cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Darwinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑːˈwɪ.ni.ən/
ipa: /dɑɹˈwɪ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: more Darwinian
form: most Darwinian
form: darwinian
form: Darwinean
Etymology: From Darwin + -ian (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’ forming adjectives or nouns). Darwin is the surname of Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) and his grandson Charles Darwin (1809–1882).
Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia”) and noun sense 2 (“native or resident of Darwin”) refer to the city of Darwin which was named after Charles Darwin.
Senses: glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
synonyms: word: Darwinic
word: Darwinical
word: Darwinist
word: Darwinistic
word: Darwinite
examples: text: The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
ref: 1904 July 9 and 16, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady”, in The Club of Queer Trades, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, published April 1905, →OCLC, page 241:
glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
Of or pertaining to Darwinism, which includes the theories of Charles Darwin and other scientists.
synonyms: Darwinist
Darwinistic
glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
Competitive, especially in a ruthless manner.
synonyms: dog eat dog
glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
Exhibiting an ability to adapt or develop in order to survive; adaptable.
synonyms: agile
flexible
antonyms: inadaptable
inflexible
rigid
unadaptable
glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
Of or pertaining to the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of the natural philosopher, physiologist, and poet Erasmus Darwin.
synonyms: word: Darwinic
glosses: Of or pertaining to Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Derived terms: Darwinian curvature
Darwinianism
Darwinianly
Darwinian threshold
Darwinian transition
neo-Darwinian
Related terms: word: Darwinical
word: Darwinically
word: Darwinic
word: Darwinism
word: Darwinist
word: Darwinistic
word: Darwinistically
word: Darwinite
word: Darwinize
word: Darwinized
word: Darwinizing
word: survival of the fittest
Darwinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑːˈwɪ.ni.ən/
ipa: /dɑɹˈwɪ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Darwinians
form: darwinian
Etymology: From Darwin + -ian (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’ forming adjectives or nouns). Darwin is the surname of Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) and his grandson Charles Darwin (1809–1882).
Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia”) and noun sense 2 (“native or resident of Darwin”) refer to the city of Darwin which was named after Charles Darwin.
Senses: glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
An adherent of Charles Darwin's theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism.
synonyms: word: Darwinist
word: Darwinite
glosses: Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
An adherent of the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of Erasmus Darwin.
glosses: A native or resident of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia.
crunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ʌntʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crunch
bizzare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bizzare.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bizarre.
cordoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cordon
Derived terms: uncordoned
cordon off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cordons off
form: cordoning off
form: cordoned off
form: cordoned off
Senses: examples: text: A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.
text: The police cordoned off the street while they investigated the accident.
text: Part of No. 10 platform at Kings Cross was cordoned off on August 23 after a container of radio-active material had fallen from a trolley. The special box in which it was packed split open, allowing the container to fall out.
ref: 1956 October, “Notes and News: Radioactivity at Kings Cross”, in Railway Magazine, page 711:
text: Moorgate itself was another story. Here, the area was humming with activity. The entire street had been cordoned off. Fire engines, police vehicles, and ambulances were coming and going, and emergency personnel were hurrying around.
ref: 2025 February 19, Mike Lewis, “Tragedy at Moorgate”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 57, about the Moorgate tube crash:
synonyms: cordon
coordinate_terms: curtain off
corral off
glosses: To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope or other barrier.
cookbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookbook
coms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of com
clammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klæmd/
rhymes: -æmd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clam
corns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn
corns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corn
clamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈklæmɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clam
clamming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈklæmɪŋ/
[ˈklamɘn]
/ˈklæmɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: very hungry
cartographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartographer
businesswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of businesswoman
bronzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bronze
bronzing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronzings
Senses: glosses: The process of giving something the appearance of bronze.
glosses: Late-season damage to citrus fruit that is caused by rust mites.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of coating items with bronze.
Coordinate terms: topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: aluminization
topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: aluminisation
topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: bluing
topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: galvanization
topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: galvanisation
Derived terms: antibronzing
bronzing oil
bronzing salt
Related terms: topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: bronze
topics: metallurgy
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: bronzed
brainiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brainy: most brainy
brainier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brainy: more brainy
bossed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒst
Forms: form: more bossed
form: most bossed
Senses: glosses: Having a boss (employer etc.), or controlled by one.
glosses: Having a boss (protuberance).
Derived terms: unbossed
bossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boss
bombarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bombard
bombarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombardings
Senses: glosses: bombardment
bicuspids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicuspid
bakeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakery
bailiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪlɪfs/
Senses: glosses: plural of bailiff
breadstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdˌstɪk/
Forms: form: breadsticks
form: bread-stick
Etymology: From bread + stick.
Senses: glosses: A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.
wikipedia: breadstick
hushpuppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hushpuppy
hushpuppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hushpuppies
form: hush puppy
Etymology: Perhaps because they were once thrown to hungry dogs to quieten them.
Senses: glosses: A small deep-fried cornmeal cake.
Synonyms: corn-dodger
Derived terms: Slush Puppie
cavorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cavort
cavorting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavortings
Senses: examples: text: ‘… that your blithe inattention to your own dear grammatical mother’s cavortings with not one not two but over thirty Near Eastern medical attachés…?’
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: The action of the verb to cavort
buttholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butthole
brewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brewer
bopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bop
bopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bop
blabbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blabber
blabbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blabberings
Senses: glosses: Foolish or incoherent talk; blather; babble.
bilked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bilk
baseballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baseball
watercolors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watercolor
vasectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasectomy
unturned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unturned
form: most unturned
Etymology: From un- + turned.
Senses: examples: text: [W]oman's loveliness had heretofore been an unturned page in the young man's life.
ref: 1873, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in Bressant:
text: “This case of police torture and murder is shocking. But this is not the first case and it is unlikely to be the last case until and unless the police conduct serious interrogations and investigations and leave no stones unturned,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.
ref: 2021 August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 26 Aug 2021:
glosses: Not turned.
Derived terms: leave no stone unturned
not leave a stone unturned
bread-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breadstick.
unreturned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + returned.
Senses: glosses: Not returned; unrequited; not reciprocated.
untangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untangle
untangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not tangled.
unsecured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + secured.
Senses: glosses: Not physically secured; not fastened; not attached.
examples: an unsecured Internet connection
glosses: Not made secure in any sense.
glosses: Of a loan or guarantee, without collateral.
Synonyms: sense: not secured
word: free
word: loose
Derived terms: unsecured creditor
unsecured debt
underappreciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underappreciate
underappreciated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: After the 2008 thriller Lorna’s Silence, the brothers’ underappreciated foray into Liège’s criminal underworld, they return to Seraing with their beautiful new movie.
ref: 2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
text: As a regular rail user who has only ever been a leisure passenger, I agree that it's now an under-appreciated market.
ref: 2021 November 17, “Open Access: Stumbling blocks to attracting more passengers”, in RAIL, number 944, page 65:
synonyms: underrated
glosses: Not valued or appreciated as highly as one should be.
underappreciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underappreciates
form: underappreciating
form: underappreciated
form: underappreciated
Etymology: From under- + appreciate.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the beauty of Galahs is still often underappreciated.
ref: 2024, Russell McGregor, Enchantment by Birds, Melbourne: Scribe, page 16:
glosses: To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.
glosses: To not gain in value sufficiently.
unamerican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unamerican
form: most unamerican
Etymology: From un- + American.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of un-American.
trampy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæmpi/
Forms: form: trampier
form: trampiest
Etymology: From tramp + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Mmm, no no no, that won’t do at all . . .” said the TV producer as he studied Mr. Stink. “Can we put some dirt on him? He doesn’t look trampy enough. Makeup? Where’s makeup?”
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Like a tramp or homeless person.
glosses: Slutty; promiscuous.
raw_tags: of women
Derived terms: trampily
trampiness
toddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toddle
toddling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddlings
Senses: examples: text: her toddlings back and forth
coordinate_terms: cruising
glosses: The unsteady walking of a toddler.
tingles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tingle
tingles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tingle
prickling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prickle
prickling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pricklings
Senses: examples: text: The patient reported intermittent pricklings down his right-hand side.
glosses: A sensation that prickles.
thetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theta
temping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of temp
televisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of television
televisions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of television
tastebuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tastebud
tastebud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪstbʌd/
Forms: form: tastebuds
form: taste bud
Etymology: From taste + bud.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.
tastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tasting
señoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of señora
suppositories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppository
stashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stash
malos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malo
spitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitters
form: spittard
Etymology: From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who puts meat on a spit.
examples: Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket
glosses: A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
spitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitters
Etymology: From spit (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Fines will be issued to spitters who spit wantonly in public.
text: After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.
ref: 2009, David T. Wong, Salivary Diagnostics, page 107:
glosses: Someone who spits.
glosses: Someone who spits.
Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
coordinate_terms: swallower
examples: text: On the stage with the RZA to the Gravediggaz
GZA used to say I was his favorite spitter
ref: 2010, Killah Priest, “Priest History”, in The 3 Day Theory:
text: What you tryna be Vito? Well there's rules to this shit
Don't get clapped, y'all ain't real spitters, y'all lips chapped
ref: 2012, Joey Badass featuring Capital Steez, “Killuminati”, in 1999:
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Rapper, emcee.
topics: biology
herpetology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of spitting cobra.
synonyms: word: spitting cobra
examples: text: A zigzag of lightning fretted the eastern horizon in a brilliant greenish flash, sharply outlining the sea-line; and, as a solemn, hollow, distant peal reverberated, a spitter of rain fell. There was not a breath of wind, and the whack-whacking and spits of flame from the warships came threatening over the darkening sea.
ref: 1916, The Wireless Age, page 19:
text: [A] spitter of rain hit the leaves, increasing to a drenching rush.
ref: 2025 March 25, Jade Linwood, Beast, Rebellion Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
examples: text: Coach says no throwing any spitters.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of spitball.
synonyms: word: spitball
examples: text: with a spitter in the console of his Camaro
glosses: An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
Derived terms: word: spitters are quitters
snitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snitch
snitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snitch
shying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Etymology: From shy + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shy
shying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: shyings
Etymology: From shy + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Not that there is anything really inexplicable in these odd directions of childish fear, any more than in the unpredictable shyings of the horse.
ref: 1895 July, Popular Science, volume 47, number 24, page 342:
glosses: The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.
implicit cognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: implicit cognitions
Senses: glosses: knowledge or information, whether from perception or memory, that clearly influences a person's behaviour, without conscious awareness of the information.
Macaulayism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Macaulay + -ism, from the name of Thomas Babington Macaulay, who was instrumental in introducing English as a medium of instruction for higher education in India.
Senses: glosses: The act of westernization of upper class Indians using educational reform.
wikipedia: Thomas Babington Macaulay
Derived terms: Macaulay's children
sungka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of congkak.
synonyms: word: congkak
abogados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abogado
bombas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bomba
pustules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pustule
non-glutinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + glutinous.
Senses: glosses: Not glutinous; without gluten.
castor-oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castor-oils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of castor oil.
campos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campo
golpes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golpe
Rico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːkoʊ/
rhymes: -iːkəʊ
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Ricardo, Federico, or Enrico.
cowboy hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowboy hats
Senses: glosses: A broad-brimmed hat worn by cowboys, ranchers, and farmers, common in the western United States and Mexico.
Derived terms: cowboy-hatted
Related terms: cowboy boot
ten-gallon hat
mudpuddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudpuddles
Etymology: From mud + puddle.
Senses: glosses: A puddle of mud or muddy water.
Related terms: muddle
mudpuddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mudpuddles
form: mudpuddling
form: mudpuddled
form: mudpuddled
Etymology: From mud + puddle.
Senses: examples: text: It is not known why some butterfly species mudpuddle, but it is well known that they do.
glosses: Of butterflies, to congregate on moist soil for feeding.
fisherwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisherwoman
fisherwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪʃəˌwʊmən/
Forms: form: fisherwomen
Etymology: From fisher + -woman.
Senses: examples: text: The fisherwoman cast her line.
glosses: A woman who fishes.
examples: text: She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
text: “My parents were fishermen.” He turned to me and smiled, “Shall I call my mother a fisherwoman? Does that suit you?”
ref: 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 139:
glosses: A woman whose profession is catching fish.
Hypernyms: sense: woman who fishes
word: fisherman
sense: woman who fishes
word: angler
sense: woman who fishes
word: fisher
sense: woman whose profession is catching fish
word: fisherman
sense: woman whose profession is catching fish
word: fisher
Related terms: fish
fishing
potty mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒti maʊθ/
Forms: form: potty mouths
form: pottymouth
Senses: examples: text: Enough of my bathroom humour, my potty mouth.
ref: 2007 November 16, Janet Stewart, “Feral cats need someone to lend a hand”, in Winnipeg Free Press:
glosses: The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.
examples: text: I’ve turned myself into a potty mouth. I swear. Too much.
ref: 2007 December 5, Mike Redding, “Just being honest, I swear”, in WCNC.com:
glosses: A person having this characteristic.
Synonyms: guttermouth
Derived terms: potty-mouthed
Related terms: wash one's mouth out
watch one's mouth
pottymouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pottymouths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of potty mouth.
varnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of varnish
varnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varnishings
Senses: examples: text: The old wooden table was given regular varnishings.
glosses: An application of varnish.
potty-mouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more potty-mouthed
form: most potty-mouthed
form: pottymouthed
Etymology: From potty mouth + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It also tests our tolerance of smart-aleck, potty-mouthed teenage boys.
ref: 2007 December 7, “Capsule movie reviews”, in El Paso Times:
synonyms: foul-mouthed
glosses: Regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.
pottymouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pottymouthed
form: most pottymouthed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of potty-mouthed.
zippered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zipper
zippered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a zippered flight suit
glosses: Fitted with a zipper.
yoking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yoke
yoking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yokings
Senses: examples: text: […] five hours, or five hours and a half, in short days, is considered to be as much as horses are capable of sustaining, and yokings of this duration require no refreshment on the ground.
ref: 1807, The Complete Farmer:
glosses: The act or period of something being yoked.
bad joke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad jokes
Senses: examples: text: Mayor Smith's new traffic rules were a bad joke.
text: Disarmament must be total, or it was merely "a bad joke".
ref: 1938, Robert William Seton-Watson, Britain and the Dictators: A Survey of Post-war British Policy, page 172:
text: But it is amusing to note that whenever the tables were turned on him he would mutter "Bad joke. Very bad joke".
ref: 1940, Kenelm Foss, Here Lies Richard Brinsley Sheridan, page 267:
text: "Maybe it was just a bad joke. " "A bad joke!" shrieked David, and in that cry I could detect all the ancient terrors of Israel.
ref: 1986, Claire Martin, The Legacy, page 25:
text: It is this bad joke which, almost one century later, was still to be found in the government's campaign of 'We are Europe' from 1994.
ref: 2002, Mikael af Malmborg, Bo Stråth, The Meaning of Europe, page 272:
text: This might be a bad joke for you and to the people able to fly back to Miami but this is not a joke at all to me.
ref: 2002, Cesar Guerra, Hijacked to Havana!, page 28:
text: Upon seeing Keyes' face, 15 MSNBC executives promptly resigned. Alan Keyes? Alan Keyes Is Making Sense Alan Keyes? You've gotta be kidding me. Incidentally, the name of that show always seemed like a bad joke to me.
ref: 2007, Keith Olbarmann, Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
text: Perhaps if he spent less time putting really bad jokes on Twitter (How should you drain pasta at Christmas? Use an Advent Colander - yes really!), the minister might know what is happening in his Department.
ref: 2020 December 30, Christian Wolmar, “An annus horribilis... and 2021 looks just as bleak”, in Rail, page 35:
glosses: A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.
nebuly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛbjʊli/
Forms: form: nébulé
form: nebulé
Etymology: French nébulé.
Senses: examples: text: Elizabeth Brooke, […] Argent, a cross nebuly per pale gules and sable, […]
ref: 1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 134:
text: 'That is the coat of the Blandamers—barry nebuly of six, argent and vert.' It was the organist who stood near him in the deepening shadows.' I forgot that such jargon probably conveys no meaning to you, and, indeed, I know no heraldry myself excepting only this one coat of arms, and sometimes wish,' he said with a sigh, 'that I knew nothing of that either. […] every tavern loafer will talk to you about the "nebuly coat" as if it were a thing he wore.'
ref: 1904, John Meade Falkner, The Nebuly Coat, page 14:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
Related terms: wavy
raisons d'être
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raison d'être
tribute band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribute bands
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of musicians and singers which exists solely to play the music of a well-known band that has disbanded or no longer tours.
Hypernyms: tribute act
raison d'êtres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On Broadway
where inflamed rudiments
belt out their
ref: 1985, "Begin" by Rae Armantrout, in "Two Poems," boundary 2, published by Duke University Press, Vol. 14, No. 1/2, Autumn 1985 - Winter 1986, JSTOR, page 47
roman: raison d'êtres.
text: Dissatisfaction with colonial education gave revivalism one of its raison d'êtres.
ref: 1990, Krishna Kumar, "Hindu Revivalism and Education in North-Central India," Social Scientist, Vol. 18, No. 10, Oct. 1990, JSTOR, pg. 4
text: Here in Los Angeles, where impression management and physical maintenance are not just rituals but raisons d'etres, focusing on these aspects of development has a special relevance.
ref: 2001, Jane McNamara, book review of Building Lives: Constructing Rites and Passages by Neil Harris, in The Public Historian (National Council on Public History), published by University of California Press, Vol. 23, No. 4, Autumn 2001, JSTOR, pg.126
glosses: plural of raison d'être
law of the jungle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Introduced by Rudyard Kipling in his 1894 book, The Jungle Book, in which he used the term in the literal sense of a legal code governing the behaviour of his anthropomorphised animals in an Indian jungle.
Note also the (possibly derived) colloquial sense of jungle (“place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality”).
Senses: examples: text: The Law of the Jungle — which is by far the oldest law in the world — has arranged for almost every kind of accident that may befall the Jungle People, till now its code is as perfect as time and custom can make it.
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 77:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see law, jungle.
examples: 1938, Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of Teachers of International Law and Related Subjects, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, page 111,
In the next war there will be no international law or 'comity of nations' but merely the law of the jungle, and of primeval man—each for himself and the devil take the next man.
1983, The Law of the Sea, School of Law, Duke University, page 57,
To bring order to this law of the jungle at sea was a particular reason for the Law of the Sea Conference, especially insofar as the United States was concerned.
1988, The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in Southeast Asia: Problems of Implementation, Volume 1, Southeast Asian Programme on Ocean Law, Policy, and Management, page 2,
For small countries such as Singapore, they would have the most to lose if the law of the jungle were to prevail.
glosses: A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.
Related terms: anything goes
dog eat dog
every man for himself
free-for-all
survival of the fittest
SBD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SBDs
Senses: examples: text: Whether a cow passes gas loudly, also known as tearing beef, or demurely emits an SBD makes no difference.
ref: 2007 December 8, Mo Rocca, “Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me”, in National Public Radio:
glosses: Initialism of silent but deadly (fart): inaudible but odorous flatulence.
Synonyms: feist
Hypernyms: fart
revitalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revitalises
form: revitalising
form: revitalised
form: revitalised
form: revitalize
Etymology: From re- + vital + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Japanese investment has revitalised this part of Britain!
text: Cardiff Cycle Workshop, due to launch later this month, saves rejected old bikes from being tipped into landfill and revitalises them for new owners at cheaper prices.
ref: 2010 July 8, Hannah Waldram, “New Cardiff Cycle Workshop opens as city sees vintage bike revival”, in The Guardian:
text: I slept peacefully that night, dreaming of cruising the starways with Andrea. The next morning, I awoke feeling reinvigorated, revitalised, and many years younger.
ref: 2015, Frank George, Time's Well: A Chronicle in Three Parts, Bloomington, I.N.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 23:
text: They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.
ref: 2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN:
text: This is reflected in the sterling work of community rail, mobilising volunteers and stakeholders to revitalise underused station buildings and engage with their local community.
ref: 2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 39:
glosses: To give new life, energy, activity or success to something.
glosses: To rouse from a state of inactivity or quiescence.
Derived terms: revitalisation
Apollyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀπολλύων (Apollúōn, “Apollyon, the destroyer”), from ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “utterly destroy”) via phono-semantic matching with Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).
Senses: examples: text: A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, chapter 27, in “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator.
wikipedia: phono-semantic matching
Related terms: Abaddon
inadequacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inadequacy
incompletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incomplete
jackrabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackrabbit
jimmied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jimmy
multielectronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multielectronic
form: most multielectronic
Etymology: From multi- + electronic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Containing, or involving multiple electrons
keels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keel
glosses: Alternative form of kayles.
keels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keel
keepsakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keepsake
keggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kegger
latrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latrine
legalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of legalize
lobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lob
nematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nematic
form: most nematic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
raw_tags: of certain liquid crystals
Derived terms: ferronematic
mononematic
nematically
nematicity
nematic phase
paranematic
supernematic
Related terms: cholesteric
smectic
nematic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νήματος (nḗmatos), genitive of νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
Senses: examples: text: It is easy to see, however, that the same coefficients in nematics determine the adiabatic deformations also.
ref: 1984, L D Landau, L. P. Pitaevskii, A. M. Kosevich, E.M. Lifshitz, Theory of Elasticity, volume 7, page 147:
text: For low-molecular-weight nematics, it has been known that the constitutive equation of nematics is entirely different from that for isotropic liquids.
ref: 1988, Masao Doi, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, page 368:
text: Electrohydrodynamic instabilities in nematics could be classified according to the dependence of the threshold voltage (or field) on the physical parameters of the liquid crystal, cell geometry, field frequency, etc.
ref: 1996, Lev M. Blinov, Vladimir G. Chigrinov, Electrooptic Effects in Liquid Crystal Materials, page 274:
glosses: A liquid crystal whose molecules align in loose parallel lines.
loused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of louse
take advantage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes advantage
form: taking advantage
form: took advantage
form: taken advantage
Senses: examples: text: She took advantage of the economic crisis to exchange some money.
text: The trip to Carrow Road was a chance for Harry Redknapp's side to take advantage after their two closest London rivals and leaders Manchester City failed to take maximum points from Premier League clashes in the last two days.
ref: 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To profit from a situation deliberately.
examples: text: Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
glosses: To make use of something.
louses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of louse
louses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: nonstandard unless used as a term of abuse
glosses: plural of louse
nucleone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleones
Senses: examples: text: It appears, therefore, to be allied to the nucleones.
ref: 1909, Year-book of Pharmacy, page 122:
glosses: Dated spelling of nucleon.
carbonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carbonize
carbonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carbonize
carbonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbonized
form: most carbonized
Senses: glosses: Having undergone carbonization.
Derived terms: noncarbonized
uncarbonized
carbonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carbonize
elasticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elasticize
elasticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elasticize
haloalkane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloalkanes
Etymology: From halo- + alkane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen
Synonyms: alkyl halide
Hypernyms: organohalide
halocarbon
Hyponyms: chloroalkane
elasticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elasticize
elasticises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elasticise
elasticising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elasticise
elasticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elasticise
oligopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligopeptides
Etymology: From oligo- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptide containing a relatively small number of amino acids
Derived terms: cyclooligopeptide
oligopeptidase
oligopeptidic
Related terms: polypeptide
chronical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chronical
form: most chronical
Senses: examples: text: A convulsive Asthma is a periodical and chronical Disease; but a suffocating Catarrh is more properly reckoned an acute Disease.
ref: 1765, Richard Brookes, The General Practice of Physic:
glosses: Obsolete form of chronic.
Derived terms: antichronical
chronicalness
chronical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chronicle.
chronical
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chronicle.
osmometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osmo- + -metry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of osmotic pressure
harpooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpoonings
Senses: glosses: The act of shooting with a harpoon
harpooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harpoon
master glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of master gland
battle it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: battles it out
form: battling it out
form: battled it out
form: battled it out
Senses: glosses: To fight or compete against one or more opponents, in order to decide a winner.
Synonyms: fight it out
Related terms: do battle
battle out
mastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastic
do battle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does battle
form: doing battle
form: did battle
form: done battle
Senses: glosses: To engage in a fight; to battle.
Related terms: give battle
battle it out
mastoid bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastoid bone
jack o'lantern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jack o'lanterns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack-o'-lantern.
mastoid processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastoid process
mooching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mooch
mooching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moochings
Senses: examples: her frequent moochings around the castle grounds
glosses: An idle stroll.
mutates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mutate
worse off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: worse-off
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, billions of pounds of cuts to benefits and tax credits mean that many disabled people and families with children stand to lose huge sums: the poorest fifth of families with children will be on average £3,000 worse off a year as a result of tax and benefit changes since 2010.
ref: 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October
glosses: comparative form of badly off: more badly off
mealybugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mealybug
nitwits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitwit
warrant officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warrant officer
wastepaper baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wastepaper basket
wastrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wastrel
nullifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nullify
water clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water clock
omelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omelet
welfare parasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welfare parasite
outfoxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outfox
paraphrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paraphrase
paraphrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphrasings
Senses: examples: text: Several paragraphs are mainly composed of paraphrasings or direct quotations from a single reference source.
ref: 2012, Neil Bright, Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do, page 152:
glosses: A paraphrased statement.
parkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parker
make-or-break
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: make or break
Senses: examples: Prince Harry is taking girlfriend Chelsy Davy on a make-or-break African holiday in a bid to heal their troubled relationship.
glosses: Resulting in either success or failure.
Related terms: make-and-break
critical mass
defining moment
sink or swim
perservere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɝ.sɚˈviɹ/
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of persevere.
pinpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinpoint
pinpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinpoint
placemats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placemat
polymerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polymerize
portraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of portray
hair-splitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair-splittings
Etymology: * From the gerund form of split hairs
Senses: examples: 2006, Ian Aitken, in The Guardian, Richard Clements Obituary
Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.
glosses: the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.
Synonyms: hair-splittery
quibbling
pilpul
printouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of printout
Sterne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sternes
Etymology: Variant spelling of Stern.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hair-splittingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hair-splittingly
form: most hair-splittingly
Etymology: From the gerund form of split hairs.
Senses: examples: text: Nobody expected the vote to be so hair-splittingly close.
glosses: With exceedingly small differences that are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.
pressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presser
Central European Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Berlin Time
Central Europe Time
continental time
Middle European Time
West Africa Time
glosses: The time of day in the time zone that encompasses many countries in Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and North Africa.
Related terms: CET
CEST
protectee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protectees
Etymology: From protect + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is being protected.
glosses: One who is being protected.
One who is under official protection.
pureed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of puree
quiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quiche
Eastern European Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: From Skoplje [Skopje] the Paris-Athens coaches, with perhaps some vans, are worked separately to Gevgeli, the Jugoslav frontier station, with a 45-min. stop, and thence, with Eastern European time, one hour ahead, on to Idomeni, where the Hellenic State Railways take over, and the Greek frontier formalities take place during another 40-min. halt.
ref: 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
glosses: The time of day in the time zone that encompasses many countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Related terms: EET
EEST
quotas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quota
radials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radial
Moscow Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The time of day in the time zone that encompasses an area of western Russia, including Moscow.
Alaska Standard Time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of Alaska.
Related terms: AKST
AKDT