cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dithyramb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪθ.ɪ.ɹæm/
Forms: form: dithyrambs
Etymology: From Latin dithyrambus, from Ancient Greek δῑθύραμβος (dīthúrambos). According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is of non-Indo-European origin (Pre-Greek substrate, Illyrian/Phrygian), related to θρίαμβος and ἴαμβος. Brandenstein also compares Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “member”).
Senses: glosses: A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.
examples: text: While those who drown a truth’s empiric part
In dithyramb or dogma turn frenetic;
— Than whom no writer could be less poetic
He left this lesson for all verse, all art.
ref: 1969, Robert Conquest, “George Orwell”, in Arias from a Love Opera, and Other Poems, Macmillan, page 32:
glosses: A poem or oration in the same style.
examples: text: During the seven decades that have elapsed since that distracted wife, mother, and blindly impassioned mistress threw herself beneath the wheels of the train - thus terminating, with a gesture symbolic of what already had happened to her soul, her tragedy of disorientation - a tumultuous and unremitting dithyramb of romances, news reports, and unrecorded cries of anguish has been going up to the honor of the bull-demon of the labyrinth: the wrathful, destructive, maddening aspect of the same god who, when benign, is the vivifying principle of the world.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 25:
synonyms: word: admonition
word: condemnation
word: diatribe
word: dithyramb
word: harangue
word: impugnation
word: j'accuse
word: jeremiad
word: philippic
word: polemic
word: rant
word: screed
word: slanging match
word: tirade
glosses: An impassioned speech; a rant.
Derived terms: dithyrambic
innovatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more innovatory
form: most innovatory
Etymology: From innovate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Producing new ideas or products.
Synonyms: innovative
inventive
revolutionary
Related terms: innovate
innovation
jump page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump pages
Senses: examples: text: 1999, Lawrence N. Strout, Covering McCarthyism: How the Christian Science Monitor Handled Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950–1954, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 65,
The New York Times, after running a front-page story (which included rebuttals on the jump page) about the McCarthy speech, also ran an editorial.
text: Who, I wondered, was included among the et al.? I hastily turned to the jump page and saw that, sure enough, along with eighteen others... there was Goldman Sachs.
ref: 2005, John C. Whitehead, A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero, Basic Books, →ISBN, page 88:
text: sidebar A facet of a major story that usually runs on the same page or jump page; features angles not covered in main story.
ref: 2006, Meyer L. Stein, Susan F. Paterno, R. Christopher Burnett, Newswriter's Handbook: An Introduction To Journalism, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 310:
glosses: A page of a newspaper on which an article is continued, having been started on a more prominent page.
starost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starosts
Etymology: From Polish starosta.
Senses: glosses: A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.
mute point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mute points
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of moot point.
hunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌni/
rhymes: -ʌni
Forms: form: hunnies
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of honey (“attractive woman, or as a term of affection”).
reappraises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reappraise
green flash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green flashes
Senses: examples: text: Frank T. Davies, physicist on board the City of New York, en route to the Antarctic regions with Byrd Antarctic Expedition, reports as follows on a green flash observed off Bermuda on the evening of August 29, 1928.
ref: 1929, J. A. Fleming, "Observations of Green Flash," Science, New Series, vol. 69, no. 1785, p. 298
topics: astronomy
climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: green ray
coordinate_terms: blue flash
glosses: A rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash or ray of green light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by the refraction of light in the atmosphere.
amiabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amiability
amicabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amicability
angioplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.tiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of angioplasty
gazillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gazillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number gazillion.
gazillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazillionths
Etymology: From gazillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the gazillionth position.
glosses: One of a gazillion equal parts of a whole.
amenabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amenability
ambulatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulatory
ambidexterities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambidexterity
allelopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allelopathy
alkalinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkalinity
affordabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affordability
affectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affectivity
affabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affability
advisabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advisability
admissibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admissibility
adaptabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adaptability
bicentenaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicentenary
beneficiaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beneficiary
belligerencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belligerency
believabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of believability
availabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of availability
autoimmunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoimmunity
audibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audibility
authenticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authenticity
arthroscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthroscopy
aromaticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aromaticity
aromatherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aromatherapy
aristocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristocracy
applicabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applicability
on the outs
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor.
ref: 1961, Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
text: A second ill of this day lies in the trend of getting more and more on the outs with those who have been more successful than we.
ref: 1964, John Anton Dahl, Student, School, and Society: Crosscurrents in Secondary Education, page 83:
text: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
He's staying at my place because he & Bridg are on the outs.
text: "The first country, Nicaragua, was a give-away," noted one State Department observer, referring to the GSP review of the country most on the outs with the administration.
ref: 1998, Henry J. Frundt, Trade Conditions and Labor Rights: U.S. Initiatives, Dominican and Central ..., page 68:
text: The fact that he and her sister seemed to be more on the outs than ever may have been half her motivation in leaving the door open a crack.
ref: 2003, John Wingspread Howell, Naked in Church, page 409:
glosses: On unfriendly terms; estranged.
Synonyms: at odds
Related terms: on the outside, looking in
kick the can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kick-the-can
Senses: examples: text: Her house is […] in a middle-class neighborhood where kids would meet in the schoolyard on summer nights for kick the can, where Good Humor and doughnut truck men still come by.
ref: 2003, Anne Lamott, Joe Jones, Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers,, →ISBN, page 188:
text: "Did you ever play Kick the Can when you were a kid?"
ref: 2005, Dee Henderson, The Protector, Tyndale House Publishers,, →ISBN, page 96:
text: "How about kick the can?" Ben suggested, spotting an empty beer can on the sidewalk.
ref: 2005, Mark Jonathan Harris, Come the Morning, Wayne State University Press,, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: A game played by children, similar to tag.
Related terms: carry the can
kick at the can
kick the can down the road
lerky
kick-the-can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kick the can
Senses: examples: text: Each syllable, screamed by a hysteric caller in the world's last round of kick-the-can.
ref: 1994, Richard Powers, Operation Wandering Soul, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 232:
text: And because few families could afford cars anymore, the alley was a safe place to play Captain-May-I?, kick-the-can, and bounce-out.
ref: 2003, Dorothy Lilja Harrison, A Better Tomorrow?, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 70:
text: If we were playing kick-the-can, it'd get everyone out of jail and make life hell for whoever's "it."
ref: 2004, Yongsoo Park, Las Cucarachas, Akashic, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: A game played by children, similar to tag, where tagged players are freed if an untagged player manages to kick over a discarded tin can etc. set up for this purpose.
hemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
Senses: examples: text: Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).
ref: 2003, Frank Edwin Robinson, Gaylene Marie Fasenko, Robert Allen Renema, New Developments in Reproduction and Incubation of Broiler Chickens, page 116:
glosses: Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours
Derived terms: ahemeral
Related terms: cathemeral
ephemeral
ahemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /eɪˈhɛməɹəl/
Etymology: From a- + hemeral.
Senses: examples: text: Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).
ref: 2003, Frank Edwin Robinson, Gaylene Marie Fasenko, Robert Allen Renema, New Developments in Reproduction and Incubation of Broiler Chickens, page 116:
text: Short ahemeral cycles have typically been made up of 14L:7D [L=light; D=dark], 14L:8D or 14L:9D photoschedules and have been used by poultry breeders who wish to identify hens with rapid rates of follicular maturation.
ref: 1996, Robert J. Etches, Reproduction in Poultry, page 273:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Cyclical, with a period not equal to 24 hours
Derived terms: ahemeral day
Related terms: ephemeral
circadian
yellowfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellowfin
form: yellowfins
Etymology: From yellow + fin.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said.
ref: 2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN:
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
glosses: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)
didjeridu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didjeridus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of didgeridoo.
Peoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Etymology: From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
examples: text: "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?"
ref: 1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, →ISBN, page 424:
glosses: A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
Derived terms: East Peoria
Peoria County
Peorian
play in Peoria
Peoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiə
Forms: form: Peorias
form: Peoria
Etymology: From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.
berthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From berth + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of berth
berthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berthings
Etymology: From berth + -ing.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
glosses: A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
Coordinate terms: docking
soitenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more soitenly
form: most soitenly
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of certainly, representing New York City English.
Synonyms: certainly
for sure
halibuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halibut
Knollenorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Knollenorgans
Etymology: Borrowed from German Knollenorgan (literally “tuber organ”), from Knolle + -n- + Organ, because they resemble tubers.
Senses: glosses: A tuberous electroreceptor organ found in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae from Africa, which is specialized for electrical communication.
Brecheisen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brecheisens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brecheisen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
tumefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈt(j)uːmɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: tumefies
form: tumefying
form: tumefied
form: tumefied
Etymology: From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).
Senses: examples: text: to swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought
ref: 1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Theory of Greek Tragedy”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
glosses: To cause to swell.
examples: text: […] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."
ref: 1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery, … To which is Annexed, a Chirurgical Dispensatory, …, London: Printed [by William Bowyer] for Henry Lintot, at the Cross-Keys against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, →OCLC, page 254:
glosses: To swell; to rise into a tumour.
Derived terms: tumefaction
iz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of is.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be
iz
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Respelling.
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of us (“me”).
Eloi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈiːlɔɪ/
Etymology: From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Related terms: Heloise
Eloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːlɔɪ/
Etymology: Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 as a fictional species in The Time Machine.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Morlock
glosses: A group of people who have been domesticated or intentionally dumbed down.
meristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meristic
form: most meristic
Etymology: Back-formation from meristics.
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to meristics.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the meristem.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to merisis.
Derived terms: meristically
meristic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meristics
Etymology: Back-formation from meristics.
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A quantitative property of a fish, as studied in meristics.
meristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪstɪks/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ist + -ics.
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales.
meristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪstɪks/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ist + -ics.
Senses: glosses: plural of meristic
San Andreas fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: San Andreas faults
Senses: examples: text: If reconstructed palinspastically for 300 km of right lateral movement on the San Andreas fault, these strata would lie west to northwest of Paleozoic to Lower Mesozoic strata in Sonora.
ref: 2005, Thomas Howard Anderson, The Mojave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis, page 211:
glosses: Alternative form of San Andreas Fault.
veterinarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veterinarian
talking head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɔːkɪŋ ˈhɛd/
ipa: /ˌtɔkɪŋ ˈhɛd/
Forms: form: talking heads
Etymology: Probably from the fact that when a pundit is speaking on television, the camera often zooms in on his or her head.
Senses: examples: text: Early TV newscasts consisted largely of "talking heads"—a reporter reading news bulletins or interviewing prominent politicians—but maps were frequently employed as visual aids, particularly for war news.
ref: 1989, Mark [Stephen] Monmonier, “Maps in the Electronic Media”, in Maps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic Cartography, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 203:
text: We've seen the respect once reserved for serious thinkers transferred to talking-head experts, skilled at reducing their messages to thirty-second sound bites.
ref: 1999, Laurence G. Boldt, “The Leisure to Grow”, in The Tao of Abundance, New York, N.Y.: Penguin/Arkana, →ISBN:
text: But Theodore Lowi is not a talking head leveling vitriol against the political system to make money. He is a thinker making a powerful, well-reasoned argument that resonates even with his critics, though sometimes the prose style is a little dense.
ref: 2015, Thomas T. Holyoke, “Theodore J. Lowi, The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States”, in Steven J. Balla, Martin Lodge, Edward C. Page, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221:
glosses: A journalist or pundit, especially one on television, who presents or discusses issues of the day.
quadrupeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadruped
San Andreas faults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of San Andreas fault
examples: text: That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
ref: 2003, Alexandre A. Soloviev, Vladimir Isaakovich Kelis-Borok, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Lithosphere and Earthquake Prediction, page 32:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California
internationalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: internationalises
form: internationalising
form: internationalised
form: internationalised
form: internationalize
Etymology: From international + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internationalize.
Derived terms: internationalisation
fooling around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fool around
making whoopee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I was making whoopee with Adrian when my dad came in. How embarrassing!
glosses: present participle and gerund of make whoopee
internationalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: internationalized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of internationalise
pace-setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pace-setters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pacesetter.
pace-setters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pace-setter (alternative spelling of pacesetters).
vallecula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/
ipa: /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/
ipa: /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə
Forms: form: valleculae
form: valleculas
Etymology: 1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: fossa
fovea
fissure
sulcus
cleft
lacuna
glosses: A depression, channel, or groove.
Derived terms: vallecular
valleculate
accuracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accuracy
buttresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttress
buttresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buttress
buttressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buttressed
form: most buttressed
Senses: examples: text: Only the buttressed outer walls still stood.
text: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Having buttresses or supports.
Derived terms: unbuttressed
buttressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buttress
achy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.ki/
Forms: form: achier
form: achiest
Etymology: From ache + -y.
Senses: synonyms: word: aching
word: sore
word: achesome
word: aching
word: achy
word: raw
word: hurt
word: hurty
word: griefful
word: pained
word: painfilled
word: painful
word: smartful
word: smarting
word: sore
word: suffering
word: tender
word: tormented
glosses: Suffering from aches, sore.
Derived terms: achily
achiness
achier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.ki.ə/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.ki.ɚ/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of achy: more achy
achiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of achy: most achy
congratudolences
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Blend of congratulations + condolences.
Senses: examples: text: : And soon to be an eligible bachelor guy!
Congratudolences, or whatever.
ref: 1996 October 31, Dennis Monbourquette, “Re: DemoniK for hire”, in alt.1d (Usenet):
glosses: Used to express congratulations and condolences simultaneously.
congratudolences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of congratulations + condolences.
Senses: examples: 1918–1920, Octavus Roy Cohen, Come Seven, page 354,
The place was crowded. It was crowded with men who knew Cass intimately. A score crowded commiseratingly around him. “Ise sayin’ tha’s a devil of a trick fo’ a feller's gal to do, Cass — run off an’ make ma’iage with another man!” Cass ducked and tried to get away. Bud Peaglar extended earnest congratudolences. “Bet I woul’n’t stan’ fo’ it if’n I was you, Cass.”
2005, Colin Baenziger, quoted in Mark Woods, “New Clay manager has his hands full”, in The Florida Times-Union, 2005 October 12,
"When I have friends elected to the city council, I offer them congratudolences," Baenziger said.
glosses: Simultaneous congratulations and condolences.
aerodynamicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerodynamicists
Etymology: From aerodynamic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerodynamicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerodynamicist
Alaskans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alaskan
aliases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alias
altimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altimeter
altimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altimetries
Etymology: From alti(tude) + -metry.
Senses: examples: text: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. The Board has been unable to determine the reason for this descent, although the two most likely explanations are (a) improper use of cockpit instrumentation data, or (b) an altimetry system error.
ref: 1972 April 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2b Probable Cause”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Southern Airways, Inc. DC-9, N97S, Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, November 14, 1970, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, page 36:
glosses: The science of measuring altitude.
Derived terms: paleoaltimetry
amphoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphorae
Senses: glosses: plural of amphora
amputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amputation
judgemental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.təl/
ipa: [d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.tl̩]
ipa: /d͡ʒad͡ʒˈmen.təl/
ipa: [d͡ʒad͡ʒˈmen.tl̩]
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more judgemental
form: most judgemental
Etymology: From judgement + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of judgmental.
Derived terms: judgementally
unjudgemental
analogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analogues
Senses: glosses: plural of analog
-metry
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Old French -métrie, from Latin -metria, from Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), from μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “-y: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to -meter + -y.
Senses: glosses: Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement.
Derived terms: geometry
isometry
symmetry
trigonometry
Related terms: -meter
-metric
bubble-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble-heads
form: bubblehead
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A submariner.
bubble-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble-head
Galatian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: more Galatian
form: most Galatian
Etymology: From Galatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Galatia.
Galatian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Galatians
Etymology: From Galatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Galatia.
glosses: A member of an ancient Celtic tribe from Galatia (now part of Turkey).
Galatian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Galatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: The now-extinct Celtic language of this tribe.
Coordinate terms: sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Celtiberian
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Cumbric
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Gaulish
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Lepontic
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Noric
sense: Lost Celtic languages
word: Pictish
Galatia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).
Senses: glosses: A historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey.
glosses: A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD.
glosses: A village in Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: A minor city in Barton County, Kansas.
Related terms: Galatians
Hebr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heb.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Hebrews.
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Hebrew (language)
Phil.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Philipp.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Philippians.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Philippines.
Philipp.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Phil.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Philippians.
Philem.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Phm
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Philemon.
hemianaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + anaesthesia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemianesthesia.
overexposures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overexposure
orthopedically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From orthopedic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an orthopedic manner.
oceanfronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oceanfront
stone bramble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone brambles
Senses: glosses: A plant species of the genus Rubus, Rubus saxatilis.
wee juggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wee jugglers
Etymology: From Wiradjuri wijagala.
Senses: glosses: Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri.
Synonyms: Leadbeater's cockatoo
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Major Mitchell cockatoo
Major Mitchell parrot
Pink cockatoo
gang-gang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/
Forms: form: gang-gangs
form: gangan
form: gang-gang cockatoo
Etymology: From Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ.
Senses: examples: text: He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 433:
glosses: A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
quarrion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹiən/
Forms: form: quarrions
form: quarien
form: quarrian
form: quarrien
form: quarry hen
Etymology: From Wiradjuri guwarrayiŋ.
Senses: glosses: A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Synonyms: cockatiel
weero
weero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeros
Etymology: From wiru, its name in several north-western Australian Aboriginal languages. Possibly onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Synonyms: cockatiel
quarrion
maramie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maramies
form: moramy
Etymology: From Wiradjuri.
Senses: glosses: A freshwater crayfish.
pardo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pardos
form: pardoes
form: pardao
form: pardau
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.
Senses: glosses: A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
pseudoneglect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + neglect.
Senses: glosses: A mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common.
foofooraw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfuːfəɹɔː/
Forms: form: foofooraws
Senses: examples: text: “Sounds more like it was all that Chinese foofooraw you mentioned,” said Darby, “nothing you caused.”
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of foofaraw.
two-point conversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-point conversions
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An option, for a team that has scored a touchdown, to gain two points by getting the ball into the end zone by a running or pass play, in lieu of a kicked extra point.
extra point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extra points
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A point scored after a touchdown by kicking the ball through the goal posts or by advancing to the end zone.
goal posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goal post
Derived terms: move the goal posts
end zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end zones
Senses: examples: text: Veteran tight end Travis Kelce, who only had one catch for one yard in the first half, finished with nine receptions and 93 yards but didn’t find the end zone.
ref: 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.
topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A similar area, but 20 yards long.
qualifier: field hockey
glosses: the portion of the rink behind the goal line.
fair catch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fair catches
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An uncontested catch on a kicking play, after the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled on catching it.
special teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special team
cloudberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloudberry
gooseberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooseberry
huckleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huckleberry
lingonberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lingonberry
sugarberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugarberry
whortleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whortleberry
winterberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winterberry
mamacita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamacitas
form: mommacita
Etymology: From Spanish mamacita.
Senses: examples: text: As the driver continued down Frederick Street, having been persuaded at the thought of hot mamacitas in tight pants, Kwae was looking out for one particular place. He did not care about seeing the girls. He just wanted to pass round by Woodford Square.
ref: 2008, Reena Andrea Manickchand, “Dougla”, in Lisa Allen-Agostini, Jeanne Mason, editors, Trinidad Noir, New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, →ISBN:
text: “You went home with Belinda?” Chuck smirked as he polished the same glass he’d been polishing since they walked in ten minutes before. “She's a man-eater, boy.” / Brice blushed on top of his blush. “Can we get back to business here? Did you see anyone around my stuff?” / “Can’t say that I noticed anyone. We had a full house last night, dollar beer night, live band, hot mamacitas. You should come in more often, Sheriff. Hell, if that brother of yours can stop by, the former playboy of Silverhill can give it a try.”
ref: 2010, Carol Ericson, The Sheriff of Silverhill, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, pages 97–98:
text: I’ve got an invite to this party in DC tomorrow night. It’s one of those clubs downtown. I’ve been looking forward to this all damn week! I went there last year. This place was crazy! There’s gonna be some hot mamacitas there. I’m telling you, man! It’s wall to wall with beautiful women.
ref: 2013, Shelly Ellis, Can’t Stand the Heat, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., published 2014, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: A babe, a hottie (sexually attractive woman).
clarionet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklæɹɪənɛt/
/klæɹɪəˈnɛt/
Forms: form: clarionets
Etymology: From clarion + -et.
Senses: examples: text: Pygmies sang Christian hymns in the Pygmy dialect, Jewish klezmer ensembles filled the night with unearthly clarionet solos […]
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 24:
glosses: A clarinet.
eat one's hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats one's hat
form: eating one's hat
form: ate one's hat
form: eaten one's hat
Senses: examples: text: He said he would eat his hat if more than ten people came. He'd better fetch a knife and fork!
glosses: Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.
curse of Scotland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain; it may have come from a resemblance to the coat of arms of Dalrymple, Lord Stair, who was an object of criticism for his part in the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, and his work in bringing about the Union with England in 1707 (ref. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition 1989).
Senses: examples: text: With a mixed hand and the highest card the curse of Scotland, I've seen that man stand pat in a game with four millionaire mining men.
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:
text: After a moment of silence, it was Miles who announced in a clear and firm voice, “The cards you have put down there all happen to be black—your ‘red’ is the nine of diamonds, the curse of Scotland, and it's right here,” reaching to lift the sharper's hat, and to remove from atop his head, and exhibit, the card at issue.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 26:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The nine of diamonds.
move the goal posts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves the goal posts
form: moving the goal posts
form: moved the goal posts
form: moved the goal posts
Senses: examples: text: Sooner or later we have to have rules, and we have to know that they are not going to change, for people to have business plans developed and so that they can go out and raise capital and stick with their business model. But if there is this constant uncertainty that when the Commission changes, or when they have another rule tha they are going to move the goal posts again, nobody is going to want to have anything to do with this field.
ref: 2003 January 14, Peter G[osselin] Fitzgerald, “Statement of Hon. Peter G. Fitzgerald, U.S. Senator from Illinois”, in Competition in the Telecommunications Industry: Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C.: Printed for use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; U.S. Government Printing Office, published 2006, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: Alternative form of move the goalposts.
goal post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goal posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goalpost.
Coordinate terms: crossbar
cheatgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/
Forms: form: cheatgrasses
Etymology: From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).
Senses: glosses: Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.
sneezeweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsniːzwiːd/
Forms: form: sneezeweeds
Etymology: From sneeze + weed.
Senses: examples: text: "Sir, you mustn't shout."
"I want to reverse the decline. Rebound to boom. Land in a field of golden sneezeweed."
"Sir, I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. I must hand over now to the manager."
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 247:
text: outracing cyclones and rangefires, switchbacking up the eastern slope of the Rockies through meadows of mule-ear and sneezeweed, on over the great torn crestline, to be delivered at last into these unholy mountains Webb grew to manhood in […]
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 98:
glosses: A plant of the genus Helenium, especially Helenium autumnale.
examples: text: Centipeda Two species of sneezeweed are found in wet places, often at the fringes of wetlands where they may be flooded during heavy rain. C. cunninghamii is the larger plant, an upright perennial with coarsely toothed leaves up to 3 cm long; it is found through much of eastern Australia other than Tasmania.
C. minima is a sprawling annual with leaves less than 1 cm long, smooth-edged or sometimes with a few blunt teeth. This is a widespread plant found across much of non-tropical Australia. Both species are strongly and pleasantly aromatic, and have been used in the treatment of colds and infected eyes or throats.
ref: 1998, Nick Romanowski, Aquatic and Wetland Plants: A Field Guide for Non-Tropical Australia, page 19:
glosses: A plant of the genus Centipeda; either of the species Centipeda cunninghami or Centipeda minima, which induce sneezing and are known as a folk remedy for colds and allergic reactions.
glosses: Synonym of sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica).
synonyms: word: sneezewort
extra: Achillea ptarmica
Synonyms: sense: Centipeda cunninghami
word: old man weed
sense: Centipeda
word: scent weed
Derived terms: taxonomic: Centipeda cunninghami
word: common sneezeweed)
bla
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: […] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]
ref: 2016, Richard Bean, Up On Roof:
glosses: Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”).
plute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pluːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: plutes
form: ploot
Etymology: Shortened from plutocrat.
Senses: examples: text: 1909, Western Federation of Miners, Miner′s Magazine, page 95,
As a result, the plutes are in a panic.
text: 1915, Gene Stratton-Porter, Michael O′Halloran, 2006, Echo Library, page 224,
“Exactly what the plutes are doing,” said Mickey. “Gee, Junior, if your Pa does all the things he said he was going to, you'll be a plute yourself!”
“Never heard him say anything in my life he didn′t do,” said Junior, “and didn′t you notice that he put you in too? You′ll be just as much of a plute as I will.”
text: 1917, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 153,
Then one of the papers — the Wellington Truth — had a paragraph in it that on account of the strike being settled I was deprived of that trip to represent the “plutes” in Australia — so easily can one′s action be misconstrued and misunderstood.
text: 1917 October 4, People, quoted in 1989, John Gunn, Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales, page 287,
Against the workers were arrayed the whole forces of Australian Capitalism — plutes (sic), press, politicians, pulpits and all the powers and forces of the State and Federal Government, with the Courts and all the forces of repression behind the State Capitalist Government.
text: And they can′t export it, because, Australia bein′ a workin′ man′s paradise, which is better than it bein′ a paradise for Plutes, their cost of production is too high for competition with countries where labour is sweated.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, published 2010, unnumbered page:
text: […]but then the prostitutes of the plute press are always cunning flunkeys of the Most High.
ref: 1993, Frank Cain, The Wobblies at War: A History of the IWW and the Great War in Australia, page 180:
text: Straight talk. No double-talking you like the plutes do, ’cause with them what you always have to be listening for is the opposite of what they say.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 104:
glosses: A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
Derived terms: plutey
biogas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biogases
form: biogasses
Etymology: From bio- + gas.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.