cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
polymethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymethylenes
Etymology: From poly- + methylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound having a general formula (CH₂)ₙ
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many organic compounds either having a polymeric structure of repeating -CH₂- groups
Related terms: polyethylene
polymethene
Klaksvík
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Faroese Klaksvík.
Senses: glosses: The second largest town of the Faroe Islands, on the island of Borðoy.
defeasible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈfiːzɪbəɫ]
Forms: form: more defeasible
form: most defeasible
Etymology: Back-formation from defeasance + -ible, from Anglo-Norman defesaunce, Old French desfaisance, a deverbal noun from desfaire (“to undo”) (Modern French défaire), from des- (“un-, apart”) + fere, faire (“to do”) + -able, reflecting Latin dis- + facere + -ābilis. Near-doublet of defeatable.
Senses: examples: text: The accounting charge for the non-callable debt is defeasible by an escrow.
text: Languages are acquired mainly through the exercise of defeasible inductive methods, based on experience of linguistic communication.
ref: 2011 September 21, Barbara C. Scholz, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Ryan Nefdt, “Philosophy of Linguistics”, in Edward N. Zalta, Uri Nodelman, editors, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, →ISSN, retrieved 18 Jun 2025:
topics: human-sciences
law
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
Derived terms: defeasibility
defeasible fee
defeasibleness
defeasibly
indefeasible
undefeasible
Kirkjubøur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Faroese Kirkjubøur.
Senses: glosses: The southernmost village on the island of Streymoy, Faroe Islands.
polymolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polymolecular
form: most polymolecular
Etymology: From poly- + molecular.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, involving, or consisting of multiple molecules
Derived terms: polymolecular assembly
polymolecularity
polymolecularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymolecularities
Etymology: From poly- + molecular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being polymolecular
glosses: A measure of the degree to which something is polymolecular
polymolecule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymolecules
Etymology: From poly- + molecule.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymeric molecule
polymorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more polymorphically
form: most polymorphically
Etymology: From polymorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a polymorphic manner; having multiple manifestations.
polymorpho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: polymorphous
Derived terms: polymorphocellular
polymorphonuclear
polymorphonucleate
polymorphonucleated
polymorphocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polymorphocellular
form: most polymorphocellular
Etymology: From poly- + morpho- + cellular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Consisting of cells of diverse form
polymorphonucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + morpho- + nucleate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polymorphonuclear
polymorphonucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymorphonucleates
Etymology: From poly- + morpho- + nucleate.
Senses: glosses: A polymorphonuclear cell
polymorphonucleated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polymorphonucleated
form: most polymorphonucleated
Etymology: From polymorphonuclear + -ated.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: polymorphonuclear
polymorphously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more polymorphously
form: most polymorphously
Etymology: From polymorphous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a polymorphous manner
polyolefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyolefins
Etymology: From poly- + olefin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: polyester
glosses: A polymer (such as polyethylene) made by the polymerization of an olefin.
polypeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypeptidases
Etymology: From polypeptide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of a polypeptide
polyphage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphages
Etymology: From poly- + -phage.
Senses: glosses: Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore
glosses: A person who eats to excess
Synonyms: polyphagist
Related terms: polyphagian
polyphagous
polyphagy
polyphagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- (“many”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: polyphagia
glosses: The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants)
Related terms: pantophagous
pantophagy
polyphage
polyphagous
polyphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyphase
form: most polyphase
Etymology: From poly- + phase.
Senses: examples: text: In the past there had been several attempts to embody in locomotives some form of rotating machine to convert single-phase a.c. at supply frequency to polyphase a.c. at variable frequency, in order to achieve the necessary variable speed characteristic.
ref: 1963 November, “British achievements in electric traction”, in Modern Railways, page 313:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of multiple phases of matter
Derived terms: polyphase circuit
polyphase coil
polyphase matrix
polyphase meter
polyphase quadrature filter
polyphase rectifier
polyphase synchronous generator
polyphase system
polyphase transformer
polyphase wattmeter
polyphasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyphasic
form: most polyphasic
Etymology: From poly- + phasic.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple coexisting phases
glosses: Having multiple successive peaks of activity
Derived terms: polyphasic sleep
skald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɔːld/
ipa: /skæld/
rhymes: -ɔːld
rhymes: -æld
homophone: scald
Forms: form: skalds
form: scald
Etymology: From Old Norse skald. Doublet of scold.
Senses: examples: text: The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret, in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a war-song, such as was of yore chaunted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter I, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 28:
ref: 1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede: passim:
text: Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.
ref: 2010, Myra Gross, Archie Gunn, The Star of Valhalla, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 335:
glosses: A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
Derived terms: skaldic
grandioso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandiosos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A passage having this mark
grandioso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grandioso
form: most grandioso
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: played in this style
grandioso
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grandioso
form: most grandioso
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: describing a passage having this mark
tin whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tin whistles
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small, high-pitched metal whistle with six holes that is blown using a fipple.
Synonyms: pennywhistle
penny whistle
in vitro fertilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in vitro fertilizations
form: IVF
form: in-vitro fertilization
form: in vitro fertilisation
form: in-vitro fertilisation
Senses: examples: text: In recent years, scientists have moved beyond in vitro fertilization. They are starting to assemble stem cells that can organize themselves into embryolike structures.
ref: 2017 March 21, Carl Zimmer, “A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2017:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.
Related terms: test tube baby
artificial insemination
intrauterine insemination
artificial insemination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The introduction of semen into the uterus or cervix of a female by a means other than copulation.
Related terms: intrauterine insemination
in vitro fertilization
test tube baby
nowts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nowt
abadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abada
Abyssinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abyssinian
contemporisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contemporisation
occultations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occultation
feists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feist
mortars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortar
mortars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mortar
Albanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Albanian
Hungarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hungarian
chooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chook
grandfathering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹandfɑːðəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: grandfatherings
Etymology: See grandfather.
Senses: examples: text: The grandfathering of boundaries has been, on average, a pacifying development […]
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 311:
text: And on Monday, an appeals court in Massachusetts said that it would no longer use the term “grandfathering” because “it has racist origins.”
ref: [2020 August 4, Azi Paybarah, “Massachusetts Court Won’t Use Term ‘Grandfathering,’ Citing Its Racist Origins”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
hypernyms: carveout
glosses: Exemption from new legislation or regulations.
grandfathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹandfɑːðəɹɪŋ/
Etymology: See grandfather.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grandfather
grandfathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a policy, document, or other legality, that has retained discontinued laws or rules or that has been exempted from new regulation.
grandfathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grandfather
tuitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuition
factoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factorings
Senses: glosses: A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process of rewriting an expression as the product of its factor.
Derived terms: crowdfactoring
Related terms: factorization
factoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of factor
factored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of factor
curtaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of curtain
curtaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curtainings
Senses: examples: text: […] they amused themselves by decorating the house with the bright curtainings that Annie had brought, and putting up shelves for a few pieces of china.
ref: 1896, Elia W. Peattie, A Mountain Woman:
glosses: Material used for curtains.
curtained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of curtain
curtained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Golden head by golden head, / Like to pigeons in one nest / Folded in each other's wings, / They lay down in their curtained bed:
ref: 1862, Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market, lines 184–7:
text: […] as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
text: There was just room between the sofa and the curtained wall […]
ref: 1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998:
text: The wall and door of the compartment on the corridor side are of plexiglass, fully curtained on the inside.
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
antonyms: curtainless
uncurtained
glosses: Covered or partitioned with a curtain or curtains.
examples: text: Now o'er the one halfworld / Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse / The curtain'd sleep;
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
synonyms: shrouded
glosses: Hidden or separated as if by a curtain.
examples: text: And in his sedgy bed the lark, for joy that Day is nigh, / Scatters the pearléd dew from off the grass, / In tremulous ecstasy to greet the sun, / Who soon in gilded panoply will pass / Forth from yon orange-curtained pavilion / Hung in the burning east […]
ref: 1881, Oscar Wilde, “The Garden of Eros”, in Poems, page 34:
text: […] the ladies had retired to their chintz-curtained bedroom […]
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 6, in The Age of Innocence:
text: Little grocery shops and bakeries stood between jewelers and florists and bead-curtained doors opening into private houses […]
ref: 1997, Philip Pullman, chapter 1, in The Subtle Knife, Alfred A. Knopf, published 2002:
glosses: Hung with a curtain or curtains of a specified type.
Derived terms: uncurtained
matelots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmatləʊz/
Senses: examples: text: There were no signs and no one quite knew how to navigate the museum, including, as it was Fleet Week, gaggles of boyish sailors all in their summer whites. It looked like a Frank Sinatra movie. A bunch of these matelots surrounded a police officer, who said: "You guys are from the USS Cole? Thank you for your service. Want me to take you around?"
ref: 2014 June 7, Vicki Woods, “Sadness, and a surprise, at the 9/11 Museum: The memorial at Ground Zero is filled with objects that shock the tears out of you”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 24:
glosses: plural of matelot
eras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of era
cuckooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cuckoo
livings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of living
seeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seep
seeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seep
seeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seep
seeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seepings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something seeps.
examples: text: A puddle of bright orange - the seepings from the pickling liquid - crept across the factory floor towards the drain.
ref: 2008, Paul Richardson, A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain, page 127:
glosses: Liquid that has seeped.
seeped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seep
annotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annotation
stickier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sticky: more sticky
stickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sticky: most sticky
slimier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of slimy: more slimy
slimiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of slimy: most slimy
centennials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centennial
coveys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covey
obis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obi
coned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊnd
Etymology: From cone + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Give each participant a soccer ball and instruct them to dribble their ball around the coned area.
ref: 2005, Anthony Dowson, Keith E. J. Morris, “Soccer Games”, in Fun and Games: 100 Sport-related Activities for Ages 5-16, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area)
examples: text: The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases.
ref: 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265:
qualifier: conical
glosses: Shaped like a cone.
coned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊnd
Etymology: From cone + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He coned the top of the pottery to make it look like a dunce cap.
glosses: simple past and past participle of cone
IVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IV
eukaryotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈkæɹi.əʊts/
ipa: /juˈkæɹi.əts/
Senses: glosses: plural of eukaryote
Buffalonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffalonian
launders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of launder
launders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of launder
laundered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of launder
epicureans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicurean
waists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waist
malfeasances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malfeasance
SNAFUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNAFU
trickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tricky: most tricky
crossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossing
Bermudans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermudan
Egyptologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Egyptologist
factotums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factotum
grimier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grimy: more grimy
grimiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grimy: most grimy
grimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grim: more grim
grimmest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grim: most grim
motes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mote
moats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moat
integuments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integument
monsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monsoon
cafeterias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cafeteria
bolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolide
glosses: plural of bolis
vellums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vellum
almoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almoner
apiarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apiarist
migrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migration
appalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appall
appertains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appertain
appertaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of appertain
attograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attogram
crotcheting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crotchet
crotcheted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crotchet
crotcheted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crotcheted
form: most crotcheted
Senses: glosses: crotchety; whimsical or eccentric
trigons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigon
moonshiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonshiners
Etymology: From moonshine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: bootlegger; rum-runner
text: Ness was assigned to track down moonshiners, then accepted the position of public safety director in Cleveland — not the stuff of a two-fisted series about G-men taking on the Mafia and various crazed outlaws of the period.
ref: 2007 May 27, Vincent Cosgrove, “Bullets in the Beer? Eliot Ness Must Be Back”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: shiner#English:_moonshiner, alcohol maker
english: clipped
translation: clipped
word: moonlighter#English:_moonshiner, alcohol maker
antonyms: revenuer
hypernyms: smuggler
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outlaw
criminal
glosses: Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol).
ferals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feral
flash mobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash mob
altos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alto
spawns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spawn
spawning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spawn
spawning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spawnings
Senses: glosses: The process by which something spawns.
Derived terms: spawning bed
spawning ground
spawned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spawn
shoehorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoehorn
shoehorns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoehorn
shoehorning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoehorn
shoehorned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoehorn
goofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːfs/
rhymes: -uːfs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goof
goofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːft/
rhymes: -uːft
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goof
vampire bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vampire bat
pundits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pundit
averruncators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of averruncator
averts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of avert
averting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of avert
aphelions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphelion
cardamoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardamom
patellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patella
roundels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundel
oliphaunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oliphaunt
averruncator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: averruncators
Senses: glosses: An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
firmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of firm
Derived terms: well firmed
rosehips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosehip
condescends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of condescend
audits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔː.dɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of audit
audits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɔː.dɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of audit
auditing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of audit
auditing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auditings
Senses: examples: text: He didn't mind Karla auditing courses — in fact, he encouraged it — but he did mind having to audit her auditings, particularly when he had a hangover.
ref: 2010, Larry McMurtry, Duane's Depressed, page 22:
glosses: The act or result of performing an audit.
Derived terms: ecoauditing
audited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of audit
eiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eider
inducts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of induct
inducting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of induct
octanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octane
pols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pol
ponces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponce
rotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊtɚz/
rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of rotor
teeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teener
yuccas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yucca
drudges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of drudge
drudges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drudge
contentions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contention
altruisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altruism
belays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belay
belays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belay
overdoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdo
overdoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdoings
Senses: examples: text: And I believe the overdoings of a young convert, proceeding from an honest simplicity of heart, and a desire of pleasing the Lord, are more acceptable in his sight, than a certain coolness of conduct which frequently takes place […]
ref: 1814, John Newton, Cardiphonia: or, The utterance of the heart, page 115:
glosses: Excessive activity.
cautions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caution
cautions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caution
cautioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caution
cautioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cautionings
Senses: examples: text: Whilst the daylight lasted, he treated her cautionings with apparent indifference. The darkness of night is the time for fear. As the gloom of evening set in, he grew nervous.
ref: 1872, Augustus Mayhew, Paved with Gold:
glosses: The act of giving a warning.
cradles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cradle
cradles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cradle
defecations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defecation
deportations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deportation
dispensations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispensation
dominants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dominant
drabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drab
equators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equator
fests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fest
gesticulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gesticulation
gimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪmps
Senses: glosses: plural of gimp
gimps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪmps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gimp
gimping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gimp
gimped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From gimp + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gimp
gimped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gimped
form: most gimped
Etymology: From gimp + -ed.
Senses: qualifier: cord; thread; wire; cord; thread; wire
glosses: Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected (gimped yarn). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (gimped buttons).
raw_tags: of yarn
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
qualifier: curtains; or similar; curtains; or similar
glosses: Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
raw_tags: of fabric
examples: text: The leaves... are slightly “gimped,” and this gives them an apparently wavy outline.
ref: 1908, Cassell and Company, The Nature Book, page 158:
glosses: Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented.
examples: text: Then he wheeled him around and began pushing him lickety-split down the hall, the chair's rickety wheels squealing like a gimped grocery cart.
ref: 2003, Scott Oglesby, Riding High, page 60:
glosses: Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
Synonyms: sense: jagged
word: erose
word: notched
word: toothed
word: serrated
sense: suffering from a wound
word: hurt
word: imbrued
word: injured
word: wounded
word: deteriorated
Derived terms: gimped up
gimped out
Related terms: sense: edited photo
word: photoshopped
corpuscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy (2023), 42:15 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 9: “The money, the corpuscles of life gushing around this nation, this world filling men and women all around with--with desire.”
glosses: plural of corpuscle
immigrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immigration
infiltrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infiltration
offends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offend
onslaughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onslaught
raiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raider
sedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sedge
slaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slater
sprains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sprain
sprains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sprain
spraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprain
sprained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprain
trackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracker
trowels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trowel
vignettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vignette
vignettes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vignette
vinaigrettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinaigrette
formications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formication
Algonquins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Algonquin
umbels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbel
desmoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desmoid
jalousies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jalousie
jives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒaɪvz/
rhymes: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of jive
jives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒaɪvz/
rhymes: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jive
cathartics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathartic
melanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melange
givers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giver
lahars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lahar
interims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interim
clotheslines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothesline
clotheslines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clothesline
aggregators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggregator
lawsuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawsuit
tickles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tickle
tickles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tickle
prioritizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prioritization
flashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flasher
overhauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: My car engine has had two overhauls.
glosses: plural of overhaul
glosses: An overall.
overhauls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhaul
overhauling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overhaul
overhauling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overhaulings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is overhauled.
overhauled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overhaul
flippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flipper
flippers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flipper
pushovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pushover
curbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curb
hoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoon
savannahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of savannah
Pollyannas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pollyanna
sirens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siren
sirens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of siren
clutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clutter
clutters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clutter
cluttering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clutterings
Senses: examples: text: The clutterings of French-inspired modernism gave way to the single-purpose intensity of a new indigenous outlook on life.
ref: 1992, John A. Crow, The Epic of Latin America:
glosses: The act of making, or condition of being, cluttered.
glosses: A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
glosses: An instance of cluttered speech.
cluttering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clutter
cluttered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cluttered
form: most cluttered
Senses: glosses: Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects that occupies space; littered.
Derived terms: clutteredness
cluttered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clutter
blowhards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowhard
meridians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meridian
creds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cred
jettisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jettison
jettisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jettisonings
Senses: examples: text: Both weapons are presumed to have submerged almost instantly. The ocean varies in depth in the area of the jettisonings.
ref: 1986, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and water development appropriations for 1987, page 1476:
glosses: The action by which something is jettisoned.
jettisoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jettison
pahoehoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pahoehoe
odysseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odyssey
pediatricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pediatrician
slaloms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slalom
slaloms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slalom
slaloming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slalom
slalomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slalom
wickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wicker
frolics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frolic
forbears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of forbear
forbears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forbear
decortications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decortication
Hitlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hitler
offings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offing
reductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reduction
overwhelms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwhelm
overwhelms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overwhelm
backlogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backlog
Belisha beacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belisha beacon
puds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pud
heterodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterodont
heteropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteropod
barbettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbette
backwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backwater
backwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backwater
backwatering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backwater
backwatered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backwater
backstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstaff
backstays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstay
meliorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meliorist
backhanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backhander
bajillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bajillion
bazillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bazillion
ghillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghillie
hominids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hominid
inners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner
obtrusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obtrusion
occultisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occultism
occultists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occultist
oculists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oculist
deathbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deathbed
outlasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlast
outlasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outlast
outsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outsize
bawcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bawcock
knockdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knockdown
backpackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backpacker
backpackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backpackers
form: backpackers’
Senses: examples: text: If the place really appeals you can stay at the backpackers across the street […]
ref: 2002, Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, New Zealand, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 790:
text: Low-season competition between the several backpackers and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the backpackers) and book ahead.
ref: 2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 199:
text: The girl's name was Sherry and she was from England and was staying at the backpackers' near the beach.
ref: 2006, Byron Loker, New Swell, →ISBN, page 76:
glosses: A hostel catering to backpackers.
hitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hitch
Derived terms: alternate ring hitching
hitching-bar
hitching post
hitching rail
ringbolt hitching
hitching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: hitchings
Senses: examples: text: There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.
ref: 1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros:
glosses: The act by which something is hitched.
binnacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binnacle
biremes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bireme
cyanamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanamide
cyanates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanate
cyanidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanidation
supermarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermarket
educationals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of educational
wiseacres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiseacre
surmounts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surmount
surmounting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of surmount
surmounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surmountings
Senses: examples: text: How can we appraise and preserve the glories won in our yesterdays without a knowledge of the tragedies and travails, the strivings and their surmountings, the compelling aspirations and their slow, patient accomplishment […]
ref: 1963, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates:
glosses: The act by which something is surmounted, or overcome.
examples: text: The sides of the casket were covered with heavy black broadcloth, with velvet caps, presenting a deep contrast to the rich surmountings.
ref: 1866, In Memoriam: General Lewis Cass, page 214:
text: This and the round gable ends, with their subsequent Gothic surmountings, the five lofty domes, the rich ornament of gold and colour which covers every part, give an effect to the whole building […]
ref: 1869, Wilhelm Lübke, History of Art, volume 1, page 411:
text: A manifest improvement upon the above form of this kind of ventilator was brought out by Mr. Boyle in 1878. It is intended to be used as a surmounting to the tops of outlet tubes or upcast shafts.
ref: 1879, the sanitary record a journal of public health, page 366:
glosses: A decorative feature that sits on top of something.
winces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wince
reagents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reagent
butterfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterface
deigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deign
deigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deign
repapers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repaper