cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
toises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toise
astroblemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrobleme
torcheculs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torchecul
tovarishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tovarish
tovarishches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tovarishch
tovariches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tovarich
sporogonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporogonium
toxophilites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toxophilite
trichions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichion
ecphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecphrasis
ekphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ekphrasis
chippies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chippy
chippies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chippy
carnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carny
glosses: plural of carnie
carnies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carny
tumbrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumbrel
tumbrils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumbril
tumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tump
tunicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tunicle
ubicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubicity
cutlasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutlass
referrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of referrer
fish knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish knife
fishplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishplate
umbrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrel
undines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undine
uraei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uraeus
nymphaea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪmˈfiːə/
Forms: form: nymphaeas
Etymology: From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).
Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.
Senses: examples: text: Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
qualifier: originally
glosses: the European white water lily.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any species of the genus Nymphaea.
nymphaea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪmˈfiːə/
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Senses: glosses: plural of nymphaeum
burgesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgess
uranisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uranism
uranists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uranist
enthymemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enthymeme
gneisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gneiss
ushabtis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ushabti
usquebaughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usquebaugh
artels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artel
ustulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ustulation
vavasours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vavasour
champaigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champaign
parricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parricide
causalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of causality
renderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rendering
vawards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaward
venalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venality
veneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venery
vernissages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernissage
veronicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veronica
versts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verst
remotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remotion
sumpters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sumpter
germens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germen
pothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pother
infoboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infobox
braches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brach
vigas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viga
vocables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocable
voivodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voivode
voivods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voivod
vaivodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaivode
waywodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waywode
volplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volplane
waddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waddy
wanhopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanhope
stopples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stopple
lightermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lighterman
cell lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cell line
reticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reticle
weasands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weasand
Paschs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pasch
xeriscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeriscape
xeriscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xeriscape
zamindars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zamindar
levs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lev
denari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denar
litai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtʌɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of litas
Swiss francs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swiss franc
korun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koruna
sprocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sproc
pyritohedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyritohedron
bisectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisector
snickersnees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snickersnee
patronesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patroness
patronesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of patroness
shikaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shikari
shapeups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shapeup
cacodaemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacodaemon
onocentaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onocentaur
alma maters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almae matres
Senses: glosses: plural of alma mater
back payments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back payment
cacodemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacodemon
tantaluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tantalus
decanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decanter
dowsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowser
grindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaɪndɪŋz/
rhymes: -aɪndɪŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of grinding
rostra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rostrum
rostrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rostrum
rations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ration
rations
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ration
policy wonks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of policy wonk
jamborees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamboree
Sten guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sten gun
histoplasmoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of histoplasmosis
clingfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clingfish
crepe de Chines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crepe de Chine
pauas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paua
witenagemots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witenagemot
programmable logic controllers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of programmable logic controller
triposes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripos
cartoon characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartoon character
triggerfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triggerfish
poleaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poleax
edit conflicts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edit conflict
ballplayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballplayer
jamokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamoke
februations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of februation
vicenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicenarian
twentysomethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twentysomething
thirtysomethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirtysomething
byrlaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byrlaw
terroirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terroir
bibliophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliophage
clapmatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clapmatch
pocketfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocketful
Synonyms: pocketsful
shock sites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shock site
dilutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilution
hydroplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroplane
sinfonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinfonia
sinfonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinfonia
chaperones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaperone
chaperones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chaperone
slunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slunk
social climbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social climber
mesoappendices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoappendix
mesoappendixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoappendix
ack-acks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ack-ack
chakrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chakram
wow-wows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wow-wow
planetaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planetarium
planetariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planetarium
Synonyms: planetaria
apeths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apeth
slidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliding
shitepokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitepoke
kennings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kenning
improper fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of improper fraction
proper fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proper fraction
vulgar fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulgar fraction
common fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common fraction
splotches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splotch
new chums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new chum
troponyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troponym
supplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supplication
stoeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoep
law schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of law school
multiplicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplicity
byrnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byrnie
suppedanea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppedaneum
mistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistle
donnybrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donnybrook
gidgees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gidgee
fideicommissa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fideicommissum
knorrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knorr
courtesans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtesan
poobahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poobah
gridirons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gridiron
compters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compter
almahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almah
myriagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myriagon
pentadecagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentadecagon
Siberian elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siberian elms
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized bushy tree, of species Ulmus pumila, native to northern and eastern Asia, naturalized in most of North America.
retro running
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: MSNBC, Some runners look forward to going backward
Also called retro-running, it's been popular for years in Europe where races vary from sprints to the 26.2-mile marathon.
glosses: Running backwards as a form of exercise or physical therapy.
unearthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unearth
unearthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unearthings
Senses: examples: text: This year’s unearthings were the Jesus Lizard, from Chicago, which hasn’t been on the road in 10 years, as well as Suicide, from New York City, and the Feelies, from New Jersey, two bands that have seldom performed in that time.
ref: 2009 September 14, Ben Ratliff, “Indie Rock Enhanced With Mildew”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something unearthed; a discovery.
scribes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪbz
Senses: glosses: plural of scribe
garbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more garbled
form: most garbled
Senses: glosses: difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled
raw_tags: of a message etc
Synonyms: confused
disconnected
disjointed
disordered
distorted
illogical
mixed up
scattered
unconnected
Derived terms: ungarbled
garbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of garble
parboil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parboils
form: parboiling
form: parboiled
form: parboiled
Etymology: From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“I boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.
Senses: glosses: To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
Derived terms: parbake
parboiler
parcook
parfry
Related terms: blanch
second-in-command
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seconds-in-command
Senses: glosses: Somebody ranking next below a commander.
examples: text: Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
ref: 1951 June, Dr. W. H. Chaloner, “Alexander Allan's Own Claim”, in Railway Magazine, page 416:
glosses: Someone ranking next below the person in charge.
Synonyms: deputy
lieutenant
pipet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: pipets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pipette.
Derived terms: micropipet
pipet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: pipets
form: pipetting
form: pipetted
form: pipetted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pipette.
Master of Arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Masters of Arts
Senses: glosses: A postgraduate degree usually in a non-science subject.
glosses: A person holding such a degree.
Synonyms: Artium Magister
AM
MA
A.M.
M.A.
Related terms: Bachelor of Arts
Master of Science
drapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɑːpə/
rhymes: -ɑːpə
Forms: form: drapur
form: drápa
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse drápa.
Senses: examples: text: Egil composed a drapa in praise of the king which includes the following verse
ref: 1997, Bernard Scudder (tranlator), Egil's Saga, in The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
glosses: A heroic, laudatory verse form in old Icelandic, popular between the 10th and 13th centuries and featuring a refrain
drapur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drapa
raising agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raising agents
Senses: glosses: A leavening agent.
improving agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: improving agents
Senses: glosses: any substance added to flour in order to improve some aspect of its performance
Epsom salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Epsom salts.
blue vitriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: copper sulfate
anthropometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌænθɹəˈpɑmɪtɹɪ/
ipa: [ˌɛənθɹəˈpɑmɪtɹɪ]
ipa: /ænθɹəˈpɔmɪtɹɪ/
ipa: /ænθɹəˈpɒmɪtɹɪ/
Forms: form: anthropometries
Etymology: 1839, as anthropo- (“human”) + -metry (“measurement”), from French anthropométrie, from anthropo- + -métrie, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), influenced by Latin use.
Senses: glosses: The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.
Hyponyms: cephalometry > craniometry
Derived terms: anthropometric
anthropometrical
anthropometrically
anthropometrist
paleoanthropometry
Related terms: andrometry
gynecometry
gynometry
paedometry
pedometry
stalactite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstælæktaɪt/
ipa: /-lək-/
ipa: /stəˈlæktaɪt/
ipa: /stəˈlækˌtaɪt/
ipa: /ˈstæləkˌtaɪt/
Forms: form: stalactites
Etymology: From New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós, “dripping; dropping”) + Latin -ītēs (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to’ forming adjectives) (modelled after the names of stones ending in -ites). Σταλακτός (Stalaktós) is derived from σταλάσσειν (stalássein, “to drip; to let (something) drip”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives denoting possibility from verbs).
Senses: examples: text: In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:
text: There is the Hang Ken cave with its waterfalls spilling into large lagoons, shimmering goldlike mineral deposits and soaring columns created over thousands of years when stalactites hanging from the cave roof met stalagmite formations building from the cave floor.
ref: 2014 October 31, David W. Lloyd, “Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave”, in The New York Times:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: stalagmite
glosses: A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.
Derived terms: snottite
stalactical
stalactic
Related terms: calthemite
speleothem
stalagmite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/
ipa: /ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/
Forms: form: stalagmites
Etymology: From New Latin stalagmitēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).
Senses: examples: text: In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:
text: Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.
ref: 1981, Kalu Uka, A Consummation of Fire: A Novel, page 9:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: stalactite
glosses: A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
Derived terms: stalagmitic
stalagmitical
stalagmitically
Related terms: speleothem
calthemite
acropolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əkrŏʹpəlĭs
ipa: /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/
Forms: form: acropolises
form: acropoleis
form: akropolis
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις (akrópolis), from ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost”, “tip”, “summit”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”); By surface analysis, acro- + -polis.
Senses: examples: text: The Etruscans, then, appear in general as an industrious people ( φιλότεχνον ἔθνος), of a bold and lofty spirit of enterprise, which was greatly favoured by their priestly aristocratic constitution. Massive walls, mostly of irregular blocks, surround their cities (not merely their acropoleis); the art of protecting the country from inundations by the construction of canals, and outlets from lakes, was very zealously practised by them.
ref: 1850, Karl Otfried Müller, John Leitch, transl., Ancient Art and Its Remains; or, A Manual of the Archæology of Art, page 146:
glosses: A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
Related terms: english: pertaining adjective
translation: pertaining adjective
word: acropolitan
word: acropoli
alleviation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: alleviations
Etymology: From alleviate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The only light is from a high barred window, and it is not so much light as an alleviation of the murk.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 660:
glosses: The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
synonyms: word: relief
word: solace
word: alleviation
word: comfort
word: consolation
word: ease
word: liss
word: release
word: relief
word: respite
word: solace
glosses: the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
brotula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brotulas
Senses: synonyms: weaselfish
glosses: Any of a family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, that bear live young.
burbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/
Forms: form: burbots
Etymology: Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.
Synonyms: eel-pout
lake lawyer
lawyer
nourished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nourish
nourished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nourished
form: most nourished
Senses: glosses: fed
Derived terms: malnourished
misnourished
normonourished
overnourished
undernourished
unnourished
well-nourished
imperiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: imperilled
Etymology: From imperil + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.
qualifier: biological conservation
glosses: at risk of becoming extinct
Derived terms: unimperiled
imperiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: imperilled
Etymology: From imperil + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of imperil
French maid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ meɪd/
Forms: form: French maids
Senses: glosses: A lady's maidservant of French origin, formerly considered a status symbol among wealthy households; now usually with reference to the titillating costume associated with them.
radiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiotherapies
Etymology: From radio- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of radiation therapy.
synonyms: word: radiation therapy
Derived terms: chemoradiotherapy
cranioradiotherapy
immunoradiotherapy
postradiotherapy
radiotherapist
teleradiotherapy
thermoradiotherapy
Related terms: brachytherapy
teletherapy
Roentgentherapy
chemotherapy
Podgorica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒdɡəɹɪtsa/
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Pòdgorica / По̀дгорица (literally “under the Gorica”), from pȍd / по̏д (“under”) + Gorica / Горица (“little mountain”), the name of a hill which overlooks the city, from gòra / го̀ра (“mountain”) + -ica / -ица (diminutive suffix).
Senses: synonyms: word: Titograd
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: The capital and largest city of Montenegro.
haiduc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haiducs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hajduk.
brachytherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbɹækiˈθɛrəpi/
Forms: form: brachytherapies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short, not far off”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “attendance, treatment, healing, service”); brachy- + therapy.
Senses: coordinate_terms: teletherapy#Etymology_2
glosses: Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.
Synonyms: internal radiotherapy
sealed course radiotherapy
curietherapy
endocurietherapy
Derived terms: microbrachytherapy
alternativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alternative + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The rejection of a social normality through the pursuit of alternatives.
Related terms: alternative
alternative lifestyle
alternativeness
nonconformity
pragmatism
relativism
relevance
teletherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + therapy; formed in the 19th century.
Senses: hypernyms: quackery
therapy
glosses: A (nonscientific or pseudoscientific) form of (alleged) medical therapy involving telepathy; also (archaically) called the absent treatment.
teletherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teletherapies
Etymology: From tele- + therapy; formed circa the 1940s.
Senses: hypernyms: radiation therapy
radiotherapy
therapy
coordinate_terms: brachytherapy
glosses: Radiotherapy using a source of ionizing radiation at some distance from the patient, typically tens of centimetres.
teletherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teletherapies
Etymology: From tele- + therapy; formed in the 21st century.
Senses: examples: text: The experience of being a patient through services like these will vary. Plenty of people who sign up for teletherapy through services like BetterHelp will have their needs met. I currently use a telehealth service provided by my insurance that matched me with a local practitioner in order to access medication, and I’m happy with it.
ref: 2024 May 16, A.W. Ohlheiser, “Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt. From privacy breaches to bad providers, teletherapy services often come with a hidden cost”, in Vox, retrieved 21 May 2024:
hypernyms: psychotherapy
therapy
telehealth
telemedicine
glosses: Talk therapy delivered remotely via telecommunications such as telephone audio calls and video calls.
incalculable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/
ipa: [ɪnˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩]
rhymes: -ælkjələbəl
Forms: form: more incalculable
form: most incalculable
Etymology: From in- + calculable.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: incomputable
coordinate_terms: inestimable
glosses: Impossible to calculate.
examples: text: The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.
synonyms: innumerable
unimaginable
huge
glosses: Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.
examples: text: He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.
synonyms: capricious
fickle
glosses: Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.
Synonyms: word: countless
word: incalculable
word: incomputable
word: noncalculable
word: uncalculable
word: uncomputable
Hyponyms: word: indivisible
word: undividable
word: undivisible
word: noncomputable
word: nonrecursive
Derived terms: incalculableness
Related terms: word: incalculability
word: incalculably
word: calculate
word: indescribable
word: innumerable
drinking-horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinking-horns
Senses: examples: text: He put down his sword and helmet and took the drinking-horn that was served to him, and finished it.
ref: 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 91:
glosses: A drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal.
wearable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweəɹəbl/
Forms: form: more wearable
form: most wearable
Etymology: From wear + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a wearable device
glosses: Able to be worn.
examples: text: American designers...provided collection after collection of wearable fashions with a simplicity of silhouette that fitted the criteria of dressing for success.
ref: 2022, Daniel Delis Hill, History of World Dress and Fashion, 2nd edition, page 669:
text: When Did "Wearable" Become a Dirty Word in Fashion? In a style climate dominated by attention-grabbing influencers, some designers are making the case for clothes that—gasp—people actually want to wear.
ref: 2019 March 27, Jessica Iredale, “When Did "Wearable" Become a Dirty Word in Fashion?”, in Town and Country:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Clothing that is suitable for wear by ordinary people, or in ordinary circumstances, as opposed to being unusual, uncomfortable, or otherwise difficult to wear.
Derived terms: wearable camera
wearable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweəɹəbl/
Forms: form: wearables
Etymology: From wear + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something that can be worn; an item of clothing.
examples: text: With the advantage of being glanceable, wearables are already making inroads into the smartphone’s territory. Smart watches, for example, offer quick and light interactions such as providing real-time snapshots of weather, travel and stock market information and notifying the wearer of new messages through a vibration on the skin.
ref: 2015 February 10, Mark Curtis, “Wearables, hearables and nearables won't dethrone smartphones”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of wearable computer (“small computer which can be worn on the body”).
Hypernyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: device
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: gadget
Hyponyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: fitness tracker
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: heart rate monitor
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: smartwatch
concoctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concoction
Related terms: concoct
bombarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bombard
muti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːti/
rhymes: -uːti
Forms: form: mutis
Etymology: From Zulu umuthi (“shrub, tree, medicine”).
Senses: examples: text: The witchdoctor shop with its muti, its vulture eggs, the skins and hair and nails and horns and unmentionable excretions, its useless whorl of incense; and the Indian owner glaring at one like a dark wooden mask.
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 179:
text: Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti.
ref: 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 300:
glosses: Traditional African medicine.
Derived terms: muti murder
muti man
muti woman
bombardment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombardments
Etymology: From bombard + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
glosses: Heavy artillery fire.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
glosses: An onslaught of criticism etc.
Derived terms: cobombardment
Late Heavy Bombardment
superbombardment
Related terms: bombard
bombarded
genealogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From genealogical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Using genealogical methods
glosses: From a genealogical perspective.
examples: text: German and Danish are genealogically related.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Genetically (by being members of the same linguistic family).
Related terms: genealogy
recheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechecks
form: rechecking
form: rechecked
form: rechecked
Etymology: From re- + check.
Senses: examples: text: The second strategy consists of continuously rechecking for pending softirqs.
ref: 2005, Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati, Understanding the Linux Kernel:
text: I have now carefully rechecked most of the sources about Rashi supposedly dictating a responsum to his daughter, and I can state definitively that the tradition mentioned in your question is based on a scribal error.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Did Rashi Dictate Responsa To His Daughter?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 200:
hypernyms: check#Verb
coordinate_terms: crosscheck#Verb
glosses: To check again.
recheck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rechecks
Etymology: From re- + check.
Senses: examples: text: The article needed a complete recheck.
hypernyms: check#Noun
coordinate_terms: crosscheck#Noun
glosses: The act of checking again; reverification.
Related terms: check
potjiekos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potjiekos
Etymology: From Afrikaans potjiekos, from potjie (diminutive of pot (“pot”)) + kos (“food”).
Senses: glosses: Food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron over an open fire.
Related terms: potjie
hot dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot dog
hot dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot dog
Maléku Jaíka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An indigenous language of the Chibchan family, with about 750 speakers in the north of Costa Rica.
Synonyms: Guatuso
borato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boratos
form: boratoes
Senses: glosses: A thin fabric.
bobotie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈboʊtiː/
ipa: /ˈboʊbətiː/
Forms: form: boboties
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans, from Indonesian bobotok (“botok”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘I knew you would be tired. I made you some bobotie.’
ref: 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 136:
glosses: A dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.
Kristin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kristen
form: Kristan
form: Kristyn
form: Krysten
form: Krystin
Etymology: Borrowed in the 20th century from Norwegian Kristin, a variant of Christina.
Senses: examples: text: Kristin Lund looked exactly like her name. Blonde hair and blue eyes, a full tempestuous mouth, and a figure that reminded Hawes of the gently sloping hills of Sweden, where he'd never been.
ref: 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, a variation of Christine, of mostly American use.
Related terms: Kirsten
Kirstin
conte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contes
Etymology: From Italian conte. Doublet of comes, comte, and count.
Senses: examples: text: So she led the way through a marble hall, pillared in different colors, rich and rare, with portraits of ancient contes and contessas on the walls, up a magnificent stone stair with a carved balustrade, to a suite indeed, where, at the entrance, Sibby was found very happy at her welcome from Mrs. Mount, who was equally glad to receive a countrywoman.
ref: 1895 July 13, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “The Long Vacation”, in The Churchman: An Illustrated Weekly News-Magazine, volume LXXII, number 2 (whole 2634), New York, N.Y.: M. H. Mallory & Co., chapter XXVIII (Rocca Marina), page 52 (24), column 3:
text: “Aspirin. It will help you to sleep tonight if you have aches and pains, or cold clammy dreams about dead contes and contessas,” he teased.
ref: 1986, Heather Graham Pozzessere, The Di Medici Bride, Silhouette Intimate Moments, →ISBN, page 130:
text: The announcement of the game had put Florentine society “in a flurry,” and two thousand spectators—including enough contes and contessas to fill half the palaces of Florence—made the trip beyond the city limits to view the match.
ref: 2006, Mark Lamster, Spalding’s World Tour: The Epic Adventure That Took Baseball Around the Globe—and Made It America’s Game, PublicAffairs™, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: contessa
glosses: An Italian count.
grinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grinder
dynamo-electric machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamo-electric machines
Etymology: Calque of German dynamoelektrische Maschine, coined by Werner von Siemens.
Senses: glosses: A generator that creates electricity using spinning magnets; a dynamo.
wikipedia: Werner von Siemens
matzoh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matzos
form: matzot
form: matzohs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matzo.
aia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ayah.
hotrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotrods
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hot rod.
hummock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmək/
Forms: form: hummocks
Etymology: Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
Senses: glosses: A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
glosses: A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
glosses: A fistful.
Related terms: hummocked
hummocking
hummocky
BMEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BMEPs
form: bmep
form: b.m.e.p.
form: B.M.E.P.
form: B. M. E. P.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of brake mean effective pressure.
Related terms: sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: effective pressure
translation: effective pressure
word: EP
sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: frictional mean effective pressure
translation: frictional mean effective pressure
word: FMEP
sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: indicated mean effective pressure
translation: indicated mean effective pressure
word: IMEP
sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: mean effective pressure
translation: mean effective pressure
word: MEP
sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: mean indicated pressure
translation: mean indicated pressure
word: MIP
sense: brake mean effective pressure
word: p
sense: brake mean effective pressure
english: pressure
translation: pressure
word: P
sceatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sceatts
Senses: examples: text: The penny-gavel in Kent was once exacted in half-sceatts, as has been already pointed out, giving to the acre in Kent a value of five deniers.
ref: 1872, E. William Robertson, Historical Essays in Connexion with the Land, the Church &c, page 133:
text: For if, according to the view of Schmid and others, the sceatt were to be taken as a farthing or quarter of a sceatt, the correspondence of Kentish with Continental wergelds and payments pro fredo would be altogether destroyed.
ref: 1902, Frederic Seebohm, Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law:
glosses: Alternative form of sceat.
irrespective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: From ir- + respective.
Senses: examples: text: That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.
ref: 1922, E. F. Benson, Miss Mapp, chapter 6, page 157:
text: In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
glosses: Heedless, regardless.
examples: text: an irrespective judgment
text: According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God.
ref: a. 1729, John Rogers, The Scripture Doctrine of Regeneration:
glosses: Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial.
examples: text: His followers are become so wicked and irrespective, as to[…]cast their owne misdeeds upon the broad back of the Prince.
ref: 1640, Robert Baillie, La densivm AUTOKATAKRISIS : the Canterburians self-conviction […] :
glosses: Disrespectful.
Derived terms: english: by confusion and conflation with regardless
translation: by confusion and conflation with regardless
word: irregardless
word: irrespectively
word: irrespective of
Related terms: irregardless
Coral Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Broward County, Florida, United States, named for its natural spring water.
psychopaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/
Senses: glosses: plural of psychopath
psychopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθɪk/
ipa: /ˈsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/
Forms: form: more psychopathic
form: most psychopathic
Etymology: From psycho- + -pathic.
Senses: examples: text: A psychopathic killer is on the loose.
text: [T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.
ref: 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.
Hypernyms: word: psychopathologic
english: as explained there
translation: as explained there
word: psychopathological
psychopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθɪk/
ipa: /ˈsaɪkəˈpæθɪk/
Forms: form: psychopathics
Etymology: From psycho- + -pathic.
Senses: glosses: A psychopath.
SIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SIVs
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of simian immunodeficiency virus.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Initialism of swine influenza virus, usually Influenza A virus.
examples: text: The State Department said that there were 17,000 SIV applicants in the pipeline when President Joe Biden took office.
ref: 2021 August 22, Jennifer Hansler, “Blinken defends handling of program to help Afghans who helped US”, in CNN:
text: While SIV recipients must prove they worked directly for the US government, many who assisted the US are not eligible for SIVs and instead come to the US through the refugee track.
ref: 2025 January 27, Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Jennifer Hansler, “Thousands of Afghans who helped the US lose access to critical resources following Trump directives”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of special immigrant visa.
Related terms: topics: virology
microbiology
biology
natural-sciences
word: FIV
topics: virology
microbiology
biology
natural-sciences
word: HIV
FIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of feline immunodeficiency virus.
glosses: Abbreviation of factor IV (clotting factor IV).
Related terms: sense: clotting factor IV
word: FI
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FII
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FIII
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FIX
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FV
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FVI
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FVII
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FX
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FXI
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FXII
sense: clotting factor IV
word: FXIII