cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ephedrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/
ipa: /ˈɛf.ə.dɹɪn/
Forms: form: ephedrines
Etymology: From ephedra + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The great advantage of ephedrine is its effectiveness if taken as a pill, whereas adrenaline works only if injected or inhaled.
ref: 2003, Samuel H. Barondes, chapter 5, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.
Derived terms: alifedrine
cinnamedrine
desoxyephedrine
-drine
etafedrine
ethylephedrine
mini ephedrine
oxyfedrine
phenylephedrine
pholedrine
propylhexedrine
pseudoephedrine
racephedrine
ephemerally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ephemerally
form: most ephemerally
Etymology: From ephemeral + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: word: fleetingly
word: transiently
word: awhile
word: briefly
word: ephemerally
word: fleetingly
word: flickeringly
word: for a minute
word: momentarily
word: momently
word: summarily
word: temporarily
word: transiently
word: transitorily
hypernyms: briefly
temporarily
glosses: In an ephemeral manner.
glosses: Regarding ephemera.
epidemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From epidemic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Malaria occurs endemically, epidemically, pandemically, or sporadically.
ref: 1886, Hermann Ludwig Eichhorst, Handbook of Practical Medicine, page 168:
glosses: In the manner of an epidemic.
glosses: Regarding epidemics.
epidermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to the epidermis or to the skin or bark
Derived terms: enepidermic
epidermically
epigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: epigraphs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).
Senses: glosses: An inscription, especially on a building.
glosses: A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
raw_tags: of a function
Derived terms: epigraphic
epigraphics
epigraphology
Related terms: epigram
epigraphy
epigrapher
epigraphist
epigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: epigraphs
form: epigraphing
form: epigraphed
form: epigraphed
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).
Senses: glosses: To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
epigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɪɡ.ɹə.fi/
ipa: [ʔɨˈpʰɪɡ.ɹə.fɪj]
Forms: form: epigraphies
Etymology: From epigraph + -y.
Senses: glosses: Inscriptions collectively.
synonyms: epigraphics
epigraphology
glosses: The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
Related terms: epigraph
epigrapher
epigraphic
pseudepigraphy
episodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From episodic + -ally.
Senses: synonyms: episodally
episodially
glosses: In an episodic manner; in episodes.
epithelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliə
Senses: glosses: plural of epithelium
epithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epithelium + -al.
Senses: examples: text: A similar procedure, Lasek (laser epithelial keratomileusis), is an option for people not suitable for Lasik.
ref: 2006 November 24, Ed Ewing, “Consumer test: Laser eye surgery”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2014:
text: These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].
ref: 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
Derived terms: adenoepithelial
adepithelial
antiepithelial
basiepithelial
bronchoepithelial
endoepithelial
enteroepithelial
epithelial body
epithelial cell
epithelial duct
epithelial dysplasia
epithelial dystrophy
epithelial germ
epithelialisation
epithelialise
epithelialization
epithelialize
epithelial lamina
epithelially
epithelialmyoepithelial
epithelial pearl
epithelial plug
epithelial tissue
extraepithelial
fibroepithelial
indolent lesion of epithelial origin
interepithelial
intraepithelial
juxtaepithelial
lymphoepithelial
macroepithelial
mucoepithelial
myoepithelial
nasoepithelial
neoepithelial
neuroepithelial
nonepithelial
panepithelial
periepithelial
planoepithelial
pseudoepithelial
subepithelial
transepithelial
tubuloepithelial
unepithelial
uroepithelial
epochal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈiː.pɒk.əl]
ipa: [ˈɛ.pək.əl]
Forms: form: more epochal
form: most epochal
Etymology: From epoch + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an epoch.
examples: text: But they were the great epochal design; their influence on locomotive development is felt to this day and their niche in railway history is secure.
ref: 1954 May, John W. Grant, “A Railway Requiem”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
text: It had been an epochal decade for cancer epidemiology, but equally, an epochal decade for tobacco.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 250:
glosses: Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making.
Derived terms: epochality
epochally
nonepochal
thorn in someone's side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thorns in someone's side
Senses: examples: text: Wait. Let this moment be remembered. For on this day, we three -- Kor, Dahar Master of the Klingons, Jadzia Dax, a joined Trill of seven lives, and Worf, son of Mogh and thorn in Gowron's side -- together stepped forth into the eye of destiny.
ref: 1995, “The Sword of Kahless”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 8 (Science Fiction), spoken by Kor, →OCLC:
text: All the billions in the world and Manchester City still cannot rid themselves of the most persistent thorn in their side.
ref: 2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:
text: Up until now, Torres has been best known through their trenchant pieces for magazines such as Salon, aeon and Foreign Policy as a thorn in the side of the longtermist movement.
ref: 2023 July 22, Andrew Anthony, “The pro-extinctionist philosopher who has sparked a battle over humanity’s future”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
text: The sculpture’s spotlight on Trump’s past relationship with the convicted sex trafficker underscores what has been a particularly persistent thorn in the president’s side, and has caused fissures in the Trump’s typically united Maga base.
ref: 2025 September 24, Cy Neff, “New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A persistent annoyance.
Synonyms: thorn in the flesh
Related terms: bone in the throat
chip on one's shoulder
Proto-Japonic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: proto-Japonic
Etymology: From proto- + Japonic; compare Proto-Indo-European, etc.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.
Proto-Japonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proto-Japonic
Etymology: From proto- + Japonic; compare Proto-Indo-European, etc.
Senses: examples: text: *mentu is a Proto-Japonic word that means water.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Proto-Japonic language.
Synonyms: Proto-Japanese
Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
Scooby snack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskuːbi ˌsnak/
Forms: form: Scooby snacks
form: Scooby Snack
Etymology: Derived from the dog biscuits given to Shaggy and Scooby-Doo in the cartoon Scooby-Doo.
Senses: examples: text: Then we will send them along the conveyor belt to be packaged and shipped off to some Java engineer turned writer who is in desperate need of a Scooby Snack.
ref: 2000, Dick Steflik et al., Advanced Java Networking, page 2:
text: If for some reason the heart is not feather-light, it is Anubis' grim task to toss it like a Scooby snack to the menacing, ever-hungry she-monster, Ammit.
ref: 2003, Denise Dumars, Lori Nyx, The Dark Archetype: Exploring the Shadow Side of the Divine, page 71:
text: It's over, and I scored not so much as a Scooby Snack.
ref: 2005, Anne Thomas Soffee, Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: A True Story of Faking It in Hair Metal L.A., page 61:
glosses: A treat, usually a snack, especially if given as a reward.
examples: text: Runnin' around, robbin' banks, all whacked off of Scooby snacks
ref: 1996, “Scooby Snacks”, in Come Find Yourself, performed by Fun Lovin' Criminals:
text: "Scooby snacks! Can we, pleeease?" Malik grinned wryly, broke a baggy of weed out, and started stuffing the pipe."
ref: 2001, Jaina Bell, Retards, Rebels, & Slackers, page 25:
text: '“On my honor,” I said, “I am not whacked up on Scooby Snacks.”'
ref: 2005, Meg Cabot, Darkest Hour, page 225:
text: "And then there's the question of what he's going to do when you run out of scooby snacks. You think he's tweaking now..."
ref: 2006, David Wellington, Monster Nation, page 226:
glosses: A recreational drug, particularly cannabis or methamphetamine.
glosses: A cocktail made from Midori, banana liqueur, coconut rum, and pineapple juice.
electrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌɛlɪkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
ipa: /əˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
ipa: /iˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɛləkʈriʃ(ɪ)jən/
Forms: form: electricians
Etymology: From electric + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.
glosses: A scientist who studies electricity.
Derived terms: state electrician
Related terms: electric
electronic
electrical
electricity
electromagnetic
electrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrifiers
Etymology: From electrify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Naturally the forms of traction occupy Mr. Freeman Allen much of his time and he sits on no fence here; he is an "electrifier", with good reasons advanced—more power to his elbow.
ref: 1959 May, G. F. Fiennes (reviewer), “New Reading on Railways: British Railways Today and Tomorrow. By G. Freeman Allen. Ian Allan. 25s.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 271:
glosses: Anything that, or anyone who, electrifies or startles.
electrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrify
electrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electrify
electrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more electrifying
form: most electrifying
Senses: glosses: that electrifies
examples: text: The speech might have been electrifying close up, Mr. Conley said, but people near him drifted away before it finished.
ref: 2013 June 18, Alison Smale, “Reception for Obama Is More Sober Than in 2008”, in New York Times:
text: In an electrifying atmosphere on Court Philippe Chatrier, Alcaraz produced the finest performance of his career to claim a fifth major title.
ref: 2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC:
text: The singer had an electrifying and unpredictable onstage presence and a dry sense of humor that endeared him to hordes of adoring fans.
ref: 2025 July 22, Kory Grow, “Ozzy Osbourne obituary: The Godfather of Heavy Metal who changed the world”, in Rolling Stone:
glosses: thrilling or startling
Derived terms: electrifyingly
unelectrifying
electrocardiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrocardiographies
Etymology: From electro + cardio- + -graphy.
Senses: synonyms: ECG
EKG
glosses: The science and practice of the creation and diagnostic interpretation of electrocardiograms.
Related terms: english: the device that performs the process
translation: the device that performs the process
word: electrocardiograph
english: a form of ultrasonography not to be hastily confused
translation: a form of ultrasonography not to be hastily confused
word: echocardiography
electroencephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electroencephalograph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to electroencephalography or electroencephalographs
Derived terms: electroencephalographically
electrologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrologists
Etymology: From electrology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who uses electrolysis to remove body hair.
electromagnetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electromagnetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of electromagnetism.
electroplate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electroplates
form: electroplating
form: electroplated
form: electroplated
Etymology: From electro- + plate.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: electrodeposit
glosses: To coat (an object) with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis.
Derived terms: electroplatable
electroplater
electroplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroplates
Etymology: From electro- + plate.
Senses: glosses: Electroplated objects.
glosses: The layer of metal deposited in the course of electroplating.
electroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + -scopic.
Senses: glosses: of, pertaining to, or by means of an electroscope
electroshock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroshocks
Etymology: From electro- + shock.
Senses: examples: text: The injection of the relaxant myocaine (glycerol ester of guaiacol) before an electroshock prevents the dysfunction of carbohydrate metabolism, restricts the splitting of phosphocreatine after cardiazol and picrotoxin, and after electroshock and amidopyrine it facilitates phosphocreatine synthesis (Mison-Crighel, 1957). Similarly, alkaline phosphatases no longer decrease after an electroshock if myocaine has previously been injected (Appel et al., 1957).
ref: 1965, Experimental Epilepsy, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170:
text: The associations between valence feature codes and tactile codes are assumed, reflecting that the model already 'knows' that an electroshock is inherently experienced as unpleasant. The associations between word shapes and valence codes are also assumed, reflecting prior knowledge of the valence of certain words. In contrast to these fixed associations, the model has to learn the associations between valence codes and motor codes during the training phase.
ref: 2011, Maarten H. Lamers, Fons J. Verbeek, Human-Robot Personal Relationships: Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers, Springer, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Supramaximal Electroshock Test (Mouse and Rat)
After drug administration, each animal received an electroshock [...] through corneal electrodes to initiate a hindlimb tonic extension convulsion; anticonvulsant activity occurred when the above convulsion was blocked.
ref: 2012, Sidney Cohen, The Therapeutic Potential of Marihuana, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 478:
text: Test mice were injected i.vt. with 95 mM taurine in a volume of 2 μ1,3 min prior to an electroshock (50 mA for 0.2 sec). The dose of taurine was chosen from our previous data on the suppressive action of the sulfur amino acid [...]. Control animals were injected with [...] phosphate buffered saline solution in an identical volume and 3 min later received the electroshock. All solutions injected i.vt.
ref: 2013, Akitane Mori, Guanidines: Historical, Biological, Biochemical, and Clinical Aspects of the Naturally Occurring Guanidino Compounds, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 228:
qualifier: An
glosses: electric shock.
examples: text: Although California has the toughest laws in the country regulating electroshock and requiring patient consent, due to the pressures from the medical lobby these have never been enforced. The procedure is extremely lucrative for the doctors who use it.
ref: 1983 April 9, John Kyper, “Nineteen Arrested In Berkeley Shock Protest”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
text: As he awaited the third series of electroshocks in late October 1943, Artaud recalled the accident to Ferdière: 'The electroshock therapy has caused me to suffer terribly, and I beg you to spare me another suffering.'
ref: 2016, David A. Shafer, Antonin Artaud, Reaktion Books, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electroshocks
form: electroshocking
form: electroshocked
form: electroshocked
Etymology: From electro- + shock.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
Derived terms: electroshock gun
electroshock therapy
electrotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrotypes
Etymology: From electro- + type.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: a plate, made by electroplating a mold, such as used in letterpress printing
Derived terms: electrotyper
electrotypic
electrotypist
photoelectrotype
electrotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrotypes
form: electrotyping
form: electrotyped
form: electrotyped
Etymology: From electro- + type.
Senses: glosses: to make such a plate
elementally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more elementally
form: most elementally
Etymology: From elemental + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an elemental manner
glosses: literally
hoydenish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoydenish
form: most hoydenish
Etymology: From hoyden + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: ...the money Lady Penryhn produced was as little as her services were great; she therefore, (guaranteed by a look from her grace) in a kind of mock-hoydenish manner, seized all the purses, emptied them into the auctioneer's hat, and declared that, as every one present had done their best, all were equal benefactors to the charity;...
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 224:
glosses: Somewhat hoyden.
Derived terms: hoydenishly
hoydenishness
root canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root canals
Senses: topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The hollow part of the root of a tooth, containing the nerve and blood vessels.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A surgical operation on a root canal (endodontic therapy), typically filling it with gutta-percha.
Related terms: endodontics
how-to
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: howto
form: how to
Etymology: From how + to.
Senses: examples: text: The Rules is a veritable compost heap of do's and (mostly) don't's for a woman—oops, girl—who wants to master the fine art of womanipulation. It's a how-to book: how to make a man desperate to marry a girl […]
ref: 2010, Ellen Goodman, Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times:
glosses: That gives advice or instruction on a particular topic.
how-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: how-tos
form: howto
form: how to
Etymology: From how + to.
Senses: glosses: A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task.
glosses: A book or other guide describing how to accomplish tasks in a certain field.
INOP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of inoperative.
waling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
homophone: wailing
homophone: whaling
rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wale
waling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
homophone: wailing
homophone: whaling
rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: walings
Senses: examples: text: The pieces of sheeting are placed as the excavation is made, and it is necessary to place vertical and upright waling as well as horizontal waling pieces to hold the sheeting. This means, in some cases, a wider trench must be dug to allow for the extra width of the waling.
ref: 1990, Engineering and Contracting, volume 32, page 90:
text: Two rounds of waling on centre fitch on the largest size, and one round on the small size.
ref: 1920, The New South Wales Industrial Gazette, volume 17, page 166:
text: Where walls or sheeters span vertically, walings are needed to transfer loads from the sheeting to the struts, which provide the bracing, or to the anchors, which retain the sheeting. The walings need not be continuous as, for example, in hammer head struts used against diaphragm wall panels where separate waling reinforcement may be included within the panel reinforcement of the wall.
ref: 2003, Malcolm Puler, Deep Excavations: A Practical Manual, page 292:
glosses: A type of support structure used in excavations.
Related terms: waling-waling
footsoldier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footsoldiers
Etymology: From foot + soldier.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
Olympianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Olympian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hellenism (the modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece).
synonyms: word: Hellenism
extra: the modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece
foot soldier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fo͝ot sōl′jər
ipa: /fʊt ˈsəʊl.d͡ʒə/
ipa: /fʊt ˈsoʊl.d͡ʒəɹ/
Forms: form: foot soldiers
Etymology: From foot + soldier.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
examples: text: We are rightfully wary of straight Leftists who didn't give a damn for our struggle until they saw we had build ^([sic]) on our own, and then tried to recruit foot-soldiers from our ranks.
ref: 1980 February 9, Scott Tucker, “The Lavender Left”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 5:
glosses: A rank and file member of an institution, or supporter of a cause.
chronobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronobiologies
Etymology: From chrono- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: biorhythmics
biochronometry
glosses: The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity
Derived terms: sociochronobiology
Related terms: chronobiological
chronobiologist
bartisan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɑːtɪˈzæn/
Forms: form: bartisans
form: bartizan
Etymology: Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.
Senses: examples: text: she soon found it had no communication with any other part of the battlements, being an isolated bartisan, or balcony, secured, as usual, by a parapet, with embrasures, at which a few archers might be stationed for defending the turret, and flanking with their shot the wall of the castle on that side.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter X, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 165:
text: There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 131–132:
topics: architecture
glosses: A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
wikipedia: Walter Scott
squabbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squabblers
Etymology: From squabble + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who squabbles.
bartizan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɑːtɪˈzæn/
Forms: form: bartizans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bartisan.
squalidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squalidly
form: most squalidly
Etymology: From squalid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The History of Cilgerran, published in 1867, mentioned that ... 'the cottages, or rather hovels, in which the farm labourers dwell are squalidly wretched and unfit for human habitation'.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 121:
glosses: In a squalid manner.
chronograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒ.nə.ɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊ-/
ipa: /-ɡɹæf/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑ.nəˌɡɹæf/
ipa: /ˈkɹoʊ-/
Forms: form: chronographs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler”). Equivalent to chrono- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A chronogram.
glosses: A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
examples: text: Along this critical length Sir Nigel [Gresley], completely unmoved and in a very cheerful humour, came into my compartment and sat down next to me, with the immense chronograph in his hand that he had had made specially for speed recording; [...].
ref: 1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
glosses: A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
Derived terms: autochronograph
electrochronograph
photochronograph
seismochronograph
Related terms: chronographic
chronograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒ.nə.ɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊ-/
ipa: /-ɡɹæf/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑ.nəˌɡɹæf/
ipa: /ˈkɹoʊ-/
Forms: form: chronographs
form: chronographing
form: chronographed
form: chronographed
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler”). Equivalent to chrono- + -graph.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
squalidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From squalid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being squalid
squally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɔːli/
rhymes: -ɔːli
Forms: form: squallier
form: more squally
form: squalliest
form: most squally
Etymology: From squall + -y; from 1719.
Senses: examples: text: On the eighth of February the winds grew ſtrong and ſqually, accompanied with rain and a north-weſt ſwell;[…].
ref: 1759, John Lindsay, A Voyage to the Coast of Africa, In 1758, page 107:
text: Feb. 9. 1820.[…]The night was rather squally and cloudy, with occasional showers.
ref: 1824, John Davy, “Observations on the Specific Gravity and Temperature of Sea-Water, Made During a Voyage from Ceylon to England, in 1819 and 1820”, in David Brewster, Robert Jameson, editors, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, volume 10, page 319:
text: Within three days, having sailed into increasingly squally winds but still with extremely high temperatures, Arndell found himself kept busy with renewed bouts of seasickness.
ref: 2011, Mary Maclaren, The Four Elizabeths, Xlibris, published 2011, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
examples: text: Something whimpered in the room—high and squally.
ref: 1953, Annemarie Selinko, Désirée, William Morrow & Company, page 161:
text: One baby was three times as big as his brother and different in other ways. He wasn't bald and squinched and squally like most infants, but had a nimbus of red-gold hair and huge gray eyes and lay there smiling to himself.
ref: 1984, Bernard Evslin, Hercules, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2012, →ISBN:
text: “Well,” he said, “if I can't have a Buick, I'll at least have a son.”
When I was born, he very quickly saw that I was a scrawny, squally baby girl. I was not a Buick, and I was not his son.
ref: 2012, Ferida Wolff, “Not My Father's Son”, in Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul: Celebrating the Bond That Connects Generations, Open Road Integrated Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
Synonyms: squallish
Derived terms: squalliness
squally
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɔːli/
rhymes: -ɔːli
Forms: form: squallier
form: more squally
form: squalliest
form: most squally
Etymology: Probably related to scall + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Red bird eyne (Primula veris flore rubro), and white bird eyne (albo), p. 784 , grow very plentifully in moist and squally grounds in the north parts of England, as in Harwood neere to Blackburn in Lancashire, and ten miles from Preston in Aundernesse, also at Crosby Rauenswaith, and Crag-close in Westmoreland.
ref: 1633, Gerard, Herbal:
text: This method is accounted the best and cheapest way of hollow ditching, or draining, and will make the wettest squally land fit to bring very good corn, or to be laid down for grass, or other uses.
ref: 1727, Richard Bradley, A Complete Body of Husbandry, page 123:
text: They grow in my garden, where they flourish exceedingly, except Butterwoort, which groweth in our English squally wet grounds,
ref: 1882, John Ruskin, Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers:
glosses: Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.
examples: text: It is enacted, That if at any time after the first day of May, any cloth or kerſie, through the default or negligence of the carders, spinners or weavers, or any of them, shall or do prove pursy, cockly, bandy, squally or rowy by warp or woof, […]
ref: 1763, Danby Pickering, The Statutes at Large, From the First Year of Q. Mary to the Thirty-Fifth Year of Q. Elizabeth, volume VI, Joseph Bentham, page 98:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.
raw_tags: of cloth
square-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: square-dances
form: square-dancing
form: square-danced
form: square-danced
Senses: glosses: To participate in a square dance
squarely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɛə(ɹ).li/
ipa: /ˈskwɛɹ.li/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)li
Forms: form: more squarely
form: most squarely
Etymology: From square + -ly. First use appears c. 1557 in the writings of Robert Recorde.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: In the shape of a square; at right angles.
examples: text: “I stand squarely behind my decision,” he said, adding that he would not “shrink from my share of responsibility for where we are today.”
ref: 2021 August 16, Michael D. Shear, David E. Sanger, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden stands behind Afghan withdrawal, despite ‘hard and messy’ final days.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2021:
text: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
ref: 2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Firmly and solidly.
examples: text: But Republicans placed the blame squarely on Mr. Biden.
ref: 2021 August 16, Michael D. Shear, David E. Sanger, “Biden stands behind Afghan withdrawal, despite ‘hard and messy’ final days.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2021:
glosses: In a direct, straightforward and honest manner.
Derived terms: fairly and squarely
squareness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɛə.nəs/
ipa: /ˈskwɛɚ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈskweː.nəs/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈskweə.nəs/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈskwiə.nəs/
ipa: /ˈskweɹ.nəs/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈskwɜː(ɹ).nəs/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
Forms: form: squarenesses
Etymology: From Middle English squareness; equivalent to square + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being square
squarish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: skwâr′-ĭsh
ipa: /ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/
Forms: form: more squarish
form: most squarish
Etymology: From square + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Approximately square.
examples: text: When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side—squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did.
ref: 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
text: The cars, which are of pleasing but somewhat squarish outline, are unstreamlined.
ref: 1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 96:
text: 1996, Kenzaburō Ōe, An Echo of Heaven (1989), translated by Margaret Mitsutani, Tokyo: Kondansha International, Chapter 1, p. 22,
She gaily thrust her squarish chin toward the front of the tent.
glosses: Somewhat square.
glosses: Oblong.
Derived terms: squarishness
squashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squashier
form: squashiest
Etymology: From squash + -y.
Senses: examples: a squashy tomato
glosses: Easily squashed when pressed.
glosses: Resembling a bog or marsh underfoot.
squatness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From squat + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being squat
squawker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squawkers
Etymology: From squawk + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that squawks.
examples: text: The bosses grow weary of the scammers and squawkers and conclude that they're all a big nuisance.
ref: 2001, Max Rubin, Comp City: A Guide to Free Casino Vacations, page 185:
glosses: A person who complains or protests noisily.
glosses: An informant; a stool pigeon.
glosses: A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
glosses: The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
squeaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiː.kə/
ipa: /ˈskwi.kəɹ/
rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)
rhymes: -squeak
rhymes: -er
Forms: form: squeakers
Etymology: From squeak + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
A young user on a voice chat system who has a high-pitched voice.
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer.
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
An Australian grey crow-shrike or grey currawong (Strepera versicolor plumbea).
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
A piglet of the wild boar.
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
Any of the family Arthroleptidae of frogs.
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
Any of the genus Synodontis of catfish.
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
A young bird.
hypernyms: word: cheeper
word: tetrapod
word: vertebrate
word: animal
examples: text: […] A break from the routine of mundanity made the 40-year-old from Sivakasi revisit a childhood memory revolving a squeaker that was gifted to him by a relative. He recalls looking after the bird for a few years until he couldn’t do it anymore. The recollection set free the joy in the aviary of his heart after three decades and he settled on rearing his feathered friends thereafter.
ref: 2021 November 28, Azeefa Fathima, “Birds of a feather rejoice together in this TN man's home”, in New Indian Express, Good News:
glosses: One who or that which squeaks.
An animal that squeaks.
A young bird.
A squab; a young domestic pigeon still in the nest.
hypernyms: word: cheeper
word: tetrapod
word: vertebrate
word: animal
glosses: An informer.
examples: text: I mentioned that you correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential election outcomes, save one, in 2000 when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore, and that was a squeaker.
ref: 2024 October 3, Dana Taylor, “Allan Lichtman shares his 2024 presidential election prediction”, in USA Today (podcast transcript), The Excerpt:
glosses: A game or election won by a narrow margin.
examples: text: He sat down, let out a squeaker, and then unloaded his entire wedding breakfast into the pan. Cheers buddy. Nothing kills a moment of nostalgia better than a fat man using the shithouse.
ref: 2014, Daley James Francis, Walking Up a Slide:
glosses: An act of flatulence; a fart.
glosses: A child, especially an illegitimate one.
batoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: batoons
Etymology: From French bâton, from Latin bastum (“stick”).
Senses: examples: text: Of this mighty Order I am no mean member, but already one of the Chief Commanders, and may well aspire one day to hold the batoon of Grand Master.
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
glosses: A baton.
batoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: batoons
form: batooning
form: batooned
form: batooned
Etymology: From French bâton, from Latin bastum (“stick”).
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of baton.
squeakily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squeakily
form: most squeakily
Etymology: From squeaky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Whilst squeaking.
squeakiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From squeaky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being squeaky
squealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwilɚ/
Forms: form: squealers
Etymology: From squeal + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any animal or person who squeals.
glosses: A pig.
glosses: An informant.
glosses: A kind of jug used to carry beer having 1 litre or 32 ounce capacity (half the size of a growler).
glosses: Anything that makes a squealing noise.
squeamishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squeamishly
form: most squeamishly
Etymology: From squeamish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a squeamish manner.
squeamishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeamishnesses
Etymology: From squeamish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being squeamish
squeezable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːzəbəl/
rhymes: -iːzəbəl
Forms: form: more squeezable
form: most squeezable
Etymology: From squeeze + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A decade later, both Heinz and Hunt's introduced a new inverted, squeezable ketchup bottle that rested on its flip-bottom cap.
ref: 2013, Earl B. Russell, Cold Turkey at Nine: The Memoir of a Problem Child:
glosses: Able to be squeezed.
Derived terms: squeezableness
squeezability
squeezable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːzəbəl/
rhymes: -iːzəbəl
Forms: form: squeezables
Etymology: From squeeze + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The litany of packaging innovations introduced to or popularized in the U.S. food market over the last generation seems endless: flexible aseptic packaging, barrier plastics, squeezables, lightweight glass, the retort pouch, […]
ref: 1988, Prepared Foods, volume 157, numbers 11-13, page 9:
text: Your other options are to hide the tubs and jars and buy squeezables for the guests' visit, or to buy separate containers and clearly mark which ones are gluten-free.
ref: 2013, Hilary Du Cane, Sue Baic, Nigel Denby, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies:
glosses: A product or package designed to dispense its contents when squeezed.
principalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of principality
biggin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪn
Forms: form: biggins
Etymology: From French béguin. Compare beguine.
Senses: examples: text: […] my brain has been topsy-turvy, they say, ever since the biggin was bound first round my head; so turning me upside down may peradventure restore it again.
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
text: An old woman's biggin for a nightcap.
ref: 1629, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Picture:
glosses: A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.
glosses: An official's hood or coif.
biggin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪn
Forms: form: biggins
form: bigging
Etymology: Said to have been from the inventor's surname.
Senses: examples: text: As he became more popular, household objects were brought into requisition for his instruction in a copious vocabulary; and whenever he appeared in the Yard ladies would fly out at their doors crying ‘Mr Baptist—tea-pot!’ ‘Mr Baptist—dust-pan!’ ‘Mr Baptist—flour-dredger!’ ‘Mr Baptist—coffee-biggin!’ At the same time exhibiting those articles, and penetrating him with a sense of the appalling difficulties of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
text: ‘That silver biggin holds coffee, and there are cups on the lower tier of the cart.’
ref: 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVI, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.
biggin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡɪn/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪn
Forms: form: biggins
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: examples: text: Oswald's wife then put before him a large pie, and some wheaten bread, with a biggin of good beer.
ref: 1847, Frederick Marryat, chapter 14, in The Children of the New Forest, England: H. Hurst:
glosses: A drinking vessel for ale or beer; possibly a tankard.
bring to heel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings to heel
form: bringing to heel
form: brought to heel
form: brought to heel
form: call to heel
Etymology: From the command to make a dog closely follow its master.
Senses: examples: text: They wanted a lesson, and they would get it; but it would take three months at least to bring them to heel.
ref: 1906, John Galsworthy, chapter 12, in The Forsyte Saga, Part I:
text: Even some fellow Conservatives maintain that Sir William has shown a dangerously authoritarian streak since enlisting as a general in Mrs. Thatcher's single-minded campaign to bring broadcasters to heel.
ref: 1988 June 10, Howell Raines, “Journal: In Tory Country, Someone to Watch Over TV”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jan 2012:
text: In reference to black teenagers, "We also have to have an organized effort against gangs…. They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called superpredators. No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.
ref: 1996 January 28, “Hillary Clinton”, in C-SPAN - Keene State College in New Hampshire:
text: Now Pasha says the ISI is the only organization that can bring the wayward Taliban to heel.
ref: 2011 April 4, “Ahmad Shuja Pasha”, in Time:
text: We know that Putin has vastly improved Russia’s armed forces, adding everything from hypersonic missile capabilities to advanced cyberwarfare tools. He has the firepower to bring Ukraine to heel.
ref: 2022 February 25, Thomas L. Friedman, “We Have Never Been Here Before”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Network Rail, which had been able to secure funding from a multitude of 'patient capital' players across the world, was brought to heel, its credit card scissored.
ref: 2023 July 12, Jim Steer, “Rail's route to seizing the initiative”, in RAIL, number 987, page 39:
glosses: To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
glosses: To cause to act in a disciplined manner.
squeezer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeezers
Etymology: From squeeze + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I made juice with a lemon squeezer.
text: Although it is possible to argue that the ogler's, pincher's, or squeezer's sexual misconduct is coercive, it is difficult.
ref: 1984, Rosemarie Tong, Women, Sex, and the Law, page 70:
glosses: Someone or something that squeezes.
glosses: A piece of foundry apparatus for shaping a ball of puddled iron.
glosses: A playing card that has its value shown in a corner such that a closely arranged hand may be studied (originally designed for poker but now standard).
examples: text: Upstairs the stakes are higher. [The vagina] can be used as a come-on for financial, marital, or other entrapments, as a squeezer by women who want to swindle a man out of his semen for dishonest or desperate impregnation, and as an impotent constrictor by those who want to deprive a man of his virile organ by violence, instead of caressing it into humility as an honest trophy-thief would do.
ref: 1970, Eric Berne, Sex in Human Loving:
text: Not all squeeze tactics rely on overt coercion, of course, as a squeezer's scheme sometimes can be achieved by lulling his squeezee into a false sense of security.
ref: 1985, Forest Hodge O'Neal, Robert B. Thompson, O'Neal's Oppression of Minority Shareholders, page 85:
text: A narrative often hear during short squeezes is that short sellers represent the Wall Street Establishment, while the squeezers represent feisty entrepreneurs and Main Street ordinary folks.
ref: 2023, Kenneth Winston, Quantitative Risk and Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice, page 65:
glosses: Someone or something that coerces; one who puts the squeeze on someone.
examples: text: You were playing Buckhunter at the bar last night and your game was so tight a gal offered to give you a squeezer in the parking lot.
ref: 2014, Letterkenny Problems:
text: Twenty-five one-armed squeezers sounds like a lot of unnecessary strain on the heart.
ref: 2019, Letterkenny (TV series):
glosses: A hand job, an instance of male masturbation, or manual sex performed on a man.
Derived terms: duck-squeezer
lemon squeezer
mop squeezer
squelchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squelchier
form: squelchiest
Etymology: From squelch + -y.
Senses: glosses: that squelches, or makes a squelching sound
Derived terms: squelchiness
squirmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwɝmi/
ipa: /ˈskwɜːmi/
Forms: form: squirmier
form: more squirmy
form: squirmiest
form: most squirmy
Etymology: From squirm + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Over a tense 83 minutes, Sweeney and Satter present a complex and contradictory image of Reality Winner: not as a lefty firebrand or a noble whistle-blower, but as a squirmy, self-deprecating over-achiever[…]
ref: 2023 February 17, Scott Roxborough, “Berlin: Sydney Sweeney on Becoming NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner for Docu-Fiction ‘Reality’”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
synonyms: wigglesome
wrigglesome
glosses: That squirms, writhes or wriggles.
Derived terms: squirmily
squirminess
syllabicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭlăʹbĭkāt
ipa: /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: syllabicates
form: syllabicating
form: syllabicated
form: syllabicated
Etymology: First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication.
Senses: examples: text: To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables.
ref: 1654, Joseph Brooksbank, Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words, page 27:
glosses: To syllabify.