cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
maturate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmætjʊɹeɪt/
/ˈmæt͡ʃəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: maturates
form: maturating
form: maturated
form: maturated
Etymology: From Latin māturātus, perfect passive participle of māturō (“to ripen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French maturer.
Senses: examples: text: A tree may be maturated artificially.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To undergo perfect suppuration.
Synonyms: mature
magre
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maugre.
malate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malates
Etymology: From malic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of malic acid.
Derived terms: calcium malate
potassium malate
thiomalate
mezze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mezzes
Senses: examples: text: Beware the warm, pouffed-up pitas, served with a beautifully seasoned olive oil: they are as addictive as potato chips and perfect for nibbling while poring over the intriguing selection of Greek, Turkish and Lebanese mezze.
ref: 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times:
text: Moaaoya Hamoud, 26, another Syrian refugee and a onetime journalist who also has restaurant cooking experience, makes the mezzes.
ref: 2016 July 5, Alissa J. Rubin, “From Refugee Chefs, a Taste of Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of meze.
modificate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: modificates
form: modificating
form: modificated
form: modificated
Etymology: See modify.
Senses: examples: text: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, not only to the modificated eternity of his Mediatorship, so long as there shall be need of regal power to subdue the enemies of God's Elect; but also to the complete eternity of the duration of his Humanity, which for the future is co-eternal to his Divinity.
ref: 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
glosses: To qualify.
gadoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪdɔɪd/
Forms: form: more gadoid
form: most gadoid
Etymology: From modern Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “cod”). See -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cod or to the Gadidae family of related fish.
gadoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪdɔɪd/
Forms: form: gadoids
Etymology: From modern Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “cod”). See -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Gadidae
Japanese encephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A viral disease prevalent in south-east Asia, caused by Japanese encephalitis virus transmitted by mosquito.
UDDI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Universal Description Discovery and Integration, a platform-independent, XML-based registry for businesses worldwide to list themselves on the Internet.
pitot tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitot tubes
Etymology: Name for Italian-born French engineer Henri Pitot who invented the device in the early 1700s.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.
Synonyms: pitot head
mah
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: Adventurer: 'AFTER YEARS OF ADVENTURING... I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE STREETPASS ARENA. ONCE I REST MAH HOOFS, I'M GOING TO RECORD MY SECRET BATTLE TECHNIQUE.'
ref: 2014 June 26, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Streetpass Arena:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of my.
mah
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑː˧/
Forms: form: ma
Etymology: From Cantonese 嘛 (maa³).
Senses: examples: text: — The plants are all dying already.
— No one here to water them mah...
text: […] Alternatively train SBS bus drivers to become pilots also since they are already bus captains. Anyone can become a pilot mah. Its so easy. Everybody should give it try-but not with me on board.
ref: 2003, ANGELL, “SIA PILOT ISSUE”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: Especially today—we holiday, mah, so don’t bring them to town until tomorrow.
ref: 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Singapore Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 89:
text: In response, I ask if he thinks that his future child would be embarrassed about the online reputation that he has built for himself after all these years. “Why? All of this is just acting mah, I got nothing to be ashamed about.”
ref: 2018 July 13, Shaun Tan, quoting Kurt Tay, “Does Someone Like Kurt Tay Deserve To Be A Father?”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024:
text: If I’m running around for errands, I want to look cute also mah. I used to wear shorts, but now I’d rather not. It’ll look like I’ve got thousands of cat scratches.
ref: 2024 March 28, Benjamin Tan, quoting Ursula Soh, “In Their Own Skin: Portraits of Eczema in Singapore”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2024:
synonyms: word: what
glosses: Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for something.
Related terms: word: what
word: lah1–14
word: lor2–3
word: lor1
word: ah6–7
word: leh1–2
word: leh3–6
word: one1–3
word: hor1
word: know
word: nia
word: only
word: sia
word: hor2
word: ah1–3
word: hah1–3
word: meh
word: ba2
word: leh7–11
word: ba1
word: liao
word: already
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word: Gupta
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: A. F. (1992)
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word: in
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: volume 18
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: number 1
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: →DOI
mah
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑː˧/
ipa: /mɑː˦/
ipa: /mɑː˧/
Forms: form: ma
Etymology: From Mandarin 嗎／吗 (ma) or Cantonese 嗎／吗 (maa⁵).
Senses: examples: text: Coz must charge daily lei
ref: 2024 December 8, endlssorrow, “U guys bring smart watch oversea mah”, in HardwareZone Forums:
glosses: Used at the end of an affirmative declarative sentence to change it into a yes–no question.
mutua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutuum
nebulosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebulosus
nervose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See nervous.
Senses: examples: text: A foot or more high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the upper usually ovate-lanceolate and sessile by a nervose veined base; pedicels shorter than the acute lobes of the calyx ; the lower lip or the corolla violet or rose-purple and the upper paler to nearly white; the saccate throat very oblique to the true tube, fully as broad as long; gland short.
ref: 1879, Volney Rattan, A Popular California Flora, page 91:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: nerved; having prominent veins.
examples: text: I ordered an injection to be thrown up three or four times a day, and she took a nervose mixture with tinct. valer. and castor, which method fhe continued till the 22d of December.
ref: 1758, Pugh, “A remarkable case in midwifry”, in The critical review, or annals of literature volume=5, page 68:
text: It belongs only to a higher grade of perfection, or to a nervose condition of the digestive process, to perceive the rationale of the decomposition, or the spiritual conflict, which prevails between the matters, when they are about to separate.
ref: 1847, Lorenz Oken, Elements of Physiophilosophy - Volume 10, page 463:
text: It is curious that the gluttons and the hucksters, who sell adulterated goods by day and cant the most leprous cant in the evening, should affect to abhor and despise and shun the consumers of nervose aliments as inferior animals, when it is themselves, the insatiable devourers of beef and pudding and hideous hypocritical slang, who are the inferor animals.
ref: 1877 August, 'An individualist', “Food and Growth: a Rhapsody”, in Cope's Tobacco Plant, volume 2, number 89, page 64:
text: In 1859 Moreau laid down the principle, based upon a number of rather doubtful examples, that genius was essentially a nervose, or nerve, affection, his contention being that originality of thought and quickness or preponderance of intellectual faculties were originally much the same thing as madness and idiocy.
ref: 1914, John Anderson Richardson, Richardson's Defense of the South, page 474:
glosses: For or pertaining to the nerves.
Derived terms: subnervose
nocive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊsɪv/
Forms: form: more nocive
form: most nocive
Etymology: From Latin nocīvus, derived from noceō (“I harm”).
Senses: examples: text: Again, be it that some nocive or hurtful thing be towards us, must Fear of necessity follow hereupon?
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: Hurtful, injurious.
nodose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōdōsus.
Senses: examples: text: The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
glosses: Knot-like; swollen
Derived terms: binodose
nodosely
nodosity
Related terms: node
nudi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnuːdi/
rhymes: -uːdi
homophone: nudey
homophone: nudie
homophone: nudy
Forms: form: nudis
Etymology: Clipping of nudibranch, possibly with influence of the diminutive suffixes -y and -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Daco & Miquel looking for nudis. Finding nudibranchs is no easy task, they are masters of camouflage.
ref: 2001, Nudibranch News, volume 4, numbers 1-8, page 19:
text: […] there is less enthusiasm for "nudis" sold in the seawater aquarium market.
ref: 2005, David W. Behrens, Nudibranch Behavior, page 168:
glosses: A nudibranch.
numerose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more numerose
form: most numerose
Etymology: From Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerous.
Senses: examples: text: […] For, Mechanic Examples of this kind are every where so obvious to sense, and so numerose, that only to enumerate them would be a task hard and tediose.
ref: 1683, Walter Charleton, Three Anatomic Lectures, page 92:
glosses: Obsolete form of numerous.
bobbleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobblehead
oraria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orarion
glosses: plural of orarium
nightstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightstands
form: night stand
form: night-stand
Etymology: From night (“the conventional time for a person to be in bed”) + stand (“an object which supports things”).
Senses: examples: text: He always kept a full glass of water on the nightstand.
synonyms: bedside table
night table
hypernyms: end table
side table
glosses: A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.
Related terms: english: sometimes coinstantial
translation: sometimes coinstantial
word: washstand
ordinarie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ordinarie
form: most ordinarie
Senses: examples: text: Neither is it an ordinarie ſleepe , but thar dangerous Lerhargie of the ſoule, which maketh men as vnfit to all holy duties and ſpirituall exerciſes, […]
ref: 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 53:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of ordinary.
meanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnli/
Forms: form: meanlier
form: more meanly
form: meanliest
form: most meanly
Etymology: From Middle English meneli, meneliche, equivalent to mean + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Iphicrates and Marius were meanly born.
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 3, member 2:
glosses: Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
glosses: Poorly or inadequately.
examples: He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.
glosses: In a mean manner; ill-willed, nastily.
reflectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reflectively
form: most reflectively
Etymology: From reflective + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "I should say yes," agreed George. "And talk about speed!" he added. "Wow! One ball he threw soaked me in the ear. I can feel it yet!" and he rubbed the side of his head reflectively.
ref: 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:
text: "Spuds - Jim - Jimmy?" he ran his fingers reflectively through his hair, and frowned. "Bowles," he added triumphantly.
ref: 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6:
text: Blake picked his teeth reflectively with the point of a clasp knife.
ref: 1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 110:
glosses: In a reflective manner; meditatively.
examples: text: In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]
ref: 2024, Egon Börger, Vincenzo Gervasi, Structures of Computing: A Guide to Practice-Oriented Theory, page 108:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: By means of reflection.
deadpans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deadpan
deadpanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deadpan
leipoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leipoas
Senses: examples: text: But while each pair of the leipoas have their own family incubator which is devoted exclusively to hatching Mrs. Leipoa's eggs, the brush turkeys go in for mass production.
ref: 1938, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, Strange Birds and Their Stories, page 180:
glosses: A mallee fowl (genus Leipoa).
Coatlán Mixe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mixe-Zoque language of the Mixe branch, spoken in Mexico; its two dialects are Coatlán Mixe and Camotlán Mixe.
thorn in the flesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thorns in the flesh
Etymology: With reference to the Bible 2nd Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 7.
2 Corinthians 12.7
Senses: examples: text: Whereas the growth of new middle and upper classes remains a thorn in the flesh to the Communist Party, the military element is inclined to favor this development, in the belief that those who have something at stake are more likely to fight to defend the system in the event of another conflict.
ref: 1959, Ivar Spector, The Soviet Union and the Muslim World, 1917-1958:
text: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the post of the Executive Director of the Kenya Roads Board has been a thorn in the flesh of the Minister.
ref: 2001 June 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 1106:
text: Even individual castles could be a thorn in the flesh of a powerful kingdom.
ref: 2002, J. F. Verbruggen, The Art of Warfare in Western Europe, page 323:
glosses: A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
Synonyms: thorn in one's side
daphne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daphnes
Etymology: From translingual Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Senses: glosses: Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Daphne genkwa
word: Chinese daphne
taxonomic: Daphne mezereum
word: February daphne
taxonomic: Daphne gnidium
word: flax-leaved daphne
taxonomic: Daphne genkwa
word: lilac daphne
taxonomic: Daphne cneorum
word: rose daphne
taxonomic: Daphne pontica
word: twin-flower daphne
taxonomic: Daphne odora
word: winter daphne
pallida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pallidum
pessima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pessimum
piccoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piccolo
pisane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpi.zeɪn/
Forms: form: pisan
form: pixane
form: pizaine
form: pizane
form: pesane
form: pusane
form: pysane
form: pyson
Etymology: From Middle English pisan, from an Old French word variously spelled pizaine, pizane, pesine, etc, found also in phrases like colarete(s) pizaine, gorgerete(s) pizaine. Probably from Old French piz (“chest”), from Latin pectus, extended like in poitrine, although it has also been suggested that it could derive from Old French pisain (French pisan), "Pisan" (compare burgonet from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”)).
Senses: glosses: A collar or gorget of mail (or, rarely, plate), protecting the neck and upper chest; a standard.
gypsums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypsum
machers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macher
goulashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goulash
pickiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickyness
Etymology: From picky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Between 6 and 12 months, babies are more open to new foods — and new experiences — than they will be later on as toddlers, when a certain amount of “neophobia” or “new means no” is developmentally normal, Ms. Lipner said. “Normal kids transition through a normal pickiness phase,” around 18 months, she said, when “they’re also learning autonomy and control.”
ref: 2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018:
glosses: picky behaviour
glosses: The quality of being picky.
cholents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholent
rari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raris
Senses: examples: text: I too, have a glock in my rari;
in the form of a master's degree,
but don't get it twisted
this summa cum laude bloaw
any time a motherfucker think
they know me!
ref: 2018, Jamila Woods, Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic, Haymarket Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of 'rari (“Ferrari”).
cholent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃoʊl(ə)nt/
Forms: form: cholents
form: chulent
form: schalet
Etymology: From Yiddish טשאָלנט (tsholnt), of unknown origin, but may be from an Old French reflex of Latin calēns.
Senses: examples: text: As Mr. Schonfeld climbed the stairs, he was carrying a steaming 18-quart pot containing the traditional Sabbath stew known as chulent.
ref: 2007 March 18, Jennifer Bleyer, “‘City of Refuge’”, in New York Times:
text: Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.
ref: 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A meat stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
wikipedia: cholent
Synonyms: chamin
hamin
respiratoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respiratorium
retributive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɹɪ.bjʊ.tɪv/
ipa: /ɹəˈtɹɪb.jə.tɪv/
Forms: form: more retributive
form: most retributive
Senses: examples: text: Their goal is retributive: to exact a price from Palestinian civilians (and in some cases left-wing Israeli Jews, Christians, and Israeli security forces) for actions Israeli authorities take against the settlers, usually building enforcement in illegally built settlements.
ref: 2018, Edo Konrad, “Living in the constant shadow of settler violence”, in +972 Magazine:
synonyms: retributionary
retributory
glosses: Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
rotonda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotondas
form: rotunda
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog rotonda (“roundabout; traffic circle”).
Senses: examples: text: Welcome Rotonda is a roundabout located in Quezon City.
glosses: A roundabout; traffic circle.
examples: text: Pasay Rotonda is the intersection of EDSA and Taft Avenue, located in Pasay City.
text: Pasig Rotonda is the intersection of Pasig Boulevard and Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue, located in Pasig City.
glosses: A road intersection, not necessarily circular in shape.
rotonde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotondes
Etymology: From French rotonde.
Senses: glosses: A ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.
rotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rottis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roti (“type of flatbread”).
critiquing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of critique
critiqued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of critique
maws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maw
shuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shul
solida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solidum
mistreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistreat
mistreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistreat
mistreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistreat
parity bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parity bits
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bit (binary digit) used to indicate whether the number of bits in a given set with value of one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as a simple error detection code.
supplicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supplicate
supplicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supplicate
supplicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supplicate
roils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roil
roiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roil
roiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roilings
Senses: examples: text: Truth be told with hindsight's vision, these musings were no doubt the externalization of the roilings and bubblings beginning to stir the deeper waters of my own being.
ref: 2011, Norman Spinrad, The Void Captain's Tale:
glosses: The motion of something that roils; a bubbling or seething.
roiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roil
matzahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matzah
matzos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew מצות (matzót)
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
ref: 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: plural of matzo
puces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puce
knobbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of knobby: more knobby
knobbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of knobby: most knobby
turtle necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle neck
timeously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪməsli/
Forms: form: more timeously
form: most timeously
Etymology: From timeous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We must, of course, diligently and timeously pursue every avenue of investigation occurring in Gzilt space.
ref: 2012, Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata, chapter eleven (S −17)
glosses: In a timely manner.
Synonyms: word: opportunely
word: seasonably
word: tempestively
word: tidily
word: timely
word: timeously
Related terms: word: timeliness
turtle-necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle-neck
impluvium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impluviums
form: impluvia
Etymology: Latin impluvium, from impluit (“rains upon”)
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.
halving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of halve
halving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halvings
Senses: examples: text: There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings.
text: Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.
ref: 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process or instance of dividing in half.
Synonyms: bisection
halved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of halve
halved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Divided into halves.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Appearing as if one side were cut away.
Synonyms: sense: divided into halves
word: bisected
Derived terms: a worry shared is a worry halved
unhalved
mashups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mashup
love handle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love handles
form: lovehandle
Etymology: First appears c. 1970 in the publication Current Slang. So called because it is supposed to be grabbed by a partner during sexual intercourse.
Senses: examples: text: The good news. Three weeks into the programme I am rediscovering bits of my body I had forgotten existed; biceps, triceps, hamstrings and those funny muscles on the sides of the abdomen called obliques, the toning of which is supposed to eliminate the love handle.
ref: 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:
synonyms: spare tire
spare tyre
glosses: A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.
Derived terms: love-handled
Related terms: batwing
excess fat under arms
love handles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love handle
unthaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈθɔː/
Forms: form: unthaws
form: unthawing
form: unthawed
form: unthawed
Etymology: From un- (intensifier) + thaw.
Senses: examples: text: The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.
ref: 2006, Lian Hearn, Grass for his pillow: The way through the snow:
text: The food is honest and hearty, perfect for unthawing frozen limbs […]
ref: 2009, Ann Mah, Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself:
glosses: To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).
Related terms: word: dethaw
word: unthawed
word: unthawing
patty cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patty cakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pattycake.
examples: text: When his task was completed we'd lie on the freshly mown lawn, watch clouds heap themselves towards heaven, listen to Carmen, and wait for Mamie's patty cakes to come out of the oven.
ref: 2012, Sophie Boswell, Breaking Loose: An Australian Story:
glosses: A cupcake or fairy cake.
patty-cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of patty cake.
neckwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛk.wɛɚ/
Forms: form: neckwears
Etymology: From neck + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
bost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bosts
form: bosting
form: bosted
form: bosted
Etymology: Possibly from bust or burst.
Senses: qualifier: Black Country
glosses: To break.
Derived terms: bostin
frontwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontwomen
Etymology: From front + woman.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: frontperson
text: Many frontwomen deal with an unconscious sense of being subtly undermined while also being the obvious center of a band’s gravity.
ref: 2025 June 2, Lizzy Goodman, “Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:
coordinate_terms: frontman
front man
glosses: The female lead singer in a band.
frontwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontwoman
exemplifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exemplify
sostenuti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sostenuto
stagna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stagnum
superate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsuːpəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: superates
form: superating
form: superated
form: superated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin superātus, perfect passive participle of superō (“to surmount, exceed, better”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To rise above; to overtop; to cover.
glosses: To outdo; to surpass; to exceed.
glosses: To overcome; to conquer.
glosses: To cross; to surmount; to get over.
glosses: To overtake.
Related terms: super
superation
superable
suprema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supremum
feebleminded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more feebleminded
form: most feebleminded
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of feeble-minded.
Derived terms: feeblemindedness
unawarely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unawarely
form: most unawarely
Etymology: From unaware + -ly.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:unawarely.
glosses: Without being aware; inadvertently.
Related terms: unawares
challah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈxɑ(ː).lə/
ipa: /ˈhɑ(ː).lə/
Forms: form: challahs
form: challos
form: challot
form: challoth
form: halla
form: challa
form: chalah
form: hallah
form: chaleh
Etymology: From Hebrew חַלָּה (ḥallá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish חלה (khale).
Senses: examples: text: […]it is a time-honored custom that when women bake challah-loaves for Sabbath and Yom Tov use, they specifically prepare a dough large enough to be obligated in challah, so they can fulfill the mitzvah of separating challah[…].
ref: 2006, The Mishnah, seder Zeraim, tractate Challah, Personal-Size edition, Mesorah Publications, page 54, commentary on 1:7:
text: Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, [Mark] Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima.
ref: 2017 September 17, “Mark Zuckerberg gives family heirloom kiddush cup to daughter”, in The Times of Israel:
glosses: A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
glosses: The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
glosses: The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
prejudge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: prejudges
form: prejudging
form: prejudged
form: prejudged
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French préjuger, itself an adaptation of Latin praeudico, praeiudicare. Doublet of prejudicate.
Senses: glosses: To form a judgment of (something) in advance.
Synonyms: foredeem
Related terms: judge
abjudge
adjudge
allometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to allometry
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
raw_tags: of a population
Derived terms: allometrically
hyperallometric
hypoallometric
nonallometric
diamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamine
Geoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɛf/
homophone: Jeff
rhymes: -ɛf
Etymology: Clipping of Geoffrey.
Senses: examples: text: He had become increasingly petty, irritated by details, by the diminishing, for example, of their forenames—Bill, Bert, Mike, Geoff, Steve. He wanted to inquire peevishly if a commitment to Marxism was incompatible with a disyllabic forename.
ref: 2012 April 17, P.D. James, Innocent Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 41:
text: The place in Malibu belongs to my husband, Geoff. He's a G-E-O-F-F Geoff, not the J-E-F-F kind.
ref: 2015 August 27, Sue Grafton, X, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Geoffrey.
Related terms: Jeff
turca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turcas
Senses: glosses: A moustached turca (Pteroptochos megapodius).
unica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unicum
venose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more venose
form: most venose
Etymology: See venous.
Senses: examples: text: a venose frond
text: venose threads
text: a venose thallus
glosses: Having numerous or conspicuous veins; veiny.
ventose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ventoses
Senses: examples: text: [I]t commeth at length to fall upon the fleſh which the ventoſe ſticketh faſt unto, and by heating and inchafing, it expreſſeth the humor that is within, into the ventoſe or cupping veſſel.
ref: 1603, Plutarch, “Platoniqve Questions”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, question 6, page 1022:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ventouse.
Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pacific Northwest
Senses: synonyms: word: PNW
glosses: The region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.
Derived terms: Pacific Northwesterner
Related terms: Cascadia
visive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more visive
form: most visive
Etymology: From post-classical Latin visīvus, from Latin vīsus (“sight, seeing”).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Infinitely wise Creator has not left the creature without a power of moving the head a little […] so that by these means they are inabled to direct some optick line or other against any object, and by that means they have the visive faculty as compleat as any Animal that can move its eyes.
ref: 1665, R[obert] Hooke, chapter XXXIX, in Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
text: Hence it's evident, that vvere our Eyes turned into the Nature of Microſcopes, vve […] ſhou'd be derpiv'd of the foremention'd Advantage vve at preſent receive by the Viſive Faculty; and have left us only the empty Amuſement of Seeing, vvithout any other benefit ariſing from it.
ref: 1709, George Berkeley, “[Section] LXXXVI. The Case of Microscopical Eyes, Consider’d.”, in An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, Dublin: […] Aaron Rhames, […], for Jeremy [i.e., Jeremiah] Pepyat, […], →OCLC, pages 97–98:
glosses: Pertaining to sight or the ability to see; visual.
zingaresca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zingarescas
Etymology: From Italian zingaresca.
Senses: glosses: A gypsy melody.
arvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arvies
form: arvo
Senses: examples: text: ‘Glad you like it,’ Johnny said. Then we′ll go tomorrer. Awright wi′ you? So this arvy we've gorra get our stuff together.’
ref: 1994, Katie Flynn, The Girl From Penny Lane, page 152:
text: ‘Howzit going?’ Tracey repeated. Before I could answer she rushed on, ‘I′ve got a nine-thirty. I won't be back before lunch, but maybe first thing this arvy. By the way,’ she flung over her shoulder, ‘It′s got to be read, hey! Make sure you get Belinda to type it, Tambu.’
ref: 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not: A Sequel to Nervous Conditions, page 215:
text: ‘Leave it. No point rinsing off when there's more cars coming this arvy.’
ref: 2007, James Moloney, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, page 95:
text: “Well, you haven't explained to me why you were wasted already by 5 o'clock in the arvy,” I retorted.
ref: 2009, Faye Sakura Rentoule, Angel Service, page 39:
glosses: Afternoon.
Murphy game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Murphy games
Senses: glosses: Any of several confidence tricks in which something worthless is substituted for something of value, often in a sealed envelope.
glosses: A confidence trick in which a supposed pimp takes money from a client to procure a prostitute, but disappears with the money.
Synonyms: Murphy
hairstreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairstreaks
Etymology: From hair + streak.
Senses: glosses: Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Satyrium pruni
word: black hairstreak
taxonomic: Thecla betulae
word: brown hairstreak
taxonomic: Strymon melinus
word: gray hairstreak
taxonomic: Callophrys rubi
word: green hairstreak
word: inland hairstreak
taxonomic: Quercusia quercus
word: purple hairstreak
taxonomic: Thecla letha
word: Watson's hairstreak
taxonomic: Satyrium w-album
word: white-letter hairstreak
kgotla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kgotlas
form: dikgotla
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana kgotla (“trival assembly”).
Senses: examples: text: Speaking at the Mochudi main kgotla after the graduation of at least 1 281 initiates, Kgafela said though there were few challenges, the exercise had been successful.
ref: 2009 August 11, The Botswana Gazette:
glosses: Any of several types of public meeting in a Botswana village, especially one involving a gathering of tribal elders.
glosses: The place where such a meeting is held.
Related terms: lekgotla
makgotla
paperboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paperboards
Etymology: From paper + board.
Senses: synonyms: illustration board
glosses: A thick paper, or thin cardboard.
animated cartoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animated cartoons
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of film / movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand in order to give a sense of movement when projected in rapid sequence.
Related terms: animation
munite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mjuːˈnaɪt/
Forms: form: munites
form: muniting
form: munited
form: munited
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin mūnīre (“to wall round, fortify”), earlier moenīre, from moenia (“walls”).
Senses: examples: text: being in his owne Countrie, and amidst good friends, he had the better leasure to re-enforce his decayed forces, and more opportunity, to strengthen Townes, to munite Castles, to store Rivers with all necessaries they wanted[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Concerning the means of procuring unity, men must beware, that, in the procuring or muniting of religious unity, they do not dissolve and deface the laws of charity and of human society.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: To fortify, strengthen.
Related terms: munition
kalpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkælpə/
Forms: form: kalpas
Etymology: From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
frocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frock
hollower
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hollow + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hollow: more hollow
hollower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollowers
Etymology: From hollow + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which hollows something.
hollowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hollow: most hollow
hollowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/
Etymology: From hollow.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hollow
hollowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/
Forms: form: hollowings
Etymology: From hollow.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression
text: Such hollowing is not seen in the smaller otoliths figured by Campana (herein reproduced on Pl. 5, Fig. 1) and by Ohe, and it may be a feature that […]
ref: 2007, Dirk Nolf, James C. Tyler, “Otolith evidence concerning interrelationships of caproid, zeiform and tetraodontiform fishes”, in Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie, volume 76, pages 147–189:
glosses: The process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that process.
Derived terms: hollowing out
hollowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/
Forms: form: hollowings
Etymology: From hollow.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: hallooing, halloo, hollering, holler, bellowing, bellow
text: At length, about three o'clock in the morning, we heard the distant hollowings of our watermen, and soon after refreshed ourselves with copious draughts of the delicious water of the Nile.
ref: 1819, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia:
glosses: The act of one who hollows (hollos); a cry or shouting.
marshland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marshlands
Etymology: From marsh + land.
Senses: examples: text: East of Bow Creek, the line ran to North Woolwich along the bank of the Thames, then entirely uninhabited marshland, without roads.
ref: 1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 173:
glosses: Marshy land; bog or fen.
Derived terms: marshlander
traverses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of traverse
traverses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traverse
variegates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of variegate
variegating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of variegate
vettura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vetturas
form: vetture
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vettura, from Latin vectūra (“conveyance”). Doublet of vecture and voiture.
Senses: glosses: A type of four-wheeled carriage, especially one let for hire
do up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does up
form: doing up
form: did up
form: done up
Senses: examples: text: I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing.
text: Help me do up this zipper.
text: You hold it in place while I do up the nut.
glosses: To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
examples: text: I'm going to do up the living room next.
text: They've done up the house so that they can sell it more easily.
text: If I had been asked what was the rent of the house, I should have said, at the most, not more than twenty pounds, — because, between you and me, it wants a good bit of doing up, and is hardly fit to live in as it stands.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
text: So many people were doing up their apartments that supplies of high-grade fixtures and fittings were at a premium.
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).
examples: This time I'm going to do it up right.
glosses: To execute a task or performance.
examples: text: I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.
glosses: To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
glosses: To accomplish thoroughly.
examples: text: a rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch
ref: 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 20, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
glosses: To starch and iron.
glosses: To beat up; to physically assault.
glosses: To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) an updo; to wear an updo.
Hyponyms: sense: fasten clothing
word: buckle
sense: fasten clothing
word: buckle up
sense: fasten clothing
word: button
sense: fasten clothing
word: button up
sense: fasten clothing
word: tie
sense: fasten clothing
word: tie up
sense: fasten clothing
word: zip
sense: fasten clothing
word: zip up
Derived terms: done up like a kipper
Related terms: word: do-over
word: do over
word: overdo
guillemets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɡiˈmeɪz/
/ˌɡi.(j)əˈmeɪz/
/ˈɡɪl.əˌmɛts/
Senses: glosses: plural of guillemet
deductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈdʌktɪvli/
ipa: /dɪˈdʊktɪvli/
Forms: form: more deductively
form: most deductively
Etymology: From deductive + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: a priori#Adverb[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous outside of philosophic arcanity>
antonyms: inductively
;
a posteriori#Adverb
glosses: In a deductive manner; by using deduction.
Québecois
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Québécois.
Québecois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Québecois
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Québécois.
demoniacally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more demoniacally
form: most demoniacally
Etymology: From demoniacal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a demoniacal manner
departmentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From departmental + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a departmental manner; affecting departments