cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
harrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæɹəʊiŋ/
Forms: form: harrowings
Etymology: By surface analysis, harrow + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The field received two harrowings.
hypernyms: tillage
coordinate_terms: ploughing#Noun
glosses: The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
glosses: Suffering, torment.
examples: text: Scientists who complain about the helplessness of politicians might consider the desolation in England which followed the harrowing of the north by William the Conqueror or the state of the Palatinate long after the end of the Thirty Years War[.]
ref: 1956 April 24, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, page 122, column 1:
glosses: Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
examples: text: As in other myths, like Christ's harrowing of hell, the initiate descends into the netherworld for the magical three days.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 178:
text: In the harrowing, Christ sweeps down upon death, hell, and the Devil, smashes down the doors of hell, and triumphantly carries the just off to heaven.
ref: 1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages, →ISBN, page 108:
text: The motif of the harrowing of hell was highly influential in the Insular world.
ref: 2002, Michael W. Herren, Shirley Ann Brown, Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century, →ISBN, page 157:
text: But Juliana's uniquely powerful chaining of the devil is surely meant to recall Christ's harrowing of hell.
ref: 2013, Robert E. Bjork, The Cynewulf Reader, →ISBN, page 153:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
Derived terms: harrowing of hell
vocally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəʊkəli/
ipa: /ˈvoʊkəli/
Forms: form: more vocally
form: most vocally
Etymology: From vocal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Passengers complained long and vocally about the timetable changes.
glosses: In a vocal manner.
examples: text: The infant responded vocally to the first stimulus in the study.
glosses: Using words.
vocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vocation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a vocation.
glosses: That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge.
raw_tags: of education
Derived terms: nonvocational
prevocational
vocational education
vocationalism
vocationalist
vocationally
vocational school
voguish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəʊɡɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈvoʊɡɪʃ/
rhymes: -əʊɡɪʃ
Forms: form: more voguish
form: most voguish
Etymology: From vogue + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Elegant, fashionable or chic.
examples: text: It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, went from being a fidget spinner alternative for stoners to a mainstream panacea.
ref: 2018 October 27, Alex Williams, “Why Is CBD Everywhere?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Trendy.
Derived terms: voguishly
voguishness
voicelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more voicelessly
form: most voicelessly
Etymology: From voiceless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a voiceless manner.
voicelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From voiceless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being voiceless
volatility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌvɔl.əˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: volatilities
Etymology: From volatile + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being volatile.
glosses: The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
glosses: The state of being able to fly.
glosses: The state of being unpredictable.
examples: text: The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.
ref: 2022 May 18, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Stocks resume their rout as falling profits reignite fears of inflation.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
Derived terms: volatility buffer
volatilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: volatilizes
form: volatilizing
form: volatilized
form: volatilized
Etymology: From volatile + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: But the healthy breeze of a neighbouring heath, on which we bounded at pleaſure, volatilized the humours that improper food might have generated.
ref: 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter VII, page 145:
glosses: To make volatile; to cause to evaporate.
glosses: To make insubstantial; to dissipate.
glosses: To become volatile; to evaporate.
volubly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more volubly
form: most volubly
Etymology: From voluble + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Frenchman then began chattering volubly, and the General supported him; but I recommended the former to read, for example, extracts from the memoirs of General Perovski, who, in 1812, was a prisoner in the hands of the French.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth:
text: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits.
ref: 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: In a voluble manner.
voluminously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more voluminously
form: most voluminously
Etymology: From voluminous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a voluminous manner.
voluminousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vəˈl(j)uːmɪnəsnəs/
Etymology: From voluminous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state of being voluminous
enthralled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enthralled
form: most enthralled
Senses: examples: text: Mine eare is much enamored of thy note; / So is mine eye enthralled to thy ſhape.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 152, column 2:
text: At 18 I was fortunate enough to receive an offer to study at Oxford University. I was enthralled with the exciting new world around me and tried desperately to fit in.
ref: 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Fascinated; captivated.
Derived terms: unenthralled
enthralled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enthrall
chemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemist
omnitheist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omnitheists
Etymology: From omni- + theist.
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in omnitheism.
omnitheist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more omnitheist
form: most omnitheist
Etymology: From omni- + theist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to omnitheism.
Derived terms: omnitheistic
omnitheistical
omnitheistically
Related terms: pandeist
pantheist
theist
omnitheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnitheist
druggist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: druggists
Etymology: From French droguiste, replacing earlier drugger. See drug.
Senses: examples: text: For sale by all druggists
text: No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all / So catholicly a curing cordial.
ref: 1777: Sir Lucius Cary (John Bell ed.), An Elegy on Dr. Donne (in Bell's Edition) http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN17023722&id=O7VxDbn1H44C&pg=PR91&lpg=PR91&dq=druggist+date:0-1800&as_brr=1
glosses: A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
Synonyms: sense: medicine maker and seller
word: apothecary
sense: medicine maker and seller
word: chemist
sense: medicine maker and seller
word: pharmacist
Derived terms: druggist's
druggist's shop
Related terms: drugstore
druggists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of druggist
Lothian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈloʊ.ði.ən/
ipa: /ˈləʊ.ðɪ.ən/
Forms: form: Lothians
Etymology: According to A. D. Mills, in A Dictionary of British Place Names, named after "one Leudonus".
Senses: examples: text: As the Lothian Plain is reached, collieries and slag heaps begin to appear, although much of the surrounding country remains unspoiled.
ref: 1952 January, H. A. Vallance, “The Waverley Route”, in Railway Magazine, page 16:
glosses: An area and former region of Scotland, including Edinburgh.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A Scottish marquisate.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Derived terms: East Lothian
Midlothian
West Lothian
Canaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪnən/
ipa: /ˈkeɪneɪən/
ipa: /ˈkeɪniən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Chanaan
form: Caanan
Etymology: Taken (at least as early as Wycliffe's Bible, 1382-1395, which has Chanaan) from Ecclesiastical Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), expanded from Χνᾶ (Khnâ), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an). The first vowel shifted from /aː/ to /eɪ/ in the Great Vowel Shift; at least as early as Milton (1660s), the word could already be pronounced with two syllables, though at least as late as the 1880s it could also be pronounced with three, /ˈkeɪ.nə.æn/.
Senses: glosses: A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.
examples: And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A grandson of Noah.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
glosses: The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Canaan Township.
Derived terms: Canaanite
New Canaan
styled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪld
Forms: form: more styled
form: most styled
Senses: examples: text: His styled hair was not as attractive as he thought.
glosses: Set in place, arranged.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a style of the specified kind.
Derived terms: midstyled
self-styled
styled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of style
clinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinker
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: testicles
Flavin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Ó Flaithimhín.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
cabers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caber
Saddam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic صَدَّام (ṣaddām).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic of Arabic usage.
glosses: A male given name from Arabic of Arabic usage.
Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator (1979-2003).
Derived terms: Saddamist
Hussein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
ref: 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
glosses: A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Husayn.
Derived terms: BHO
Satan Hussein
Tikrit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish تكريت (Tikrit) and Arabic تِكْرِيت (Tikrīt).
Senses: glosses: A city in northern Iraq.
captors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captor
voluntarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɒ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/
ipa: /ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/
Forms: form: voluntarisms
Etymology: From voluntary + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
Derived terms: voluntarist
voluntaristic
Related terms: voluntaryism
volunteerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volunteerisms
Etymology: From volunteer + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.
examples: text: His volunteerism eventually burned him out.
glosses: The tendency to volunteer; the activity of volunteering.
Related terms: avocation
voluntarism
voluptuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more voluptuously
form: most voluptuously
Etymology: From voluptuous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the close of the evening, I took care to have prepar'd for me a warm bath of aromatick and sweet herbs; in which having fully laved and solaced myself, I came out voluptuously refresh'd in body and spirit.
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: In a voluptuous manner.
voraciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more voraciously
form: most voraciously
Etymology: From voracious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Tsiolkas's Europe, as voraciously predatory as his own undead protagonist, is a far cry from the fount of idealistic humanism dreamed up by generations of both pre- and post-Enlightenment politicians and philosophers, a Europe defined by its durable capacity for civility in an otherwise barbarous world.
ref: 2009, Graham Huggan, Ian Law, Racism Postcolonialism Europe, page 1:
glosses: In a voracious manner.
voraciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From voracious + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: voracity
glosses: The state of being voracious.
Related terms: devouring
omnivorousness
voracity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈɹæsɪti/
Forms: form: voracities
Etymology: From vorac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French voracité, from Latin voracitas. First use appears c. 1526.
Senses: examples: text: Beatrice felt heart-sick to see the famished voracity with which her father ate—it was the first time he had tasted food for three days.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 84:
synonyms: voraciousness
glosses: The state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
carbuncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbuncle
votary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/
ipa: /ˈvoʊdəri/
Forms: form: more votary
form: most votary
Etymology: From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).
Senses: examples: text: And votary Reſolution is made Equipollent to Cuſtome
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Custom and Education”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 232:
glosses: Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
votary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvəʊtəri/
ipa: /ˈvoʊdəri/
Forms: form: votaries
Etymology: From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).
Senses: glosses: A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
glosses: A devotee of a particular religion or cult.
glosses: A devout or zealous worshipper.
examples: text: But it is not ſimply of the progreſs of luxury that we have to complain: did its votaries keep in their own ſphere of thoughtleſs diſſipation, we might deſpiſe them without emotion; but the frivolous purſuits of pleaſure are mingled with the moſt important concerns of the ſtate;
ref: 1771, [Henry Mackenzie], The Man of Feeling, 2nd edition, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 79:
text: The room was commonly emptied after that, or only left in possession of a very few and persevering votaries of pleasure.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXI, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 304:
text: He is such a votary of the modern that he was inevitably interested in the girl of the future and had matched one reform with another, being ready to marry without a penny, as the clearest way of expressing his appreciation, this favourable specimen of the type.
ref: 1893, Henry James, “Collaboration”, in The Wheel of Time; Collaboration; Owen Wingrave, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers publishers, →OCLC, page 109:
text: The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries.
ref: 1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties”, in Searchlights on Health:
text: Gerty was dressed simply but with the instinctive taste of a votary of Dame Fashion for she felt that there was just a might that he might be out.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 335:
synonyms: word: enthusiast
word: addict
word: buff
word: aficionado
word: amateur
word: enthusiast
word: devotee
word: fancier
word: fan
word: fiend
word: freak
word: junkie
word: maniac
word: votary
word: zealot
glosses: Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc.
glosses: A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.
uvulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈju.vjəˌlaɪ/
ipa: /ˈju.vjəˌli/
Forms: form: uvulæ
Senses: glosses: plural of uvula
hormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'mones
form: mones
Senses: examples: text: If the doctor gives the OK, I should be able to start hormones by the end of the month.
qualifier: chiefly transgender slang
glosses: Hormone replacement therapy.
hormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'mones
form: mones
Senses: glosses: plural of hormone
oxbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒksbəʊ/
Forms: form: oxbows
Etymology: From ox + bow.
Senses: glosses: A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
examples: text: Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.
ref: 1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 1”, in Adulthood Rites, page 69:
glosses: A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
Derived terms: oxbow lake
oxbow stirrup
freakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: Sailors fighting in the dance hall. Oh man! Look at those cavemen go. It's the freakiest show... David Bowie - Life on Mars (1971)
glosses: superlative form of freaky: most freaky
corrugated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corrugate
corrugated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
glosses: Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
Derived terms: corrugaphone
corrugated cardboard
corrugated iron
corrugated lens
noncorrugated
uncorrugated
fine line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine lines
Senses: examples: text: There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
ref: 1991, Steven Wright, Hysteria:
text: "We're not arrogant, we're confident about what we're doing," says Hill, "But there's a fine line between them, isn't there?"
ref: 2005 June 20, Steve Rose, quoting Terry Hill, “The men continuing Ove Arup's architectural vision”, in The Guardian:
text: San Francisco songsters The Richter Scales give the world their take on the subprime meltdown in a song that advises there's also a fine line "between the theories and the facts", "between what's solid and what cracks" and "between a gain and a crippling, crushing, mortally wounding decline".
ref: 2008 May 16, Katie Allen, “A fine line”, in The Guardian:
text: Harvesting Easter eggs is now integral to our consumption of entertainment. But there’s a fine line between perceptiveness and paranoia.
ref: 2023 January 13, Nick Haramis, “When Did We All Become Pop Culture Detectives?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
antonyms: bright line
glosses: A difference, albeit vague and difficult to discern.
Derived terms: walk a fine line
Related terms: gray area
footfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footfall
corrugate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹ.ʊˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.əˌɡeɪt/
Forms: form: corrugates
form: corrugating
form: corrugated
form: corrugated
Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1620, the adjective in 1745; borrowed from Latin corrūgātus, perfect passive participle of Latin corrūgō (“to wrinkle, corrugate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + rūga (“wrinkle, crease”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up due to cold; to huddle”).
Senses: examples: text: The latter we have given, extend their Influences to the Head and whole nervous System, at the same time that they warm, comfort, and strengthen the Fibres of the Stomach, and dissipate Flatulencies, corrugate the Membranes, and promote Digestion: […]
ref: 1724, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea, page 595:
glosses: To wrinkle (the skin).
examples: text: Galvanised rust-resistant weatherproof corrugated sheet roof
glosses: To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
Derived terms: corrugated
corrugator
Related terms: corrugation
corrugate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹ.ʊˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.əˌɡeɪt/
Forms: form: more corrugate
form: most corrugate
Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1620, the adjective in 1745; borrowed from Latin corrūgātus, perfect passive participle of Latin corrūgō (“to wrinkle, corrugate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + rūga (“wrinkle, crease”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up due to cold; to huddle”).
Senses: glosses: Corrugated, wrinkled, crumpled, furrowed.
hitjob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitjobs
form: hit-job
form: hit job
Etymology: From hit + job.
Senses: examples: text: Others cannot accept that a suicide or an auto accident was not a hitjob by the Ku Klux Klan.
ref: 2011, Ronald Kessler, The Secrets of the FBI, page 216:
glosses: A hit: a premeditated murder for criminal or political purposes.
oxidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxidizations
form: oxidisation
Senses: glosses: oxidation
Derived terms: deoxidization
Kartu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Kardu
Etymology: From a Southwest Pama-Nyungan term meaning "man".
Senses: examples: text: Though Nhanda was first classified by O’Grady, Voegelin, and Voegelin (1966) as a Kartu language, where the Kartu subgroup included Badimaya, Malgana, Nhanda, Wajarri, and Yingkarta, the free pronouns of Nhanda suggest otherwise.
ref: 2001, Juliette Blevins, Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia:
glosses: Of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.
Derived terms: Proto-Kartu
grunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹʌntɪd/
rhymes: -ʌntɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grunt
slings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sling
slings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sling
Pollard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒl.əd/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.lɚd/
rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From Middle English poll (“head”) or the given name Paul + the pejorative suffix -ard.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Victoria Township, Rice County, Kansas, United States.
Derived terms: Pollard script
fairy-wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy-wrens
Senses: glosses: Any of certain small, insectivorous Australian birds, incorporating fourteen members of the family Maluridae.
Hyponyms: purple-crowned fairy-wren
Malurus coronatus
superb fairy-wren
Malurus cyaneus
splendid fairy-wren
Malurus splendens
variegated fairy-wren
Malurus lamberti
lovely fairy-wren
Malurus amabilis
blue-breasted fairy-wren
Malurus pulcherrimus
red-winged fairy-wren
Malurus elegans
white-winged fairy-wren
Malurus leucopterus
red-backed fairy-wren
Malurus melanocephalus
featuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feature
featuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featurings
Senses: qualifier: rap music
glosses: A cameo on another performer's track.
precedes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: præcedes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precede
fairy-wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy-wren
lookup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lookups
form: look-up
Etymology: Deverbal from look up.
Senses: examples: text: My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.
glosses: An attempt to retrieve data.
examples: text: For some terms there is no Index entry that approaches the current spelling, making look-up difficult.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 491:
glosses: The process of locating a term in a reference work.
Derived terms: lookup table
Related terms: look up
lookup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: look-up
Etymology: Deverbal from look up.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of look up.
connects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of connect
connects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkts/
Senses: glosses: plural of connect
pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊlz/
rhymes: -ʊlz
Senses: glosses: plural of pull
pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊlz/
rhymes: -ʊlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull
patrolled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtɹəʊld/
ipa: /pəˈtɹoʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: more patrolled
form: most patrolled
Senses: glosses: Having regular patrols.
Derived terms: autopatrolled
patrolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtɹəʊld/
ipa: /pəˈtɹoʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patrol
originates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of originate
networking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of network
networking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: The use of computer networks.
glosses: The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.
Derived terms: next generation networking
social networking
speed networking
sweatworking
generates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of generate
drivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪvəbl̩/
Forms: form: more drivable
form: most drivable
form: driveable
Etymology: c. 1820 drive + -able
Senses: examples: text: In those days, high school boys would get their hands on old 1936 to 1938 cars, A-Models with a rumble seat and fix them up until they were in a drivable condition.
ref: 2011, Tess Thomas, Good Old Days In Louisiana, page 127:
glosses: Capable of being driven (as a vehicle).
glosses: Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).
Derived terms: backdrivable
drivability
undrivable
driveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more driveable
form: most driveable
Etymology: From drive + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drivable.
Derived terms: driveability
aspires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aspire
caners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caner
butyrophenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butyrophenone
pharmaceuticals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmaceutical
pharmacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacy
removes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remove
removes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remove
popping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɑpɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑpɪ̈ŋ]
rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ
Forms: form: more popping
form: most popping
popping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɑpɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑpɪ̈ŋ]
rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ
Forms: form: poppings
Senses: examples: text: Poppings at various points along the spine may be noted, which may or may not have significance.
ref: 1917, Ernest Eckford Tucker, Osteopathic Technique:
glosses: The act or sound of something that pops.
glosses: A style of funk dance involving rapid contractions and relaxations of the muscles to switch between poses.
Derived terms: filtered-popping recursive transition network
grain popping
on and popping
water popping
popping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpɑpɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑpɪ̈ŋ]
rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pop
demons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demon
modestly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more modestly
form: most modestly
Etymology: From modest + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.
text: An hour later, Trump and Starmer were gathered in the modestly named Donald J Trump Ballroom for the press conference proper.
ref: 2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In a modest manner; with humility.
examples: text: These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.
ref: 2013, Harry L. Shipman, Space 2000: Meeting the Challenge of a New Era, page 55:
text: One of several factors to his success this election was modestly boosting his support among men, a shift concentrated among younger voters, according to AP VoteCast, survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.
ref: 2024 November 30, Christine Fernando, “Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election”, in Associated Press:
glosses: To a small degree.
responses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of response
affixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affix
affixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affix
affixing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are all affixing particles.
glosses: Of the function or role of an affix
affixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of affix
affixing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affixings
Senses: glosses: affixation
ached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪkt/
rhymes: -eɪkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ache
inventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invention
pan-loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan-loaves
Senses: synonyms: loaf bread
pan bread
glosses: A loaf of bread baked in a tin or pan.
pan-loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pan-loafy
Lafayette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌlæfiːˈɛt/
/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt/
Forms: form: Lafayettes
form: Fayette
form: LaFayette
form: laFayette
form: la Fayette
form: La Fayette
form: deFayette
form: de Fayette
form: De Fayette
form: DeFayette
form: Defayette
form: de la Fayette
form: De La Fayette
form: de La Fayette
form: De la Fayette
form: delaFayette
form: DeLaFayette
form: DelaFayette
form: deLaFayette
form: deLafayette
form: DeLafayette
form: Delafayette
form: de Lafayette
form: De Lafayette
form: De LaFayette
form: De laFayette
form: de laFayette
form: dela Fayette
form: DeLa Fayette
form: Dela Fayette
form: deLa Fayette
Etymology: French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".
Senses: glosses: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A city in Contra Costa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
meronyms: McComb
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A village in Allen County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Derived terms: Fayette
Fayettism
Fayettist
Lafayette County
Lafayette Parish
Lafe
proposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of propose
stalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stalk
stalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stalk
scarlet woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarlet women
Senses: glosses: A woman who behaves in an adulterous manner.
glosses: The Whore of Babylon.
scarlet women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet woman
enormously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enormous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Gloria is enormously pleased with our progress.
text: He was enormously popular.
glosses: Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.
glosses: Shockingly.
Synonyms: sense: extremely
word: highly
sense: extremely
word: greatly
sense: extremely
word: immensely
sense: extremely
word: vastly
sense: extremely
word: very
frontiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontier
bolder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊldə/
ipa: /ˈboʊldɚ/
rhymes: -əʊldɚ
homophone: boulder
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bold: more bold
merry widow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merry widows
form: Merry Widow
Etymology: (corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.
Senses: glosses: A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
glosses: Veuve Clicquot champagne.
merry widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merry widow
excursions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excursion
Derived terms: alarums and excursions
permiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permisses
Senses: glosses: A choice that has been permitted.
glosses: A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent.
permiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: permisses
form: permissing
form: permissed
form: permissed
Senses: examples: text: The catheter was connected through a forked tube either with electromanometer (or a mercury manometer), or with a pressurized reservoir system through a cock permissing to switch arbitrarily one or the other.
ref: 1977, Biochemistry and Experimental Biology - Volumes 13-14
text: It caused me to remenisce about the night that we had snuck off to the river, permissing things to naturally parallel into place.
ref: 2011, Claudia Monteiro, Guardian:
text: In addition, I am advised by these women prisoners that Matron Jacobz has demanded that they surrender all their statements and memoranda for their defence to her in order that she read them and that she insists on this being done before the women are permissed to leave the women's section of the prison for the purpose of consultation with their defence lawyers.
ref: 2014, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69:
glosses: To grant permission to; permit
Related terms: permission
permissive
whiting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of white out
permisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permiss
permisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of permiss
commended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commend
herbology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həɹˈbɒlədʒi/
Etymology: From herb + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of herbs and their medical properties, especially when combined
Derived terms: herbologist
Related terms: herbalism
herbalist
pan man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan men
Senses: examples: The 'dunny' down the back yard was emptied by the council's pan man once a week. — Susan Marsden, essay Argyle, a port worker's home 19 Forbes Street Carrington New South Wales, describing 1920s way of life there https://web.archive.org/web/20060904141530/http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/essay7.html
glosses: A person employed to empty the contents of the outside toilet (i.e. human excrement) at suburban houses (and similar). Rendered obsolete by the introduction of plumbed (i.e. piped) sewerage systems.
trenchancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trenchancies
Senses: glosses: The quality of being trenchant.
glosses: Irony or bitterness of tone.
panzoistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpænzəʊˈɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more panzoistic
form: most panzoistic
form: pan-zoistic
form: panzooistic
Senses: examples: text: THE reader will already have felt that the panzoistic conception of God-the conception, that is to say, of God as comprising all living units in His own single person-does not help us to understand the origin of matter, nor yet that of the primordial cell which has grown and unfolded itself into the present life of the world.
ref: 1917 [1879], Samuel Butler, God the Known and God the Unknown, page 83:
glosses: Of or relating to panzoism.
Related terms: panzoist
funambulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funambulation
hyphens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyphen
hyphens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyphen
enriching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enriching
form: most enriching
Senses: examples: text: That trip to the museum was an enriching experience.
glosses: That adds value, either monetary, intellectual, or emotional.
Derived terms: enrichingly
unenriching
enriching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enrichings
Senses: examples: text: They may think to improve the Scripture; but by their ennoblings they debase it, by their enrichings they impoverish it, by their enlargings they contract it.
ref: 1849, William Jay, Sermons:
glosses: Enrichment.
enriching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enrich
grades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: plural of grade
grades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: examples: text: I planned to have each girl, as soon as she had finished the grades, spend a year at home with me. Before going on to high school my girls were to take a year off, to assume the responsibility with me as chief adviser or prime ministers.
ref: 1926, Agnes Bostonne, “A Mother's Success Depends on her Daughters”, in Relief Society Magazine:
glosses: Grammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.
grades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹeɪdz/
rhymes: -eɪdz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grade
visually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪzju.əli/
ipa: /ˈvɪʒu.əli/
ipa: /ˈvɪʒəli/
Forms: form: more visually
form: most visually
Etymology: From visual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The radar's detection was confirmed visually, because seeing is believing.
text: He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
glosses: By means of sight.
Derived terms: visually impaired
Related terms: english: by means of hearing
translation: by means of hearing
word: aurally
fashion model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashion models
Senses: synonyms: word: model
word: mannequin
glosses: A person who poses to display clothing, either on stage or in photographs; a model.
Related terms: runway model
supermodel
repeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repeat
repeats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repeat
runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runner
runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: running shoes, sneakers, trainers
enables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enable
runway model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runway models
Senses: glosses: A person who poses to display clothing by walking along a narrow stage in front of an audience.
Hypernyms: model
Related terms: fashion model
supermodel
runway
catwalk
enabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enable
enabling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enablings
Senses: examples: text: Despite the epidemic of homosexual abuse of the young by the American clergy, the history of cover-ups and enablings of these abominations by the bishop […]
ref: 2010, Andrew J. McCauley, Crossing the Threshold of Confusion:
glosses: An act or an instance of something being enabled.
Derived terms: enabling act
schoolbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoolbooks
form: school book
Etymology: From school + book.
Senses: examples: text: You studied the wrong lesson. Why, there is gum all over your book. How did this happen? JD, I am a little surprised at the condition of your schoolbook. You will have to stay in during recess and 74 The Adventures of JD Losey.[…]
ref: 2005 May 24, Skeet Keaton, The Adventures of Jd Losey, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
polls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: poles
Poles
Senses: glosses: plural of poll
examples: On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, American voters go to the polls for general elections.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A place where votes are cast in elections.
Synonyms: topics: politics
government
government
word: polling place
polls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: poles
Poles
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poll
menstrual cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menstrual cycles
Senses: glosses: The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human.
Synonyms: period
Related terms: menses
menstruation
luteal phase
social control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social controls
form: social-control
Senses: glosses: Any control, either formal or informal, that is exerted by a group, especially by one's peers
momentously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more momentously
form: most momentously
Etymology: From momentous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a momentous manner.
trenchancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trenchancy