cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
necessaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These exclamations continued till they were interrupted by the lady, who now proceeded to execute the commission given her by her brother, and gave orders for providing all necessaries for the child, appointing a very good room in the house for his nursery.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: Life is full of strange contrasts; and who that could have seen—weary, yet walking as fast as she could, for she had a long way to go; faint, for of late she had debarred herself common necessaries; cold, for the rain soon pierced her thin cloak—who would have believed that she was the brilliant actress who, not an hour since, was the gaze of every eye, while the whole house rang with applause?
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Poverty”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 274:
text: Mechanically he returned home, gathered together a few small necessaries and special treasures he was fond of, and put them in a satchel; acting with slow deliberation, moving about the room like a sleep-walker; listening ever with parted lips.
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: Necessary or indispensable items.
Synonyms: essentials
Related terms: necessities
Tutte matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tutte matrices
form: Tutte matrixes
Etymology: From the name of W. T. Tutte (1917-2002), British/Canadian mathematician, and matrix.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A matrix used to determine whether all of the edges of a graph can be traversed without visiting a vertex more than once.
wikipedia: W. T. Tutte
causeway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːz.weɪ/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: causeways
Etymology: From Middle English cawcewey, with the first element from Middle English cauce, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French caucee or Old French caucie, cauchie (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (compare modern French chaussée from Old French chaucie, itself from the same source), either from Latin calx, calcis (“limestone”), or alternatively from Latin calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). The second element corresponds to English way.
Senses: examples: text: 1836, Account of the Old Bridge at Stratford-le-Bow in Essex from Alfred Burges, Esq. addressed to Sir Henry Ellis https://archive.org/details/archaeologiaorm01londgoog
. . .the passage over the water of the Luye at Stratford atte Bowe, anciently used to be in a certain place which is called the Old Forde, which is distant from the place where the bridges and causeway now are nearly one mile, at which passage many persons passing over it at divers times were drowned, and in great danger, and when after so much danger came to the knowledge of Lady Matilda, Queen of England […]
text: Throughout the parish are ancient causeways paved with irregular slabs of local marble, and in some places the outline of the fossils of small snails can be seen in the stone. The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58:
glosses: A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
Derived terms: Causeway Bay
causewayed
causewaying
causewayman
Cribbs Causeway
Giant's Causeway
causeway
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːz.weɪ/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: causeways
form: causewaying
form: causewayed
form: causewayed
Etymology: From Middle English cawcewey, with the first element from Middle English cauce, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French caucee or Old French caucie, cauchie (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (compare modern French chaussée from Old French chaucie, itself from the same source), either from Latin calx, calcis (“limestone”), or alternatively from Latin calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). The second element corresponds to English way.
Senses: examples: text: In thus limiting his judgment, I understand that he has not pronounced any opinion in regard to the formation and causewaying of streets […]
ref: 1873, The Scottish Jurist, volume 45, Alexander Dennistoun and Others, Pursuers, v. John Thomson, Defender:
text: The Glasgow Town Council decided at their last meeting to causeway the following streets at the respective costs given […]
ref: 1878 December 13, The British Architect: A Journal of Architecture and the Accessory Arts, volume 10, number 24, page 235:
text: There had been a previous partial allocation, but the final allocation was made in 1875; and the whole sums payable by the owners of the streets for paving and causewaying them, as resolved upon by the Commissioners, have been duly paid.
ref: 1879, “The Kinning Park proprietors v. the police commissioners of Kinning Park.”, in The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 23, page 556:
glosses: To pave, to cobble.
black redstart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black redstarts
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird, Phoenicurus ochruros, from south and central Europe
sunburnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌn.bɝnt/
Forms: form: sunburned
Etymology: From Middle English sunne brente, equivalent to sun + burnt.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sunburn
sunburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/
ipa: /ˈsʌnˌbɜɹn/
rhymes: -ʌnbɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: sunburns
Etymology: From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).
Senses: glosses: A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
synonyms: sunscald
glosses: A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
examples: text: The neutral colours showed off her café au lait sunburn.
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 22, in Diamonds Are Forever:
glosses: Suntan.
Derived terms: Indian sunburn
Related terms: sunburnt
windburn
sunburn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/
ipa: /ˈsʌnˌbɜɹn/
rhymes: -ʌnbɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: sunburns
form: sunburning
form: sunburned
form: sunburned
form: sunburnt
form: sunburnt
Etymology: From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun + burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”).
Senses: examples: text: c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64,
I have brought
Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you
From sun-burning.
text: 1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199,
[…] there is a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em.
text: All foliage is necessary in Texas to keep the tomato fruit from sunburning.
ref: 2012, Greg Grant, Texas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, Minneapolis: Cool Springs Press, →ISBN, pages 148–149:
glosses: To receive a sunburn.
examples: text: My Aunt charg’d me not to pull off my Glove for fear of Sun-burning my hand.
ref: 1668, John Dryden, Sir Martin Mar-all, London: H. Herringman, act II, page 11:
text: As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds above the desert […]
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:
text: “Oh shoot, I’ve sunburned the top half of my boobs,” she said, frowning down her chest.
ref: 1989, Barbara Kingsolver, chapter 7, in The Bean Trees, New York: Harper and Row, page 95:
text: If you are serious about protecting your eyes, look into wearing goggles or alpine glasses that protect the sides of the eyes as well as the direct path of light into them. I once hiked up Mary’s Glacier wearing only a hat. That night after the hike I couldn’t sleep. I had sunburnt my eyes. It felt like hot pokers were being stuffed into my head. I could not open my eyes for four days.
ref: 1998, Kevin Ryan, The Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding, Masters Press, The McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
wide-awake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wide-awake
form: most wide-awake
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wide awake.
wide-awake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wide-awakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wideawake.
widemouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wide + mouthed.
Senses: glosses: Having a wide mouth.
glosses: Having the mouth opened wide.
widener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wideners
Etymology: From widen + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.
widgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widgeons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wigeon.
wielder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wielders
Etymology: From wield + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Giygas is no longer the wielder of Evil. He has become the embodiment of Evil itself... which he cannot control on his own.
ref: 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
glosses: A person who wields something, especially power
glosses: A manager
corsage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
ipa: /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/
Forms: form: corsages
Etymology: Borrowed from French corsage.
Senses: glosses: The size or shape of a person's body.
glosses: The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
examples: text: Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
ref: 2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes):
text: Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.
ref: 2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 82:
glosses: A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Related terms: nosegay
bouquet
posy
rabidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rabid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being rabid.
raciness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racinesses
Etymology: From racy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The substitution of “Memorial Day” for “Decoration Day” is a purist's and pedant's triumph, another successful assault on the beloved crudities and provincial racinesses so native to our thought and speech.
ref: 1938, Cornelius Weygandt, Philadelphia Folks: Ways and Institutions in and about the Quaker City, page 20:
glosses: The property of being racy.
racily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more racily
form: most racily
Etymology: From racy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a racy manner.
racially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more racially
form: most racially
Etymology: From racial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a racially aggravated attack
text: The ideal Mexican national is not racially equivalent to the Spaniard; Mexicans are racial hybrids, mestizos.
ref: 1997, Alfred Arteaga, Chicano Poetics: Heterotexts and Hybridities, page 172:
text: Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.
ref: 2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN:
glosses: Relating to race.
Derived terms: racially challenged
racially-profile
hate crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hate crimes
form: hate-crime
Senses: examples: text: I feel a hate crime coming on.
ref: 1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy, spoken by Banky Edwards (Jason Lee):
text: The later twentieth century saw the fortuitous simultaneous rise of two synergistic political and psychological sciences. The first: the revolutionary precept of the hate crime.
ref: 2002 Sean Pertwee as Father, Equilibrium, 24 minutes
qualifier: crime
glosses: A crime motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc., which may result in harsh punishments, the severity of which varies by statute and the nature of the crime.
Derived terms: word: hate-crime
Related terms: hate group
hate speech
harsher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of harsh: more harsh
retributivist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retributivist
form: most retributivist
Etymology: From retributive + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the philosophy of law of retributivism.
retributivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retributivists
Etymology: From retributive + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “Anyway, the husband is dead,” Fern said. “To hell with him.”
“Ooh, a retributivist among us,” Eamon said with a suggestive waggle of eyebrows.
ref: 2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 10:
glosses: A person who holds to retributivism.
retributivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retributive + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A philosophy of law, stating that criminals should be punished (retribution) for the harm they have caused.
Related terms: retributivist
harshest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of harsh: most harsh
foo dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foo dogs
form: Foo dog
form: fu dog
Etymology: Possibly a Western invention, from Mandarin 福 (fú, “good fortune”) + English dog. There is no similar word in Chinese itself that uses the word 福 (fú), but see English foo and Foo. Compare also Chinese 佛 (“Buddha”), pronounced fo or fu in some varieties.
Senses: examples: text: Passing to the central medallion, yet a new element confronts us in the Foo dogs, of which several are employed, somewhat crowded, and confused by reason of their coloring, which, nevertheless, is good and, so far as balance is concerned, well distributed.
ref: 1916 March 1, John Kimberly Mumford, “Chinese Rugs”, in The Mentor, volume 4, number 2:
text: In the revival of Buddhism during Tang times (618–907), all Buddhist temples were protected by a pair of these stone lions. Eventually Foo dogs became popular at the entryways of homes, gardens, and places of business. Traditionally the Foo dogs were somewhat austere, unpainted stone sculptures meant to frighten away evil spirits. Gradually they became more colorful, doglike, and somewhat playful.
ref: 2014, Shelia Hollihan-Elliot, Art and Architecture of China, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: foo lion
guardian lion
stone lion
komainu
glosses: A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.
glosses: A Pekingese dog.
CV ICU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cardiovascular intensive care unit.
rabbinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈbɪnɪk/
ipa: /ˌɹæˈbɪnɪk/
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From rabbi + -n- + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Yoni was hired as the shul's cantor, but he has a very rabbinic attitude.
synonyms: rabbinical
glosses: Relating to rabbis.
examples: text: Even though some modern Jews are less interested in rabbinic enactments than the traditions that have explicit roots in Biblical law, most still practice customs that would not exist without rabbinic innovation.
text: The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: Formulated or enacted by rabbis.
Derived terms: Rabbinic Hebrew
Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbinism
racketeering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racketeerings
Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
Senses: synonyms: racketry
glosses: The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
racketeering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of racketeer
radiantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more radiantly
form: most radiantly
Etymology: From radiant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is radiant; glowingly.
raceway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪsˌweɪ/
Forms: form: raceways
Etymology: From race + way.
Senses: glosses: A place where races are held; a racetrack.
glosses: An easily-accessible conduit or tray for organizing runs of data or power cabling.
glosses: The canal for the current that drives a water wheel.
ragweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæɡˌwid/
Forms: form: ragweeds
Etymology: From rag + weed. Compare Middle English ragwed (“butcher's broom”).
Senses: examples: text: Fig. 1.—Spiculated pollens of ragweeds (ambrosias) low in protein. […] In the cocklebur (Xanthium americanum) and the rough wild elder (Iva ciliata), the spicules are shorter, being 0.7 and 0.5 microns, and the reaction is proportionately less active than with the ragweeds (ambrosias). […] While the grass pollens have so light a coat that they are frequently crushed in the ordinary process of mounting, the ragweed (ambrosias) pollen grains resist pressure between two glass slides carried to the point of crushing the glass.
ref: 1916 September 16, W[illiam] Scheppegrell, “Direct and Indirect Hay-Fever: Preliminary Report of the Research Department of the American Hay-Fever-Prevention Association on the Etiology of Hay-Fever”, in George H[enry] Simmons, editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume LXVII, number 12, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Association, pages 862–863:
text: RAGWEED (Jeffogia Fingerolia) : The hayfever king, ragweed, brings tears to the eyes of grown men.
ref: 2009 January 29, “The Leafs' Garden of Weedin'”, in Toronto Star:
synonyms: ambrosia
glosses: A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.
glosses: A mock-cypress (Bassia scoparia).
Derived terms: common ragweed
great ragweed
come full circle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes full circle
form: coming full circle
form: came full circle
form: come full circle
Senses: glosses: To make a complete change or reform.
glosses: To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.
Derived terms: the wheel has come full circle
Related terms: full circle
everything old is new again
what goes around comes around
drapery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/
Forms: form: draperies
Etymology: From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.
Senses: glosses: Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
examples: text: The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 306:
glosses: A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
examples: text: He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
examples: text: people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery
ref: 1859, Thomas Macaulay, The Life of William Pitt:
glosses: Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
Derived terms: draperied
draperylike
Related terms: ale-drapery
apart from
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: At Esher we were getting out into bright sunshine, and apart from another foggy patch between Farnborough and Winchfield, we had a clear run from then on.
ref: 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
text: "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?" - Monty Python, Life of Brian
glosses: Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.
Synonyms: barring
excluding
save for
except
Kadiwéu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kadiweu
Senses: glosses: A Mataco-Guaicuru language spoken in Brazil.
Kadiweu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kadiwéu
Senses: glosses: A Mataco-Guaicuru language spoken in Brazil.
Kwanyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cuanhama
form: Kuanyama
form: Kwanjama
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language spoken in Angola and Namibia.
Synonyms: Humba
Kwancama
Ochikwanyama
Oshikwanyama
Ovambo
Oxikuanyama
Lak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lak Lak. More at Laks.
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group who live primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.
Lak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lak Lak. More at Laks.
Senses: glosses: A North Caucasian language spoken by the Lak people. It is written with a Cyrillic alphabet.
Synonyms: Kazikumukhtsy
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Lak terms
billows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billow
billows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of billow
Apalaí
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Apalay
form: Aparai
Senses: glosses: A Carib language spoken in twenty villages of Pará, Brazil.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Apalaí terms
apy ⁠
Nheengatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neengatu
form: Nhengatu
form: Nyengato
form: Nyengatú
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ
Língua Geral Amazônica nhe'eng
Proto-Tupian *katˀu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *katu
Língua Geral Amazônica katu
Língua Geral Amazônica nhe'engatu
Nheengatu nheengatúbor.
Portuguese nheengatubor.
English Nheengatu
Borrowed from Portuguese nheengatu, from Nheengatu nheengatú.
Senses: glosses: A Tupian trade language spoken in Brazil.
Synonyms: Geral
Modern Tupí
Waengatu
Yeral
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Nheengatu terms
Tucano
Tucano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tucana
form: Tukana
form: Tukano
Etymology: Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.
Senses: glosses: A Tucanoan language spoken in Brazil and Colombia.
wikipedia: Tucano people
Synonyms: Daxsea
Jurití
Jurutí
Koneá
Koreá
Patsoka
Tariana
Tariano
Wahyara
Yurutí
eradicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Utterly destroyed; eliminated.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon.
Derived terms: uneradicated
eradicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eradicate
ibon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ibons
Etymology: Borrowing from Tagalog ibon (bird).
Senses: examples: text: The single species of ibon, the Cinnamon Ibon, is a small passerid sparrow in the monotypic genus Hypocryptadius found only on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
ref: 2022, Susan Myers, The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names, page 172:
glosses: cinnamon ibon (Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus)
ibon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ibons
Senses: examples: text: (see title)
ref: 2012, C. Y. Huang, Y. C. Lin, “The Study of Business Model Innovation: The Case of 7-Eleven ibon”, in Yu Da Academic Press, volume 33:
text: Inspired by multimedia kiosks in Japan, 7-Eleven introduced a user-friendly multimedia kiosk –ibon – into its stores in 2006. ibon enabled 7-Eleven to provide various self-services which required the minimal involvement of shop assistants.
ref: 2015, Christopher Lovelock, Paul Patterson, Services Marketing, page 440:
text: Use an ibon kiosk (Chinese only) at a 7-Eleven to book your train ticket. Take the printed slip of paper with your booking number and pay at the counter.
ref: 2017, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, Lonely Planet Taiwan:
text: Most of the 7-Eleven stores are installed with an “i-bon” kiosk machine which allows customers to carry out their retail shopping; pay their bills or fines; book tickets for concerts, trains or flights; buy credit for games; post parcels; apply for bank loans and more.
ref: 2020, Alan R. Nankervis, Julia Connell, John Burgess, The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond:
glosses: A self-service kiosk found in 7-Eleven stores in parts of Asia.
arthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more arthritic
form: most arthritic
Etymology: From Latin arthriticus (“gouty, arthritic”), from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: Her arthritic wrists bothered her most in the winter.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, or affected by arthritis.
Derived terms: anarthritic
antarthritic
antiarthritic
arthritical
arthritically
monarthritic
monoarthritic
nonarthritic
oligoarthritic
osteoarthritic
panarthritic
pauciarthritic
polyarthritic
postarthritic
arthritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/
Forms: form: arthritics
Etymology: From Latin arthriticus (“gouty, arthritic”), from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: A person with arthritis.
arrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrhythmic
form: most arrhythmic
Senses: examples: text: Could there have been a more fatuous and arrhythmic and unmemorable conclusion to what had been, after all, my analysis, my only analysis?
ref: 1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Without rhythm.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.
Synonyms: sense: without rhythm
word: arhythmic
sense: without rhythm
word: irrhythmic
sense: without rhythm
word: unrhythmic
sense: without rhythm
word: nonrhythmic
Derived terms: antiarrhythmic
arrhythmically
arrhythmicity
nonarrhythmic
proarrhythmic
sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
arability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The capacity for land to produce or support vegetation.
bank night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank nights
Senses: glosses: An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
around-the-clock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The around-the-clock workers tried to finish the project.
synonyms: round-the-clock
glosses: All day and night; all of the time.
eves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːvz/
rhymes: -iːvz
homophone: eaves
Senses: glosses: plural of eve
fortifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fortify
anticancer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cancer.
Senses: examples: text: Mitomycin C is an anticancer drug, and may be administered as part of chemotherapy.
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
synonyms: anticarcinoma
antitumor
glosses: That is used to treat cancer.
anticommunist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticommunist
form: most anticommunist
form: anti-communist
form: anti-Communist
Etymology: From anti- + communist.
Senses: examples: text: The future is anticommunist!
glosses: Opposed to the tenets of communism.
anticommunist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticommunists
form: anti-communist
form: anti-Communist
Etymology: From anti- + communist.
Senses: glosses: One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.
Related terms: anticommunism
anti-communism
antidemocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidemocratic
form: most antidemocratic
form: anti-democratic
Etymology: From anti- + democratic.
Senses: examples: text: The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications.
ref: 2022 August 11, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Stop Putting Lasers in Joe Biden’s Eyes”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
Derived terms: antidemocratically
Related terms: antirepublican
apostatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apostatizes
form: apostatizing
form: apostatized
form: apostatized
form: apostatise
Etymology: From apostate + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Soft enticements of domestic life too often draw him from the ascetic trail; a monk who apostatizes to the world at times.
ref: 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXVI, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
glosses: To give up or renounce one's position or belief.
Synonyms: commit apostasy
apostasize
Derived terms: unapostatized
Related terms: apostasy
apostate
apostatic
apostatically
apolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more apolitically
form: most apolitically
Etymology: From a- + politically.
Senses: glosses: Done without political affiliation.
evening star
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the evening star
Etymology: From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: Phosphorus
text: We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Hesperus
evenstar
glosses: The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
evening star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evening stars
Etymology: From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.
Senses: synonyms: word: Hermes
english: planet Mercury
translation: planet Mercury
antonyms: morning star
Apollo
glosses: Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
glosses: An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
glosses: Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Spoken by Neil Armstrong when he first stepped onto the surface of the Moon. Armstrong intended to say "one small step for a man", but misspoke.http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp
Senses: glosses: (used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone.
wikipedia: Neil Armstrong
armamentarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːməmənˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌɑːməˌmɛnˈ-/
ipa: /ˌɑɹməmənˈtɛɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌɑɹməˌmɛnˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: armamentariums
form: armamentaria
Etymology: From Latin armāmentārium (“arsenal”), from armāmenta (“tools, equipment, rigging”) + -ārium.
Senses: examples: text: Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or ankles, potatoes or nutmegs in the pocket are as old or older than civilisation, carrying the same prophylactic magic as any juju in an African witchdoctor’s armamentarium.
ref: 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
text: Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology has enriched the armamentarium of regenerative medicine by introducing autologous pluripotent progenitor pools bioengineered from ordinary somatic tissue.
ref: 2010, Timothy J. Nelson et al., "Induced pluripotent stem cells: advances to applications," Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications, Dove Press, no. 3, p. 29
text: Ever more new drugs appeared on the market, bewildering and swamping clinicians who had been accustomed in their pharmaceutical armamentarium to a handful of painkillers, alkaloids with physiological effects, and vaccines.
ref: 2013, Edward [L.] Shorter, “Medicine”, in Partnership for Excellence: Medicine at the University of Toronto and Academic Hospitals, Toronto, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 210:
glosses: All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.
treacly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: treaclier
form: treacliest
Etymology: From treacle + -ly.
Senses: glosses: thick and sticky
raw_tags: of a liquid
examples: text: Some call the subgenre “alternative Christmas,” as it’s a subgenre of Christmas movies that tend to eschew the saccharine good times most frequently promised by treacly holiday fare in favor of violent action, horror or gore.
ref: 2016, Witney Seibold, The Sublime Satire of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in: the New Beverly Cinema Blog, December 22, 2016
glosses: consisting of treacle, or cloying sentimental speech
chivvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/
rhymes: -ɪvi
Forms: form: chivvies
Etymology: From chivy, chevy (“to chase; to race, scamper”), from chivy, chevy (“a chase, hunt, pursuit”), probably from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.
Senses: examples: text: Although Mr [Paul] Hatcher is not sure how popular the site will be he has designed it to handle up to 10,000 requests an hour. "It's just there to act as a chivvy to London Underground," he said.
ref: 2003 September 23, “Web Payback for Delayed Commuters”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2016:
glosses: Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.
inguinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋɡwɪnəl/
Etymology: From Latin inguinālis, from inguen.
Senses: examples: text: Massage, particularly inguinal, was frequently resorted to by the ancients as an indeucement to potency.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 149:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the groin.
Synonyms: word: crotchal
word: groinal
Derived terms: abdominal inguinal ring
cruroinguinal
extrainguinal
genitoinguinal
infrainguinal
inguinal canal
inguinal ligament
subinguinal
suprainguinal
ventro-inguinal
ventroinguinal
Related terms: inguen
sudoriferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From the Latin sūdōrifer (“bearing sweat”). The term originally came from the Latin sūdor (“sweat”) from the Latin verb sūdō (“I sweat”) + -i- + -fer (“-fer, that which carries”) from the Latin verb ferō (“I bring”) + -ous (forming -ferous).
Senses: synonyms: word: asweat
word: sudorific
word: sudoriparous
glosses: Bearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.
Derived terms: sudoriferous gland
figurant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figurants
Senses: glosses: An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
Related terms: figurante
dextral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the right side
Derived terms: dextral fault
dextrality
dextrally
sinistrodextral
Related terms: dexter
dextral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dextrals
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A right-handed individual.
head south
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heads south
form: heading south
form: headed south
form: headed south
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go south.
synonyms: word: go south
huarache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huaraches
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).
Senses: examples: text: My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 2, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
text: The huaraches he wore looked like dried and blackened fish lashed to the floors of his feet.
ref: 1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter VIII, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
qualifier: footwear
glosses: A Mexican sandal.
examples: text: They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.
ref: 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2023:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.
hypomanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + manic.
Senses: glosses: afflicted with a mild state of mania
hypomanic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypomanics
Etymology: From hypo- + manic.
Senses: glosses: A person afflicted with hypomania.
stenographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stenographic
form: most stenographic
Etymology: From stenography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Bill Moyers, President Johnson's press secretary, also was critical: "The White House press corps is more stenographic than entrepreneurial in its approach to news gathering. Too many of them are sheep."
ref: 1997, Rodger Streitmatter, Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History, page 211:
glosses: Of or pertaining to stenography
applauder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: applauders
Etymology: From applaud + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who applauds.
Makah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: Makahs
form: Makah
Etymology: From Klallam màq̓áʔa (“generous with food”).
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous North American people in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in North America.
Makah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: From Klallam màq̓áʔa (“generous with food”).
Senses: glosses: A language belonging to the Southern Wakashan language family.
Makah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: more Makah
form: most Makah
Etymology: From Klallam màq̓áʔa (“generous with food”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Makah nation or language.
Related terms: english: native name for Makah
translation: native name for Makah
word: qʷi·qʷi·diččaq
word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Makah terms
apple cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple cakes
Senses: glosses: A type of cake containing sliced apples.
Derived terms: Dorset apple cake
Somerset apple cake
gladiolus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
ipa: /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/
rhymes: -əʊləs
Forms: form: gladioli
form: gladioluses
form: gladiola
Etymology: From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The center part of the sternum.
examples: text: Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
synonyms: sword lily
glosses: Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
Derived terms: gladdie
gladiolin
Related terms: gladiator
interning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ/
Forms: form: internings
Senses: examples: text: In computer programming, the practice of using always references in place of copies of equal objects is known as interning.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Practice of always using references instead of copies of equal objects.
interning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intern
nutcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutcase
Williamson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪl.jəm.sən/
Forms: form: Williamsons
Etymology: From William + -son.
Senses: examples: text: Millennials and Gen Zedders’ approach to romance can teach later-life singletons a thing or two about new relationships, according to dating agent Anna Williamson.
ref: 2022 August 14, “Lessons in love”, in The Sunday People:
glosses: An Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, an adopted anglicization of Mac Uilliam (McWilliam)
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Pike County, Georgia; named for early settler Isaac Henry Williamson.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A village in Madison County, Illinois; named for landowners John and Matthew Williamson.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Lucas County, Iowa; named for founder George E. Williamson.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York; named for landowner Charles Williamson.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Mingo County, West Virginia; named for landowner Wallace J. Williamson.
Derived terms: Williamson County
Williamsonian
Related terms: Williams
Wilson
Wolfgang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/
/ˈvɔlf.ɡɑŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wolfgang (reinforced by Medieval Latin Wolfgangus), from Middle High German Wolfgang, from Old High German Wolfgang, from wolf (“wolf”) + gang (“path, course”).
Senses: glosses: A German male given name.
Jakob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
jeep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: jēp
ipa: /d͡ʒiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Etymology: Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Pertaining to utility or general purpose.
Derived terms: english: aircraft carrier
translation: aircraft carrier
word: jeep carrier
jeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jēp
ipa: /d͡ʒiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: jeeps
Etymology: Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).
Senses: glosses: A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
glosses: A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
glosses: Clipping of jeepney
Derived terms: word: beep
english: trademark derived from the military vehicle
translation: trademark derived from the military vehicle
word: Jeep
word: jeepable
word: jeep girl
word: jeeplike
word: jeepney
word: minijeep
jeep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jēp
ipa: /d͡ʒiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: jeeps
form: jeeping
form: jeeped
form: jeeped
Etymology: Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).
Senses: examples: text: From there we jeeped over extraordinarily difficult roads to Marwari City, the site of Southern Philippine University, where I had been invited to address a convocation on the subject of "College Life in the United States."
ref: 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War, page 272:
glosses: To travel by jeep.
jeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jēp
ipa: /d͡ʒiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: jeeps
Etymology: Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.
Senses: qualifier: corrosion
glosses: A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
glosses: A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
jeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jēp
ipa: /d͡ʒiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: jeeps
Etymology: An ironic pronunciation of AGP, the initialism of autogynephilia in Blanchard's transsexual typology.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: husstuss
text: Everyone who comes here and who knows who Blanchard even is would be considered an agp fetishist coomer by Blanchard. Cope harder you malebrained jeep.
ref: 2024 September 30, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia.
Kester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
glosses: A surname.
Laurent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laurents
Etymology: From French Laurent.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, equivalent to English Lawrence or Laurence
Derived terms: Laurentian
Laurent polynomial
Laurent series
Related terms: Saint-Laurent
Saint Laurent
St. Laurent
St Laurent
St.-Laurent
St-Laurent
cushats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cushat