cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mirthfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirthfulnesse
Etymology: From mirthful + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: word: elation
word: mirth
word: blitheness
word: blithesomeness
word: cheerfulness
word: cheeriness
word: contentness
word: contentedness
word: delight
word: delightedness
word: elatedness
word: elation
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: felicity
word: gaiety
word: gayness
word: gayfulness
word: gladness
word: gladsomeness
word: glee
word: gleefulness
word: gleesomeness
word: happiness
word: high spirits
word: hilarity
word: jolliness
word: jollity
word: joviality
word: jovialness
word: joy
word: joyfulness
word: joyousness
word: liss
word: merriment
word: merriness
word: mirth
word: mirthfulness
word: pleasedness
glosses: The property of being mirthful; happiness
esca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛskə/
Forms: form: escae
Etymology: From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
Synonyms: sense: anglerfish growth
word: illicium
sense: fungal disease
word: black measles
esca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛskə/
Forms: form: escas
Etymology: From Galician escá, from Hispanic Late Latin scala (“bowl”) attested in Isidore of Seville, probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō (“bowl”). Cognate with German Schale and Dutch schaal.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
glosses: A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartillo (1⁄12 esca)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cunca (1⁄6 esca)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: ferrado (2 escas)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: fanega (10 escas)
draw a bath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws a bath
form: drawing a bath
form: drew a bath
form: drawn a bath
Senses: examples: text: Never leave a child unattended when you are drawing them a bath.
glosses: To fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.
Synonyms: run a bath
gulph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gulphs
Senses: examples: text: Or that the sword of some brave enemy
Had put a sudden stop to my hot breath,
And hurl’d me down the illimitable gulph
Of times past, unremember’d!
ref: 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, act III, scene I, verses 3-6:
text: 1889, Fell on the pirates by the deep, / And hurled them in the gulph of sleep. — William Butler Yeats, ‘The Madness of King Goll’
glosses: Obsolete spelling of gulf.
gulph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gulphs
form: gulphing
form: gulphed
form: gulphed
Senses: examples: text: Fill to[…]the full glass—the Cape Horn measure, which you may gulph down for a shilling.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
glosses: Alternative form of gulf.
Slaughters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Slaughters
Etymology: From Old English *slōhtre (“slough, river-valley”).
Senses: glosses: The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area.
imminence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imminences
Etymology: From Late Latin imminentia.
Senses: examples: text: For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
ref: 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
salley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.li/
Forms: form: salleys
Senses: examples: 1889: Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet — WB Yeats, ‘Down by the Salley Gardens’
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sallow.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sally.
Cotswold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒts.wəʊld/
ipa: /-wɒld/
Senses: examples: text: Bourton-on-the-Water is an attractive Cotswold village.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Cotswolds range of hills.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A style of traditional morris dancing originating from the Cotswolds area of England.
Derived terms: Cotswold morris dancing
Cotswold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒts.wəʊld/
ipa: /-wɒld/
Forms: form: Cotswolds
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a certain breed with long wool, formerly common in the English counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester.
Cotswold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒts.wəʊld/
ipa: /-wɒld/
Senses: glosses: A local government district of Gloucestershire, England.
Related terms: Cotswold Hills
Cotswolds
Cotswolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cotswolds
Etymology: From Old English Cod (personal name) + -'s + wold (“wooded upland”) + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
ref: 2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
glosses: A range of limestone hills in West-central England.
examples: text: For his summer vacation, JD Vance chose to go to the Cotswolds.
ref: 2025 August 23, Janan Ganesh, “How English costs the English”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
glosses: A region of South West and South East England with small parts extending into the West Midlands, characterised by the Cotswolds.
glosses: The area of the Cotswold Hills AONB.
Synonyms: Cotswold Hills
Derived terms: Cotswold
Notswolds
AONB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AONBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of area of outstanding natural beauty; a type of conservation area.
sleiveen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsliːviːn/
Forms: form: sleiveens
form: sleeveen
form: sleveen
Etymology: From Irish slíghbhín, slíbhín, with the same meaning; from sliabh (“mountain”) (hence the implication that the person is rural).
Senses: examples: text: In trust he took John's lands; / Sleiveens were all his race
ref: 1889, WB Yeats, The Ballad of Father O'Hart:
text: You blackened, filthy sleeveen liar. I curse the living day I ever let you near me.
ref: 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 298:
glosses: A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.
findrinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪndɹɪni/
Etymology: From Irish fiondruine, a decorative white bronze used on bracelets and shields.
Senses: glosses: White bronze.
examples: 1889: A pearl-pale, high-born lady, who rode / On a horse with a bridle of findrinny — WB Yeats, The Wanderings of Oisin, Book 1
glosses: A kind of red bronze.
gives off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give off
giving off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give off
gave off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give off
given off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give off
out on one's ear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If you are late one more time, you shall be out on your ear.
glosses: Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.
live up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives up
form: living up
form: lived up
form: lived up
Senses: examples: text: She never lived up to her reputation.
text: The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.
text: Seeing A-listers in the aisles makes Frieze seem sexier than most fairs, placing added pressure on galleries to live up to the sponsorship provided by high-end fashion brands and luxury goods.
ref: 2023 October 7, Gregor Muir, “Frieze turns 20”, in FT Weekend, Collecting, page 2:
text: Ursula von der Leyen, who heads the executive arm of the 27-nation European Union, said: “This is Europe’s moment and we must live up to it.”
ref: 2025 March 4, Marc Santora, quoting Ursula von der Leyen, “Ukraine Races to Salvage U.S. Alliance After Trump Halts Aid”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2025:
glosses: To fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
Related terms: live it up
make good on
pencil crayon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pencil crayons
Senses: examples: text: You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.
ref: 1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way, page 116:
glosses: A coloured pencil.
Synonyms: coloured pencil
crayon
karateka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karateka
form: karatekas
Etymology: From Japanese 空手家 (karateka).
Senses: examples: text: Another 60 karatekas will go head to head in kumite, three-minute sparring bouts in which athletes attempt to land a series of precise blows on their opponent’s body.
ref: 2021 July 19, Megan McCluskey, “New Sports”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78:
glosses: A practitioner of karate.
Related terms: budoka
judoka
kendoka
six-figure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: chiefly annual income
glosses: Counted in the hundreds of thousands; 100,000 to 999,999.
raw_tags: of a numerical amount
manubrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnubɹiəm/
ipa: /məˈnjuːbɹiəm/
Forms: form: manubria
form: manubriums
Etymology: From Latin manubrium (“handle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The broad, upper part of the sternum.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish and ending in a mouth.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell that projects inward from the centre of the shields in the globule of Chara.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A knob or handle that controls the stops of an organ.
Derived terms: manubrial
Related terms: manubriate
manubriated
elbow bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elbow bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ulna, the main forearm bone.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Olecranon, at the elbow end of the ulna.
movie theater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmuvi ˌθi.ətɚ/
Forms: form: movie theaters
form: movie theatre
Senses: synonyms: moving-picture theater
theater
glosses: A building where movies are shown to an audience; a cinema.
metacarpal bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacarpal bones
Senses: glosses: Metacarpal.
tirls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tirl
calf bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calf bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.
braincase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braincases
Etymology: From brain + case.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neurocranium.
synonyms: word: neurocranium
horchata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
Forms: form: horchatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish horchata, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *hordeata (“(drink, food) made of barley”), from hordeum (“barley”), either via Catalan/Valencian orxata (possibly via a Mozarabic source), or via Italian orzata.
Doublet of orgeat (“almond syrup”) and orzo (“barley-shaped pasta”).
Senses: examples: text: Manufacturers from the villages surrounding the capital of the region came each day to the city of Valencia with carts pulled by donkeys to sell fresh horchata, tiger nuts and barley water.
ref: 2011, Miguel-Angel Galindo, Domingo Ribeiro, Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics: New Perspectives, Practices, and Policies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.
Derived terms: Rumchata
soger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/
Forms: form: sogers
form: sojer
Senses: examples: text: The captain called him a "soger," and promised to "ride him down as he would the main tack;" and when officers are once determined to "ride a man down," it is a gone case with him.
ref: 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast:
text: I'd hang a lazy soger / The same as any other.
ref: a. 1900, “Hanging Johnny”, in Ivan Walton et al., editors, Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors, published 2002, page 66:
text: Come aft, you lazy soger, an' see what de captain has to say 'bout dis," cried Worcester, pushing the man, who still grasped his knife, before him […]
ref: 1902, Louis Becke, The Jalasco Brig, page 82:
glosses: A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.
soger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/
Forms: form: sogers
form: sogering
form: sogered
form: sogered
form: sojer
Senses: glosses: To shirk; to neglect one's work.
mauler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maulers
Etymology: From maul + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on 1,138 pass-blocking snaps at Iowa, according to Pro Football Focus.
ref: 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:
glosses: One who mauls.
examples: text: Nice couple, that; you'll have difficulty keeping your maulers off Titania. She's almost as beautiful as Hera.
ref: 2011, Rick Lane, Paradise Is Not Heaven, page 45:
glosses: A person's hand.
maulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mauler
meter-kilogram-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metre-kilogram-second.
mks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: MKS
glosses: Initialism of mouse, keyboard, screen.
mks
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: related: word: MKS
coordinate_terms: mul:SI
cgs
CGS
glosses: metre-kilogram-second system of units.
centimeter-gram-second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of centimetre-gram-second.
merriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English merines, mirynes, mirines, myrynesse, from Middle English miriġness, myriġness (“pleasantness, sweetness”), equivalent to merry + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: word: merriment
word: mirth
word: blitheness
word: blithesomeness
word: cheerfulness
word: cheeriness
word: contentness
word: contentedness
word: delight
word: delightedness
word: elatedness
word: elation
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: felicity
word: gaiety
word: gayness
word: gayfulness
word: gladness
word: gladsomeness
word: glee
word: gleefulness
word: gleesomeness
word: happiness
word: high spirits
word: hilarity
word: jolliness
word: jollity
word: joviality
word: jovialness
word: joy
word: joyfulness
word: joyousness
word: liss
word: merriment
word: merriness
word: mirth
word: mirthfulness
word: pleasedness
glosses: The property of being merry.
meritoriousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meritorious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being meritorious.
meretriciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meretricious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being meretricious.
mistiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstinəs/
Forms: form: mistinesses
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English mystynesse; equivalent to misty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Her eyes feel dull, misty, as if floating in tears. Mistiness of sight. Sensation as if a veil were before the eyes, with blinking of the eyelids.
ref: 1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, translated by Charles Julius Hempel, Jahr’s New Manual, […] , volume 2, New York: William Radde, page 193:
glosses: The quality of being misty.
ministrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ministrants
Etymology: From Latin ministrāns.
Senses: glosses: One who ministers.
ministrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ministrāns.
Senses: examples: text: That gentle Hermit, in my helpless woe,
By my sick couch was busy to and fro,
Like a strong spirit ministrant of good: […]
ref: 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, pages 221–222:
glosses: administering; attendant
ministrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ministrant
modernness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modernnesses
Etymology: From modern + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the property of being modern
Synonyms: modernity
motormouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motormouths
form: motor mouth
form: motor-mouth
Etymology: From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth moves so much that it seems motorized.
Senses: examples: text: He's such a motormouth that I can never get a word in.
text: Blimey, Brand is checking a word with me. This is nothing like the motor-mouth on the telly, laughing in the face of everything.
ref: 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: airbag
word: babblemouth
word: babbler
word: bag of wind
word: blab
word: blabberer
word: blatherer
word: blabbermouth
word: blatherskite
word: bloviator
word: chatterbag
word: chatter-basket
word: chatterbox
word: chatterer
word: chewet
word: gabbler
word: gasbag
word: jabberer
word: jangler
word: motormouth
word: patterer
word: prater
word: prattler
word: rattle
word: tongue-pad
word: twaddler
word: windbag
word: yapper
word: yakker
coordinate_terms: bigmouth
loudmouth
glosses: One who talks very quickly or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.
Related terms: diarrhea of the mouth
motormouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: motormouths
form: motormouthing
form: motormouthed
form: motormouthed
form: motor mouth
form: motor-mouth
Etymology: From motor + mouth, from the figurative notion that the mouth moves so much that it seems motorized.
Senses: glosses: To talk very quickly or incessantly.
monotonousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monotonous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being monotonous.
alosid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alosids
Senses: glosses: Any shad of the genus Alosa.
Related terms: alosine
mercuricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Medicines made from mercury, generally used for purgative purposes from the 17th to the 19th century in European and American medicine.
softroader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softroaders
Etymology: Blend of soft + off-roader
Senses: glosses: A vehicle, such as an SUV or wagon, that is not quite as capable as a full-blown off-roader but a step above 'regular' cars (on-roaders), because of increased ground clearance with tyre, wheel, and suspension adjustments and skid plates.
erotophonophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eroto- (“love”) + Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the serial aspect of these killings, lust murder still remains a distinct subcategory of both sexual and serial murder. It is also referred to as erotophonophilia, one of the most extreme forms of paraphilia.
ref: 2003, Eric Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, SAGE, →ISBN, page 281:
glosses: lust murder
lust murder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lust murders
Senses: examples: text: Despite the serial aspect of these killings, lust murder still remains a distinct subcategory of both sexual and serial murder. It is also referred to as erotophonophilia, one of the most extreme forms of paraphilia.
ref: 2003, Eric Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, SAGE, →ISBN, page 281:
synonyms: erotophonophilia
glosses: Murder for sexual gratification, often involving mutilation.
gastrique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastriques
Etymology: Borrowed from French gastrique. Doublet of gastric.
Senses: glosses: A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar
touchwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Apparently from touch + wood, but perhaps the first element is derived from torch.
Senses: glosses: Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
mare's-nest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mare's-nests
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mare's nest.
mare's nest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛːz nɛst/
Forms: form: mare's nests
form: mares' nests
Etymology: Alteration of earlier horse's nest, from the fanciful and unlikely notion that horses make nests.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: bullshit, horseshit
text: Why dost thou laugh? What Mares nest hast thou found?
ref: c. 1620, John Fletcher (playwright), Bonduca, V.2
text: “Rubbish!” cried Lawrence angrily. “In my opinion the whole thing is a mare’s nest of Bauerstein’s! Wilkins hadn’t an idea of such a thing, until Bauerstein put it into his head. But, like all specialists, Bauerstein’s got a bee in his bonnet. Poisons are his hobby, so of course he sees them everywhere.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 32:
glosses: A great discovery which turns out to be illusory; especially, a hoax.
examples: text: Though Chancellor Maupeou had supported the idea of a trial [...], the legal proceedings developed into a mare's nest of accusations and counter-accusations.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 277:
synonyms: rat's nest
coordinate_terms: boar's nest
glosses: A confused or complicated situation; a muddle.
Related terms: blinker fluid
muffler bearing
fool's gold
hen's tooth
rocking horse shit
snark
fuckdoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckdolls
Etymology: From fuck + doll.
Senses: glosses: A sex doll.
examples: text: Cultural critics ask 'Is Madonna a glamorized fuckdoll or the queen of dramatic critique?'
ref: 1999, Carol Benson, Alan Metz, The Madonna Companion, →ISBN, page 269:
text: She would be a kept woman. / Devoted. / Loyal. / A fuckdoll in black-and-white-and-red.
ref: 2006, Stephen Romano, The Riot ACT, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 132:
text: I came, my cries muffled by the gag, reduced to a blind, dumb fuckdoll
ref: 2006, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Glamour Girls: Femme/femme Erotica, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: A woman who is seen only as a sex object.
biomelanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + melanin.
Senses: glosses: melanin extracted from a biological source (such as chicken feathers) for use in sunscreens etc.
maritally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From marital + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Concerning marriage or a connubial relationship.
glosses: Pertaining to a husband.
markdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: markdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).
Senses: glosses: A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
markdown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).
Senses: examples: text: By using markdown, you can get other non-tech savvy contributors to easily write posts for your blog.
ref: 2020, Antonio Melé, Django 3 By Example […] , 3rd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 74:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Markdown, a lightweight markup language.
master's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master's
Senses: glosses: Clipping of master's degree.
master's degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master's degrees
Senses: glosses: A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.
Synonyms: word: master
word: masters
word: master's
word: Master
word: Masters
word: magistrate
word: masteral
Derived terms: honorary master's degree
Related terms: magister
master's thesis
matriarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matriarchal
form: most matriarchal
form: matriarchial
Etymology: From matriarch + -al.
Senses: glosses: Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch.
glosses: Governed by females, rather than by males.
Synonyms: matriarchial
matriarchic
Coordinate terms: patriarchal
Derived terms: matriarchalism
matriarchally
Related terms: mater
matriarch
matriarchate
matriarchy
matrist
matristic
matristically
matristics
mayoralty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl.ti/
ipa: /ˈmɛə.ɹəl.ti/
ipa: /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl.ti/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl.ti/
Forms: form: mayoralties
Etymology: From Middle English mairaltee, from Middle French mairalté.
Senses: examples: text: The results, coming after voters had rejected a similar effort by Mr. Chávez just 15 months ago, pointed to his resilience after a decade in power, as well as to the fragmentation of his opposition, which as recently as November had won key mayoralties and governorships.
ref: 2009 February 16, Simon Romero, “Chávez Decisively Wins Bid to End Term Limits”, in New York Times:
text: During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme, both initiated by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.
ref: 2021, “Mayoralty of Boris Johnson”, in Wikipedia, retrieved 10 Nov 2021:
glosses: The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.
Synonyms: mayorship
Related terms: english: the Bloomberg administration; mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg; tenure of an officeholder; for example, means the
translation: the Bloomberg administration; mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg; tenure of an officeholder; for example, means the
word: administration
deifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deify
bryony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪəni/
Forms: form: bryonies
form: briony
Etymology: From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).
Senses: examples: text: On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]
ref: 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Brook; an Idyl”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 112:
text: I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 216:
glosses: A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species Bryonia dioica.
Derived terms: black bryony
bryonin
deifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deify
contado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contados
form: contadi
Etymology: From Italian contado.
Senses: examples: text: Milan was the most aggressive and successful of the mainland states. It was also one of the richest, its prosperity extended into its contado by canals and irrigation […].
ref: 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 65:
text: The population of the contado at the time may be tentatively estimated on the basis of Giovanni Villani's information that, in 1338, it contained 80,000 men fit to bear arms, more than three times the number in Florence city (25,000).
ref: 2014, Ole Jørgen Benedictow, The Complete History of the Black Death, page 704:
glosses: The land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city.
majorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From major + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Campus police break up parties routinely, but nobody really gets majorly busted.
ref: 1984, Joseph Westlund, Shakespeare's Reparative Comedies: A Psychoanalytic View of the Middle Plays, University of Chicago Press, Page 92
text: The thing is I am majorly stressing because I have no prom date set up.
ref: 2000, Scholastic, Inc. Staff (eds), Diary of a Junior Year, Scholastic Paperbacks, Page 135
text: 2004, John Ringo & Julie Cochrane, Cally's War, Baen Books
The Taco Hell was okay the last time I tried it, but that was a few months ago when I was majorly low on cash.
text: “Mimi, here’s the thing. When somebody in that crowd goes and does something majorly out of control like that, it’s only a matter of days before the rest of the girls in school make sure they've caught up. …”
ref: 2005, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, The Rise and Fall of a 10th-grade Social Climber, Graphia Books, Page 173
glosses: significantly; very, very much
examples: text: Significant contrasts can be drawn between the course of personality development in which children are majorly reared by grandparents who have …
ref: 1930, American Orthopsychiatric Association, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Page 634
text: This is due not solely, or even majorly, to the fact the above type of analysis concerns itself primarily with what will happen in the long run.
ref: 1963, Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) and British Economic Association, The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journey of the British Economic Association, Macmillan, Page 686
text: This chapter is majorly devoted to the primary immunodeficiencies that have been documented in domestic animals.
ref: 2000, Bernard F. Feldman, Joseph G. Zinkl, Nemi C. Jain (eds), Schalm's Veterinary Hematology, Blackwell Publishing, Page 260
text: Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, both major US operators of the Boeing 737 Max 9, cancelled a combined 342 flights Monday as the grounding of the aircraft continues to majorly disrupt their schedules.
ref: 2024 January 8, Jordan Valinsky, “Alaska and United cancel more than 300 flights Monday because of the 737 Max 9 grounding”, in CNN:
glosses: mostly, primarily
Synonyms: majorally
Related terms: sergeant-majorly
sergeant-majorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sergeant-majorly
form: most sergeant-majorly
Etymology: From sergeant major + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Captain David Margesson who not withstanding his official description as War Minister, is usually the soul of gentle geniality, was almost sergeant-majorly in his treatment of the mildest question.
ref: 1941, Francis Cowley Burland, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks and Owen Seaman, Punch (Volume CCI), Punch Publications Ltd, Page 446
text: In Rural Rides, within a few pages, he manages to insult Scotsmen and the Cotswolds, but in a sergeant-majorly sort of way, […]
ref: 1973, Seumas Stewart, Book Collecting: A Beginner's Guide, E. P. Dutton, Page 206
text: “Okay boys,” I said, in sergeant-majorly style, “there are just two rules that you need to know for this expedition.”
ref: 2003, Anna Richards, ADHD: A Challenging Journey, Sage Publications, Page 25
glosses: In the manner of a sergeant major.
contemner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contemners
Etymology: From contemn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
ref: ante''' 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Routledge; →ISBN, 0415319897)
text: I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”
ref: 1861 November, Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII (February 1862), page 10
text: From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.
ref: 1908, Henry James, chapter VIII, in The Portrait of a Lady (The Novels and Tales of Henry James), New York edition, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as The Portrait of a Lady (EBook #283), United States: Project Gutenberg, 1 September 2001:
glosses: One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
dirt-poor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dirt poor
Etymology: An inversion of the earlier poor as dirt (compare whip-smart or smart as a whip).
Senses: examples: text: In recent months, the dirt-poor peasants of Honduras have invaded farms and blockaded bridges to force the government to fulfill its promises.
ref: 1975 August 18, “Religion: Blood and Land”, in Time:
text: A few years ago it was a dirt-poor outpost populated by rural migrants.
ref: 2007 August 4, “A critical election for ‘the best dressed man in Turkey’”, in The Week, 625, 16:
antonyms: filthy rich
glosses: In a condition of extreme poverty.
chaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaunts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chant.
chaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chaunts
form: chaunting
form: chaunted
form: chaunted
Senses: examples: text: Happier in reascent, than in his fall mournful, and through all purifying spheres perfective, let the bard his harp restrung, chaunt […]
ref: 1901 [1839], Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: George Routledge & Sons, page 9:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chant.
maulstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːl.stɪk/
Forms: form: maulsticks
form: mahlstick
form: mahlstock
form: malstick
Etymology: From German Mahlstock.
Senses: examples: text: Here the lamps blazed as a dozen or so of the brethren were seated at their desks with maulsticks to rest their wrists on as they used their quills to copy texts on to vellum from the skins of goats or sheep.
ref: 2012, Peter Tremayne, Behold a Pale Horse: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland, page 292:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
polarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polarises
form: polarising
form: polarised
form: polarised
Etymology: From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize.
Derived terms: bipolarise
depolarise
hyperpolarise
repolarise
polarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polarises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polarize
polarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polarizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polarise
polarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: form: polarising
Etymology: From polarize + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polarize
polarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: form: more polarizing
form: most polarizing
form: polarising
Etymology: From polarize + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: It is a polarizing novel, loved by some and hated by others.
text: Che Guevara remains a polarizing Marxist revolutionary, feted by some as a champion of the poor and reviled by others as a bloodthirsty monster.
glosses: Characterized by strong, divided opinions among people; divisive.
Derived terms: nonpolarizing
unpolarizing
polarising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polarising
form: most polarising
form: polarizing
Senses: glosses: That which polarises or is polarised
polarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polarizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polarise
polarised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polarised
form: most polarised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarized.
Derived terms: nonpolarised
unpolarised
polarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polarise
sagittiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sagittiform
form: most sagittiform
Senses: examples: text: This tree has sagittiform leaves, which lack divisions and subdivisions.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of an arrowhead, but lacking flaring lobes on the base.
Isaias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The prophet Isaiah.
Moab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.æb/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.æb/
rhymes: -əʊæb
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μωάβ (Mōáb), from Biblical Hebrew מוֹאָב (môʾāḇ). Attested to as Moabite 𐤌𐤀𐤁 (mʾb) and Ancient Egyptian mwjbw N35A-M17-D58-G43-N25
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.
glosses: The people who traditionally traced their ancestry to this son of Lot.
glosses: A placename
A mountainous region of Jordan.
glosses: A placename
A city, the county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Moab Valley: a valley in Moab Grand Canyon, Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Moab Grand Canyon: a canyonland in Utah, United States.
Synonyms: sense: nation descended from Moab
word: Moabite
sense: nation descended from Moab
word: Moabites
Derived terms: Moab Canyon
Moab Grand Canyon
Moabite
Moabites
Moab Valley
drupelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹuːplɪt/
ipa: /-lət/
ipa: /ˈdɹuplɪt/
ipa: /-lət/
Forms: form: drupelets
form: druplet
Etymology: From drupe (“stone fruit”) + -let (diminutive suffix). Compare Late Latin drupella (“small ripe olive”).
Senses: examples: text: It is best to pick the berries while all drupelets are of a consistent, dark red coloration.
text: The passengers on the chock-full boat were packed across the deck like drupelets.
text: Aggregated Fruits are close clusters of simple fruits all of the same flower. The raspberry and blackberry are good examples. In these, each grain is a drupelet or stone-fruit, like a cherry or peach on a very small scale.
ref: 1858, Asa Gray, “How Plants are Propagated or Multiplied in Numbers”, in Botany for Young People and Common Schools. How Plants Grow, a Simple Introduction to Structural Botany. […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co., →OCLC, section IV (Fruit and Seed), § 1 (Seed-vessels), paragraph 244, page 81:
text: The fruits of the genus Rubus (blackberry, raspberry) are aggregates of small drupes (drupelets) upon the receptacle of a single flower, each drupelet from a single pistil.
ref: 1931, A[lbert] S[pear] Hitchcock, “Fruits and Seeds”, in Field Work for the Local Botanist, Washington, D.C.: Published by the author […]; composed and printed at the Waverley Press, Inc. […], →OCLC, page 22:
text: Each fertilized pistil/ovule will develop into a fleshy drupelet containing one seed (a pyrene). Erect and semi-erect blackberry cultivars produce fruit with relatively large pyrenes compared to those of trailing blackberries.
ref: 2017, Bernadine C. Strik, “Growth and Development”, in Harvey K. Hall, Richard C. Funt, editors, Blackberries and Their Hybrids (Crop Production Science in Horticulture; 26), Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Boston, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, page 29:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: drupel
glosses: One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.
Related terms: drupaceous
drupe
drupel
drupelike
shorty
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔː.ti/
ipa: /ˈʃoɹ.ti/
ipa: /ˈʃoː.ti/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: shortie
form: shawtie
form: shawty
Etymology: From short + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Bell: Savino didn't tip you off to that bitch?
Wee-Bey: Pshh, wasn't no time for that. He get up out the car, we see him go up the block like we said, right? Pshh, after that, he outa sight, we bring it home like we planned, baby.
Bell: Well, shorty was a cop.
ref: 2002 August 18, David Simon, Ed Burns, “The Hunt” (15:40 from the start), in The Wire, season 1, episode 11, spoken by Stringer Bell (Idris Elba), spoken by Wee-Bey Brice (Hassan Johnson):
text: Shorty really killed this 😭
ref: 2023 February 5, Za Morant (@APotOfGold_), Twitter:
text: I asked shorty for her name and she said “earn it”
ref: 2023 February 1, Hoodville (@Hoodville_), Twitter:
text: Shorty said
ref: 2023 February 5, The Sound Hashira (@chillixci), Twitter:
text: shorty concussed and she said not my problem 😭
ref: 2023 February 1, Chronic E (@therealchronice), Twitter:
text: Me tryna show shorty I’m just as useful as that toy
ref: 2023 January 29, @Squid_wurdz on IG (@squid_wurdz), Twitter:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Synonym of she or her, especially of a younger woman.
synonyms: word: she or her
extra: especially of a younger woman
Salvatore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Salvatore. Doublet of Salvador.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian.
appalto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appaltos
form: appalti
Etymology: From Italian appalto.
Senses: glosses: A contract to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service.
appalti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appalto
Amalec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ămʹə-lĕk'
ipa: /ˈæm.əˌlɛk/
Forms: form: Amalek
Etymology: Via Late Latin Amālēc from Koine Greek Ἀμᾱλήκ (Amālḗk) from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The grandson of Esau through his eldest son, in the Hebrew Bible.
glosses: The nation that purportedly traced their ancestry to this grandson.
Synonyms: sense: nation descended from Amalec
word: Amalecite
word: Amalekite
Derived terms: Amalecite
ought to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Indicating duty or obligation.
glosses: Indicating advisability or prudence.
glosses: Indicating desirability.
glosses: Indicating likelihood or probability.
Related terms: aught
ought
dark current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark currents
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The temperature-dependent current that flows in a photodetector when no light is shining on it.
data communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The movement of data between computers, or between central computers (especially mainframes) and remote terminals.
data compression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several techniques for reducing the number of bits needed to represent an item of digital data, either to save storage or to use less bandwidth when transmitting it
decomposition potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decomposition potentials
Senses: glosses: In electrolysis, the electrode potential at which current begins to increase appreciably, and electrolysis occurs.
deep inelastic collision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep inelastic collisions
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A high-energy nuclear reaction in which two nuclei overlap and exchange energy and nucleons.
hydrogel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogels
Etymology: From hydro- + gel.
Senses: glosses: A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
Derived terms: biohydrogel
hydrogelation
nanohydrogel
continuous phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: continuous phases
Senses: glosses: The fluid phase of a colloid within which solid or fluid particles are distributed
Related terms: disperse phase
disperse phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disperse phases
Senses: glosses: The particulate solid or liquid phase of a colloid distributed within a fluid
Related terms: continuous phase
pulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌlsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pulse
pulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌlsɪŋ/
Forms: form: pulsings
Senses: glosses: The emission of pulses.
examples: text: Used to mark out the stages of serial order, it seems to have been conceived primarily in terms of the periodicities or pulsings of the regular cycles of these series of change which we now term processes[…]
ref: 1975, Charles M. Sherover, The Human Experience of Time, page 4:
glosses: The action of something that pulses.
nanodevices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanodevice
nanodevice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanodevices
Etymology: From nano- + device.
Senses: glosses: Any manufactured device whose scale is measured in nanometers.
nanogenerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanogenerators
Etymology: From nano- + generator.
Senses: glosses: Any electrical generator whose scale is measured in nanometers; they typically create electricity from the random movements of their surroundings.
implantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪmˈplɑːntəbl̩]
ipa: [ɪmˈplæntəbl̩]
ipa: [ɪmˈplæntəbl̩]
Forms: form: more implantable
form: most implantable
Etymology: From implant + -able.
Senses: examples: text: High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 73:
glosses: Capable of being, or designed to be, implanted (within the body etc.)
Derived terms: inimplantable
unimplantable
implantable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪmˈplɑːntəbl̩]
ipa: [ɪmˈplæntəbl̩]
ipa: [ɪmˈplæntəbl̩]
Forms: form: implantables
Etymology: From implant + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I've had the opportunity to work on mouthwashes and astringents, catheter antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial treatments of other implantables and insertables.
ref: 2009, Daryl S. Paulson, Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach:
glosses: A device that can be implanted surgically.
meanderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meandering