cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
underlap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underlaps
Etymology: From under- + lap.
Senses: glosses: A portion of material that is overlapped by another.
examples: text: Lewis-Skelly stepping into midfield, or occasionally going on the underlap while Rashford stayed high and wide.
ref: 2025 March 22, Jonathan Liew, “Lewis-Skelly gamble pays off for Tuchel as he balances impatience and reality”, in The Guardian, London:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player's position or movement inside and forward of an attacking team-mate (contrasted with an overlap, which is outside and forward)
underlaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underlap
underlaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underlap
underlapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underlap
underlapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underlap
spooneristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spooner + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a spoonerism.
asymptosy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality of being asymptotic.
selacian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more selacian
form: most selacian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of selachian.
selacian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selacians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of selachian.
selacians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selacian
selachians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selachian
huminites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huminite
huminitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more huminitic
form: most huminitic
Etymology: From huminite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to huminite.
thucholitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thucholitic
form: most thucholitic
Etymology: From thucholite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to thucholite.
thucholite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thucholites
Etymology: From the chemical symbols for thorium, uranium, carbon and hydrogen (Th, U, C, H), and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A radioactive pyrobitumen mineral.
thucholites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thucholite
pyrobituminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + bituminous.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pyrobitumen.
pyrobitumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrobitumens
Etymology: From pyro- + bitumen.
Senses: glosses: An amorphous fossilized petroleum mineraloid.
Related terms: pyrobituminous
pyrobitumens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrobitumen
asphaltites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asphaltite
asphaltitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asphaltitic
form: most asphaltitic
Etymology: From asphaltite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to asphaltite.
asphaltite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asphaltites
Etymology: From asphalt + -ite?
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
Related terms: asphaltitic
Playfair cipher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Playfair ciphers
Etymology: Named after Lord Playfair, who promoted it. (It was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone.)
Senses: glosses: A manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).
wikipedia: Charles Wheatstone
Lord Playfair
waulker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waulkers
form: walker
Etymology: From Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere (“one who fulls cloth”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkārī, equivalent to waulk + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fuller.
synonyms: word: fuller
waulkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waulker
waulkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waulking
ex cetera
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of et cetera.
Mandaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mandaites
Etymology: From Manda + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: […] these Mandaites […]
ref: 1836, Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis, page 657:
glosses: Synonym of Mandaean.
synonyms: word: Mandaean
Mandaite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mandaite
form: most Mandaite
Etymology: From Manda + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mandaean.
synonyms: word: Mandaean
Mandaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mandaite
Hemerobaptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hemerobaptists
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of an ancient religious group who repeated a baptismal (bathing) rite every day.
Hemerobaptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hemerobaptist
blogaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blogaholics
Etymology: From blog + -aholic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blogoholic.
blogaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blogaholic
cleanaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleanaholics
Etymology: From clean + -aholic.
Senses: glosses: A very clean and tidy person; one who has high standards of cleanliness for the home, etc.
Related terms: neat freak
cleanaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanaholic
objectionabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectionability
methanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methanol
finity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finities
Etymology: From French finité, from Old French finité, from fini (past participle of finir (“to bound”)) + -ité.
Senses: examples: text: He was calm in the conviction that he could measure and calculate the universe […] He matched finity against the Infinite.
ref: 1874, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 31, in Idolatry: A Romance:
text: Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity.
ref: 1899, Jack London, The White Silence:
text: In a very non-Aristotelian fashion, Nicholas of Cusa produced a synthesis of finity and infinity.
ref: 1987, Julius Thomas Fraser, Time, the Familiar Stranger, →ISBN, page 37:
text: We […] labor to find our identity in the infinite in spite of our encumberment in finity.
ref: 2006, Rolf A. F. Witzsche, Universal Divine Science: Spiritual Pedagogicals, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
examples: text: If we imagined a person capable of comprehending infinity, we should merely think that he was able infinitely to add up finities.
ref: 1837 September 2, “The Transcendalist's Dialogues: No. IX”, in The Shepherd, volume 3, number 10, page 79:
text: And this condescension of infinite Perfection to the finities—to their imperfections, contingencies, and littlenesses—is the very result of its perfection.
ref: 1884 January 24, “Prayer and Science”, in Methodist Quarterly Review (4th), volume 66, page 8:
glosses: Something which is limited in number or scope.
Synonyms: sense: state or characteristic of being limited
word: boundedness
word: finitude
word: finiteness
word: limitedness
word: enclosedness
word: finity
fin gripper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fin grippers
Etymology: From the reaction of a fish's fin to an applied point force, repurposed to create a mechanical gripping device.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
glosses: A gripper designed to act similarly to how a fish fin wraps around an object that pushes into it
Related terms: bean bag gripper
fin grippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fin gripper
black marketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black marketeers
Senses: examples: text: There was a constant come-and-go of prisoners of every description: drug peddlers, thieves, bandits, black marketeers, drunks, prostitutes.
ref: 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001, part 3, page 208:
text: He got in on the postwar reconstruction of crime, along lines borrowed from gangland and Communism. He probably set out as a currency black marketeer, working through Switzerland.
ref: 1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 18, in Murder in Black Letter, New York: Macmillan, page 153:
glosses: Someone selling black market goods or trading on the black market.
Synonyms: word: spiv
word: scalper
Related terms: black marketeering
DR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
antonyms: DS
glosses: Initialism of drug-resistant (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).
Hyponyms: MDR
TDR
XDR
Derived terms: DR-TB
MDR
MDR-TB
TDR
TDR-TB
XDR
XDR-TB
DR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DRs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
information-technology
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disaster recovery.
topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: navigation
glosses: Initialism of dead reckoning.
glosses: Initialism of domain rating.
examples: text: […] His podcast is probably the best show in the entire DR.
ref: 2022 October 28, The Original Roland Rat (@OGRolandRat), Twitter:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of dissident right.
examples: text: shifting to my fame DR
qualifier: spirituality
glosses: Initialism of desired reality.
glosses: Abbreviation of data release.
DR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dominican Republic.
DR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Latin dēbēre.
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
antonyms: CR
glosses: Debit.
D.R.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DR.
be a thing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is a thing
form: being a thing
form: was a thing
form: been a thing
Senses: examples: text: So dinosaur porn is a thing now. I first learned about it on Kindleboards from a bunch of erotica writers who were very upset about the success of Christie Sims and Alara Branwen.
ref: 2014, Scott Haworth, Writing Journal: A Year in the Life of a Self-Published Author, page 36:
glosses: to exist, or to be available, widespread, possible, or a common practice
K. pneumoniae carbapenemase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: K. pneumoniae carbapenemase
Synonyms: word: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase
word: KPC
Derived terms: word: KPC
japa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/
Forms: form: japas
form: japaing
form: japaed
form: japaed
form: japa'd
form: japa'd
form: JP
form: jakpa
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa.
Senses: examples: text: I am japa-ing, leaving the country because of the opportunities that are available to me abroad.
ref: 2023 February 27, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Fridah Okutoyi, “Nigeria's 'japa' trend: Halting exodus of talented Nigerians is a task for the next president.”, in CNN.com, retrieved 25 Mar 2023
glosses: to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.
japa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/
Forms: form: JP
form: jakpa
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa.
Senses: glosses: the emigration of Nigerians, usually for economic opportunities.
D. S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DS.
D.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DS.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Science.
sales profit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sales profits
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: gross profit
arch bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arch bridges
Senses: glosses: A bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch.
false widow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false widows
Etymology: Short form of false widow spider. From the appearance similar to the black widow spider.
Senses: glosses: a spider with an appearance similar to the black widow, but which is not known to be deadly to humans, unlike the black widow.
Synonyms: sense: spider
word: false black widow
sense: spider
word: false black widow spider
sense: spider
word: false widow spider
Related terms: black widow
black widow spider
false black widow
false black widow spider
false widow spider
widow spider
false widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false widow
wheat weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat weevils
Senses: glosses: A common species of weevil (Sitophilus granarius) that occurs worldwide and causes damage to harvested grain.
Synonyms: word: grain weevil
word: granary weevil
word: pope
grain weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grain weevils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wheat weevil.
synonyms: word: wheat weevil
granary weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granary weevils
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wheat weevil.
synonyms: word: wheat weevil
joint lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joint locks
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.
Coordinate terms: armlock
leglock
joint locks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joint lock
wristlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wristlock
kneebar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneebars
Etymology: From knee + bar.
Senses: synonyms: legbar
qualifier: combat sports
glosses: A joint lock where the knee is hyperextended in order to cause pain and/or injury.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A climbing technique in which the climber uses a knee for leverage or support.
kneebars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneebar
armbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armbars
Etymology: From arm + bar.
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: A joint lock where the elbow is hyperextended in order to cause pain or injury.
armbar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: armbars
form: armbarring
form: armbarred
form: armbarred
Etymology: From arm + bar.
Senses: glosses: To apply this kind of joint lock.
armbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armbar
keylock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keylocks
Etymology: From key + lock.
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
examples: text: We complained in our review of the PC AT that the problem with the keylock is that when you power up with the keylock on, you cannot continue until you unlock the system.
ref: 1986, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 10, page 49:
text: The keylock on the front of some more advanced PCs may be locked in the off position, grounding out the keyboard-to-motherboard circuit. Turn the key to the on position.
ref: 2007, Corey Sandler, Fix Your Own PC, page 6:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A physical lock on the case of a computer, preventing use of the keyboard until unlocked.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A digital feature used by disc jockeys that locks a track to its original key regardless of changes made to the tempo.
keylocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keylock
kimura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimuras
Etymology: Named after Masahiko Kimura, who used it to defeat Hélio Gracie in a famous fight in 1951.
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
wikipedia: Hélio Gracie
Masahiko Kimura
Synonyms: reverse keylock
figure four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figure fours
Etymology: From figure + four. From creating a figure that is akin to the glyph "4".
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: A grappling position where a fighter grabs an opponent's limb and then holds on to his or her own wrist with the other hand. Used in various joint locks.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of figure 4.
heel hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heel hooks
Senses: qualifier: combat sports
glosses: A joint lock where the attacker isolates an opponent's leg between his or her own legs, and then twists the opponent's ankle with the aim of causing pain or injury to the opponent's ankle or knee.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An action using the heel to balance on a wall or rock.
heel hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heel hook
kimuras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kimura
maternitywear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maternity + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maternity wear.
maternity wear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maternitywear
Senses: glosses: Clothing for pregnant women, designed to handle changes in body size during pregnancy.
unsubclass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsubclasses
form: unsubclassing
form: unsubclassed
form: unsubclassed
Etymology: From un- + subclass.
Senses: examples: text: A good convention for working with multiple subclasses is to only subclass the window procedure that is the first in the call chain and only unsubclass the one that is first.
ref: 1990, Paul W. Cheatham, David E. Reich, Robert F. G. Robinson, OS/2 presentation manager programming, page 339:
text: Unsubclassing the plug-in window ensures that Navigator can continue to function normally once the plug-in module is unloaded.
ref: 1996, Ted Coombs, Jason Coombs, Don Brewer, The Netscape LiveWire Sourcebook:
text: It is very important to remember to unsubclass the plug-in window when the plug-in is destroyed.
ref: 1997, Douglas A. Young, Netscape developer's guide to plug-ins, page 177:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: To cause (a previously subclassed window or object) no longer to act like a member of a subclass.
unsubclassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsubclass
unsubclassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsubclass
unsubclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsubclass
bang-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: control theory
glosses: Applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.
examples: text: In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play.
ref: 2006, Dom Forker, Big League Baseball Puzzlers, →ISBN, page 41:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe.
Related terms: sense: control theory
word: hysteresis
Coetzeean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kutˈseɪ.ən/
/-ˈsi-/
Forms: form: more Coetzeean
form: most Coetzeean
Etymology: From Coetzee + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In their vocabulary, the two first-person sentences offered as a direct quotation of K's thoughts are plausible representations, although their rhythm of successive, paratactically ordered phrases is recognizably Coetzeean.
ref: 2006, Jane Poyner, editor, J. M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Of or relating to John Maxwell Coetzee (1940–), South African-Australian author.
carbamoylphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carbamoyl phosphate.
carbamoyl phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbamoylphosphate
Senses: glosses: An anion, produced from bicarbonate, ammonia and phosphate, that acts as an intermediary metabolite in land animals.
champagne room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champagne rooms
Senses: glosses: A VIP room in a strip club where a customer can purchase private time with a stripper. It is usually equipped with a bar.
Synonyms: champagne lounge
champagne rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champagne room
champagne lounge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champagne lounges
Senses: glosses: champagne room
champagne lounges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champagne lounge
stripper heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stripper heels
Etymology: Often worn by strippers during their performances.
Senses: glosses: A tall platform shoe, often with a transparent base.
stripper heels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stripper heel
stripper shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stripper shoes
Senses: glosses: stripper heel
stripper shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stripper shoe
unvinegared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vinegared.
Senses: examples: text: food unsalted, unsweetened, unpeppered, unspiced and unvinegared, and unspoiled by other acetous or alcoholic fermentations
ref: 1909, Silas Comfort Swallow, III Score & X, page 82:
text: Cockles are excellent eating if they are fresh - and unvinegared.
ref: 1996, Bobby Freeman, First Catch Your Peacock, page 84:
glosses: Not seasoned with vinegar.
pound a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pounds a beat
form: pounding a beat
form: pounded a beat
form: pounded a beat
Senses: examples: text: Assigned to the riverfront precinct for years, he pounded a beat of backstreets and dockyards.
text: Flat feet may be important to the patrolman who must pound a beat, but in cities with patrol cars, should mild cases of flat feet disqualify?
ref: 1948, Alfred Haines Cope, The administration of civil service in cities of the third class in Pennsylvania, page 65:
text: You can't ask a college graduate who is interested in law enforcement to pound a beat for four years before he becomes a sergeant.
ref: 1970, The Bench and Bar of Minnesota, volume 27, page 8:
text: I worked my way up from a flatfoot pounding a beat to where I am today. I like being a cop, I'm proud of being a cop.
ref: 2012, Frank Kane, Grave Danger, section 14:
glosses: Of a police officer, to walk a regular route.
examples: text: Assigned to the city desk for years, she pounded a beat of city council and mayoral activity, police blotters, and the like.
glosses: Of a journalist, to cover a regular beat, reporting on an assigned category of news.
Related terms: pound the pavement
shoe-leather
River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rivers
Etymology: From river.
Senses: examples: text: Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next?
Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up.
Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.
ref: 2002 December 13, Joss Whedon, Firefly, season 1, episode 14, Objects in Space
text: The Doctor: Oh, this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, and has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kinda do, a bit.
ref: 2011 April 30, Steven Moffat, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 2, Day of the Moon
text: Apparently, early in the day, a journalist had decided to bring up his brother River Phoenix's death in his interview, which threw him off and trainwrecked the day for everyone, including me.
ref: 2017, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: A unisex given name.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
A suburban village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2943).
glosses: A place name:
A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9322).
glosses: A place name:
A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
Related terms: Rivers
refcode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refcodes
Etymology: Short for reference code.
Senses: glosses: A bibcode.
refcodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refcode
bibcode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibcodes
Etymology: Short for bibliographic code.
Senses: glosses: An alphanumeric code used in astronomical data systems to identify a specific literature reference.
Synonyms: refcode
bibcodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibcode
meteoritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: meteoritic; relating to meteorites
unfulfillably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfulfillably
form: most unfulfillably
Etymology: From unfulfillable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: an unfulfillably expansive vision of social reform
ref: 1999, Peter Baldwin, Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930, page 320:
glosses: In a way that cannot be fulfilled.
spaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spake + -eth
Senses: qualifier: pseudo-archaic
glosses: alternative third-person singular past of speak
sparketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: spark + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spark
rioteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: riot + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of riot
larpurlartism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French l'art pour l'art (“art for art's sake”) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An artistic movement associated with the slogan "art for art's sake".
unstubborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstubborn
form: most unstubborn
Etymology: From un- + stubborn.
Senses: examples: text: His route henceforth was beyond the farthest bound set up by De Monts and Champlain and into a country of deep, mellow, unstubborn soil, fit for human occupancy and habitation.
ref: 1904, Charles Elventon Nash, Martha Ballard, The History of Augusta, page 7:
glosses: Not stubborn.
unmellowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmellowed
form: most unmellowed
Etymology: From un- + mellowed.
Senses: examples: text: Yet hath Sir Proteus, for that’s his name,
Made use and fair advantage of his days;
His years but young, but his experience old;
His head unmellow’d, but his judgment ripe;
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
text: I was afraid she would think it queer of me to give her such a present. And yet somehow it seemed to me that it was better than something brand new and unmellowed—that old book which father had loved and which I loved.
ref: 1906 December 15, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Clorinda’s Gifts”, in The Epworth Herald, volume 17, number 29, page 732:
text: The room gives off an air of clean spareness. The roof rafters are exposed, and the wood colors are raw and unmellowed.
ref: 1953, Arthur Miller, The Crucible, New York: Bantam, published 1959, act 1, page 1:
text: ‘What do you think he meant, moron?’ asked Dover, apparently quite unmellowed by Mrs Boyle’s medicinal whisky.
ref: 1970, Joyce Porter, chapter 10, in Dover Strikes Again, New York: David McKay, published 1973, page 154:
glosses: Not mellowed.
carpetimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetimycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a certain class of carbapenem antibiotics.
carpetimycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpetimycin
KPCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KPC
Basilidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basilidians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Basilidean.
Basilidians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Basilidian
Basilidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basilideans
form: Basilidian
Senses: glosses: A member of a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century.
Basilidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Basilidean
form: most Basilidean
form: Basilidian
Senses: examples: text: In the Second Sermon Jung is concerned with the existence of a primal dichotomy within the psyche, a dichotomy which is united by a mysterious reconciling power of existential activity, named by Jung on the Basilidean model as Abraxas.
ref: 1982, Stephan A. Hoeller, The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead:
glosses: Of or relating to the Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria.
Basilideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Basilidean
Carpocratian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carpocratians
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient Gnostic sect founded by Carpocrates.
Carpocratian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Carpocratian
form: most Carpocratian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to this sect.
Carpocratians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carpocratian
annihilistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annihilistic
form: most annihilistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to annihilation.
demonocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demonocracy
Dianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: more Dianic
form: most Dianic
Etymology: From Diana + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the goddess Diana.
Dianic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: Dianics
Etymology: From Diana + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person who takes part in Dianic Wicca.
hematine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematines
Senses: glosses: An artificial magnetic material, a barium-strontium ferrite, used in jewellery.
Synonyms: hemalyke
Hecatine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hecatine
form: most Hecatine
Etymology: From Hecate + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Hecate.
henotheists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henotheist
henotheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more henotheistic
form: most henotheistic
Etymology: From henotheist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Both of the men in this study (Stewart, 2002) reflected more henotheistic identity commitments and understandings of spirituality.
ref: 2010, Dafina Lazarus Stewart, “1: Knowing God, Knowing Self”, in Terrell L. Strayhorn, Melvin Cleveland Terrell, editors, The Evolving Challenges of Black College Students, Stylus Publishing, page 16:
text: After the exile, God's kingship changed from more henotheistic expressions to monotheistic ones. Nevertheless, there always remained a tension in ancient Judaism between the "God of all" and the "God of Israel."
ref: 2012, M. David Litwa, We Are Being Transformed, Walter de Gruyter, page 245:
text: The coins referring to the Roman gods and, if we may believe the author of the Historia Augusta, the collection of Roman cult objects in the Heliogabalium favor a more henotheistic approach by the priest-emperor.
ref: 2012, Erika Manders, Coining Images of Power, BRILL, page 148:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting henotheism.
Derived terms: henotheistically
Huna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A New Age theory of metaphysics introduced by Max Freedom Long (1890–1971), who linked it to ancient Hawaiian kahunas.
Mithraist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mithraists
Senses: glosses: A follower of Mithraism.
Related terms: Mithra
Mithras
Mithraic
Mithraism
Mithraists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mithraist
Mohsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mohsian
form: most Mohsian
Etymology: From Mohs + -ian; it was founded in the 1960s by Bill and Helen Mohs.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an American form of Wicca derived from Gardnerian Wicca.
notarikon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew נוטריקון, borrowed from Ancient Greek νοταρικόν (notarikón).
Senses: examples: text: Rashi explains the second phrase in his commentary to the parallel section in Berakhot 24a, s.v. takhshitin shebifnim: "Kumaz — a defuss of the uterus that they would make for their daughters, and they would pierce the walls of the uterus as one pierces the ears and insert it so that men would not have relations with them". In other words, according to Rashi, kumaz means a "chastity belt", and Rabbah hints at this later on in the sugya in Shabbat, using a notarikon: "KuMaZ — Kan Mekom Zima", here is a place of lewdness".
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 192:
glosses: A cabalistic method of deriving a phrase from a word, using the letters of the word as initial letters of words in the sentence.
examples: text: The Hebrew word zahav (ZaHaB) is the notarikon (shorthand) for Zan, Ha'aret, and Bonayh Yerushalayim.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 120:
glosses: A cabalistic method of creating a word from initial, middle and final letters (in any combination) of words in a phrase.
numeromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From numero- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination using numbers; numerology.
paremiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paremiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of paremiology.
obea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of obeah.
octopolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octo- + polar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an octopole.
understanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: Book of Common Prayer
a tongue not understanded of the people
glosses: simple past and past participle of understand
pulmonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pulmonic + -ally.
Senses: examples: a pulmonically initiated plosive
glosses: By means of the lungs.
youthwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of youth work.
violentest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of violent: most violent
political animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political animals
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek πολιτικὸν ζῷον (politikòn zōîon), originally a concept taken from Aristotle at various places (History of Animals, Politics), though later as character type – possibly inherited in political families – introduced into everyday politics without philosophical background.
Senses: glosses: A person driven by political motives.
wikipedia: Aristotle
History of Animals
Politics (Aristotle)
de:Zoon politikon
political families
Related terms: zoon politikon
brasswork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brass + -work.
Senses: examples: text: The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
ref: 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
glosses: Work or ornamentation made of brass.
torrija
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torrijas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish torrija.
Senses: examples: text: The saffron syrup brings a lovely warmth and a little touch of something special, making these torrijas feel just right for the season while still keeping that familiar, comforting charm we all love.
ref: 2025 March 18, José Pizarro, “Jose Pizarro's recipe for hot cross torrijas with saffron syrup”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025:
glosses: A traditional Spanish and Latin American variant of French toast, prepared by soaking slices of bread in milk or wine, coating them in beaten egg, and then frying them in oil.
enclosedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enclosed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . . It was during this winter that Ursula suffered and enjoyed most keenly Maggie's fundamental sadness of enclosedness.
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 13, in The Rainbow:
text: We must ask, first, whether our privacy — call it our distance or enclosedness or unknowability with respect to others — is elected or inevitable.
ref: 1984, Christopher E. G. Benfey, Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others, →ISBN, page 63:
text: I was thinking about the moment when that enclosedness, which can be protective, tips over into something menacing and unpleasant.
ref: 2006 Feb. 26, "Deeper Waters: Sarah Waters speaks to Anthony Quinn, The Age (Australia) (retrieved 27 Oct 2013)
glosses: The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.
Synonyms: boundedness
finity
finitude
finiteness
limitedness
fenced-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fenced-in
form: most fenced-in
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fenced in.
designated runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: designated runners
Senses: glosses: A pinch runner.
designated runners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of designated runner
subdevice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdevices
Etymology: From sub- + device.
Senses: glosses: A device making up part of a larger device.
subdevices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdevice
domesticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: domesticizes
form: domesticizing
form: domesticized
form: domesticized
Etymology: From domestic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make domestic; domesticate.
Related terms: domesticization
undomesticized
domesticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of domesticize
domesticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of domesticize
domesticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of domesticize
justnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of justness
ghettoblaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghettoblasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
ghettoblasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghettoblaster
snow doughnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow doughnuts
form: snow donut
Senses: glosses: A rare snow formation where self-rolling balls of snow lose their central portion, resulting in a doughnut shape.
snow donut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow donuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snow doughnut.
snow doughnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow doughnut
nonpastoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pastoral.
Senses: glosses: Not pastoral.
prepastoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pastoral.
Senses: examples: a prepastoral hunter-gatherer society
glosses: Before pastoralism.
semanticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semantic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that semantics is central to grammar.
Theravadan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Theravadan
form: most Theravadan
Etymology: From Theravada + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Theravada Buddhism.
Theravadan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Theravadans
Etymology: From Theravada + -an.
Senses: glosses: A Theravada Buddhist.
Theravadans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theravadan
Theravadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theravada
mebezonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A neuromuscular blocker, 4,4’-diaminodicyclohexyl methane trimethylammonium iodide, used in veterinary medicine, in combination with the embutramide and tetracaine, for euthanasia of small domestic animals.
Derived terms: mebezonium iodide
Inca dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.kə.dʌv/
Forms: form: Inca doves
Etymology: Named after the Inca Empire, though it does not occur in any of those lands.
Senses: glosses: Columbina inca, a small New World dove ranging from the southwestern United States to Central America.
Inca doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Inca dove
multibird
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + bird.
Senses: examples: text: Most important, however, physiology in bushtits may also explain the formation of multibird nests, as explained above, entirely independent from the formation of kin groups.
ref: 1992, Sarah Anne Sloane, Supernumeraries at bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) nests, page 50:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one bird.
bushtits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushtit
crocetins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocetin
slateless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slate + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Below its nearly slateless cow-sheds and tumbling iron-gated piggeries, a steep slope drained liquids from all ordure down to the pretty river.
ref: 2013, Molly Keane, Time After Time:
glosses: Devoid of slates.
Bulgarianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bulgarian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Bulgarian.
piquantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piquant + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being piquant.
unbristled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bristled.
Senses: glosses: Without bristles.
unsoapy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsoapy
form: most unsoapy
Etymology: From un- + soapy.
Senses: glosses: Not soapy.
unstalked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stalked.
Senses: examples: an unstalked crinoid
glosses: Without a stalk.
examples: text: There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.
ref: 1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides, page 67:
glosses: Not stalked or covertly followed.
untentacled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tentacled.
Senses: glosses: Without tentacles.
dyeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyeabilities
Etymology: From dye + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Quality or degree of being dyeable.
dyeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyeability
lightworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightworker
lightwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From light + work.
Senses: glosses: The activities of a lightworker (New Age sense).
brassworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brassworks
Etymology: From brass + works.
Senses: glosses: A place where brass is manufactured and/or shaped.
Coordinate terms: sense: type of works
word: works § Hyponyms
Related terms: brasswork
antilogic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + logic.
Senses: glosses: Failure to obey logic; fallacious thinking or reasoning.
'sfar
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /sfɑː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: Contraction of as far.
hash trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hash trails
Senses: glosses: A path used in hashing, whose direction is marked with certain symbols serving as clues.
non-competitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-competitive
form: most non-competitive
Senses: examples: text: The next quarter of a century was largely non-competitive, and marked by an increasing tendency towards grouping.
ref: 1948 January and February, “British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of noncompetitive.
Emmaline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a form of Emmeline.
hasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashers
Etymology: From hash + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The best PHP password hasher, which incorporates all three of the essential elements, is Phpass, which you can download for free […]
ref: 2013, Marc Rochkind, Expert PHP and MySQL: Application Design and Development, page 194:
glosses: One who or that which hashes (in various senses).
glosses: A food service worker in a low-end establishment.
glosses: One who participates in a hash run; a hare or hound in hashing.
food service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foodservice.
herbally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From herbal + -ly.
Senses: examples: herbally-enriched drinks
glosses: With herbs.
examples: text: Catnip is used herbally to calm down the nervous system.
glosses: In terms of herbalism; as a herb.
phytotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to phytotherapy.
Derived terms: phytotherapeutically
phytotherapeutically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phytotherapeutic + -ally.
Senses: examples: a phytotherapeutically valuable plant
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, phytotherapy.
hashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasher
nonbodily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bodily.
Senses: glosses: Not bodily.
nonharm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + harm.
Senses: glosses: Avoidance of harm.
special event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special events
Senses: examples: text: The city is providing special event shuttles on the Fourth of July.
glosses: A public event such as a ballgame, parade, or festival that requires transportation planning, especially including roadway closure, and often a city permit in consequence.
parrieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: parry + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parry
spyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spy + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without spies.
bosomless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bosom + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a bosom.
Tofflerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tofflerian
form: most Tofflerian
Etymology: From Toffler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alvin Toffler (1928–2016), American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution and technological singularity.