cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antimoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimoral
form: most antimoral
Etymology: From anti- + moral.
Senses: examples: text: Here, then, we have Shelley the idolator of nature; Keats, the idolater of beauty; Byron, the idolator of passion; Byron, immoral; Keats, unmoral; Shelley, anti'''moral; or, if we had some other prefix, like a Greek derivative, to express the absolute negative of the received moral principles that govern the world.
ref: 1860 March, The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal:
glosses: Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
Related terms: antimoralism
antimoralist
antimoralistic
antimorality
weelies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weely
weely
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːli/
homophone: wheelie
homophone: wheely stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: weelies
Etymology: From weel + -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a rare variant of wylige, wilige (“basket”).
Senses: examples: text: They are taken generally, by a little Sayne net: specially the Eeles in weelies
ref: 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
weels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weel
Bigfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bigfoot
bigfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bigfoot
getting enough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He's just grumpy because he's not getting enough.
glosses: Having sex (habitually, not currently).
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: get some
getting any
do it
backfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backfins
Etymology: From back + fin.
Senses: examples: text: The tail and backfin of an ide can be greyish.
glosses: The rear fin of a fish.
backfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backfin
familists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of familist
mimic beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimic beetles
Senses: glosses: A beetle that feigns death when disturbed, especially the species of Hister and allied genera.
mimic beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimic beetle
microvasculatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvasculature
Grenzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grenzers
form: Grenzer
Senses: glosses: light infantry troops who came from the Croatian and Transylvanian Military Frontier in Habsburg Monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary), originally raised to defend Austria against the Ottoman Turks.
Grenzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grenzer
breakfast bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breakfast bar
roboticization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roboticisation
Etymology: From robotic + -ization or roboticize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: robotization
heavens to Betsy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Of unknown origins. Speculated to be a euphemism for hell's bells, but there is not sufficient evidence to support this. Attested from 1857.
Senses: examples: text: "Heavens to Betsy!" he exclaims, clapping his hand to his throat, "I've cut my head off!"
ref: 1857 May 1, Frederick W. Saunders, “The Serenade: A Tale of Revenge”, in Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, volume v, number 5, Boston, MA, page 419:
text: Then there's New Age entrepreneur Deepak Chopra, who, in bis 1989 book Quantum Healing, promises a pathway to curing cancer, reversing aging, and, heavens to Betsy, even immortality.
ref: 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Good gracious; good heavens.
Synonyms: wow
georgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more georgical
form: most georgical
Senses: examples: text: Maintaining a georgical and trading correspondence.
ref: 1728, John Houghton, A Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade:
glosses: georgic; relating to rural affairs
superreals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superreal
superreality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superrealities
Etymology: From super- + reality.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being superreal.
glosses: Anything that is superreal.
superrealities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superreality
non-black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s.
ref: 1959 November 24, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 552:
text: When non-black participants join black people in die-ins, they affirm the need for institutional change – but they also visibly highlight the remaining disparities facing black and brown people.
ref: 2014 December 19, Paul M Farber, “Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next”, in The Guardian:
text: This poses obvious problems for statistical inference in that what may appear as ‘declines’ in non-white racial liberalism may actually be due to increases in representation of non-black racial/ethnic minorities whose racial attitudes are more conservative.
ref: 2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 142:
glosses: Alternative form of nonblack.
vacuumless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vacuum + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a vacuum.
vacuumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuumers
Etymology: From vacuum + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, vacuums.
vacuumers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuumer
lipometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipometabolisms
Etymology: From lipo- + metabolism.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of fats and other lipids
Related terms: lipometabolic
escalatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more escalatingly
form: most escalatingly
Etymology: From escalating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: However, this can also cause increasing problems for those not prepared to think differently and creatively in an escalatingly competitive and crowded global marketplace.
ref: 2005, Ian Fillis, Creative Marketing For SMEs, page i:
glosses: In a way that escalates; increasingly.
disinfestation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disinfestations
Etymology: From dis- + infestation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of disinfesting.
disinfestations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disinfestation
disinfectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From disinfect + -able.
Senses: examples: a disinfectable nylon brush
glosses: Capable of being disinfected.
anticataleptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cataleptic.
Senses: glosses: Preventing or countering catalepsy.
dematerialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dematerialisation
dematerializations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dematerialization
rematerialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rematerialisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rematerialization.
rematerialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rematerialisation
Muji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur مۇجى (muji).
Senses: examples: text: A teacher in Muji Township in Guma backed up the police officer.
ref: 2016 November 22, Eset Sulaiman, Brooks Boliek., “In China’s Xinjiang, Some Uyghurs are Forced Into a Sharecropper’s Life”, in Eset Sulaiman, Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2016:
glosses: A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
examples: text: The corridor north-west to Muji and south to the Pakistan border is a pamir valley, the Sarykol Valley.
ref: 1998, John S. King, Bradley Mayhew, Karakoram Highway (Lonely Planet), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 126:
text: A damaged house is seen in Muji village, Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 26, 2016. About 130 herdsmen from Akto County, hit by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake Friday night, have been evacuated to a safer place, said local sources on Saturday.[...]
As of 6:50 am, another 100 tents, 300 quilts, 300 coats, 200 bags of flour, 200 tonnes of coal, small generators and flashlights reached Muji, where a villager was killed by a collapsed house.
ref: 2016 November 27, “Rescue work goes smoothly in quake-hit Xinjiang county”, in Yao Lan, editor, China News Service, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2020:
text: Authorities are promoting the letter mainly in villages in border areas, such as Muji and Bulungkol in Akto (in Chinese, Aketao) county, he said.
ref: 2017 April 12, Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin, “Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2017:
glosses: A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
glosses: A village in Muji, Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Mu-chi
Muji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Moji (“language”).
Hanseatic League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hanseatic League
Etymology: From Hanseatic + league.
Senses: glosses: The commercial and military alliance of Low German merchant guilds and privileged market towns which dominated trade along the coasts of northern Europe from the mid-12th to mid-17th centuries.
Synonyms: Hansa
Hanse
Hanse association
Hanse league
Hanses
Related terms: Hanseatic city
Hanse town
Hanse city
Hansestadt
obeseism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obese-ism
Etymology: From obese + -ism.
Senses: glosses: discrimination against very fat people
Hanseatic cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanseatic city
hanses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanse
dictatourship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dictatourships
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dictatorship.
handtowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handtowels
Senses: examples: text: The Mother hits him with a handtowel, and says, "Sometimes you can be so mean to her."
ref: 2000, Earl Ray Jones, Their First Time:
text: It was an object wrapped in a small handtowel. Climbing back into bed, she put the wrapped object on the sheet in front of her, but did not unwrap the handtowel. Icould see that it was monogrammed with the red letters “W. P.”
ref: 2001, Roy Hoopes, Our Man In Washington:
text: To access the abdomen and maintain the draping of the chest and breasts a handtowel is used. The handtowel is placed over the chest and secured by the therapist at the top edge with one hand.
ref: 2010, Lisa Casanelia, David Stelfox, Foundations of Massage:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hand towel.
twill tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twill tapes
Senses: examples: text: Twill tape at the four corners ties the enclosure to stout sticks stuck in the ground or to sticks tied to the corners of a cot.
ref: 1982 March, “How It's Done: A Sleeping Bag Canopy”, in Field & Stream, page 190:
text: Place the twill tape on the wrong side of the fabric so that the farthest edge is 3/4 inch (2 cm) from the cut edge of the neckline.
ref: 1996, Sandra Betzina, No Time To Sew: Fast & Fabulous Patterns & Techniques For Sewing A Figure-Flattering Wardrobe, page 175:
text: Many companies now offer printed twill tape for scrapbooks, altered books, and other embellishment options. These are terrific products, but you might want to create some original printed twill with your own choice of words on it. Twill tape comes in a variety of widths and can be painted or dyed to your desired color before printing.
ref: 2005, Jan Bode Smiley, The Art of Fabric Books: Innovative Ways to Use Fabric in Scrapbooks, Altered Books and More, page 27:
text: Place clean twill tape in position to secure the tracheostomy tube by inserting one end of the tape through the side opening of the outer cannula.
ref: 2010, Suzanne C. O'Connell Smeltzer, Brenda G. Bare, Janice L. Hinkle, Kerry H. Cheever, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, page 650:
glosses: A type of flat ribbon, made from any of a variety of materials woven in a twill pattern; a portion of such ribbon.
twill tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twill tape
crystal field theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A description of various properties of transition element complex compounds that compares the effects of its ligands to that of neighbouring atoms in a crystal
intrauterine devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrauterine device
dictatourships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dictatourship
nick off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nicks off
form: nicking off
form: nicked off
form: nicked off
form: knick off
Senses: examples: text: ‘I got somethin ta tell ya. Young Trilby's knicked off.’
ref: 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 338:
text: I'm in for the strap tomorrow anyway when Dickie sees my sums. Got to nick off now.
ref: 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 64:
glosses: To leave, especially in a hurry.
nick off
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: knick off
Senses: glosses: Go away; get lost.
charge master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charge masters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chargemaster.
charge masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charge master
apeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apelings
Etymology: From ape + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Just now the apeling was developing those arboreal tendencies which were to stand him in such good stead during the years of his youth, when rapid flight into the upper terraces was of far more importance and value than his undeveloped muscles and untried fighting fangs.
ref: 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan:
text: The murder had occurred only a week before and the baby weighed but ten-or-so pounds, barely twice its birth weight. In spite of its traumatic first experience at the hands of humans, the apeling showed little fear of us.
ref: 2005, Jim Heaney, Taste This, Taste That:
glosses: A small, young, or immature ape.
apelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apeling
first cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first city
cardboard cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardboard city
cosmological cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmological city
independent cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of independent city
cathedral cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathedral city
garden cities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garden city
parallel parking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel parkings
Senses: examples: text: Requiring parallel parking at the curb for all vehicles of the delivery type.
ref: 1915 August 19, The Automobile, volume 33, page 356:
text: In parking, the applicant is required to maneuver his car into a parallel parking space 1 1/2 car lengths long.
ref: 1938, Oscar M. Gunderson, “Traffic Safety Program of the Michigan State Police”, in University of Michigan Official Publication, volume 40, page 182:
hypernyms: parking
glosses: The action of parking a vehicle with its side parallel to the curb or the side of the road and facing in the direction of the traffic in the adjacent lane.
examples: text: ... involving straight line driving, maneuvering in close quarters, parallel parking and smooth stopping.
ref: 1935 September, National Highway Users Conference, “Scholarships Are Awarded in Road-e-o Event”, in Highway Highlights, page 5:
text: The parallel parking or reverse parking manoeuvre is known for being one of the most difficult and as a result, fails a great many driving tests.
ref: 2013, Richard Paine, “Parallel parking reference points”, in Driving test tips, retrieved 08 Mar 2013:
text: Parking lanes are provided in urban lanes for side parking. Parallel parking is preferred to perpendicular and oblique because it is safe for vehicles moving on the road.
ref: 2011, R. V. Raikar, Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: A driving technique that facilitates such parking.
Related terms: english: sometimes coinstantial
translation: sometimes coinstantial
word: self-parking
wrathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wrath
wrathed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrath
OSRD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of Office of Scientific Research and Development.
grand duchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand duchy
augre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of auger.
couponer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couponers
form: couponner
Etymology: From coupon + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses money-saving coupons.
couponers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couponer
complicatic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound found in the fungus Stereum rameale (synonym Stereum complicatum).
unpretendingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpretending + -ness.
Senses: glosses: unpretentiousness; genuineness
flowgraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowgraphs
Etymology: From flow + graph.
Senses: glosses: A diagram indicating flow, as of a signal or an algorithm
Related terms: flowgraphy
flowgram
flowgraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowgraph
flowest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: flow + -est
Senses: examples: text: Thou flowest still, O river,
Thou flowest 'neath the moon.
ref: 1838, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Romance of the Ganges:
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of flow
superannuable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: superannuable earnings
glosses: Relating to a superannuation, or retirement benefit fund.
interhyoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interhyoidei
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle involved in swallowing in some animals.
Related terms: interhyoid
interhyoidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interhyoideus
semicompetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + competitive.
Senses: glosses: Partly competitive.
semirich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + rich.
Senses: glosses: Partly rich.
clearspan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clearspans
Etymology: From clear + span.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A span between e.g. roof timbers that is clear of obstructions.
clearspans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearspan
leucopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukopoiesis.
rekindler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rekindlers
Etymology: From rekindle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, rekindles.
rekindlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rekindler
infostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infostructure + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to infostructure.
Pears
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pearse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pearses
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peirce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: Peircean
Peirce arrow
Peircian
Peirse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A city in Riverside County, California, United States.
Perriss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Persse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
antirave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirave
form: most antirave
Etymology: From anti- + rave.
Senses: examples: text: The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) was popularly perceived as an antirave legislation, and most of the campaign against it was organized around the “right to party.”
ref: 2012, Trebor Scholz, Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory, page 55:
glosses: Opposing raves (dance parties).
Pierse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Piers.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pierson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪə.sən/
enpr: pîr
ipa: /ˈpɪɹ.sən/
Forms: form: Piersons
form: Peirson
form: Pearson
Etymology: From Piers + -son.
Senses: glosses: A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A placename
A town in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A placename
A minor city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A placename
A township and village therein, in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A placename
A community in the Municipality of Two Borders, Manitoba, Canada.
Parkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perkin
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from Per + -kin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A minor city in Cross County, Arkansas, United States.
Related terms: Parkyn
Perkin
Parkins
Perkins
Purkins
Parkinson
Parkerson
Perkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perkins
Etymology: Variant of Parkin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Perkin's mauve
Parkyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Parkin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Parkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Parkin + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Purkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Parkin + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Parkerson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A contraction of Parkinson.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Parrott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Parrot
form: Perot
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Perrot.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
A small town in Terrell County, Georgia.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.
glosses: A place name in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Virginia.
Derived terms: Parrott rifle
Ahuramazda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ahura Mazda.
Parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Parrots
Etymology: Variant of Parrott.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perratt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Parrott.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perrott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perrotts
Etymology: Variant of Parrott.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Parratt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Parrott.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perots
Etymology: Variant of Parrott.
Senses: examples: text: Perot was witty and comfortable in his own skin, which I thought would reassure his supporters and perhaps sway some of the undecided voters.
ref: 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, →ISBN, page 439:
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
semisolitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + solitary.
Senses: glosses: Partly solitary.
semiferal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-feral
Etymology: From semi- + feral.
Senses: examples: text: Semiferal and free-ranging pet dogs tend to form small packs but may be more solitary.
ref: 2010, Stanley D. Gehrt, Seth P. D. Riley, Brian L. Cypher, Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation, page 160:
glosses: Partly feral.
Perret
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Perrett or borrowed from French Perret.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Perrett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Pierre.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Parrett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (of surname) a variant of Perrett.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A river which flows from Dorset, through Somerset, England, and into the Bristol Channel.
Parritt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Perrett.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Porritt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Porritts
Etymology: Variant of Perrett.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perrin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Jack County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Perinton
Perring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Perrin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Parren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Perrin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Perrins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Perrin + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peattie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peddie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peddies
form: Peddy
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A town in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
Peet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peets
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pether
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Cornish equivalent of English Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pither
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Cornish equivalent of English Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pithers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Pither + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pethers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Pether + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Pell as a pet-form of Peter + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Pelly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛli
Etymology: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: Pelly Bay
Related terms: Pell
Pells
Pelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛli
Senses: glosses: A Peloton Interactive exercise bicycle.
Parrell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Peterkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a medieval pet-form of the given name Peter + -kin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Related terms: Parkin
Perkin
Petrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Scots diminutive form of Peter and Patrick.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Petrock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Name of an obscure early saint, of Cornish or Welsh origin. Possibly related to Peter.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Celtic languages of historical use.
Related terms: Pedrick
Petherick
Pethick
Pedrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the given name Petrock.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Petherick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the given name Petrock.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Related terms: Little Petherick
Pethick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the given name Petrock.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Arik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transcription of a modern Hebrew diminutive of the Hebrew equivalent of Ariel.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
erom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of erotica + romance, shortened.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A blend of erotica and romance.
filler cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filler caps
Senses: hyponyms: petrol cap
glosses: The cap that closes the opening of a tank, e.g. the fuel tank of a car, through which the tank can be filled.
Synonyms: word: tank cap
word: tank cover
word: gas cap
english: of the gas tank of a car
translation: of the gas tank of a car
word: fuel door
-oon
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /uːn/
Etymology: From French -on.
Senses: glosses: Forming nouns, mainly in borrowed words.
chequewriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chequewriters
Etymology: From cheque + writer.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of checkwriter.
checkwriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkwriters
Etymology: From check + writer.
Senses: glosses: One who writes checks.
glosses: A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
filler caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filler cap
cail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cails
form: cailing
form: cailed
form: cailed
form: cale
form: kail
form: kale
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”).
Senses: glosses: To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
glosses: To tilt up or turn over in order to discharge a load.
raw_tags: of a cart
glosses: To move awkwardly or uncertainly; to gambol, kick out one's heels like a colt.
Derived terms: cail along
double-line whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-line whips
Senses: glosses: A two-line whip.
two-line whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-line whips
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A directive from an MP's superiors to attend a vote.
Synonyms: double-line whip
Related terms: single-line whip
one-line whip
three-line whip
single-line whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single-line whips
Senses: glosses: A non-binding indication, given to an MP by the MP's superiors, of when a vote is expected to take place, and what outcome the MP's party would like.
Synonyms: one-line whip
Related terms: two-line whip
double-line whip
three-line whip
one-line whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-line whips
Senses: glosses: A single-line whip.
one-line whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-line whip
two-line whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-line whip
double-line whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-line whip
three-line whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-line whip
single-line whips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single-line whip
back in day
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of back in the day.
hypomanganate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypomanganates
Etymology: From hypo- + manganate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxoanion of manganese MnO₄³⁻; any salt containing this anion
agency debit memo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agency debit memos
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: An official notification that a travel agency has underpaid an airline for a ticket or similar, or is being fined by the airline for failure to adhere to fare rules or airline policy.
agency credit memo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agency credit memos
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: an official notification that a travel agency has overpaid an airline for a ticket or similar travel arrangements.
Lascaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small region of Dordogne in France, famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings
morocoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morocoys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morrocoy.
magnetic resonance tomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRT
Senses: glosses: magnetic resonance imaging
caudron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdɹən/
Forms: form: caudrons
Senses: examples: text: There placed was a caudron wide and tall
Upon a mightie fornace, burning whott
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of cauldron.
fine lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of fine line
botargos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botargo
manganese group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Group seven of the periodic table, comprising manganese, technetium, rhenium and bohrium.
manganocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manganocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metallocene containing a manganese atom
Mangans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mangan
manganometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mangano- + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An analytical technique that involves redox titration using potassium permanganate
Derived terms: manganometric
Related terms: iodometry
manganometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or using magnetometry
daughter sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daughter sauces
Senses: glosses: A sauce made by adding flavoring to a basic mother sauce.
Related terms: mother sauce
daughter sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daughter sauce
tremorogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tremorogenic
form: most tremorogenic
Etymology: From tremor + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: β-Carboline alkaloids (e.g., harmane) are highly tremorogenic chemicals.
ref: 2005 August 9, E. D. Louis, MD, MS, W. Zheng, PhD, L. Applegate, BA, L. Shi, MS, and P. Factor-Litvak, PhD, “Blood harmane concentrations and dietary protein consumption in essential tremor”, in Neurology, volume 65, number 3, pages 391–396:
glosses: tremorgenic
yooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoopers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Yooper.
lymphocryptoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphocryptoviruses.
grand vizier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand viziers
form: grand vizir
Senses: synonyms: word: Vizier Azem
glosses: The greatest minister of a sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the sultan himself.
examples: text: But the ultimate fix came from the grand vizier of New Orleans voodoo-funk, Dr John, whose mesmerising performance was as close as you'll come to witnessing a shaman summoning spirits.
ref: 2012 July 24, Alfred Hickling, “SummerTyne Americana – review”, in The Guardian:
text: To read his memoir of those years, Locked in the Cabinet, is to feel the sting experienced by this talented, innovative, and principled small “d” democrat as he was repeatedly shoved aside on economic issues by Rubin, Bentsen, Panetta, and, of course, the grand vizier himself, Alan Greenspan.
ref: 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 5, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:
synonyms: word: baron
word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big gun
word: big kahuna
word: big man
word: big name
word: big noise
word: big shot
word: bigwig
word: big wheel
word: boss
word: grand poobah
word: head honcho
word: heavy hitter
word: heavyweight
word: high muckamuck
word: high muckety-muck
word: king of all one surveys
word: king of the castle
word: king of the hill
word: kingpin
word: macher
word: mayor
word: muckamuck
word: muckety muck
word: mugwump
word: numero uno
word: poobah
word: rooster
word: somebody
word: top banana
word: top cat
word: top dog
word: top gun
word: very important person
word: VIP
word: wheel
glosses: A figure of great authority and power.
grand viziers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand vizier
viziership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vizierships
form: vazirship
form: vezirship
form: wazirship
Etymology: From vizier + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or position of vizier.
vizierships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viziership
yellow rattles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow rattle
perspicuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perspicuity
oligistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligistic
form: most oligistic
Etymology: From oligist + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to oligist, or hematite.
airdry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airdries
form: airdrying
form: airdried
form: airdried
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of air-dry.
airdried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of airdry
airdrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of airdry
airdries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of airdry
Voronezhian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Voronezh + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Voronezh.
Voronezhian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Voronezhians
Etymology: From Voronezh + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Voronezh.
antiwarehousing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + warehousing.
Senses: glosses: Compelling building owners to rent vacant buildings to tenants rather than holding them back for other purposes.
raw_tags: of a law
Voronezhians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Voronezhian
show-glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show-glasses
Senses: glosses: A glass that displays objects; a mirror.
examples: text: Show glasses filled with all sorts of expensive jewelry.
ref: 2019, Dariel Williamson, A Good Wife Gone Bad, page 8:
glosses: A display case
show-stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show-stones
Senses: glosses: A crystal ball.
showbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showbills
Etymology: From show + bill.
Senses: examples: text: The interior of the room was thrown into shadow, partly by the tall edifices that rose on the opposite side of the street, and partly by the immense show-bills of blue and crimson paper that were expanded over each of the three windows.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Intelligence Office”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
glosses: A large printed advertisement.
showbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showbill
showcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showcards
Etymology: From show + card.
Senses: examples: text: No matter how well dressed or how nicely goods are arranged in a window , it is robbed of half its effectiveness unless a good showcard completes it .
ref: 1902 November 1, “Window Dressing and Interior Store Decoration”, in Dry Goods Reporter and Midwest Merchant-economist, page 71:
text: With the showcard playing so important a part in the selling routine of the jewelry store, the jeweler should have someone in his employ learn the art of showcard writing.
ref: 1929 November 28, Joseph Bertram Jowitt, “Modern Poster Alphabet”, in The Jewelers' Circular, page 41:
text: Procure some regulation showcard colors in the 2-oz. bottles costing about 25c.
ref: 2023, John H. De Wild, Elements of show card writing, page 6:
glosses: An advertising placard.
examples: text: This showcard is reproduced in ten colors, showing the company's "151 Line" comprising eighteen colors, and has an easel back, making an attractive counter or window display.
ref: 1922, “Pencil Showcard with Color Chart”, in American Stationer and Office Manager, volume 90, page 24:
text: There is another type of showcard which carries actual samples of the goods to be sold .
ref: 1926, Penrose's Annual - Volume 28, page 64:
text: New sample holding showcard from Widnells for their Norman cord range, shows the 12 colours available plus Cramond samples .
ref: 1973, Carpets and Textiles, page 27:
glosses: A card for displaying samples.
examples: text: In 2002, a variant of this question using a showcard was asked, alongside the existing version. Data from the two question versions asked in 2002 were used to estimate the effect of using the showcard.
ref: 2010, Alison Park, John Curtice, Katarina Thomson, British Social Attitudes: The 26th Report, page 211:
text: From this card (SHOWCARD 4) what if anything did you do at the time?
ref: 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Marcus Felson, Routine Activity and Rational Choice, page 81:
text: For face-to-face interviews this can be put onto a showcard and the respondent can give the corresponding letter . Do not include ' refused ' on a showcard .
ref: 2024, Financial Literacy in Greece, page 102:
glosses: A card shown to a subject as an extra aid that is associated with one of the questions in a questionnaire or survey.
showcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showcard
Weierstrassian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Weierstrassian
form: most Weierstrassian
Etymology: From Weierstrass + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.
Weierstrassian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weierstrassians
Etymology: From Weierstrass + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: For the analysts, Weierstrass was the leader; his followers were proud to be known as Weierstrassians, and they constitute a school in the strict sense.
ref: 2000, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 486:
glosses: A follower of the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897).
powder mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder mills
Senses: glosses: mill that manufactures black powder (type of gunpowder)
powder mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powder mill
heelwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heel + work.
Senses: glosses: A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
cobordance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cobordant.
unrebelliousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unrebellious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unrebellious.
unrebelliously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unrebelliously
form: most unrebelliously
Etymology: From unrebellious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unrebellious manner.
callot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callots
Senses: examples: text: To set Kit Callot forth in prose or rhime
ref: 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of calotte (“skullcap”).
callots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callot
black earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Chernozem.