cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bigamously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bigamously
form: most bigamously
Etymology: From bigamous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After moving abroad, he bigamously married a second woman.
glosses: In a bigamous manner.
saltily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more saltily
form: most saltily
Etymology: From salty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a salty manner.
turbanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turbanlike
form: most turbanlike
Etymology: From turban + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I was discharged from the hospital with a turbanlike dressing around my head.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
steellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steellike
form: most steellike
Etymology: From steel + -like.
Senses: examples: a steellike grip
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of steel.
corsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corset
corsetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corset
shitpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitpot
disgruntledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disgruntledly
form: most disgruntledly
Etymology: From disgruntled + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a disgruntled manner.
rampantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rampant + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being rampant.
rampway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rampways
Etymology: From ramp + way.
Senses: examples: text: The apparatus is simple, consisting of two horizontal rampways connected to a central pole. A prey item is placed on the pole, and the spider can access it only by walking up one or the other of the rampways.
ref: 2011, Louise Barrett, Beyond the Brain:
glosses: A sloping path taking the form of a ramp.
rampways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rampway
clothesbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothesbrushes
form: clothes brush
Etymology: From clothes + brush.
Senses: examples: text: Its removal revealed another case covered with dust. This we extracted from the iron chest without any difficulty, and removed the accumulated filth of years from it with a clothes-brush.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: Probably the most effective clothesbrushes are those with fairly stiff bristles, about 3/4 to 1 in. long, with tufts set 1/5 in. (preferably 1/4 in.) or more apart.
ref: 1941, Consumers' research bulletin annual, page 218:
glosses: A brush for the clothes.
clothesbrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothesbrush
prizegiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prizegivers
Etymology: From prize + giver.
Senses: glosses: One who awards a prize.
prizegiving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prizegivings
Etymology: From prize + giving.
Senses: glosses: A ceremony where a prize is awarded.
prizegivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prizegiver
prizegivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prizegiving
balsawood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsawoods
Etymology: From balsa + wood.
Senses: glosses: The wood of the balsa tree.
handworked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hand-worked
Etymology: From hand + worked.
Senses: examples: text: handworked lace
glosses: Worked by hand.
Synonyms: handcrafted
handmade
handwrought
cussedest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cussed: most cussed
digitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital
inconsequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inconsequence
neurasthenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurasthenic (dated)
unnautical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnautical
form: most unnautical
Etymology: From un- + nautical.
Senses: glosses: Not nautical.
unseamanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unseamanlike
form: most unseamanlike
Etymology: From un- + seamanlike.
Senses: examples: text: On behalf of the Dundee, it was deposed, that the loss of the Princess Charlotte was purely accidental, or if attributable to any mismanagement, attributable only to the unseamanlike conduct of the Princess Charlotte's own people[…]
ref: 1822, Edmund Burke, Annual Register, volume 63, page 410:
text: If he is able to keep clear only by making an unseamanlike manoeuvre, then your tack was too close.
ref: 2013, Bryan Willis, The Rules in Practice 2013-2016:
glosses: Not characteristic of or befitting a seaman.
midchew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + chew.
Senses: examples: text: Well, that got our attention. Ashley put down her chopsticks and paused in midchew.
ref: 2008, Janice Kaplan, Looks to Die For: A Lacy Fields Mystery, page 157:
glosses: A point in time while chewing.
midchew
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + chew.
Senses: glosses: While chewing.
charioted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chariot + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, the art of fighting on foot was an obligatory part of military education which even a charioted knight could ignore at his own peril.
ref: 1989, Sarva Daman Singh, Ancient Indian Warfare, page 18:
glosses: Furnished with, or located in, a chariot.
bullwhacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullwhackers
Etymology: From bull + whacker.
Senses: glosses: The driver of a bullock team.
Synonyms: word: bullocky
word: carrier
word: teamster
bullwhackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullwhacker
unatoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + atoned.
Senses: examples: an unatoned sin
glosses: Not atoned for.
sharecropped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sharecrop
loghouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loghouses
Etymology: From log + house.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of log cabin
synonyms: word: log cabin
loghouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loghouse
bookdealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookdealers
Etymology: From book + dealer.
Senses: glosses: One who trades in books.
bookdealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookdealer
unpurchasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + purchasable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be purchased.
weepiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From weepy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being weepy.
harelips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harelip
eightball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eightballs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eight-ball.
eightballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eightball
wagonmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagonmasters
form: wagon-master
form: wagon master
Etymology: From wagon + master.
Senses: glosses: The man in charge of a wagon.
glosses: The person, man or woman, in charge of a wagon.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military transport officer
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military logistics officer
Coordinate terms: quartermaster
trailmaster
Derived terms: wagonmaster general
Related terms: wagoneer
wagonmistress
wagon train
wagonmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagonmaster
dustheap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustheaps
Etymology: From dust + heap.
Senses: examples: text: We couldn't fix the old radio, so we consigned it to the dustheap.
glosses: A pile of rubbish.
dustheaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustheap
likedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of like
lovedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loved'st
form: lovedest
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of love
goosepimpled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goosepimpled
form: most goosepimpled
Etymology: From goose pimple + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: My urine jumped a great distance, spattering against the cobblestones, and when it struck the bay window that jutted from the first floor it rebounded and warmly wet the tops of my feet and my goosepimpled thighs.
ref: 2002, Theodore William Goossen, The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories, page 365:
glosses: Having goose pimples.
unassumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + assumed.
Senses: glosses: Not assumed.
Derived terms: unassumedly
godammit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goddammit.
fruitfullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fruitful: most fruitful
eagerest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of eager: most eager
zinar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zinars
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi झीनार (jhīnār, “necklace”); ultimately from Arabic زینار (zinar, “belt, sash”).
Senses: examples: text: [A] young maid advanced towards us of ſuch exquiſite beauty and form, that a devotee of true faith would have worſhipped the divinities which beamed in the arched temples of her eyes, and wiſh to wear the zinar, if woven of her ambroſial hair.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page vi:
text: When this ceremony is over, they burn incense, make an offering according to the circumstances of the parents, and, without consulting them, tie the zinar, or amulet, about the infant's neck, giving it a name according to their own fancy.
ref: 1810, J. Goldsmith, A General View of the Manners, Customs and Curiosities of Nations, volume I, Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, page 248:
text: On each head the jewelled mor,
Round each neck the proud zinar.
ref: 1838, Elizabeth Stewart, Anáya, the prophetess of Méwar, London: Smith, Elder and Co., page iii:
glosses: A necklace with amulets used ceremonially by Hindus.
glosses: A sacred thread or cord worn by certain Hindus; a janeu or brahminical thread.
eagerer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of eager: more eager
weeped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The first determination to make is whether or not the flashing should be weeped.
ref: 1998, Robert J. Kudder, Jeffrey L. Erdly, Water Leakage Through Building Facades:
glosses: simple past and past participle of weep (drainage sense)
Fishman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: fishman
nightwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightwalkers
Etymology: * night + walker
* (vampire): since they are traditionally said to avoid sunlight and go out at night.
Senses: glosses: A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
topics: fantasy
glosses: A vampire.
glosses: A noctambulist or sleepwalker.
Related terms: daywalker
nightwalking
nightwalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightwalker
umbilically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From umbilical + -ly. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: I interpreted that he was suffering from feeling that he felt himself to be an inadequate man who could not take care of his present and future family because he still felt umbilically tied to his mother, strangling or impaling her[…]
ref: 2013, Chris Mawson, Bion Today, page 213:
glosses: In an umbilical manner.
firelights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firelight
gunshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunshops
Etymology: From gun + shop.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, laundry operator P. H. Fellehy saw Ike in the gunshop a little after 2:00 p.m. "with his hand under his jaw, kneeling on the counter." Fellehy also saw "a large crowd of people" near the store.
ref: 1989, Paula Mitchell Marks, And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Corral Gunfight, page 209:
glosses: A shop where guns are sold.
gunshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunshop
redialling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redial
redialled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redial
townsperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: townspersons
form: townspeople
Etymology: From town + -s- + person.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of a town.
Related terms: townsfolk
urbanite
townspersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of townsperson
countryfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From country + folk.
Senses: synonyms: countryfolks
glosses: People who live in the country; rural dwellers.
Related terms: townfolk
townsfolk
countryfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of countryfolk.
synonyms: word: countryfolk
chimnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.
ref: 1586, W. Harrison, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: plural of chimney
banquetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of banquet
banquetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banquettings
Senses: examples: text: A newyeares gift, or a preſent. Alſo things giuen to gueſts, to be caried awaie with them at banquettings: pockettings.
ref: 1587, Thomas Thomasius, “Apŏphŏrēta”, in Dictionarium Linguæ Latinæ et Anglicanæ, […], 2nd edition (1589), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Ex officina Iohannis Legatt, celeberrimæ Academiæ Typographi. […], →OCLC, signature E, verso, column 1:
text: Come, come, Therſites help to trim my tent?
This night in banquetting muſt al be ſpent, away Patroclus.
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature K, verso:
glosses: Alternative form of banqueting.
banquetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of banquet
moneybelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moneybelts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of money belt.
moneybelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneybelt
medallioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Wearing a medallion (item of jewellery).
examples: text: If you find yourself below Canal Street after business hours or on a weekend, for example, finding an empty yellow medallioned taxi cruising down the street may be a challenge.
ref: 2010, Eve Zibart, The Unofficial Guide to New York City, page 115:
glosses: Bearing a medallion (circular vehicle certificate).
Derived terms: unmedallioned
medallioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of medallion
whoofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whoof
whoofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whoof
gravedigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grave + digging.
Senses: glosses: The digging of graves.
Related terms: gravedigger
privateersmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privateersman
stinkhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkholes
Etymology: From stink + hole.
Senses: examples: text: This hotel is a real stinkhole!
glosses: A filthy, squalid place.
glosses: Term of abuse.
glosses: The anus.
stinkholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinkhole
crossbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbelts
Etymology: From cross- + belt.
Senses: glosses: A shoulder belt.
Synonyms: shoulder belt
crossbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossbelt
quaintnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quaintness
hazelwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪzəlwʊd/
homophone: Hazelwood
Etymology: From hazel + wood.
Senses: glosses: The wood of the hazel.
unaptly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unaptly
form: most unaptly
Etymology: From unapt + -ly or un- + aptly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is unapt.
flamelight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flame + light.
Senses: glosses: illumination cast by a flame
unexpecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexpecting
form: most unexpecting
Etymology: From un- + expecting.
Senses: glosses: Not expecting.
bunioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bunioned
form: most bunioned
Etymology: From bunion + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes when I'm bored to a frazzle, I sit at her feet and watch that dumb hillbilly program, rubbing lotion on her smooth legs and bunioned feet.
ref: 2008, Karon Luddy, Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams of a Small-Town Word Whiz, page 62:
glosses: Having bunions.
kaleidoscoping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kaleidoscope
kaleidoscoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kaleidoscope
shopowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopowner
fiercesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fiercesome
form: most fiercesome
Etymology: From fierce + -some.
Senses: glosses: fierce
unexpectantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unexpectantly
form: most unexpectantly
Etymology: From unexpectant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: unexpectedly
gameplaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From game + playing.
Senses: glosses: The playing of games.
examples: text: Privilege is a smokescreen, the carrot on the stick to the donkey. The cold hard fact is that no amount of game-playing will ever make us acceptable to non-gays.
ref: 1981 December 5, David L. Cawley, “Those Were The Days”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 14:
glosses: The act of playing the game, playing along, doing what is expected.
Related terms: gameplayer
benchland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benchlands
Etymology: From bench + land.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes).
benchlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchland
bumpety
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Imitative, from bump. Compare clickety.
Senses: examples: text: I dropped the cup and it fell bumpety-bump down the stairs.
glosses: A bumping sound suggesting a jolting motion.
Related terms: clackety
clickety
popeyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popeye
whaleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whalebacks
Etymology: * whale + back.
* (ship): From its whale-like appearance when fully loaded.
Senses: glosses: A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.
whalebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whaleback
streambank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streambanks
Etymology: From stream + bank.
Senses: glosses: The bank of a stream.
streambanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streambank
badland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badlands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of badlands.
candleflame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candleflames
Etymology: From candle + flame.
Senses: examples: text: Candleflame lights their hands but not their faces.
ref: 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 186:
glosses: The flame of a candle.
candleflames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candleflame
hawkeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hawkeyed
form: most hawkeyed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hawk-eyed.
glamoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glamour
glamouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glamour
crosstie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossties
Senses: examples: text: Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties.
ref: 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 80:
glosses: Alternative form of cross-tie.
crossties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosstie
wingchair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingchairs
Senses: examples: text: Tichborne was slumped in a wingchair by the fire, having just opened a bottle of port.
ref: 2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 277:
glosses: Alternative form of wing chair.
wingchairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingchair
shapechanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapechangers
Etymology: From shape + changer.
Senses: glosses: A creature that can supernaturally change its physical form.
shapechangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shapechanger
shapechanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of shape + changing.
Senses: glosses: Capable of changing its physical form.
Related terms: shapechanger
shapechanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Compound of shape + changing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shapechange
gunrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunracks
Etymology: From gun + rack.
Senses: glosses: A rack for storing a gun.
gunracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunrack
unscaleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unscaleable
form: most unscaleable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unscalable.
unaccosted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accosted.
Senses: glosses: Not accosted.
broodily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more broodily
form: most broodily
Etymology: From broody + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a broody manner.
pyjamaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pajamaed
Etymology: From pyjama + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing pyjamas.
pajamaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pyjamaed
Etymology: From pajama + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Through the half-open kitchen door the light showed Bailey’s pajamaed legs dangling from the covered bathtub.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 26, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 199:
glosses: Wearing pajamas.
coal hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊlhəʊl/
Forms: form: coal holes
form: coal-hole
form: coalhole
Etymology: From coal + hole.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he back door opened on to a paved yard, with a coal-hole beside the back gate that my grandmother topped up with a bit of judicious thieving for, unlike the other coal-holes along the terrace, ours was not entitled to the free hand-outs from the pits for miners' families.
ref: 1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3:
glosses: A cellar or other compartment for storing coal.
glosses: A hole in the pavement with a removable hatch, leading to an underground coal bunker.
coalholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalhole
rumrunning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rum + running.
Senses: glosses: illegal smuggling of rum
rumrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumrunners
form: rum-runner
form: rum runner
Etymology: From rum + runner.
Senses: glosses: An illegal smuggler of rum.
glosses: A smuggler of any alcoholic drink.
glosses: A boat used for smuggling illicit alcoholic drinks.
glosses: A go-fast boat; a powerboat of the type associated with the smuggling of rum.
rumrunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumrunner
pastrycook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastrycooks
Etymology: From pastry + cook.
Senses: glosses: A cook who makes desserts and pastries.
pastrycooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastrycook
bluebelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluebellies
Etymology: From blue + belly. The ventral abdomen of the adult lizard is characteristically blue. The soldiers wore blue gaberdines.
Senses: synonyms: western fence lizard
glosses: Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.
examples: text: The 'bluebelly' instantly disclosed that the troops were Confederate.
ref: 1989, Paul R. Stevenson, Cross a Wide River, →ISBN:
text: He almost dropped his end of the plank that had a wounded Federal on it. The bluebelly groaned. The Confederate trooper at the other end of the plank said, “Watch what you're doing, dammit! What the hell's wrong with you, anyways?"
ref: 2007, Harry Turtledove, Fort Pillow: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: greyback
glosses: A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war.
bluebellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebelly
pretzeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pretzeled
form: most pretzeled
Senses: glosses: pretzelled
pretzeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretzel
pretzelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pretzelled
form: most pretzelled
form: pretzeled
Etymology: From pretzel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Bent; twisted; contorted
pretzelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pretzeled
Etymology: From pretzel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pretzel
hootches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hootch
imagistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more imagistically
form: most imagistically
Etymology: From imagistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an imagistic manner.
annoyedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more annoyedly
form: most annoyedly
Etymology: From annoyed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He looked up annoyedly as I banged the door closed.
glosses: With annoyance.
aflash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈflæʃ/
Etymology: From a- + flash.
Senses: examples: text: Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash. Yes, it was a fine sight; I hadn’t ever seen anything to beat it.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain, chapter 43, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, New York: Charles L. Webster, pages 553-554:
text: From the ceiling a screen folded down, its face aflash with myriad numbers, grids, and graphs.
ref: 1976, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 4, in Triton, New York: Bantam, page 152:
text: 1980, Don DeLillo (as Cleo Birdwell), Amazons, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Part 2, Chapter 8, pp. 171-172,
He stroked his small, dark, squarish jaw, and lit up a cigarette, although the no smoking light had been aflash for at least fifteen minutes.
glosses: Flashing.
delicatest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of delicate: most delicate
bloodymindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bloody-mindedness.
bloodyminded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodyminded
form: most bloodyminded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bloody-minded.
Derived terms: bloodymindedly
rainhat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainhats
Etymology: From rain + hat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rain hat.
rainhats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainhat
demurest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of demure: most demure
magniloquently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more magniloquently
form: most magniloquently
Etymology: From magniloquent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a magniloquent manner.
unspeculative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspeculative
form: most unspeculative
Etymology: From un- + speculative.
Senses: glosses: Not speculative.
indulgencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indulgency
anyhows
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anyhow + -s.
Senses: glosses: anyhow
wantcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌnt͡ʃə/
Etymology: From want + -cha.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of want you.
juniormost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From junior + -most.
Senses: glosses: Most junior.
seniormost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsinjɚˈməʊst/
ipa: /ˈsiːnjə(r)ˈmoʊst/
Etymology: From senior + -most.
Senses: examples: text: The Senate does not make a judgment that reflects on the professionalism, the character, and behavior of the Navy's seniormost officer, and that, too, is not a small matter.
ref: 1873, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Washington, Congress, page 7734:
text: The best example we have is that of the Lozi of central Africa, described by Gluckman (1955); but there are many other similar, if less well described, systems in Africa and elsewhere. In other societies, certain roles, only partly political and jural in content, carry the obligation and the right to adjudicate or at least arbitrate in disputes and to give considered opinions and decisions with some expectation of their acceptance and enforcement. Examples of such roles are lineage head, ritual leader, agegroup leader, band leader, village head, seniormost kinsman, secret-society official, and the like.
ref: 1901, Hermann Wunderlich, Der Deutsche Satzbau, Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta, pages 24-25:
text: The characterization and contrasting of sections as parent or child, male or female, and variations thereon including 'father' and 'son', 'seniormost father' and 'juniors', is repeated over and over again in various contexts.
ref: 1977, Savanna, Volumes 6-7, Ahmadu Bello University, page 111:
glosses: Most senior.
grandmaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmaws
Etymology: From grand- + maw.
Senses: glosses: grandmother
grandpaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandpaws
Etymology: From grand- + paw.
Senses: glosses: grandfather
grandmaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmaw
grandpaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandpaw
loudens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of louden
loudened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of louden
oversensitized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversensitized
form: most oversensitized
Etymology: From over- + sensitized.
Senses: examples: text: There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart muscle.
ref: 2018 November 15, Nina Avramova, “19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high”, in CNN:
glosses: Excessively sensitized.
cowlicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cowlick + -ed.
Senses: glosses: In a cowlick.
raw_tags: of the hair
pistolwhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pistolwhip
ouncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouncers
Etymology: From ounce + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that weighs, or holds, a specified number of ounces.
ouncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouncer
fruitfulest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fruitful: most fruitful
cheerfulest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheerfullest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cheerful: most cheerful
naughties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naughty + -s.
Senses: glosses: Naughty people or things.
naughties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noughties (“first decade of a century”).
wirecutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wirecutters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wire cutter.
wirecutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wirecutter
midbreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + breath.
Senses: glosses: A point in time during a breath.
sirening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of siren
sirened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of siren
skitterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skitterish
form: most skitterish
Etymology: From skitter + -ish.
Senses: glosses: skittish
bonily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bonily
form: most bonily
Etymology: From bony + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bony manner.
hostessy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hostessy
form: most hostessy
Etymology: From hostess + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Grace is animated, hostessy, a person not at all his daughter. She is wearing ruby-red lipstick and a mannish turtleneck[…]
ref: 2004, Rebecca Meacham, Let's Do, page 171:
text: “Lovely!” Diane threw in another brilliant hostessy smile.
ref: 2011, Margaret Way, Wealthy Australian, Secret Son:
glosses: Characteristic of a hostess; cheerful, helpful, etc.
resmooth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resmooths
form: resmoothing
form: resmoothed
form: resmoothed
Etymology: From re- + smooth.
Senses: examples: 2012, Diane, Carbonell, 150 Pounds Gone Forever: How I Lost Half My Size and You Can Too
And the beautiful smooth shiny frosting was now a globby mess, as I unsuccessfully tried to resmooth it into the gap where the missing brownies had been. The more I moved the frosting around, the worse it looked.
glosses: To make smooth again.
globby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: globbier
form: globbiest
Etymology: From glob + -y.
Senses: examples: 2012, Diane, Carbonell, 150 Pounds Gone Forever: How I Lost Half My Size and You Can Too
And the beautiful smooth shiny frosting was now a globby mess, as I unsuccessfully tried to resmooth it into the gap where the missing brownies had been. The more I moved the frosting around, the worse it looked.
glosses: Characterised by globs or lumps.
Derived terms: globbiness
resmooths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resmooth
resmoothed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resmooth
resmoothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resmooth
indiscernibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more indiscernibly
form: most indiscernibly
Etymology: From indiscernible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that cannot be discerned.
goddamndest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddamnedest.
whimpery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whimpery
form: most whimpery
Etymology: From whimper + -y.
Senses: examples: text: People have gotten more courage and realized that all that they have to do is to speak up with sincerity and authority and self-confidence, then other people have confidence in them. Whereas, if they speak up with a big wounded whimpery voice, people will think they're freaks and queers.
ref: 1982 August 21, Will Doherty, Allen Ginsberg, “Certain Bohemian Truths: Talking with Allen Ginsberg”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 6, page 8:
text: a whimpery noise
glosses: Resembling a whimper.
examples: a whimpery child
glosses: Making a whimpering sound.
drawest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: draw + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of draw
ballbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballbearings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ball bearing.
ballbearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballbearing
splendidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of splendid: most splendid
Crimplene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Crimple + -ene, a marketing coinage of the 1950s, after the Crimple Valley in which the company was situated.
Senses: glosses: A kind of heavy, wrinkle-resistant fabric used for clothing.
linoleumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From linoleum + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered with linoleum.
dismallest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The black outer-coating of the bricks was removed, and they appeared with a cheerful, blushing face streaked with white: the old bronze lions of the knocker were gilt handsomely, the railings painted, and the dismallest house in Great Gaunt Street became the smartest in the whole quarter […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: superlative form of dismal: most dismal
dismalest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dismal: most dismal
jampot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jampots
Etymology: From jam + pot.
Senses: examples: text: “'Ere,” said Mr. Rumbold, suddenly fierce and shouting and marking his point with gesticulated jampots, “you go indoors. I don't want no row with you, and I don't want you to row with me. […]
ref: 1910, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly:
text: Less well known than the Staffordshire brands, Poole pottery is equally distinctive, with delicate pastel flower designs predominating. Particularly attractive, as well as being easy to pack, are the ashtrays, eggcups and jampots.
ref: 1963 June 16, Margaret Berkvist, “Fond Recollections of British Mementos; Taste of Yorkshire Pebble Treasures”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2025:
text: The trouble is that with its strange archaic language, its unusually naive narrator, and its frequent evocations of a lost English ideal full of jampots, cosy firesides and cups of tea, the book does make suggestions about innocence too easily lost and cynicism brutally gained.
ref: 2007 November 15, Sam Jordison, “I'm talking nonsense. In a good way”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2014:
glosses: Alternative form of jam pot.
jampot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jampots
Senses: examples: text: The gondola of Simla is the ‘jampan’ or ‘jampot’, as it is sometimes called, on the same linguistic principle... as that which converts asparagus into sparrow-grass...
ref: 1879 August 17, letter, The Times
glosses: Alternative form of jampan.
jampots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jampot
scoutship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoutships
Etymology: From scout + ship.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spaceship that carries out reconnaissance.
scoutships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scoutship
fearefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fearefull
form: most fearefull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fearful.
impatiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Such at least had been the intimated attitude of Mrs. Stringham, the elder of the companions, who had her own view of the impatiences of the younger, to which, however, she offered an opposition but of the most circuitous.
ref: 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
glosses: plural of impatience
emphysemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From emphysema + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to emphysema.
emphysemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emphysemics
Etymology: From emphysema + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has emphysema.
mysticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mysticism
welcomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welcoming
undangerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undangerous
form: most undangerous
Etymology: From un- + dangerous.
Senses: examples: text: But, say they, we, while they fight with the spear,
Lead in our homes a life undangerous:
ref: 1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, page 20, line 245–246
text: One of the basic requirements of a joke is that it come as close as possible to being 'unfunny.' The closer, the funnier. "Where did the jellyroll?" is not very funny. We may crack a smile at the little pun, but clean, undangerous puns have to be very virtuosic to get a strong reaction.
ref: 1984 April 28, George Bozeman, “Spoiled Jokes”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Not dangerous.
Synonyms: harmless
nondangerous
Derived terms: undangerousness
Related terms: danger
dangerous
dangerously
sixpennyworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixpennyworths
Etymology: From sixpenny + -worth.
Senses: examples: a sixpennyworth of rum
glosses: A portion worth sixpence.
glosses: A prison sentence of six months.
threepennyworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threepennyworths
Etymology: From threepenny + -worth.
Senses: examples: a threepennyworth of rum
glosses: A portion worth threepence.
sixpennyworths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixpennyworth
threepennyworths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threepennyworth
twopennyworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twopennyworths
Etymology: From twopenny + -worth.
Senses: examples: a twopennyworth of rum
glosses: A portion worth twopence.
fourpennyworth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourpennyworths
Etymology: From fourpenny + -worth.
Senses: examples: a fourpennyworth of rum
glosses: A portion worth fourpence.
twopennyworths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twopennyworth
fourpennyworths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourpennyworth
nightlamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightlamps
Etymology: From night + lamp.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. M'Alpin and he sat up until the extinction of the lights in the lower rooms round the square, and the glimmering of the nightlamps in the upper chambers, warned them that the world had retired to rest[…]
ref: 1842, Mrs. Monkland, The Nabob at Home; Or, The Return to England, page 7:
glosses: A lamp providing illumination at night.
nightlamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightlamp
streamered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From streamer + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Bearing a streamer or streamers.
unfrosted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + frosted.
Senses: examples: text: an unfrosted cake
glosses: Not frosted.
unfrosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfrost
coveralled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coverall + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a coverall.
sanyasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanyasis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sannyasi.
sannyasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sannyasins
Senses: glosses: A Hindu in the sannyasa stage.
sanyasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanyasi
sannyasins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sannyasin
sannyasini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sannyasinis
Senses: glosses: female sannyasin
sannyasinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sannyasini
unblamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blamed.
Senses: glosses: Not blamed.
Orion Arm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, containing the Solar System.
Synonyms: Local Arm
Local Spur
Orion Spur
cuffless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cuff + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without cuffs.
Derived terms: cufflessness
lobeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lobe + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without lobes.
Derived terms: frontal lobeless
unrecognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + recognition.
Senses: glosses: Lack of recognition; failure to recognize.
goldarned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: goddamned
soapdish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapdishes
Etymology: From soap + dish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soap dish.
soapdishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapdish
stairfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stairfoots
Etymology: From stair + foot.
Senses: examples: text: He blew out the lamp, and closed the stairfoot door after him, as he slowly mounted the stairs behind her.
ref: 1927, D. H. Lawrence, John Thomas and Lady Jane:
glosses: The foot, or bottom, of a flight of stairs.
Related terms: stairhead
camphorwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From camphor + wood.
Senses: examples: a camphorwood chest
glosses: The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
dockman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dockmen
Etymology: From dock + -man.
Senses: examples: text: “Stand clear! Stand clear of that rope!” cried the dockmen, bending over stone posts.”
ref: 1914, Joseph Conrad, chapter 5, in The Niger of Narkissos:
synonyms: wharfman
hypernyms: dockworker
docker#Etymology_2
longshoreman
stevedore
wharfie
glosses: A man who works on a dock.
dockmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dockman
cellarways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellarway
starflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starflower
sextette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextettes
Senses: examples: text: Cecil and Lucy turned up at four o’clock, and these, with little Minnie Beebe, made a somewhat lugubrious sextette upon the upper lawn for tea.
ref: 1908, E. M. Forster, chapter XIV, in A Room with a View:
glosses: Dated form of sextet.
sextettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextette
wardresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wardress
schoolmistressy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolmistressy
form: most schoolmistressy
form: school-mistressy
Etymology: From schoolmistress + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmistress.
Synonyms: schoolmistressly