cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Neolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
enpr: nēōlĭthīk
ipa: /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪθɪk
Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.
Senses: examples: text: Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).
ref: 2001, Duncan J. Melville, “Tokens: the origin of mathematics”, in Mesopotamian Mathematics, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2007:
text: ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:
related: word: neolithic
glosses: Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
Derived terms: Neolithically
Neolithic Revolution
preneolithic
Neolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
enpr: nēōlĭthīk
ipa: /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪθɪk
Forms: form: Neolithics
Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.
Senses: examples: text: For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.
ref: 2011, Seán Lang, European History For Dummies, page 27:
glosses: A person who lived during the New Stone Age.
Related terms: lith
Mesolithic
Paleolithic
vanille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French vanille.
Senses: examples: text: Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC, pages 316–317:
text: And what is this delicious scent about the air? Vanille? Of course it is; […]
ref: 1871, Charles Kingsley, “The High Woods”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 254:
text: The three Benoît girls and Madame Morice were seated round a table furnished with dainty little white cups and saucers, a plate of delicate biscuits, and a chocolatière which breathed odours of vanille.
ref: [1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘My Soul Failed when he Spake’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, pages 209–210:
glosses: Archaic form of vanilla.
esker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛskɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛskə/
Forms: form: eskers
form: eskar
Etymology: From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).
Senses: examples: text: Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles.
ref: 1988, Robert Phillip Sharp, Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation, page 149:
text: Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers.[…]The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.
ref: 1999, L. Clayton, J. W. Attig, D. M. Mickelson, “Tunnel channels formed in Wisconsin during the last glaciation”, in David M. Mickelson, John W. Attig, editors, Glacial Processes, Past and Present, page 77:
text: 2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37,
The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.
glosses: A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.
Synonyms: osar
asar
os
ose
Cheddarhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cheddarheads
Etymology: From Cheddar + -head; Wisconsin is famed for its cheese production.
Senses: glosses: A Wisconsinite.
Algonquin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/
ipa: /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/
Forms: form: Algonquins
form: Algonkin
Etymology: From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).
Senses: glosses: A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.
Derived terms: Algonquian
Algonquin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/
ipa: /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/
Forms: form: Algonkin
Etymology: From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.
glosses: A place name:
A community in Augusta township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A village in McHenry County and Kane County, Illinois.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bohemia Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Algonquin terms
alq ⁠
Algonkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Algonquin.
Algonkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Algonkins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Algonquin.
fortunate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/
note: General American, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/
note: General American, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/
Forms: form: more fortunate
form: most fortunate
Etymology: From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
text: if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey
ref: 1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature, Habits and Instincts, page 144:
glosses: Auspicious.
examples: text: Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
text: How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?
ref: 2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation:
text: Weiner acknowledges that a stroke of good luck has helped steer her to a more fortunate path early on in life.
ref: 2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post:
glosses: Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
examples: text: We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.
text: This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.
glosses: Favored by fortune.
Synonyms: sense: auspicious
word: rosy
word: auspicious
sense: happening by favorable chance
word: lucky
word: lucky
sense: favored by fortune
word: privileged
word: successful
word: prosperous
Derived terms: fortunately
fortunateness
misfortunate
superfortunate
unfortunately
Related terms: unluckily
luckily
AAVE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːveɪ
æv/
/ˈeɪ eɪ viː ˌiː/
Senses: hypernyms: AAE
<
English
glosses: Initialism of African-American Vernacular English.
African-American Vernacular English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: African American Vernacular English
form: African American vernacular English
form: African-American vernacular English
Senses: synonyms: word: African-American English
word: Afro-American Vernacular English
word: AAVE
word: Black English
word: BE
word: Black English Vernacular
word: BEV
word: Ebonics
word: jive
glosses: A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
Related terms: AAE
fortunately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt.li/
ipa: [ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪʔ.li]
note: General American, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nətli/
note: General American, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət.li/
note: General American, weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nəʔ.li]
Forms: form: more fortunately
form: most fortunately
Etymology: From fortunate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fortunate manner.
examples: text: Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
text: My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.
text: […]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange.
ref: 1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season:
text: Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate.
ref: 1952, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 807:
text: Most pitchside medical staff fortunately will never have to treat a life threatening injury on the field of play.
ref: 2005, Gregory P. Whyte, Mark Harries, Clyde Williams, ABC of sports and exercise medicine, page 4:
text: Fortunately for the noncampers, half of the hotel rooms overlook the seaside stage, making attendance almost automatic, and very convenient in bad weather.
ref: 2015 September 10, Lynn Zinser, “At Hawaii Resort, Yoga by Day, Party by Night”, in The New York Times:
glosses: It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
Synonyms: sense: in a fortunate manner
word: auspiciously
sense: in a fortunate manner
word: luckily
sense: it is fortunate that
word: happily
sense: it is fortunate that
word: luckily
sense: it is fortunate that
word: mercifully
sense: it is fortunate that
word: thankfully
Ebonics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ē-bŏnʹĭks
enpr: ĭ-
enpr: ĕ-
ipa: /iˈbɑnɪks/
ipa: /ɪ̈-/
ipa: /ɛ-/
rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: Blend of ebony + phonics. Coined by scholars at the 1973 Cognitive and Language Development of the Black Child conference led by Robert L. Williams and published in his 1975 book Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks. Considered outdated by some.
Senses: examples: text: Buried among the jargon of the announcement was a mention of a name for AAVE, suggested by a Black scholar in 1975^([sic]) but never adopted by linguists: Ebonics. That word, concocted from ebony (a color term from the name of a dark-colored wood) and phonics (the name of a method for teaching reading), was destined to attach to the board as if chiseled into a block of granite and hung round their necks.
ref: 1999, Geoffrey K. Pullum, “African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes”, in Rebecca S. Wheeler, editor, The Workings of Language, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: African-American Vernacular English (AAVE).
wikipedia: Robert Williams (psychologist)
Related terms: Black English
cannibalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cannibalise
cannibalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
Forms: form: cannibalises
form: cannibalising
form: cannibalised
form: cannibalised
form: cannibalize
Etymology: From cannibal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.
glosses: To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
examples: text: to cannibalize an old laptop for parts
text: According to our correspondent, at least one of the Type 2s has had to be cannibalised to facilitate repairs, as spares are often in short supply.
ref: 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Modern Railways, page 284:
text: When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there.
ref: 1991, Anthony Kemp, The SAS at War 1941–1945 (John Murray (Publishers) Ltd)
glosses: To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
examples: text: iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales.
ref: 2012 October 17, electronista:
topics: business
glosses: To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
examples: text: When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.
ref: 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Rework old material; rehash.
Derived terms: cannibalisation
cannibalization
cannibalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
ipa: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈkɛənɪbəlaɪz]
ipa: /ˈkænɪbəlɑez/
Forms: form: cannibalizes
form: cannibalizing
form: cannibalized
form: cannibalized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cannibalise.
piosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piosities
Senses: examples: text: We have since / learned to scoff at all such drollery, at the stalls / rife with the junk of old piosity
ref: 2003, John F. Deane, “Knock”, in Manhandling the Deity, Carcanet, page 23:
glosses: Affected or exaggerated piety.
Synonyms: sanctimoniousness
UN Security Council
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the UN Security Council
Etymology: UN + security + council: Short for United Nations Security Council
Senses: glosses: The permanent international peacekeeping organ of the United Nations.
Synonyms: Security Council
United Nations Security Council
UNSC
Hypernyms: United Nations
Hyponyms: P5
Coordinate terms: United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Secretary-General
Derived terms: UNSC
United Nations Security Council
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: United Nations + security + council
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of UN Security Council
pubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌbi/
ipa: /ˈpʊbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: pubbier
form: pubbiest
Etymology: From pub + -y.
Senses: glosses: Who enjoys frequenting public houses.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Resembling a pub.
raw_tags: of an establishment
Derived terms: pubbily
pubbiness
pubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌbi/
ipa: /ˈpʊbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: pubbies
Etymology: From pub + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pubbie.
clubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: clubbier
form: clubbiest
Etymology: From club + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
Congenial; welcoming people as guests.
glosses: Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
Exclusive and cliquey.
examples: text: With minimalist décor, clubby music, and a strikingly designed bar, Popular stands out not only for its clientele but also for its opium-den atmosphere.
ref: 2004, Laurence Shorter, A Hedonist's Guide to Tallinn, page 120:
glosses: Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse.
Resembling or characteristic of the dance music played at nightclubs.
glosses: Fond of frequenting nightclubs.
Derived terms: clubbiness
unclubby
Related terms: clubbie
humungous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humungous
form: most humungous
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of humongous.
Derived terms: gigundous
-t
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -te (preterite ending), -t (past participle ending), from Old English -te, -de (first and third person preterite ending), -t, -ed, -od (past participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-id- (preterite stem ending of class 1 weak verbs) and *-idaz (past participle ending of class 1 weak verbs).
In some verbs, like lose/lost, the -t-/-t was merely an alteration of earlier -d-/-d during the Middle English period. See -ed.
Senses: examples: text: leap + -t → leapt
text: keep + -t → kept
text: dream + -t → dreamt
text: sleep + -t → slept
glosses: Used to form the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs.
Derived terms: abasht
abolisht
absorpt
accomplisht
accurst
admonisht
addrest
advanc’t
ambusht
anguisht
annext
approacht
askt
astonisht
attacht
attackt
avoucht
banisht
bent
begat
begot
belcht
bereft
beset
besought
besprent
bethought
bit
bleacht
blemisht
blent
blest
blockt
blusht
bornt
bought
brandisht
brought
brusht
built
burnisht
burnt
bynempt
caught
ceast
checkt
cherisht
clasht
cleft
chirpt
clapt
clept
clipt
comprest
condenst
confest
contradistinguisht
crasht
crept
cropt
crusht
curst
danc’t
daunc’t
dealt
deckt
deduc’t
demolisht
denounc’t
deprest
developt
digrest
diminisht
dipt
disestablisht
dislik’t
dismist
dispenst
dispossest
disrelisht
distinguisht
dreamt
drest
drencht
dript
dropt
dwelt
eclipst
embellisht
embost
empoverisht
encampt
encreast
encroacht
enforc’t
enravisht
equipt
escapt
escap’t
experienc’t
exprest
extinguisht
felt
finisht
fixt
flapt
flasht
flipt
flourisht
flusht
frusht
forc’t
forwent
furbisht
furnisht
gallopt
garnisht
gaspt
gilt
glanc’t
gnasht
grac’t
gript
gusht
hackt
hatcht
heapt
heft
helpt
hitcht
hoist
husht
immesht
imprest
impresst
increast
infixt
inforc’t
intermixt
intrencht
invok’t
jilt
kept
kickt
kilt
kist
knockt
languisht
lasht
lavisht
leant
learnt
left
lent
leapt
lickt
lik’t
lost
markt
maskt
matcht
meant
misspelt
misst
minisht
mixt
mockt
nourisht
opprest
outstretcht
parcht
pent
perisht
perplext
pierc’t
pisst
pitcht
plac’t
pluckt
polisht
possest
preacht
prefixt
prest
produc’t
progrest
provok’t
publisht
pult
puncht
punisht
pusht
quencht
rankt
rapt
raught
reacht
rebuilt
reduc’t
reestablisht
refresht
reft
regrest
releast
relisht
rent
replenisht
represt
repulst
revok’t
ript
rusht
scorcht
searcht
seduc’t
sent
skirmisht
slapt
slasht
slept
slipt
slit
smasht
smelt
snapt
snatcht
soakt
sought
spelt
spent
spilt
splasht
spoilt
stablisht
stept
stopt
stoopt
strest
stretcht
suckt
supprest
swept
talkt
tapt
tarnisht
taught
thought
tipt
toucht
transfixt
transgrest
turnt
unblest
unbuilt
unburnt
uncropt
uncurst
undevelopt
undipt
undreamt
undrest
unexprest
unimprest
unlearnt
unmaskt
unmixt
unopprest
unpunisht
unreprest
unspilt
unspoilt
unstopt
unstrest
unsupprest
unvanquisht
unworshipt
unwrapt
vanisht
vanquisht
varnisht
vext
voucht
walkt
washt
watcht
weft
went
wept
wisht
wist
wistest
worshipt
wrapt
wrought
yclept
yelpt
Related terms: -ed
-t
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -t (e.g. aȝenst vs. aȝens (“against”)), likely resulting from -s + the, or various other words beginning with th-, t-.
Senses: examples: against, amidst, amongst, betwixt, whilst, twicet
glosses: An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with -s.
Derived terms: -st
-t
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -t, from Old English -t, variant of -þ (“-th”) following spirant/fricative sounds, from Proto-Germanic *-þiz. More at -th.
Senses: examples: text: arise + -t → arist
text: bow + -t → bout
text: drive + -t → drift
text: see + -t → sight
text: thieve + -t → theft
text: thrive + -t → thrift
glosses: Used to form nouns from verbs of action; equivalent to -th.
-t
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -et
Etymology: Suffix from Middle English -ten, from Old English -ettan, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną.
Senses: examples: yeet, grunt, fidget, haunt (via French), elt (via Old Norse), belt (“to sing loudly”) (perhaps via West Frisian), jolt
glosses: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives (compare -ate, -ize), frequently having a causative force, or modified from an existing verb into a frequentative verb.
-t
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: text: period + -t → periodt
text: good + -t → goodt
text: Lord + -t → Lordt
text: I'm at a very weird stage in my life where i feel worthless and like I'm ruining out of time but I'm also really young bUT I'm not doing anything I love or that makes me happy so I'm SADT
ref: 2018 May 29, @chave1y, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2024:
text: Day two of Lemon flavoured coffee 🥲💔 oh my godt
ref: 2021 November 24, @NalediMOfficial, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2024:
text: They ate this SO BADT
ref: 2023 April 23, @mingiiki, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2024:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Added to the end of words ending in , representing an AAVE pronunciation as /t/ rather than /d/, now generally with intensifying force.
chugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃʌɡə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chuggers
Etymology: Blend of charity + mugger.
Senses: examples: text: Seen by many as the scourge of shoppers, chuggers can be uncompromising in their pursuit of a slice of strangers' disposable income, yet provide a rich source of funds for charities.
ref: 2003 March 9, Anushka Asthana, “Your money—or their life”, in The Observer:
glosses: An aggressive or invasive street fundraiser, especially a private contractor working on behalf of a charity.
chugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃʌɡə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chuggers
Etymology: From chug + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who chugs a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched.
glosses: A vehicle, train or boat with an engine that makes a chugging noise when running.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A heavy-duty locomotive whether electric, diesel, hybrid or steam-powered
Derived terms: butt chugger
Chunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌnəl/
rhymes: -ʌnəl
Forms: form: the Chunnel
Etymology: Blend of Channel (“the English Channel”) + tunnel; the term had been coined by 1960 (see quotation).
Senses: examples: text: Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman of the B.T.C., told a London audience in January that he would not be surprised if a Channel tunnel for rail traffic, equipped with special wagons to carry road vehicles, were recommended by the study group which has been re-assessing the feasibility of the "Chunnel".
ref: 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: London-Paris in four hours”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:
text: Rumors, carefully and cleverly circulated by Mascodagama’s friends, diverted speculations toward his being a mysterious visitor from beyond the Golden Curtain, particularly since at least half-a-dozen members of a large Good-will Circus Company that had come from Tartary just then […] had already defected between France and England, somewhere in the newly constructed ‘Chunnel.’
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 30, in Ada, or, Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1970, →ISBN, part 1, page 144:
text: She knows a café here, a French place. Remembering breakfast there with Damien. […]Here it is: faux-French with real French waiting tables. Chunnel kids, guest workers.
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Blend of Channel Tunnel.
Channel Tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Channel Tunnel
Etymology: From Channel (English Channel) + tunnel.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: word: Chunnel
word: Eurotunnel
glosses: The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.
Eurotunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Euro- + tunnel.
Senses: glosses: The Channel Tunnel.
Synonyms: Channel Tunnel
Chunnel
have at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has at
form: having at
form: had at
form: had at
Senses: examples: text: The Prince of Venosa was in their midst, shouting: "Have at the traitor! Kill! Kill!"
ref: 1909, Anatole France (Alfred Allinson, translator), The Well of Saint Clare, ch. 10
glosses: To attack; to engage in combat with.
examples: text: A huge dish of food was served, and we had at it.
synonyms: set to
glosses: To take on; to begin dealing with.
have at
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Go ahead.
bluggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: bluggier
form: bluggiest
Senses: glosses: bloody (as intensifier).
bluggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌɡi
Senses: examples: 1993, Cathedral, Maitland, I, Headline Book Publishing plc
It was probably too late to say sorry, but she'd better bluggy try!
glosses: bloody (as intensifier).
Dougie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌɡi/
ipa: /ˈduːɡi/
rhymes: -ʌɡi
rhymes: -uːɡi
Forms: form: Dougies
Etymology: From Doug + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Douglas, Dougal, or Doug.
Doug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭg
ipa: /dʌɡ/
homophone: dug
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Etymology: Clipping of Douglas.
Senses: examples: text: Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'
ref: 1960, Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, published 1999, page 70:
text: The Georgia Republican Party and US Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who’s leading the Trump campaign’s recount efforts in the state, on Tuesday requested a pre-certification “manual hand recount of every ballot cast within the State of Georgia” for president.
ref: 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
muggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɡi/
rhymes: -ʌɡi
Forms: form: muggier
form: muggiest
Etymology: From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.
Senses: examples: text: The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXV, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: What struck me as the most curious thing about this wonderful river was: how did the air keep fresh? It was muggy and thick, no doubt, but still not sufficiently so to render it bad or even remarkably unpleasant.
ref: 1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter X, in Allan Quatermain:
text: The evening, though sunless, had been warm and muggy for the season, and Tess had come out with her milking-hood only, naked-armed and jacketless; certainly not dressed for a drive.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXIX, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport.
ref: 1964 June 16, “All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 22:
synonyms: close
oppressive
sticky
sultry
sweltering
qualifier: air
glosses: Humid, or hot and humid.
raw_tags: of the weather
examples: text: muggy straw
glosses: Wet or mouldy.
glosses: Drunk.
Synonyms: word: close
word: heavy
word: muggy
word: oppressive
word: steamy
word: sticky
word: sultry
word: sweltering
word: tropic
word: tropical
Hypernyms: word: hot
word: wet
word: windless
Hyponyms: word: airless
word: frowsty
word: overclose
word: stifling
word: stuffy
Derived terms: muggily
mugginess
unmuggy
budgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ʌdʒi
Forms: form: budgies
Etymology: From a clipping of budgerigar + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: She keeps a ton of budgies in her home.
glosses: A budgerigar.
Derived terms: budgie smuggler
budgie smugglers
dunny budgie
mucky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌki/
rhymes: -ʌki
Forms: form: muckier
form: muckiest
Etymology: From muck + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed.
ref: 1991, Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing Group:
glosses: Covered in muck.
examples: text: a mucky magazine
text: The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.
ref: 1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers:
glosses: Obscene, pornographic.
Synonyms: sense: covered in muck
word: dirty
word: filthy
word: muddy
word: unclean
sense: obscene
word: adult
word: blue
word: X-rated
word: obscene
word: pornographic
Derived terms: muckily
muckiness
mucky pup
Bond villain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bond villains
form: James Bond villain
Etymology: From Bond + villain. A reference to the typical villains of James Bond movies.
Senses: examples: text: Cheney’s turned into a James Bond villain.
ref: 2004 August 30, The New Yorker:
text: One hundred NR employees come under his authority. "Doing some of the frontline roles has enabled me to understand more around my own decision-making and how it affects the frontline. I say to people I'm not this Bond villain, sitting upstairs, stroking a cat!
ref: 2023 January 25, Cem Davis tells Nick Brodrick, “A warm 'Waterloo family' welcome”, in RAIL, number 975, page 38:
glosses: An evil genius, usually of significant power and means, who attempts to take over (or destroy) the world.
wikipedia: James Bond
Todd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑd/
ipa: /tɒd/
rhymes: -ɒd
homophone: tod
Forms: form: Tod
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).
examples: text: Do I want this t-shirt with Todd H- of course I do!
ref: 2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Morgan County, Missouri; named for postmaster Jonathan Todd.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Watauga County and Ashe County, North Carolina; named for American Civil War veteran Joseph Warren Todd.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms: todd
Todd County
Todd's syndrome
Related terms: tod
skin up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skins up
form: skinning up
form: skinned up
form: skinned up
Senses: examples: text: In plain view of the entire party, Douggie and his buddies skinned up and started getting high.
synonyms: roll up
glosses: To make a cannabis cigarette.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: To travel uphill on skis or a splitboard.
qualifier: mountain biking
glosses: To travel up a steep slope while pushing one's bicycle.
arrowhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrowheads
Etymology: From Middle English arewehede, arowhede, arowheved. By surface analysis, arrow + head.
Senses: examples: text: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
synonyms: arrowpoint
glosses: The pointed part of an arrow (the weapon).
glosses: The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol).
synonyms: duck potato
wapato
glosses: Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
synonyms: chevron
glosses: An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular fence with the point facing towards the ground.
Derived terms: broad arrowhead
delta arrowhead
leaf arrowhead
Related terms: elf arrow
ad-lib
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ad-lib
form: most ad-lib
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ad lib.
ad-lib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-libs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ad lib.
ad-lib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ad-libs
form: ad-libbing
form: ad-libbed
form: ad-libbed
Senses: examples: text: Hope’s onstage ad-libbing generated more humor and attention than the show’s lacklustre libretto.
ref: 1998 December 21, The New Yorker:
text: I watched Jeb Bush as his brother spoke. He paid attention, grinned and laughed, even ad-libbed when called upon.
ref: 2004 March 15, The New Yorker:
glosses: Alternative form of ad lib.
chainring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: chainrings
Etymology: From chain + ring.
Senses: synonyms: chainwheel
sprocket
holonyms: crankset
coordinate_terms: pinion
spider
glosses: The large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.
nonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Latin nōnus (“ninth”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms.
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a curve the equation of which is nonic.
nonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nonik (c. 1918; patented 1913), trade name for no-nick, by the Nonik Glassware Company.
Senses: examples: a 20-ounce nonic glass
glosses: Describing a type of beer glass used in British public houses; in the form of a truncated cone with a bulge around outside, just below the rim.
Derbyshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑː(ɹ).bɪ.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derbyschire, from late Old English Dēorbȳsċīr; equivalent to Derby + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption:
glosses: A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Derbyshire Dales
North East Derbyshire
South Derbyshire
Related terms: Darbyshire
ad-libber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-libbers
Etymology: From ad lib + -er.
Senses: examples: text: As you may have heard, Bobby D. isn’t much of an ad-libber.
ref: 2002, The Portland Phoenix, 12-19 September:
glosses: A person who ad libs, particularly one who is well known for skill in ad libbing.
colloquium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈləʊkwiəm/
enpr: kə-lōʹkwē-əm
Forms: form: colloquiums
form: colloquia
Etymology: From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: Contemporary philology has had a growing interest in the period and in the epitomai again, which has been proved by several colloquiums, monographs on the subject.
ref: 1997, Kossuth Lajos Tudományegyetem Kiadói Bizottsága, Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, volume 33, page 204:
glosses: A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
glosses: An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
glosses: An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
topics: law
glosses: That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
batu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
soil science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of the formation, classification, mapping, and the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil.
Related terms: edaphology
materials science
pedology
soil biochemistry
soil chemistry
soil conservation
soil genesis
soil management
soil mechanics
soil microbiology
soil mineralogy
soil physics
soil pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soil pipes
Senses: glosses: A pipe that carries off liquid wastes from a toilet
soil chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The branch of soil science that deals with the chemical properties, constituents and reactions within soils.
soil conservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation.
glosses: A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation.
glosses: The sub-discipline of soil science that deals with soil conservation (1) and (2).
soil biochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The subdiscipline of soil science that studies chemical reactions, activities and products of soil microorganisms.
Related terms: soil microbiology
runoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runoffs
form: run-off
Etymology: Deverbal from run off.
Senses: examples: text: The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through.
ref: 1994, Ruth Patrick, Rivers of the United States, Estuaries, page 138:
glosses: That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
examples: text: The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.
glosses: Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
examples: text: There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.
text: It is one of the left's best ever results and will raise momentum for next month's final runoff where only the two candidates will compete against each other.
ref: 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian:
text: Mr. Macron was unable to command more than a small plurality of support against several opponents in the first round of voting on April 10. Ms. Le Pen, who finished second, is his opponent in the runoff election on Sunday.
ref: 2022 April 21, Michael Crowley, “U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
Derived terms: farm runoff
instant-runoff voting
surface runoff
soil genesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The mode of soil formation.
glosses: The subdiscipline of soil science that deals with soil genesis, with special reference to the soil-forming factors responsible for development of the solum, or true soil: time, parent material, topography, climate, and organisms.
soil management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sum total of all operations, practices and treatments used to protect soil and enhance its performance.
tillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ
Forms: form: tillages
Etymology: From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.
Senses: synonyms: cultivating
cultivation
glosses: The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
examples: text: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 13:23:
glosses: Land cultivated in this way.
antonyms: no-till
no-tillage
glosses: The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
Synonyms: tilling
Derived terms: cotillage
no-tillage
tillaged
tillage radish
Related terms: carucage
soil microbiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The subdiscipline of soil science that studies the functions and activities of soil-based microorganisms.
pedogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -genic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to processes that add, transfer, transform, or remove soil constituents.
Derived terms: cryopedogenic
pedogenically
Related terms: pedogenize
padi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paddy (“type of rice”).
glosses: Alternative form of paddy (“flooded field for growing rice”).
Related terms: chilli padi
propel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɛl/
ipa: /pɹəˈpel/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: propels
form: propelling
form: propelled
form: propelled
Etymology: From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“I push, I move”).
Senses: examples: text: When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
ref: 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
text: This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine.
ref: 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:
text: Primary mass relays can propel ships thousands of light years, often from one spiral arm of the galaxy to another.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Mass Relays Codex entry:
glosses: To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
examples: text: I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
ref: 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 265e:
text: Black women helped propel Harris and president-elect Joe Biden to victory by elevating turnout in places like Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
ref: 2020 November 7, Chelsea Janes, “Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president”, in Washington Post:
glosses: To provide an impetus for nonphysical change; to cause to arrive to a certain situation or result.
Synonyms: sense: either
word: drive
sense: either
word: push
Derived terms: propeller
propelling pencil
self-propelling
Related terms: propulsion
pedology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting.
Derived terms: ethnopedology
geopedology
hydropedology
paleopedology
Related terms: pedobiome
pedoclimate
cryopedology
edaphology
soil scientist
pedology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pædology
form: paedology
form: paidology
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -logy, from Ancient Greek: παῖς (paîs, “child”) and -λογία (-logía, “branch of study, to speak”).
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: The study of the behaviour and development of children.
Related terms: pedologic
pedological
pedologist
pedologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedologists
Etymology: From pedology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
glosses: A scientist who specializes in pedology (soil science).
glosses: A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
Derived terms: paleopedologist
Related terms: soil science
pedologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedologists
Etymology: From pedology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who specializes in pedology (child development).
open design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The collaborative design of things, especially of open source software, through use of publicly shared design information.
soil scientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soil scientists
Senses: glosses: A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural and man-made systems.
Related terms: soil science
pedologist
soil physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sub-discipline of soil science that studies the physical properties of the soil, with particular emphasis on soil moisture potential, water movement and solute transport.
soil mineralogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The subdiscipline of soil science that studies the solid inorganic phases controlling physicochemical processes in soils and sediments.
edaphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
Related terms: edaphoecological
edaphologic
edaphological
edaphologist
agrology
pedology