cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonminerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmineral
fisked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fisk
quietisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quietism
gobbledegoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There was a young fellow of Alltree
Whose parts were but puny and paltry,
But he knew how to do
A neat gobbledegoo
[. . . . . . . . . . . cetera desunt]
ref: 1946?: William A. Schwartz [ed.], The Limerick: 1700 Examples, with Notes, Variants and Index, page 286 (1967 publication; Greenleaf Classics)
text: On the professional level —too much gobbledegoo.
ref: 1951: University of Illinois Bureau of Educational Research, The Journal of Educational Research, volume 44, page 257 (Public School Publ. Co.)
text: Last time I saw him he was doing some mystical Rasputin gobbledegoo in Hyde Park. Pathetic.
ref: 2009, Ira Robbins, Kick It Till It Breaks, page 348:
glosses: Rare spelling of gobbledygook.
nonesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + esophageal.
Senses: glosses: Not esophageal.
cream up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creams up
form: creaming up
form: creamed up
form: creamed up
Senses: glosses: To cover with cream.
glosses: To become creamy.
backpropagations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backpropagation
backreactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backreaction
king's ransom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king's ransoms
form: kings' ransoms
Etymology: From the exceptionally high ransom demanded for the return of a kidnapped or captured king.
Senses: examples: text: "But to yonder pavilion . . . the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof, and which is worth a king's ransom."
ref: 1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 12, in The Talisman:
text: These gold, silver and pewter pieces are part of a king’s ransom of Spanish treasure salvaged from the sea off Florida where they had lain for 250 years.
ref: 1967 March 10, Archeology: An Ill-Starred Treasure Comes into Its Own (pictorial), LIFE, page 101
text: “[…]This commercial message is sponsored by Lebenthal in the heartfelt belief that we’re not the only ones who are going to miss the bonds when they’re gone and it costs a king’s ransom to turn on the lights, boil water, or haul the garbage.”
ref: 1986 March 24, Bernice Kanner, “The Real James Bond: Jim Lebenthal’s Tax-Bill Crusade”, in New York, page 46:
text: Solving longitude was one of the major preoccupations of European nations from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. King’s ransoms were offered for its solution.
ref: 2005, Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner, “The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy”, in Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner, editors, The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives, page 7:
text: Except that Clarissa Astley would not have been decked out in a king's ransom of diamonds.
ref: 2010, Jane Feather, Rushed to the Altar, Pocket Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 386:
glosses: A very large sum of money.
Synonyms: fortune
unpadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpadlocks
form: unpadlocking
form: unpadlocked
form: unpadlocked
Etymology: From un- + padlock.
Senses: glosses: To release from a padlock.
unpadlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpadlock
unpadlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + padlocked.
Senses: examples: text: In London, of all places, where people are always on the lookout for opportunities to commit crimes: an unzipped handbag, a phone sticking out of a back pocket, an unpadlocked bike.
ref: 2020, Jess Ryder, The Night Away:
glosses: Not secured by a padlock.
unpadlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpadlock
unpadlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpadlock
nonintermediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intermediate.
Senses: glosses: Not intermediate.
nonimmediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immediate.
Senses: glosses: Not immediate.
shitmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitmobiles
Etymology: From shit + -mobile.
Senses: examples: text: Unbelievable as it seemed, the cop was clearly going after that sorry old farmer in his dilapidated shitmobile.
ref: 2005, Joseph Paul Befumo, Ariadne's Clew:
glosses: An inferior motor vehicle.
shitmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitmobile
nonobstructing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + obstructing.
Senses: glosses: Not posing an obstruction.
esophagitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esophagitis
esophorias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esophoria
esophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more esophoric
form: most esophoric
Etymology: From esophoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with or pertaining to esophoria.
esophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esophorics
Etymology: From esophoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has esophoria.
illnesslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more illnesslike
form: most illnesslike
Etymology: From illness + -like.
Senses: examples: text: ...the idea that addiction is not simply an issue of will, morality, or crime but an illnesslike compulsion that has distinct physical characteristics.
ref: 1996, Linda A. Mercadante, Victims and sinners: spiritual roots of addiction and recovery:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of illness.
nonulcerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ulcerated.
Senses: glosses: Not ulcerated.
refluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflux
nondirty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dirty.
Senses: examples: text: The share locks are used to make sure that each individual read of the database's rows contains non-dirty data […]
ref: 2002, Heather Wright, ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro, Visual Basic .NET Edition, page 269:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not dirty.
nonwebbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + webbed.
Senses: examples: text: The palms of the forefeet are as broad as they are long, and the nonwebbed fingers possess large digging claws.
ref: 1999, Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's mammals of the world, Volume 1:
glosses: Not webbed.
nonpalmate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + palmate.
Senses: glosses: Not palmate.
nonmetered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + metered.
Senses: glosses: Not metered.
esotericisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esotericism
nonexpository
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-expository
Etymology: From non- + expository.
Senses: examples: text: Their questions are impossible to answer, outside of the non-expository truth: What seems weird now didn’t seem weird then.
ref: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Not expository.
nonzone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + zone.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a zone.
prodromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prodrome
nonsurveyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + surveyed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been surveyed.
drugtaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drug + taking.
Senses: glosses: consumption of recreational drugs
drugtaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drugtakers
Etymology: From drug + taker.
Senses: glosses: One who consumes recreational drugs.
drugtakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drugtaker
strongwilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strongwilled
form: most strongwilled
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of strong-willed.
citee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citees
Etymology: From cite + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is cited, or receives a citation.
nonroofed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + roofed.
Senses: glosses: Not covered by a roof.
nonzonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonzonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonzonal manner.
nonexhibitionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exhibitionist.
Senses: glosses: Not exhibitionist.
messagelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more messagelike
form: most messagelike
Etymology: From message + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a message.
Wesleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛz.li.ən/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.li.ən/
Forms: form: more Wesleyan
form: most Wesleyan
Etymology: From Wesley + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Methodism in general
Wesleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛz.li.ən/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.li.ən/
Forms: form: Wesleyans
Etymology: From Wesley + -an.
Senses: examples: text: However, after breakfast the prayings did not stop for the preachings, — each went on with force; people came flocking in; we had Wesleyans in abundance.
ref: 1854, John Walford, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Late Venerable Hugh Bourne:
glosses: A supporter of Wesleyanism.
Wesleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛz.li.ən/
ipa: /ˈwɛs.li.ən/
Etymology: From Wesley + -an.
Senses: glosses: A university located in Middletown, Connecticult.
Wesleyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wesleyan
repmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repmobiles
Etymology: From rep + -mobile.
Senses: glosses: A car of a kind popular with sales representatives.
repmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repmobile
Chiron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪɹən/
rhymes: -aɪɹən
homophone: chyron
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Χείρων (Kheírōn).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher.
topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A centaur (minor planet) and comet-like/asteroid-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 2060 Chiron
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 95P
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Chiron
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 1977 UB
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ⚷
topics: astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: ⚷
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Cheiron
topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Kheiron
Derived terms: topics: astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Chironic
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Chironian
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Chironean
crusaderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crusaderlike
form: most crusaderlike
Etymology: From crusader + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crusader.
notelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more notelike
form: most notelike
Etymology: From note + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a note (musical tone).
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a note (short message).
Fisk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪsk/
rhymes: -ɪsk
Etymology: Occupational surname for a fisherman, from Old English fisc or Old Norse fiskr, all from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Adair County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Butler County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Fiskian
nonexhibitionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exhibitionistic.
Senses: glosses: Not exhibitionistic.
nonexhibited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exhibited.
Senses: glosses: Not exhibited.
noncollecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + collecting.
Senses: examples: a noncollecting art lover
a noncollecting frother
glosses: Not collecting (in various senses).
cavillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavilling
cavilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caviling
messages in bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of message in a bottle
skimobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skimobiles
Etymology: From ski + -mobile, originally a trademark.
Senses: glosses: snowmobile
Related terms: skimobiling
skimobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skimobile
put on the red light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts on the red light
form: putting on the red light
form: put on the red light
form: put on the red light
Etymology: Refers to the fact that a red light is traditionally placed in the windows of sex-related businesses; compare red-light district.
Senses: examples: text: Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light / Those days are over / You don't have to sell your body to the night
ref: 1978, “Roxanne”, performed by The Police:
glosses: To advertise oneself as a prostitute.
nonexhibit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exhibit.
Senses: examples: text: For a nonexhibit facility, I am assuming the use of a fully air-conditioned existing room of a floor area of 18 sq m […]
ref: 1977, Devra G. Kleiman, The biology and conservation of the Callitrichidae:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to an exhibit.
drunkendom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drunken + -dom.
Senses: glosses: drunkenness
bunchgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunchgrasses
Etymology: From bunch + grass.
Senses: examples: text: With every day, as he kept moving north, bunchgrass became more abundant, and eventually the land turned yellow.
ref: 2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 135:
glosses: Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.
Synonyms: sense: clumping grasses
word: tussock grass
Hyponyms: sense: clumping grasses
word: Brachypodium
sense: clumping grasses
word: Calamagrostis
sense: clumping grasses
word: Chionochloa
sense: clumping grasses
word: Deschampsia
sense: clumping grasses
word: Festuca
sense: clumping grasses
word: Heteropogon
sense: clumping grasses
word: Leymus
sense: clumping grasses
word: Melica
sense: clumping grasses
word: Muhlenbergia
sense: clumping grasses
word: Nassella
sense: clumping grasses
english: selected genera
translation: selected genera
word: Stipa
Derived terms: Goldman's bunchgrass lizard
bunchgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunchgrass
bunchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunching
dropseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: dropsied
Forms: form: dropseeds
Etymology: Calque of translingual Sporobolus. By surface analysis, drop + seed.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses.
dropseeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropseed
nonmuricidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + muricidal.
Senses: glosses: Not muricidal.
nonrationalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rationalized.
Senses: glosses: Not rationalized.
nonrationalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rationalizable.
Senses: glosses: Not rationalizable.
preparationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preparationists
Etymology: From preparation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of preparationism.
preparationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preparationist
Hopperesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hopperesque
form: most Hopperesque
Etymology: From Hopper + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American realist painter and printmaker.
pinches of salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinch of salt
hearthlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hearthlike
form: most hearthlike
Etymology: From hearth + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Against the back wall, the piers gather together to form an incredibly solid fireplace, the most massive and hearthlike spot in the building.
ref: 2005, Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, Barbara Winslow, Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hearth.
iceway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iceways
Etymology: From ice + way.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A linear channel eroded through bedrock by the passage of glacial ice.
iceways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iceway
craphead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crapheads
Etymology: From crap + head.
Senses: glosses: An undesirable or stupid person.
crapface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crapfaces
Etymology: From crap + face.
Senses: glosses: A contemptible or undesirable person.
shitfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitface
dayee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day-ee
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of day.
dayee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: day-ee
Senses: examples: text: “Good day ′Un!” he said to the yardman.
“Day-ee, Jasper!” replied 'Un. “Day-ee, Silas! How′s things?”
ref: 1955, Arthur William Upfield, Cake in the Hat Box, page 4:
glosses: An ellipsis of good day.
Synonyms: g'day
dayee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dayees
Senses: examples: 1855, North-Western Provinces, India, Selections from the Records of Government, Volume 3, page 184,
The custom now actually and thoroughly established, and daily practised in these villages, is the following : — On the occasion of a birth in a Thakoor family, the village dayee is summoned, and after her services have been completed, she reports the occurrence to her relative, the bullahur ; he informs the chowkeedar, who causes the necessary entry to be made in the putwaree′s diary, and, if the birth be of a girl, reports the event to the thannah.
glosses: midwife
day-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dayee.
undarned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + darned.
Senses: examples: text: […] the home would instantly be left a howling wilderness of cradles and a chaos of undarned stockings and buttonless shirts.
ref: 1914, Charles Austin Beard, Readings in American government and politics:
glosses: Not darned.
hatelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hatelike
form: most hatelike
Etymology: From hate + -like.
Senses: examples: a hatelike emotion
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of hate.
knowledgeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From knowledge + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The dissent of knowledge and the dissent of ignorance, though disunited, are becoming too powerful for your knowledgeless Church; and you, at last, have consented to speak of its necessary reform!
ref: 1835, Richard Carlile, Church Reform, London: for the author, page 16:
text: Ultimately and essentially there was only a luminous bliss, only a knowledgeless understanding, only union with unity in a limitless, undifferentiated awareness.
ref: 1962, Aldous Huxley, chapter 15, in Island, New York: Bantam, published 1963, page 272:
glosses: Devoid of knowledge; ignorant.
Derived terms: knowledgelessness
Kourtney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Courtney.
kovshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kovsh
kourotrophoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kourotrophos
kowhais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kowhai
marshside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From marsh + side.
Senses: examples: a marshside settlement
glosses: Beside a marsh.
mellifluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mellifluent
form: most mellifluent
Etymology: From Latin mellifluēns.
Senses: glosses: Mellifluous.
Derived terms: mellifluently
packing heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pack heat
nondestination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + destination.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a destination.
nonlive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + live.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: nonalive, unalive, dead, devitalized, inanimate (all sometimes denotatively synonymous but not idiomatically interchangeable)
text: a nonlive birth
text: a nonlive vaccine
text: nonlive music
text: nonlive ammunition
antonyms: alive
live#Adjective
animate#Adjective
glosses: Not live (in various senses).
Related terms: word: unalive
word: unlive
recomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recompositions
Etymology: From re- + composition.
Senses: examples: text: The Universe is one vast chemical laboratory, in constant operation, by her internal forces. The laws or principles of attraction, cohesion, and repulsion, produce in never-ending succession the phenomena of composition, decomposition, and recomposition.
ref: 1881, Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 15:
text: This unnecessary process of recomposition can also attack a playwright most effectively in the last two weeks of rehearsal, when the production is usually in pieces, the actors restive, and a quick solution to everyone’s discomfort appears to be an amputation of one of the limbs of the script.
ref: 1993, Joan Schenkar, “A New Way to Pay Old Debts”, in Ellen Donkin, Susan Clement, editors, Upstaging Big Daddy: Directing Theater as If Gender and Race Matter, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 258:
glosses: A composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing
glosses: Synonym of terramation (“a process for the final disposition of human remains”)
synonyms: word: terramation
extra: a process for the final disposition of human remains
recompositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recomposition
semifeudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + feudal.
Senses: glosses: Having certain aspects of feudalism.
upthrusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upthrust
upthrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upthrust
antireferendum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + referendum.
Senses: glosses: Opposing a referendum.
unhungover
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hungover.
Senses: glosses: Not hungover.
the story goes
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The story goes that they won the day.
text: James Kirkwood's play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! opened nearly three years ago on Broadway, and, so the story goes, was promptly killed by critics — presumably because of its gay material.
ref: 1978 April 8, Robert Chesley, “The Cat Burglar Returns”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
glosses: The story is usually depicted as follows.
Related terms: rumour has it
brachyuran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹæk.iˈjʊə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌbɹæk.iˈju.ɹən/
Etymology: From the infraorder Brachyura (the true crabs), + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to crabs.
Related terms: brachyurous
brachyural
brachyuran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹæk.iˈjʊə.ɹən/
ipa: /ˌbɹæk.iˈju.ɹən/
Forms: form: brachyurans
Etymology: From the infraorder Brachyura (the true crabs), + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A crab.
azederach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of azedarach.
Red Delicious
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Red Deliciouses
form: red delicious
Senses: examples: text: I once knew a girl who wouldn’t eat apples. She wove her walking around groves and orchards. She didn’t even like to look at them. They’re all mealy, she said. Or else too cheeky, too bloomed. No, she stated again, in case we had not heard her, our laps brimming with Granny Smiths and Red Deliciouses.
ref: 2013, Aimee Bender, “Appleless”, in The Color Master: Stories, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 3:
text: The first thing Billy did every morning at work was to swing by the main school’s cafeteria in the basement two floors below and pick up breakfast for the Academic Vision Institute: a plastic crate of thirty assorted milks (chocolate, obviously, being the only one anybody ever drank), twenty foil-topped orange juices (“contains less than 6% juice/product of Brazil, Honduras, El Salvador, and the United States”), around ten individually-sealed plastic cereal bowls (plus ten spork-napkin-straw kits), various fruits (almost always mealy, thick-skinned Red Deliciouses and rock-hard pears), and motley breakfast pastries.
ref: 2014, Wintfred Huskey, chapter 4, in Blowin’ It, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Head & The Hand Press, →ISBN, page 71:
text: These were native to the soil, and it’s unclear if they were used by Native Americans. In any case, contemporary palates—raised on flawless, tart Granny Smiths or Red Deliciouses—would have deemed them inedible, either impossibly sour or garbage-y bland.
ref: 2016, Steven Grasse, “Cider”, in Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History, New York, N.Y.: Abrams Image, →ISBN:
glosses: A variety of apple which is red in color and has a mild sweet flavor.
aformentioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of aforementioned.
Saturn V
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.tɝn faɪv/
Etymology: From Saturn + V (“five”, Roman numeral), being the fifth major moon going outward from the planet, after Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, and Dione.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Rhea (moon of Saturn)
Saturn V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.tɝn faɪv/
Forms: form: Saturn Vs
Etymology: From Saturn + V (“five”, Roman numeral), being the fifth major moon going outward from the planet, after Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, and Dione.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A US moonshot rocket from the 1960s and 70s
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Centaur upper-stage rocket
bookmarkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bookmark + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Our online catalogue is one long page: can we make individual products bookmarkable?
glosses: That can be bookmarked (stored as a placeholder to be visited again later).
chrysanth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrysanths
Senses: examples: text: Marie Swainson runs into the garden next door to pick the “chrysanths” before they are ruined.
ref: 1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 138:
text: The ewer was on the mantelpiece, crowded today with white lilies and white mop-headed chrysanths.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 12, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: Clipping of chrysanthemum.
chrysanths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrysanth
ecotown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecotowns
form: eco-town
Etymology: From eco- + town.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of government-sponsored new towns which are intended to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability
ecotowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecotown
foodchain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodchains
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of food chain.
mephedrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mephedrone.
glosses: Misspelling of methedrine.
glosses: A chemical synonym for 4-methylmethamphetamine, a stimulant drug.
microapp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microapps
Etymology: From micro- + app.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A very small application, often one of a group that are integrated into a website
precognisant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precognisant
form: most precognisant
Etymology: From pre- + cognisant.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of precognizant.
precognizant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more precognizant
form: most precognizant
Etymology: From pre- + cognizant.
Senses: glosses: Displaying precognition
renewably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more renewably
form: most renewably
Etymology: From renewable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a renewable manner.
damager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damagers
Etymology: From damage + -er.
Senses: glosses: Somebody or something that damages.
Derived terms: stage damager
damagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damager
soapstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapstars
form: soap star
Etymology: From soap + star.
Senses: glosses: A star of a soap opera.
tiltable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tilt + -able.
Senses: examples: text: While the Wii Wheel doesn't add any specific functionality to the Wii Remote, it does make the controller feel more balanced and natural — more like a tiltable steering wheel for many racing games.
ref: 2010, Kyle Orland, Wii For Dummies, page 51:
glosses: Able to be tilted.
unforseen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of unforeseen.
warzones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warzone
warzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warzones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of war zone.
graunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graunt
graunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graunt
ringed plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringed plovers
Senses: glosses: A small plover, Charadrius hiaticula, that has a black neckband
Related terms: common ringed plover
little ringed plover
looks for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look for
looking for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look for
looked for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look for
wait-a-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wait-a-bits
Etymology: From Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.
Senses: glosses: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives.
Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
glosses: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives.
Biancaea decapetala (syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn)
glosses: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn)
glosses: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).
glosses: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
Asparagus spp. of South Africa (Asparagus capensis, Asparagus suaveolens, Asparagus burchellii, Asparagus mariae, Asparagus flavicaulis, Asparagus spinescens)
wait-a-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wait-a-bits
Etymology: From the delay caused by the recurved thorns.
Senses: glosses: Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:
The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).
glosses: Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:
The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia).
glosses: Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:
Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).
glosses: Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:
Mimosa aculeaticarpa (catclaw mimosa, wait-a-minute bush), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
glosses: Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:
Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Related terms: wait-a-minute
wait-a-while
proclive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊklɪv/
Forms: form: more proclive
form: most proclive
Etymology: From Latin prōclīvis (“sloping, inclined”).
Senses: examples: text: Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
In measure to the proclive weight and rush
Of His inner nature […]
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
synonyms: proclivous
glosses: Having a tendency by nature; prone
calcifediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (cole)calcife(rol) + diol.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A prehormone which is produced by hydroxylation of vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol) in the liver.
Synonyms: calcidiol
25-hydroxycholecalciferol
CABG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /siː eɪ biː ˈd͡ʒiː/
homophone: stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of coronary artery bypass grafting.
like a man
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Middle English lyke a man (“in the manner of a man, in accordance with man”).
Senses: examples: text: Don't be a wimp: deal with it like a man!
qualifier: simile
glosses: Bravely, decisively, and without complaining.
Related terms: word: man up
board shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boardshorts.
erionite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erionites
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔριον (érion, “wool”) + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: 1997, R. P. Nolan, A. M. Langer, Physico-chemical Properties of Inorganic Particles Controlling Biological Activity, J. H. Duffus (chief editor), Carcinogenicity of Inorganic Substances, Royal Society of Chemistry, page 49,
The dust clouds for both the erionite and crocidolite exposures containing 10mg/ m⁻³ of dust, which produce fibre levels of 354 fibre cm⁻³ and 1630 fibre cm⁻³ > 5 µm in length, respectively. The erionite cloud contained fewer fibres and more equant particles.
text: Moreover, Timblin et al. (1998) reported that while both erionites and crocidolite exposure induced genetic damage, as supported by increased unscheduled DNA synthesis, crocidolite was much faster and more effective than erionite at inducing apoptosis.
ref: 2015, Ali K. Hamade, Christopher M. Long, Peter A. Valberg, “Naturally Occurring Mineral Fibers”, in Raymond D. Harbison, Marie M. Bourgeois, Giffe T. Johnson, editors, Hamilton and Hardy's Industrial Toxicology, Wiley, page 1013:
text: Erionite is one of a large group of silicate minerals called zeolites, microporous aluminosilicates, commonly found in altered volcanic tuffs, volcanic ash and muds derived from them.
ref: 2017, Ann G. Wylie, “2: Asbestos and Fibrous Erionite”, in Joseph R. Testa, editor, Asbestos and Mesothelioma, Springer,, page 33:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.
erionites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erionite
out of doors
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: out-of-doors
form: out of door
Senses: examples: text: You are allowed to smoke out of doors.
text: The cat was out of doors, seemingly enjoying the sun.
text: [U]pon the whole she spent her time comfortably enough; there were half hours of pleasant conversation with Charlotte, and the weather was so fine for the time of year, that she had often great enjoyment out of doors.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 80–81:
text: All things that love the sun are out of doors; / The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;
ref: 1815 [1802], William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence:
text: I said I would do anything—dig, weed, collect slugs, anything at all, but he must let me work. Work with my hands out of doors was the only thing I felt I could bear to-day. It wasn't the first time, I reflected, that peace has been found among cabbages.
ref: 1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 180:
glosses: Dated form of outdoors (“not inside any building”).
house-coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house-coats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of housecoat.
house-coats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house-coat
architector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: architectors
Etymology: From Middle English architectur, from Middle French architecteur, Medieval Latin architector, and Italian architettore, from Latin architectus, architectōn, due to form-association with Latin agent nouns in -tor.
Senses: examples: text: Then he said that Homer was wonderfull in all his things, but that amongst others, he was an excellent architector.
ref: 1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives, page 570:
glosses: An architect.
Derived terms: architectress
water column
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water columns
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
qualifier: environmental sciences
glosses: A notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.
qualifier: deep-sea diving
glosses: The zone in which ascent and descent occur.
examples: text: At Carlisle, as is customary, there was a very slow stop for the engine to draw to the water column.
ref: 1943 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in The Railway Magazine, page 16:
text: There could be no easy reversion to the pre-electrification timetable, as that provided for working over the Hyndland branch, which no longer existed, and new stations had come into use at Hyndland and Garscadden; moreover, water columns all along the routes concerned had been removed.
ref: 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
text: Recent acquisitions include LMS open No 7991, formerly on the Severn Valley Railway, several wagons and a swan-necked water column.
ref: 1979 August, “Preservation Scene: Midland Railway Trust”, in Railway World, page 429:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: water crane
coordinate_terms: track pan
water trough
glosses: A column alongside a railway track used to replenish a steam engine's water supply.
glosses: The column of water inside the graduated cylinder of a pressure gauge that measures pressure in inches of water.
lunet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunets
Etymology: See lunette.
Senses: examples: text: […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]
ref: 1645, Joseph Hall, The Peace-Maker:
glosses: A little moon or satellite.
lunets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunet
synoecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɪˈniːʃəs/
Forms: form: synecious
form: synœcious
form: synoicous
Etymology: From syn- + -oecious.
Senses: examples: text: Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.
ref: 1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland, page 192:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: With male and female organs in the same structure.
examples: text: The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.
ref: 1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures, page 309:
glosses: unisex
mukhtars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mukhtar
stablest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stable: most stable
runner-runner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Seat 8 has eight outs twice (the four nines and four remaining aces), plus another 4% for the runner-runner flush draw
ref: 2009, Jonathan Gelling, Poker Tips that Pay: Expert Strategy Guide for Winning No Limit Texas Hold Em, page 300:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Describing a situation where the last two community cards make a winning hand for a player who was previously behind.
Related terms: gutshot
bad beat
cold deck
neostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neostomies
Etymology: From neo- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The construction of an artificial opening
uncoöperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncoöperative
form: most uncoöperative
Senses: examples: text: These labourers were uncoöperative, had no interest at all in our investigations or were over-awed.
ref: 1978: Onoma, volume 22, page 229 (International Centre of Onomastics)
text: Why are people so surprised to find the Soviets distrustful and uncoöperative in their attitude toward the western powers?
ref: 1996: Fredric Kroll [ed.], Klaus-Mann-Schriftenreihe, volume 6: “1943–1949: Der Tod in Cannes”, page 235 (Blahak; →ISBN, 9783928427050)
text: No matter how he tries to subdue the recollection, it bothers him and causes constant psychological conflict. I gathered that much from his mannerisms, although he himself won’t divulge a thing. Very uncoöperative, in fact.
ref: 2000, Walter McConville, Anxious in Talara, page 143:
glosses: Alternative spelling of uncooperative.
unco-operative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unco-operative
form: most unco-operative
Etymology: From un- + co-operative.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncooperative.
waiata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiatas
form: waiata
Etymology: From Maori waiata.
Senses: glosses: A Māori folk song.
waiatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiata
BVSc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Veterinary Science.
mwahaha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of muahahaha.
impermissibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impermissibilities
Etymology: From im- + permissibility.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being impermissible.
impermissibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impermissibility
unfuzzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfuzzy
form: most unfuzzy
Etymology: From un- + fuzzy.
Senses: examples: text: A completely sharp and unfuzzy relationship between terms is thus actually rather an unnatural one in real languages.
ref: 2001, Susan Deacy, Alexandra Villing, Athena in the classical world:
glosses: Not fuzzy.
preachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preaching
snatchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snatching
orismological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orismological
form: most orismological
Etymology: From orismology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to orismology.
postvacation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + vacation.
Senses: glosses: After a vacation.
prevacation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vacation.
Senses: glosses: Before a vacation.
preconvention
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + convention.
Senses: glosses: Before a convention (meeting or gathering).
preconvention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconventions
Etymology: From pre- + convention.
Senses: examples: text: […] decisions previously made at preconventions held at local, regional, and national levels.
ref: 1993, Barry Carr, Steve Ellner, The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika, page 236:
glosses: A preliminary convention.
prelaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + law.
Senses: coordinate_terms: pre-med
glosses: Any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study at a law school.
eightyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eighty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of eighty.
eightyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eighty + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of eighty.
ninetyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ninety + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of ninety.
ninetyfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ninety + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of ninety.
blandify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blandifies
form: blandifying
form: blandified
form: blandified
Etymology: From bland + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: There’d been a time when those still devoted to some norm of propriety had tried to paint the words over, but a few kids bent on self-expressive anarchy could destroy in an hour a white surface it had taken a crew three days to blandify.
ref: 2013, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, Bloomsbury, page 98:
glosses: To make bland.
Related terms: blandification
blandified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blandify
blandifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blandify
blandifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blandify
blandiloquently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blandiloquently
form: most blandiloquently
Etymology: From blandiloquent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a blandiloquent manner.
Tarkanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːˈkeɪni.ən/
ipa: /tɑɹˈkeɪni.ən/
Etymology: From Armenian Թարխանյան (Tʻarxanyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
breastroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of breast + stroke
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of breaststroke.
eplivanserin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Contains -anserin (“serotonin receptor antagonist”).
Senses: glosses: An experimental drug formerly being developed for the treatment of insomnia.