cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
imporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From im- + porous.
Senses: examples: text: having its earthy and salinous parts so exactly resolved, that its body is left imporous, and not discreted by atomical terminations
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: If magnetism were not an immaterial substance, then any practically imporous body intervening between the magnet and the attracted object would, to some extent at least, impede the passage of the magnetic current
ref: 1892, “Lucifer: A Theosophical Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: not porous; not having pores
Derived terms: imporosity
Mariolater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mariolaters
Etymology: From Mary + -olater.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
synonyms: Marian
glosses: One who worships the Virgin Mary.
Related terms: Mariolatry
Mariolaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mariolater
schizognathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From schizo- + -gnathous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: having the maxillopalatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, and many other birds
Related terms: Schizognathae
schizognathism
rakeshame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rakeshames
Etymology: Compare rakehell, ragabash.
Senses: examples: text: […] if such divine ministeries as these, wherein the angel of the church represents the person of Christ Jesus, must lie prostitute to sordid fees, and not pass to and fro between our Saviour, that of free grace redeemed us, and the submissive penitent, without the truckage of perishing coin, and the butcherly execution of tormentors, rooks, and rakeshames sold to lucre ; then have the Babylonish merchants of souls just excuse.
ref: 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation of Church-Discipline in England, Book II:
glosses: An objectionable person.
rakeshames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rakeshame
penetratee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetratees
Etymology: From penetrate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The partner who is penetrated in sexual intercourse.
penetratees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penetratee
inconnected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + connected.
Senses: examples: text: represent these Volumes as an indigested and inconnected heap of discourses
ref: 1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Not connected; disconnected.
penetratingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penetrating + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being penetrating.
unsinew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsinews
form: unsinewing
form: unsinewed
form: unsinewed
Etymology: From un- + sinew.
Senses: examples: text: Th' unsinew'd poem languishes and dies
ref: 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry:
glosses: To deprive of sinews or strength.
unsinewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsinew
unsinewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: O, for two special reasons; / Which may to you, perhaps, seem much unsinew'd, / But yet to me they are strong.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Weak.
unsinewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsinew
unsinews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsinew
monogenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: monogenesis
glosses: The theory that humankind has a common origin, or constitutes a single species.
Related terms: monogenist
sely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: selier
form: seliest
Etymology: From Middle English sely, from Old English sǣliġ (“blessed, fortunate”), (also gesǣliġ (“happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy”). Equivalent to seel + -y.
Senses: examples: text: But the troubles of this "poor "sely innocent" were not yet over. The King's mother is indignant at so strange a marriage; and one day in his absence, and by her machinations, Constance and her young child are placed on board a ship to take her chance in the wild sea.
ref: 1842 10, Lucas's Penny Library, page 18:
text: ... for he, seeing his old and trusty servant so many years, with so extreme A.D. and many torments, broken and dried up, would in no wise heap so many sorrows upon one poor sely wretch, neither would commit him to the flames of fire[…]
ref: 1861, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, page 393:
text: ... my poor sely maiden Maria; but I should find it hard to write a fourth within this palace. I may not make my letter much longer. Prithee tell me some news of England, if any be; and shouldst thou hear ought of my gracious mistress[…]
ref: 1872, Emily Sarah Holt, Robin Tremayne, page 250:
glosses: Obsolete form of silly, especially in its older senses like "innocent", "pitiable, poor", "trifling, insignificant", but also "foolish".
Toryism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Toryisms
Etymology: From Tory + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political principles of the Tories.
Toryisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Toryism
erective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more erective
form: most erective
Etymology: From erect + -ive?
Senses: glosses: Making erect or upright; raising.
eschaunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eschaunges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of exchange.
eschaunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eschaunges
form: eschaunging
form: eschaunged
form: eschaunged
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of exchange.
remonstrantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more remonstrantly
form: most remonstrantly
Etymology: From remonstrant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a remonstrant manner.
touser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tousers
Etymology: From touse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who touses.
tousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touser
wittolly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wittolly
form: most wittolly
Etymology: From wittol + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: FALSTAFF: […] they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money […]
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: Like a wittol; cuckoldly.
trivalvular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + valvular.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to three valves.
balloonry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From balloon + -ry.
Senses: glosses: The art or practice of ascending in a balloon.
tahrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tahr
weedeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weedeaters
form: weed eater
Etymology: From weed + eater, from "Weed Eater", the name of a company founded by the inventor of the string trimmer.
Senses: qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A string trimmer.
Derived terms: weedeat
weedeating
weedeaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weedeater
MAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MAPs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of missed approach point.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
synonyms: half board
glosses: Initialism of modified American plan, a hotel rate that included accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of microtubule-associated protein.
glosses: Initialism of modified atmosphere packaging.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mean arterial pressure.
glosses: Acronym of methyl-acetylene propadiene.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of multiple aim point.
glosses: Initialism of minor-attracted person.
examples: text: My Puerto Rican roommate, who had survived the New York school system, would sarcastically call me a “MAP” or Mexican-American princess because of my boarding school experience.
ref: 1994, Latino Law Review, volumes 1-3, page 404:
text: I guess in many ways I was becoming a Jewish American Princess, also known as a JAP. I thought Jewish men were supposed to totally take care of you. This was not the case with Bob. Oh, I forgot, I’m not Jewish. I was a BAP (translation: a Black American Princess instead of a Jewish American Princess. For any other princesses just put your ethnicity in front and add American Princess. For instance you can be a SAP, Spanish American Princess; a DAP, Dominican American Princess; or even a MAP, Mexican American Princess. Can you imagine being a BAP, SAP, or MAP? Whatever Princess you are, just make sure your Prince is taking care of you.
ref: 2010 April 24, B.J.Ray, Porgies Are Best: A Fishmonger’s Daughter, page 42:
text: Frank, Annalise’s main henchman, blames Laurel, the intern student he’s screwing, for messing up their secret trip to get DNA. “I’m pissed because you tattled to the teacher like the spoiled little M.A.P you are,” he snaps. Someone in the car asks what’s a M.A.P? “A Mexican American Princess,” Laurel explains, pissed off at the pejorative.
ref: 2016 January 6, James West, “One of the Best TV Shows of 2016 Will Still Be “How to Get Away With Murder.” Here’s Why.”, in Mother Jones:
glosses: Initialism of Mexican-American Princess; overly materialistic and selfish young Mexican-American woman.
qualifier: animation
glosses: Initialism of multi-animator project; an animation created by several collaborating animators.
Related terms: sense: methyl-acetylene propadiene
word: MAPP
sense: methyl-acetylene propadiene
word: MPS
American plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Synonyms: full board
Related terms: European plan
half board
modified American plan
modified American plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.
Synonyms: half board
Related terms: American plan
full board
alimonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alimonious
form: most alimonious
Senses: examples: text: The vital fluid is soon separated into its constituent elements, and the serous, saline, and albuminous portions of it are profusely poured from the system, through the toneless myriads of the patulous extreme vessels of the alimonious region; […]
ref: 1834, Ezekiel Webb, The philosophy of medicine:
text: The plethora renders us lean, by suppressing our spirits, whereby they are incapacitated of digesting the alimonious humours into flesh.
ref: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: or, the Anatomy of Consumptions:
glosses: Affording food; nourishing.
examples: text: She forgets that of the thirty-eight judges of the districts courts, who alone have jurisdiction in alimonious matters, there is not one but would like to do her a personal kindness; and if any one of them ever gets into a divorce suit, on either side of the controversy, she will then know that the judge takes such a grip on her faithless and miserable husband's throat that he cannot breathe unless he stands up straight and gets all the kinks out of his windpipe, and even then with a forced draft he must give it his closest attention.
ref: 1909, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Biennial Report - Kansas State Board of Agriculture, volume 16:
text: They counseled one another on all matters alimonious, their nannies competed over their charges, and they passed as friends in a world where to copy the same dinner table arrangement was to be frozen out of the set.
ref: 2007, Clare Naylor, The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain:
glosses: Of or related to alimony or divorce.
Related terms: aliment
alimony
nourishingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nourishing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being nourishing.
grampy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grampies
form: grampie
form: grandpie
form: grandpy
form: granpie
form: gran'py
form: granpy
Etymology: From grampa + -y.
Senses: glosses: grandfather
grampies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grampie /grampy
heatseekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heatseeker
inseverable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inseverable
form: most inseverable
Etymology: From in- + severable.
Senses: examples: text: [W]e had suffered so much together; and the filaments connecting them with my heart were so aerially fine and fantastic, but for that reason so inseverable, that I abated nothing of my anxiety on their account; […]
ref: 1853, Thomas De Quincey, “Introduction to the World of Strife”, in Autobiographic Sketches (De Quincey’s Works; I), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 86:
glosses: Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable.
Derived terms: inseverably
gymnogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnogens
Etymology: From gymno- + -gen.
Senses: glosses: A gymnosperm.
gymnogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnogen
railleur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railleurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French railleur.
Senses: examples: text: Sir, Maſter Sparkiſh has often told me, that his Acquaintance were all Wits and Railleurs, and now I find it.
ref: 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 14:
glosses: A jiber; a joker; a mocker.
railleurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railleur
rascaldom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rascaldoms
Etymology: From rascal + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a rascal.
examples: text: Thus Falstaff, in Shakspeare, is a character of the broadest comedy, giving himself unreservedly to the senses, coolly ignoring the Reason, whilst he invokes its name, pretending to patriotism and to parental virtues, not with any intent to deceive, but only to make the fun perfect by enjoying the confusion betwixt reason and the negation of reason,—in other words, the rank rascaldom he is calling by its name.
ref: 1870, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Comic”, in Letters and Social Aims (The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson; VIII), Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, published 1903, page 130:
glosses: Rascals collectively.
factionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factionists
Etymology: From faction + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: the armed factionists are not only mere killers, landlords and arrack contractors
ref: 2003, A. Ranga Reddy, The State of Rayalaseema:
glosses: A member of a faction.
glosses: One who promotes strife or discord.
factionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factionist
stringentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stringent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being stringent.
lithocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithocysts
Etymology: From litho- + cyst.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small, siliceous structure found in diatoms and some other types of algae that fills with gas or oil, controlling the buoyancy of the algae.
lithocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithocyst
defrayment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defrayments
Etymology: From defray + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The payment of charges, expenses, grants, etc.
defrayments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defrayment
longirostral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: long-billed.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Longirostres, a clade of crocodilians.
tortiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tortiously
form: most tortiously
Etymology: From tortious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: tortiously injured
text: tortiously possessed himself of goods
text: tortiously interfered
topics: law
glosses: In a tortious manner.
moderatorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moderatorships
Etymology: From moderator + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position or office of a moderator.
moderatorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moderatorship
moile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: mohel
homophone: moil
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: moiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moil.
moiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moile
aprication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
ipa: /æpɹiˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology: From apricate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Aprication, a beaking in the sunne."
ref: 1626, H. C. Gent, The English Dictionarie, London: Isaac Iaggard:
text: Very few persons seem to have a due sense of the luxury and benefit of aprication, or immersion in the sunshine bath, which every fair day will furnish gratuitously to all applicants.
ref: 1883, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pages from an old volume of life, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company:
text: We would tease him about the countless hours he would spend soaking in suntan lotion as he lay on the same exact spot along the pool. "How long were you in heaven this morning?" my mother would ask. "Two straight hours. But I plan to return early this afternoon for a much longer aprication."
ref: 2007, André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Picador, 2008, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: The act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
Related terms: apricate
apricity
integumation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See integument.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The branch of physiology that deals with integuments.
phlogotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to phlogosis.
sporadial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sporadial
form: most sporadial
Senses: glosses: sporadic
boothmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boothman
erigible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What might be the name of this erigible or erected residence? Bloom Cottage. Saint Leopold’s. Flowerville.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 667:
glosses: Capable of being erected.
Synonyms: erectable
tribracteate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + bracteate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three bracts.
coroniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coroniform
form: most coroniform
Etymology: From Latin corona (“crown”) + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: coroniform pappus
glosses: Having the form of a crown or coronet.
processionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: processionalists
Etymology: From processional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who takes part in a procession.
processionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of processionalist
buckstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckstalls
form: buck-stall
Etymology: From buck + stall.
Senses: examples: text: Our ambushed troops, like cataracts falling into a torrent, joined the vanguard, and as fishes in a net or deer in a buckstall, the enemies were surrounded, closed, hemmed in.
ref: 1867, Georgiana Fullerton, A Stormy Life: A Novel:
glosses: A net used for catching deer.
buckstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckstall
indigestibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indigestible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: indigestibility; the quality of being indigestible.
fudge wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fudge wheels
Senses: examples: text: you will be able to set a nice, regular stitch by placing the awl carefully into each mark made by the fudge wheel.
ref: 1895, Paul N. Hasluck, Boot Making and Mending:
text: The fudge wheel should be used around the edge of sole to give the job a finished appearance.
ref: 2017, F. L. West, How To Repair Shoes:
glosses: A shoemaker's tool used for neatening the double stitches on the welt.
fudge wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fudge wheel
sacculoutricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacculo- + utricular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
minglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more minglingly
form: most minglingly
Etymology: From mingling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to mingle.
sesquisalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesquisalts
Etymology: From sesqui- + salt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
sesquisalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sesquisalt
diplogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diplo- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Diplogenic Lead Baryte
ref: 1837, William Phillips, Robert Allan, An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy:
glosses: Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances.
penitencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penitencers
form: penitenser
Etymology: French pénitencier.
Senses: examples: text: I say not that if thou be assigned to thy penitencer for certain sin, that thou art bound to shew him all the remnant of thy sins...
ref: 1875, Clarke, Charles Cowden, The Canterbury tales of Chaucer, with notes by T. Tyrwhitt, Cassell Petter & Galpin, page 288:
glosses: A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
penitencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penitencer
obtenebration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin obtenebrate (“to make dark”).
Senses: examples: text: In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration joined with a semblance of turning round.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of darkening, or darkness.
Related terms: obtenebrate
anticous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin anticus (“in front, foremost”), from ante (“before”).
Senses: examples: text: anticous sepals
text: anticous stamens
text: anticous anthers
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: introrse
glosses: Facing toward the axis of the flower
Coordinate terms: posticous
elaboratories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elaboratory
elaboratory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elaboratories
Senses: examples: text: And this, jfldicioufly applied, in an elaboratory, where many such vessels are used, will make a considerable saving.
ref: 1758, Robert Dossie, The Elaboratory Laid Open: Or the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy:
text: He [Mr. Sthael] built his elaboratory in an old hall or refectory. — In the year following he was called away to London, and became operator to the Royal Society; and, continuing there till 1676, he returned to Oxon, and had several classes successively.—The chymical club concluded; and A. W. paid Mr. Sthael 30 shillings, having, in the beginning of the class, given 30 shillings beforehand.
ref: 1772, William Huddesford, Thomas Warton, The Lives Of Those Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, And Anthony à Wood:
text: Blank ink and red ink, pounce, wafers, wax, pens, seals, imbibing-paper, rulers, files, were all there; pegs for hats, shelves and hooks, pigeon-holes full of samples of sugar, of rice, tobacco, coffee, and the like: all the dull paraphernalia of a trader's elaboratory.
ref: 1862, George Augustus Sala, “The Ship-chandler. A Story of a Seaport One Hundred Years Ago. Chapter III. Evil upon Evil.”, in The Ship Chandler and Other Tales, London: Ward and Lock, […], →OCLC, page 48:
glosses: A laboratory.
elaboratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elaboratory
form: most elaboratory
Senses: glosses: Tending to elaborate; that elaborates.
incognoscibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being incognoscible.
monitorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more monitorially
form: most monitorially
Etymology: From monitorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monitorial manner.
espousage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Yea, let all estates be no less circumspect
in choosing her, taking great deliberation, and then they
shall not need divorcements, and such mischiefs, to the evil
example and slander of our realm. And that she be such one as the king can find in his heart to love, and lead his life in pure and chaste espousage.
ref: 1549, Hugh Latimer, The First Sermon preached before King Edward:
text: And their Espousage or Marriage to Christ doth not argue his divorce from the Gentiles
ref: c. 1651, a letter [unclear to and from whom...]:
glosses: espousal
contortuplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contortuplicate
form: most contortuplicate
Etymology: From Latin contortuplicatus, from contortus (“contorted”) + plicare (“to fold”).
Senses: examples: The bud of the morning glory is contortuplicate.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
labouratory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of laboratory.
gentlewomanliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gentlewomanly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlemanhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gentleman + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: The Major would not hear of a year passing before this ceremony of gentlemanhood was gone through
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
synonyms: gentlemanship
gentlemanliness
glosses: The qualities or condition of a gentleman.
aspergilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspergilliform
form: most aspergilliform
Etymology: From aspergillum + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: an aspergilliform stigma
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the aspergillum in form
washitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washitsus
form: washitsu
Etymology: From Japanese 和室 (washitsu わしつ), from Middle Chinese 和 (ɣwa, a gloss for ʔwa 倭 "Japan") + 室 (ʃit "room").
Senses: glosses: A Japanese room with tatami flooring and usually sliding doors.
washitsus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washitsu
batterie de cuisine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batteries de cuisine
Etymology: Borrowed from French batterie de cuisine.
Senses: examples: text: The old black cast iron skillet is an important part of the batterie de cuisine.
ref: 1979 May 24, Ernest Gueymard, “Louisiana's Creole-Acadian Cuisine”, in Renaud S. Albert, editor, A Franco-American Overview, volume 1, →ISBN, page 295:
glosses: The range of tools and utensils used in a professional kitchen.
entomotomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entomotomists
Etymology: From entomotomy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: someone who practices entomotomy; a dissector of insects.
entomotomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entomotomist
taggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tag + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being tagged.
farang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “Westerner”). Doublet of Frank, frank, and franc.
Senses: examples: text: Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning.
ref: 2017 March 30, "Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited
text: Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof: A foreign man was tied up by locals and police Wednesday morning... At midnight, locals alerted the police after the farang went on a rampage and destroyed other people's property... Witnesses said they had not seen the man before. The farang continued to let out curses as he was moved onto the police's truck...
ref: 2017 April 20, "Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited
text: Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs: A local on Koh Samui shared a video of a couple he called "farang scums" having sex on the beach for an audience of confused stray dogs.
ref: 2017 May 9, "Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited
glosses: A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country.
Related terms: ferenghi
farangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farang
freestore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From free + store.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The heap of available memory.
oshibori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oshibori
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese おしぼり.
Senses: glosses: A moist towel for cleaning the hands, offered to customers in Japanese restaurants and bars.
Vedda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Veddas
form: Beda
form: Veddah
form: Wedda
form: Weddah
Etymology: From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v.
Senses: glosses: One of an indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
Derived terms: Veddoid
Vedda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beda
form: Veddah
form: Wedda
form: Weddah
Etymology: From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v.
Senses: glosses: The language of the Veddas.
Veddas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vedda
postobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + observation.
Senses: glosses: After observation.
postobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postobservations
Etymology: From post- + observation.
Senses: examples: text: These designs offer significant improvement over the pretest-posttest design because with a series of preobservations and postobservations, patterns of stability and change can be assessed more accurately.
ref: 2001, James H. McMillan, Sally Schumacher, Research in Education: A Conceptual Introduction, →ISBN, page 344:
glosses: An observation or assessment made after an experimental intervention or procedure.
postobservations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postobservation
preobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + observation.
Senses: glosses: Before observation.
preobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preobservations
Etymology: From pre- + observation.
Senses: examples: text: These designs offer significant improvement over the pretest-posttest design because with a series of preobservations and postobservations, patterns of stability and change can be assessed more accurately.
ref: 2001, James H. McMillan, Sally Schumacher, Research in Education: A Conceptual Introduction, →ISBN, page 344:
glosses: An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure.
preobservations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preobservation
skittleball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skittleballs
Etymology: From skittle + ball.
Senses: glosses: A team sport in which players attempt to knock over the opposing team's skittle by throwing a ball.
glosses: The ball used in the game of skittles.
sporogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sporo- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sporogenesis.
hardspun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hardspun
form: most hardspun
Etymology: From hard + spun.
Senses: glosses: Firmly twisted in spinning.
chromatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromato- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of colour
Related terms: chromatological
costively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more costively
form: most costively
Etymology: From costive + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: miserly
glosses: In a costive manner.
interjacence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsəns/
Senses: glosses: The quality of being interjacent.
Synonyms: interjacency
sabotager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabotagers
Etymology: From sabotage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sabotages.
Synonyms: saboteur
sabotagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabotager
antihydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hydrophobic.
Senses: examples: text: antihydrophobic additives
text: antihydrophobic properties
text: antihydrophobic salts
glosses: Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
antihydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihydrophobics
Etymology: From anti- + hydrophobic.
Senses: glosses: A remedy for hydrophobia.
antihydrophobics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antihydrophobic
rejolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdʒoʊlt/
ipa: /ˈɹiːdʒoʊlt/
Forms: form: rejolts
form: rejolting
form: rejolted
form: rejolted
Etymology: From re- + jolt.
Senses: examples: June 29 1697, John Locke, letter to the Bishop of Worcester
I have repeated And this twenty times to my elf and my weak Understanding always rejolts
glosses: To jolt or shake again.
rejolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdʒoʊlt/
ipa: /ˈɹiːdʒoʊlt/
Forms: form: rejolts
Etymology: From re- + jolt.
Senses: glosses: Another jolt
examples: text: And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
glosses: A counter-jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
rejolted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejolt
rejolting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejolt
rejolts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejolt
interjacency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/
Forms: form: interjacencies
Senses: glosses: The quality of being interjacent.
examples: text: its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: […] It is very well known, that England and Scotland made but one Iſland, divided not by the Sea or any conſiderable Arm thereof, but only by the Interjacency of the River Tweed, and ſome Deſert Ground, which did not hinder any eaſie common Acceſs of the People of the one Kingdom to the other: […]
ref: 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Concerning the Communication of the Laws of England unto the Kingdom of Scotland”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], →OCLC, page 197:
glosses: Something that lies between.
Synonyms: interjacence
Veddah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vedda.
Veddah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Veddahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vedda.
Veddahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Veddah
inlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inlayers
Etymology: From inlay + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that inlays.
synonyms: launder
glosses: A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
inlayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inlayer
retrogradingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From retrograding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to retrograde (various meanings).
unblenching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unblenching
form: most unblenching
Etymology: From un- + blenching.
Senses: examples: text: To be sure, there was an exception in the curate, who would receive unblenching the information that the meadow beyond the orchard was a prairie studded with herds of buffalo[.]
ref: 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 3:
glosses: unblanching; resolute
airling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə(ɹ)lɪŋ/
Forms: form: airlings
Etymology: From air + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Some more there be, slight airlings, will be won
With dogs and horses, or perhaps a whore.
ref: 1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: 'Airling!' John remarked, after a glance at his brother's magnificence.
ref: 2011, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, page 320:
text: Thee must keep quiet and not speak to strangers, or they shalt think thee is an airling.
ref: 2015, Sylvia Abolis Mennear, Enchanted Castle on the River: Matt's Journey:
synonyms: airhead
luftmensch
glosses: A thoughtless, light-hearted person.
examples: text: This queen immortal loved the knight, And so she sent an airling brood To lead him thro ' the bosky wood Until he knew no left nor right; And as he paused upon a steep That rose from out a fountain place, They sprinkled dew-drops on his face, And so he fell asleep.
ref: 1855, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Bells: A Collection of Chimes, page 37:
text: In the pointed bill, the gradually enlarging head and neck, we behold a ready means of penetrating the yelding air, the fine turned and prow-like breast, flexible and idispensable rudder, tail, the balanced and buoyant wings, the feathery investment of body, all permeated with air-cells, the hollow bones also, and the air chambers and air sacks through the organization, all communicating with the air, in which the airling floats, giving lightness to the structure as well as strength and tenacity, by a wise arrangement of parts, all bearing relation not only to each other, but to the surrounding medium in which the creature is to fly, a part of it itself floating in its own element, in aeriel grandeur; how could these beautiful arrangements, with these nice adaptations, with such admirable relationships, be the work of chance?
ref: 1873, "Ornithon", “Ornithology: A Plea for the Birds”, in Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, page 180:
text: Airon, an airling, jumped high and spun quickly.
ref: 2015, Noreen Arangies, Keepers of Equilibria, page 1:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A creature of the air, such as a bird, fairy, etc.
airlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airling
pattened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patten + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!
ref: 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey:
glosses: Wearing pattens.
whittret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whittrets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whitret (“weasel”).
whittrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whittret
reflexity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: reflectivity
houppelande
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houppelandes
form: houpelande
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande, from Old French houppelande (1281), probably a calque from Old English hōppāda (“upper tunic”).
Senses: glosses: A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
Alcoranist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alcoranists
Etymology: From Alcoran + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Quranist
Alcoranists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alcoranist
ribaldish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ribaldish
form: most ribaldish
Etymology: From ribald + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: They have a ribaldish tongue.
ref: c. 1625, Joseph Hall, The Estate of a Christian (sermon)
glosses: Like a ribald; disposed to ribaldry.
inaidable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inaidable
form: most inaidable
Etymology: From in- + aidable.
Senses: examples: text: From her inaydible estate: I say we must not
So staine our iudgement, or corrupt our hope,
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: Incapable of being assisted; helpless.
houppelandes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houppelande
porket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkets
Etymology: Diminutive of French porc. See pork.
Senses: examples: text: Adorned in white, a reverend priest appears, / And offerings to the flaming altars bears— ; / A porket, and a lamb that never suffered shears.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.
ref: 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England:
glosses: A young hog; a pig.
Related terms: porklet
porkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porket
palmitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palmitic + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketone of palmitic acid.
goslet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goslets
Etymology: Compare goose, gosling, and see -let.
Senses: glosses: Any pygmy goose of the genus Nettapus.
goslets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goslet
misseldine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misselden
Etymology: See mistletoe.
Senses: examples: text: boyl them till the Aquavitæ be incorporate; then take of Camomile, Rue red Sage, and Misseldine[…]
ref: 1655, Gervase Markham, The Perfect Horseman:
glosses: mistletoe.
blendous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blende + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: blendous ore
synonyms: sphaleritic
glosses: Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing blende (sphalerite).
helldoomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hell + doomed.
Senses: examples: text: And doft thou reckon thyself with the Spirits of Heaven ?
Helldoomed!
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Doomed to Hell.
asarabacca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asarabaccas
form: asarabacke
Etymology: From Latin asarum + baccar.
Senses: synonyms: hazelwort
wild ginger
glosses: An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.
Related terms: asarone
asarabaccas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asarabacca
hydantoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydantoin + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: hydantoic ester
text: hydantoic ring
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin.
Derived terms: hydantoic acid
amphigamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + -gamous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: entirely cellular in structure, with no distinct sexual organs.
solvableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From solvable + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: solvability
glosses: The quality of being solvable.
hydrocauli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocaulus
hydrocaulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocauli
Etymology: From New Latin hydrocaulus, from hydro- + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stalk, stem”).
Senses: examples: text: a simple hydrocaulus
text: a branched hydrocaulus
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The hollow stem of a hydrozoan
Derived terms: hydrocauline
tropist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropists
Etymology: From trope + -ist. Compare French tropiste.
Senses: synonyms: troper
glosses: One who uses or deals in tropes.
glosses: One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
tropists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropist
coalitioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalitioners
Etymology: From coalition + -er.
Senses: glosses: A coalitionist.
coalitioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalitioner
howker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: howkers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Obsolete form of hooker (“any antiquated craft”).
howkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howker