cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
finnimbrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnimbruns
Senses: examples: text: Let me tell you, Scholar, that Diogenes walked on a day, with his friend, to see a country fair; where he saw ribbons, and looking-glasses, and nutcrackers, and fiddles, and hobby-horses, and many other gimcracks; and, having observed them, and all the other finnimbruns that make a complete country-fair, he said to his friend, "Lord, how many things are there in this world of which Diogenes hath no need!"
ref: 1676, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 5th edition, Project Gutenberg, published 1996, part I, chapter XXI:
glosses: A trifle, trinket or knick-knack
depone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpəʊn/
ipa: /dɪˈpoʊn/
ipa: /diˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: depones
form: deponing
form: deponed
form: deponed
Etymology: From Latin depono (“lay down, deposit, entrust”).
Senses: examples: text: These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LIV, in Barnaby Rudge:
text: The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price of the house; depones sixty years ago Gilbert Elliot was tenant in Nether Southfield, who broke Hawick Common by plowing a part of it, which the Deponent saw at the Common-Riding when the Magistrates and other persons at the Common-Riding potched the ground he had plowed, and was then sown that he might not reap the crop of this.
ref: 1898, R. S. Craig, Adam Laing, The Hawick Tradition of 1514: The Town's Common Flag and Seal, page 240:
topics: law
glosses: To testify, especially in the form of a deposition.
topics: law
glosses: To take the deposition of; to depose.
glosses: To lay, as a stake; to wager.
examples: c. 1829?, Robert Southey, Inscription at Fort Augustus
the obedient element / Lifts or depones its burthen
glosses: To lay down; to place
definitionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃənləs/
Etymology: From definition + -less.
Senses: examples: a definitionless word
glosses: Without a definition.
glosses: Lacking definition; blurry or vague.
Derived terms: definitionlessness
parturitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From parturition + -al.
Senses: glosses: Concerning parturition, the act of giving birth.
finnimbruns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finnimbrun
crosscut saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosscut saw
present sense impressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of present sense impression
boatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boatlike
form: most boatlike
Etymology: From boat + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The bigger problem, though, was finding a space that could accommodate the boatlike LS, which is 198 inches long.
ref: 2007 October 24, Jeffrey Selingo, “How Well Can a Lexus Park Itself?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a boat
bitter orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitter oranges
Senses: glosses: A citrus tree of the species Citrus ×aurantium, also called Citrus aurantium.
glosses: A citrus tree of the species Citrus limetta.
glosses: The fruit of these species.
Synonyms: sense: Citrus aurantium
word: Seville orange
sense: Citrus aurantium
word: sour orange
sense: Citrus aurantium
word: bigarade
sense: Citrus aurantium
word: bigarade orange
sense: Citrus aurantium
word: marmalade orange
homeostases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeostasis
Khitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khitans
form: Khitan
form: Kitai
form: Khitai
form: Kitan
form: K'itan
Etymology: Reconstruction of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, small script) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i, small script) under influence from Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan).
Doublet of Cathay. Compare Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.
Derived terms: Black Khitan
Khitanian
Khitanic
Khitan large script
Khitan small script
Khitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Kitai
form: Khitai
form: Kitan
form: K'itan
Etymology: Reconstruction of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, small script) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i, small script) under influence from Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan).
Doublet of Cathay. Compare Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.
Senses: synonyms: Khitanian
Khitanic
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.
Khitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kitai
form: Khitai
form: Kitan
form: K'itan
Etymology: Reconstruction of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, small script) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i, small script) under influence from Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan).
Doublet of Cathay. Compare Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.
Senses: synonyms: Liao
glosses: The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people.
synonyms: Khitanian
Khitanic
glosses: The extinct Para-Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.
primiparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin prīmiparus, from prīmus (“first”) + pariō (“to give birth”).
Senses: examples: text: [The linea nigra] may generally be regarded, especially in a primiparous female, as a certain sign of pregnancy[…]
ref: 1857, Pierre Cazeaux, translated by Wm. R. Bullock, A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery, Lindsay and Blakiston, page 128:
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: Pregnant or giving birth for the first time.
examples: text: Seashore et al. (1973) found that in comparison to multiparous women, primiparous women separated from their premature babies undergo greater loss of self-confidence, an effect that apparently can be reversed if primiparous women have had prior experience caring for infants.
ref: 1990, Carl M. Corter, Alison S. Fleming, “Maternal Responsiveness in Humans: Emotional, Cognitive, and Biological Factors”, in Advances in the Study of Behavior, volume 19, page 102:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having borne only one child.
Synonyms: uniparous
Related terms: sense: pregnant for the first time
word: primigravid
word: primipara
primordia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordium
pretecta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretectum
presenilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presenilin
preprophases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preprophase
isoprenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoprenyl
prenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prenyl
predictands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predictand
potentiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potentiator
prenylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prenylation
isoprenylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoprenylation
food colourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food colouring
reed beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed bed
bovine scatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I would describe that report as bovine scatology, okay? Better referred to by the troops as "BS". I don't know who that guy's source is, but he ought to get a new source because the source is a liar.
ref: 1991, General H. Norman Schwartzkopf, Jr, quoted in "Stormin' Norman",ABC_Primetime, February 7
text: Sure, there are a few potential flies in the ointment — not the least of which is the mountain of bovine scatology certain to envelop city hall
ref: 2007, Sam Venable, Someday I May Find Honest Work: A Newspaper Humorist's Life, page 29:
text: To answer this Bovine Scatology, I can cite real study^([sic]) that was done by the United States Department of Justice.
ref: 2023 March 6, Steven C. Churchill, “Permitless carry can save lots of lives”, in The Daily Sun, Englewood, page 4B:
glosses: Bullshit.
phenelzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈnɛl.ziːn/
ipa: /ˈfɛn.əlˌziːn/
Etymology: Blend of phene(thy)l + hydrazine.
Senses: examples: text: She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.
ref: 2009 March 3, Barron H. Lerner, “A Life-Changing Case for Doctors in Training”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic compound used as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
Hypernyms: phenethylamine
hydrazine
crotales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotale
springerle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋ.ɡəɹ.lə/
/ˈʃpɹɪŋ.ɡəɹ.lə/
Forms: form: springerles
Etymology: From German Springerle.
Senses: examples: text: I have visited Baden-Württemberg every year to purchase springerle for my wife on her birthday.
glosses: a white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design
springerles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of springerle
garden gnomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garden gnome
brain corals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brain coral
crowned pigeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crowned pigeon
collared doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collared dove
turtle doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle dove
passenger pigeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passenger pigeon
wood grouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood grouse
black redstarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black redstart
water rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water rail
invisible rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invisible rail
chestnut rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chestnut rail
Zapata rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zapata rail
paint-billed crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paint-billed crake
ocellated crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocellated crake
uniform crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uniform crake
giant wood rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant wood rail
snoring rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snoring rail
white-throated rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-throated rail
red rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red rail
New Guinea flightless rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Guinea flightless rail
bar-winged rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar-winged rail
Madagascar wood rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madagascar wood rail
Nkulengu rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nkulengu rail
osculator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osculators
Etymology: From osculate + -or.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: An algorithm for performing osculation.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A circle of osculation.
glosses: Someone who kisses.
black-headed gulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-headed gull
osculators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osculator
harpy eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harpy eagle
proapoptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proapoptotic
form: most proapoptotic
form: pro-apoptotic
Etymology: From pro- + apoptotic.
Senses: glosses: That leads to apoptosis
probasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein expressed in the epithelial cells of the prostate.
gephyrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gephyrin
transducins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transducin
chemical reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemical reaction
procapsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procapsids
Etymology: From pro- + capsid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A capsid that contains no viral nucleic acid.
procognitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more procognitive
form: most procognitive
Etymology: From pro- + cognitive.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a drug that reduces mental confusion, disorientation or delirium
procapsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procapsid
unconfigure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unconfigures
form: unconfiguring
form: unconfigured
form: unconfigured
Etymology: From un- + configure.
Senses: glosses: To remove or undo a configuration.
procollagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procollagens
Etymology: From pro- + collagen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The precursor of collagen; it is formed in fibroblasts and converted to collagen by a peptidase.
unconfigures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unconfigure
unconfigured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unconfigure
prodegenerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prodegenerative
form: most prodegenerative
form: pro-degenerative
Etymology: From pro- + degenerative.
Senses: glosses: That leads to degeneration
probenecid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈbɛn.ɪs.ɪd/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈbɛn.əs.ɪd/
Forms: form: probenecids
Etymology: From (di)pro(pyl) + ben(zoic a)cid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A synthetic sulfur-containing compound which promotes increased excretion of uric acid and is used to treat gout.
hyperuricemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperuricemias
form: hyperuricaemia
Etymology: From hyper- + uric + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: One victim, who asked to be nameless, was perplexed by his fate, given his fairly temperate habits, until he read that hyperuricemia had been found in a small number of patients (less than 2 percent) in clinical trials of Viagra, approved for erectile dysfunction in 1998 but also used off-book as a recreational drug for sexual enhancement.
ref: 2020 November 13, Ligaya Mishan, “Once the Disease of Gluttonous Aristocrats, Gout Is Now Tormenting the Masses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An abnormally high level of uric acid in one's blood.
Derived terms: hyperuricemic
hyperuricaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperuricaemias
Etymology: From hyper- + uric + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperuricemia.
Derived terms: hyperuricaemic
professoriate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: professoriates
form: professorate
form: professoriat
Etymology: Alteration of professorate, after either patriciate, etc., or professorial.
Senses: examples: text: A satirical work, published in 1721, speaks of the chairs which were allowed to exist as habitually filled by persons utterly incompetent; and though we cannot tell how far to believe its details, something of the kind must be supposed to have taken place in order to account for the discredit into which the Professoriate fell, and from which it can scarcely be said to have recovered.
ref: 1850, “Report of the Adjourned Debate in the House of Commons on the English Universities”, in The North British Review, volume 14, page 183:
text: […] at that moment the whole professoriate was absorbed in one of those great educational crises which from time to time shake a university to its base.
ref: 1914, Stephen Leacock, chapter 3, in Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, New York: John Lane, pages 96–97:
text: Technological Change and Professional Control in the Professoriate.
ref: 2012, Science, Technology & Human Values, volume 38, pages 126–149:
text: Did these interactions, taken as a whole, reinforce Kennedy’s willingness to reach liberal outcomes in a series of high-profile cases? No less a judge of character than his colleague Scalia thought so, hinting in writing that Kennedy’s leftward bent came from a desire to please the professoriate.
ref: 2021, Noah Feldman, Kavanaugh Is the Last Hope for Abortion Rights, in: bloomberg.com, 2021-08-22
glosses: Professors considered as a group or body.
examples: 1899, George Francis FitzGerald, Lord Kelvin: Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, 1846-1899, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, Biographical Sketch, p. 6,
A generation that has been reared on the ideas involved in the conservation of energy can hardly understand the position of science when Lord Kelvin began his professoriate.
synonyms: professorship
glosses: The office of a professor.
unconfiguring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unconfigure
hypouricemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypouricemias
form: hypouricaemia
Etymology: From hypo- + uricemia.
Senses: glosses: An abnormally low level of uric acid in one's blood.
Derived terms: hypouricemic
hypouricaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypouricaemias
Etymology: From hypo- + uric + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypouricemia.
prograde
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹeɪd/
Forms: form: more prograde
form: most prograde
Etymology: From pro- (“forward”) + -grade (“direction”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.
prograde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊɡɹeɪd/
Forms: form: progrades
form: prograding
form: prograded
form: prograded
Etymology: From pro- (“forward”) + -grade (“direction”).
Senses: examples: text: In some localities the bank margins of several cycles are stacked above each other^([sic]), in other places they backstep or prograde relative to each other.
ref: 1992, R.H Workum, A.S. Hedinger, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2509, page 41:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.
Related terms: progradation
xanthinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthinurias
Etymology: From xanthine + -uria.
Senses: glosses: An abnormally high level of xanthine in one's urine.
glosses: The genetic disorder that causes this excess.
Synonyms: xanthuria
prominin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prominins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of polytopic membrane proteins found in all animals
capot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɒt/
/kəˈpəʊ/
Forms: form: capots
Etymology: From French capot. Doublet of kaput and capote.
Senses: examples: text: There are three chances in this game, viz., the repique, pique, and capot[…]The Capot is , when either of the Players make every Trick , for which he is to count forty ; instead of which he counts but ten , when he only gets the Majority of the Tricks, which is called , the Cards
ref: 1744, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet:
text: A curious score was made in a game of piquet with one of the ladies. [...] In the fifth hand she made a piquet and capot, scoring 121 to 0, and in the sixth hand, being the minor, she made a repiquet, taking all but the last trick, counting 111 to 3, totalling 270, and rubiconing her opponent at 99, with a win of 469 points.
ref: 1902 November, Walter Del Mar, “London to Colombo”, in Around the World through Japan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 3–4:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
capot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɒt/
/kəˈpəʊ/
Forms: form: capots
form: capotting
form: capoting
form: capotted
form: capotted
form: capoted
form: capoted
Etymology: From French capot. Doublet of kaput and capote.
Senses: examples: text: “Capot me if I think that was according to the rules of the game,” said his confident ; “ and pray , what answer did you return ?”
ref: 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
capots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capot
capots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of capot
Carolina wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carolina wrens
form: Carolina Wren
Senses: glosses: A common species of wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) found throughout the eastern United States and nearby areas. It is the state bird of South Carolina.
there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
glosses: Even a person in his or her senior years, with gray hair, can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.
Related terms: snow on the rooftop
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
brushbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushbar
enturbulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enturbulate
enturbulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enturbulate
line managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line manager
spaceplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceplane
Carolina wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carolina wren
half-dozen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-dozens
Etymology: From half- + dozen.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of half dozen.
cell-wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cell‐wall
form: cell-walls
Senses: glosses: Rare form of cell wall.
spycams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spycam
spycam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spycams
Etymology: From spy + cam.
Senses: examples: text: TV news executives think twice now before authorizing these spycam stories...
ref: 2002, Joan Gorham, Mass Media:
text: Transmitting images with a spycam requires a lot of power, and the small size of the cameras means their batteries have a short lifespan.
ref: 2005, Katherine Albrecht, Liz McIntyre, Spychips:
text: If they were so curious, they could've just snuck in a spycam.
ref: 2008, Peter Watts, Blindsight:
glosses: A camera, especially a webcam, used for covert surveillance.
furvert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furverts
Etymology: Blend of fur + pervert.
Senses: examples: text: The most popular animal alter-egos in the gay furvert scene are well-hung centaurs, ravenous werewolves, and bears.
ref: 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex:
text: […] the loud-mouthed Furvert who had been annoying us the previous day.
ref: 2001, The Comics Journal:
text: Fred never feels as alive as when dressed as a Furvert, his life rich with secrets and deception.
ref: 2005, Lance Olsen, 10:01:
text: "I'm not a furvert just because I'd fuck Mayor Ben!"
ref: 2007, Marcus Alexander Hart, David Wong, The Oblivion Society:
text: Formal study will be necessary to clarify the nature, prevalence, and interrelations of plushophilia, fursuitism, and autoplushophilia among furverts and to document the nature and extent of any co-occurring paraphilias.
ref: 2009 April 24, Anne A. Lawrence, “Erotic Target Location Errors: An Underappreciated Paraphilic Dimension”, in Journal of Sex Research, volume 46, numbers 2–3, Routledge; Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, →DOI:
glosses: A furry who is a pervert; somebody who takes a sexual interest in furry media.
Related terms: furverted
furverts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furvert
bronchiectasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchiectases
Etymology: From bronchi- + ectasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.
Derived terms: bronchiectasic
Related terms: atelectasis
atelectotrauma
ectasia
ectasis
microatelectasis
heiferettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heiferette
bronchial tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchial tube
bronchiectases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchiectasis
eq'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eq'ns
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of equation.
mridangam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɹɪˈdʌŋ.ɡəm/
ipa: /mri.d̪ɐŋ.ɡɐm/
Forms: form: mridangams
form: mridang
form: mrudang
form: mridanga
form: mrudanga
form: mrudangam
form: mrdangam
form: mrithangam
form: miruthangam
form: mirudhangam
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam മൃദംഗം (mr̥daṅgaṁ), from Sanskrit मृदङ्ग (mṛdaṅga). Alternative forms are from various other Indian languages such as miruthangam, mirudhangam are borrowed from Tamil மிருதங்கம் (mirutaṅkam), mridang from Hindi मृदङ्ग (mŕdaṅg) etc.
Senses: examples: text: A sarangi player set the tone and Kalavati began to sing in her sweet, melodious voce; mridangam and sitar accompanied her.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 145
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
mridangams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mridangam
midquel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd.kwəl/
rhymes: -ɪdkwəl
Forms: form: midquels
Etymology: Blend of mid + sequel
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: A work that is set during the timeframe of a previous work, rather than before or after it.
Coordinate terms: prequel
sequel
Related terms: coquel
prequel
sequel
interquel
threequel
midquels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midquel
call forth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls forth
form: calling forth
form: called forth
form: called forth
Senses: examples: text: They were called forth as witnesses.
glosses: To summon, to call to speak.
examples: text: The treatment of an untreatable condition such as rheumatoid arthritis calls forth, as they might well say in Tipperary, great therapeutic skill and expertise.
ref: 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
glosses: To induce, inspire.
baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæˈɹɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
ipa: /bəˈɹoʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Forms: form: baroquer
form: baroquest
Etymology: Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.
Senses: glosses: Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
glosses: Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
glosses: Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
glosses: Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
glosses: Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.
examples: text: grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles
text: baroque bookkeeping in pursuit of tax dodges
glosses: Overly and needlessly complicated.
Derived terms: barococo
baroquely
baroqueness
baroque organ
baroque pearl
baroque piety
baroque pitch
baroque pop
baroquey
baroquism
earthquake baroque
neo-baroque
unbaroque
baroque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæˈɹɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
ipa: /bəˈɹoʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Forms: form: baroques
Etymology: Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.
Senses: examples: text: […] has semi-circular arches similar to those in Bourges, but pierced by unusual and irregular openings, and ringed with amusing portrait heads such as would not be found in the great Gothic Baroques of France.
ref: 2003, Michael Jacobs, The Road to Santiago, page 103:
glosses: An ornate, detailed style.
give someone the chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone the chair
form: giving someone the chair
form: gave someone the chair
form: given someone the chair
Senses: examples: text: Joseph O'Dell, convicted of a brutal rape and murder, was sentenced to death after a Virginia prosecutor told the jury that if they didn't give him the chair, he'd one day get out and be free to kill again.
ref: 1997 July 7, Sidney Zion, “High Court Takes Low Road to Justice”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 03 Mar 2009:
glosses: To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.
clafouti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of clafoutis.
clafoutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /klɑfuːˈtiː/
Forms: form: clafoutis
form: clafouti
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French clafoutis.
Senses: examples: text: My clafoutis are not very sweet, and I enjoy them for breakfast as well as for dessert.
ref: 2014 May 19, Martha Rose Shulman, “Berry Clafoutis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2014:
glosses: A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.
wyartite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wyartites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A uranium-bearing mineral that is greenish-black, black, or black-violet in color and is a member of the uranium carbonate group of minerals.
wyartites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wyartite
prettiful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prettiful
form: most prettiful
form: prettyful
Etymology: Blend of pretty + beautiful, or pretty + -ful.
Senses: glosses: pretty, beautiful, cute
antibusiness
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibusiness
form: most antibusiness
Etymology: From anti- + business.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of referenda are antibusiness.
ref: 1988 October 28, David Fremon, “The referendum on Con Con: Does Illinois need a new constitution?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
steelmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel-making
Etymology: From steel + making.
Senses: examples: text: The principal raw material in steelmaking is iron ore.
ref: 1963 June 24, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409:
text: Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.
ref: 2009 February 4, Ben Sharples, “Rebound is close: Forrest”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2009:
text: We look forward to putting our commitments into action to make American steelmaking and manufacturing great again.”
ref: 2025 June 13, “President Trump Approves Historic Partnership between U. S. Steel and Nippon Steel”, in Business Wire:
glosses: The manufacture of steel.
wikipedia: steelmaking
starlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starlike
form: most starlike
Etymology: From star + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Pluto's starlike appearance in the telescope was an early clue that it was not the large Planet X astronomers had hoped for.
text: For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern.
ref: 2007 September 16, Lawrence K. Altman, “4 Winners of Lasker Medical Prize”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a star.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.
examples: the growth theorem for holomorphic starlike mappings
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Convex; having the property that any line segment joining any mapped point to a specified point in the domain lies entirely in the domain.
Derived terms: starlikeness
buttonless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From button + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Or an armless corner chair with slightly flared backs, buttonless tufts and an attached flat cushion?
ref: 2007 December 27, Julie Scelfo, “Marketing Dcor for a Conflicted Era”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without buttons.
Derived terms: buttonlessness
fundamentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fundamentalities
Etymology: From fundamental + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: For the standard arguments against physicalism[…]do not establish the fundamentality of the mental in any case.
ref: 2007 August 9, Neal Judisch, “Why ‘non-mental’ won’t work: on Hempel’s dilemma and the characterization of the ‘physical’”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: The state or quality of being fundamental.
Related terms: fundamental
fundamentally
fundamentalism
mujahadeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The informant was so trusted by the mujahadeen, the F.B.I. said, that they had asked him to return to the United States to recruit English-speaking women for terrorist missions.
ref: 2007 February 22, Ralph Blumenthal, “American Said to Have Ties to Al Qaeda Is Denied Bail”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mujahideen.
Derived terms: pajamahadeen
HMV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMVs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of heavy maintenance visit.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
hypernyms: MV
AMV
PMV
fanvid
coordinate_terms: PMV
glosses: Abbreviation of hentai music video (“a fan-made hentai anime clipshow set to music”).
HMV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of His Master's Voice.
pebble-dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pebble dash.
pebble-dash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pebble-dashes
form: pebble-dashing
form: pebble-dashed
form: pebble-dashed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pebble dash.
does the dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the dishes
doing the dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the dishes
did the dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the dishes
done the dishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the dishes
succinctness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From succinct + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being succinct, conciseness.
Synonyms: word: concision
word: laconicism
word: terseness
word: brevity
word: briefness
word: conciseness
word: laconicalness
word: laconicity
word: laconism
word: succinctness
Related terms: word: clarity
word: obfuscation
word: obliqueness
word: obliquity
word: opacity
word: opaqueness
word: perspicuity
word: readability
word: concise
word: short
investigable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more investigable
form: most investigable
Etymology: From Latin investigabilis.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed it is only possible to learn any thing at all of these really curious and interesting aboriginal people, by cross-examining living men, and ascertaining what they remember to have heard their fathers or their grandfathers say. The period which goes back beyond this very brief depth of reliable and investigable tradition is an absolute blank.
ref: 1869, Dr. Mann, “Statistical Notes Regarding the Colony of Natal”, in Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 32, number 1, page 3:
text: This, of course, leaves aside those in value theory who maintain that values are not investigable by science.
ref: 1954, James Bates, “A Model for the Science of Decision”, in Philosophy of Science, volume 21, number 4, page 336:
text: The Paris population might hold bacteriological and epidemiological secrets, but to Yersin they were investigable and knowable ones.
ref: 2003, J. Andrew Mendelsohn, "The Microscopist of Modern Life," Osiris, 2nd series, vol. 18, p. 159
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Capable of being investigated or studied.
Derived terms: investigability
uninvestigable
mathematizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mathematizable
form: most mathematizable
form: mathematisable
Etymology: From mathematize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Formalism seeks to correct this deficiency by translating verbal texts into formal, mathematizable lexicons which are then manipulated into general propositions.
ref: 1979, Charles C. Lemert, “Language, Structure, and Measurement: Structuralist Semiotics and Sociology”, in The American Journal of Sociology, volume 84, number 4, page 944:
text: This gap was a challenge to develop mechanical, mathematizable, models of the particles and their interactions.
ref: 2009, Helen Longino, “Perilous thoughts: comment on van Fraassen”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 1, pages 25–32:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Capable of being analyzed or described using mathematical concepts or notation.
mathematisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mathematisable
form: most mathematisable
Etymology: From mathematise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mathematizable.
neap tides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neap tide
intelligence agency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intelligence agencies
Senses: examples: text: A mysterious maverick to say the least, the Illusive Man heads the Cerberus network. Dubbed "the illusive empire" by investigators, Cerberus is an allegedly untraceable syndicate of private intelligence agencies, biotics laboratories, engineering and scientific research teams, and lucrative front companies.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cerberus: The Illusive Man Codex entry:
synonyms: intelligence service
glosses: A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.
BrdU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of bromodeoxyuridine.
flickertail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flickertails
Etymology: From flicker + tail.
Senses: glosses: The North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
Synonyms: Richardson ground squirrel
piece de resistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pieces de resistance
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pièce de résistance.
axiomatic system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axiomatic systems
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A set of axioms from which theorems can be derived.
Synonyms: axiom system
Related terms: axiomatize
flickertails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flickertail
battlelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battleline
battleline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battlelines
form: battle-line
Etymology: From battle + line.
Senses: glosses: line of battle
glosses: The area in which one concentrates one's resources on a struggle
bullethole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulletholes
Etymology: From bullet + hole.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bullet hole.
bylined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of byline
bylined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a byline.
Derived terms: nonbylined
unbylined
groupuscule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpəˌskjuːl/
Forms: form: groupuscules
Etymology: From French groupuscule.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, by the time that I enrolled as an “undergraduate” at Balliol College, Oxford, I was already a militant “student” member of the International Socialist groupuscule, as such factions were to become known after the momentously imminent events in France.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 87:
glosses: A small political group, especially of an extremist faction.
Derived terms: groupuscular
Related terms: splinter group
kitemark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitemarks
Etymology: From kite + mark.
Senses: glosses: A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters B, S, and V.
synonyms: trustmark
benchmark
glosses: Any similar certification or, in colloquial terms, as a benchmark intended to indicate safety or good quality.
kitemark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kitemarks
form: kitemarking
form: kitemarked
form: kitemarked
Etymology: From kite + mark.
Senses: glosses: To approve or certify by awarding the kitemark.
nailbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nailbiting
form: most nailbiting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nail-biting.
nailbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nail biting.
overexcitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overexcitable
form: most overexcitable
Etymology: From over- + excitable.
Senses: glosses: Excessively excitable
Derived terms: overexcitably
Related terms: overexcited
rainswept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rainswept
form: most rainswept
form: rain-swept
Etymology: From rain + swept.
Senses: glosses: Describing a place where it is raining heavily
strummings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strumming
lagune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ləˈɡuːn/
/ləˈɡjuːn/
Forms: form: lagunes
Etymology: Borrowed from French lagune, from Venetan laguna, from Latin lacūna.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of lagoon.
repoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repoints
form: repointing
form: repointed
form: repointed
Etymology: From re- + point.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
synonyms: rejoint
glosses: To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork.
redownload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redownloads
form: redownloading
form: redownloaded
form: redownloaded
Etymology: From re- + download.
Senses: glosses: To download again.
redownload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redownloads
Etymology: From re- + download.
Senses: examples: text: The problem for e-marketing is that the use of DRM in its most restrictive manner limits the value and use of purchased goods (maximum numbers of reinstalls, limited numbers of redownloads of the software).
ref: 2011, Stephen Dann, Susan Dann, E-Marketing: Theory and Application:
glosses: A second or subsequent download.
redownloads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redownload
redownloading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redownload
redownloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redownload
reupload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːʌpˈləʊd/
ipa: /ɹiːˈʌpləʊd/
Forms: form: reuploads
form: reuploading
form: reuploaded
form: reuploaded
form: re-upload
Etymology: From re- + upload.
Senses: glosses: To upload again.
Derived terms: re-up
reup
reuploader
reupload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːʌpˈləʊd/
ipa: /ɹiːˈʌpləʊd/
Forms: form: reuploads
form: re-upload
Etymology: From re- + upload.
Senses: examples: text: Both of my reuploads failed.
glosses: A second or subsequent upload.
Derived terms: re-up
reup
reuploads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reupload
reuploading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reupload
reuploaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reupload
recompiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recompilers
Etymology: From recompile + -er.
Senses: glosses: A program that recompiles an already compiled file.
pre-apprenticeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-apprenticeships
Etymology: From pre- + apprenticeship.
Senses: glosses: A course of study taken before the start of an apprenticeship
genios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genio
ask in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: asks in
form: asking in
form: asked in
form: asked in
Senses: examples: text: We were getting cold talking on the doorstep, so I asked him in.
glosses: To invite someone to enter one's house.