cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonuses
form: toni
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone.
Senses: examples: text: muscular tonus
text: The amount of stretch possible increases with the range in the joint and decreases with the cross section of the muscle and the amount of tonus or contraction in these antagonists .
ref: 1942, Myrtle Gladys Scott, Analysis of Human Motion: A Textbook in Kinesiology, page 51:
text: Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.
ref: 1956, Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings:
text: At the same time, from the vasomotor point of view the artrioles are an extremely active part of the vascular bed , and every important change in the peripheral resistance is traceable to a corresponding change in the tonus of the arterioles .
ref: 1964, Vasillĭ Vasilʹevich Parin, F. Z. Myerson, An Outline of the Clinical Physiology of the Circulation, page 210:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: tonicity; tone
examples: text: Aurelian associates antiphons and toni of the plain chant, so that the octave-based Pythagorean scale is exemlified by means of the liturgical chant, with the outstanding consequence that church music becomes the sounding representation of the harmony of the spherese and of human beings.
ref: 2021, Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris, Aurélien Robert, Brill's Companion to the Reception of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, page 69:
glosses: A tonal system or mode used in Gregorian chant.
tubus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubi
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin tubus. Doublet of tube.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tube.
straightforwardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more straightforwardly
form: most straightforwardly
Etymology: From straightforward + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From straightforward + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being straightforward.
chiropractic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkaɪɹəˈpɹæktɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Etymology: From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).
Senses: topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
Synonyms: chiropractics
Derived terms: chiropracty
Related terms: chiropractor
chiropath
chiropraxy
chiropractic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkaɪɹəˈpɹæktɪk/
rhymes: -æktɪk
Etymology: From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to chiropractics.
wetter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛtə/
ipa: /ˈwɛtɚ/
ipa: [ˈwɛɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Etymology: From wet + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wet: more wet.
wetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛtə/
ipa: /ˈwɛtɚ/
ipa: [ˈwɛɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wetters
Etymology: From wet + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
glosses: A wetting agent or surfactant.
glosses: A bedwetter.
examples: text: Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding
He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?
ref: 2019 September 11, Yanko, “Next Up”, in #ACGK, 1:49:
glosses: A knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
Derived terms: bedwetter
heavy wetter
whitelisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whitelist
whitelisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He may never be entirely successful, but the difference in being "blacklisted," "greylisted," "bluelisted" or "whitelisted" is considerable.
ref: 1956, John Cogley, Report on Blacklisting: Radio-television, page 121:
text: […] to accelerate the flag’s attempts to become ‘whitelisted’ at IMO […]
ref: 2001, Angelo Mouzouropoulos, quoted in Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea, MIT Press (2006), page 113
text: […] is the only client-side antispam tool that quarantines any incoming mail that doesn't come from a whitelisted sender.
ref: 2002 November 11, James Kobeilus, “The Pick: iHateSpam”, in Network World, volume 19, number 45, page 70:
text: This means that many spam senders will never become whitelisted and email will never be accepted from them.
ref: 2004 September, Joel Sing, “Combatting Email Borne Pests using Open Source Tools”, in AUUGN, page 84:
text: One way is to create whitelist email addresses, a special email address that can be given to senders who are not yet whitelisted.
ref: 2005, Jonathan A. Zdziarski, Ending Spam: Bayesian Content Filtering and the Art of Statistical Language Classification, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Hotmail utilises this scheme and is the only method of becoming whitelisted with Hotmail.
ref: 2007, S Duffy, “A guide to email deliverability for B2C email marketers”, in Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice:
text: Otherwise, traffic going to another domain is blocked. the extension allows a way to add whitelisted sites, such that traffic from x.com is allowed to retrieve content from y.com.
ref: 2010, Philippe De Ryck et al., "CsFire: Transparent Client-Side Mitigation of Malicious Cross-Domain Requests", in Fabio Massacci et al. (editors), Engineering Secure Software and Systems (symposium proceedings), Springer, page 32
antonyms: blacklisted
glosses: Explicitly and specifically approved by appearing on a whitelist, and therefore having greater access or preference.
blacklisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæk.lɪstəd/
Senses: glosses: Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
Derived terms: nonblacklisted
non-blacklisted
unblacklisted
blacklisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæk.lɪstəd/
Senses: examples: text: He was blacklisted for refusing to say he wasn't a communist.
glosses: simple past and past participle of blacklist
clients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of client
kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Forms: form: kickin'
Senses: examples: text: a kicking pair of jeans
text: a kicking party
glosses: Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.
examples: text: still kicking at 89
glosses: Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking).
glosses: Actively ongoing and enjoyable.
raw_tags: of a party or event
Synonyms: sense: terrific
word: bitching
word: peng
word: top-notch
word: excellent
sense: alive
word: extant
word: living
word: vital
word: alive
Derived terms: butt-kicking
goalkicking
kickingly
kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Forms: form: kickings
form: kickin'
Senses: examples: text: In boxing, kicking one's opponent is not allowed.
glosses: The action of the verb to kick.
examples: text: The bullies pushed the boy over and gave him a kicking.
glosses: A violent assault involving repeated kicks.
examples: text: It’s always fun when something massive comes along and sweeps the board, giving everything else a thoroughly good kicking – think Titanic, The Silence of the Lambs, or Lord of the Rings. There’s a sort of deranged, gluttonous feeling, a perverse glee in seeing so many dreams trampled on by a massive cultural juggernaut.
ref: 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: A great loss or defeat; licking.
qualifier: performance art
glosses: A performance art that is a mix of dance footwork, acrobatic maneuver, and martial arts kicks, drawn from a variety of disciplines. Used in stage dance choreography and staged fight choreography.
Derived terms: butt-kicking
can-kicking
goalkicking
kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Forms: form: kickin'
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick
Derived terms: alive and kicking
ass kicking
ass-kicking
asskicking
Kicking Horse Pass
Related terms: kick
kicked
kicker
aliens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alien
aliens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alien
celebrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
ref: 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:
glosses: present participle and gerund of celebrate
Derived terms: uncelebrating
celebrating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celebratings
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, at business meetings, bazaars, banquets, decoratings, celebratings, and what not, our animosities like wild tigers escape and create havoc in the flock.
ref: 1961, Leonard J. Lea, Views from the Mountain, page 162:
glosses: celebration
MNH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. Very mixed condition, from VF to junk, all "mint" in some form or another, some MNH, some MH, some MHH, some MNG, etc.
ref: 1995 February 12, R L Silverman, “For Sale: Portugal/Colonies "Ceres" 1912-1931”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
text: All concentrate on pre-1930 items, and contain many better stamps not found in typical collections. The Netherlands starts with the first issues (imperf and perf, with shade varieties) and contains better later items, some MNH.
ref: 2006 October 23, Eric Hochman, “FA: Classic Collections -- Netherlands & Colonies, Cuba, and Haiti”, in rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of mint, never hinged.
Related terms: MUH
NH
UM
nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nurse
nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nurse
MUH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of mint unhinged.
Related terms: MNH
UM
UM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of University of Miami.
related: word: U-M
synonyms: UMich
Michigan
coordinate_terms: MSU
Michigan State
glosses: Initialism of University of Michigan.
UM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UMs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of unmounted mint.
Related terms: MUH
MNH
conclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conclusion
curled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of curl
curled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more curled
form: most curled
Senses: glosses: curly
Derived terms: curled dock
curled hair
curled mint
curledness
curled octopus
uncurled
cacodaemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cacodaemonic
form: most cacodaemonic
form: cacodemonic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”).
Senses: glosses: daemonic
glosses: evil
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: cacodaemonical
cacodaemon
daemonic
daemon
boogied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boogie
cacodemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cacodaemonic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”).
Senses: glosses: Demonic.
Related terms: cacodaemon
cacodaemoniacal
cacodemon
daemon
daemonic
demon
demonic
jolliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jollinesses
form: jollyness
Etymology: From Middle English jolinesse, equivalent to jolly + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: word: joy
word: joviality
word: blitheness
word: blithesomeness
word: cheerfulness
word: cheeriness
word: contentness
word: contentedness
word: delight
word: delightedness
word: elatedness
word: elation
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: felicity
word: gaiety
word: gayness
word: gayfulness
word: gladness
word: gladsomeness
word: glee
word: gleefulness
word: gleesomeness
word: happiness
word: high spirits
word: hilarity
word: jolliness
word: jollity
word: joviality
word: jovialness
word: joy
word: joyfulness
word: joyousness
word: liss
word: merriment
word: merriness
word: mirth
word: mirthfulness
word: pleasedness
glosses: The quality of being jolly; jollity.
swaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsweɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sway
swaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsweɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Forms: form: swayings
Senses: glosses: The motion of something that sways.
examples: text: A Swaying of the Back, is a Pain and Weakness in the Reins, caused by a Fall
ref: 1722, William Gibson, The Farrier's New Guide:
glosses: An injury caused to a horse's back by violent strains or overloading.
submerged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of submerge
submerged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: submarine (sometimes synonymous)
text: Janet was completely submerged when he was snorkeling.
glosses: underwater
glosses: below the surface of a liquid
glosses: hidden
glosses: poor, impoverished
Derived terms: submergedness
unidentified submerged object
socially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊʃəli/
Forms: form: more socially
form: most socially
Etymology: From social + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Do you like vampires?” she asked.
“Well, I don’t know any socially.”
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: In a social manner; sociably.
examples: text: socially awkward
glosses: In social contexts.
Derived terms: socially distance
socially distant
socially fluent
socially-isolated
socially mobile
socially necessary labour time
sociably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sociably
form: most sociably
Etymology: From sociable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sociable manner; with free intercourse; conversibly; familiarly; as a companion.
examples: text: In later years, marks, commendation cards, and paychecks become important incentives for accomplishments, while the range of socially acceptable behavior widens and the number of secondary drives multiplies.
ref: 1978, Stella Chess, Mahin Hassibi, Principles and practice of child psychiatry:
glosses: According to society or societal norms.
examples: text: If it were not for his work, everywhere he went socially, everywhere he mixed with others, would cause his past life to rear its ugly head.
ref: 2006, Charles R Zickler Jr, Native Alien: An Odyssey of Love And Cryogenic Time Travel Into the World of N.o.w.:
text: Mamma—poor dear Mamma is so unadvanced, you know!—has an idea that when the Superman does get here he won't be at all the sort of person that one would care to receive socially.
ref: 1916, Don Marquis, Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers: Will the Best People Receive the Superman Socially?:
glosses: For social purposes, in a social situation
stockings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stocking
glosses: pantyhose
stimulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stimulating
form: most stimulating
Senses: examples: text: Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:
text: Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
ref: 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
glosses: Having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
stimulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stimulate
stimulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stimulate
stunning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ
Forms: form: more stunning
form: most stunning
Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.
text: At length a univerſal hubbub wild,
Of ſtunning ſounds and voices all confus'd,
Borne through the hollow dark, aſſaults his ear
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The ſtunning ſtroke his ſtubborn nerves unbound;
ref: 1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XXI”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume V, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 233:
text: [W]e put off our burdens, and sat down rather dispirited, amidst a stunning noise made by the chirping of myriads of grasshoppers, and an abominable little creature that made a constant croaking "Caw, caw," producing a concert far from harmonious.
ref: 1859, Paul Betneys (pseud. [i.e. Thomas Nisbet]), chapter LIX, in The English Emigrants: or, Troubles on both Sides of the Atlantic, London: Horsell & Caudwell, page 299:
glosses: Having an effect that stuns.
examples: text: That woman is stunning!
text: What if the very things you like in me now—you'd hate sometime. What if the things I think are strong and stunning in you now, I'd think were pig-headed and kickable after a while?
ref: 1923, Rachel Crothers, “Act III”, in Mary the Third[:] A Comedy in Prologue and Three Acts:
text: The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
examples: text: The film was stunning.
text: So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.
ref: 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
glosses: Amazing; wonderfully good.
Derived terms: stunning and brave
stunningly
stunningness
stunning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stun
stunning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ
Forms: form: stunnings
Etymology: From Middle English stunnyng, stonyng (also stoniynge, stonyynge), equivalent to stun + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators. But it was futile to continue cracking down. The stunnings, beatings and arrests had only inflamed them further.
ref: 2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds:
glosses: The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
cacophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈkɒfənɪk/
Forms: form: more cacophonic
form: most cacophonic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).
Senses: glosses: discordant
glosses: unmusical
Derived terms: cacophonically
Related terms: cacophony
cacophonous
angel lust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: death erection
Mexican overdrive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Synchronically, coordinate with other variants of overdrive in this sense of the word, whereas some of the variants certainly denigrate outgroups (e.g., Jewish overdrive, Polish overdrive) and others might not be denigrating but rather celebratory (e.g., Georgia overdrive); diachronically, this one has been said to be based on NASCAR teams' experience in the early 1950s in the legendary Carerra Panamerica, where the long hills would have otherwise overrevved the engines, although this may be a folk etymology for just another outgroup-denigrating variant.
Senses: examples: text: He shifted his car out of gear, at the top of the hill, and coasted down in Mexican overdrive.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Synonym of angel gear.
synonyms: word: angel gear
root up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roots up
form: rooting up
form: rooted up
form: rooted up
Senses: synonyms: root out
uproot
eradicate
deracinate
glosses: To dig or pull up by the roots.
Related terms: root and branch
eccentrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eccentric
coquettish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coquettish
form: most coquettish
Etymology: From coquette + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: When Prince Andrew arrived at the house that evening, Maxwell was more coquettish than usual.
ref: 2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
examples: text: `Is there that about me that should affright a man? Then surely are men changed from what they used to be!' And with a little coquettish movement she turned herself, and held up one arm, so as to show all her loveliness and the rich hair of raven blackness that streamed in soft ripples down her snowy robes, almost to her sandalled feet.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Characteristic of a coquet.
Synonyms: flirtatious
Derived terms: coquettishly
coquettishness
movable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːvəbəl/
Forms: form: more movable
form: most movable
form: moveable
Etymology: From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.
ref: 1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola:
synonyms: mobile
antonyms: word: immovable
word: movable
glosses: Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
examples: text: This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year.
synonyms: floating
antonyms: immovable
glosses: Changing from one time to another.
Synonyms: word: ambulatory
word: animate
word: kinetic
word: mobile
word: motile
word: motive
word: movable
word: vagile
topics: biology
natural-sciences
Hyponyms: word: stationary
word: portable
Derived terms: movable alphabet
movable bridge
movable feast
movable letter
movableness
movable nu
movable property
movable type
movably
unmovable
movable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuːvəbəl/
Forms: form: movables
form: moveable
Etymology: From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.
moveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.
ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
glosses: Alternative spelling of movable.
Derived terms: immoveable
moveableness
moveable type
moveably
unmoveable
moveable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moveables
Senses: examples: text: And for these great affairs do ask some charge,
Towards our assistance we do seize to us
The plate, coin, revenues, and moveables,
Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possess'd.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: Alternative spelling of movable.
immoveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immoveable
form: most immoveable
Etymology: From im- + moveable.
Senses: examples: text: From thence we came without the Eaſtern gate, (ſtanding on a low Banke, called the daughter of Syon, that over-toppeth the valley of Iehoſaphat,) unto an immoveable ſtone, upon the which they ſaid St. Stephen was ſtoned to death, the firſt Martyr of the Chriſtian faith; and the faithfull fore-runner of many noble followers.
ref: 1640, William Lithgow, “The Sixt Part”, in The Totall Diſcourſe, Of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene yeares Travailes from Scotland, to the moſt famous Kingdomes in Europe, Aſia, and Affrica […], London: I. Okes, page 249:
glosses: Alternative form of immovable.
Derived terms: immoveably
immoveable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immoveables
Etymology: From im- + moveable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of immovable.
immovable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more immovable
form: most immovable
form: immoveable
Etymology: From Middle English immevable, immoveable. Equivalent to im- + movable.
Senses: synonyms: word: static
word: unmovable
word: fixed
word: immobile
word: immotile
word: immovable
word: inanimate
word: inert
word: lifeless
word: sessile
word: static
word: rigid
word: stationary
word: stuck
word: unmovable
word: unmoveable
antonyms: word: movable
word: immobile
glosses: incapable of being physically moved; fixed
examples: text: I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 101:
synonyms: word: adamant
word: staunch
word: adamant
word: ardent
word: bent on
word: bloody-minded
word: bullheaded
word: certain
word: chronic
word: confirmed
word: determined
word: diehard
word: dogged
word: hard-hearted
word: hard-nosed
word: hardheaded
word: headstrong
word: immovable
word: incalcitrant
word: inflexible
word: irrefragable
word: insistent
word: intractable
word: intransigent
word: intrepid
word: inveterate
word: mulish
word: obdurate
word: obstinate
word: obstreperous
word: peevish
word: peremptory
word: persistent
word: pertinacious
word: pigheaded
word: recalcitrant
word: refractory
word: resolute
word: resolved
word: rigid
word: self-willed
word: stalwart
word: staunch
word: steadfast
word: steady
word: stubborn
word: stubborn as a mule
word: sullen
word: tenacious
word: terminal
word: thran
word: thwart
word: tough
word: truculent
word: unbending
word: uncompromising
word: unyielding
word: vehement
word: wilful
word: willful
glosses: steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
examples: text: How much happier is he […]who ent'ring on himself remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the Dance
ref: 1690, [John] Dryden, “To the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Leycester, &c.”, in Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
synonyms: word: dead inside
word: unmovable
word: alexithymic
word: apathistical
word: clinical
word: dull
word: cold-blooded
word: cold-hearted
word: dead inside
word: dispassionate
word: emotionless
word: immovable
word: impassible
word: impassive
word: insensible
word: nonemotional
word: nonfeeling
word: nonpassionate
word: nonsentimental
word: stolid
word: unemotional
word: unfeeling
word: unmovable
word: unpassionate
word: unsentimental
glosses: not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
examples: text: an immovable estate
topics: law
glosses: not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed
Derived terms: immovableness
immovable property
immovably
Related terms: unmovable
unmoveable
immovable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: immovables
form: immoveable
Etymology: From Middle English immevable, immoveable. Equivalent to im- + movable.
Senses: glosses: Something immovable.
topics: law
glosses: Something immovable.
Immovable objects or property, as land, buildings, etc.
unchangeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbəl/
Forms: form: more unchangeable
form: most unchangeable
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unchaungeable; equivalent to un- + changeable.
Senses: examples: text: Less than 15 minutes in, he noted that he had signed an executive order declaring that the federal government will only recognize two unchangeable sexes, male and female, and another order banning trans women from participating in women’s sports.
ref: 2025 March 5, Jo Yurcaba, “Fact-checking Trump's anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2025:
glosses: Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.
unchangeable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbəl/
Forms: form: unchangeables
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English unchaungeable; equivalent to un- + changeable.
Senses: glosses: Something that cannot be changed.
branks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
Forms: form: branks
Etymology: Origins: First recorded in Scotland in 1567.
Senses: examples: text: Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, describes the branks used at Newcastle-under-Lyme, and at Walsall, in the reign of James II.
ref: 1836 July, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 98:
glosses: A punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth; a scold's bridle.
unimpressible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unimpressible
form: most unimpressible
Etymology: From un- + impressible.
Senses: synonyms: word: indifferent
word: unmoved
word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
glosses: Not impressible; not sensitive; apathetic.
Related terms: unimpressibility
unimpressibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unimpressibilities
Etymology: From un- + impressibility.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being unimpressible.
impressible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From impress + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: Like other men who have little religion, Mr. Paul Dangerfield had a sort of vague superstition. He was impressible by omens, though he scorned his own weakness, and sneered at, and quizzed it sometimes in the monologues of his ugly solitude.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Capable of being impressed; susceptible of receiving impression.
examples: text: The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate without applying them, because that would be too long.
ref: 1651, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
glosses: Capable of being imprinted upon.
glosses: Capable of creating an impression.
Derived terms: unimpressible
Related terms: impressibility
impressibleness
impressibly
impressibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impressibilities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being impressible.
Derived terms: unimpressibility
Related terms: impressible
impressibleness
impressibly
impressibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more impressibly
form: most impressibly
Etymology: From impressible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an impressible manner.
Related terms: impressibility
impressible
impressibleness
FTL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FTLs
Senses: qualifier: logistics
glosses: Initialism of full truck load.
examples: text: They had been slowly trailing the freighter for over a week, waiting for the ship to drop out of FTL.
ref: 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Initialism of faster-than-light.
FTL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Initialism of faster-than-light.
FTL
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of for the loss.
glosses: Initialism of for the lulz.
impressibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From impressible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being impressible; impressibility.
Related terms: impressibility
impressible
impressibly
whitishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitishnesses
Etymology: From whitish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being whitish, somewhat white.
Coordinate terms: whiteness
grayness
grayishness
chalky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔːki
Forms: form: chalkier
form: chalkiest
Etymology: From chalk + -y.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of or containing chalk.
examples: text: a chalky texture
text: Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.
ref: 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
text: The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.
ref: 1988 February 7, K. Kotik, “When A Soap Isn't A Soap”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 7:
glosses: Resembling chalk in some way.
examples: text: It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.
ref: 2019, FiveThirtyEight:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
Derived terms: chalkily
chalkiness
chalky paper
chalky percher
nonchalky
Related terms: chalkiness
chalkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chalky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being chalky.
Ignacio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ignacios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ignacio. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marin County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
Derived terms: San Ignacio
at last
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.
text: After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.
glosses: After a long time; eventually.
examples: text: After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.
text: After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.
text: Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
text: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
text: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: In the end; finally; ultimately.
Synonyms: sense: after a long time
word: in due course
word: sooner or later
word: eventually
sense: in the end
word: lastly
word: ultimately
word: finally
Related terms: about time
at long last
Gayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪəʊ
Senses: glosses: A language of Indonesia.
glosses: A tribe in Indonesia.
klackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klackers
form: clackers
form: klackers
Senses: glosses: A fad toy of the 1970s, consisting of two hard balls connected by a single string.
ESAD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: EYOSAD
form: esad
Senses: glosses: eat shit and die
Related terms: FOAD
pastillator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastillators
Senses: glosses: An industrial machine that performs the granulation of raw material into pastille.
Related terms: pastillation
programmable logic controller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: programmable logic controllers
Senses: glosses: A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.
deferral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɝəl/
ipa: /dɪˈfɜːɹəl/
ipa: [dɪˈfɜːɹəɫ]
rhymes: -ɜːɹəl
Forms: form: deferrals
Etymology: From defer + -al, with ‘r’ doubled to clarify pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: An act of deferring, a deferment.
glosses: An accrual.
glosses: A prepayment.
Synonyms: sense: act of deferring
word: deferment
word: deferment
Derived terms: antideferral
nondeferral
convened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of convene
banking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/
Forms: form: bankings
Senses: glosses: The business of managing a bank.
examples: text: Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
glosses: The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
examples: text: She became an analyst in banking after graduation, choosing that career path over sales and trading.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Investment banking.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A horizontal turn.
examples: text: The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. […]
ref: 1825, “Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce”, in Royal Society of Arts, Great Britain:
glosses: A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
examples: text: On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth.
ref: 1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
Synonyms: word: bankerage
Derived terms: antibanking
banking engine
banking game
banking house
banking pin
biobanking
commercial banking
cyberbanking
e-banking
food banking
fractional reserve banking
home banking
i-banking
Internet banking
investment banking
landbanking
narrow banking
neobanking
nonbanking
online banking
open banking
phone banking
private banking
retail banking
seed banking
shadow banking
shadow banking system
telebanking
time banking
time-banking
universal banking
wildcat banking
banking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋkɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bank
coelacanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coelacanthine
form: most coelacanthine
Etymology: From coelacanth + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to, or having the properties of, a coelacanth (fish).
examples: text: It must always be remembered that although to an adult a particular belief may seem like a coelacanthine survival from the past, to the schoolchild who learns it from his mate the belief is a novelty; it is something just learnt, and often excitingly full of possibility for his immediate welfare.
ref: 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren:
text: […] but a few people, like Steffens, found him attractive not simply because he was rich and useful but also because he was an object of study, a coelacanthine oddity in the natural history of commerce.
ref: 2013, Justin Kaplan, Lincoln Steffens: Portrait of a Great American Journalist, page 166:
glosses: Extremely old-fashioned or atavistic.
flavoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavoproteins
Etymology: From flavo- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
Derived terms: apoflavoprotein
molybdoflavoprotein
ovoflavoprotein
sitting pretty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈpɹɪti/
ipa: /ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈpɹɪti/
ipa: /ˈsɪɾɪŋ ˈpɹɪɾi/
Senses: examples: text: Part of that memorandum of Mr. Hanshue's refers to directors sitting pretty in thinking they were all set for certain benefits.
ref: 1934, Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts: Hearings before a Special Committee on Investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, pursuant to S. Res. 349 (72d Congress), a Resolution Creating a Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 2804:
text: Lauren Hutton, 28, was sitting pretty. The omnipresent model had just signed a two-year, $200,000 contract.
ref: 1973 July 20, “People in the News”, in Time, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2008:
text: I asked her if she realized Michael could be killed in Iraq and she had laughed and said it wouldn't matter as long as she had the baby she would be sitting pretty with his death benefits.
ref: 2014 June 11, Michelle Lee, The Unexpected Package, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Calvin Klein is reportedly sitting pretty in another of McClean's dazzling $25 million Hollywood Hills creations.
ref: 2021 January 30, Tanya Sweeney, “The Irish architect who became the ‘megamansion king’ of LA”, in The Irish Times:
text: Either way, the multi-hyphenate [Dan Levy] signed a^([sic]) 8-figure deal with Netflix in 2021 (per Variety) so he's sitting pretty either way!
ref: 2024 September 16, Mehera Bonner, “Wondering What Dan Levy Is Making for Hosting the 2024 Emmys? Here's a Deep Dive on His Net Worth!”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: living on easy street
glosses: Having a comfortable or certain supply of money or resources.
examples: text: "I was sitting pretty all the time, Derry." Al had laughed at the self-accusation in her eyes. "You can tell them all from me—I was sitting on the world."
ref: 1919, Donn Byrne, “chapter XXVI”, in The Strangers' Banquet, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 351:
text: That's not a threat, sir, for they have played fair with me, and I sha'n't sacrifice a penny of their money—unless they force me to do so. But—I'm in control. I'm sitting pretty. They can't unseat me, and I warn them not to try.
ref: 1922, Rex [Ellingwood] Beach, “chapter XXIV”, in Flowing Gold, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, by arrangement with Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 290:
text: We were both sitting pretty back then, back in the 20th Century.
ref: 2010, Donald O'Donovan, “The Golden Age: From the Novel Orgasmo”, in The Sugarhouse: A Novella: Plus Four Novel Excerpts from Orgasmo; Night Train; Confessions of a Bedbug Hauler; Tarantula Woman, [s.l.]: Open Books:
glosses: In a favorable situation, especially a situation in which one possesses an advantage.