fistulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fistulate
fistulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fistulate
cronet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cronets
Etymology: Compare coronet, crownet.
Senses: glosses: The coronet of a horse.
cronets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cronet
broggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: broggles
form: broggling
form: broggled
form: broggled
form: braggle
Etymology: A derivative of dialectal English brog (“sniggle, fish with a brog”), equivalent to brog + -le. Compare brog (noun).
Senses: examples: text: And as this way of fishing is called Sniggling, so it is called Broggling for Eels
ref: 1674, The Gentleman's Recreation:
glosses: To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
glosses: To poke around, especially poke around in a hole with a stick.
broggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of broggle
broggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broggle
broggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of broggle
rouly-pouly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rolly-pooly (“game”).
metaphrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metaphrase
metaphrasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation
glosses: metaphrase; repartee
Related terms: metaphrased
metaphrastic
cackerel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cackerels
Etymology: From Old French caquerel, cagarel, from the root of English cack.
Senses: glosses: The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times.
cackerels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cackerel
Marios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mario
Marios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mario
Scipiones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scipione
dignotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dignotions
Etymology: From Latin dignoscere (“to distinguish”), from di-, dis- + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).
Senses: examples: text: That temperamentall dignotions, and conjecture of prevalent humours, may be collected from spots in our nails, we are not averse to concede.
ref: 1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
glosses: distinguishing mark; diagnostic
dignotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dignotion
rachidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rhachidian.
brocatello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brocatellos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brocatel.
brocatellos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brocatello
musculin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin musculus (“a muscle”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: syntonin
sapientize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sapientizes
form: sapientizing
form: sapientized
form: sapientized
Etymology: From sapient + -ize.
Senses: examples: c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor
Truly evangelical way of solemnizing a party measure, and sapientizing Calvin's 'tolerabiles ineptias' by making them 'ineptias usque ad carcerem et verbera intolerantes!'
glosses: To make sapient.
calyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calyons
Senses: examples: text: The church was new built since the year 1448; for Richard Gowty , by his will that year made , ordered his body to be buried in the churchyard of St. Mary at the Key , in Ipswich , and gave Calyon stone for the whole church
ref: 1830, G. R. Clarke, The History and Description of the Town and Borough of Ipswich:
glosses: flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.
calyons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calyon
expeditate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˈpɛdɪteɪt/
rhymes: -ɛdɪteɪt
Forms: form: expeditates
form: expeditating
form: expeditated
form: expeditated
Etymology: From Latin expeditatus, past participle of expeditare (“to expeditate”), from ex (“out”) + ped- (“foot”).
Senses: examples: text: They expeditated the dogs, to stop them chasing deer.
topics: law
qualifier: forest law
glosses: To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
Derived terms: unexpeditated
expeditated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of expeditate
expeditates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of expeditate
expeditating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expeditate
miscontinuance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscontinuances
Etymology: From mis- + continuance?
Senses: topics: law
glosses: discontinuance
topics: law
glosses: continuance by undue process
miscontinuances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscontinuance
nutburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutburgers
Etymology: From nut (“type of seed”) + burger.
Senses: examples: text: There were vegetable pies and nutburgers, spinach lasagne and stuffed mushrooms simmering over candlelit hot plates.
ref: 1990, Mary Wings, She Came in a Flash, Plume, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: A patty made from or containing nuts; a burger containing such a patty.
nutburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutburgers
Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of nut (“crazy person”) + burger.
Senses: examples: text: "She's a nutburger. She tracked me down at my job —"
ref: 2005, Joshilyn Jackson, Gods in Alabama, Grand Central Publishing, published 2007, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: A person considered crazy or eccentric.
Synonyms: sense: crazy person
word: mad person
nutburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutburger
nastyass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nastyass
form: most nastyass
Etymology: From nasty + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: And what a nastyass stale butt it was too, already smoked once and picked out of the ashtray, tasting burnt smoke.
ref: 1991, J. R. Creech, Music and Crime, Random House, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: disgusting, gross
examples: text: If it is a boy, and I know it is, then naming him Charlie is also a way of remembering, but remembering people in my family, who may not be all rich and smart like the Willets is, but we don't got no nastyass old psycho killers in our family tree neither; […]
ref: 2011, Kathleen McKenna, The Wedding Gift, Bell Bridge Books, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: loathsome, contemptible
examples: text: "SWAT uses those nastyass hollow points. A head-hit pretty much turns everything into Hamburger Helper.
ref: 2011, Dennis Palumbo, Fever Dreams, Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: badass
Harperite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harperites
Etymology: From Harper + -ite.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Harperite.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of Stephen Harper and the policies of his government.
Harperites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Harperite
future simple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple future
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The perfective future tense.
spike someone's guns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spikes someone's guns
form: spiking someone's guns
form: spiked someone's guns
form: spiked someone's guns
Etymology: From the wartime practice of welding a metal spike into the touch hole of a cannon (generally done to enemy guns by raiders, or to one's own guns if forced to abandon them in a retreat), making the cannon impossible to fire.
Senses: examples: text: But whatever the Russians may have felt (and, apparently, still do feel) about Shakespear, his superiors were delighted by the way he had so skilfully spiked the Tsar's guns by liberating his subjects.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 205:
text: Labour is known to be worried about the Cameron effect and might attempt to spike his guns.
ref: 2005 November 8, John Crace, The Guardian:
glosses: To frustrate a person's efforts or designs; to undercut, to render helpless.
cossid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒsɪd/
Forms: form: cossids
form: cosset
Etymology: From Arabic قَاصِد (qāṣid, “courier”).
Senses: examples: text: On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.
ref: 1834, “News from Candahar”, in Accounts and Papers, 11.XL:
text: As elsewhere, contact was maintained by means of fleet-footed messengers, known as cossids, who took their lives in their hands running the gauntlet with secret despatches concealed on them.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 221:
glosses: A courier or messenger.
cossid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒsɪd/
Forms: form: cossids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.
cossids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cossid
masterly inactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Majority Leader Alben Barkley had advised patience and silence, to let the isolationists wear themselves out. This plan of masterly inactivity had flopped frightfully.
ref: 1941 March 10, “Peacemongers”, in Time:
text: This cautious new approach was to become known as the doctrine of ‘masterly inactivity’, in sharp and obvious contrast to the aggressive ‘forward’ policy which, with such disastrous results in Afghanistan, had preceded it.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 256:
text: Deep divisions within the Bank of England's monetary policy committee suggest that interest rates are likely to be on hold for a while to come. Whether indecision will translate into masterly inactivity is another matter.
ref: 1999 August 19, Mark Milner, The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
qualifier: public policy
glosses: A policy of deliberate inactivity, carried out with diplomatic skill, so as to preserve a predominant influence without risking anything.
Eastern Question
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eastern question
Senses: examples: text: This was finalised a few weeks later at the Congress of Paris, called to settle the entire Eastern Question.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 256:
glosses: The diplomatic and political issues raised by the decline and break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
ignifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ignifuges
Etymology: From igni- + -fuge.
Senses: glosses: fire retardant
ignifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ignifuge
Wrangel Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Baltic German explorer Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel. See Wikipedia article on Wrangel Island for explanation.
Senses: glosses: An island of Russia in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea.
atinumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From -n- (“neural”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunomodulator that binds to reticulon-4.
anistreplase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A thrombolytic drug.
azacyclonol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to diminish hallucinations in psychotics.
azacosterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A derivative of cholesterol in which two carbon atoms have been replaced with nitrogen.
atagabalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug related to gabapentin, under development for the treatment of insomnia.
azaloxan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antidepressant drug, developed in the 1980s but never marketed.
azasetron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aza(bicyclo) + -setron (“serotonin receptor 5-HT₃ antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiemetic drug.
azalanstat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -stat (“enzyme inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiobesity drug.
azimilide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antiarrhythmic drug.
atamestane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mestane (“aromatase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An aromatase inhibitor that blocks estrogen production in the body.
azipramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pramine (“substance of the imipramine group”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic antidepressant drug, developed in the 1970s but never marketed.
asimadoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug which acts as a peripherally selective κ-opioid agonist.
azilsartan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -sartan (“angiotensin II receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat hypertension.
Derived terms: azilsartan kamedoxomil
azilsartan medoxomil
azumolene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A more water-soluble analogue of dantrolene, used to treat malignant hyperthermia.
apaziquone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indolequinone that is a bioreductive prodrug and a chemical analogue of the older chemotherapeutic agent mitomycin C.
indolequinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indolequinones
Etymology: From indole + quinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of molecules based upon an indole but with two additional ketone groups (quinone) attached to the ring structure.
indolequinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indolequinone
tirapazamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An experimental anticancer drug that is activated to a toxic radical only at very low levels of oxygen.
aviptadil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An analogue of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
azosemide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -semide (“furosemide derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A diuretic drug.
avanafil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -afil (“inhibitor of phosphodiesterase PDE5 with vasodilator action”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.
Related terms: sildenafil
tadalafil
vardenafil
arnolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A beta blocker drug.
asfotase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat hypophosphatasia.
hypophosphatasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypophosphatasias
Etymology: From hypo- + phosphatase + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A rare and sometimes fatal metabolic bone disease characterised by phosphatase deficiency.
Synonyms: word: HPP
Derived terms: hypophosphatasic
hypophosphatasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypophosphatasia
hypophosphatasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypophosphatasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypophosphatasia.
hypophosphatemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypophosphatemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypophosphatemia.
hypophosphataemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypophosphatemic.
anitrazafen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug displaying COX-2 inhibitor activity.
ataluren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A novel small-molecular agent designed to make ribosomes become less sensitive to, or possibly ignore, premature stop codons.
aptazapine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic antidepressant evaluated in the 1980s but never marketed.
azlocillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (imid)az(o)l(idine) + -o- + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An acylampicillin antibiotic with an extended spectrum of activity and greater in vitro potency than the carboxy penicillins.
Derived terms: fuzlocillin
Related terms: mezlocillin
piperacillin
aminoglutethimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌmi.noʊ.ɡluˈtɛθ.ɪˌmaɪd/
Etymology: From amino- + glutethimide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug C₁₃H₁₆N₂O₂ that inhibits the production of steroids by the adrenal cortex by blocking the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and is used chiefly in the treatment of Cushing's disease. It is a derivative of glutethimide and has also been used as an aromatase inhibitor to treat cancers of the breast and prostate.
demarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demarch
city titty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city titties
Senses: glosses: A raised marker separating the lanes of a road.
ghost post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost posts
Senses: glosses: A comment, on a social networking website, that has been deleted, resulting in confusion since the conversation is now incomplete.
frost heave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost heaves
Senses: glosses: A raising of the level of the ground due to the freezing of moist soil
spadish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspeɪdɪʃ/
rhymes: -eɪdɪʃ
Forms: form: more spadish
form: most spadish
Etymology: From spade + -ish, in reference to the phrase call a spade a spade.
Senses: examples: text: My friend was very spadish when he said, "Dude, just dump her."
glosses: Speaking plainly, without euphemism or diplomacy.
necessary evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necessary evils
Senses: examples: text: Another punishing round of chemo is a necessary evil if Lisa is to have a fighting chance against the cancer.
text: My boss is a real piece of work, but my kids make keeping this job a necessary evil.
text: Architecturally the stations of the Tonbridge-Hastings line are of great interest. Wadhurst, Robertsbridge and Stonegate are of simple Italinate^([sic]) style, unspoiled by that necessary evil of a platform awning.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529:
glosses: An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.
Related terms: you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
necessary evils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessary evil
Christos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A male given name from Greek
security by design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: security-by-design
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: security
glosses: Relying on a secure design to defend against attacks.
jeopardization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeopardizations
Etymology: From jeopardize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of jeopardizing; the placing of something into jeopardy; risking.
jeopardizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeopardization
thizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thizz
amaryllidaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amaryllid + -aceous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
Synonyms: amaryllideous
potato onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato onions
Senses: glosses: A variety of onion, similar to the shallot but producing larger bulbs.
Synonyms: multiplier onion
multiplier onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplier onions
Senses: glosses: The potato onion.
powerstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerstrips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of power strip.
powerstrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerstrip
snowbirding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snowbird + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The practice of travelling from a colder climate to a warmer one during the winter.
bathmotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: more bathmotropic
form: most bathmotropic
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
Related terms: bathmotropy