cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
forehandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more forehandedly
form: most forehandedly
Etymology: From forehanded + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: All that we have done comes as the result of a certain insistence that since we must work it is better to work intelligently and forehandedly.
ref: 1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC:
glosses: Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
examples: text: Nevertheless, because of the frequent transposition between the two sexes of the traits supposedly specific of each -- a far more frequent transposition than the conventional division between the sexes affords opportunity to observe, the woman being often the more aggressive, the man the more retired of the two—to assign forehandedly one or the other complement to one or the other sex is arbitrary and without warrent.
ref: 2013, Trigant Burrow, The Social Basis Of Consciousness: A Study In Organic Psychology, →ISBN:
glosses: Ahead of time, in advance.
fore-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fore-handedly
form: most fore-handedly
Etymology: From fore-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forehandedly.
biounit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biounits
Etymology: From bio- + unit.
Senses: glosses: A unit defined by a biological criterion, especially a region defined by its biodiversity.
biounits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biounit
spectrophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spectrophone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the spectrophone.
spectrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectrophones
Etymology: From spectro- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instrument that is used to investigate the vibration of polyatomic gases by measuring pressure vibrations in the gas upon radiation with infrared light
spectrophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrophone
Khil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Хиль (Xilʹ).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Russian.
squam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squams
Etymology: Shortened from Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.
Senses: examples: text: He raised his big hand to his squam hat. It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily. She smiled again brightly. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.
ref: 1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An oilskin hat; a southwester.
squaw man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squaw men
Senses: glosses: A white man who married a Native American woman, sometimes gaining tribal rights by doing so.
stabbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stabby: most stabby
stabbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stabby: more stabby
Trololo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Onomatopoeia of how Eduard Khil vocalized "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой (Ja očenʹ rad, vedʹ ja, nakonec, vozvraščajusʹ domoj)".
Senses: glosses: Eduard Khil's vocalized recording of the song "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой (Ja očenʹ rad, vedʹ ja, nakonec, vozvraščajusʹ domoj)" and its accompanying music video, which has risen into a meme.
wikipedia: Eduard Khil
Abrahamize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Abrahamizes
form: Abrahamizing
form: Abrahamized
form: Abrahamized
Etymology: From Abraham + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: the native religions of India have been increasingly “Abrahamized”
ref: 2010, Reihan Salam, National Review, Brief Note Re: the Cordoba House Controversy:
text: This was the case when Hinduism became Abrahamized as it was re-represented in India and elsewhere as an alternative' to Islam.
ref: 2010, M Bloch, Bloch on Bloch on "Religion":
text: Abrahamism arose in an artificially Abrahamized Europe as a schizophrenic rejection of the incontrovertible excesses of religious Abrahamism.
ref: 2013, Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, The Dharma Manifesto, page 172:
glosses: To make Abrahamic
Abrahamizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Abrahamize
Abrahamizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Abrahamize
Abrahamized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Abrahamize
Cedarberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cederberg.
Cederberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountainous nature reserve in South Africa.
glosses: A municipality in Western Cape province, South Africa.
Cederberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cederbergs
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Cederberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ceder (“cedar”) and berg (“mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
bioapatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioapatites
Etymology: From bio- + apatite.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of calcium phosphate that is the major component in the mineralised part of vertebrate bone teeth, and in case of fish, scales.
dacetine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the leafcutter ants of the tribe Dacetini.
graphitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graphitise
hydroclimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroclimates
Etymology: From hydro- + climate.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The climate of an aquatic habitat
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of a climate influenced by water
Related terms: hydroclimatological
ketomycolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketomycolates
Etymology: From keto- + mycolate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a ketomycolic acid
ketomycolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketomycolic acids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keto-mycolic acid.
keto-mycolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keto-mycolic acids
form: ketomycolic acid
Etymology: From keto- + mycolic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mycolic acid that contains a carbonyl group.
ketomycolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ketomycolate
methoxymycolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methoxymycolates
Etymology: From methoxymycolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a methoxymycolic acid.
methoxymycolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methoxymycolate
methoxymycolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methoxymycolic acids
Etymology: From methoxy- + mycolic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mycolic acid that has a methoxy group as a substituent
Derived terms: methoxymycolate
freaklitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freaklitters
Etymology: From freak + litter.
Senses: examples: text: I am beginning to sense a backlash among the masses against freaklitters in general, and against those who play games with nature to achieve multiple births.
ref: 1999 November 12, Aynthem [username], “Re: Health disorders hamper 3 of septuplets”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: They took infertility as a sign to adopt rather than to do endless treatments in an attempt to produce a freaklitter.
ref: 2002 October 29, Morwen, “Re: super weekend”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: I'm not sure of the percentages, but a lot of freaklitters (certainly the higher-order ones) come from fert drugs […]
ref: 2003 June 4, IleneB, “Re: NEWS: Freaklitters bankrupting Canadian hospitals”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: A set of higher-order multiples, especially one produced through fertility treatments.
Synonyms: fuctuplets
freaklitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freaklitter
fuctuplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of fucked up and the nonce suffix -tuplet, taken from septuplet, octuplet, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Why is it NOT okay if a smoker gets sick because of his/her CHOICE to smoke and racks up $100,000 in hospital bills, but it IS okay if a couple CHOOSES to recklessly and irresponsibly pop out a litter of fuctuplets and rack up over 2 million dollars (SO FAR) in hospital bills?
ref: 1999 April 3, Patrice, “Re: Fertility drugs should be banned (was Re: Midway thru the broadcast)”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: The Chukwu fuctuplets are about to turn 1, and the eyes of the media will be turning toward Texas.
ref: 1999 December 2, Gutterboy [username], “The octopi turn one year old”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: I'd like to know more about those kids' health status, especially compared to the McCaughey fuctuplets.
ref: 2002 October 1, Stella Hackell, “Re: News: Mother of Texas octuplets gives birth again”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: A set of higher-order multiples, especially one produced through fertility treatments.
Synonyms: freaklitter
Octomom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From octo- + mom.
Senses: glosses: American woman Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets in 2009.
goldensprog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldensprogs
Etymology: From golden + sprog, presumably influenced by golden boy.
Senses: examples: text: Wanna bet the families can't afford the damages created by their goldensprog?
ref: 2000 December 12, Scott Amspoker, “City Suing Graffiti Vandals”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Because he's spayshul. *His* goldensprog is going to cure cancer, eliminate poverty, save the world from evildoers, ring in a new era of enlightenment ... and produce golden-grandsprogs.
ref: 2002 September 4, David Cato, “Re: Your sister group is up and running, finally”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: These same breeders would scream bloody murder if their goldensprog was left behind a grade for poor performance, or if the teachers demanded a salary commensurate with their education.
ref: 2006 November 13, The Rocket Scientist [username], “Re: Does this piss anyone else off?”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: A child who is coddled by his or her parents, especially one treated as extremely exceptional and incapable of any failure or wrongdoing.
no one's fool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no one's fools
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nobody's fool.
synonyms: word: nobody's fool
kinderspullen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kinderspullen (“children's things”), from kind + -er- + spullen.
Senses: examples: text: […] wiping up crayon and markers from the walls, handprints, thick mud tracks, picking up kinderspullen, etc.
ref: 2002 April 23, Nina Paley, “Re: Some tart words about women and marriage{longish}”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Now, I'm not a morning person, but at least it doesn't take me 2 hours or more to get the k!dz rustled out of bed in the morning and all the kinderspullen packed, so I can *make* a 7:30am flight.
ref: 2002 August 15, Sixkats [username], “Re: Save the Date - KatsCon 2003”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: We also don't have to pack a bunch of useless kinderspullen and stinky juices and cereals to keep the kiddies entertained while at daycare.
ref: 2003 March 7, Kari Levstik, “Re: how come you are obsessed with children?”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: Items (such as toys) associated with a child.
Snotley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: snot + -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including Ashley and Bradley, from Old English leah (“clearing, meadow”).
Senses: examples: text: If so, I call bullshit...if I can't eat in, say, Bed Bath and Beyond, neither can Little Snotley.
ref: 2002 June 26, Patrick M Geahan, “Re: NEWS: AMA endorsing BFing”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Yes, there are more critical things to worry about during a power failure than whether little Snotley can watch his cartoons.
ref: 2004 August 20, puppet_sock [username], “Re: Lil dullards”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: If they had told her that Snotley wasn't allowed into the studio, she'd have probably filed a lawsuit, of course.
ref: 2006 March 12, 12 March, “Re: a mild rant”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: Used as a generic name for an ill-behaved or spoiled child.
Synonyms: Bratley
Bratley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: brat + -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including Ashley and Bradley, from Old English leah (“clearing, meadow”).
Senses: examples: text: Seems his dear Bratley had thrown a rock and broken a windsheild^([sic]) on a passerby's car.
ref: 1999 November 13, Johnson, “Judge Judy”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Of course Bratley was running back and forth and back and forth in front of the performing area, trying to get the attention of his father who was playing the violin with much gusto.
ref: 2002 January 18, Artaxiel [username], “So I clotheslined an eight-year old^([sic])...”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: Even as we rolled our cart out to the parking lot, we could hear Bratley squalling away in the distance, gradually fading as the doors slid shut behind us.
ref: 2002 July 31, Salome, “Yesterday at the supermarket...”, in (Usenet):
glosses: Used as a generic name for an ill-behaved or spoiled child.
Synonyms: Snotley
lepromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛˈproʊmədəs/
ipa: /lɛˈprəʊmətəs/
Forms: form: more lepromatous
form: most lepromatous
Etymology: From leproma + -ous, q.v.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lepromatoid: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy.
synonyms: word: lepromatoid
extra: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy
Derived terms: lepromatous leprosy
leproma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepromas
form: lepromata
Etymology: From New Latin leproma, equivalent to lepra (“leprosy”) + -oma (“mass or tumor related to”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An area of inflammation in the skin symptomatic of leprosy
Derived terms: lepromatic
lepromatoid
lepromatous
lepromin
multiproxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + proxy.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple proxies
mycocerosate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycocerosates
Etymology: From mycocerosic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a mycocerosic acid.
Derived terms: dimycocerosate
Related terms: mycocerosic
mycocerosates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycocerosate
mycocerosic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycocerosic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of highly methylated long-chain fatty acids present in mycobacteria
Related terms: mycocerosate
mycolipenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycolipenates
Etymology: From mycolipenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of mycolipenic acid.
mycolipenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A methylated unsaturated long-chain fatty acid, 2,4,6-trimethyltetracos-2-enoic acid, found in some mycobacteria
Related terms: mycolipenate
dimycocerosate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimycocerosates
Etymology: From di- + mycocerosate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two mycocerosate groups
odontomachine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Odontomachus + -ine
Senses: glosses: Relating to trap-jaw ants of the genus Odontomachus
trap-jaw ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap-jaw ants
form: trapjaw ant
form: trap jaw ant
Etymology: From trap + jaw + ant, because the mandibles (jaws) snap shut forcefully like a trap.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: odontomach
glosses: Any of a group of carnivorous ants, of the genus Odontomachus, that have mandibles that can snap shut on prey
palaeopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palaeo- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleopathological.
Related terms: palaeopathology
palaeorainfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + rainfall.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleorainfall.
paleomicrobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + microbiological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paleomicrobiology
paleomicrobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + microbiology.
Senses: glosses: The microbiological study of prehistoric material
Derived terms: paleomicrobiological
pentafluorobenzyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + fluoro- + benzyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of the benzyl radical in which each of the hydrogen atoms of the benzene ring has been replaced by fluorine
raw_tags: in compound terms
rhinomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From rhino- + maxillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nose and the jaw (especially to the bones of the nose and the jawbone)
nephelopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: cloudy vision due to damage to the cornea
nephoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nepho- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: Observation and measurement of the position and movement of clouds.
Related terms: nephoscope
multiplier onions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplier onion
gouge bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gouge bit
Azazel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈzeɪzəl/
/ˈæzəˌzɛl/
Forms: form: Azazael
Etymology: From Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (azazél, “Azazel, cliff from which the scapegoat was sent to its death”), Arabic عَزَازِيل (ʕazāzīl).
Senses: examples: text: Then strait commands that at the warlike sound / Of Trumpets loud and Clarions be upreard / His mighty Standard ; that proud honour claim'd / Azazel as his right, a Cherub tall:
ref: 1674, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, lines 531–535:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A fallen angel in some traditions of Judaism and Christianity.
synonyms: word: Aduwallah
word: Adversary
word: Al-Shaytaan
word: Antichrist
word: archfiend
word: Ash-Shaytan
word: Azazel
word: Beast
word: Beelzebub
word: bogey
word: cosmocrat
word: deceiver
word: deuce
word: Devil
word: diablo
word: Diabolus
word: dickens
word: Dragon
word: Enemy
word: Evil One
word: Father of Lies
word: Gog
word: Iblis
word: Jack Ketch
word: leviathan
word: lord of the flies
word: Lucifer
word: Mephistopheles
word: Old Gentleman
word: Old Hairy
word: Old Harry
word: Old Nick
word: Old One
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Prince of Darkness
word: Prince of Demons
word: Prince of Evil
word: Sam Scratch
word: Satan
word: Serpent
word: shaitan
word: Son of the Dawn
glosses: Satan.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The name of Iblis.
Azazael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Azazel.
silk-stocking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: silk-stockinged
Etymology: Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.
Senses: examples: June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry
[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
glosses: Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
spring steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any variety of steel capable of returning to its original shape despite significant deflection or twisting.
Hypernyms: memory metal
nephrocarcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephrocarcinomas
Etymology: From nephro- + carcinoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: carcinoma of the kidney
Related terms: nephrocarcinogenesis
Stillson wrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stillson wrench
stop order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop orders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stop loss order.
synonyms: word: stop loss order
stop orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop order
shoefly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoeflies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shoofly.
shoeflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoefly
Dorsetshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)sɪtʃɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)sɪtʃə(ɹ)/
Senses: examples: text: Towards the end of the first world war, construction was begun on a branch to connect Bovington Camp with the London & South Western Railway at Wool, Dorsetshire.
ref: 1954 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Bovington Camp Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 735:
glosses: Dorset.
Rutlandshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It has been suggested that the school authorities at Uppingham considered the name inappropriate, because the Southern Railway had no connection with Rutlandshire.
ref: 1955 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Schools" Class Locomotive No. 923”, in Railway Magazine, page 734, about a loco named "Uppingham":
glosses: The English county of Rutland.
split wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split wheels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of split pulley.
synonyms: word: split pulley
nephroplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nephro- + -plegia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: functional paralysis of the kidney
split switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: split switches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of point switch.
synonyms: word: point switch
Golden Triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Golden Triangle
Senses: examples: text: This is an informal crossing on a small river that separates the two countries in the infamous Golden Triangle.
ref: 2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR.org:
glosses: Any region of prosperity, influence, etc. bounded by three points.
A geographic region of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, known for its production of opium and heroin.
coordinate_terms: Golden Crescent
glosses: Any region of prosperity, influence, etc. bounded by three points.
A region of Victoria, Australia, where the Victorian Gold Rush occurred.
glosses: Any region of prosperity, influence, etc. bounded by three points.
A region of New South Wales, Australia, where prime agricultural land occurs, particularly for cereal crops, and from which golden sheaves of wheat are harvested.
glosses: Any region of prosperity, influence, etc. bounded by three points.
An area of Paris, France, located between Avenue Montaigne, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, and Avenue George V.
Related terms: Bermuda Triangle
Devil's Triangle
Dragon's Triangle
Lithium Triangle
Northern Triangle
nephrorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephrorrhaphies
Etymology: From nephro- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suturing of the kidney (to hold it in place)
Riffian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Riffians
Etymology: From Rif + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Berber ethnic group who inhabit the Rif in northern Morocco.
Riffian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rif + -ian.
Senses: glosses: The Zenati language of these people.
Riffians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Riffian
Zenati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the medieval Zenata tribe. Doublet of jennet.
Senses: glosses: A branch of the Northern Berber language family of North Africa.
Derived terms: Oued Zenati
spekbooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spekboom
smeltable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From smelt + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being smelted.
Heves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A county of Hungary.
sciagraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciagraphy
shaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: The Century
A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins.
glosses: Alternative form of chaps (clothing)
stream wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stream wheels
Senses: glosses: A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water.
Synonyms: current wheel
gawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gaw
gawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gaw
dashitall
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "So I see. And what of your search, Ramsay? Have you discovered the source of my quotation as yet?"
"At long last, sir. Henry the Fifth. But, dashitall, too late to win the wager."
ref: 2015, Patricia Veryan, The Tyrant:
glosses: dash it all: a minced oath
Related terms: dammitall
choking coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choking coils
Senses: glosses: An electric coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase.
Synonyms: choke
reactance coil
reactor
cincinnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cincinnus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a cincinnus.
Conestoga wain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Conestoga wains
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Conestoga wagon.
synonyms: word: Conestoga wagon
commerce destroyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commerce destroyers
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A fast, unarmoured, lightly armed naval vessel designed to capture or destroy the enemy's merchant ships.
corbellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbelling
corbelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbeling
Cossack post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cossack posts
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.
Cossack posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cossack post
jimdandy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jim-dandy.
jimdandy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jimdandies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jim-dandy.
jimdandies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimdandy
adipoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adipomas
form: adipomata
Etymology: From adipo- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
adipomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adipoma
adipomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adipoma
aeronat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛroʊˌnæt/
ipa: /ˈɛrəˌnæt/
Forms: form: aeronats
Etymology: Borrowed from French aéronat.
Senses: examples: text: Four aeronats of the type Zeppelin have been ordered by the Government at a cost for each of $250,000, to be at the disposition of the Navy.
ref: 1909, Aeronautics, volumes 4-5, page 42:
glosses: A dirigible balloon.
aeronats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeronat
aeroboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroboats
Etymology: From aero- + boat.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, since the size of aeroboats is quite limited, it is found that they travel over high seas best when they can rise and fall exactly with the contour of each wave, instead of spanning waves.
ref: 1914, Flying, volume 3, page 181:
glosses: A form of hydroaeroplane; a flying boat.
aeroboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroboat
Culver's root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after a Dr. Culver, who used it.
Senses: glosses: The root of the herb Veronicastrum virginicum, used as a cathartic and emetic.
Synonyms: Culver's physic
Related terms: taxonomic: Geranium molle
word: culverfoot
alt: Fraxinus excelsior; Aquilegia vulgaris, Scilla nutans; Primula veris, Orchis mascula
word: culverkeys
taxonomic: Scilla nutans
word: culvers
taxonomic: Aquilegia vulgaris
word: culverwort
Culver's physic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Culver's root.
synonyms: word: Culver's root
aeronef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛː.ɹəʊ.nɛf/
/ˈɛː.ɹə.nɛf/
Forms: form: aeronefs
Etymology: Borrowed from French aéronef.
Senses: glosses: airplane; a flying machine, an aircraft.
aeronefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeronef
aeroyacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroyachts
Etymology: From aero- + yacht.
Senses: glosses: aeroboat
aeroyachts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroyacht
oneirological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to oneirology.
cuirie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuiries
Etymology: From Middle English quyrre, now respelled according to or reborrowed from its source, Old French cuirie (French cuirie).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuirie.
glosses: An item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass.
Related terms: cuir bouilli
cuirass
annunciation lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annunciation lilies
Etymology: It appears in many paintings of the Annunciation.
Senses: glosses: The common white lily, Lilium candidum.
annunciation lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annunciation lily
androdiecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of androdioecious.
androdioecism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From andro- + dioecism.
Senses: glosses: The property of being androdioecious.
ant cow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ant cows
Etymology: By analogy to the milking of a cow.
Senses: glosses: Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
ant cattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: ant cows
ant cows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ant cow
anthroponomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: anthroponomy
anthroponomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthroponomy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthroponomy.
apercus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apercu
Archibald wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Archibald wheels
Senses: glosses: A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, especially adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.
Archibald wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Archibald wheel
argentamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argentamin
Etymology: Latin argentum (“silver”) + English amine.
Senses: glosses: A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.
argentamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of argentamine.
archoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archoplasms
Etymology: From archo- + -plasm.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
archoplasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archoplasm
asemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.
Derived terms: asemia graphica
asemia mimica
asemia verbalis
asemic
Related terms: semantic
Asterope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the stars in the Pleiades cluster.
astrophotometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + photometry.
Senses: glosses: The determination of the brightness of stars and other heavenly bodies.
astrophotometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astro- + photometrical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to astrophotometry.
astrophotometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astro- + photometric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to astrophotometry.
auction pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pedro , Pedro Sancho , Dom Pedro , and Snoozer , are all varieties of Auction Pitch, in which certain counting cards are added , and secondary bids are allowed
ref: 1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day:
glosses: A card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.
asthma paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asthma papers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Paper impregnated with saltpetre and burned to produce fumes that can be inhaled to alleviate asthma.
autotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
azotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azotin
Etymology: From azote + -ine.
Senses: glosses: An explosive consisting of sodium nitrate, charcoal, sulphur, and petroleum.
airol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a trade name.
Senses: glosses: An antiseptic powder consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform.
Aleppo grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Johnson grass
Means grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the surname.
Senses: glosses: Johnson grass
alluvially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From alluvial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In alluvial fashion.
lirellaeform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lirellaeform
form: most lirellaeform
Etymology: From lirellae (plural of lirella) + -form.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lirelliform.
Ukrainophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ukraino- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Speaking Ukrainian.
Ukrainophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ukrainophones
Etymology: From Ukraino- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: One who speaks Ukrainian.
Ukrainophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ukrainophone
Bulgarophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Bulgaria + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Speaking Bulgarian.
Bulgarophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bulgarophones
Etymology: From Bulgaria + -phone.
Senses: glosses: One who speaks Bulgarian.
Bulgarophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bulgarophone
ajouan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ajwain.
Jowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Cornish, a Cornish form of John.
araroba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Tupi language.
Senses: glosses: Goa powder
Ariel toucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ariel toucans
Senses: glosses: Ramphastos vitellinus ariel, subspecies of the channel-billed toucan.
had it coming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have it coming
felloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felloe
artillery wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artillery wheels
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes
glosses: a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.
artillery wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artillery wheel
arollas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arolla
memester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mēmstər
ipa: /mimstɚ/
Forms: form: memesters
Etymology: From meme + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: He introduces such colorful and potentially significant groups as the Immediast Underground, Paper Tiger TV, and the merry 'memesters' who have taken the media revolution to the neurons of the worldbrain.
ref: 1996, Douglas Rushkoff, quoted on the praise page, in Media Virus!: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture, Ballantine Books (1996; originally published 1995), unnumbered page
text: The conflict between the memesters and the creators of the source material ended with the creators throwing up their hands in defeat. It was simply impossible for YouTube to keep the stuff down.
ref: 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, The Overlook Press, →ISBN:
text: Not all these photo pranks are as simple as planking: In stocking, memesters choose a banal stock photo and try to re-create it as faithfully as possible.
ref: 2011 October 30, Erin McKean, “Let’s go owling!”, in The Boston Globe:
glosses: A person who creates or enjoys memes, especially Internet ones.
memesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memester
bookchest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookchests
Etymology: From book + chest.
Senses: examples: text: Bookchests will be ready for distribution on the 4th Saturday of September and January. Books sent to the respective Circles are charged to the officers.
ref: 1903, New Jersey. State Board of Education, Annual Report, page 52:
text: He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.
ref: 2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206:
glosses: A chest for the storage of books.
bookchests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookchest
azogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azogue
nitrobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitro- + bacterial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nitrobacteria.
Auld Licht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Auld Lichts
form: Auld Light
Etymology: From the Scots for Old Light.
Senses: glosses: A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.
cachemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cachemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cachaemia.
cachemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cachemia
cachemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more cachemic
form: most cachemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cachaemic.
cachaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæˈkiːmɪk/
ipa: /kæˈkɛmɪk/
rhymes: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more cachaemic
form: most cachaemic
form: cachemic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cachaemia.
Cassel brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cassel browns
Etymology: Originally found near Cassel (now Kassel) in Germany.
Senses: glosses: A brown pigment consisting of impure lignite.
Synonyms: Cassel earth
Cassel browns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cassel brown
Cassel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Cassell.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel, related to the above. Both senses have been adapted as Swedish surnames. Compare Castel.
* As a French surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself a derivative of Late Latin castellum and thus related to the above.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Dated spelling of Kassel: a city in Germany.
glosses: A commune in Bailleul canton, Dunkerque arrondissement, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A village in John Taolo Gaetsewe district municipality, Northern Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Cassel brown
Cassel earth
chasse-marée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French chasse-marée.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A French coasting lugger.
chokies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choky
chokeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chokey
great blue herons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great blue heron
metalloenzymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metallo- + enzymatic.
Senses: glosses: Catalysed by a metalloenzyme
Related terms: metalloenzymic
Tewkesbury mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tewkesbury mustards
Senses: examples: text: His wit's as thick as Tewkesbury mustard.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: A kind of mustard made with grated horseradish root.
seed oysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed oyster
Coston light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coston lights
Etymology: Named after the inventor.
Senses: glosses: A signal made by burning lights of different colors, used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving [[service].
Coston lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coston light
chivarras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chivarros
Etymology: From Spanish chivarras, from chivo (“goat”).
Senses: glosses: Leather leggings of a sort worn by people in or from Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
chivarros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chivarras.
Neo-Attic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: neo-Attic
Etymology: From neo- + Attic.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Describing a late Hellenistic style of bas-relief sculpture
ermagerd
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ermahgerd.
cross-buttock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-buttocks
Etymology: From cross- + buttock.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
synonyms: buttocking
glosses: A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.
glosses: An unexpected defeat or repulse.
cross-buttocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-buttock
game controller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game controllers
Senses: topics: video-games
hyponyms: gamepad
joypad
joystick
motion controller
mouse
paddle
yoke
glosses: Any of various hardware devices designed to allow the user to provide input to video games.
game controllers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game controller
cathodegraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathodegraphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cathodograph.
cathodograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathodographs
form: cathodegraph
Etymology: From cathode + -o- + -graph.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An X-ray image; a radiograph.
Related terms: cathodography
cathodographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathodograph
cathodegraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathodegraph
EGM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EGMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of extraordinary general meeting.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of extragalactic medium.
Related terms: sense: extraordinary general meeting
word: AGM
english: intracluster medium
translation: intracluster medium
word: ICM
english: interstellar medium
translation: interstellar medium
word: ISM
english: intergalactic medium
translation: intergalactic medium
word: IGM
english: interplanetary medium
translation: interplanetary medium
word: IPM
topics: extra-cluster-medium
cosmology
astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ECM
EGMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EGM
eedjit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eedjits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eejit.
eedjits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eedjit
fakaleitī
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakaleitīs
form: fakaleitī
form: fakaleiti
Etymology: From Tongan fakaleitī; the second part comes from English lady.
Senses: synonyms: word: cockney
word: pansy
word: sissy
word: bading
word: big girl's blouse
word: cockney
word: cot-quean
word: cupcake
word: dudelet
word: fakaleiti
word: fairy
word: femboy
word: gentleman
word: ginch
word: girl's blouse
word: girlyman
word: janegirl
word: jessie
word: nancy
word: nancyboy
word: nancy pants
word: pansy
word: Percy
word: poof
word: poofter
word: posy sniffer
word: pretty boy
word: puss-gentleman
word: quiche-eater
word: sissy
word: softling
word: soy boy
word: swish
word: twink
word: zenana
glosses: A man who behaves in an effeminate manner.
fakaleitīs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fakaleitī
atheization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From atheize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Process of making atheistic.
canoe plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canoe plants
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants taken from ancient Polynesia and transplanted to other Pacific islands.
canoe plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canoe plant
pipermethystine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic alkaloid present in the aerial portions of the kava plant.
foreswearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foreswear
sporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to spores.