cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
zoobenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoo- + benthic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the zoobenthos.
hulked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌlkt/
rhymes: -ʌlkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hulk
baricities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baricity
instaurators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instaurator
vespilloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vespillo
nondetachability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + detachability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being detachable.
steinkirk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steinkirks
form: steenkirk
Etymology: So called from the Battle of Steinkirk in 1692, when the French nobles apparently had no time to arrange their lace neckcloth.
Senses: examples: text: Then, also, I noticed that at her neck, just above the collar of her dress, there peeped out a piece of lace of the finest quality, lace as good as that of my steinkirk or the ruffles of a dandy's frills.
ref: 1898, John Bloundelle-Burton, The King of Spain's Will:
synonyms: steinkirk cravat
glosses: A kind of neckcloth originating in France, worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
wikipedia: Battle of Steenkerque
soapwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapwoods
Etymology: From soap + wood.
Senses: glosses: Dodonaea viscosa, a flowering plant in the soapberry family.
soapwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapwood
Renaissant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Renaissant
form: most Renaissant
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Renaissance.
mazama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazamas
form: mazame
Etymology: From Nahuatl.
Senses: glosses: The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
mazamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mazama
entozoal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the entozoa.
Synonyms: entozoic
shaggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shagging
bonkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bonkable
form: most bonkable
Etymology: From bonk + -able.
Senses: glosses: Worthy of bonking, or having sex with; fuckable.
Related terms: bonkability
crystallines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crystalline
erotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erotic
PNC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PNCs
Senses: examples: text: I gave up plate blocks long ago, but still obtain PNC's - but only one of each issue and without regard to the particular number.
ref: 1997 June 18, R Sumner, “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of plate number coil.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of philatelic numismatic cover.
compactable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compactable
form: most compactable
Etymology: From compact + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being compacted.
amby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambies
Etymology: Shortening of ambidextrous + -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.
Senses: examples: text: Next time you have an amby, tell them quick like to close their eyes and serve a volleyball. Everybody prefers one side for something that they do, it's just a matter if syncing that something with a good choice to start the unknown with.
ref: 1997 April 11, RP Pelletier, “Re: Burton Slide Test”, in rec.skiing.snowboard (Usenet):
text: The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.
ref: 1999 August, “Great Stuff”, in Cliff Gromer, editor, Popular Mechanics:
text: Are you a righty? Or a lefty? Or -- gasp! -- an "amby?" (If you're an "amby," then which way do you play?).
ref: 1999 March 31, \"R&B\" [username], “Righty? Or lefty?”, in rec.sport.golf (Usenet):
text: Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.
ref: 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: An ambidextrous person.
Related terms: leftie
rightie
Hintikka set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hintikka sets
Etymology: Named after Jaakko Hintikka.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A set with certain openness and completeness properties.
wikipedia: Jaakko Hintikka
birler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birlers
Etymology: From birle + -er.
Senses: glosses: The master of the revels at a Cumberland feast, whose duty it is to see that the guests have plenty to drink.
cuish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪʃ
Forms: form: cuishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cuisse (“thigh armour”).
cuishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuish
greenlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenlets
Etymology: From green + -let.
Senses: glosses: Any of various birds in the genus Hylophilus.
greenlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenlet
thrillcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrillcraft
Etymology: From thrill + -craft.
Senses: glosses: Any of various craft used in extreme sports.
permuters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permuter
duettinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duettino
noncandidacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncandidacies
Etymology: From non- + candidacy.
Senses: glosses: Failure to run as a candidate.
noncandidacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncandidacy
nonbody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbodies
Etymology: From non- + body.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, just as there are more bodies than animals, so, on the other hand, there are more nonanimals than nonbodies.
ref: 1969, G. W. Leibniz, translated by L. Lowmker, Samples of the Numerical Characteristic:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is not a body.
nonbodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbody
nonettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonetto
dimit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dimits
form: dimitting
form: dimitted
form: dimitted
Etymology: From Latin dimittere (“to send away, let go”), from di-, dis- + mittere (“to send”). See dismiss and demit.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: To dismiss, let go, or release.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: to resign
dimit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimits
Etymology: From Latin dimittere (“to send away, let go”), from di-, dis- + mittere (“to send”). See dismiss and demit.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: a resignation from a lodge
inlawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inlaw
ecoepidemiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + epidemiology.
Senses: glosses: The study of ecological effects on health
Related terms: ecoepidemiological
inlawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inlaw
attaindered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From attainder + -ed.
Senses: glosses: placed in a state of attainder
attainest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: attain + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of attain
stainest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stain + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of stain
attainably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more attainably
form: most attainably
Etymology: From attainable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be attained.
unattainables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unattainable
cocreations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocreation
cocreational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + creational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cocreation.
Hyrcanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniən
Forms: form: more Hyrcanian
form: most Hyrcanian
Etymology: From Hyrcania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Hyrcania.
Synonyms: Hyrcan
Derived terms: Hyrcanian tiger
Hyrcanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Hyrcanians
Etymology: From Hyrcania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Hyrcania.
Euxinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euxinian
form: most Euxinian
Etymology: From Euxine + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Black Sea, formerly called the Euxine Sea.
scombroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scombroid
portionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portionists
Etymology: From portion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One of the incumbents of a benefice that has two or more rectors or vicars.
examples: text: Curates would in fact become Portionists and Incumbents , with a legal status and an independent position within the limit of their appointed jurisdiction
ref: 1867, Orby Shipley, The Church and the World:
glosses: A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, England, who has a certain academical allowance or portion.
Synonyms: sense: scholar
word: postmaster
portionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portionist
boldnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boldness
Ackerman syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Described by James L. Ackerman, A. Leon Ackerman, and A. Bernard Ackerman.
Senses: glosses: A familial syndrome characterised by taurodontism, hypotrichosis, full upper lip without a Cupid's bow, thickened and wide philtrum, and occasional juvenile glaucoma.
glosses: interstitial granulomatous dermatitis
taurodontism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taurodontisms
Etymology: Latin meaning "bull teeth"
Senses: glosses: A condition found in the molar teeth of humans, where the body of the tooth and pulp chamber is enlarged vertically at the expense of the roots; especially common amongst Neanderthal hominins.
Related terms: taurodont
taurodontic
taurodontisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taurodontism
Ackermann function
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækə(ɹ)mən ˈfʌŋkʃən/
Etymology: Named after Wilhelm Ackermann.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
wikipedia: Ackermann function
amelodentinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amelo- + dentinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the enamel and dentin.
amelocemental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amelo- + cemental.
Senses: topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the enamel and cement.
amelo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: involving tooth enamel
anovaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
-ædʒɪnəl
Etymology: From ano- + vaginal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the anus and vagina.
growans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growan
growability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grow + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Ability to grow.
what it takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You don't know what it takes to succeed at competitive frisbee.
text: She's precocious, and she knows just / What it takes to make a pro blush
ref: 1974, Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, “Bette Davis Eyes”, in Mistaken Identity, performed by Kim Carnes, published 1981:
glosses: Everything that is required, especially skill or endurance.
Related terms: have it in oneself
whatever it takes
glariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glary + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being glary; a dazzling brilliancy.
Synonyms: glaringness
epiphoneme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiphonemes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epiphonema.
epiphonemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiphoneme
niced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nice
nices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nice
nicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nice
renice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renices
form: renicing
form: reniced
form: reniced
Etymology: From re- + nice. See nice (“to run a process with a specified priority”).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To change (usually to lower) the priority of a process that is already running.
renicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renice
renices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renice
reniced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renice
renigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renig
renigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renig
bourgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bourgie
fodients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fodient
includability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From include + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being includable.
includable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From include + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of includible.
includable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: includables
Etymology: From include + -able.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which is eligible to be included.
hexametrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hexa- + metrical.
Senses: glosses: hexametric; consisting of six metrical feet
cinchonidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of cinchonidine.
behedge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: behedges
form: behedging
form: behedged
form: behedged
Etymology: From be- + hedge; compare Old English behegian and Dutch beheggen (“to put a hedge around, behedge”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] so that, though he had neither fixed flag not fixed father to cloud his thought and behedge his landscape, he could still, he used to say, share in the gush about ancestry.
ref: 1932, Thomas Burke, City of encounters: a London divertissement:
synonyms: betine
border
enclose
hedge
glosses: To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
examples: text: Having been spawned in a royal bed — perchance the same in which his great gran'dame Catherine was wont to receive her paramours — he becomes the most powerful of princes — haloed with "that divinity which doth behedge a king" — and all [...]
ref: 1905, William Cowper Brann, J.D. Shaw, Brann the iconoclast:
synonyms: bound
define
glosses: To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
examples: text: Reflection finds the circumstance unfortunate that most of the agreeable actions of life are either forbidden or else deplorably behedged with restrictions.
ref: 1927, James Branch Cabell, Straws and Prayer-Books:
text: [...] nor is it necessary to do more than call attention to a few indisputable facts to prove that the public policy he recommends would do little or nothing to ameliorate the hard conditions that behedge the toiling millions.
ref: 2005, William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast Volume Three:
synonyms: word: impede
word: behedge
word: blunt
word: delay
word: difficult
word: diminish
word: forestay
word: interfere
word: intervene
word: forslow
word: frustrate
word: get in the way
word: hamper
word: handicap
word: hinder
word: hold up
word: hurt
word: impair
word: impede
word: incommode
word: lessen
word: let
word: mar
word: obstruct
word: overslaugh
word: preclude
word: prevene
word: prevent
word: prohibit
word: reduce
word: restrict
word: retard
word: slow down
word: stay
word: stymie
word: thwart
word: thwarten
word: umbeset
word: undermine
word: weaken
word: worsen
glosses: To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
examples: text: The remaining heirs are therefore not to be defeated by any of the restrictions that behedge the remedies available to the third-party beneficiary of a contract; [...]
ref: 1968, Edward Weldon Bailey, Texas law of wills:
synonyms: word: curtail
word: restrain
word: behedge
word: guard
word: bind
word: chasten
word: check
word: contain
word: vanquish
word: cork
word: curb
word: bury
word: curtail
word: dampen
word: hamshackle
word: hold back
word: hold down
word: limit
word: repress
word: restrain
word: restrict
word: shackle
word: stay
word: stifle
word: stop
word: straiten
word: subdue
word: suppress
word: throttle
word: underbring
word: withhold
word: withstrain
glosses: To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
intercipients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intercipient
felspars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felspar
markees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of markee
arvicoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arvicole
Thoreau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəˈɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈθɔːɹəʊ/
ipa: /θəˈɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈθɔɹoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -ɔːɹəʊ
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, believed to be named after Henry David Thoreau.
Derived terms: Thoreauan
Thoreauesque
Thoreauvian
Thoreauan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Thoreauan
form: most Thoreauan
Etymology: From Thoreau + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer and philosopher, or his writings.
Synonyms: Thoreauvian
governantes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governante
maritimale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: maritime
reeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ree
properating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of properate
cliquiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliqueyness
Etymology: From cliquey + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being cliquey.
umbratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbratic
form: most umbratic
form: umbratical
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin umbraticus, from umbra (“shade”). See umbrage.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the shade or darkness; shadowy.
umbratical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbratical
form: most umbratical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of umbratic.
stoneworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stone + working.
Senses: glosses: stonework
ectasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectasia
carapato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carapatos
Etymology: From Portuguese carrapato (“tick”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Amblyomma of South American ticks.
carapatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carapato
prologuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prologue
prologued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prologue
Lucayan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lucayans
Etymology: Anglicization of Spanish lucayo, derived from the Taino Lukku-Cairi (which the people used for themselves), meaning "people of the islands".
Senses: glosses: One of the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of Europeans.
Lucayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lucayan
form: most Lucayan
Etymology: Anglicization of Spanish lucayo, derived from the Taino Lukku-Cairi (which the people used for themselves), meaning "people of the islands".
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to these people.
Derived terms: Lucayan Archipelago
Lucayans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lucayan
bootstripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootstripes
Etymology: From boot + stripe.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A stripe of paint or tape between the topsides and bottom of a vessel.
bootstripes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootstripe
devoters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devoter
misfaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misfare
Temple of Heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Temple of Heaven
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 天壇 /天坛 (Tiāntán, literally “Altar of Heaven”).
Senses: examples: text: Jonah Byrde: Y'know, in third grade, we learned about the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. There are like 600 acres and on the grounds there's this building called the Hall for Prayer for Good Harvests. It's circled by this thing called the Echo Wall.
Wendy Byrde: Ok, ok.
Jonah Byrde: You can go there and even when people are whispering you just hear the same things repeated over and over and over.
Wendy Byrde: Ok, enough. You wanna be a smartass? You want to hate me? Fine.
ref: 2022 January 21, Chris Mundy, Ozark, 00:41:05
glosses: A religious complex in southeastern Beijing, formerly important to Chinese imperial rituals; the present-day park surrounding and preserving the site.
glosses: The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the complex, commonly confused as its focus.
Synonyms: Altar of Heaven
Tiantan
Tien-tan
T'ien-t'an
Tian Tan
Coordinate terms: Temple of the Sun
Temple of the Moon
Temple of the Earth
truages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truage
plenishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plenishing
infecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infecter
unadmittable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unadmittable
form: most unadmittable
Etymology: From un- + admittable.
Senses: glosses: Not to be admitted; inadmissible.
unadmissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unadmissible
form: most unadmissible
Etymology: From un- + admissible.
Senses: glosses: Not to be admitted; inadmissible.
precipitancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precipitancy
precipitance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precipitances
Etymology: From precipitant + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: I gasped, at this frightful precipitance—I was going to open with warmth against it.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: We have been hurried on by our feelings to a degree of Precipitance which ill accords with the claims of our Friends, or the opinion of the World.
ref: c. 1794, Jane Austen, Lady Susan:
glosses: Precipitancy.
rusheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rush + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rush
rushest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rush + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of rush
gushest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gush + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of gush
gusheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gush + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gush
balming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of balm
balmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of balm
paronomasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paronomasy
paronomasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paronomasies
Etymology: Compare French paronomasie.
Senses: examples: text: Marry, we must not play or riot too much with them, as in paronomasies.
ref: a 1637, Ben Jonson, Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter, published posthumously (1640)
text: Unless, by sheer coincidence, the target language contains a similar word pair, also similar in meaning, the effect of the paronomasy must be lost in the translation.
ref: 1972, Language Quarterly, volumes 6-10, page 34:
text: Sanctioning etymological speculation, Coleridge urged that his readers be alert to "the equivocal or double meaning of a word," and went so far as to contemplate writing an Apology for Paronomasy, alias Punning
ref: 1974, Michael West, “Scatology and Eschatology: The Heroic Dimensions of Thoreau's Wordplay”, in Publications of the Modern Language Association of, JSTOR:
glosses: Archaic form of paronomasia.
zoaeae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.i/
Senses: glosses: plural of zoaea
zoaeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zoʊˈi.əz/
Senses: glosses: plural of zoaea
antifilm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifilm
form: most antifilm
Etymology: From anti- + film.
Senses: glosses: Opposing films (audiovisual productions).
antifilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifilms
Etymology: From anti- + film.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A film that deliberately avoids or subverts the usual characteristics of films.
antifilms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antifilm
orationing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oration
orationed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oration
pied wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pied wagtails
Senses: synonyms: seed-bird
water wagtail
hypernyms: white wagtail
glosses: A small passerine bird, Motacilla alba yarrellii.
pied wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pied wagtail
play to win
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: to play to win
form: plays to win
form: playing to win
form: played to win
form: played to win
Senses: examples: text: "[W]e just got totally outplayed. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose."
ref: 1992 June 6, Clifton Brown, “Basketball: Blazers Beat Bulls in Overtime to Even Series”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2012:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play in an especially competitive, committed manner, focused intently on winning.
examples: text: "I play to win. I am playing for human lives. This, sir, is the torture, marks of which you have seen on the prisoners; but your inexperience will not detect at a glance all the diabolical ingenuity and cruelty that lurks in this piece of linen and these straps of leather."
ref: 1856, Charles Reade, chapter 24, in It Is Never Too Late to Mend:
text: "The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is the difference between the successful executive and the security-hunting, mediocre man.
ref: 1988, David Mahoney (chairman, Norton Simon Inc.), quoted in The Executive's Book of Quotations (Oxford, 1994), p. 298
text: And Bullock could care less about the judge's threats. Like always, he was playing to win.
ref: 1997, William Bernhardt, Naked Justice, →ISBN, page 355:
text: Rahm Emanuel was certainly a surprising choice for chief of staff — he's a hard-cussing, old-school-campaign knife fighter and pragmatic congressional arm twister who plays to win.
ref: 2009 December 16, “People Who Mattered: Rahm Emanuel”, in Time:
glosses: To make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.
Synonyms: do whatever it takes
pull out the stops
wish someone well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wishes someone well
form: wishing someone well
form: wished someone well
form: wished someone well
Senses: examples: text: I didn't vote for him, but I wish him well.
glosses: To hope for good things for someone.
examples: text: I wished him well and sent him on his way.
glosses: To express hopes for good things for someone to that person.
working family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working families
Senses: examples: text: We're making conditions unsafe for children and also creating a situation where there's more unemployment for working families.
glosses: A family in the working class.
whipstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipstalls
Etymology: From whip + stall.
Senses: glosses: A stall of an aircraft in near-vertical climb, followed by slip-back, before the nose turns toward the ground, sometimes an intentional stunt.
whipstall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whipstalls
form: whipstalling
form: whipstalled
form: whipstalled
Etymology: From whip + stall.
Senses: glosses: To stall in this fashion.
whipstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipstall
up until
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: It's easy to see why he was confused — up until that point, you didn't have popular bands coming out with makeup on.
ref: 2002, Gene Simmons, Kiss and Make-Up, page 87:
text: Evidence that the NSA was secretly building a vast database of U.S. telephone records - the who, the how, the when, and the where of millions of mobile calls - was the first and arguably the most explosive of the Snowden revelations published by the Guardian newspaper in 2013.
Up until that moment, top intelligence officials publicly insisted the NSA never knowingly collected information on Americans at all. After the program’s exposure, U.S. officials fell back on the argument that the spying had played a crucial role in fighting domestic extremism, citing in particular the case of four San Diego residents who were accused of providing aid to religious fanatics in Somalia.
ref: 2020 September 2, Raphael Satter, “U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal”, in Tom Brown, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020, Media & Telecoms:
glosses: until
masked facies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Masklike facial expression, often noted in Parkinson's disease.
Synonyms: parkinsonian facies
know one's way around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows one's way around
form: knowing one's way around
form: knew one's way around
form: known one's way around
Senses: examples: text: London black cab drivers are obliged to undergo a nearly 3-year-long examination known as the Knowledge to prove that they know their way around the city.
glosses: To know an area.
examples: text: Joe really knows his way around corn mazes.
text: "Mike's been in on a lot of big stuff, Lee," Pat cut in. "He knows his way around."
ref: 1951, Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night:
text: But after more than two decades in the FBI's secretive national-security division, she knows her way around terrorism.
ref: 1998 August 24, Johanna McGeary et al., “Sifting For Answers”, in Time:
text: “What I need is either a set of CIA credentials—better yet, a CIA agent who knows his way around and can be trusted to keep his mouth shut.”
ref: 2011, W. E. B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV, Covert Warriors, →ISBN:
text: "Nothing like a man who knows his way around a kitchen," Desiree said.
ref: 2012, Donna Hill, Dare to Dream, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of know one's stuff: to be knowledgeable about a subject or task.
synonyms: word: know one's stuff
extra: to be knowledgeable about a subject or task
Mithraeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɹi.əm/
Forms: form: Mithraea
form: Mithraeums
Etymology: 19th-century coinage, Mithras + Latin -eum.
Senses: glosses: An ancient temple or shrine where the god Mithra was worshipped.
Related terms: Mithraic
Mithraism
Mithras
A.A.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AAA.
A.A.A.L.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
A.A.A.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AAAS.
A.A.C.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AACS.
AACS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Airborne Astrographic Camera System.
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Access Content System.
AACS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AACSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of airways and air communications system,airways and air communications service.
glosses: Initialism of army air corps squadron.
glosses: Initialism of army air communications system.
AAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: A.A.F.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Allied Air Forces.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Army Air Forces.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Army airfield.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Alliance of American Football.
A.A.F.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AAF.
Aaland Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Åland
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Åland Islands.
Aalesund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ålesund
A and M
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A&M.
A. and M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A&M.
A.A.P.S.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Academy of Political and Social Science.
⠐⠓
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠓ h
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: here
Bukovinan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bukovinan
form: most Bukovinan
Etymology: From Bukovina + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bukovina.
Bukovinan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bukovinans
Etymology: From Bukovina + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bukovina.
Bukovinans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bukovinan
⠐⠑
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠑ e
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: ever
⠐⠋
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠋ f
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: father
⠐⠍
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠍ m
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: mother
⠐⠅
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠅ k
Senses: glosses: know
⠐⠅
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠅ k
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the lesser-than sign, <
Related terms: english: left arrow head
translation: left arrow head
word: ⠫⠪
⠐⠇
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠇ l
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: lord
⠐⠙
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠙ d
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: day
⠐⠎
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠎ s
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: some
⠐⠏
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠏ p
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: part
⠐⠽
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠽ y
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: young
⠘⠮
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠮ the
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: these
⠘⠹
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠹ th
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: those
⠘⠥
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠥ u
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: upon
⠘⠺
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠺ w
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: word
⠘⠱
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠱ wh
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: whose
⠸⠉
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠉ c
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: cannot
⠸⠍
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠍ m
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: many
⠸⠓
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠓ h
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: had
⠸⠮
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠮ the
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: their
⠸⠎
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠎ s
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: spirit
⠸⠺
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠺ w
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: world
necro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: necroes
form: necros
form: necroing
form: necroed
form: necroed
Etymology: Clipping of necromancy.
Senses: examples: text: Sorry to necro a comment from three years ago, but …
glosses: To make a new post to a forum discussion that has been dormant for a long time, making the thread visible in the list of active topics; to bump.
examples: text: “I killed and necroed a couple guards practically every time I went out. My boys have the south gate manned, and they'll be stepping aside any minute now.”
ref: 2018, Xavier P. Hunter, House Rules: a LitRPG novel, Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN:
topics: card-games
games
video-games
glosses: To practice necromancy; to bring back from the dead.
necro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necroes
form: necros
Etymology: Clipping of necromancy.
Senses: qualifier: video game and card game slang
glosses: Necromancer.
Related terms: thread necromancy
exogeomorphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exo- + geomorphology.
Senses: glosses: The geomorphology of planets other than Earth.
exoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exo- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The microscopic examination of sand grains in order to determine their provenance
Related terms: exoscope
gelifraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mechanical breakup and churning of rock or soil due to repeated freezing and thawing of water within its cracks
Synonyms: congeliturbation
cryoclasty
Related terms: congelifraction
congeliturbation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: gelifraction
garse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of garce (“unit of measure”).
geohydrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + hydrology.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: hydrogeology
MXML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Macromedia?-XML, an XML-based user interface markup language used to develop rich Internet applications.
rich client
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rich clients
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of fat client.
synonyms: word: fat client
rich clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rich client
slim client
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slim clients
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of thin client.
synonyms: word: thin client
lean client
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lean clients
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of thin client.
synonyms: word: thin client
lean clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lean client
slim clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slim client
meandric numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meandric number
subnegotiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnegotiations
Etymology: From sub- + negotiation.
Senses: glosses: negotiation that takes place as part of higher-level negotiations
subnegotiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnegotiation
wolfcub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolfcubs
Senses: examples: text: The bastard and the traitor, / The wolfcub and the snake, / The robber, swindler, hater, / Are in your homes—awake!
ref: 1867, William Gilmore Simms, War Poetry of the South, Richardson & Company, page 175:
text: Thou shalt lose both realm and wealth, and thy life and me, for I shall fare home to my kin, and abide there in sorrow, unless thou slayest Sigurd and his son; never nourish thou a wolfcub.
ref: 1870, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (translators), unknown 13th-century author, Völsunga saga, F.S. Ellis, page 112
text: If a wolfcub had raised its head with such a movement it would have been evident that it was about to howl.
ref: 1986, British Neo-Formalist Circle, University of Keele, Essays in poetics, v.11-13, University of Keele, page 88
text: Then Normus said buttinly, “Oh, no, Little, this job is much too big for 1 small wolfcub. You say Spoiler and the RHYWP are gnashing for a bashing. […]”
ref: 2002, Ian Whybrow, Tony Ross, Little Wolf, Pack Leader, Carolrhoda Books, page 62:
text: This extract comes from the opening of White Fang by Jack London. It is the story of a wolfcub.
ref: 2002, Mary Green, English for the More Able, volume 4, Folens Limited, page 29:
glosses: Alternative form of wolf cub.
hexahedrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexahedrites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of iron meteorite composed mostly of kamacite.
hydrolaccolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrolaccoliths
Etymology: From hydro- + laccolith.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A frost mound that has a core of ice and resembles a laccolith in cross-section
Synonyms: pingo
hydroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydroplastic
form: most hydroplastic
Etymology: From hydro- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: That softens and becomes mouldable on contact with (hot) water
hydroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroplastics
Etymology: From hydro- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: Such a plastic material
just the ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mark Corrigan: Yeah, so my new idea is urine. Loads and loads of urine. Flooding your drawers. What do you think about that? Don't you think that would be just the ticket?
ref: 2003, “Dream Job”, episode 5 of series 1 of Peep Show
glosses: A most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.
hustle-bustle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It's so soothing to sit on bare earth, watching people in their hustle-bustle lives.
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
glosses: Alternative form of hustle and bustle.
PHA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PHAs
Senses: topics: astronomy
biology
ecology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: PHO
NEA
coordinate_terms: PHC
glosses: Initialism of potentially hazardous asteroid.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of phytohemagglutinin.
glosses: Abbreviation of public health agency.
glosses: Initialism of polyhydroxyalkanoate.
potentially hazardous object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potentially hazardous objects
form: PHO
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.
wikipedia: potentially hazardous object
Hypernyms: alt: NEO
word: near-Earth object
Coordinate terms: alt: NEA
word: near-Earth asteroid
alt: NEC
word: near-Earth comet
potentially hazardous objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potentially hazardous object
MOID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance.
A.A.U.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Amateur Athletic Union; also AAU.
A.A.U.P.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of University Professors.
A.A.U.W.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of University Women.
continuation line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: continuation lines
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A word or phrase that appears at the end of an initial portion of a text, and indicates the location of the next portion or rest of the content; for example, "continued on page 9".
Related terms: jumpline
ab.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of about.
ab.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of antibody.
glosses: Abbreviation of abridgement.
A.B.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A.B.s
Senses: glosses: Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
glosses: Initialism of artium baccalaureus (“Bachelor of Arts”).
examples: text: Assuming that A.B. 2098 is ambiguous, the state said, Shubb should adopt a "narrower construction" that avoids constitutional issues by requiring that misinformation include three elements: It is "false" (however that might be determined), it contradicts the "contemporary scientific consensus" (however that might be defined), and it is "contrary to the standard of care" (a concept that the law seems to redefine).
ref: 2023 January 26, Jacob Sullum, “A Federal Judge Blocks California's Ban on Medical Advice That Promotes COVID-19 'Misinformation'”, in Reason:
glosses: Initialism of assembly bill.
glosses: A blank for a person's name, perhaps followed by C.D., etc. for others.
A.B.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Bar Association.
glosses: Initialism of American Bankers Association.
glosses: Initialism of American Basketball Association.