cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antitabloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitabloid
form: most antitabloid
Etymology: From anti- + tabloid.
Senses: glosses: Opposing the sensationalist journalism of tabloid newspapers.
my dear fellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Term of address for a male friend.
examples: text: The men said ‘My dear fellow,’ and did nothing.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
glosses: Used to express sympathy to a man.
that ever walked on two legs
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Oh, it didn’t surprise me in the least to hear this, and at the same time to be told that Fresleven was the gentlest, quietest creature that ever walked on two legs.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
glosses: That ever lived.
Related terms: as ever trod shoe-leather
straw-bottomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Two women, one fat and the other slim, sat on straw-bottomed chairs, knitting black wool.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
glosses: Of a chair, having a seat of woven cane or with cushioning of straw.
glosses: Of a bottle, having a straw covering around the base, as traditional Chianti bottles.
umbrella-cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella-covers
Senses: examples: text: Her dress was as plain as an umbrella-cover, and she turned round without a word and preceded me into a waiting-room.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of umbrella cover.
umbrella-covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella-cover
lager-beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lager-beers
Etymology: Partial calque of German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”).
Senses: examples: text: There was a vast amount of red - good to see at any time, because one knows that some real work is done in there, a deuce of a lot of blue, a little green, smears of orange, and, on the East Coast, a purple patch, to show where the jolly pioneers of progress drink the jolly lager-beer.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
glosses: lager
lager-beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lager-beer
antitheistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitheistical
form: most antitheistical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antitheistic.
antitheistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antitheistically
form: most antitheistically
Senses: glosses: In an antitheistic manner.
antiteetotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiteetotal
form: most antiteetotal
Etymology: From anti- + teetotal.
Senses: glosses: Opposing teetotalism.
antiteetotalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Opposition to teetotalism.
Penman equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Penman equation
Etymology: Developed by Howard Penman in 1948.
Senses: glosses: An equation that describes evaporation from an open water surface, based on the daily mean temperature, wind speed, air pressure, and solar radiation.
antonomastical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antonomastic.
antrustionship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antrustionships
Etymology: From antrustion + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of an antrustion.
antrustionships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antrustionship
anukabiet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
Anukit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Anuket.
anywither
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of anywhither.
oenach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oenachs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aonach.
oenachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oenach
aonachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aonach
hypercard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercards
Etymology: From hyper- + card.
Senses: glosses: A shape, used in magic tricks, made by cutting and folding a playing card.
hypercatharsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + catharsis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Violent purging
Apabhramsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Apabhramsha.
hypercolour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + colour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypercolor.
hypercoracoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercoracoids
Etymology: From hyper- + coracoid.
Senses: glosses: A bone in fish, equivalent to the scapula, that articulates with the fin rays
Apachette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Apachettes
Etymology: From Apache + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: If there are any Apaches left they would do well to take lessons from Douglas Gilmore, known in the picture as The Cat; and their Apachettes from Joan Crawford, who plays the part of The Cat's ill-used but excessively loyal sweetheart.
ref: 1926, The Judge, volume 90, number 2330, page 20:
glosses: A female Apache.
Apachettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Apachette
hyperdisyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperdisyllables
Etymology: From hyper- + disyllable.
Senses: glosses: Any word that has more than two syllables
hyperhexapod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperhexapods
Etymology: Derived from translingual Hyperhexapoda, from New Latin hyper- (“above”) + translingual Hexapoda. Surface analysis hyper- + hexapod.
Senses: glosses: Any arthropod, of the division Hyperhexapoda, that has more than six legs
hypercards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercard
hyperite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of hypersthenite.
synonyms: word: hypersthenite
hypermetrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermetropes
Senses: glosses: A person who has hypermetropia
hypermetropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermetrope
hypernic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypernics
Senses: glosses: The wood of a tropical tree Haematoxylon brasiletto (found in Nicaragua).
glosses: A red dye extracted from this wood.
hyperoxygenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperoxygenates
form: hyperoxygenating
form: hyperoxygenated
form: hyperoxygenated
Etymology: From hyper- + oxygenate.
Senses: glosses: To oxygenate excessively
hyperoxygenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperoxygenate
hyperoxygenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: oxygenated more than usually
hyperper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperpers
Senses: glosses: A Byzantine gold solidus
hyperphysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + physics.
Senses: glosses: The study of supernatural beings or phenomena
hypertensin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertensins
Senses: glosses: angiotensin
hyphomycetous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to fungi of the form order Hyphomycetes.
hypochondrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: hypochondria
Related terms: hypochondrist
hypochondrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypochondrists
Senses: glosses: A person who has hypochondria / hypochondrism
hypochoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypocoristic.
hypocoracoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocoracoids
Etymology: From hypo- + coracoid.
Senses: glosses: The lower coracoid bone of fish
hypocrital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: hypocritical
hypoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing gear wheels whose axes are offset from each other.
hypoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoids
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of gear wheels whose axes are offset from each other.
hyposcenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyposcenion
Senses: glosses: A low wall in front of the stage of an Ancient Greek theatre.
hypostasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hypostasis
hypothecative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: hypothecatory
hypothecatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characterised by, hypothecation.
hypsochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: hypsochromic
hypsograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypsographs
Senses: glosses: A hypsographic curve
monopolian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monopolians
Senses: glosses: monopolist
monorhinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: monorhinal
monosemantemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: monosemic
Defford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Defford and Besford Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9143).
monostachyous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a single stem
monostomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a single mouth or similar opening
monothalloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a single thallus
polyborine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the subfamily Polyborinae of falcons or its members.
polycephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -cephalous.
Senses: coordinate_terms: monocephalous
glosses: many-headed
polychaetan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to polychaetes
polychromatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polychromatizes
form: polychromatizing
form: polychromatized
form: polychromatized
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: To paint using many colours
polychromatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polychromatize
polychromatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: painted using many colours
polychromatophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychromatophils
Senses: glosses: Any polychromatophilic cell, typically an erythrocyte
polychromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polychromatic
polychromism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polychromatism
topics: art
arts
glosses: The application of paint to statues
Related terms: polychromist
polychromist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychromists
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A person who applies paint to statues
Related terms: polychromism
Bredon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England; the parish borders onto Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9236).
polycotyledony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being polycotyledonous
Related terms: polycotyledon
polycratism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The system of polycracy
polydaemonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polydemonistic.
kotch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kotches
form: kotching
form: kotched
form: kotched
Senses: examples: text: We would bring them a change of clothing tomorrow when we returned if they told us what to bring. They had no objections, and Delroy stayed with them. The Campbell cousins were also staying overnight, kotching wherever they could […]
ref: 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390:
glosses: Alternative form of cotch.
statements of affairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statement of affairs
SOW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SOWs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of statement of work (“a document in project management, including deliverables and timelines”).
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of standoff weapon.
Chalford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8903).
glosses: A suburb of Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8650).
mastiha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastihas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mastika.
mastihas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastiha
neocapitalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neocapitalistic
form: most neocapitalistic
Etymology: From neo- + capitalistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to neocapitalism.
neo-capitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neocapitalism.
Haresfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8110).
Related terms: Harefield
soft-dotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Of a character: having a dot that is removed when an accent is applied, as for example with the character i becoming í.
Galdikases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Galdikas
Schauf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schaufs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schauf.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Tuffley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb and ward in the City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8315).
Schaufs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schauf
Schmidlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schmidlins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schmidlin. This surname is mostly found in Switzerland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Blash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blashes
Etymology: Altered spelling of German Blasch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Blashes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blash
Schmidlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schmidlin
Fosseys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fossey
Bovell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bovells
Etymology: English surname of Norman origin, from one of the towns called Bouville in France.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
wikipedia: Bouville
Boorman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boormans
Etymology: Variant of Bowerman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Whitelow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whitelows
Etymology: Variant of Whitelaw.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Whitelows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitelow
Bovells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bovell
Vroom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vrooms
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Wesby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wesbys
Etymology: Variant of Westby.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wesbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wesby
Vrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vroom
polyglacialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polyglacial + -ism.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The polyglacial theory
Related terms: polyglacialist
polyglacialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyglacialists
Etymology: From polyglacial + -ist.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A proponent of polyglacialism
polygynoecial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + gynoecial.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Formed from the pistils of multiple flowers
raw_tags: of a fruit
Boormans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boorman
polyhaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polyemia
polyhedrometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The measurement of polyhedra.
polykaryocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polykaryocyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to polykaryocytes
Wedin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wedins
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Wedin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
polymastodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymastodonts
Etymology: From poly- + mastodont.
Senses: glosses: Any mammal of the genus Polymastodon (known only as fossils)
Usmani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Usmanis
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu عُثْمانی ('usmānī, surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Usman). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Urdu.
Usmanis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Usmani
polymastoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polymastic
Wedins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wedin
polymatype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymatypes
Senses: glosses: A former sort of typecasting machine that produced a large number of types simultaneously
polymelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymelians
Senses: glosses: An animal or person that has polymelia
polymelians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymelian
polymely
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polymelia
Veronicas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Veronica
Bloxoms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bloxom
polymerosomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + merosome + -tous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That has many merosomes
polymeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymeters
Etymology: From poly- + meter.
Senses: glosses: Any of several measuring devices.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of polymetre.
polymetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + metre.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of different metres or time signatures either simultaneously or in succession
Related terms: polymetric
McBryde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McBrydes
Etymology: Variant of McBride.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
polymetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polymetric
polymitosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + mitosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis
polyopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyopsias
Senses: glosses: polyopia
polypetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + petal.
Senses: glosses: polypetalous
Castigliones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Castiglione
McBrydes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McBryde
polyphagian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphagians
Senses: glosses: polyphage
polyphagian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a polyphage
polyphagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphagists
Senses: glosses: polyphage, glutton
polyphagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphagist
polyphloisboian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From πολυφλοίσβοιο (poluphloísboio), genitive of Ancient Greek πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos), as attested in Iliad 1.34.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polyphloisbic.
Related terms: polyphloisboiic
polyphloisboioism
polyphloisboiotic
polyphonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -al.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Polyphonic.
polyphonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polyphonic
polyphylesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polyphyly
pool house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pool houses
Senses: examples: text: Along the back of the yard stood the pool house. It was a small house with big windows and many small panes and a bistro table and chairs sat on a patio next to the French doors.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 196:
glosses: Alternative form of poolhouse.
pool houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pool house
polyphylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being polyphyllous
polypian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a polyp
polyploidogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polyploid + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That induces polyploidization
polypnoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypnoeas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polypnea.
Related terms: polypnoeic
polypnoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polypneic.
polypneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polypnea + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to polypnea.
polypomedusan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypomedusans
Senses: glosses: A cnidarian of the former order Polypomedusae
polypomedusans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypomedusan
McNaughtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNaughton
polypotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypotomes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument used in polypectomy.
polypotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypotome
sems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sem
polypragmatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polypragmatic
polypragmatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypragmatists
Senses: glosses: A polypragmatic person
polypragmatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypragmatist
polypragmosyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολυπραγμοσύνη (polupragmosúnē, “meddlesomeness”), from πολυπράγμων (poluprágmōn, “meddlesome”) (from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “act”)) + -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”). See poly-, pragmatic.
Senses: examples: text: The Polypragmosine is pedantic enough, but something like true too; A Spirit of restless Enterprize with a Greek Name.
ref: 1801 May, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana, volume II,1:
glosses: Meddlesomeness, officiousness.
Related terms: polypragmon
polyprotodontid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the polyprotodonts
non-destructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + destructive.
Senses: examples: text: As to safety, the proportion of the components of passenger stock which develops faults or fails is very small; the incidence of defects should be decreased by better knowledge of the conditions in which they must function and by more extensive and more accurate use of non-destructive testing.
ref: 1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Rolling stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269:
glosses: Alternative form of nondestructive.
Derived terms: non-destructive read
polypsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to multiple souls, spirits or personalities
Related terms: polypsychism
polypsychical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: polypsychic
polypsychism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polypsychic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that a person may have multiple souls
Wardlaws
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wardlaw
polysystemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: polysystemicity
polytechnization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice, typically in communist states, of prioritizing technical and industrial aspects of education
polytoky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polytocous
polytonalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytonalists
Etymology: From polytonal + -ist.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A person who composes or plays polytonal music
polytrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: maidenhair (moss)
polytrichon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A European moss, great golden maidenhair or great goldilocks, Polytrichum commune
polytrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + -trophy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polytrophic
polytypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + typical.
Senses: glosses: polytypic
polytypy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polytyp(ic) + -y.
Senses: glosses: polytypism
polyversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyversities
Senses: glosses: An educational institution that combines elements of a polytechnic and a university
on equal footing
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on an equal footing.
spiriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiriters
Etymology: From spirit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When Jupiter, in shape of Eagle, Came the young stripling to inveigle, And seizing him like any Sparrow With his Beak holding his Tiara, To make him sure as swift as Hobby, He bare him into Heaven's Lobby; Whilst the poor boy half dead with Fear, Writh'd back to view his Spiriter.
ref: 1675, Charles Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque: Or, The Scoffer Scoft:
text: Her name was Susan. She had no other, for she was a foundling. His father had told him she'd been kidnaped by spiriters, evil men who seized orphans and shipped them to the Colonies as bond servants.
ref: 1955, Nancy Faulkner, Pirate Quest, Doubleday, page 16:
text: Few people knew what sort of life they were going to, some were cruelly duped and quite a few at the beginning of the 18th century were the victims of 'spiriters'.
ref: 1983, Frank Martin, Rogues' River, page 122:
text: Tis the spiriters come back! Stop them! Run, bairns, run!
ref: 1999, Jane Louise Curry, A Stolen Life, →ISBN, page 49:
text: The protagonist, a young Scots girl, is kidnapped by "spiriters" who sell their victims as bond slaves to planters and farmers in America.
ref: 2002, Lee Galda, Bernice E. Cullinan, Cullinan and Galda's Literature and the Child - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 216:
text: Originally stealing children as young as 6 years old, spiriters discovered to their disgust those children were too weak to survive the harsh conditions of transit. So they targeted children 8 years or older. One French spiriter claimed to have sold more than 500 children in a year's time.
ref: 2006, Gail Selinger, W. Thomas Smith Jr., The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, →ISBN, page 84:
hyponyms: abductor
kidnapper
glosses: One who spirits away another, particularly one who steals children to be sold into forced labour in the New World.
examples: text: The spiriters sit round and wait, and, after some time, the spiriter with the largest amount of faith feels a spirit.
ref: 1869 September 22, Q, “Philosophical Essays”, in Humbug: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Satire, page 8:
text: And on the following day, he goes to the house of the Sûta (court-minstrel and chronicler), and prepares a barley pap for Varuna; for the Sûta is a spiriter (sava), and Varuna is the spiriter of the gods: therefore it is for Varuna.
ref: 1894, Friedrich Max Müller, The Sacred Books of the East- Volume 41, page 60:
text: If you ain't a ghost, then you must be one o' these here second-sighters that can see 'em - spiriters, I guess they call 'em.
ref: 1933, Great American Short Stories, page 661:
glosses: One who is sensitive to spirits; a medium or spiritualist.
non-bogie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bogie.
Senses: examples: text: A limit of 75 m.p.h., therefore, is reasonable—and will give wagon designers enough to keep them busy, he thinks, as the problems of stability for all categories of freight traffic are far from being solved at present, especially with non-bogie wagons.
ref: 1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Freight stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Not mounted on bogies; having wheels and axles not incorporated in bogies.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
half-toned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of half-tone
half-tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-tone
half-tones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of half-tone
half-toning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of half-tone
cryoprecipitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryoprecipitate
I'm not going to lie
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Implying that one is willing to to be honest, or to tell the truth.
Jayes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chernykh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Черных (Černyx).
Ilinykh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Ильиных (Ilʹinyx).
Russkikh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Русских (Russkix).
polyzoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polyzoic
pomacentroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pomacentroids
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Pomacentridae
pomacentroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomacentroid
even-toed ungulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: even-toed ungulates
Etymology: From even-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Artiodactyla, from Ancient Greek ἄρτιος (ártios, “even in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: artiodactyl
cetartiodactyl
glosses: Any mammal in the order Artiodactyla, including camels, pigs and ruminants such as deer, cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes; as well as, in recent years, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).
even-toed ungulates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of even-toed ungulate
oligarchization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒlɪɡɑːkaɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌɑləɡɑɹˌkaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /-ˌoʊlə-/
ipa: /-kə-/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: oligarchizations
Etymology: From oligarchize + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process).
Senses: topics: government
politics
antonyms: deoligarchization
glosses: Conversion of a political system to an oligarchy; (countable) an instance of this.
Derived terms: deoligarchization
Related terms: word: oligarch
word: oligarchal
word: oligarchic
word: oligarchical
word: oligarchism
word: oligarchist
word: oligarchize
word: oligarchy
odd-toed ungulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odd-toed ungulates
Etymology: From odd-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Perissodactyla, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any mammal in the order Perissodactyla, including horses and other equids, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.
odd-toed ungulates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odd-toed ungulate
oligocythaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to oligocythaemia
minimanifesto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minimanifestos
Senses: examples: text: The logo was even printed on stationery bearing the motto “The most violent art,” which was used for aggressive letters to other futurists, for minimanifestos directed toward further refining the goals of the movement, and even for performative utterances — futurist proclamations of anger in destructive prose.
ref: 1995, Karen Pinkus, chapter 3, in Bodily Regimes: Italian Advertising under Fascism, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mini-manifesto.
multi-layered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multilayered.
oligopsonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligopsonists
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Any of a relatively small number of buyers of a product or service
Related terms: oligopsony
oligopsonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligopsonist
mini-manifesto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-manifestos
form: minimanifesto
form: minifesto
Etymology: From mini- + manifesto.
Senses: glosses: A brief manifesto.
oligosaprobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligosaprobes
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any oligosaprobic organism
oligosaprobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligosaprobe
oligosyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Having relatively few syllables
Related terms: oligosyllable
oligosyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligosyllables
Etymology: From oligo- + syllable.
Senses: glosses: Any oligosyllabic word
oligosyllables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligosyllable
oligotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That collects pollen or nectar from a relatively small number of plant types
raw_tags: of an insect
put out the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts out the fire
form: putting out the fire
form: put out the fire
form: put out the fire
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put out a fire.
Doel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, from Old English dol (“stupid”), represented in modern dull. See also Dull, Dill.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Smalldon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Smalldons
Etymology: Habitational surname, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow”) + dene (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
de la Mare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formed from several placenames meaning "of the pool" from French de (“of”) + la (“the”) + mare (“pool”). Compare the variant Delamere.
Senses: glosses: A surname of Norman origin.
larding needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdəl
Forms: form: larding needles
form: larding-needle
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A needle-like tool used to insert small strips of fat into an uncooked roast of meat
landsurf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: landsurfs
form: landsurfing
form: landsurfed
form: landsurfed
Senses: glosses: To take part in landsurfing
Related terms: landsurfer
landsurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sport consisting of using the wind to power a sail mounted on a kind of skateboard, done on land.
Related terms: landsurfer
Stewardson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stewardsons
Etymology: Patronymic surname meaning "son of the steward".
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States.
landsurfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landsurfers
Senses: glosses: Someone who participates in landsurfing
noninstrumentalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninstrumentalists
Etymology: From non- + instrumentalist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who opposes instrumentalism.
lady luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lady Luck.
L8R
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of l8r.
Lackman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lackmans
Etymology: Variant of German Lackmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
harp holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harp holders
Senses: examples: text: Run the cord up through the threaded rod, slide the harp holder over the rod at the top of the lamp base, and then screw on the socket cap.
ref: 1999, Beverly DeJulio, HandyMa'am:
text: Available at hardware stores and home improvement centers, lamp kits typically include a threaded rod, washers, and a harp holder.
ref: 2004, Amy Tincher-Durik, Design on a Dime, page 103:
text: The distress it causes her, however, releases a minute drip of adrenaline that permits her to lean over to the bedside table, work her right hand up the tapered base of the lamp, around the harp holder, and find the switch on the socket.
ref: 2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 96:
glosses: A wire framework that surrounds a lightbulb which fits into a socket at its base and which is topped by a finial for holding a lampshade.
examples: text: The instrument is fitted with nickel-plated tail-piece and harp-holder; has the best steel strings, and is accompanied by a key, pick, full instructions for playing, and packed in a neat pasteboard box.
ref: 1902, Youth's Companion - Volume 77, page 521:
text: I'd heave my cooler of Italians, turkeys, and roast beefs from entryway to entryway, stick my head in, shout "Hooooagie Maaaan!" then wail on the harp holder around my neck .
ref: 1998, Adam Gussow, Mister Satan's Apprentice: A Blues Memoir, page 35:
text: He met a blues musician named Jesse Fuller, who had developed a style of playing the harmonica (with the help of a harp holder) and strumming the guitar at the same time.
ref: 2003, James L. Hirsen, Tales from the Left Coast, page 53:
glosses: A framework that fits around the neck and holds a harmonica up to the mouth so that it can be played while leaving the wearer's hands free, usually in order to play another instrument.
harp holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harp holder
after-action
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From after + action.
Senses: examples: text: More than a dozen after-action evaluations have been completed, looking at how police departments responded to the demonstrations — some of them chaotic and violent, most peaceful — that broke out in hundreds of cities between late May and the end of August.
ref: 2021 March 20, Kim Barker, Mike Baker, Ali Watkins, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Written retrospectively on a given sequence of goal-oriented actions previously taken, especially if by the author himself. (of a report, analysis, etc.)
goal-oriented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: goal-orientated
Etymology: From goal + oriented.
Senses: glosses: Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.
goal-orientated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goal-oriented.
lamp harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamp harps
Senses: examples: text: Fasten the shade to the lamp harp at its screw post to secure it.
ref: 1951, Lamps and Lampshade Making, page 102:
text: If you're ambitious, you can even create a floor lamp from a carved pole, a wooden base, a lamp harp from the hardware store, and a shade kit.
ref: 1999, Emilie Barnes, Yoli Brogger, Anne Christian Buchanan, Decorating Dreams on a Budget, page 67:
glosses: Synonym of harp holder.
synonyms: word: harp holder
lamp harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamp harp
hyperexaggerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperexaggerates
form: hyperexaggerating
form: hyperexaggerated
form: hyperexaggerated
Etymology: From hyper- + exaggerate.
Senses: examples: text: Learn to hyperexaggerate when describing a situation or story.
ref: 2009, Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress:
text: You worry that working together undermines your myth of self-reliance, so you hyperexaggerate its value to mask the fear.
ref: 2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 97:
text: The first section examines a multimodal parodic performance that hyperexaggerates a quantitative bragging or boasting ritual, and then contrasts that with a normal voicing of more practical evaluation criteria.
ref: 2021, Kristin Enola Gilbert, Gregory Matoesian, Multimodal Performance and Interaction in Focus Groups, page 151:
glosses: To exaggerate to an extreme degree.
hyperexaggerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperexaggerate
hyperexaggerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hyperexaggerate
hyperexaggerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperexaggerate
opportunity window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opportunity windows
Senses: examples: text: In sum, when presented with an opportunity window such as that opened in the summer of 2020, there is little benefit in insisting that such policy changes accord with the principle of "community control" of police.
ref: 2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 818:
glosses: Alternative form of window of opportunity.
plasmised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plasmise
plasmising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plasmise
Barnehurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ5076).
plasmises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plasmise
Quicke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
leuciscin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leuciscin
form: most leuciscin
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the cyprinid tribe Leuciscini
leuciscin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuciscins
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in this tribe
leuciscins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leuciscin
leuciscine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leuciscine
form: most leuciscine
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the cyprinid subfamily Leuciscinae
leuciscine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuciscines
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the cyprinid subfamily Leuciscinae
leuciscines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leuciscine
avturs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avtur
MacDermot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: McDermott
cerebral hemorrhages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebral hemorrhage
Bialowons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bialowas
Etymology: From Polish Białowąs.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
arboral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They are among the first trees to bloom in spring, […] and all are well deserving a place in every arboral adornment.
ref: 1870, The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser:
text: The tree will then become […] an ornamental arboral giant.
ref: 1871, Thomas Meehan, Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, volume 13, page 72:
text: […] the state of its arboral districts almost justified the epigrammatic criticism of Dr. Samuel Johnson, on Scottish scenery, that it rarely (in 1773) presented to the eye of the traveller a tree older than himself, and he was born in 1709.
ref: 1882, Francis George Heath, Forestry: A Journal of Forest and Estate Management, page 358:
glosses: arboreal; relating to trees
arboral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of aboral.
Zhuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zhuks
Etymology: From Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian жук (žuk, “beetle”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Жук (Žuk).
glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian surname Жук (Žuk).
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Жук (Žuk).
cruise-climb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cruise-climbs
form: cruise-climbing
form: cruise-climbed
form: cruise-climbed
form: cruise climb
Senses: examples: text: For a transatlantic crossing, the Concorde would be assigned a ~15,000-foot block of altitude; it started out at flight level 450 and gradually cruise-climbed up to between FL570 and FL600 over the mid-Atlantic before beginning to descend.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To slowly but continuously climb during cruise flight as the aircraft's weight decreases due to fuel burnoff (done because flight at higher altitudes is more efficient but requires a lighter aircraft).
raw_tags: of an aircraft
Coordinate terms: step climb
cruise-climb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruise-climbs
form: cruise climb
Senses: examples: text: A cruise-climb is more efficient than the standard step climb, but is rarely used since it's much harder for ATC to manage.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An instance of cruise-climbing.