cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grow operation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grow operations
Senses: synonyms: grow op
grow-op
glosses: An illegal marijuana-growing operation, usually indoors.
Related terms: growhouse
grow light
grow room
deep-freezed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deep-freeze
freezed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: “This is my first time here,” Ivanovic said. “I was actually hoping it would snow because we always play in places where it’s very warm. So it’s fun also to get freezed a little bit."
ref: 2009 March 3, George Vecsey, “One Night Only for Serves and Memories at the Garden”, in New York Times:
glosses: simple past and past participle of freeze
CanE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Finally, section (2.5) reviews diachronic language studies on CanE, which is the area of focus in the present study.
ref: 2008, Stefan Dollinger, New-Dialect Formation in Canada, →ISBN:
text: The present study focusses on the 'other' North American variety of English, Canadian English (CanE) from a diachronic perspective.
ref: 2008, Susan M. Fitzmaurice, Donka Minkova, Studies in the History of the English Language IV, →ISBN:
text: Laurel J. Brinton University of British Columbia, Canada The dearth of real-time studies of the histories of transatlantic English varieties can be attributed to the lack of readily accessible, electronic corpora. However, for Canadian English (CanE) we now have the Bank of Canadian English (BCE), which consists of c. 2.5 million words from written and spoken sources extending from 1505 to the present.
ref: 2015, Marina Dossena, Transatlantic Perspectives on Late Modern English, →ISBN, page 13:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Canadian English.
Synonyms: CE
en-CE
monostable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + stable.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having more than one state, only one of which is stable.
Related terms: multivibrator
reprivatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reprivatize
chitties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitty
fessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
homophone: fest
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fess
concertations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concertation
fessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fess
oversalted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversalt
oversalt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversalts
form: oversalting
form: oversalted
form: oversalted
Etymology: From over- + salt.
Senses: examples: text: On one occasion the caldo verde succeeded admirably, flavors and texture nicely balanced; on another, the sausage had unaccountably been omitted and the broth oversalted.
ref: 1988 July 15, Sondra Rosenberg, “Restaurant Tours: Brazil, Portugal, and Albany Park”, in Chicago Reader:
text: We oversugar, oversalt. We stimulate our tongues with spices and artificial sweeteners, our noses with artificial flavors, our eyes with artificial brilliant dyes. These are not things that nature has made, necessarily, although she provided the raw materials. They are superstimulants that humans have made or found.
ref: 1989, Jillyn Smith, “Feed Me, Feed Me: Superstimulation”, in Senses and Sensibilities, New York, N.Y.: Wiley Science Editions, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Seeking Sensory Experience), page 211:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To add too much salt to (something)
oversalting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversalt
oversalts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversalt
hog-wallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hog waller, late 19th century.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to people from a poor rural town.
Related terms: hogwaller
hog island
hog town
shura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuras
Etymology: From Arabic شُورَى (šūrā, “consultation”).
Senses: examples: text: “The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”
ref: 2007 January 5, Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Leader Promises More Afghan War”, in New York Times:
text: […] Mullah Bradar[…] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.
ref: 2009 March 11, Carlotta Gall, “As U.S. Weighs Taliban Negotiations, Afghans Are Already Talking”, in New York Times:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A body that provides counsel to a leader.
waller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wallers
Etymology: From wall + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who builds walls.
Related terms: four-waller
waller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
-ɒlə(ɹ)
-ɔːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wallers
Etymology: From wallow or wallower.
Senses: glosses: The place where animals make their bed.
Derived terms: hog waller
hogwaller
waller
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
-ɒlə(ɹ)
-ɔːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wallers
form: wallering
form: wallered
form: wallered
Etymology: From wallow or wallower.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wallow.
waller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
-ɒlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wallers
Senses: glosses: The wels catfish.
hogwaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogwallers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hog waller.
wallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waller
wallers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waller
wallering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of waller
wallered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waller
hog island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog islands
Etymology: Late 19th century, akin to hog waller and hog town.
Senses: glosses: Any poor town or out-of-the-way place.
Related terms: hog waller
hog town
hog town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog towns
Etymology: Late 19th century, akin to hog waller and hog island.
Senses: glosses: Any poor town or out-of-the-way place.
Related terms: hog waller
hog island
marmiton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marmitons
Etymology: From French marmiton.
Senses: glosses: A chef's assistant; kitchen boy.
marmitons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marmiton
vulcanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulcanisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Vulcanism (“historical scientific view”).
glosses: Alternative spelling of volcanism (“volcanic activity”).
mendigos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mendigo
perfidiousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfidiousness
agreeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agreeability
pult
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull
index fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of index finger
atomisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of atomization.
benga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation.
cathinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathinones
Etymology: cathine + -one
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone, the active ingredient of khat.
Derived terms: methcathinone
chuggingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chuggingly
form: most chuggingly
Etymology: From chugging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a chugging manner
meph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Friday afternoon, 4.30. The order has gone to my dealer: two bags of meph, 50ml of G.
ref: 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Clipping of mephedrone.
mephedrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛfədɹoʊn/
Etymology: Blend of methyl + ephedrone.
Senses: synonyms: word: meow
word: miaow
glosses: The recreational drug 4-methylmethcathinone, related to cathinone.
Derived terms: meph
guest of honour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guests of honour
form: guest of honor
Senses: examples: text: The guest of honour was Mr. John F. Peckett, Jnr., of the well-known Bristol firm of locomotive engineers.
ref: 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Bristol Railway Circle”, in Railway Magazine, page 184:
text: The BBC understands he will be the guest of honour at a ritzy dinner on Wednesday night organised especially for him to meet top corporate executives.
ref: 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
glosses: A guest in whose honour a gathering is held; the most important guest.
methylone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The entactogen and central nervous system stimulant 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone.
umbellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: umbellate
glosses: Bearing umbels.
IUI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IUIs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of intrauterine insemination.
Related terms: IVF
AI
in vitro fertilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in vitro fertilisations
form: in-vitro fertilisation
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of in vitro fertilization.
auriscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auriscope
thermoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoscope
auri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: aur- + -i-
nestboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nestbox
nestbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nestboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nest box.
nest box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nest boxes
Senses: glosses: A man-made box provided for wild birds or small animals to nest in.
Synonyms: nesting box
nyjer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of niger (Guizotia abyssinica)
Related terms: nyjer seed
stegosauruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stegosaurus
subeditors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subeditor
subeditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subeditors
form: sub-editor
Etymology: From sub- + editor.
Senses: glosses: An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.
examples: text: Sub-editors. Bastards. What about all that copy of his they'd cut? Fifteen years of research he'd filed from one planet alone and they'd cut it to two words. ‘Mostly harmless.’
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 96:
glosses: A copy editor at a newspaper or magazine.
Derived terms: stone subeditor
tulipwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tulipwoods
Etymology: From tulip + wood.
Senses: glosses: The striped, variegated wood of the tulip tree.
Derived terms: Queensland tulipwood
uncaringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncaringly
form: most uncaringly
Etymology: From uncaring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncaring manner
unsectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsectarian
form: most unsectarian
form: un-sectarian
Etymology: From un- + sectarian.
Senses: glosses: Not sectarian.
unsectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsectarians
form: un-sectarian
Etymology: From un- + sectarian.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not sectarian.
civilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civility
Pentecostalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pentecostalisms
Etymology: From Pentecostal + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
hypernyms: Protestantism
glosses: A religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and is known for speaking in tongues.
Derived terms: Oneness Pentecostalism
Mankos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Manko
Panthers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Panther
bankomat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bankomats
Etymology: Genericized trademark. See bank and automatic, and compare English automat and German Bankomat.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of automated teller machine.
synonyms: word: automated teller machine
minorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: minorates
form: minorating
form: minorated
form: minorated
Etymology: First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from minor (“lesser”).
Senses: examples: text: this present Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend nor take place to abridge, deprive or minorate any Liberties, Privilege or Authority of any Lords Marchers
ref: 1534, The Bill concerning Councils in WALES.:
text: Forget not how assuefaction unto any thing minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects loose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.
ref: 1716, Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals:
text: Assuefaction minorates atrocities (as Tully saith of his darling Stoics) and Hamlet his father showeth the prince no blister of combustion.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[14]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To diminish.
examples: text: Analogously, we can minorate, replacing sin x with −1, then, by applying the first method it follows that:[…]
ref: 2015, Constantin Dumitrescu, Florentin Smarandache, Methods of Solving Calculus Problems, page 87:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To replace a term by its lower bound.
Derived terms: minorative
Related terms: minoration
luchadores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luchador
aleuronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aleurone + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to aleurone.
reassemblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reassembly
Brajesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of Krishna's names.
baggage handlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggage handler
village hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: village halls
Senses: glosses: The building that houses a village's government.
glosses: A village government.
glosses: A public building in a village provided for the benefit of the local community and used for various purposes.
Related terms: town hall
city hall
village halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of village hall
alpha helixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha helix
double helixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double helix
double helices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double helix
amyloglucosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amyloglucosidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches
screws the pooch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of screw the pooch
hypomyelinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypomyelination
Ohtahara syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ohtahara syndromes
Etymology: Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.
ASDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “The F-35B can operate from modified runways or make-shift airfields thereby giving Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) more options to operate from smaller, more distant Japanese islands in a pinch. This is quite important for survivability and response if the major airbases are put out of commission in a saturation missile attack,” he said.
ref: 2018 November 29, Brad Lendon and Zachary Cohen, “Japan preparing to put US-designed stealth jets on an ‘aircraft carrier’”, in CNN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Air Self-Defense Force: the Japanese air force
Synonyms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JASDF
Related terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: SDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JASDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: MSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: GSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JMSDF
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: JGSDF
touch typing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Typing without the use of sight to identify the keyboard keys.
wherethrough
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛːˈθɹuː/
Etymology: From where + through, compare Middle English wherethorow.
Senses: examples: text: There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.
glosses: Through which.
examples: text: They perceived her to be capable of diverse passions, and agitated by many languishing and painfull motions, wherethrough she fell into wearinesse and griefe[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode V, page 16.
[…] the river Oanis, and the lake of his native land, and the sacred channels wherethrough doth Hipparis give water to the people, […]
glosses: By means of which; whereby.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
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whereanent
wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
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whyever
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whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
where-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: of → whereof (“of which, of what, of whom”)
glosses: Which, what, whom: compounded with prepositions to form compound relative and interrogative pronouns.
Coordinate terms: english: this
translation: this
word: here-
english: that
translation: that
word: there-
Related terms: whence
where
whither
whereabouts
Cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
glosses: A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).
onzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onza
mandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mando
mark to model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mark-to-model
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A valuation or valuation method that assigns a value to an asset based on a model of its value.
mark to model
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marks to model
form: marking to model
form: marked to model
form: marked to model
form: mark-to-model
Senses: examples: text: One of the ways to mark to model corporates is through bond equivalence using Macauley's algorithm for duration.
ref: 2002, Dimitris N. Chorafas, Liabilities, Liquidity, and Cash Management: Balancing Financial Risks, page 259:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To value an asset at a modeled estimate of its market value or of some other approved valuation.
mark-to-model
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mark to model.
metropolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metropolites
Etymology: Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
Senses: examples: text: direct these canons, without amendment, by two metropolites, to the emperor
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: A metropolitan (bishop).
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A citizen of a metropolis.
carbonic anhydrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbonic anhydrases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate
apoferment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apoferments
Etymology: From apo- + ferment.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: apoenzyme
dead-set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead-sets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dead set.
dead-set
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dead-set
form: most dead-set
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dead set.
get back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets back to
form: getting back to
form: got back to
form: got back to
form: gotten back to
Senses: examples: text: I'll get back to work as soon as I've finished this game.
glosses: Return to (an activity)
examples: text: I'll get back to you when I have an answer.
text: When I'm done with it, I'll get back to you about it.
glosses: To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request
Synonyms: reply for various synonyms
follow up
respond
revert
Related terms: get back
overemphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overemphatic
form: most overemphatic
Etymology: From over- + emphatic.
Senses: glosses: Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
Derived terms: overemphatically
Related terms: overemphasis
mamenchisaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamenchisaurs
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs in the genus Mamenchisaurus.
mamenchisaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamenchisaur
dead set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead sets
form: dead-set
Senses: examples: text: The judge at the dog show took points off the Irish setter's dead set because its right ear twitched a few times.
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter.
examples: to be at a dead set
glosses: A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.
examples: text: I might not graduate first in my class, but I'll make a dead set at it.
glosses: A determined effort.
examples: text: The result was that everyone made a dead set on Collins. It was the same in conversation. When he put his head in everyone turned on him. He was roared down unmercifully, with the inevitable result that he lost his temper.
ref: 2018, Frank O'Connor, The Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution:
glosses: A pointed and persistent attack on a person.
dead set
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dead set
form: most dead set
form: dead-set
Senses: examples: text: If John is dead set on marrying Catherine, his parents' objection will only provoke a falling out.
text: The governor is dead set against the concealed weapons permit legislation and will veto it even if it costs her the re-election.
text: There are people here who are dead set on convincing everybody this hurricane is the result of climate change.
ref: 2018 September 11, Rush Limbaugh, “Hurricane Florence Heads for the Carolinas”, in The Rush Limbaugh Show (radio), archived from the original on 17 Apr 2019:
text: On Monday, he tasked his third prime minister in 12 months, Sébastien Lecornu, to try again to find common ground between political parties dead set against doing so.
ref: 2025 October 11, Sylvie Kaufmann, “How domestic deadlock brought Macron back to earth”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
synonyms: hell-bent
glosses: Unswervingly dedicated; resolutely determined.
examples: text: He is a dead set fool.
glosses: Complete and utter; total.
mamey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑˈmeɪ/
Forms: form: mameys
form: mameyes
form: mamee
form: mamie
form: mammey
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mamey, from Taíno.
Senses: synonyms: yellow mamey
glosses: An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.
synonyms: red mamey
glosses: A tree of species Pouteria sapota, or its fruit.
glosses: A flowering plant of species Magnolia guatemalensis
Derived terms: mamey sapote
mameys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamey
mamillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or on the mamilla
Derived terms: intermamillary
mamillary body
mammalial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mammal + -ial?
Senses: glosses: mammalian, pertaining to mammals.
mammaliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mammal + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing mammalian remains.
mammality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mammal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being mammalian, of being a mammal.
mammalogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mammalogy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, mammalogy.
Derived terms: paleomammalogical
mammaplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mammaplasty + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, mammaplasty.
mammate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having mammae.
Derived terms: multimammate
mammer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mammers
form: mammering
form: mammered
form: mammered
Etymology: From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.
Senses: examples: Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.
glosses: To hesitate.
glosses: To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.
Derived terms: mammery
mammering
mammery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mammery
form: most mammery
Etymology: Alteration of earlier mamorie, a variant of mammering, as if from mammer + -y.
Senses: glosses: Prone to mumble or stammer; mumbly.
mammery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mammary.
mammets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammet
mammifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mammifers
Etymology: From Latin mamma (“breast”) + -fer.
Senses: glosses: mammal.
mammifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammifer
mammiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mamm- + -iform, from Latin mamma.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a breast.
scrotiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scrotum + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a scrotum, or two paired bags.
anguilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anguilliforms
Etymology: From Latin anguilla + -form.
Senses: glosses: Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin anguilla + -form.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like an eel.
glosses: Swimming in the manner of an eel.
conchiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒŋkɪfɔːm/
Etymology: Latin: conch + -form
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a conch.
Related terms: conchifer
conchiferous
conchifragous
algorithmize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: algorithmizes
form: algorithmizing
form: algorithmized
form: algorithmized
form: algorithmise
Etymology: From algorithm + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert an informal description of a process or a procedure into an algorithm.
Related terms: algorithmizable
algorithmizability
algorithmization
algorithmization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From algorithm + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of algorithmizing.
Related terms: algorithm
algorithmizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From algorithmize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be algorithmized.
Related terms: algorithmizability
algorithmizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From algorithmize + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being algorithmizable.
crowdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊdi
Forms: form: crowdies
Senses: glosses: A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.
crowdy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aʊdi
Forms: form: crowdier
form: crowdiest
Etymology: From crowd + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The most crowdy place is the market. Obviously, the meeting will take place here.
ref: 2018, Roman Konoplev, Defeat:
glosses: crowded
Related terms: english: not etymologically related
translation: not etymologically related
word: crowdy-crawn
coaly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊli
Forms: form: coalier
form: coaliest
Etymology: From coal + -y. Compare colly.
Senses: glosses: Resembling coal.
examples: text: Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried clay and shiny coaly patches.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 251:
glosses: Covered in, or containing, coal.
Derived terms: coaliness
inspectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inspectable
form: most inspectable
Etymology: From inspect + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be inspected.
Derived terms: uninspectable
Related terms: inspectability
inspectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inspect + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being inspectable.
peregrine falcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peregrine falcon
adverbial participles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adverbial participle
coalier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of coaly: more coaly
coaliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of coaly: most coaly
crowdier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crowdy: more crowdy
crowdiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crowdy: most crowdy
carbonic anhydrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbonic anhydrase
nest boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nest box
monoremes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoreme
nuclear forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear force
snow buntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow bunting
sociobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociobiologist
simplexviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simplexvirus
silicalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silicalite
seryls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seryl
sibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sibility
sigmoidicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sigmoidicity
scatterguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scattergun
seismogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seismogenesis
sialomucins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialomucin
siamangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siamang
dead sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead set
dead-sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead-set
chymotrypsinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chymotrypsinogens
Etymology: From chymotrypsin + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin
hog wallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog waller
hog islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog island
hog towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog town
deep-freezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deep-freeze
deep-freezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deep-freeze
grow operations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grow operation
grow-ops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grow-op
grow ops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grow op
reprivatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprivatize
reprivatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Probably modeled after reprivatization. Used as early as 1940.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprivatize
first-chance exceptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-chance exception
mamateeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamateek
malva puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malva pudding
patent pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patent pools
Senses: examples: text: A patent pool is an arrangement in which patents of different firms that are relevant to a certain standard or technology are licensed as a package, and the resulting royalties are distributed among those firms (called the licensors).
ref: 2001, Rudi Bekkers, Mobile Telecommunications Standards: GSM, UMTS, TETRA, and ERMES, Artech House, →ISBN, page 250:
text: A patent pool can be an effective way of resolving conflicting rights.
ref: 2002, Mark A. Glick, Lara A. Reymann, Richard Hoffman, Intellectual Property Damages, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 213:
topics: law
glosses: A consortium of companies which agree to crosslicense patents relating to a particular technology, often to avoid the problem of blocking patents.
patent pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patent pool
moral hazards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moral hazard
oligosiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligosiloxane
hexasiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexasiloxane
pentasiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentasiloxane
tetrasiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrasiloxane
trisiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trisiloxane
disiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disiloxane
arithmetical sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arithmetical set
mallams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mallam
blatherstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blatherstorm
major planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major planet
minor planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minor planet
blocking patent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blocking patents
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A patent relating to a particular area of technology which prevents another patent from being used because the other patent relies on technology covered by the first.
blocking patents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blocking patent
chymotrypsinogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chymotrypsinogen
NAmE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of North American English.
Epimenides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμενίδης (Epimenídēs).
Senses: glosses: Epimenides of Knossos.
Derived terms: Epimenides paradox
unambiguity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˌʌn.æm.bəˈɡjuː.ə.ti/
rhymes: -uːɪti
Forms: form: unambiguities
Etymology: From un- + ambiguity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unambiguous.
N.D. Ga.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, as used in case citations.
Related terms: M.D. Ga.
S.D. Ga.
S.D. Ga.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, as used in case citations.
Related terms: M.D. Ga.
N.D. Ga.
M.D. Ga.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D. Ga.
S.D. Ga.
N.D. Ill.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.
C.D. Ill.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D. Ill.
N.D. Ill.
Ga.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Georgia: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Derived terms: M.D. Ga.
N.D. Ga.
S.D. Ga.
ethylacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: PLE maps for benzene, toluene, ethylacetate, and acetone show that the photoluminescence intensity ( 315,000 counts) of FC12–(6,5)-SWNTs in toluene dispersion is 15 to 20 times that for other solvents (see maximum intensity in the bottom of each panel in Fig. 2 ; table S1 lists the relative photoluminescence intensities as a function of nanotube species, diameter, and chiral angle).
ref: 2009 March 6, Sang-Yong Ju et al., “Brightly Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via an Oxygen-Excluding Surfactant Organization”, in Science, volume 323, number 5919, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ethyl acetate.
ladyfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladyfishes
form: ladyfish
Etymology: From lady + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Eventually we yielded to the urge to catch something — anything — so we sought out a channel where we boated seatrout, ladyfish and one lizard fish.
ref: 2008 March 5, Norm Zeigler, “Seeking Florida Redfish, Catching Only Glimpses”, in New York Times:
glosses: A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
glosses: Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
glosses: Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.
Synonyms: sense: Elops saurus
word: tenpounder
viura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Those with more sauvignon blanc can take on a brash grassiness, while those that are entirely verdejo or have more viura, the traditional grape of white Rioja, tend to be more mineral-y and floral with a richer texture.
ref: 2008 March 5, Eric Asimov, “Emerging, in Spain, to Warm Applause”, in New York Times:
glosses: A variety of wine grape, grown in northeastern Spain.
Synonyms: alcañol
alcañón
blanca de daroca
charas blanc
forcalla
gredelín
lardot
macabeo
macabeu
maccabeo
perpignan
rossan
viuna
anticircumcision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticircumcision
form: most anticircumcision
Etymology: From anti- + circumcision.
Senses: examples: text: Circumcision ’s effect on sex is a white-hot issue in the United States for the small but vocal anticircumcision lobby.
ref: 2007 April 15, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Preventing H.I.V., but at What Price?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing or acting against circumcision.
deveins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devein
deveining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of devein
cycloxygenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloxygenases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyclooxygenase.
coferment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coferments
Etymology: From co- + ferment.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: coenzyme
cosubstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosubstrates
Etymology: From co- + substrate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: coenzyme
corner solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corner solutions
Senses: topics: economics
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A solution to a minimization or maximization problem where an interior solution is infeasible.
diabolize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diabolizes
form: diabolizing
form: diabolized
form: diabolized
form: diabolise
Etymology: From French diaboliser.
Senses: glosses: to represent as diabolical
diabolizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diabolize
diabolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diabolize
diabolized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diabolize
villainized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of villainize
villainizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of villainize
villainizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of villainize
in extenso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in extenso.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Brett does not follow the examples set by White and Tudor and Smith of printing his leading cases in extenso.
ref: 1887, The Law Quarterly Review, page 464:
text: There is a singular fascination in watching the eagerness with which the learned author ferrets out every circumstance which may throw discredit on his hero. […] Nothing has been too small to escape him, and you may be sure that if Charles Strickland left a laundry bill unpaid it will be given you in extenso, and if he forebore to return a borrowed half-crown no detail of the transaction will be omitted.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 1”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: When read in extenso and without translation, the choice of words, style and sentiment of the letters reflect the influence on the writers […]
ref: 1925, Tromsø Museums skrifter, Tromsø museum, page 89:
antonyms: in compendio
glosses: At full length; unabbreviated.
twists in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twist in the wind
twisted in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twist in the wind
lbs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lb.
botos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boto
realisticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From realistic + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: realism
realisticity
antonyms: unrealisticness
unrealism
coordinate_terms: veridicality
verisimilitude
glosses: The quality of being realistic.
beachiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beachy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being beachy.
predesigned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + designed.
Senses: glosses: designed in advance
oxyphenbutazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxyphenbutazones
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A metabolite of phenylbutazone.
oxyphenbutazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxyphenbutazone