cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cold chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold chains
Senses: topics: business
commerce
glosses: A supply chain which is temperature-controlled, important for the supply of certain foods or pharmaceuticals.
Related terms: cold storage
refrigeration
freezers
capturability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From capture + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being capturable.
featheredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From feathered + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But it happened that they had not yet reached that state of featheredness which he considered desirable; and having nothing else to do, he sat down under the tree to watch the old ones bringing them the fattest worms, and freshest bugs, and other delicacies of the season.
ref: 1871, Sarah des Brisay, Jack the Fly-Killer:
glosses: The quality of being feathered; presence of feathers.
inculpability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + culpability.
Senses: glosses: Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
antilottery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilottery
form: most antilottery
Etymology: From anti- + lottery.
Senses: examples: text: The plan eschewed traditional antilottery arguments as being politically ineffective. “A message centered around the lottery's injustice to the poor does not resonate with the voters,” the plan said.
ref: 2007, Michael Nelson, John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, page 149:
glosses: Opposing lotteries.
cane rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cane rats
Senses: glosses: A large rodent of the genus Thryonomys, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Synonyms: grasscutter
edgebandings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edgebanding
grasscutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasscutters
Etymology: From grass + cutter.
Senses: glosses: The cane rat.
topics: ball-games
baseball
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
synonyms: word: worm burner
extra: a hard-hit ground ball
grasscutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasscutters
Etymology: Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)
Senses: glosses: A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
stubless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stub + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a stub.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Into which no deposit has ever been made.
raw_tags: of an account
grasscutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasscutter
unsubmittable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsubmittable
form: most unsubmittable
Etymology: From un- + submittable.
Senses: examples: text: I considered the manuscript completely unsubmittable. It was not full enough to be offered to the trade, and also too dated, having been written in 1932.
ref: 1987, Alex Jackinson, The Romance of Publishing, page 54:
glosses: Unsuitable for submission; not good enough to be submitted.
examples: text: Amount of unsubmittable work is the average amount of work that could not be submitted due to the unavailability of the system.
ref: 1983, IEEE Computer Society, Total Systems Reliability Symposium:
glosses: Impossible to submit.
untamped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tamped.
Senses: examples: text: A charge of 200 pounds of gunpowder, in bags merely laid at the foot of the stockade, untamped, was first exploded.
ref: 1871, Charles Robert Cross, William Ripley Nichols, John Trowbridge, editors, Year-book of facts in science and art, page 97:
glosses: Not having been tamped.
subschema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subschemas
form: subschemata
Etymology: From sub- + schema.
Senses: glosses: A schema making up part of a larger schema.
subschemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subschema
subschemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subschema
superschema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superschemas
form: superschemata
Etymology: From super- + schema.
Senses: glosses: The schema that contains a given subschema.
superschemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superschema
superschemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superschema
Gary Glitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gary Glitter
concubinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnkjʊbɪˈnɛəɹiən/
/ˌkɒnkjəbɪˈnɛəɹiən/
Senses: examples: text: concubinarian priests
text: concubinarian union
text: The number is sufficiently appalling: probably it comprehends, without much distinction, the married and concubinarian, as well as looser Clergy.
ref: 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
glosses: concubinary; living in, or relating to, a sexual relationship outside of marriage
concubinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnkjʊbɪˈnɛəɹiən/
/ˌkɒnkjəbɪˈnɛəɹiən/
Forms: form: concubinarians
Senses: glosses: Someone who takes a concubine.
concubinarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concubinarian
wood-sere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood-seer
Etymology: wood, sere. So called because winter is when there is no sap in the tree
Senses: examples: text: From Maie til October leaue cropping, for why?
in wood sere, whatsoeuer thou croppest wil dy
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: The winter.
refragable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.fɹə.ɡə.bəl/
Forms: form: more refragable
form: most refragable
Etymology: Latin refragabilis, from Latin refragari (“to oppose”).
Senses: antonyms: irrefragable
glosses: Capable of being refuted; refutable.
extancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extancy
extancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstənsi/
Forms: form: extancies
Etymology: From Latin extantia, exstantia.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Iſland, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Maſts.
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “Title IX. Experiments in Consort, Touching the Bubbles from which the Levity of Ice is Supposed to Proceed.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 1, page 95:
text: Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.
ref: 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Instructions How to Collect, and Procure such Medals as are Antique, and Rare; and to Distinguish the True from the False, for the Prevention of Frauds and Impostures”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], →OCLC, page 201:
glosses: The state of rising above others; a projection.
extancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstənsi/
Etymology: From extant + -cy; ultimately the same formation as Etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: The state of being extant; existence.
bluff catcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluff catchers
Senses: examples: text: On such a coordinated board, queens are basically a bluff catcher.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A hand which can beat a bluff but not any hand better than a bluff.
guacharo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guacharos
form: guacharoes
Etymology: Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”).
Senses: glosses: the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis)
guacharoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guacharo
bluff catchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluff catcher
guacharos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guacharo
contignation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: contignations
Etymology: From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“I join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”).
Senses: examples: text: They were easily led to consider the flames that were consuming France, not as a warning to protect their own buildings (which were without any party wall, and linked by a contignation into the edifice of France,) but as an happy occasion […]
ref: 1796, Edmund Burke, letter on the genius and character of the French Revolution as it regards other nations:
glosses: The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.
examples: text: [W]hen vvee ſpeake of the Intercolumniation or diſtance, vvhich is due to each Order, vve meane in a Dorique, Ionicall, Corinthian Porch, or Cloiſter, or the like of one Contignation, and not in Storied buildings.
ref: 1624, Henry Wotton, “The Seate, and the Worke”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, I. part, pages 39–40:
topics: architecture
glosses: A framework or fabric, such as of beams.
contignations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contignation
attemperment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From attemper + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of attemperament.
tous-les-mois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French tous les mois (“all the months, i.e. every month”). The tubers of the plant are edible throughout the year.
Senses: examples: text: The East India arrowroot was considered the best; and the French West India arrowroot not so good. The East India arrowroot had the finest grains; the second finest were those from the potato; and third the tous les mois or French West India arrowroot; […]
ref: 1845, Edwin Lankester, “Lecture II. Starch—Potato—Arrow-root—Tapioca—Protein—Wheat—Maize—Rice.”, in Report of Lectures on the Natural History of Plants Yielding Food; […], London: John Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 16:
synonyms: tous-les-mois starch
glosses: A kind of starch with large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot or used for adulterating cocoa, made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis.
starnose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starnoses
Etymology: From star + nose.
Senses: glosses: star-nosed mole
starnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starnose
hairytail mole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairytail moles
form: hairy-tailed mole
Senses: glosses: Parascalops breweri, a medium-sized North American mole.
hairytail moles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairytail mole
unspurred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + spurred.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Lacking spurs.
glosses: Not wearing spurs.
glosses: Not spurred on or incited.
court plaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court plasters
form: court-plaster
Etymology: Originally applied as patches on the face by ladies at court.
Senses: examples: text: "And so you actually put this piece of court plaister by for his sake!" said Emma, recovering from her state of shame and feeling divided between wonder and amusement.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 52–53:
glosses: A sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerine.
court plasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court plaster
sowce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sowces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of souse.
sowce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sowces
form: sowcing
form: sowced
form: sowced
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of souse.
sowces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sowce
sowcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sowce
sowced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sowce
smokeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smoke + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smokability.
smokability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokeability
Etymology: From smoke + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: But a junion counsel for the crown, retained probably merely to give encouragement to a novice, thinking he had discovered an opportunity to display his abilities in the manner they deserved, or moved, perhaps, with a waggish though ill-timed desire to smoke the talkative old gentleman, whose smokability had appeared so plainly in the coure of his harangue, now undertook to cross-question the elevated common-councilman on the veracity of his statements.
ref: 1829, Robert Pearse Gillies, “The T-Man”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, page 213:
text: For example, certain pharmacologic properties — such as rapid onset and short duration of action, high potency, water solubility, injectibility, and smokability — render some medications intrinsically more abusable than others.
ref: 2007, Thomas R. Fulda, Albert I. Wertheimer, Handbook of pharmaceutical public policy, page 503:
text: The driver was some distance away, leaning on his rickshaw and smoking a cigarette that looked like a dried tobacco leaf that had been rolled up to allow for easy smokability.
ref: 2011, Zubin J. Shroff, Weather Report, page 183:
glosses: The quality of being smokable.
injectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injectibility
Etymology: From inject + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being injectable.
Derived terms: uninjectability
injectibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, certain pharmacologic properties — such as rapid onset and short duration of action, high potency, water solubility, injectibility, and smokability — render some medications intrinsically more abusable than others.
ref: 2007, Thomas R. Fulda, Albert I. Wertheimer, Handbook of pharmaceutical public policy, page 503:
glosses: Alternative form of injectability.
injectates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injectate
diapnoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diapnoic
form: most diapnoic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Slightly increasing perspiration; mildly diaphoretic.
diapnoic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapnoics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A mild diaphoretic.
tything
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tythings
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tithing.
tythings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tything
stylaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylasters
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.
stylasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stylaster
protension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtɛnʃən/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈtɛnʃən/
homophone: pretension
homophone: protention stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: protensions
Etymology: From Latin prōtēnsiō, from prōtendō (“draw out”).
Senses: examples: text: Time, Protension or protensive quantity, called likewise Duration, is a necessary condition of thought. It may be considered both in itself and in the things which it contains.
ref: 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:
glosses: A drawing out; extension; stretching; duration.
Related terms: protend
protensive
protensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protension
barillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barilla
pulverine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). Compare French pulvérin.
Senses: examples: text: Immersion in water would be apt to wash the nitre out of the pulverine ; but this result would be prevented if the match or priming mixture were liquefied or brought to the pasty consistence , not with water , but spirit varnish.
ref: 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:
glosses: ashes of barilla
purree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/
/ˈpʌɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पेवड़ी (pevṛī, “yellow chalk; a yellow dye”) or from the variant पियूड़ी (piyūṛī).
Senses: glosses: A substance used in making the pigment Indian yellow.
purree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/
/ˈpʌɹi/
Forms: form: purrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peri (“supernatural being in Persian and Indian folklore”).
purree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʊɹi/
/ˈpʌɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯔꯤ (pari)
Senses: glosses: A measure of land said to be equivalent to about 3 acres
sirenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sirenizes
form: sirenizing
form: sirenized
form: sirenized
Etymology: From siren + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To use enticement, like a siren; to spellbind or enchant.
sirenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sirenize
sirenizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sirenize
sirenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sirenize
wingfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingfishes
form: wingfish
Etymology: From wing + fish.
Senses: glosses: A sea robin with large, wing-like pectoral fins.
glosses: The spotted fanfish (Pteraclis velifera).
wingfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingfish
unshivered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shivered.
Senses: examples: text: But, Marc, I will not strike my colours while my lance is yet unshivered.
ref: 1836, Godey's Magazine: Volume 12, page 252:
text: Towards evening, by which time the ashes of the fire had been carried away on the ebb, they returned to the incombustible wreckage, to break up the iron stove and pans, and any crockery or glass unshivered by the heat[…]
ref: 1973, Brian Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, Gypsies of Britain: An Introduction to Their History, page 98:
glosses: Not shivered or broken to pieces; intact.
befouler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: befoulers
Etymology: From befoul + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who befouls.
befoulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of befouler
stave church
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stave churches
Senses: glosses: A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.
wikipedia: Borgund stave church
sweat pore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat pores
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The opening of a sweat gland to the surface of the skin.
angriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angrinesses
form: angryness
Etymology: From Middle English angrynes, angrinesse; equivalent to angry + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being angry; anger.
chigoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chigoe
pressurant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressurants
Senses: examples: The helium pressurant supplies the energy for the propellant transport from the tanks to the combustion chamber.
During tank pressurization under some circumstances, rapid mixing of relatively warm pressurant gas with cryogenic propellant can lead to rapid densification of the gas and loss of pressure in the tank.
glosses: A gas used to drive a fluid through a fluid system.
pressurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressurers
Etymology: From pressure + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which exerts pressure.
pressurons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressuron
Orders of Australia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Order of Australia
chicken coops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken coop
terminal leave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terminal leaves
Senses: glosses: Leave (vacation) from employment whose conclusion (end) coincides with the conclusion of the employment.
Synonyms: garden leave
gardening leave
terminal leaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terminal leave
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see terminal, leaf.
Paulician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paulicians
Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Παυλικιανός (Paulikianós), from Παῦλος (Paûlos) + -ικός (-ikós) + -ιανός (-ianós), originally most likely in reference to Paul the Apostle, who was held in special esteem by the group. Byzantine heresiologists conventionally traced the term to Paul of Samosata, however, and a link to a Paulician figure known as Paul the Armenian has also been proposed.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Paulicianism.
wikipedia: Paul of Samosata
Paul the Apostle
Synonyms: Acephalite
Paulicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paulician
Paulicianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Paulician + -ism; see Paulician for more.
Senses: glosses: A Christian sect and militarized revolt movement that flourished between 650 and 872 in Armenia and the Eastern Themes of the Byzantine Empire.
crampet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crampets
form: crampette
form: crampit
Etymology: From cramp + -et?
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
glosses: One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A hack (metal plate for a curler to stand on when delivering the stones).
crampets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crampet
cowish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cous
Senses: glosses: An umbelliferous plant (Lomatium cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon, USA.
cowish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cowish
form: most cowish
Etymology: From cow + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It is the cowish terror of his spirit, / That dares not undertake.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: fearful; cowardly
glosses: Similar to a cow; cowlike
subweb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subwebs
Etymology: From sub- + web.
Senses: glosses: A web making up part of a larger web.
glosses: A web making up part of a larger web.
A subsection of a web site.
Hypernyms: web
subwebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subweb
lumberingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lumberingly
form: most lumberingly
Etymology: From lumbering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With heavy, clumsy movements.
cosmothetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement, arrangement”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The cosmothetic idealists […] deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter.
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: cosmothetical
glosses: Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.
garrupa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garrupas
Etymology: Possibly from Portuguese garupa (“crupper”) or Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare grouper.
Senses: glosses: One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastes; a rockfish.
garrupas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garrupa
catch-meadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catch-meadows
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: An irrigation system in which a meadow receives water from a spring or stream on the side of a hill.
catch-meadows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch-meadow
steerling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steerlings
Etymology: From steer + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A young or small steer (cattle).
steerlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steerling
deepity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deepities
Etymology: From deep + -ity, the word was created by Miriam Weizenbaum and given a precise definition by Daniel Dennett.
Senses: examples: text: And yet, no clearer example of a deepity will you find than the assertion that math is an instinct.
ref: 2009 November 27, Chris Schoen, “Deepity Structure”, in Underverse, retrieved 31 May 2012:
glosses: A superficial equivocation which only seems to be profound.
wikipedia: Daniel Dennett
Related terms: banality
bromide
inanity
platitude
shibboleth
dabigatran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈbɪɡ.əˌtɹæn/
ipa: /ˌdæb.ɪˈɡæˌtɹæn/
Etymology: From dabi- (of unknown origin) + -gatran (“thrombin inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A direct thrombin inhibitor used as an oral anticoagulant for atrial fibrillation and other clinical conditions.
Derived terms: dabigatran etexilate
deepities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deepity
industrial property
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: industrial properties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Intellectual property as used in commerce and industry, particularly patents and trademarks, as distinguished in some European legal systems from intellectual property as used in the arts.
alfredo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfredos
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative spelling of Alfredo.
small l liberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small l liberal (alternative spelling of small-l liberals).
femifascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɛmɪˈfæʃɪst/
enpr: fĕm'ĭ-făshʹĭst
rhymes: -æʃɪst
Forms: form: femifascists
Etymology: Blend of feminist + fascist, perhaps coined as an alternative to feminazi to avoid the genocidal connotations of Nazi.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:femifascist.
synonyms: fembitch
femcunt
feminazi
glosses: A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views.
Related terms: femifascism
femifascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femifascist
city break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city breaks
Senses: examples: text: In North America, as in the UK, hen parties have evolved to incorporate variants of the alcoholic and behavioural excess traditionally associated with stag parties. Together they have become a significant part of the weekend or city-break segment of the tourism and travel industry.
ref: 2012 November 12, Marion Roberts, Adam Eldridge, Planning the Night-time City, Routledge, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Prague is one of the most popular European city break destinations, with a highly developed tourist industry and a large expat population who, if nothing else, help to boost the city's nightlife.
ref: 2014 April 1, Jacy Meyer, Pocket Rough Guide Prague, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN:
text: Promoting Dublin as a city break destination is also a key element of the marketing plans for the city. A “city break” destination is commonly understood as a short trip to a single city with no overnight stays anywhere else for the duration of the holiday.
ref: 2016 September 1, Linda L. Lowry, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
text: I'm trying to encourage them to plan a holiday. Not just a city break with museums and stuff, but something epic.
ref: 2020 August 4, Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul, Melville House, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: A trip to a city taken for pleasure, typically a relatively short holiday in a distant or foreign city with no travel outside that city.
Related terms: pied-à-terre
clansperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: Klansperson
Forms: form: clanspersons
form: clanspeople
Etymology: From clan + -s- + person.
Senses: glosses: A member of a clan.
clanswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: Klanswoman
Forms: form: clanswomen
Etymology: From clan + -s- + woman.
Senses: glosses: a female member of a clan.
Coordinate terms: clansman
Zionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Zionizes
form: Zionizing
form: Zionized
form: Zionized
form: Zionise
Etymology: From Zion + -ize.
Senses: glosses: to make (something) Zionist or more Zionist
glosses: to make (something) Zion-like
Coordinate terms: Zionization
Zionism
Zionizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zionize
Zionizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Zionize
Zionized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of Zionize
dedupe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdjuːp/
ipa: /-ˈdʒuːp/
ipa: /diˈdup/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dedupes
form: deduping
form: deduped
form: deduped
form: de-dupe
Etymology: From de- + dupe.
Senses: examples: text: When I deduped my music database, it shrank by more than half!
glosses: To deduplicate.
Derived terms: deduper
dedupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈdjuːp/
ipa: /-ˈdʒuːp/
ipa: /diˈdup/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: dedupes
form: de-dupe
Etymology: From de- + dupe.
Senses: examples: text: After that dedupe, my music database took half as much space.
glosses: A deduplication.
deduping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dedupe
dedupes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dedupe
deduped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dedupe
lit de justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lits de justice
Etymology: From French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts. Compare earlier bed of justice.
Senses: examples: text: They would then be officially registered by edicts of the King in that special process, the lit de justice (which could also be used to enforce edicts that the Parlement resisted).
ref: 2001, Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette:
text: The Parlement's remonstrances were not effective, and the Six Acts were enforced by a lit de justice in March 1776.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 300:
text: This, however, is only a hypothesis which leaves out of account the special circumstances that led to the lit de justice of 24 July.
ref: 2015, Robert J Knecht, Francis I and Sixteenth-Century France, Routledge:
text: A decision of a lit de justice could only be stamped by the Parliament.
ref: 2024, Mehmet Baha Karan, A History of Banks, Springer, page 147:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
lits de justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lit de justice
tops-and-bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis said her tops-and-bottoms were gilt.
ref: c. 1843, Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Egg:
glosses: Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in half, and browned in an oven. In 19th century Britain they were used as food for children.
halsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of halse
halsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of halse
haulse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: haulses
form: haulsing
form: haulsed
form: haulsed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of halse.
haulsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haulse
haulses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haulse
haulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haulse
bed of justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beds of justice
Etymology: Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts.
Senses: examples: text: when [...] he himself announced that the king would hold a Bed of Justice to compel the instant registration of the necessary edicts, the Parliament became more exasperated than ever.
ref: 1866, Charles Duke Yonge, The History of France under the Bourbons, pages 43–4:
text: D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’
ref: 1949, Rafael Sabatini, The Gamester, Stratus Books 2001, p. 137
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
beds of justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed of justice
gurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənz/
/ˈɡɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnz/
Forms: form: grudgeons
form: grudgins
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Middle French grugeon (“sugar lump”), from grugier (“to laugh”).
Senses: examples: text: The raueled cheat therfore is generallie ſo made that out of one buſhell of meale, after two and twentie pounds of bran be ſifted and taken from it (wherevnto they ad the gurgeons that riſe from the manchet) they make thirtie cast, euerie lofe weighing eightéene ounces into the ouen and ſixteene ounces out[…]
ref: 1587, Raphaell Holinshed, Iohn Hooker, “Of the food and diet of the Engliſh”, in The firſt and ſecond volumes of Chronicles […] , volume I, London: Henry Denham, page 169:
text: You that can deal with Gudgins^([sic]), and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means[…]
ref: 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, page 12, column 1:
text: Where by the way note, that loaves made of pure Wheaten Meal require both more Leaven and more labouring, and more baking than either coarſe Cheat or than Bread Mingled of Meal and Grudgins.
ref: 1746, Thomas Moffett, Christopher Bennet, Health's Improvement […] , London: T. Oſborne, page 339:
glosses: A coarse bran flour.
unked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɛd/
Forms: form: more unked
form: most unked
Etymology: From Middle English unked, past participle of unkythen, equivalent to un- + ked (an old past participle form of kithe).
Senses: examples: text: On Tuesday afternoon Molly returned home, to the home which was already strange, and what Warwickshire people would call 'unked,' to her. New paint, new paper, new colours; grim servants dressed in their best, and objecting to every change
ref: 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:
text: Forsooth he misdoubted him that the bow was somewhat unked, and that the lad had had some new dealings with the Dwarf-kin or other strange wights.
ref: 1898, William Morris, The Sundering Flood, p. 41:
glosses: odd; strange
examples: text: And there the little stalk of each, which might have been a pear, God willing, had a ring around its base, and sought a chance to drop and die. The others which had not opened comb, but only prepared to do it, were a little better off, but still very brown and unked, and shrivelling in doubt of health, and neither peart nor lusty.
ref: 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Chapter 17:
glosses: ugly
glosses: uncouth
examples: March 21, 1790, William Cowper, letter to Mrs. Throckmorton
Weston is sadly unked without you.
glosses: lonely; dreary
Related terms: kithe
uncouth
souari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawarri
form: saouari
Etymology: From Kari'na sawari, via Caribbean French saouari. Attested in English (as souwarrow or saoari) from the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: Among a variety of specimens, we collected some fine plants of the Tonquin bean, the Souwarrow nut, the wild orange, and a species of medlar.
ref: 1816, George Pinckard, Notes on the West Indies, page 189:
text: Souari nut, or butternut.—This nut, like the last, is a native of British Guiana, and is the fruit of the Caryocar nuciferum, a noble tree, growing a hundred feet high, having large, broad, trifoliate leaves, resembling those of our common horse-chestnut, but not quite as broad.
ref: 1896, Andrew Samuel Fuller, The Nut Culturalist, page 280:
glosses: Any tree of the genus Caryocar. They yield strong timber and some bear edible nuts.
patefaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patefactions
Etymology: From Latin patefactio, from patefacere (“to open”), from patere (“to lie open”) + facere (“to make”).
Senses: examples: text: Spirit of Manifestation or patefaction was like the gem of a wine is or the bud of a rase
ref: 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
text: All revelation is reduced to the patefaction of God in the series of His great redemptive acts, to the exclusion—entire or partial—of revelation by word, which is sometimes represented, indeed, as in the nature of the case impossible.
ref: 1896, Benjamin B. Warfield, “The Right of Systematic Theology”, in The Presbyterian and Reformed Review, page 422:
glosses: The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
Related terms: patefy
patefactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patefaction
perseverantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perseverantly
form: most perseverantly
Etymology: From Middle English perseverantly; equivalent to perseverant + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: perseveringly
glosses: With perseverance; persistently.
sportule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjuːl/
Forms: form: sportules
Etymology: From Latin sportula (“a little basket, a gift”), diminutive of sporta (“a basket”).
Senses: examples: text: Spill or Sportule for the same from the credulous Laity
ref: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
glosses: A charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula.
sportules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportule
contractualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contractual + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: the customary part of the ceremony in which the monarch was presented before the people in his regalia for popular acclaim was removed altogether for fear that it be interpreted as incipient contractualism.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 301:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political theory based on the idea of a social contract between a ruler and their subjects.
women's work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Work of inferior status, especially the collective housework tasks traditionally performed by females in a home.
Synonyms: word: scutwork
word: bitchwork
word: shitwork
Related terms: household arts
ropalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rhopalic.
invitationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more invitationally
form: most invitationally
Etymology: From invitational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: invitingly
cuebid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuebids
form: cue bid
form: cue-bid
Etymology: From cue + bid.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit.
cuebids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuebid
cryptoexotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptoexotic
calaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calaites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: turquoise.
calaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calaite
bass-relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass-reliefs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bas relief.
bass-reliefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass-relief
spur-royal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spur-royals
form: spur-rial
form: spur-ryal
Senses: glosses: A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.
spur-royals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spur-royal
chaud-medley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaud-mellé
Etymology: From French chaude mêlée (“hot affray”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chance-medley.
synonyms: word: chance-medley
metaplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaplays
Etymology: From meta- + play.
Senses: glosses: A play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious.
metaplays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaplay
scove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: Rich, pure tin ore.
scove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scoves
form: scoving
form: scoved
form: scoved
Senses: glosses: To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.
pontils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontil
pontee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontees
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of punty.
pontees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pontee
reposit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/
Forms: form: reposits
form: repositing
form: reposited
form: reposited
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.
Senses: glosses: To cause to rest or stay in a certain place
glosses: to lodge, as for safety or preservation
examples: text: Others reposit their young in holes.
ref: 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: deposit#Verb
depose#Verb
glosses: to place, put, deposit; to store.
Related terms: repository
reposit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.
reposited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reposit
repositing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reposit
reposits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reposit
habotai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habutae
form: habutai
form: habutaye
Etymology: From Japanese 羽二重 (habutae, literally “as soft as down”).
Senses: examples: text: They argued over whether it was silk taffeta or habotai.
ref: 2004, Monika Fagerholm, Translator Kathleen Tucker, The American Girl, Other Press, published 2009, page 61:
glosses: A lightweight fabric resembling silk.
pedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: pedial ganglion
text: pedial nerves
text: Pedial class
ref: 1848, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Mineralogy:
glosses: Relating to the foot; pedal.
nonresumptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resumptive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Not resumptive.
resumptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From resumptive + -ly.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a resumptive manner; in terms of, or by means of, resumption.
ay ay ay
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ay ay ay.
Senses: glosses: Used to express surprise or dismay.
cerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerite
didym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of didymium.
Mabo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Eddie Mabo (1936–1992), who began the case against the government. Compare Roe after the case of Roe v. Wade.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The High Court case Mabo v Queensland (No 2), which rejected the doctrine of terra nullius in favour of the common-law doctrine of aboriginal title.
wikipedia: Eddie Mabo
Roe v. Wade
collitigant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collitigant
form: most collitigant
Senses: glosses: disputing or wrangling
collitigant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collitigants
Senses: glosses: One who litigates or wrangles.
collitigants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collitigant
sourcrout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sauerkraut.
prejudicacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prejudicacy
prejudicacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prejudicacies
Senses: examples: text: not dazled with any affection, prejudicacy, or miſt of education, which preoccupate the mind
ref: 1634, Henry Blount, A Voyage into the Levant:
glosses: prejudice