cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanas
Senses: glosses: The banxring or tree shrew.
on-the-spot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The hikers were issued with an on-the-spot fine for littering.
text: Now, over to our man in Tokyo for an on-the-spot report.
text: The L.M.R. is building up this new district organisation to ensure on-the-spot attention to the Marylebone suburban services, of which dieselisation with multiple-units has made a tentative beginning.
ref: 1961 May, “Talking of Trains: E.R. Man for Marylebone”, in Trains Illustrated, page 259:
glosses: At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment.
Related terms: spot-on
on one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: OMW
form: omw
Senses: examples: text: If we're done, I'll be on my way.
text: Well I'm on my way / I don't know where I'm going / I'm on my way / I'm taking my time but I don't know where
ref: 1972, Paul Simon, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, in Paul Simon:
glosses: Leaving; going about one's business.
glosses: On the way.
examples: text: Fellow Hector, she is gone; she is two moneths on her way.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Pregnant.
velatura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velaturas
form: velature
Etymology: Italian
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A translucent whitish glaze in painting.
tane
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ta'en
Senses: examples: text: Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?
And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
glosses: Alternative form of taken.
velature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velatura
stresse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stresses
Senses: examples: text: Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
glosses: Obsolete form of stress.
sea-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-stars
form: sea-starre
Etymology: From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.
Senses: examples: 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)
glosses: A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.
market risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: market risks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The risk that the value of an investment will decrease due to moves in market factors.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Systematic risk.
credit risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit risks
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The risk of loss due to a debtor's nonpayment or delayed payment of a financial obligation, such as an account payable, a loan or other line of credit.
Related terms: credit score
sexangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/
Forms: form: sixangular
Etymology: Late Latin sexangularis, from sexangulus.
* sex- + angular
Senses: examples: text: The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are disposed after this order.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 189:
text: Hence could I also very easily, and I think truly, deduce the cause of the curious sixangular figures of Snow, and the appearances of Haloes, &c. and the sudden thickning of the Sky with Clouds […]
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
glosses: Having six angles; hexagonal.
Related terms: sexangle
teraphim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəfɪm/
Etymology: From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).
Senses: glosses: plural of teraph
teraphim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəfɪm/
Forms: form: teraphims
Etymology: From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).
Senses: examples: text: And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 18:20:
text: 1658, And […] the Statuæ Isiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation or Jacobs Crosse with their armes — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 191)
text: Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
ref: 2000, World English Bible, 1 Samuel 19:13
glosses: Synonym of teraph.
synonyms: word: teraph
omasus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Misinterpretation of Latin omasum.
Senses: examples: 1658: after a fuller mastication, and salivous mixture, what part thereof descendeth again, in a moist and succulent body, it slides down the softer and more permeable Orifice, into the Omasus or third stomack — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 192)
glosses: The omasum.
asker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsk.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑːsk.ə/
Forms: form: askers
Etymology: From Middle English asker, axer, equivalent to ask + -er.
Senses: synonyms: questioner
antonyms: word: askee
word: asker
word: interrogator
word: interviewer
word: questioner
word: querier
glosses: Someone who asks a question.
asker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsk.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑːsk.ə/
Forms: form: askers
Etymology: From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.
Senses: examples: text: Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.
ref: 2018 April 21, Sara Hudston, The Guardian:
glosses: A newt.
wezon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wezons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of weasand.
observator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɒbˈzɜːvətə/
Forms: form: observators
Etymology: From Middle French observateur, from Latin observator, from the participle stem of observare.
Senses: glosses: An observer.
tortile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtaɪl/
Forms: form: more tortile
form: most tortile
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tortilis, from the participle stem of torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Senses: examples: text: He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 196:
glosses: Twisted, winding, contorted.
Derived terms: tortility
chronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɑˈnɪsɪti/
ipa: /kɹɒˈnɪsɪti/
Forms: form: chronicities
Etymology: From chronic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being chronic.
high-class
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-class
form: most high-class
Senses: glosses: Upper-class.
examples: text: We bought it at a high-class shop downtown, expensive but worth it.
text: She's nothing but a high-class prostitute, even if she is earning $2,000 a night.
text: Kelleher made it 11 penalties from 11 for Liverpool but Kepa blazed wildly over the top as a high-class showpiece was decided by the finest of margins after 21 successful attempts.
ref: 2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Recognized for its quality.
Synonyms: upscale
Related terms: classy
high-heeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For instance, impressions in the earth, of a certain size, shape, and pattern, would normally be sufficient evidence for a confident belief that a woman had walked over the ground wearing high-heeled shoes.
ref: 1987, Robert Merrihew Adams, “Berkeley and Epistemology”, in Ernest Sosa, editor, Essays on the Philosophy of George Berkeley, page 145:
text: I preferred to think about school and a government job and how I would one day put on high-heeled shoes and wear a long skirt like other girls.
ref: 2011, Elizabeth Ngozi Okpalaenwe, The Power to Succeed, page 7:
text: They wore designer clothes, white, tight, hip-huggers, and low neck blouses, high-heeled shoes, especially in the winters when they wore those sexy high-heeled boots, and tight jeans.
ref: 2011, Mickey Demos, Life in Mani Today: The Road to Freedom, page 229:
text: High-heeled shoes are not typically constructed to accommodate the average male's heft, foot size, or gait. All high-heeled shoes, particularly extremely thin “stiletto” heels, require technical acumen in their design because the structure of the shoe focuses immense pressure on a small area; a petite woman in stilettos can exert 20 times the pressure of a 6,000 pound elephant under her heel.
ref: 2015, Eve Shapiro, Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age, page 55:
qualifier: footwear
glosses: Having tall heels.
examples: text: Within moments the high-heeled workers of Data Air are ensconced in the air conditioned hum of their "open office."
ref: 2000, Carla Freeman, High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women, Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean, page 1:
text: By all logic, high-heeled women should not constitute a threat: but they do.
ref: 2002, Paula Rabinowitz, Black & White & Noir: America's Pulp Modernism, page 174:
text: The foot abduction is smaller (out-toeing is smaller) in the high-heeled gait (Adrian and Karpovich, 1966; Snow and Williams, 1994; Stefanyshyn et al., 2000), or no significant difference exists between the flat-heeled and the high-heeled gait (Merrifield, 1971).
ref: 2013, Makiko Kouchi, “11: High-Heeled Shoes”, in Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, editor, The Science of Footwear, page 267:
glosses: Wearing high heels.
Synonyms: sense: having tall heels
word: high-heel
high-heeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of high-heel
Saline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city and township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Menard County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, close to the Great Salt Lake.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Saline Township.
glosses: A village in the west of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0292).
Related terms: Saline County
high-pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
examples: text: High-pressure situations can lead to nervous breakdowns.
glosses: Tense; stressful.
examples: text: High-pressure salesmanship on the part of the Electro-Motive subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, which has built by far the largest proportion of the American diesels to date, there certainly has been - to such an extent, indeed, as to compel the old-established builders of steam locomotives, such as Baldwins, the American Locomotive Company and the Lima Locomotive Company, either to follow suit or go out of the locomotive building business altogether - [...].
ref: 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 85:
glosses: Involving much persuasion.
high-pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: high-pressures
form: high-pressuring
form: high-pressured
form: high-pressured
Senses: glosses: To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.
high-priced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher-priced
form: highest-priced
form: highpriced
Senses: examples: text: The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.
ref: 1909, “"How Can He Do It?"”, in Notions and Fancy Goods, volume 43, page 30:
antonyms: low-priced
coordinate_terms: mid-priced
glosses: expensive
Related terms: overpriced
high-sounding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-sounding
form: most high-sounding
Senses: examples: text: The glittering crowd, whose high-sounding names ever and anon reached her ear—the magnificent room—the splendour of the dresses—the diamonds shining amid the elaborately curled tresses she had been accustomed to see in their native darkness, their summer ornament the half-blown rose, and their winter-wreath the myrtle-branch—all oppressed her with the sense of change.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 111:
text: The fourth picture represents a trip over the New York, Ontario and Western Railway—one of the many relatively small independent lines which still operates in the United States, with a typically high-sounding title, for the system concerned, though it taps Lake Ontario, does not touch New York (though it lies partly in New York State), and is confined entirely to the Eastern States.
ref: 1940 December, “"Rail Fan" Trips in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 652:
glosses: Having an elevated or moralistic tone; pompous.
glosses: Oratorial, sometimes to the point of sounding contrived.
oratorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From Latin ōrātōrius + English -al.
Senses: glosses: oratorical.
Derived terms: oratorially
play up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays up
form: playing up
form: played up
form: played up
Senses: examples: text: Our school team is playing up at the old recreation ground.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, up.
examples: text: Children who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up.
text: The radar system is playing up again.
synonyms: act up
glosses: To misbehave.
examples: text: For the audition, Nicole will play up her skill as a pianist by playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach.
antonyms: play down
glosses: To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
examples: text: I can't hear the ukuleles at the back. Play up please!
text: And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote —
'Play up! play up! and play the game!'
ref: 1892, Henry Newbolt, Vitaï Lampada:
glosses: To play (e.g. sport or music) more vigorously.
examples: text: […] the young fulla Jack'd brought along looked like he might suit in an emergency, and what the fuck, Jack'd already said she weren't interested. Serve Rog right if she played up on him.
ref: 1997, Melissa Lucashenko, Steam Pigs, page 176:
text: 'Would you ever play up on me given the chance?' asked Stacy.
'Never, why?' asked William.
[…] 'Oh! Just when I was younger, I had a few guys take me out and when I didn't put out in the first week, it was the last I would see of them,' explained Stacy.
ref: 2013, Ross W. Nielsen, The South American Coffee Shop Chronicles, page 123:
glosses: To be unfaithful to a lover; to cheat; used with on.
play hardball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays hardball
form: playing hardball
form: played hardball
form: played hardball
Etymology: From the American sport of baseball; the hardball is the heavier and harder type of the two types of throwing ball used when playing that sport (i.e. softball).
Senses: examples: text: He was more than willing to extend the terms of the loan, but his boss decided to play hardball and demanded a balloon payment.
glosses: To use every means possible to achieve a goal, especially in disregarding the harm caused.
examples: text: So you wanna play hardball?
text: But if ministers keep on playing hardball with TfL because of narrow party interests, London will lose out. Forcing a 4.8% rise on London fares will only encourage congestion at a time when the roads are already full and public transport is underused.
ref: 2021 October 6, Christian Wolmar, “Both sides must work together to get London back on track”, in RAIL, number 941, page 35:
glosses: To act rough and ruthless, especially in business or politics.
I like pie
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Can somebody tell me what my IP address is? I'm new to the Internet.
I like pie.
text: [replying to: Listen up, fuck for brains !!! Don't make off topic posts to MFW. You stupid cock sucking fool !!! My fist meets your face if you do it again. Got it BOY !!"] I like pie.
ref: 2003 May 4, Brian Link, “Re: Potpourri”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):
text: [replying to: Moron you post OFF SUBJECT in here on almost every subject"] I like pie.
ref: 2009 August 30, "Vitriol Trollsbane", “Re: Larry Hasn't Changed”, in alt.online-service.webtv (Usenet):
glosses: You are stupid; said as if lowering oneself to an equally moronic state of mind.
Swabia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsweɪ̯.bi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪbiə
Forms: form: Suabia
form: Svabia
Etymology: From Latin Suābia, earlier Suēbia, from the Suēbī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz.
Senses: glosses: A historic region of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: An administrative region of Bavaria, Germany. Seat: Augsburg.
Derived terms: New Swabia
Swabian
Swabish
hoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoers
Etymology: From hoe + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who hoes.
horn-rimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hornrimmed
Senses: examples: text: A little bald-headed man with huge horn-rimmed spectacles, and a very handsome and athletic youth in a blue lounge-suit completed the group.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Having the frames made from horn or tortoiseshell or a material that resembles it, and characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to metal frames, which appear less pronounced.
raw_tags: of eyeglasses
rimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rim + -ed.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimmed, lipped, ledged
antonyms: word: rimless
word: ;
english: sometimes antonymous
translation: sometimes antonymous
word: brimless
word: lipless
word: ledgeless
glosses: Having a rim.
Derived terms: horn-rimmed
red-rimmed
rimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From rim + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rim
tortoise shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tortoise shells
Senses: glosses: The shell of a tortoise, sometimes inaccurately the shell of a turtle, or that material.
glosses: Alternative form of tortoiseshell.
Derived terms: tortoise shell bracket
hopefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hopefulnesses
Etymology: From hopeful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: "In the Memory of the Forest" is remarkable for the acuity of its moral vision and the vivacity of its language; what makes it extraordinary is its persuasive hopefulness.
ref: 1997 April 13, Ken Kalfus, “The Disappeared”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The property of being hopeful.
hobbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobblers
form: hobiler
Etymology: Old English also hobeler, Old French hobelier, Medieval Latin hobellarius (“light horseman”). See hobby (“a horse”).
Senses: examples: text: 1954, James Francis Lydon, The hobelar: An Irish contribution to medieval warfare, Irish Sword, II, v, pp. 12–16.
However superior the Norman knight might be upon the field of battle, the bogs and woods of Ireland gave little opportunity for the mail-clad charge. Thus there evolved in Ireland, as a habitual part of every Anglo-Norman force, a type of light horseman, which came to be known as the hobelar.
text: no man shall be constrained to find men at arms, hobblers, nor archers, other than those who hold by such service
ref: 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
examples: text: The horse was one of the finest I had seen, not a hobbler. This was a far more delicate creature.
ref: 2005, Maureen Rylance, The Spur on the Plate:
glosses: A small horse.
glosses: An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.
glosses: A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.
hobbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobblers
Etymology: hobble + -er
Senses: glosses: One who hobbles.
orthodromical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of orthodromic.
prodromal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈdɹəʊməl/
Etymology: From prodrome + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102:
glosses: Relating to prodrome; indicating an early stage of a disease.
hotblooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hotblooded
form: most hotblooded
form: hot-blooded
Etymology: From hot + blooded.
Senses: glosses: spirited, rash, reckless
glosses: easily angered
Synonyms: hot-tempered
Derived terms: hotbloodedness
hot-bloodedness
irable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irable
form: most irable
Etymology: From ire + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being ired.
humeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhjuːməɹaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of humerus
hibernator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hibernators
Etymology: From hibernate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Something that hibernates.
Derived terms: nonhibernator
hornlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hornlike
form: most hornlike
Etymology: From horn + -like.
Senses: glosses: Projecting like a horn.
glosses: Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
hookup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊkʌp/
Forms: form: hookups
form: hook-up
Etymology: A deverbal from hook up.
Senses: examples: text: The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
text: I need to buy some hookup wire.
glosses: A connection.
examples: text: He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.
text: Grindr’s main purpose is to facilitate hookups that are “spontaneous and intimate,” he said.
ref: 2013 March 10, Jenna Wortham, “How Grindr Is Changing the Way We Connect”, in New York Times:
synonyms: fling
glosses: A brief sexual relationship or encounter.
examples: text: The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.
text: I bought more bungee cords and made my way to my hookup’s house via slower, more manageable back roads.
ref: 2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: bedfellow
word: bedmate
word: fuck
word: hookup
word: lover
word: paramour
word: mate
word: root
word: sex partner
word: sexual partner
glosses: A sexual partner.
debarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debar
raved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rave
signalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signaled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of signal
ennobled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ennobled
form: most ennobled
Senses: examples: text: There are families of nations more readily susceptible of culture, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others, but not in themselves more noble.
ref: 1863, The Reason Why, page 283:
text: Also, the poetic art can be applied very usefully because the human being can also be very ennobled through fair prejudices.
ref: 2002, Johann Gottfried Herder, Michael N. Forster, Herder: Philosophical Writings, page 296:
text: Their proportion remained largely unchanged over centuries despite the caseless arrival of thousands from the more ennobled parts of the country.
ref: 2016, Patrick O'Flanagan, Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c. 1500–1900:
glosses: Having been made more noble; improved.
Derived terms: unennobled
ennobled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ennoble
Roman Catholicism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Roman Catholic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs or religion of the Roman Catholic Church.
Synonyms: english: synonymous in most contexts
translation: synonymous in most contexts
word: Catholicism
word: papalism
word: papism
word: papistry
word: popery
word: popishness
word: popism
word: compare also Roman Catholic [adj] § Synonyms and Roman Catholic [noun] § Synonyms
Related terms: catholicism
anacoluthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anacolouthic
Etymology: From anacoluthon + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: anacoluthistic
glosses: Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
Derived terms: anacoluthically
couching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of couch.
couching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: couchings
Etymology: From Middle English couchynge; equivalent to couch + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Couching involves transferring the sheet of paper from the mould to the felt.
ref: 2003, Josep Asunción, The Complete Book of Papermaking, New York, N.Y.: Lark Books, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: The act of one who couches.
examples: text: [C]ataract surgery has been employed for more than 20 centuries. The primary surgical technique for the large majority of this time was a procedure called couching. The first written description of couching is from an Indian surgeon, Susruta, circa 600 BC, involving the insertion of a needle into the eye and displacement of the lens out of the visual axis through either inferior or superior dislocation.
ref: 2006, Sanduk Ruit, Geoffrey C. Tabin, Charles C. Wykoff, “Cataract Surgery”, in Fighting Global Blindness: Improving World Vision through Cataract Elimination, Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association, →ISBN, page 21:
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The act of one who couches.
An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The act of one who couches.
Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
Derived terms: couching stitch
couching fabric
fundraise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪz/
Forms: form: fundraises
form: fundraising
form: fundraised
form: fundraised
Etymology: From fund + raise, probably a back-formation from fundraising.
Senses: examples: text: Daniel's uncle volunteered to help fundraise for his nephew's class trip to Chile
glosses: To raise funds for a specified cause or purpose.
Synonyms: collect
play along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays along
form: playing along
form: played along
form: played along
Senses: examples: text: James thought it was cruel for the fraternity members to make the pledge think his father had died suddenly and refused to play along.
text: James played along with their cruel trick.
text: North Korea loves to spring surprises. More unusual is for its US foe to play along.
ref: 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948
glosses: To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
examples: text: I knew that my blind date was an April Fools trick, but I played along anyway.
glosses: To participate in a joke or trick while hiding one's knowledge of its true nature.
examples: text: I like to practise guitar by playing along with records.
glosses: To play a musical instrument in synchrony with a playback of a recording.
examples: text: I have doubts about your plan, but I'll play along for now.
glosses: To cooperate or go along with a plan.
examples: text: I haven't told him yet, I'm still playing along with his scheme.
glosses: To pretend to cooperate or go along with a plan.
examples: text: The con man plays his victims along until he senses the moment to ask for money.
glosses: To manipulate (someone).
examples: text: The children spent the day playing along the river.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, along.
Related terms: play dumb
in the short run
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: In the short run yo-yo dieting will work, but eventually it makes it nearly impossible to lose weight.
glosses: Lasting only a short time, shortsightedly.
Related terms: word: in the short term
word: long term
word: long-term
word: short term
word: short-term
out of the running
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When it was revealed he had shielded a friend from prosecution when he was the district attorney, he was out of the running for a judicial appointment.
text: 8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe
What that flour is hardly seems to matter too much, either – indeed, one of the finest examples I’ve ever eaten was shared, rather grudgingly, it must be admitted, with a coeliac friend. But, with my usual plain white out of the running here, what’s the best substitute for a deliciously squidgy, delightfully rich result?
glosses: No longer in a competition; eliminated from consideration.
Related terms: in the running
come hell or high water
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: In reference to the dangers of hell and stormy seas or floods.
Senses: examples: text: The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.
text: Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:
glosses: Regardless of the hardships; no matter what difficulties may arise.
Synonyms: come what may
rain or shine
no matter what
k-line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kāʹlīn'
ipa: /ˈkeɪˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: k-lines
form: K-line
form: K-Line
form: kline
form: Kline
form: KLine
form: k:line
form: K:line
form: K:Line
form: k:-line
Etymology: Short for kill line, and refers to the line in an IRC daemon's configuration file, prefixed with a k, that records a user's hostname to prevent further access to the server
Senses: topics: IRC
glosses: The line in an IRCd configuration file that records the hostname of a banned user
topics: business
finance
qualifier: Asia
glosses: A style of financial chart used to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency
Synonyms: sense: IRC configuration line
word: kill line
sense: financial chart style
word: candlestick chart
k-line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kāʹlīn'
ipa: /ˈkeɪˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: k-lines
form: k-lining
form: k-lined
form: k-lined
form: K-line
form: K-Line
form: kline
form: Kline
form: KLine
form: k:line
form: K:line
form: K:Line
form: k:-line
Etymology: Short for kill line, and refers to the line in an IRC daemon's configuration file, prefixed with a k, that records a user's hostname to prevent further access to the server
Senses: topics: IRC
glosses: To ban a user from a server
Related terms: g-line
Q-line
jupe
one hundred percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 100%
form: 100 percent
form: one hundred per cent
form: a hundred percent
form: hundo P
Senses: examples: text: We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
text: He has a one hundred percent record of success.
glosses: Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
examples: text: And did Nixon ever cover up a tattoo of the name of a second ex-husband with what has been described as "a fiery phoenix" to represent why one should never be tattooed with the name of one's spouse, particularly if he was a former drug dealer – oh, no, I mean, "to represent rising from the ashes and starting a new beginning", as Katona has explained? Again, one cannot be 100% on this, but it does seem unlikely.
ref: 2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Completely sure.
examples: text: I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.
glosses: Well, good, okay.
examples: text: Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.
Synonyms: word: cent percent
word: centum
Related terms: keep it one hundred
💯
one hundred percent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: 100%
form: 100 percent
form: one hundred per cent
form: a hundred percent
form: hundo P
Senses: examples: text: This drink is one hundred percent organic.
text: “NO!” shouted Auntie Flip. “NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Absolutely one hundred per cent no.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Totally, completely.
thirsty work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis thirsty work, this marching, fighting, ay.
ref: 1843, William Henry Leatham, Oliver Cromwell, a drama [in verse], page 13:
glosses: Physical labor of a type that causes the laborer to sweat and become thirsty.
leem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leems
Senses: examples: text: “YOW SAYD YOWR TYME BE 1985 ME THOUGHT YOW WERE ALS FROM 2109 LIKE YOWR FREEND WHOM DIDST BRING LEEMS BOYSTE PREY” “Lukas seemed to not only be speaking to Ken, but also to someone from the year 2109, who he claimed had appeared and brought the "Leems Boyste" or "Box of lights" to his time in the first place. This is his term for his version of the BBC Micro.”
ref: 2021 November 17, Nostalgia Nerd, 13:37 from the start, in This Mysterious Computer Could Prove Time Travel Exists | Nostalgia Nerd, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of leam.
short exact sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short exact sequences
Senses: qualifier: homological algebra
glosses: An exact sequence of the form 0→A→B→C→0.
exact sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exact sequences
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A sequence of modules (or groups, vector spaces, etc.; most generally, objects of an abelian category) with adjacent objects connected by homomorphisms (generally, morphisms) such that the image of one homomorphism is the kernel of the next.
Hypernyms: chain complex
Derived terms: long exact sequence
short exact sequence
bilinguis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin bilinguis (“double-tongued”).
Senses: glosses: Double-tongued, deceiving.
topics: law
glosses: A jury made up partly of natives and partly of foreigners.
boyau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbwɑːjəʊ/
ipa: /ˈbɔɪəʊ/
Forms: form: boyaus
form: boyaux
Etymology: Borrowed from French boyau. Doublet of bowel.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
glosses: A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.
step function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function from the real line to a finite subset of the real line.
real line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real lines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The real number system, viewed as a line.
Synonyms: real number line
parablepsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parablepses
form: parablepsia
form: parablepsy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and βλέπω (blépō, “to look at”).
Senses: examples: text: So too parablepses due to homoioteleuton in the Greek text are irrelevant for the Hebrew text.
ref: 1978, International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Congress Volume, →ISBN, page 400:
text: Vertical parablebsis does not fit either, since it should be in the range of several lines (two or three lines).
ref: 2009, Raymond De Hoop, Marjo Christina Annette Korpel, Stanley E. Porter, The Impact of Unit Delimitation on Exegesis, →ISBN, page 35:
topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side while copying, or accidentally skips over some of it.
preditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preditors
Etymology: Blend of producer + editor
Senses: glosses: In the entertainment industry, a person fulfilling the duties of both producer and editor (and sometimes also writer).
preditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of predator.
cohomology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohomologies
Etymology: From co- + homology.
Senses: examples: text: In section 1 we start off by recalling some fundamental results in cohomology of groups, in particular the Evens–Venkov result on finite generation of the cohomology ring (Theorem 2) and Quillen's landmark result which describes H*BG up to F-isomorphism (Theorem 5).
ref: 2001, William Dwyer, Hans-Werner Henn, Homotopy Theoretic Methods in Group Cohomology, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 55:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method of contravariantly associating a family of invariant quotient groups to each algebraic or geometric object of a category, including categories of geometric and algebraic objects.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A system of quotient groups associated to a topological space.
Derived terms: hypercohomology
dysfunctionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysfunctionalities
Etymology: From dysfunctional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being dysfunctional.
examples: text: What is worse is how the custom-designed treatment programs for our community that are springing up make no provision for those of us doubly, triply or even quadruply oppressed […] This neglect is a symptom of the dysfunctionality afflicting our community: the degree to which we've permitted too many assimilationists to define the standards of identity for us all.
ref: 1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5:
glosses: A dysfunction.
hield
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hields
form: hielding
form: hielded
form: hielded
form: heeld
form: heald
form: heild
form: hild
form: hyld
form: held
form: helde
Etymology: From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”).
Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.
Senses: glosses: To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
glosses: To pour out; pour.
synonyms: word: fling
word: hurl
word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
glosses: To throw; cast; put.
glosses: To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
glosses: To decline; sink; go down.
glosses: To yield; give way; surrender.
Related terms: hade
heel
hield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hields
form: heeld
form: heald
form: heild
form: hild
form: hyld
form: held
form: helde
Etymology: From Middle English held, from Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).
Senses: glosses: An inclination; a cant.
glosses: An incline; slope.
glosses: A decline; decrease; wane.
dysfunctionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysfunctionality
cirrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹəs/
Forms: form: more cirrous
form: most cirrous
Etymology: From Latin cirrus + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
glosses: Pertaining to cirrus clouds.
unreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreactive
form: most unreactive
form: un-reactive
Etymology: From un- + reactive.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not reactive; relatively inert.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: That does not respond to a stimulation.
Synonyms: nonreactive
Related terms: unreactivity
unreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + reactivity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being unreactive; inertness
allostery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being allosteric.
Synonyms: allosterism
Related terms: conformation
allosteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + -steric.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
raw_tags: of an enzyme
Derived terms: allosterically
nonallosteric
Related terms: allostery
orthosteric
allosteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allosterics
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + -steric.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An allosteric modulator
golden oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden orioles
Senses: glosses: A bright yellow and black passerine songbird, Oriolus oriolus, of Europe and western Asia.
tenacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnəkəl/
Forms: form: tenacles
Etymology: From Latin tenaculum, from tenere (“to hold”).
Senses: examples: text: And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198:
glosses: A stalk or shoot by which a plant holds itself up, or by which climbing plants attach themselves to surfaces.
solisequious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more solisequious
form: most solisequious
Etymology: From Latin sol (“sun”) + sequor (“I follow”) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: […] the greatest number are not content without the actual rayes of the Sunne, but bend, incline, and follow them; As large lists of solisequious and Sun-following plants.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 198:
glosses: Following the sun.
brown oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown orioles
Senses: glosses: A passerine songbird, Oriolus szalayi, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
circination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɜːsɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: circinations
Etymology: From Latin circinationem, from circinare, from circinus.
Senses: glosses: A circling motion; a rotation.
examples: text: The same is also observable underground in the circinations and sphærical rounds of Onyons, wherein the circles of the Orbes are ofttimes larger, and the meridionall lines stand wider upon one side than the other.
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 200:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A circular growth or foliation.
onyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onyons
Senses: examples: text: Take one Onyon, cut out the core, and fill that place with the pouder of Cummin, and the juyce of Rue, set on the top again, and roast the Onyon in embers, then put away the out-side, and put in a cloth, wring out the Juyce […]
ref: 2016, Elizabeth Spiller, Seventeenth-Century English Recipe Books:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of onion.
olive-backed oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olive-backed orioles
Senses: glosses: An olive and black passerine songbird, Oriolus sagittatus, of northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea.
yellow oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow orioles
Senses: glosses: A yellow or green passerine songbird
Icterus nigrogularis, of the New World.
glosses: A yellow or green passerine songbird
Oriolus flavocinctus (green oriole), of New Guinea and northern Australia.
arsesmart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsmɑːt/
Forms: form: arsmart
Etymology: From arse + smart, because the plant stings when it touches bare skin, and was often laid in beds to kill fleas.
Senses: glosses: A water pepper plant, of species Persicaria hydropiper (formerly Polygonum hydropiper).
arsmart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsmarts
Senses: examples: text: Why [do] Fenny waters afford the hottest and sweetest plants, as Calamus, Cyperus, and Crowfoot, and mudd cast out of ditches most naturally produceth Arsmart?
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 201:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of arsesmart.