cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
entresol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entresols
Etymology: From French entresol.
Senses: examples: text: The late lord in autumn filled Castlewood with company, who drank claret till midnight: the present man buries himself in a hut on a Scotch mountain, and passes November in two or three closets in an entresol at Paris, where his amusements are a dinner at a cafe and a box at a little theatre.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 68, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: This idea, however, was luckily all before him again from the moment he crossed the threshold of the little entresol of the Quartier Marbœuf into which she had gathered, as she said, picking them up in a thousand flights and funny little passionate pounces, the makings of a final nest.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.
entresols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entresol
postmodernly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more postmodernly
form: most postmodernly
Etymology: From postmodern + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a postmodern way.
postmodernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postmodernities
Etymology: From post- + modernity.
Senses: examples: text: While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications of universal disability access design in cities and national monuments addressed by the contemporary European art theorist Paul Virilio, and in the complaints about paving over U.S. national parklands by American desert environmentalist Edward Abbey.
ref: 2015, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, The Biopolitics of Disability, page 21:
glosses: The state or condition of being postmodern.
glosses: Something postmodern.
Related terms: postmodernism
postmodernities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postmodernity
postmodernisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postmodernism
overname
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overnames
form: overnaming
form: overnamed
form: overnamed
Etymology: From over- + name.
Senses: examples: text: PORTIA: I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them I will describe them...
ref: The Merchant of Venice Act I, line 37
glosses: To name over or in a series; to recount.
overname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overnames
Etymology: From over- + name.
Senses: glosses: A nickname.
glosses: A surname.
overnames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overname
overnames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overname
Procrustean assignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After the legendary highwayman Procrustes, who stretched or cut his victims to make them fit a bed.
Senses: examples: text: […]the string that is being assigned to it is cut off on the right if it is too long, or filled out with spaces if it is too short - this is called Procrustean assignment[…]
ref: 1982, Steven Vickers, Robin Bradbeer, Sinclair ZX Spectrum: BASIC Programming:
text: […] that Procrustean assignment that the Manual goes on about: string arrays always have a fixed length of word.
ref: 1983, Ian Stewart, Robin Jones, Machine code and better BASIC, page 51:
text: Because the T/S uses procrustean assignment for string arrays, there are some uses for single-element arrays.
ref: 1985, Sharon Zardetto Aker, T/S 2068 basics and beyond, page 38:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of assignment to fixed-length string variables in which a shorter value is padded to the necessary length while a longer one is truncated.
Related terms: procrustean bed
seekable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seek + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being sought.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Through which one can seek back and forth; not purely sequential.
Synonyms: random-access
functionalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more functionalistically
form: most functionalistically
Etymology: From functionalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a functionalistic manner.
functionalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more functionalistic
form: most functionalistic
Etymology: From functional + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to functionalism.
Derived terms: functionalistically
unseekable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + seekable.
Senses: glosses: Not seekable.
loopless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From loop + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without loops.
Synonyms: acyclic
Derived terms: looplessness
wilinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiliness
exonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exonym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or pertaining to an exonym.
Synonyms: exonymous
Derived terms: exonymically
keyphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyphrases
Etymology: From key + phrase.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: passphrase
glosses: A phrase used in encryption as a key, like a single keyword (password).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: keystring
glosses: A phrase of relative importance in a text, acting like a keyword (important term) or a combination of keywords.
keyphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyphrase
sex shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex shop
sex drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex drive
sex organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex organ
sex machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex machine
sex tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex tape
sex toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex toy
sex workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex worker
sexdecillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexdecillion
sexologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sexological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of sexology.
sexologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexology
sexy primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexy prime
stout-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stout-hearted
form: most stout-hearted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stouthearted.
subframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subframes
Etymology: From sub- + frame.
Senses: examples: text: Four status bits accompany each subframe.
ref: 2001, John Watkinson, An introduction to digital video:
glosses: A subsidiary frame (chunk of data).
glosses: A structural component of a vehicle, such as an automobile or aircraft, that uses a discrete, separate structure within a larger body-on-frame or unit body to carry certain components, such as the engine, drivetrain, or suspension.
examples: text: Specify the dimensions of your main frame and subframes and this online utility will create them for you.
ref: 1998, Steven E Callihan, Create your first Web Page in a weekend:
glosses: One of the HTML frames that make up a frameset.
Related terms: main frame
subframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subframe
tomans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toman
bonusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bonus
bonused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bonus
shoelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shoeless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without shoes.
Synonyms: barefoot
unshod
superessentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more superessentially
form: most superessentially
Etymology: From superessential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a superessential way.
struct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: structs
Etymology: Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.
Senses: examples: text: Note that because structs are value types, the new operator does not work in the same way as it does for classes and other reference types.
ref: 2005, Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner, Allen Jones, Professional C# 2005, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Like most object-oriented languages, including Objective-C, Swift supports two basic object-oriented data structures: classes and structs.
ref: 2015, Michael Dippery, Professional Swift, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.
Synonyms: word: structure
english: in some contexts
translation: in some contexts
word: record
structs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struct
moreness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From more + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state or condition of being more.
trailerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trailerlike
form: most trailerlike
Etymology: From trailer + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a trailer (towable vehicle sometimes used as a dwelling).
towable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoʊ.ʌ.blə/
Etymology: From tow + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be towed.
towable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoʊ.ʌ.blə/
Forms: form: towables
Etymology: From tow + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Wind resistance is greater with travel trailers than with other towables, and hitching or unhitching can be a nuisance in bad weather.
ref: 2006, Shirley Slater, Harry Basch, RV Vacations For Dummies, page 60:
glosses: Something suitable for being towed.
scriptoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scriptorium
thereinbefore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From therein + before.
Senses: glosses: In a preceding part of that (speech, book, etc.); before that.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
recogniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recognisers
Etymology: From recognise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recognizer.
recognisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recogniser
do one's nut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's nut
form: doing one's nut
form: did one's nut
form: done one's nut
Senses: examples: text: Mum did her nut after we stayed out all night without calling her.
synonyms: blow one's top
go nuts
have a fit
throw a fit
glosses: To become stridently angry, especially from worry.
Related terms: conniption
bust a nut
nut
whereinbefore
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From wherein + before.
Senses: glosses: In which, before; in which (speech, book, etc.) occurred earlier.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
able seamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of able seaman
disablism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/
rhymes: -eɪbəlɪzəm
Etymology: From disable + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ableism.
synonyms: word: ableism
Related terms: disablist
paper shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper shops
Senses: glosses: A newsagency; a shop that sells newspapers and often other goods such as sweets and cigarettes.
paper shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper shop
lounge lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lounge lizard
clairsentience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + sentience (“feeling”).
Senses: glosses: The psychic ability for a person to acquire knowledge by means of feeling.
Related terms: clairvoyance
clairaudience
clairalience
claircognizance
clairgustance
endonormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endonormative
form: most endonormative
Etymology: From endo- + normative.
Senses: examples: text: An exonormative view of language is one where the perceived prestige or standard form is that of a non-local variety, while, in contrast, an endonormative view is one where features of the local variety are viewed as contributing to, or being part of, the standardised variety.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: (Of a language variety) using a local form as the standard or norm.
Derived terms: endonormatively
endonormativity
Related terms: endoglossic
exonormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exonormative
form: most exonormative
Etymology: From exo- + normative.
Senses: examples: text: An exonormative view of language is one where the perceived prestige or standard form is that of a non-local variety, while, in contrast, an endonormative view is one where features of the local variety are viewed as contributing to, or being part of, the standardised variety.
ref: 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: (Of a language variety) using a non-local form as the standard or norm.
Derived terms: exonormatively
exonormativity
prestigiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prestigious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being prestigious.
Related terms: prestige
clairalience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + alience (“smelling”).
Senses: examples: text: An episode of clairalience occurred for me during an animal communication with a dog that had chronic eosinophilic pneumonopathy, a lung disease that was causing congestion and thick nasal discharge. I received a distinctly rank odor associated with the nests of pack rats that the client had found under the bathtub and pantry in her old home.
ref: 2017, Karlene Stange, The Spiritual Nature of Animals: A Country Vet Explores the Wisdom, Compassion, and Souls of Animals:
text: To develop your clairalience, small everything! Do not turn your nose up to the opportunity of smelling the world after rainfall, flowers on a walk, fruit and vegetables in the supermarket, puts during cuddles, coffee in the morning, cooking smells in the evening, candles and incense.
ref: 2021, Shelley F. Knight, Good Grief: The A To Z Approach Of Modern Day Grief Healing:
text: Many people suddenly smell a scent from an unidentified source that reminds them of a loved one who has passed. This is more common than we realize, regardless of whether these are examples of clairalience.
ref: 2021, Carla Camins Macapinlac, Vade Mecum: An Always-Present Guide to Your Divine Path:
text: Sometimes, clairalience can be an early indicator of something. As with any clairsense, it can come in handy when loved ones are in trouble.
ref: 2021, Vincent Higginbotham, How Witchcraft Saved My Life:
glosses: the ability to acquire psychic knowledge by means of smelling.
Synonyms: clairscent
Related terms: clairvoyance
clairaudience
clairsentience
claircognizance
clairgustance
clairolfaction
claircognizance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claircognisance
Etymology: Presumably from late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + cognizance.
Senses: glosses: The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge without knowing how or why they knew it.
Related terms: clairvoyance
clairaudience
clairalience
clairsentience
clairgustance
intuition
hyperellipses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperellipse
hyperopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hyperopically
form: most hyperopically
Etymology: From hyperopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a hyperopic way.
shedrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shedrows
Etymology: From shed + row.
Senses: examples: text: Dutrow said Big Brown would probably walk around the shedrow of the barn Tuesday with his regular exercise rider, Michelle Nevin.
ref: 2008 May 27, Joe Drape, “Big Brown Could Return to Training Regimen Today”, in New York Times:
glosses: A row of sheds; especially, a row of barns for horses at the start of a race track.
shedrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shedrow
bihemisphered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + hemisphered.
Senses: examples: text: (At one point, she describes her extended family as “a bicameral group to match the bihemisphered world we traveled after the split.”)
ref: 2009 March 29, Francine Du Plessix Gray, “My Father, Your Father”, in New York Times:
glosses: Divided into two sections or hemispheres.
cachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacher
paczki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔnt͡ʃki/
/ˈpʌnt͡ʃki/
/ˈpunt͡ʃki/
Forms: form: paczki
form: paczkis
form: paczek
form: pączki
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish pączki, plural form of pączek.
Senses: examples: text: Fat Tuesday is our Mardi Gras, a sort of Polish St. Patrick’s Day, with Hamtramck in place of the French Quarter and paczki (pronounced POONCH-kee) in place of green beer.
ref: 2009 March 29, Paul Clemens, “Lean Tuesday”, in New York Times:
glosses: A traditional Polish doughnut.
paczki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔnt͡ʃki/
/ˈpʌnt͡ʃki/
/ˈpunt͡ʃki/
Forms: form: paczek
form: pączki
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish pączki, plural form of pączek.
Senses: glosses: plural of paczek
curtainless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curtain + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Richard Ferrer and Spencer Mosse have wrapped the show in vivid brass poles and ladder/cages on a sleek, multi-leveled, curtainless stage.
ref: 1973 December 22, Jonathan M. Cross, “The Fag In The Fifth Row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 5:
text: Every time lightning flashed through the curtainless window glass, thunder shaking the building, one of the guys down the hall would scream, `IT'S ALIVE'.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 196:
glosses: Without curtains.
Synonyms: uncurtained
Derived terms: curtainlessness
uncurtained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + curtained.
Senses: examples: text: Its uncurtained windows were red with the sinking sun, as though bloodshot and inflamed from a too long unlidded existence.
ref: 1870, Bret Harte, Notes by Flood and Field:
text: I was alone, but for my reflection in the uncurtained window.
ref: 1979, Angela Carter, “The Bloody Chamber”, in Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories, New York: Henry Holt & Co., published 1996, page 129:
glosses: Without curtains.
Synonyms: curtainless
coterminously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coterminous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The new commission will be a 25-member body, serving coterminously with King and "at the pleasure of the governor."
ref: 1979 April 14, Jil Clark, “King Axes Women's Commission”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: In a coterminous manner; ending together.
stabler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stable + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, let me not reproach myself, since the blame is due to her lightness of heart, her fickle fancy—no stabler than gossamer or thistledown—which the first wanton breath wafts elsewhere.
ref: 1850, Mary Cowden Clarke, The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines: A Series of Fifteen Tales:
text: Here is self-repose, which to our mind is stabler than the Pyramids; here is self-respect, which leads a man to date from his heart more proudly than from Rome.
ref: 1881, George Willis Cooke, Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy, page 234:
text: Phenol-formaldehyde bonded particleboards were dimensionally stabler than urea bonded particleboards in the decay chamber.
ref: 1980, P. J. Sereda, Durability of Building Materials and Components, page 959:
text: The number of players will diminish, but the strong players may be stabler after the crisis.”
ref: 2009 March 30, Eric Pfanner, “European Newspapers Find Creative Ways to Thrive in the Internet Age”, in New York Times:
text: al-Qaeda's FATA strategy is far less likely to prompt a backlash from local militants and means that the group's position in the FATA is stabler than it ever was in Iraq.
ref: 2013, Peter Bergen, Katherine Tiedemann, editors, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion:
glosses: comparative form of stable: more stable
stabler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stablers
Etymology: From stable + -er.
Senses: glosses: A stablekeeper.
Derived terms: Stabler
bagatel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagatels
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bagatelle
earthlit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earthlit
form: most earthlit
Etymology: From Earth + lit.
Senses: glosses: lit by light reflected from the Earth
eremitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛɹəˈmɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more eremitic
form: most eremitic
form: eremitical
Etymology: From eremite (“hermit”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The eremitic instinct.
ref: 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
glosses: Characteristic of a hermit
Related terms: eremite
fuelwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuelwoods
Etymology: From fuel + wood.
Senses: glosses: wood grown or felled for use as commercial fuel
Related terms: firewood
malpractices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malpractice
mesmerisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mesmerisingly
form: most mesmerisingly
Etymology: From mesmerising + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mesmerising manner
militance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: militances
Senses: glosses: The condition of being militant
glosses: A hostile or warlike act
plantsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plantsmen
form: plantman
form: plant man
Etymology: From plant + -s- + -man.
Senses: glosses: An expert on the identification and cultivation of plants.
Related terms: botanist
gardener
horticulturalist
nurseryman
plantsperson
plantswoman
videoclips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videoclip
mondongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mondongos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mondongo (“tripe”).
Senses: examples: text: Saturdays and Sundays Cruz offers a pan con lechon (roast pork sandwich) and mondongo (tripe soup).
ref: 2002 August 2, A. LaBan, “Neighborhood Tours”, in Chicago Reader:
text: On weekends the cafe is crowded with families, many of whom come for the specials, such as bacalao guisado (codfish stew), mondongo (tripe soup), and, for those craving the flavors of the old country, cuchifrito (fried pig's ears).
ref: 2004 September 10, A. LaBan, Laura Levy Shatkin, Mike Sula, “Critic's Choice”, in Chicago Reader:
text: With small crosses made from palm fronds pinned to their shirts, the devils sweated and danced into a trancelike state before resting at midday for a meal of mondongo, a soup made with slow-cooked beef tripe and pigs’ feet.
ref: 2007 June 12, Simon Romero, “Venezuela Dances to Devilish Beat to Promote Tourism”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Latin American soup made from tripe.
acetalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetal + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an acetal.
accountabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accountability
leucocidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucocidins
form: leukocidin
Etymology: From leuco- + -cide + -in.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxin that causes leucocyte killing or lysis.
Hypernyms: cytotoxin
exotoxin
leucocidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucocidin
endometroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of endometrioid.
pantoprazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænˈtoʊ.pɹəˌzoʊl/
Etymology: Probably from panto- + -prazole (“benzimidazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzimidazole derivative (trademark Protonix) that inhibits gastric acid secretion and is administered in the form of its sodium salt C₁₆H₁₄F₂N₃NaO₄S to treat erosive esophagitis and disorders (as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion.
Hypernyms: benzimidazole
semimembranosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimembranosus
ejidatario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ejidatarios
Etymology: From Spanish ejidatario.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ejido.
case-by-case
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: case by case
Senses: examples: text: Government approval is given on a case-by-case basis.
glosses: Separate and distinct from others of the same kind; treated individually.
Related terms: on a case-by-case basis
muletas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muleta
closed-mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From closed-minded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We’ve seen faith calcify into self-righteousness, closed-mindedness, and cruelty toward others.
glosses: The state or quality of being closed-minded.
triulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dihydroxyacetone considered as a ketotriose
bangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bangled
form: most bangled
Etymology: From bangle + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing bangles
grandstander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandstanders
Etymology: From grandstand (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
ref: 2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN:
text: Trump has previously dismissed Republican dissenters as “grandstanders” and urged them to get onboard.
ref: 2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Donald Trump, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A person who grandstands; a show-off.
leafleters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leafleter
leafleter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafleters
Etymology: From leaflet + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In a discussion with the leafleters, Holly Alderman said that it was "unfair" for them to hand out their materials when others had paid for tables.
ref: 1980 August 2, Leslie Cagan, “Women's Expo Exposed By Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
text: The leafleter who takes reasonable care not to block the sidewalk, who does not become involved in incidents of violence, and whose leaflet is truthful, has the right to leaflet undisturbed.
ref: 2011, Staughton Lynd, Daniel Gross, Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law:
synonyms: leafleteer
glosses: A person who distributes leaflets.
lobotomised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lobotomized.
phytophthora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytophthoras
Etymology: From the translingual Phytophthora (genus name), from Ancient Greek φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”) + φθορᾱ́ (phthorā́, “destruction, ruin”).
Senses: glosses: Any of many parasitic pseudofungi, of the genus Phytophthora, that cause brown rot in plants.
rummagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rummager
rummager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rummagers
form: romager
form: roomager
Etymology: From rummage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rummages.
examples: text: The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to romege and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient.
ref: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A worker in charge of stowing cargo on a ship.
pentosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentosans
Senses: examples: text: Thanks to its pentosans, rye flour absorbs eight times its weight in water, while wheat flour absorbs two. Unlike starch, the pentosans don't retrograde and harden after being cooked and cooled. So they provide a soft, moist texture that helps gives rye breads a shelf life of weeks.
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide composed of pentoses.
Derived terms: pentosan polysulfate
Related terms: arabinoxylan
hexosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexosans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.
fucoidan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucoidans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sulfated polysaccharide found in several seaweeds
Derived terms: fucoidanase
cardinalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/
Forms: form: cardinalates
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālātus, from cardinālis (“cardinal”) + -ātus, itself the noun use of an adjective derived from cardō (“hinge, main point”) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, cardinal + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Senses: examples: text: The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.
synonyms: cardinalship
glosses: The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
examples: text: The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope.
glosses: The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.
cardinalate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/
Forms: form: cardinalates
form: cardinalating
form: cardinalated
form: cardinalated
Etymology: First attested in 1587; from cardinal + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To raise to the rank of cardinal.
galactomannan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactomannans
Etymology: From galacto- + mannan.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polysaccharides, found in many gums, having a backbone composed of mannose with galactose sidechains.
Derived terms: glucogalactomannan
miter joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miter joints
form: miter-joint
form: mitre-joint
form: mitre joint
Senses: glosses: A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.
lipide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipides
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lipid.
modified bitumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modified bitumens
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A bitumen modified by including one or more polymers
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: composite sheets consisting of a polymer modified bitumen often reinforced with various types of mats or films and sometimes surfaced with films, foils or mineral granules.
moisture scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moisture scans
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The use of a mechanical device (capacitance, infrared or nuclear) to detect the presence of moisture within an assembly.
mole run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mole runs
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: a meandering ridge in a roof membrane not associated with insulation or deck joints.
æquality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: æqualities
Senses: examples: text: 1572–1637, Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
text: The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘ æquall ’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘ æqually ’ (l. 576), ‘ æquality ’ (l. 578), ‘ præscrib’d ’ (l. 38), ‘ fruicts ’ (l. 144) and ‘ fruictfully ’ […]
ref: 1954, Charles Harold Herford [ed.], Percy Simpson [ed.], Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson [ed.], Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
glosses: Archaic spelling of equality.
æqualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of æquality
æqually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more æqually
form: most æqually
Senses: examples: text: 1572–1637, Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
text: The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘æquall’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘æqually’ (l. 576), ‘æquality’ (l. 578), ‘præscrib’d’ (l. 38), ‘fruicts’ (l. 144) and ‘fruictfully’ […]
ref: 1954, Charles Harold Herford (editor), Percy Simpson (editor), Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson (editor), Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
glosses: Obsolete spelling of equally.
subsumable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subsume + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be subsumed.
æquall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more æquall
form: most æquall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of equal.
æquall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: æqualls
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of equal.
æquall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: æqualls
form: æqualling
form: æqualled
form: æqualled
Senses: examples: text: 1572–1637, Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
text: The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘æquall’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘æqually’ (l. 576), ‘æquality’ (l. 578), ‘præscrib’d’ (l. 38), ‘fruicts’ (l. 144) and ‘fruictfully’ […]
ref: 1954, Charles Harold Herford, Percy Simpson and Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson (editors), Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
glosses: Obsolete spelling of equal.
mop-and-flop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: an application procedure in which roofing elements (insulation boards, felt plies, cap sheets, etc.) are initially placed upside down adjacent to their ultimate location; coated with adhesive or bitumen; and turned over and adhered to the substrate.
præscribe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: præscribes
form: præscribing
form: præscribed
form: præscribed
form: præscrib'd
form: præscrib'd
Senses: examples: text: 1572–1637: Ben Jonson; his text quoted and discussed in:
text: The classical spellings not preserved in the printed text are — ‘ æquall ’ (dedication, l. 10 and l. 616), ‘ æqually ’ (l. 576), ‘ æquality ’ (l. 578), ‘ præscrib’d ’ (l. 38), ‘ fruicts ’ (l. 144) and ‘ fruictfully ’ […]
ref: 1954: Charles Harold Herford [ed.], Percy Simpson [ed.], Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson [ed.], Ben Jonson, page 273 (Clarendon Press)
glosses: Archaic spelling of prescribe.
mud cracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Surface cracking resembling a dried mud flat.
mud slab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud slabs
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A layer of concrete, typically 2 to 6 inches thick, poured below the structural slab but above a layer of wet or muddy soil.
retardedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retarded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being retarded.
Synonyms: retardation
retardedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more retardedly
form: most retardedly
Etymology: From retarded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a retarded way.
zolmitriptan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A triptan used in the acute treatment of migraine attacks.
textualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: textualizes
form: textualizing
form: textualized
form: textualized
form: textualise
Etymology: From textual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make textual; to set down in, or reduce to, text.
Derived terms: textualizable
textualization
textualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: textualises
form: textualising
form: textualised
form: textualised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of textualize.
CRREL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.
textualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of textualise
textualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of textualise
textualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of textualise
textualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of textualize
textualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of textualize
textualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of textualize
untextualized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + textualized.
Senses: glosses: Not textualized.
untextualised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of untextualized.
comital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comital
form: most comital
Etymology: From Medieval Latin comitālis, from comes (“count”). Doublet of comtal.
Senses: examples: text: Comital charters for religious institutions provide important evidence for some aspects of comital lordship, especially the interconnection of landholding, justice, wealth, and military power.
ref: 2004, Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship of the County of Maine, c. 890-1160, page 51:
synonyms: comtal
glosses: Of or pertaining to a count or earl.
Derived terms: vicecomital
Related terms: baronial
ducal
kingly
margravial
noble
princely
regal
royal
vicontiel
viscomital
textualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textualizations
Etymology: From textual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of textualizing; rendering as text.
glosses: The result of textualizing; a written version.
textualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textualisations
Etymology: From textual + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of textualization.
textualisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textualisation
textualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textualization
triptan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triptans
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
Derived terms: almotriptan
eletriptan
frovatriptan
naratriptan
rizatriptan
sumatriptan
zolmitriptan
triptans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triptan
CSPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSPEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of chlorosulfonated polyethylene.
spamless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spam + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The site even had — in those innocent, spamless days — a directory of e-mail addresses, making it easy for users to communicate with message board regulars.
ref: 2003, Adam Cohen, The Perfect Store: Inside EBay:
text: However, the largest impediment to a quick adoption and a world of spamless e-mail is that it places a heavy burden on the sender of new mail.
ref: 2004, Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott, Mike Erwin, Anti-spam tool kit:
text: If only everyone on the Internet would do this, we could realize the dream of a spamless Internet utopia.
ref: 2005, Wade Edwards, Todd Lammle, et al: CCSP Complete Study Guide: Exams 642-501, 642-511, 642-521, 642-531, 642-541:
text: ...welcome to join the conversation in a free, moderated, SPAMless e-mail discussion group.
ref: 2006, Gene Marks, Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists:
glosses: Without spam (electronic junk mail).
EVT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of equiviscous temperature.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of extreme value theory.
NDT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-destructive testing.
epic fails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epic fail
study hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: study halls
Senses: examples: text: He finished drafting his essay in study hall.
glosses: A class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.
examples: text: The supervising teacher's stern expression at the front of the drab study hall left little doubt that no nonsense would be tolerated there.
glosses: The classroom or other school hall used for such a purpose.
styrene-butadiene-styrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A block copolymer consisting of two polystyrene chains, one each side of a polybutadiene sequence; they have both thermoset and thermoplastic properties.
Synonyms: SBS
spotted eagle rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotted eagle ray
unbelievingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unbelievingly
form: most unbelievingly
Etymology: From unbelieving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unbelieving way.
glosses: Synonym of incredibly.
synonyms: word: incredibly
Synonyms: disbelievingly
incredulously