cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intelligenter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The intelligenter the retailer is, the more goods he will sell in the course of a year.
ref: 1903, Marketing Communications, volume 42, page 41:
text: Well, I am intelligenter than you are anyway.
ref: 1951, Maud Huntley Jenks, Death Stalks the Philippine Wilds: Letters of Maud Huntley Jenks, Lund Press, page 161
text: […] to me the people of Leningrad seemed to walk more proudly, to be brisker, intelligenter [sic] […]
ref: Lisa A. Kirschenbaum, Constructing a Cold War Epic: Harrison Salisbury and the Siege of Leningrad in 2013, Choi Chatterjee, Beth Holmgren, Americans Experience Russia: Encountering the Enigma, 1917 to the Present, Routledge, page 67
text: If I am an amnesiac I could be even intelligenter as a fugitive.
ref: 2013, Theodore Sturgeon, A Saucer of Loneliness, Gateway, page 161:
qualifier: otherwise rare and proscribed
glosses: comparative form of intelligent: more intelligent
loyaler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of loyal: more loyal
consumer rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The legal and moral duties of protection owed to a purchaser of goods or services by the supplier.
drop top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop tops
form: drop-top
form: droptop
Etymology: A rhyming colloquial form derived from the fact that the roof (top) of the car drops down.
Senses: examples: text: You got no hand skills, there's no security to save ya / No pager, no celly, no drop top Benz-y
ref: 1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:
glosses: A convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.
Related terms: top-down
bedrobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedrobes
Etymology: From bed + robe.
Senses: glosses: A long garment worn in bed.
glosses: A textile cover, usually decorative, for a bed; a counterpane.
bedrobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedrobes
Etymology: Blend of bedroom + wardrobe
Senses: glosses: A very small bedroom, usually with bed and decor in matching style.
coalescer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalescers
Etymology: From coalesce + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any of several devices used to perform coalescence; especially to make the fatty elements of an emulsion to coalesce into larger droplets in order to facilitate their separation.
turn-stile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turn-stiles
Senses: glosses: Dated form of turnstile.
explicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more explicatory
form: most explicatory
Etymology: From Latin explico (“to unfold, open out”).
Senses: examples: text: His letter was very explicatory on the matter.
glosses: Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
Synonyms: explicative
Related terms: explicate
explication
contactless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contact + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Contactless commerce, of which Amazon Go is at the extreme end, was of course already by the autumn of 2019 a growing trend, what with increasing numbers of self-checkout counters and websites and apps that allowed us to have everything from groceries to pet supplies to prescription medication delivered right to our doorsteps.
ref: 2020, Noreena Hertz, chapter 5, in The Lonely Century, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
text: Please stay in touch with me / In this contactless society / Anywhere that you may be
ref: 2025, “The Hymn of the North”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:
glosses: That does not use or require contact in order to happen or operate.
Conducted without human-to-human contact to improve ease of use or reduce the potential spread of a contagious disease; contact-free.
qualifier: exchange
raw_tags: of a delivery
of physical goods
examples: text: TfL has been saying for a few years that Oyster will eventually be withdrawn, but not until contactless payments can offer railcard discounts.
ref: 2019 October 23, Barry Doe, Rail, page 64:
glosses: That does not use or require contact in order to happen or operate.
Happening without physical contact at the point of sale.
raw_tags: of transactions
coordinate_terms: brushless
wireless
glosses: That has no contact or contacts.
Derived terms: contactless card
contactlessly
contactlessness
contactless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contact + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The motivation for using contactless is clear: it is most popular for people in a rush (58 per cent), people with a queue behind them (30 per cent) and those in busy places with lots of people (26 per cent).
ref: 2012, Graham Flower, Phil Fawcett, Stuart Harle, Banking: In Search of Relevance: A New Model for a New Reality, page 183:
text: Even before the coronavirus struck, contactless was starting to become our way of life, our active choice.
ref: 2020, Noreena Hertz, chapter 1, in The Lonely Century, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: A technology for paying for goods etc. while physically present at the point of interaction but without the need for physical contact.
turn-stiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turn-stile
in office
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He had signed several laws since being in office as Governor.
text: The break with tradition that Francis, who has died aged 88 after suffering from double pneumonia, represented even managed to trump the shock value of the resignation of Benedict, who was the first pope for 600 years to take that option rather than die in office. Immediately, Bergoglio signalled unambiguously that he intended to be a different kind of pope, one for the 21st century.
ref: 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Holding a formal position of employment or appointment.
conturbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conturb
conturbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conturbed
form: most conturbed
Senses: glosses: Greatly disturbed or perturbed
corpsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpsman
coupler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌp(ə)lə/
Forms: form: couplers
Etymology: From couple + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
examples: text: Another example of up-to-date practice is that all locomotives and rolling stock have automatic couplers.
ref: 1954 October, 'Boscawen', “The Kowloon-Canton Railway of Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 711:
synonyms: coupling
glosses: Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
glosses: A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
glosses: An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Derived terms: acoustic coupler
coupleress
Janney coupler
optocoupler
photocoupler
bullwhipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bullwhip
bullwhipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullwhippings
Senses: glosses: A beating with a bullwhip.
bullwhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bullwhip
frowsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frowsy: more frowsy
frowsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frowsy: most frowsy
scruffiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scruffy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being scruffy; untidiness.
batswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batswomen
Etymology: From bat + -s- + woman.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A female batter.
Hypernyms: word: batter
word: batsman
word: cricketer
Coordinate terms: word: batsman
batswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batswoman
Bastards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bastard
computation tree logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A particular modal logic of branching time with operators "next", "globally", "finally" or "eventually", "until", and "weak until".
Synonyms: word: computational tree logic
word: CTL
whacko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whacko
form: most whacko
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wacko.
whacko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whackos
form: whackoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wacko.
trat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tratt (“a trattoria”).
dépôts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When this is the case it will be found impossible to secure such teeth from the dental dépôts, and the dentist must depend upon the corundum wheel, with which he may make such changes as are required.
ref: 1900, Charles James Essig, The American Text‐Book of Prosthetic Dentistry, Lea Brothers & Co., second edition, Chapter IV, page #241:
glosses: plural of dépôt
insulters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulter
mulligan stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mulligan stews
form: Mulligan stew
Etymology: From Mulligan (“Irish surname”); compare Irish stew.
Senses: glosses: A stew made of whatever ingredients are handy and appropriate for stew, rather than of specific ingredients.
Synonyms: hobo stew
Irish stew
egg drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To get the egg drop–like shreds, get the soup up to a high boil, add the egg whites, and stir quickly, breaking them up with a whisk as you stir.
ref: 1998, Todd English, Sally Sampson, The Figs Table, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: The food created by dropping beaten raw egg into boiling water bit by bit.
Derived terms: egg drop soup
Related terms: egg drop syndrome
antimoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimoons
Etymology: From anti- + moon.
Senses: glosses: The hypothetical analog of the Moon, revolving around the antiearth.
possie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: other: /ˈpɒzi/
rhymes: -ɒzi
Forms: form: possies
form: pozzy
Etymology: From position + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: I'm just sitting in my possie, my place, waiting for something to happen.
ref: 1990, Matthew Kentridge, An unofficial war: inside the conflict in Pietermaritzburg:
text: 'There is a beautiful odour in the possie where we are,' HG Clark wrote to his family...
ref: 2005, Matthew Wright, Western front: the New Zealand Division in the first World War, 1916-18:
text: Away from the firing line, these possies and dugouts could be made larger...
ref: 2006, Wesley Olson, Gallipoli: the Western Australian story:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: Digger slang
glosses: A firing position.
examples: text: 1984, Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground, from From the Outer, reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 289,
The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.
text: 1998, Business Review Weekly, Volume 20, Issues 47-49, page 102,
Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).
text: It′s in a good people-watching possie and if you have an early dinner between 3pm and 7pm you get a 40% discount.
ref: 2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, Lonely Planet, page 346:
glosses: A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.
tray bon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French très bon.
Senses: examples: text: “You know,” he said thoughtfully, his mind far away from the Colinqueaus, “I think that new bloke′s a bit of tray bon. The bayonet instructors would go absolutely fanti if they heard him, wouldn′t they? He sounded as mad as a maggot.[…]”
ref: 1961, John Harris, Covenant with Death, page 205:
text: […]all the clerks were waving: “Au revoir, Sally.” “Mmmm, tray bon, y′all!” She flashed the peace sign again and clattered away in her ankle-strap shoes like a crack of sunshine on a foggy day.
ref: 1974, Rex Reed, People Are Crazy Here, page 79:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of très bon; very good; all right.
Related terms: bonsterina
bontosher
chocolate soldier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate soldiers
Etymology: Military sense popularized by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play Arms and the Man.
Senses: examples: text: To the maids across the way he was Julia's beau, and if not quite Beau Geste, a gent and well dressed. Obviously he was a chocolate soldier, a bouquet boy.
ref: 1932, Warwick Deeping, Old wine and new, A. A. Knopf, page 152:
text: He described him as "a political corpse whose ghost has returned to haunt us," adding that he was "a chocolate soldier, ... a man who never faced an enemy nor successfully faced an issue."
ref: 1965, Joseph Rosner, The haters' handbook, Delacorte Press, page 195:
text: I thought he was a chocolate soldier which was probably unfair—everyone said he had done the “right thing” in the Canada campaign.
ref: 2010, Robert Moss, Fire Along the Sky: Being the Adventures of Captain Shane Hardacre in the New World, SUNY Press, page 51:
qualifier: Digger slang
glosses: Someone who is unwilling to fight.
glosses: The butterfly Junonia iphita, the chocolate pansy.
Derived terms: choc
Babbitt metals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Babbitt metal
Belorussia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Белоруссия (Belorussija) (older spelling: Бѣлоруссія (Bělorussija)).
Senses: glosses: Belarus
ingressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹɛsɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more ingressive
form: most ingressive
Etymology: From ingress + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Going or directed inward, entering.
examples: text: The chances that your Internet activity is being monitored are low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern Internet environment.
glosses: Open to entry or examination.
examples: text: Another feature of Icelandic pronunciation that many learners remark on is that sometimes words, and even larger parts of sentences, are pronounced while inhaling (a phenomenon known as pulmonic ingressive pronunciation).
ref: 2022, Daisy L. Neijman, Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, →ISBN, page 21:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
raw_tags: of a speech sound
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
examples: text: This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
Derived terms: ingressively
ingressiveness
ingressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹɛsɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: ingressives
Etymology: From ingress + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.
spading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spade
spading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spadings
Senses: glosses: The act by which soil is spaded, or turned over by digging.
Derived terms: spading fork
spaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spade
sullener
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sullen: more sullen
sullenest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sullen: most sullen
standoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standoff
bollockses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bollocks
bollocksing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bollocks
bollocksed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bollocksed
form: most bollocksed
Senses: glosses: drunk
glosses: Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of testicle
Synonyms: sense: drunk
word: drunk
sense: specified form of testicle
word: balled
sense: specified form of testicle
word: testicled
bollocksed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bollocks
quiet coach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quiet coaches
Senses: examples: text: On my way to PBO yesterday, having been ousted from the quiet coach by an announcement *specifically* banning laptop computers, I overheard more than I really wanted to about the BBC's arrangements for co-ordinating documentaries including special items about the war, and later the producer-lady's diary for the week and forthcoming hair appointments.
ref: 2001, Roland Perry, “GNER quiet coach includes laptops”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
text: ...they may need to work on journeys so consider offering additional products and services, for example express check-in, quiet coach on a train journey...
ref: 2007, Gillian Dale, Helen Oliver, Travel and Tourism: Book 1:
glosses: A rail coach on which unnecessary noise is discouraged.
bullrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullrushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bulrush.
bullrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullrushes
form: bull rush
form: bull-rush
Senses: glosses: A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger.
bullrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulrushes
Senses: glosses: plural of bullrush
Indian style
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Probably from the Indian lotus position (compare Polish siedzieć po turecku and Romanian ședea turcește which mean "to sit in a Turkish style", in reference to the Turks' similar sitting style), or possibly from the way some Native American Indians (indigenous peoples of the Americas) sat.
Senses: glosses: Cross-legged.
raw_tags: of sitting
Synonyms: criss-cross applesauce
pretzel style
cross-legged
tailor-fashion
dogwhip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogwhips
Etymology: From dog + whip.
Senses: examples: text: Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...
ref: 1862, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about Art:
text: On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.
ref: 1950, Wilhelm Stekel, Eden Paul, Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy:
glosses: A whip intended for use on dogs.
Hypernyms: whip
dogwhip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dogwhips
form: dogwhipping
form: dogwhipped
form: dogwhipped
Etymology: From dog + whip.
Senses: examples: text: The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs […]
ref: 2013, David Drake, S. M. Stirling, Hope Reborn:
glosses: To beat with a dogwhip.
dogwhips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogwhip
criss-cross applesauce
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Etymology
Rhyming on criss-cross, particularly with a word familiar to children and teachers, possibly with similarity to lap forming a bowl.
Apparently originated in the 1990s US, as an alternative for Indian style.
Compare also traditional children’s rhyming game / massage (rhyme said while touching, tickling, and blowing), which goes:
: Criss, cross. Apple sauce.
: Spiders climbing up your back.
: Spiders here, Spiders there.
: Spiders even in your hair.
: Cool breeze,
: Tight squeeze,
: And now you have the shivers.
: Brrrrrrr.
Senses: examples: text: Sit criss-cross applesauce.
glosses: (of sitting): Cross-legged.
Synonyms: cross-legged
Indian style
tailor-fashion
marcelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marcel
marcelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marcel
marconigram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marconigrams
Etymology: From Marconi + -gram, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937).
Senses: examples: text: The marconigram would not carry all the way across the Atlantic...
ref: 1908, Society of Friends, Minutes and Proceedings of the Five Years Meeting:
text: At a nod the man brought him a marconigram.
ref: 1913, James Andrew White, Jerome W Howe, C S Anderson, The Wireless Age:
text: This was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.
ref: 1926, George Dilnot, The Story of Scotland Yard:
text: The ship was properly cleared for Portland, U.S.A., subject to orders at that port or on the high seas. A marconigram received at midday altered her destination to Leningrad.
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 18, in Well Tackled!:
glosses: A message sent via radio.
wikipedia: Guglielmo Marconi
Related terms: marconi
marconigrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marconigram
præference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præferences
Senses: examples: text: The Privy Counſell referred this to the Biſchop of Edinburgh, in regard it was a mortification within his oune Dioces, and the caſe had formerly been before him when he was a Privie Counſeller; and he made a report that their poor ſhould have the præference.
ref: 1686, a text quoted in 1848 by John Lauder Fountainhall and David Laing, Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs, pages 696–697
glosses: Obsolete spelling of preference.
Related terms: præfer
præferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præference
ingressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ingressive
misassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnmənt
Forms: form: misassignments
Etymology: From mis- + assignment.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect or unsuitable assignment, especially of a teacher.
misassignments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misassignment
supercook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercooks
Etymology: From super- + cook.
Senses: examples: text: When America had finally swung into war he offered himself as a supercook and was actually put in charge of the mess halls and kitchens of barracks.
ref: 1951, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, God's Men:
text: She was a supercook. In my mind she was the real Wonder Woman. There didn't seem to be anything she couldn't do.
ref: 2008, Robert Lee Scarborough, The Man Who Saved the United States:
glosses: An exceptional cook.
supercooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercook
superchef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superchefs
Etymology: From super- + chef.
Senses: examples: text: Now he's going to be a superchef for a chain of restaurants.
ref: 1987, Davidyne Mayleas, The Woman Who Had Everything:
text: Yet another bistro created by a superchef, here's an opportunity to see how the mighty Michel Rostang interprets humble bistro cuisine.
ref: 2007, Margie Rynn, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's Paris: Spend Less See More:
text: "You're a very lucky bloke, Alex, to have a superchef mum." "It's usually brown bread and chick peas," I said.
ref: 2007, J McKelvie, Streatham Ice:
glosses: An exceptional chef (person who cooks).
superchefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superchef
mirabelle prune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirabelle prunes
Senses: glosses: A mirabelle plum.
mirabelle prunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirabelle prune
mirabelle plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirabelle plums
Etymology: Borrowed from French mirabelle + plum.
Senses: glosses: The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy
Related terms: myrobalan plum
mirabelle plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirabelle plum
mousebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mousebirds
Etymology: From mouse + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.
Synonyms: coly
mousebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mousebird
multihorned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + horned.
Senses: glosses: Having several horns.
tailor-fashion
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From the traditional sitting posture of tailors.
Compare tailor's bunion, tailor's muscle.
Senses: glosses: Cross-legged (of sitting on a surface).
Synonyms: criss-cross applesauce
cross-legged
crosslegs
Indian style
pretzel style
tailorwise
urbanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of urbanise
urbanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of urbanise
urbanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of urbanise
levelling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of level up
levelled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of level up
index fossils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of index fossil
Illinoisan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/
ipa: /ˌɪləˈnɔɪzən/
Forms: form: Illinoian
form: Illinoisian
Etymology: From Illinois + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Illinois, United States.
Illinoisan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/
ipa: /ˌɪləˈnɔɪzən/
Forms: form: Illinoisans
form: Illinoian
form: Illinoisian
Etymology: From Illinois + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Illinois, United States.
Hypernyms: American
Illinoisans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Illinoisan
breadthen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breadthens
form: breadthening
form: breadthened
form: breadthened
Etymology: From breadth + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: glosses: To increase in breadth.
Synonyms: broaden
widen
titularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From titular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being titular.
North Carolinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to North Carolina, one of the United States.
North Carolinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North Carolinians
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of the state of North Carolina in the United States of America.
Synonyms: word: Tar Heel
word: Tarheel
word: goober
Hypernyms: American
North Carolinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North Carolinian
fingerbreadth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerbreadths
form: fingersbreadth
form: finger's breadth
Etymology: From finger + breadth. Compare Middle English fynger brede, fyngerbrede, fyngyrbrede.
Senses: glosses: A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
brickmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brickman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position of being a brickman.
brickmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brickman
Pascuanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pascuan + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Rapanui (the language).
manurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manurers
Etymology: From manure + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person that deals with manure, especially one engaged in natural fertilizers.
eucaryote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eucaryotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
Derived terms: eucaryotic
picoeucaryote
lants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lant
lanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lant
lanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lant
colophons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colophon
uterine tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uterine tubes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Fallopian tube.
synonyms: word: Fallopian tube
salpinx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæl.pɪŋks/
rhymes: -ælpɪŋks
Forms: form: salpinges
form: salpinxes
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin salpinx.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A trumpet-shaped tube.
A Fallopian tube.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A trumpet-shaped tube.
A Eustachian tube.
Derived terms: endosalpinx
hematosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
mesosalpinx
pyosalpinx
salpingo-
salping-
Related terms: salpingeal
salpingian
salpingopharyngeus
syringo-
syrinx
inseparables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inseparable
soogins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soogin
cartilaginoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cartilage + -oid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling or having the characteristics of cartilage.
cartilaginoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartilaginoids
Etymology: From cartilage + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A cartilage-like nodule, growth or other structure, which is not part of the normal anatomy.
cartilaginoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartilaginoid
hygenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hygenic
form: most hygenic
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hygienic.
rebounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebounders
Etymology: From rebound + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rebounds.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who rebounds.
hypernyms: minitrampoline
glosses: A small, round, durable trampoline used in rebound exercise.
rebounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebounder
cholecystectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholecystectomy
codenamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codename
paleoecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeoecological
Etymology: From paleo- + ecological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to paleoecology
Derived terms: paleoecologically
Related terms: paleoecology
paleoecologist
sessrumnir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sessrúmnir.
Sessrúmnir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Freyja's hall in the Fólkvangr, her room for half of the those slain on the battlefield.
Coordinate terms: Valhalla
heterogeneous mixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterogeneous mixture
homogeneous mixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homogeneous mixture
paleolimnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeolimnological
Etymology: From paleolimnology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The study employed paleolimnological methods.
glosses: Of or pertaining to paleolimnology, the limnological study of the geological past
Derived terms: paleolimnologically
Related terms: paleolimnology
paleolimnologist
paleolimnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeolimnology
Etymology: From paleo- + limnology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the paleoenvironments of inland bodies of water
Derived terms: paleolimnological
paleolimnologically
paleolimnologist
zymogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪmə(ʊ)ɡɹam/
Forms: form: zymograms
Etymology: From zymo- + -gram.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A strip of electrophoretic material on which enzymes are visibly separated through histochemical methods (e.g. by zone electrophoresis).
Related terms: zymograph
zymography
one for the road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [...] and the rebuilding of Birmingham New Street with its Taurus Bar ("where one for the road - the railroad - can be taken with impunity").
ref: 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, pages 44–45:
glosses: A final drink before one leaves.
Synonyms: 1FTR
Related terms: stirrup cup
capoeirista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæpəweəˈɹɪstə/
ipa: /kæpəʊeəˈɹɪistə/
ipa: /kɑpəwɛˈɹɪstə/
ipa: /kɑpwɛˈɹɪstə/
Forms: form: capoeiristas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese capoeirista.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of capoeira.
renormalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renormalizes
form: renormalizing
form: renormalized
form: renormalized
Etymology: From re- + normalize.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To subject to renormalization
examples: text: They have emphasized desensitization and normalization, victimization of gay people, and the demonization of their opponents. What we must do is to renormalize family life.
ref: 2001, New Oxford Review, volume 68, page 38:
glosses: To make the norm again.
renormalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renormalize
renormalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renormalize
renormalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renormalize
huggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of huggle
huggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of huggle
huggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hugglers
Etymology: From huggle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of huggle: one who huggles.
hugglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huggler
normoglycemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normoglycaemia
Etymology: From normo- + glycemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The state of having a normal level of glucose in the blood.
Synonyms: euglycemia
Coordinate terms: hypoglycemia
hyperglycemia
Derived terms: normoglycemic
reoxidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reoxidizes
form: reoxidizing
form: reoxidized
form: reoxidized
form: reoxidise
Etymology: From re- + oxidize.
Senses: examples: text: Anywhere the glaze is thin, the iron oxide molecules are exposed to this atmosphere and will reoxidize to red ferric iron oxide.
ref: 2001, Vince Pitelka, Clay: A Studio Handbook, →ISBN, page 130:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction
Derived terms: reoxidization
reoxidizer
Related terms: reoxidation
paleoclimatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palaeoclimatic
Etymology: From paleo- + climatic.
Senses: examples: text: Detecting the enhanced greenhouse effect has a strong parallel in trying to interpret the paleoclimatic record.
ref: 1995, Climate Research Committee, Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-century Time Scales, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the climate of a region in the past
Derived terms: paleoclimatically
Related terms: paleoclimate
paleoclimatology
reoxidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reoxidize
reoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reoxidize
reoxidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reoxidize
oxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyls
Etymology: From oxy- + -yl.
Senses: examples: text: If a Type I- or Type II-derived LOOH encounters a ligated Fe2+ or Cu+ on a membrane, it invariably undergoes one-electron reduction to an oxyl radical (LO-) […]
ref: 2007, Albert W. Girotti, Paolo U. Giacomoni, “Lipid and Protein Damage Provoked by Ultraviolet Radiation: Mechanisms of Indirect Photooxidative Damage”, in Giacomoni, editor, Biophysical and Physiological Effects of Solar Radiation on Human Skin, →ISBN, page 271:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
examples: text: The formula (CaO, CO2) would represent calcic carbonate as a compound of a base and an oxyl.
ref: 1865, W.A. Miller, “On Chemical Nomenclature”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, page 18:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid anhydride
Derived terms: acyloxyl
nitroxyl
oxylium
Related terms: oxo
hydroxyl
peroxyl
overpredict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpredicts
form: overpredicting
form: overpredicted
form: overpredicted
Etymology: From over- + predict.
Senses: examples: text: The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.
glosses: To predict to be higher than the actual value
Derived terms: overprediction
Related terms: underpredict
overpredicting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpredict
overpredicts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpredict
overpredicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpredict
oxyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxyl
migdal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migdals
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מגדל (“tower”).
Senses: examples: text: If we leave the citadels of walled cities hitherto studied out of consideration, because of the fact that they are planned to meet other contingencies, we find only one group of migdals which has been examined, though inadequately — the fortresses in the Negeb, knowledge of which we owe to Woolley and Lawrence (PEF Annuall, III, pp. 41, 3).
ref: 1924, Benjamin Wisner Bacon, The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research:
text: But there "was a migdal oz within the Ir, and there fled all the anashim and nashim. and all ba'alei haIr, and locked it after them, and got them up to the top of the migdal.
ref: 2002, Dr. Phillip Goble, The Orthodox Jewish Bible (Shofetim 9:51), →ISBN, page 243:
text: The building has been called a “migdal” (Hebrew “fortress”) temple because of its massive walls, up to fifteen feet thick; its two towers at the entrance; and its presumed second or even third stories.
ref: 2005, William G. Dever, Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel, →ISBN:
text: Migdals or towers, part of temple precincts, were places of refuge.
ref: 2014, Simcha Jacobovici, Barrie Wilson, The Lost Gospel, →ISBN:
glosses: A fortified tower built in biblical times.
mycobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycobacteria + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Leprosy is caused by a mycobacterial infection.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to mycobacteria
Derived terms: antimycobacterial
nonmycobacterial
mycobacterially
manicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjuːl/
Forms: form: manicules
Etymology: From Latin manicula (“little hand”).
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: index
digit
fist
see others in Wikipedia at manicule § Terminology
glosses: A symbol resembling a hand with the index finger extended, used to draw attention to or indicate something.
Related terms: manacle
manicle
mycolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Back-formation from mycolic acid, in turn from Mycolata.
Senses: examples: text: EP-1-0 013 856 describes MDP analogues comprising dipeptides having a mycolic chain linked through a glycerol residue.
ref: 1993, Christopher Penney & Boulos Zacharie, European Patent EP0635026, "Novel lipophilic oligopeptides with immunomodulating activity"
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a mycolic acid
Derived terms: ketomycolic
keto-mycolic acid
meromycolic
Related terms: epoxymycolic
mycolate
slag heaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slag heap
manicules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manicule
custard apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of custard apple
dumb asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb ass
rocket belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocket belts
form: rocketbelt
form: rocket-belt
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a wearable backpack device using rocket thrust to propel a person into the air
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a wearable backpack device that can propel a person into the air
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a belt with rockets attached that can propel a person into the air
Synonyms: rocket pack
jet pack
jet belt
Related terms: wingsuit
motorized paraglider
powered paraglider
fanjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanjets
form: fan-jet
Etymology: From fan + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of turbofan (“type of jet engine”).
synonyms: word: turbofan
extra: type of jet engine
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of turbofan (“aircraft with such engines”).
synonyms: word: turbofan
extra: aircraft with such engines
Related terms: propfan
propjet
turbojet
propjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propjets
form: prop-jet
Etymology: From prop + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A turboprop engine.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An airplane powered by turboprop engines.
Synonyms: turboprop
Related terms: fanjet
propfan
turbojet
turbofan
turboshaft
gas turbine
Bussard ramjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bussard ramjets
Etymology: From Bussard + ramjet, after Robert W. Bussard.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fusion rocket that gathers fuel from the interstellar medium through attraction via a magnetic field, functioning akin to a regular ramjet.
wikipedia: Robert W. Bussard
fusion rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusion rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a rocket engine that uses nuclear fusion reactions for propulsive force
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a spacecraft having a fusion reactor that powers the rocket
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a nuclear-pulse rocket that uses thermonuclear bombs to supply propulsive force
Related terms: nuclear rocket
fission rocket
Bussard ramjet
nuclear-electric rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
pulse rocket
anti-matter rocket
nuclear-electric rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear-electric rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a rocket with an ion engine powered by a nuclear reactor
Derived terms: nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
Related terms: nuclear rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-pulse rocket
electric rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear-thermal rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor
Derived terms: nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
Related terms: nuclear rocket
nuclear-electric rocket
nuclear-pulse rocket
nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear-thermoelectric rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.
Related terms: nuclear-electric rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-pulse rocket
nuclear rocket
electric rocket
nuclear rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rocket with a nuclear reactor aboard.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rocket where a nuclear process, especially an on-board fission reactor, enables thrust to be produced.
Hyponyms: fission rocket
fusion rocket
nuclear-electric rocket
nuclear-pulse rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
Related terms: anti-matter rocket
chemical rocket
ion engine
fission rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fission rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.
Related terms: nuclear rocket
fusion rocket
Bussard ramjet
nuclear-electric rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
pulse rocket
anti-matter rocket
nuclear-pulse rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear-pulse rockets
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft
Related terms: nuclear rocket
pulse rocket
fusion rocket
fission rocket
anti-matter rocket
nuclear-pulse rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear-pulse rocket
nuclear-electric rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear-electric rocket