cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
upcome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcomes
Etymology: From Middle English upcomen, from Old English ūpcuman (“to come up, arise”), from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to up- + come. Cognate with West Frisian opkomme (“to arise, stand up”), Dutch opkomen (“to come up, ascend, occur”), German aufkommen (“to come up, arise, emerge”), Danish opkomme (“to arise, meet”), Icelandic uppkoma (“an outbreak, appearance, arising”).
Senses: glosses: An ascent, climb; a way up.
glosses: An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.
glosses: A comment, saying, expression.
glosses: The final or decisive point; result, outcome.
glosses: One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.
Derived terms: upcomer
upcoming
Related terms: come
downcome
up
up-and-comer
up-and-coming
SILENT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity.
freecycler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freecyclers
Senses: glosses: A person who freecycles.
Pokédollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pokédollars
Etymology: From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.
Senses: glosses: A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of yen and/or dollar. Its symbol is .
Pokédollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pokédollar
eevolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eevolutions
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eevolution.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Eeveelution.
eevolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eevolution
clamatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clamato
subsum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsums
Etymology: From sub- + sum.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The sum of a subset of values.
QEF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From Latin quod erat faciendum (“what was to have been done”), from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει ποιῆσαι (hóper édei poiêsai).
Senses: glosses: “quod erat faciendum”, “what was to have been done” – used to end a mathematical passage other than a proof.
Related terms: QED
QEF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɛf/
ipa: /kjuː iː ˈɛf/
Forms: form: QEFs
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: Acronym of qualified election fund.
Related terms: PFIC
sublevate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sublevates
form: sublevating
form: sublevated
form: sublevated
Etymology: From Latin sublevātus, past participle of sublevō.
Senses: glosses: To raise up; to elevate.
glosses: To rouse or excite.
Related terms: sublevation
betaught
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beteach
subministrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subministrant
form: most subministrant
Etymology: From Latin subministrans.
Senses: examples: text: the attending of that which is subservient and subministrant , seemeth to be against proportion of reason
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: subordinate or subservient
subministrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subministrates
form: subministrating
form: subministrated
form: subministrated
Etymology: See subminister.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing subministrates apter matter to be converted into pestilent Seminaries than peoples steams and breaths.
ref: 1658, William Harvey, Advice against Plague:
glosses: To supply; to afford; to subminister.
toforetime
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tofore + time.
Senses: examples: text: Also there cam a table of sylver, and the holy vessell of the Sankgreall, which Sir Launcelot had sene toforetyme in Kynge Pecchers house.
ref: 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:
glosses: Previously, beforehand.
JADs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JAD
JAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JADs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Java Application Descriptor
LLCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LLC
fascion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fascions
Senses: examples: text: Ther lyith agayn the Kay a Point of Land as a Cauſey after the Faſcion of a brode Swerd with a ſharp.
ref: 1711, Thomas Hearne [ed.], The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, page 57:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fashion.
albacora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albacoras
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of albacore (“longfin tuna”).
albacoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albacora
jurel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jurels
Senses: glosses: The jack, edible fish of the genera Caranx or Trachurus.
turtle excluder devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle excluder device
overmasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmast
overmasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmast
overmasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmast
overmasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Furnished with a mast or masts too long or too heavy.
JWTK
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of just wanted to know.
auxotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more auxotonic
form: most auxotonic
Etymology: From auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
Related terms: concentric
eccentric
hypotonic
hypertonic
isometric
isokinetic
isotonic
subsecute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subsecutes
form: subsecuting
form: subsecuted
form: subsecuted
Etymology: From Latin subsecūtus, past participle of subsequor (“follow close after”). See subsequent.
Senses: examples: text: But when this crafty dissembler Peter Landoyse, which was no wiliar then an old Foxe, perceived that the Earle was departed (thinking that to bee true that hee imagined) Lord how curriours ran into every coast, how lighthorsemen galloped to every streete to follow and detaine him, if by any possibility hee could bee subsecuted and overtaken, and him to incarcerate and bring captive into the citie of Vannes.
ref: c. 1509, Thomas More, The Historie of the Pitifvll Life, and unfortunate Death of Edward the fifth […], published 1641, page 357:
text: For after he sée that the Argiraspides and the rest of Eumenes footemen, had subsecuted and chased his Souldiers vnto the foote of the hill, and had therby broken their aray, and were diuided, he straightways charged the flanke of Eumenes right wing […]
ref: 1569, Thomas Stocker, transl., A righte noble and pleasant History of the Successors of Alexander surnamed the Great […], folios 58ᵛ–59ʳ:
text: […] ley suffer silch miseries & oppressions as vulle [will] yet dayly increase & multiply into a total desolation […] if not opportunely prevented, [by] an uniforme agreement […] let us then have thist, & cetera omnia adjicientur nobis [and all the rest will be added for us], thel rest vulle subsecute & foloe.
ref: 1648, Angland in a Ballance […], page 2:
glosses: To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.
WTK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WTKs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Sun Java wireless toolkit
WTKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WTK
hexakisphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexakisphosphate
Gustavs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gustav
epershands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epershand
anti-virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-viruses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antivirus.
anti-viruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-virus
suggestum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suggestums
form: suggesta
Etymology: From Latin suggestum, from suggerō (“to put under”).
Senses: examples: text: The Emperor and another figure, both togated, appear upon a suggestum; the former elevates his right hand towards four citizens who are applauding him; on the left is a female decumbent at the base of three obelisks.
ref: 1834, William Henry Smyth, Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by Captain William Henry Smyth:
glosses: A raised platform.
anti-rust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antirust
Etymology: From anti- + rust.
Senses: examples: text: A good anti-rust paint will keep the metal from corroding.
glosses: Preventing the formation of rust.
anti-rust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-rusts
form: antirust
Etymology: From anti- + rust.
Senses: glosses: A substance preventing the formation of rust.
Zionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zionistic
form: most Zionistic
Etymology: From Zionist + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Zionist
glosses: Of or pertaining to Zionism.
Derived terms: pro-Zionistic
superius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin superius.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: cantus
glosses: The highest voice or part in early polyphony.
Related terms: labium superius oris
anti-Islamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-Islamic
form: most anti-Islamic
Etymology: From anti- + Islamic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or exhibiting prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Islam or Muslims
underfermented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + fermented.
Senses: glosses: insufficiently fermented
underfermented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From under- + fermented.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underferment
pint pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pint pots
Senses: glosses: A container, typically with a handle, that holds a pint (of beer, etc) for drinking.
glosses: A seller or drinker of beer.
pint pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pint pot
gaincope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gaincopes
form: gaincoping
form: gaincoped
form: gaincoped
form: gain-cope
form: gainecope
Etymology: From Middle English geynecowpen, equivalent to gain- + cope (“to strive, contend, oppose, encounter”).
Senses: examples: text: These came forth later than the rest but, coasting thwart a hill, They did gaincope him as he came and held their master still Until that all the rest came in and fastened on him too.
ref: 2002, originally 1565, Ovid, Madeleine Forey, Ovid's Metamorphoses:
text: […] and to a companie of my malcontent companions will discouer if it please them, how to be gainfull and gain-coping nauigators if they will insist in my directions.
ref: 1910, originally 1594, Thomas Nash, Ronald Brunlees McKerrow, Terrors of the Night:
text: And sooth to say, I thinke euery man to bee of my minde, that when they see a fellow leape from the subiect he is handling, to disswade them by stale arguments from the thing they already detest, they should skip it ouer, and neuer reade it, gainecope him at the next turning point to his text.
ref: 1860, originally 1602, Samuel Rowlands, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Greenes Ghost:
text: Some indeed there have been, of a more heroical strain, who striving to gaincope these ambages, by venturing on a new discovery, have made their voyage in half the time.
ref: 1659, Comenius's Janna Ling:
text: […] as he was upon his Flight across a steep Bottom, Gratus gain-coped him, […]
ref: 1767, originally 1698, Flavius Josephus, The wars of the Jews:
glosses: To catch up with, intercept, or encounter another person by taking a short-cut.
Derived terms: gaincoping
sustentor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sustentors
Senses: glosses: One of two posterior projections of a butterfly chrysalis.
sustentate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sustentates
form: sustentating
form: sustentated
form: sustentated
Senses: examples: text: But he was only the first of a long list of holy and hard-hitting ones who have, by this divine restorative, been sustentated, fortified, corroborated, and consoled.
ref: 1861, Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth, Chapter II:
glosses: To sustain.
sustentator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sustentators
Senses: glosses: A sustaining part or structure.
neuroevolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + evolutionary.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neuroevolution
polystable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + stable.
Senses: glosses: Having many stable forms
Related terms: polystability
geg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gegs
form: gegging
form: gegged
form: gegged
form: gaig
form: gay
Etymology: Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną (“to deviate, totter, transgress”), causative of *gīganą (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”); related to Old English *gǣġan (“to go, walk, pass by”), as in forgǣġan (“to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit”), ofergǣġan (“to transgress”).
Cognate also with Old Frisian gēia (“to overstep, exceed”), Norwegian dialectal geige (“to sway back and forth”), Middle High German gīgen (“to play the violin”), Old English gǣnan (“to gape”). More at jig.
Senses: glosses: To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
glosses: To swing or see-saw.
Derived terms: geg in
geg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gegs
form: gaig
form: gay
Etymology: Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną (“to deviate, totter, transgress”), causative of *gīganą (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”); related to Old English *gǣġan (“to go, walk, pass by”), as in forgǣġan (“to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit”), ofergǣġan (“to transgress”).
Cognate also with Old Frisian gēia (“to overstep, exceed”), Norwegian dialectal geige (“to sway back and forth”), Middle High German gīgen (“to play the violin”), Old English gǣnan (“to gape”). More at jig.
Senses: glosses: A rut in a path.
glosses: A swing or see-saw.
quantronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantroniums
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A qubit composed of a Cooper pair
semelparity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 37,
"Unlike an Atlantic Salmon or most other species of vertebrate, a Pacific salmon breeds once and then dies. Scientists call the phenomenon semelparity."
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being semelparous
supersinglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersinglets
Etymology: From super- + singlet.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A system of multiple particles that has zero spin.
symmetrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symmetron
supersinglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersinglet
forthgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forthgoings
Etymology: From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.
Senses: examples: text: the forthgoing of one Divine personage
ref: a. 1847, Thomas Chalmers, Notes on Hill's Lectures in Divinity:
glosses: A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
forthgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forthgoing
form: most forthgoing
Etymology: From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.
Senses: glosses: Going out or forth; departing.
Related terms: forthgo
forthgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthgo
power walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: power walks
form: power walking
form: power walked
form: power walked
form: power-walk
Senses: glosses: To walk very fast, such as for exercise.
power-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: power-walks
form: power-walking
form: power-walked
form: power-walked
Senses: examples: text: Nhung Ngo had the shortest legs at Site-43. She was the shortest member of staff, two inches beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when Wettle-dodging, since the diminutive headshrink kept disappearing into commissaries or service corridors or even other people's offices and emerging, smiling, in front of her.
ref: 2022 September 22, HarryBlank, “Mind Over Matter”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
text: A pipe on the outside of a building had cracked, and staff had planted 10ft-tall sheets of lead into the ground around it to shield people from the radiation. It was perfectly safe, my guide assured me. We power-walked past nonetheless.
ref: 2022 December 15, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of power walk.
power walked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of power walk
power walks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of power walk
power walking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of power walk
power-walked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of power-walk
power-walks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of power-walk
power-walking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of power-walk
theologi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theologus
soft pedal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒf(t)ˌpɛdl̩/
ipa: /ˈsɔf(t)ˌpɛdəl/
ipa: /ˈsɑf(t)-/
Forms: form: soft pedals
Etymology: From soft (“of sound: quiet”) + pedal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: una corda pedal
coordinate_terms: sostenuto pedal
sustain pedal
glosses: The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played.
Derived terms: word: soft-pedal
soft pedals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft pedal
soft-pedals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soft-pedal
soft-pedaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soft-pedal
soft-pedalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soft-pedal
soft-pedaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soft-pedal
soft-pedalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soft-pedal
work release
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work releases
Senses: glosses: A program permitting a prisoner a leave of absence from prison to undertake normal employment.
goodwilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodwillies
form: goodwillie
form: guidwilly
form: guidwillie
Etymology: From goodwill + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian goudwillich, Dutch goedwillig, German gutwillig. More at goodwill.
Senses: glosses: A volunteer.
goodwilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more goodwilly
form: most goodwilly
form: goodwillie
form: guidwilly
form: guidwillie
Etymology: From goodwill + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian goudwillich, Dutch goedwillig, German gutwillig. More at goodwill.
Senses: glosses: Liberal; generous.
glosses: Cordial; friendly; cheering.
Related terms: goodwiller
guidwillie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guidwillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goodwilly.
buffalo jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo jumps
Senses: synonyms: piskun
glosses: A cliff over which buffalo were herded as a means of hunting them.
Derived terms: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
buffalo jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffalo jump
guidwilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guidwillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goodwilly.
goodwillie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodwillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goodwilly.
goodwillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodwilly
ACOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ACODs
form: ACOD
Senses: glosses: Initialism of adult child of divorce.
Related terms: AKOD
peripheral brains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peripheral brain
peripheral devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peripheral device
empanadilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empanadillas
Etymology: From Spanish empanadilla, diminutive of empanada, past participle of empanar (“to wrap in bread”).
Senses: glosses: A small empanada.
olfactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more olfactic
form: most olfactic
Etymology: Noun of action from Latin olfacere (“to smell (trans.)”), from olere (“to emit a smell”) (see odor) + facere (“to make”) (see factitious).
Senses: glosses: Referring to the olfactory senses or the sense of smell.
Hells Angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hells Angels
Senses: glosses: A member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
HAMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
poustie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːsti/
ipa: /ˈpaʊsti/
Etymology: From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.
Senses: examples: text: ‘A, good knyght,’ seyde he, ‘thou arte a foole; for that jantillwoman was the mayster fyende of helle, which hath pouste over all other devyllis[…].’
ref: 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV:
text: 2020 Department of Health (NI), An Roinn Sláinte, Männystrie O Poustie
glosses: Power, authority, strength, health.
hatchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatchmen
Etymology: From hatch + -man.
Senses: glosses: A prison guard charged with checking on the prisoner by looking through the hatch.
lazar house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazar houses
form: lazar-house
form: lazarhouse
Etymology: From lazar + house.
Senses: examples: text: 15th c., William of Worcester, “The Rolle of Sencte Bartholemeweis Priorie” cited in William Barrett, The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, 1789, p. 429,
These bee alle the bookes ynne the ache Camberre & of the reste of the Lazar house bee cellis & beddis for the Lazars, beeynge manie in number […]
text: […] Immediately a place
Before his eyes appeard, sad, noysom, dark,
A Lazar-house it seemd, wherein were laid
Numbers of all diseas’d, all maladies
Of gastly Spasm, or racking torture, qualmes
Of heart-sick Agonie, all feavorous kinds […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 477-482:
text: 1965, Richard Howard (translator), Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault (1961), New York: Random House, Chapter 1, “Stultifera Navis”,
The lazar house of Nancy, which was among the largest in Europe, had only four inmates during the regency of Marie de Médicis.
glosses: Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
synonyms: word: leprosery
extra: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society
examples: text: A portion of the Infirmary of the town was added to that already set apart for a fever-ward; the smitten were carried thither at once, whenever it was possible, in order to prevent the spread of infection; and on that lazar-house was concentrated all the medical skill and force of the place.
ref: 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 33, in Ruth:
glosses: A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases.
Related terms: lazaret
lazaretto
Couch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.
cardmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From card + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
censorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of censoring
trunci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncus
Iblis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ibˈliːs/
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: Iblees
form: Eblis
Etymology: From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b l s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Senses: examples: text: beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold their infernal empire.
ref: 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:
text: I do believe that Eblis hath
A snare in ev’ry human path —
ref: 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Satan; the Devil.
Synonyms: Satan
whackos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whacko
nonadipose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + adipose.
Senses: glosses: Not adipose.
nonvesicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vesicular.
Senses: glosses: Not vesicular.
Synonyms: avesicular
nonresealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resealable.
Senses: glosses: Not resealable.
nonreleasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + releasable.
Senses: glosses: Not releasable.
nonformalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + formalizable.
Senses: glosses: Not formalizable.
ubicomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: The visions of ubicomp are compelling, and from Weiser's perspective they are very human-centered.
ref: 2004, Wolfgang Heidrich, Ravin Balakrishnan, Graphics Interface 2004: proceedings: London, Ontario, 17-19 May 2004, page 275:
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of ubiquitous computing.
formalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From formalize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being formalized.
Derived terms: nonformalizable
unformalizable
talkboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talkboard
unformalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + formalizable.
Senses: glosses: Not formalizable.
clonuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clonus
nonclonotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clonotypic.
Senses: glosses: Not clonotypic.
noncloned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cloned.
Senses: glosses: Not having been cloned.
NTBCW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Stamps aren't worth much with holes in them, but I think they've even stopped using hinges (NTBCW henges) these days.
ref: 2008, Adam Funk, “Bear, a Magdalenian test case”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of not to be confused with.
snowballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowballers
Etymology: From snowball + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who makes or throws snowballs.
snowballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowballer
fewscore
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Etymology: From few + score.
Senses: examples: text: Cathedral close, lawn green as a race-horse run,
Along the foot of the buttresses,
A fewscore unregulated graves.
ref: 1967, Denis Devlin, Brian Coffey, The Heavenly Foreigner, page 19:
glosses: A few score: on the order of a small multiple of twenty.
postorgasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From post- + orgasmic.
Senses: glosses: After an orgasm
Derived terms: postorgasmic illness syndrome
Schwarzenberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany.
mispaint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mispaints
form: mispainting
form: mispainted
form: mispainted
Etymology: From mis- + paint.
Senses: glosses: To paint incorrectly; paint falsely or in wrong colours.
mispainted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mispaint
mispaints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mispaint
mispainting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mispaint
autorecognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔtoʊɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌɔːtəʊɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Etymology: From auto- + recognition.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Recognition of oneself or itself.
radioiodines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioiodine
thatcht
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: thatch + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thatch
binationals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binational
unsatisfiedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsatisfied + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unsatisfied.
dissatisfiedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dissatisfied + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dissatisfied.
dissatisfyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dissatisfyingly
form: most dissatisfyingly
Etymology: From dissatisfying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dissatisfying manner.
dissaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dissave
dissaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dissave
dissaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dissave
dissectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dissect + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dissectable.
dissatisfyingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dissatisfying + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dissatisfying.
dissaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissavers
Etymology: From dissave + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who dissaves (spends more than is earned).
dissavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissaver
butanedicarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: adipic acid
no-goodnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-goodniks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nogoodnik.
no-goodniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-goodnik
extracoital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkstɹəˈkɔɪtəl/
Etymology: From extra- + coital.
Senses: examples: text: an extracoital sexual act
glosses: Outside of coitus.
Freecyclers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Freecycler
nondictatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dictatorial.
Senses: glosses: Not dictatorial.
topsy-turvier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of topsy-turvy: more topsy-turvy
topsy-turviest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of topsy-turvy: most topsy-turvy
spindliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spindly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being spindly.
spunkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spunky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being spunky.
unendearingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unendearingly
form: most unendearingly
Etymology: From unendearing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unendearing manner.
endearingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endearing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being endearing.
unendearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unendearing
form: most unendearing
Etymology: From un- + endearing.
Senses: glosses: Not endearing.
Whore of Babylon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Revelation 17:1–18
Senses: examples: text: You were the father of modern medicine / I was Mr. Clean / You were the Whore and the Beast of Babylon, / I was Rin Tin Tin
ref: 1974, Leonard Cohen, “Is This What You Wanted”, in New Skin for the Old Ceremony:
glosses: A Christian allegorical figure of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible, whose apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place at the hands of a beast with seven heads and ten horns.
Synonyms: Babylon the Great
Boris bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒɹɪs ˈbaɪk/
Forms: form: Boris bikes
Etymology: After former Mayor of London Boris Johnson, associated with the launch of the hire scheme.
Senses: examples: text: Alan Waller, a sustainability analyst, says he is happy to be followed to the gym, provided the bikes are not referred to as "Boris bikes". "The scheme was secured under Ken Livingstone," he says. "Boris took all the credit. I try not to call them Boris bikes."
ref: [2014 July 26, Paula Cocozza, “A day in the life of a London Boris bike”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: London’s blue “Boris bikes” are to be painted red under a seven-year sponsorship deal with Santander worth around £7m a year, it has been announced.
ref: 2015 February 27, Gwyn Topham, “‘Boris bikes’ to be painted red under Santander deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A bicycle offered for hire in London, England as part of a bike-share scheme launched in 2010.
wikipedia: Boris Johnson
Related terms: Boris bus
newsgrouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsgroupers
Etymology: From newsgroup + -er.
Senses: synonyms: newsgroupie
Usenetter
glosses: A user of Internet newsgroups.
newsgroupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsgrouper
horsepowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsepower
Maughamesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maughamesque
form: most Maughamesque
Etymology: From Maugham + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright and novelist.
Maughamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maughamian
form: most Maughamian
Etymology: From Maugham + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright and novelist.
neuroborreliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + borreliosis.
Senses: glosses: A disorder of the central nervous system caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
Derived terms: Lyme neuroborreliosis
unsatirised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + satirised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unsatirized.
unaroused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unaroused
form: most unaroused
Etymology: From un- + aroused.
Senses: examples: text: While she accused him, as long as there was anger in her voice, he felt usefully unaroused.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 376:
synonyms: word: indifferent
word: unconcerned
word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
glosses: Not aroused.
unarousing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unarousing
form: most unarousing
Etymology: From un- + arousing.
Senses: glosses: Not arousing.
industrial music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The style was introduced by the record label Industrial Records (formed in 1976).
Senses: examples: text: One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.
ref: 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38:
glosses: A noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.
wikipedia: Industrial Records
Related terms: postindustrial
handlable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of handleable.
moonfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moonfaced
form: most moonfaced
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
shaytan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaytans
form: shayatin
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shaitan.
shaytans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaytan
Shannonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shannonian
form: most Shannonian
Etymology: From Shannon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.
skelps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skelp
skelping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skelp
skelping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skelping
form: most skelping
Senses: glosses: large; whopping
skelping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skelpings
Senses: examples: text: The word was old Scots for a good spanking, particularly in relation to the punishment of a miscreant child, and the Scots, after centuries of skelpings at the hands of the English themselves, absolutely loved it.
ref: 2011, Kate McGregor, No Pretender: The Tale of a Modern Day Hero, page 35:
text: Jonty's instinctive awestruck expression had been curtailed by repeated skelpings across the head by his father, Henry.
ref: 2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, page 53:
glosses: A beating or slapping.
skelped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skelp
mycoplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From mycoplasma + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
Derived terms: antimycoplasmic
mycoplasmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycoplasma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
Derived terms: antimycoplasmal
noncatenative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + catenative.
Senses: glosses: Not catenative.
newgroup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: newgroups
form: newgrouping
form: newgrouped
form: newgrouped
Etymology: From new + group.
Senses: examples: text: If the group passes, it will be newgrouped after five days. If the group fails, it can't be voted on again for six months.
ref: 1998, Carla G. Surratt, Netlife: Internet citizens and their communities, page 75:
ref: 2000, Harlock, “I'm newgrouping alt.binaries.tv.millennium today!”, in alt.config (Usenet):
antonyms: rmgroup
glosses: To create (a newsgroup on Usenet) by sending a special control message.
newgroups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of newgroup
newgrouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of newgroup
newgrouped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of newgroup
nonpsychosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + psychosexual.
Senses: glosses: Not psychosexual.
lounge music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A style of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s, intended to evoke in the listener the feeling of being in some other place (an island paradise, outer space, etc.).
slushie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slushies
Etymology: From slush + -ie.
Senses: synonyms: Slurpee
slush
slushee
slush puppy
Slush Puppie
slushy
glosses: A flavored frozen drink made with ice crystals.
glosses: Alternative spelling of slushy (“a kitchen helper; a ship's cook”).
Derived terms: slusharita
Related terms: Italian ice
shaved ice
shave ice
slush
water ice
slushies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slushie
glosses: plural of slushy
dreshel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dreshels
Senses: examples: text: This gurt pig zays, I wants meat;
T'other one zays, Where'll ye hay et?
This one zays, In gramfer's barn;
T'other one zays, Week! Week! I can't get over the dreshel.
ref: 1923, Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages:
glosses: Alternative form of threshel.
dreshels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dreshel
drinkathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinkathons
Etymology: From drink + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: The Weary Traveler has a messy Sunday night barbecue/drinkathon that attracts folks staying at the beach.
ref: 2004, Robert Reid, Central America on a shoestring, page 52:
glosses: A prolonged session of drinking alcohol.
drinkathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drinkathon
murderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more murderable
form: most murderable
Etymology: From murder + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And a man who is murderable is a man who in a profound if hidden lust desires to be murdered.
ref: 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in love:
glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being murdered.
Derived terms: unmurderable
unableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unable.
Synonyms: inability
maximinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maximin
maximinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maximin
maximined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maximin
maximining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maximin
minimisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimiser
Burgundies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Burgundy
Chambertin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chambertins
Senses: examples: text: “Roast duck and Chambertin,” the man was saying. “And perhaps a souffle aux marrons, light and frothy.”
ref: 1952, Roald Dahl, “Skin”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: A grand cru Burgundy wine from part of Gevrey-Chambertin, France.
Related terms: Gevrey-Chambertin
Chambers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/
Forms: form: Chamberses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A township in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
glosses: A township and village therein, in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
glosses: Ellipsis of Chambers County.
Derived terms: Chambersburg
Chambers County
Chambersian
Chambers Township
Lankershim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former settlement in Madera County, California, United States.
glosses: A surname.
ultramoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramoist
form: most ultramoist
Etymology: From ultra- + moist.
Senses: examples: text: This ultramoist yet rocky drainage has been known for years as the richest fern paradise in the Pacific Northwest.
ref: 2004, Art Kruckeberg, Karen Sykes, Ira Spring, Craig Romano, Best Wildflower Hikes Washington, page 109:
text: Main courses include the ultramoist roast pork (perfect with a squeeze of lime) and camarones al ajillo, shrimp in spicy garlic sauce.
ref: 2005, Brian Silverman, Frommer's New York City from $90 a Day, page 144:
text: This orgasm lasted longer than the one before. B's ultramoist succulent lips made my stomach rise.
ref: 2009, Mary B. Morrison, Sweeter Than Honey, page 52:
glosses: Very moist.
well liquor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well liquors
Senses: glosses: An inexpensive liquor served at a bar etc. when the customer does not specify a brand.
Coordinate terms: call liquor
well liquors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well liquor
guardswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardswomen
Etymology: From guard + -s- + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who guards something.
glosses: A female member of the Guards.
guardswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guardswoman
orchidologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchidologists
Etymology: From orchido- + -logist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies orchids.
Related terms: orchidology