cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fidge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪdʒ
Forms: form: fidges
form: fidging
form: fidged
form: fidged
form: fitch
Etymology: Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.
Senses: examples: text: "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors..."
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: To fidget; jostle or shake.
fidge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪdʒ
Forms: form: fidges
form: fitch
Etymology: Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.
Senses: glosses: A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.
Related terms: fidget
daddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdædəɫ/
Forms: form: daddles
form: daddling
form: daddled
form: daddled
form: dadle
form: dauldle
form: dawdle
Etymology: Probably dade + -le. Compare English doddle.
Senses: examples: text: I had to wait an hour at the station for the coming of his train. It was passed pleasantly in reading, ' The Victory Won,' an interesting narrative of the salvation of a sceptical physician. When uncle arrived, he and I daddled along a pretty narrow lane.
ref: 1869, Thomas Collins, The life of the rev. Thos. Collins:
glosses: To walk unsteadily; totter; dawdle
examples: text: "Thunder!" he cried. "A week! I can't do that; they'd have the black spot on me by then. The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn't keep what they got, and want to nail what is another's. Is that seamanly behavior, now, I want to know? But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again."
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: To diddle (cheat)
daddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdædəɫ/
Forms: form: daddles
Senses: glosses: The hand or fist; used in the phrase "tip us your daddle" meaning "give me your hand".
Derived terms: diddle-daddle
tip the daddle
shake out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shakes out
form: shaking out
form: shook out
form: shaken out
Senses: examples: text: Tasks needed to complete Crossrail: [...] Trial run the Class 345s over many thousands of miles on the completed railway to shake out any problems and ensure the highest levels of safety and reliability when passenger service begins.
ref: 2019 November 20, “Further testing requirements delay Crossrail to 2021”, in Rail, page 13:
glosses: To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
examples: text: "Thunder!" he cried. "A week! I can't do that; they'd have the black spot on me by then. The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn't keep what they got, and want to nail what is another's. Is that seamanly behavior, now, I want to know? But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again."
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To unfurl a reef from a sail
examples: text: We are curious to see how this all shakes out.
glosses: To result or transpire.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To shake one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.
slap bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: 2010, Nick Clegg at the NUS conference in April
I hope your conference is going to go well. You've certainly chosen a great time to hold it – slap bang in the middle of a general election campaign.
glosses: Exactly, precisely
Synonyms: just
right
slap
smack dab
exactly
behandling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of behandle
jump in one's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps in one's skin
form: jumping in one's skin
form: jumped in one's skin
form: jumped in one's skin
Senses: examples: text: The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: To start with fright.
Related terms: out of one's skin
louis d'or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/
ipa: /ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/
ipa: /ˌlui ˈdɔɹ/
ipa: /ˌluiz ˈdɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: louis d'or
form: louis d'ors
form: louis-d'or
form: Louis d'or
form: Louis-d'or
Etymology: Borrowed from French louis d'or (literally “golden louis”).
Senses: examples: text: They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266:
text: It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
hypernyms: louis
Louis
(Scotland) lew
glosses: Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.
Related terms: Friedrich d'or
shakes out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shake out
shaking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shake out
shook out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of shake out
shaken out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of shake out
treasure map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasure maps
Senses: examples: text: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: A map indicating the location of buried treasure.
hide-bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hide-bound
form: most hide-bound
Senses: examples: text: O, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.
ref: 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:
text: To such a hide-bound Great Western man as myself it did not at first prove a very congenial diet.
ref: 1944 November and December, Talisman, “A Broadening Horizon”, in Railway Magazine, page 339:
glosses: Alternative form of hidebound.
omas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oma
Zimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zimmer
Ankers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
diddle-daddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diddle-daddles
form: diddle-daddling
form: diddle-daddled
form: diddle-daddled
Senses: glosses: To dilly-dally
ballia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballium
equivalence relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equivalence relation
equivalence classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equivalence class
setoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setoid
MIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MICs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of methylisocyanate.
glosses: Initialism of minor in consumption (of alcohol).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of military-industrial complex.
topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of minimum inhibitory concentration.
MIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Michoacán: a state of Mexico.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Innovation Center.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Message Integrity Check, a strong encryption technology that is employed to prevent an attacker from capturing data packets, altering them and resending them.
qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: Initialism of Malaysian Indian Congress, a political party for Malaysian Indians.
MIC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The findings indicate that apart from cost, the rising consumption of MIC products is anchored on product and service innovations such as product warranty and free after-sales services.
ref: 2022, Mark Kwaku Mensah Obeng, “Beyond affordability: Explaining the consumption of Chinese products in Ghana”, in Cogent Social Sciences, volume 8, number 1, →DOI:
glosses: Initialism of made in China.
bracteas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bractea
gain lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gain line
fringers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringer
tight fives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tight five
coercitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coercitivities
Etymology: From coercitive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coercivity.
galvanomagnetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galvano- + magnetism.
Senses: glosses: electromagnetism related to the galvanomagnetic effect
Related terms: galvanomagnet
galvanomagnetic
gigaparsecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigaparsec
scatterometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scatter + -o- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to scatterometry
Related terms: scatterometer
scatterometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scatter + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The design and use of scatterometers
tetragonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tetragonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tetragonal manner
unicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a single cycle.
raw_tags: of a graph
silkenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more silkenly
form: most silkenly
Etymology: From silken + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This is not the doctrine, my friends, of the silkenly and lawnly religious; it wears the coarse texture of the fisherman, and walks uprightly and straightforward under it.
ref: 1834, Walter Savage Landor, Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, London: Saunders & Otley, page 155:
text: He appeared, hovering calf-eyed over a fragile and lovely creature whose skirts rustled silkenly as she moved.
ref: 1939, Edna Ferber, chapter 9, in A Peculiar Treasure, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., page 145:
text: […] there was a rush of warm wind and I felt it on my face, felt it moving silkenly across my face […]
ref: 1969, Chaim Potok, chapter 16, in The Promise, New York: Knopf Doubleday, published 2012, page 359:
glosses: In a silken manner.
Hawthornean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hawthornean
form: most Hawthornean
form: Hawthornian
Etymology: From Hawthorne + -an.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] I think you owe it to them both to let them in on your dark, Hawthornian little secret. Let them know you’re gay.”
ref: 1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 5, in Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, page 143:
text: 1996, Rosemary Mahoney, “Without a Trace,” review of The Missing by Andrew O’Hagan, New York Times, 10 November, 1996,
This unsettling book […] is suffused with the Hawthornean notion that at the edge of every village lies a dark forest, waiting to ensnare the unsuspecting.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American writer of dark Romantic novels and short stories.
Froude number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Froude numbers
Etymology: Named after William Froude.
Senses: qualifier: fluid mechanics
glosses: A dimensionless number defined as the ratio of a characteristic velocity to a gravitational wave velocity, used in fluid mechanics to determine the resistance of an object moving through water.
wikipedia: William Froude
Froude numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Froude number
muskat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muskats
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of musk cat.
musk cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musk cats
form: muskat
Senses: examples: text: As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still, / As that which from chaf'd muskats pores doth trill […]
ref: 1633, John Donne, The Comparison:
glosses: An animal which secretes musk, such as a civet, or musk deer.
glosses: A scented effeminate dandy.
glosses: A prostitute.
musk cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musk cat
focal depths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focal depth
seasonabliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: There he, as wine in June, enrages blood, / Which then comes seasonabliest […]
ref: 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:
glosses: superlative form of seasonably: most seasonably
platanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platane
unthrift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnθɹɪft/
ipa: /ʌnˈθɹɪft/
Forms: form: unthrifts
Etymology: From Middle English unthrift, equivalent to un- + thrift.
Senses: glosses: A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
examples: text: My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught,
For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught;
But my learning is of another degree
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
roman: To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee.
text: Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend ...
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 9”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke;
Lanke, as an unthrifts purse ...
ref: 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:
glosses: Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
unthrift
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌnθɹɪft/
ipa: /ʌnˈθɹɪft/
Forms: form: more unthrift
form: most unthrift
Etymology: From Middle English unthrift, equivalent to un- + thrift.
Senses: examples: text: VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]
ref: 1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso:
glosses: Unthrifty.
unthrifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unthrift
onis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oni
Telemachus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈlɛməkəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the son of Odysseus and Penelope
Laertes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪˈɜː.tiːz/
ipa: /leɪˈɝ.tiz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tiz
Forms: form: Laërtes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λαέρτης (Laértēs).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the father of Odysseus
Ilium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɪli.əm/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Īlium, from Ancient Greek Ἴ̄λιον (Í̄lion). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ílion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”). Cognate with English wold.
Senses: glosses: Troy.
wikipedia: Wilusa
Related terms: Iliad
Wilusa
Diomedes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈmiːdiːz/
Forms: form: Diomede
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Diomēdēs, from Ancient Greek Διομήδης (Diomḗdēs).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War
Halicarnassus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌhælɪkɑɹˈnæsəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Halicarnassus, from Ancient Greek Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός (Halĭkarnāssós).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.
Miletos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Miletus.
Imbros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmbɹɒs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἴμβρος (Ímbros).
Senses: glosses: island of Turkey in the north-eastern Aegean Sea
soares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soare
Lacedaemon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌlæsəˈdiːmən/
Etymology: From Latin Lacedaemōn, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).
Senses: glosses: another name of Sparta
Montner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
Pollestres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
Vingrau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
gobfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobful
gobsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobful
nonprosecuted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prosecuted.
Senses: glosses: Not prosecuted.
nonviscid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + viscid.
Senses: glosses: Not viscid.
unkill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unkills
form: unkilling
form: unkilled
form: unkilled
Etymology: From un- + kill.
Senses: examples: text: We killed agriculture in the past. Now is the time to unkill it.
ref: 1992, Kola Omojola, At the crossroads: challenges and options for Nigeria, page 231:
glosses: To bring (something killed) back to life.
Synonyms: revive
restore
queen palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen palms
Senses: glosses: Syagrus romanzoffiana, a medium-sized palm native to South America, widely planted in the tropics and subtropics for the fine texture of its fronds
Synonyms: cocos palm
queen palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen palm
frounced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frounce
frouncing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frounce
ambitionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ambitionless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Lack of ambition.
tremorlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tremorlike
form: most tremorlike
Etymology: From tremor + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tremor.
chariotlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chariotlike
form: most chariotlike
Etymology: From chariot + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
flying meets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying meet
flying kisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying kiss
diamond crossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond crossing
flying jibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying jib
flying lemurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying lemur
swishily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more swishily
form: most swishily
Etymology: From swishy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a swishy manner.
swishiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swishy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being swishy.
swishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being swish.
Swissness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swiss + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Now the banking sector’s reputation has been tainted, fears are that “Swissness” as a whole could lose its value-enhancing shine.
ref: 2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The quality of being Swiss.
flying rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying rat
alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: benzalkonium chloride
clepsydrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clepsydra
benzalkonium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nitrogenous cationic surface-acting agent of the quaternary ammonium group, used as a biocide, as a cationic surfactant and as a phase transfer agent in the chemical industry.
Synonyms: alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride
unmeriting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnˈmɛɹ.ɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌʌnˈmɛɹ.ɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more unmeriting
form: most unmeriting
Etymology: From un- + meriting.
Senses: examples: text: Why then you ſhould diſcouer a brace of vnmeriting, proud, violent, teſtie Magiſtrates (alias Fooles) as any in Rome.
ref: 1605–08, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i], page 8, column 2:
text: And now giue me leaue[…]to assure my sealf, that your lordships and the rest, duely considering my deportment, and his lordship’s expressions, which being so publick amount to a reprehension, will adiudge me guiltlesse of any disrespectiue carriadge towards him, and consequently vnmeriting so neglectfull an expostulation, and from a transgressing any the orders of that high court of parlament, whose approbation I esteeme more then rewards for any seruice I can doe.
ref: 1642 July 24, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, “The earl of Ormond to the commissioners for the affairs of Ireland, appointed by the parliament of England”, in Thomas Carte, editor, The Life of James Duke of Ormond, page 350:
text: Now “Crazy Kate” was remarkable for showing nothing calculated to persuade the casual spectator into a belief in her fleetness. She was, in truth, a very vulgar-looking beast, singularly unmeriting the appellation of “Crazy,” as no creature could possibly have looked more tame.
ref: 1852, William Gilmore Simms, “The Race: Cross Purposes”, in As Good as a Comedy: Or, The Tennesean’s Story, Philadelphia: A. Hart, page 86:
glosses: Not meriting; undeserving.
nonmeritocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + meritocratic.
Senses: glosses: Not meritocratic.
sunset flip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunset flips
Etymology: The position suggests riding off into the sunset.
Senses: glosses: A wrestling move in which the attacking wrestler dives over an opponent who is facing him, usually bent over forwards, catching the opponent in a waistlock from behind and landing back-first behind him, then rolling forward into a sitting position, pulling the opponent over backwards and down to the mat so that he lands on his back in a sitout pin position.
Nashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A political youth movement in Russia.
glosses: A northeast wind which occurs in winter on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf.
Nashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nashis
Senses: glosses: A fruit, the Nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia.
Nashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nakhi (“ethnic group”).
Western Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of West Frisian.
synonyms: word: West Frisian
Azari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Azeri.
bandeng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandengs
Senses: glosses: The milkfish, Chanos chanos.
Na-Dene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Na-Dené
Etymology: Coined by Edward Sapir in 1915, from Tlingit naa and Athabaskan dene, both meaning people or tribe.
Senses: glosses: A major language family consisting of Tlingit, Eyak and the Athabascan languages, spoken in large parts of North America.
wikipedia: Edward Sapir
Coordinate terms: Dene
Oblomovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Oblomovian
form: most Oblomovian
Etymology: From Oblomov + -ian, after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859).
Senses: glosses: Lazy and apathetic.
wikipedia: Oblomov
Related terms: Oblomovism
Nilo-Saharan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Nilo- + Saharan.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A theoretical major language family spoken mostly along the Nile river and in large parts of the Sahara.
Nilo-Saharan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Nilo- + Saharan.
Senses: glosses: Belonging to the Nilo-Saharan language family, or pertaining to its associated peoples.
Derived terms: Nilo-Saharanist
Proto-Nilo-Saharan
Austro-Asiatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Austro-Asiatic
form: most Austro-Asiatic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Austroasiatic.
Japonic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈpɒn.ɪk/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈpɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin japonicus.
Senses: glosses: A language family spoken in Japan, consisting of Japanese proper and the Ryukyuan languages.
Japonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəˈpɒn.ɪk/
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈpɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin japonicus.
Senses: examples: text: Ryukyuan is a Japonic language.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Japonic language family.
Related terms: Japonically
Japonicize
Nicobar Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil நக்கவரம் (nakkavaram) + islands.
Senses: glosses: An archipelago of the Indian Ocean.
Synonyms: Nicobars
Munro bagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Munro baggers
Senses: examples: text: Also, among party employees, being a Scot or a Munro-bagger, or both, is a good path to promotion.
ref: 1993, Andy McSmith, John Smith: playing the long game, page 218:
glosses: A mountaineer who aims to climb as many of the Munros (Scottish mountains higher than 3,000 feet) as possible.
Related terms: Munro bagging
Munroists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Munroist
Alacalufan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor language family spoken primarily in Chile.
Synonyms: Kawésqar
Kawesqaran
Yukaghir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yukaghirs
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes.
Senses: glosses: a person with Yukaghir nationality
Yukaghir
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes.
Senses: glosses: pertaining to the Yukaghir ethnic group of Siberia.
Yukaghir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian юкагир (jukagir). The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “far, distant”) or juk (“small”), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language family consisting of two closely related languages spoken in Siberia.
Related terms: Proto-Yukaghir
moon-faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon-face
Andamanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andamanese
Etymology: From Andaman + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Halted till 3-10 P.M. An Andamanese climbing a tree said he could see the survey station (a hill cleared of jungle with a post on it) and also Kyd Island which he recognised by a large gurjan tree, we went still due east and came to[…]
ref: 1903, India. Census Commissioner, Census of India, 1901, page 77:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Andaman Islands.
Andamanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Andaman + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A minor language family spoken on the Andaman Islands.
Andamanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Andaman + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Andaman Islands.
glosses: Of or relating to the Andamanese language family.
Basic Pokémon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basic Pokémon
Senses: glosses: A Pokémon card (in Pokémon Trading Card Game) that does not evolve from any other Pokémon card, or evolves from a Baby Pokémon card.
unimposingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unimposingly
form: most unimposingly
Etymology: From unimposing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unimposing manner.
unmelodramatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmelodramatically
form: most unmelodramatically
Etymology: From unmelodramatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unmelodramatic manner.
unmelodramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmelodramatic
form: most unmelodramatic
Etymology: From un- + melodramatic.
Senses: glosses: Not melodramatic.
unmemorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmemorably
form: most unmemorably
Etymology: From unmemorable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmemorable manner.
unsurprisingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsurprising + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unsurprising.
Ijoid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ijo + -id.
Senses: glosses: A branch of Niger-Congo languages, spoken in the Niger delta in Nigeria.
e-banking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eBanking
form: e-Banking
form: ebanking
Etymology: From e- + banking.
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Banking carried out electronically, as for example over the Internet.
Synonyms: e-bank
home banking
Internet banking
online banking
telebanking
Related terms: e-money
e-payment
e-wallet
lepal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepals
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale (of a fish); flake”); compare French lépale.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A sterile transformed stamen.
lepals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lepal
helmless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From helm + -less.
Senses: examples: text: To Sleep I give my powers away;
⁠My will is bondsman to the dark;
⁠I sit within a helmless bark,
And with my heart I muse and say: […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
Derived terms: helmlessness
pack on the pounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: packs on the pounds
form: packing on the pounds
form: packed on the pounds
form: packed on the pounds
Senses: examples: text: For growing youngsters, this marvelous nourishment helps pack on the pounds, adds inches to height.
ref: 1936, "Today, these healthy Dionne Quins had Quaker Oats" (advertisement), Windsor Daily Star (Canada), 3 Dec., p. 27 (retrieved 13 Nov 2010)
text: One can stick to low cholesterol foods, yet eat such quantities as to pack on the pounds.
ref: 1969 December 10, Dr. George C. Thosteson, “Methods of Controlling Cholesterol”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 13 Nov 2010, page 17:
text: Not only are married people more likely to become obese than those who are just dating, but young people who move in with a boyfriend or girlfriend tend to pack on the pounds too.
ref: 2009 July 6, Bonnie Rochman, “First Comes Love, Then Comes Obesity?”, in Time:
glosses: To gain weight, especially as a result of vigorous or excessive eating.
pack on pounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: packs on pounds
form: packing on pounds
form: packed on pounds
form: packed on pounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pack on the pounds.
inverse matrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverse matrix
diagonal elements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diagonal element
main diagonals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main diagonal
hair raising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hair raising
form: most hair raising
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hair-raising.
hairraising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hairraising
form: most hairraising
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hair-raising.
coming-out party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coming-out parties
Senses: examples: text: "Now tell me, when do you mean to have your coming-out party? I ask because I've nothing ready and want plenty of time, for I suppose it will be the event of the season."
ref: 1876, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 2, in Rose in Bloom:
text: "Julie left Miss Bence's School at seventeen, had a coming-out party in our city house the following winter."
ref: 1914, Kathleen Norris, chapter 3, in Saturday's Child:
text: "I'll give her a real coming-out party when she's eighteen and the very prettiest dress that's to be had."
ref: 1920, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 4, in Further Chronicles of Avonlea:
glosses: A celebratory social gathering, with music, dancing, and refreshments, at which a young debutante is formally introduced to society.
glosses: A party in celebration of someone who is gay coming out of the closet.
meowy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: meowier
form: meowiest
Etymology: From meow + -y.
Senses: glosses: meowing a lot
raw_tags: of a cat
arapaima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːɹəˈpaɪmə/
rhymes: -aɪmə
Forms: form: arapaimas
form: arapaima
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Arapaima, from Kari'na warapaimo.
Senses: glosses: Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.
glosses: Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.
One of the type species of this genus (Arapaima gigas).
synonyms: pirarucu
paiche
Derived terms: taxonomic: Arapaima agassizii
word: Agassiz's arapaima
taxonomic: Arapaima mapae
word: Mapa arapaima
taxonomic: Arapaima leptosoma
word: slender arapaima
taxonomic: Arapaima leptosoma
word: Solimoes arapaima
gesticulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: gesticulating
megacryometeor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacryometeors
Etymology: From mega- + cryo- + meteor.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a very large water ice object that falls from the sky, similar in composition to hailstones
megacryometeors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacryometeor
concinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: concinnates
form: concinnating
form: concinnated
form: concinnated
Etymology: From Latin concinnatus, past participle of concinnare (“to concinnate”). See concinnity.
Senses: examples: text: your Fraternitie […]gave me for the securitie of my future Peregrination, concinnated by the pleasant wit of that inimitable Artizan of sweet Elegancie, the moytie of my heart
ref: 1625, Samuel Purchas, His Pilgrimes:
glosses: To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.
revealed checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revealed check
boomage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomages
Etymology: From boom + -age.
Senses: examples: text: The cost of getting logs from the stump to the various sawmills, including cutting, hauling, driving, boomage, shorage, tolls, and other expenses, is, on an average, from $8 to $8.50 per 1000 feet. The average cost of stumpage is $2
ref: 1895, Congressional serial set, United States. Government Printing Office, page 177:
glosses: A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.
glosses: A fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.
untreasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untreasures
form: untreasuring
form: untreasured
form: untreasured
Etymology: From un- + treasure.
Senses: examples: text: When Cluffe […] returned to the drawing-room, […] he was a good deal chagrined to find the drawing-room 'untreasured of its mistress.'
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: To despoil of treasure.
examples: text: J. Mitford
the quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory
text: Before me, careless lying,
Young Love his ware comes crying
Full soon the elf untreasures
His pack of pains and pleasures.
ref: 1916, Austin Dobson, A Madrigal:
glosses: To display or set forth.
treasuress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasuresses
Etymology: From Middle English tresoresse; equivalent to treasure + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female treasurer.
pink shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink shrimps
form: pink shrimp
Senses: synonyms: Aesop prawn, Aesop shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, northern shrimp
glosses: Shrimp of species Pandalus borealis, found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
glosses: peregrine shrimp (Metapenaeus stebbingi).
pink shrimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink shrimp
treasure house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasure houses
form: treasurehouse
form: treasure-house
Etymology: From Middle English tresour-hous, equivalent to treasure + house.
Senses: glosses: A treasury.
examples: text: Much of this work of renewal or maintenance, found its way into the works via the outdoor department, and constituted a veritable treasure house of experience in all classes of plant and machinery.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
glosses: A building where valuable things are stored.
deepwater prawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deepwater prawns
Senses: glosses: A species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis.
Synonyms: pink shrimp
deep-sea prawn
great northern prawn
northern shrimp
deepwater prawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deepwater prawn
deep-sea prawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep-sea prawns
Senses: glosses: a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis.
Synonyms: pink shrimp
deepwater prawn
great northern prawn
northern shrimp
deep-sea prawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep-sea prawn
intreasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intreasures
form: intreasuring
form: intreasured
form: intreasured
Senses: glosses: To store or hoard (something valuable)
great northern prawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great northern prawns
Senses: glosses: A species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis.
Synonyms: pink shrimp
deepwater prawn
deep-sea prawn
northern shrimp
great northern prawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great northern prawn
northern shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern shrimp
form: northern shrimps
Senses: glosses: A species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Pandalus borealis.
Synonyms: pink shrimp
deepwater prawn
deep-sea prawn
great northern prawn
northern shrimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern shrimp
treasure flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasure flowers
Senses: glosses: A gazania, any flowers of the genus Gazania, flowering plants found in Southern Africa, especially Gazania rigens.
treasure flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasure flower
louis d'ors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of louis d'or
treasure hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treasure hunts
Senses: glosses: A search for sunken or buried treasure.
glosses: A game in which people have to find hidden objects or places, with the help of clues.
treasure maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasure map
treasure hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasure hunt
intreasures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intreasure
intreasuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intreasure
intreasured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intreasure
treasure houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasure house
treasuresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treasuress
untreasures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untreasure
untreasuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of untreasure
untreasured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + treasured.
Senses: glosses: Not treasured; unvalued or unbeloved.
glosses: Without treasure; possessing or containing no great prize.
untreasured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From untreasure + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untreasure
diddle-daddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diddle-daddle
diddle-daddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diddle-daddle
diddle-daddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diddle-daddle
daddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of daddle
daddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of daddle
daddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of daddle
fidges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fidge
fidges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fidge
fidging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fidge
fidged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fidge
unpolisht
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + polisht.
Senses: examples: text: I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure.
ref: 1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear:
glosses: Not polished
happy endings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy ending
lameos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lameo
bottlos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottlo
log flumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of log flume
cocktail sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocktail stick
standing stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing stone
nonestrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + estrogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not estrogenic.
nonandrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + androgenic.
Senses: glosses: Not androgenic.
nonestrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + estrogen.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to estrogen.
crackpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackpipes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crack pipe.
crackpipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crackpipe
hashpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashpipes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hash pipe.
hashpipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashpipe
smokepipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokepipes
Etymology: From smoke + pipe.
Senses: glosses: A pipe through which smoke is passed.
waterpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterpipes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of water pipe.
waterpipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterpipe
airpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airpipes
Etymology: From air + pipe.
Senses: glosses: A pipe or tube through which air flows.