cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unstemmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stem + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Mary takes in a screening of Niagara the day she learns she's carrying Ray's baby, and this is only one of many watery images that flow through the book's roiling currents: Bell's struggle with the lake's waves, the unstemmable surges of illicit passion, the rains that come to carry everything in its path.
ref: 2009 September 6, Geoff Pevere, “The human wreckage of the great blow of '54”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: That cannot be stemmed; being an unstoppable flood.
nonnominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + nominal.
Senses: glosses: Not nominal.
nonurbanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonurbanites
Etymology: From non- + urbanite.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an urbanite.
nonurbanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonurbanite
nontransitioning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transitioning.
Senses: glosses: Not transitioning.
nontransition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transition.
Senses: examples: nontransition economies
nontransition elements in the periodic table
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a transition.
nonswitching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + switching.
Senses: glosses: Not switching.
nonbleached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bleached.
Senses: glosses: unbleached
nontypist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontypists
Etymology: From non- + typist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a typist.
nontypists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontypist
nonsecretarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˌnɑnˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Etymology: From non- + secretarial.
Senses: glosses: Not secretarial.
nonsecretary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsecretaries
Etymology: From non- + secretary.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a secretary.
nonsecretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsecretary
nondevotional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + devotional.
Senses: glosses: Not devotional.
nonpsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: Not psychic.
nonpsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpsychics
Etymology: From non- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a psychic.
nonpsychics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpsychic
noncult
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cult.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a cult.
nonnormatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonnormative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonnormative manner.
nonroughened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + roughened.
Senses: glosses: Not roughened.
nonruggedized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ruggedized.
Senses: glosses: Not ruggedized.
ruggedization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rugged + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of ruggedizing.
ruggedisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ruggedization.
nonenclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + enclosed.
Senses: glosses: Not enclosed.
nonclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + closed.
Senses: glosses: Not closed.
nonred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + red.
Senses: glosses: Not red.
nonyellow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + yellow.
Senses: glosses: Not yellow.
nonblue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blue.
Senses: glosses: Not blue.
nongreen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + green.
Senses: glosses: Not green.
nonorange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒɹɪndʒ
Etymology: From non- + orange.
Senses: examples: text: The orange allele (O) is co-dominant with nonorange (o). Thus, cats with a mosaic coat of both orange and nonorange (Oo) must have two X chromosomes, which means tortoiseshell cats are almost always female.
ref: 2021, Lowell Ackerman, Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team, page 238:
glosses: Not orange.
nonbrown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + brown.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the nonbrown fat sites of thermogenesis, by being less efficient metabolically in generating heat for the maintenance of body temperature, lead to a greater expenditure of energy stores.
ref: 2010, C. Bouchard, editor, Genes and Obesity, page 113:
antonyms: brown
glosses: Not brown.
nonpink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pink.
Senses: examples: text: That evening I sat at my spacious nonpink desk and made telephone calls on my nonpink phone.
ref: 1996, Michele Zackheim, Violette's embrace:
glosses: Not pink.
nonpurple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + purple.
Senses: examples: text: Photoheterotrophic bacteria are relatively rare and include members of the nonpurple sulfur bacteria; this group is relatively insignificant in the soil ecosystem.
ref: 1999, Malcolm E. Sumner, Handbook of Soil Science:
text: Say you only hire purple workers. If purple workers strongly prefer to work with one another instead of with other groups, why might you prefer to hire a less productive purple worker than a more productive nonpurple worker at the same wage?
ref: 2015, Robert L. Sexton, Exploring Economics, page 509:
glosses: Not purple.
nongray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nongrey
Etymology: From non- + gray.
Senses: glosses: Not gray.
nongrey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + grey.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nongray.
noncassette
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cassette.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to cassettes.
nonharmful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-harmful
Etymology: From non- + harmful.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: benign
text: Mr. Genachowski proposed codifying the new principles with four existing principles issued several years ago by the F.C.C. They say that network operators cannot prevent users from accessing lawful Internet content, applications and services of their choice, nor can they prohibit users from attaching nonharmful devices to the network.
ref: 2009 September 22, Reuters, “F.C.C. Calls Open Internet Rules Vital”, in New York Times:
synonyms: unharmful
harmless
glosses: Not harmful.
nonpurchaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpurchasers
Etymology: From non- + purchaser.
Senses: glosses: One who does not purchase.
nonpurchasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpurchaser
nonbuyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbuyers
Etymology: From non- + buyer.
Senses: glosses: One who does not buy.
nonbuyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbuyer
nonconstitutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + constitutional.
Senses: glosses: unconstitutional, contrary to the constitution
examples: ref: 2003, David E. Smith, “The improvement of the Senate by nonconstitutional means.”, in Protecting Canadian democracy: The Senate you never knew, 5-18:
text: Thus, although constitutions might be distinguished by the degree to which their rules are entrenched, ordinary, nonconstitutional laws are always entrenched to some extent
ref: 2005, Larry Alexander, "Constitutionalism." San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-04 [published in Thomas Christiano, John Christman eds, Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, 2009]
glosses: not relating to the constitution or to constitutional law
Derived terms: nonconstitutionally
nonconstitutionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + constitutionally.
Senses: glosses: unconstitutionally
mega-annum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəˈænəm/
Forms: form: mega-annums
form: mega-anna
Etymology: From mega- + annum.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond
related: word: megannum
word: megaannum
word: mul:Ma
glosses: Synonym of megayear: a period of 1 million years.
synonyms: word: megayear
extra: a period of 1 million years
Related terms: word: MYA
word: Mya
english: million years ago
translation: million years ago
word: mya
ticket offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticket office
supercruised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supercruise
submarined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of submarine
ullaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ullaged
form: most ullaged
Etymology: From ullage + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Old bottles, either empty or terribly ullaged, could be bought and reconditioned.
ref: 2008, Benjamin Wallace, The Billionaire's Vinegar, page 202:
glosses: Of a container: possessing a significant amount of ullage (empty space).
ullaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From ullage + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ullage
have someone's number
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has someone's number
form: having someone's number
form: had someone's number
form: had someone's number
form: get someone's number
Senses: examples: text: "Whenever a person says to you that they are as innocent as can be in all concerning money, look well after your own money, for they are dead certain to collar it, if they can. Whenever a person proclaims to you ‘In worldly matters I’m a child,’ you consider that that person is only a crying off from being held accountable, and that you have got that person’s number, and it’s Number One."
ref: 1853, Charles Dickens, chapter 57, in Bleak House:
text: "Say! He's the hardest guy I ever saw," Stoner declared, admiringly. Mallow spoke last, but he spoke with conviction. "You said it, Brick. I had his number from the start. He's a master crook, and—it'll pay us all to string with him."
ref: 1922, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 10, in Flowing Gold:
text: Morelli has her number: "Lots of energy, not much control, sexy as hell."
ref: 1994, Marilyn Stasio, "Crime" (review of One for the Money by Janet Evanovich), New York Times, 4 Sept. (retrieved 20 Nov. 2009)
text: Llodra, a doubles specialist who is ranked 38 in singles, was charging to the net at every opportunity and played some brilliant shots but Murray seemed to have his number at that stage.
ref: 2008 August 28, “Tennis: Murray edges to win over Llodra”, in BBC.com, retrieved 20 Nov 2009:
glosses: To understand a person's character, capabilities, or situation.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, someone's, number.
Related terms: figure out
have someone figured out
get someone's number
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets someone's number
form: getting someone's number
form: got someone's number
form: got someone's number
form: gotten someone's number
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have someone's number.
pile drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pile driver
Subera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Leclanché cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leclanché cells
Etymology: Named after French electrical engineer Georges Leclanché (1839–1882).
Senses: glosses: A battery (invented and patented in 1866) with an ammonium chloride electrolyte, a carbon cathode, a manganese dioxide depolarizer, and a zinc anode; a self-contained earth battery later adapted to the manufacture of dry cells.
nonwritable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + writable.
Senses: glosses: Not writable.
nonreadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + readable.
Senses: glosses: Not readable.
nonsoil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + soil.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to soil.
normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normal forms
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
topics: computing
engineering
game-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.
qualifier: musical set theory
Derived terms: Backus normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
Chomsky Normal Form
fifth normal form
first normal form
fourth normal form
normal form game
second normal form
third normal form
complementary colours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complementary colour
dof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dof
form: most dof
Etymology: From Afrikaans dof. Doublet of daff, deaf, and dowf.
Senses: glosses: Stupid; thick.
seductresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seductress
noncodified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-codified
Etymology: From non- + codified.
Senses: synonyms: uncodified
antonyms: codified
glosses: Not codified.
noncircumstantial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + circumstantial.
Senses: glosses: Not circumstantial.
noncircumcised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + circumcised.
Senses: glosses: Not circumcised.
nonprefixed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prefixed.
Senses: glosses: unprefixed
prefixless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prefix + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a prefix.
Synonyms: nonprefixed
unprefixed
suffixless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suffix + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Semantically, a majority of agentials refer to avian vocalization. Examples are: screamer, whistler, warbler, trumpeter, and the suffixless chat.
ref: 1986, Geolinguistics, page 19:
glosses: Without a suffix.
Synonyms: nonsuffixed
unsuffixed
nonsuffixed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + suffixed.
Senses: glosses: unsuffixed, suffixless
unsuffixed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + suffixed.
Senses: glosses: Not suffixed; without a suffix.
Synonyms: suffixless
unpleased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pleased.
Senses: glosses: Not pleased; displeased.
unpleasurably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpleasurably
form: most unpleasurably
Etymology: From unpleasurable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unpleasurable manner.
pisslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pisslike
form: most pisslike
Etymology: From piss + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of urine.
sluttishnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sluttishness
nondelinquent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondelinquents
Etymology: From non- + delinquent.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a delinquent.
nondelinquents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondelinquent
Karaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian کرج (karaj). See there for more.
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran, the seat of Karaj County's Central District and the capital of Alborz Province.
glosses: A county of Iran, around the city.
nontabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tabbed.
Senses: glosses: Not tabbed.
nonvalued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + valued.
Senses: glosses: Not valued.
mantids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantid
stampings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stamping
Laplander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laplanders
Etymology: From Lapland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Swedish historical province Lapland
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Finnish historical province Lapland
examples: text: They say there's no people like show people, but now scientists have found that show people are genetically linked to the Laplanders and the Finns.
ref: 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
glosses: A Sami.
Laplanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Laplander
calcographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcographers
Etymology: From calcography + -er (“one who does an action”).
Senses: glosses: A person who draws using chalk
Related terms: calcography
passion pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passion-pop
Etymology: From the brand name Passion Pop.
Senses: examples: text: well... that is a bit expensive, but since its BYO you can save money by drinking passion pop.....
ref: 1997 May 15, julian higginson, “Vault Nightclub Sydney Australia”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):
text: We sit there, drinking some suburban cheap-shit passion-pop alcohol she brought, and I rub my feet on the Doorman.
ref: 2002, Markus Zusak, The Messenger, page 38:
text: She must be used to pretty rough champagne if she can drink a glass of wiz and think it is champagne. Not even passion pop is that rough.
ref: 2005 May 23, ^Temuchin^, “OT: Not all Olympians are reluctant to give urine samples”, in aus.sport.rugby-league (Usenet):
glosses: Any very cheap, fruity sparkling wine.
hyalomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalomeres
Etymology: From hyalo- + -mere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The clear part of a blood platelet.
hyalomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyalomere
hypomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypomeres
Etymology: From hypo- + -mere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A part that the walls of a pleuroperitoneal cavity grow.
hypomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypomere
calcography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From Latin calx (“chalk”) + English -graphy (“written”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: drawing with chalk
Derived terms: calcographic
Related terms: calcographer
calcographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcographer
admirante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admirantes
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French amirant etc. under influence of variants with ad-, Latin admirans (“admiring”), or Spanish almirante (“admiral”), from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare also Medieval Latin admirandus and Anglo-Norman admirand.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of admiral.
admirate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: admirates
form: admirating
form: admirated
form: admirated
Etymology: Back-formation from admiration. Equivalent to admire + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: I admirate Oprah's capital gains, but as far as her moral life, well, she's a fat whore!
ref: 2000 February 14, schles...@my-deja.com, “Dr. Laura and Oprah”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022:
text: We are very admirating of him in France.
ref: 2000 July 24, Hugette.Lespine, “Croats, Serbs and Muslims”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022:
text: In fact, Miles went into jazz-rock-funk by deeply participating to create this musical movement end of 60s. So, during this period, he mixed influnces^([sic]) from Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone in jazz and was admirating those musicians.
ref: 2004 April 13, dom's, “What's on the cd player”, in alt.music.led-zeppelin (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022:
text: Yes, but that means that Robin's link is incorrect!
(But that does not prevent me from admirating Robin's actions for TeX stuff.)
ref: 2010 June 21, Merciadri Luca, “Animated trees”, in comp.text.tex (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: To admire.
vestas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesta
leviton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levitons
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The collective excitation of a single electron within an electrical conductor such as a metal or graphene.
nivelate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nivellate.
foxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fox.
Alzheimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alzheimers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Somebody with Alzheimer's disease.
Derived terms: Alzheimerian
rongeurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rongeur
scrute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scrutes
form: scruting
form: scruted
form: scruted
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scrūtor, scrūtārī (“to search carefully; to seek for”). Now often reanalyzed from inscrutable.
Senses: examples: text: Hazard scruted the Angels with hooded eyes; the low drone of their murmured ritual chanting of "Make my day" was getting on his nerves. He turned and gloomed down at the table again.
ref: 1996, William Peter Blatty, Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine Books, →ISBN, page 36:
text: And folks call the Chinese inscrutable. When my elder brother's got his mind fixed on a mystery, there's just no scruting the man.
ref: 2008, Steve Hockensmith, The Black Dove, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Minotaur, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.
Related terms: scrutator
scrutinate
scrutinize
scrutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrute
LANs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LAN
Hyllus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪləs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὕλλος (Húllos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Heracles and Deianira
menage a trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menages a trois
Senses: examples: text: In the 60s she lived with her agent and partner, Bryan Southcombe, and their friend, the model Randall Laurence; there were rumours of a menage a trois, but she always denied it.
ref: 2021 March 27, Simon Hattenstone, “Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ménage à trois.
bakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baka
prædicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The I-E. Adjective and Substantive were once probably identical; and the former was differentiated from the latter by its gradual appropriation to the discharge of prædicative and attributive functions.
ref: 1886, Thomas le Marchant Douse, An Introduction, Phonological, Morphological, Syntactic to the Gothic of Ulfilas, Taylor and Francis, page 138:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of predicative.
prædicative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prædicatives
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of predicative.
judgement days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of judgement day
invertin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invertins
Etymology: From invert + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: zymose
glosses: Any enzyme that converts a sugar to an invert sugar; saccharase.
olig-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oligo-, used before a vowel.
session musicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of session musician
slender sedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slender sedge
sleights of hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleight of hand
scent hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scent hound
smooth fox terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smooth fox terrier
slippery jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slippery jack
give what for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives what for
form: giving what for
form: gave what for
form: given what for
Senses: examples: text: When she found out, she really gave him what for.
glosses: To scold; to punish, especially verbally.
sleep disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleep disorder
slotting machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slotting machine
social security numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social security number
tempests in teapots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tempest in a teapot
spheres of influence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphere of influence
ambage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: ambages
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).
Senses: examples: text: Puttenham, Art of Poesie
without any long studie or tedious ambage
text: Umh! y' are full of ambage.
ref: 1607, Decker, Whore of Babylon:
glosses: Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
glosses: An indirect or obscure path.
LARPing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of LARP — live action role-playing
LARPed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: larped
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of LARP — live-action role-played
role-played
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roleplayed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of role-play
Derived terms: LARPed
role-plays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roleplays
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of role-play
Derived terms: LARPs
role-plays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roleplays
Senses: glosses: plural of role-play
LARPs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: larps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of LARP; live-action role-plays
LARPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larps
Senses: glosses: plural of LARP
blue greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue green
Colliers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑ.li.ɚz/
rhymes: -ɑliə(ɹ)z
Etymology: The name of the town may derive from the surname Collier. The area around the town formerly hosted a large charcoal burning industry.
See also Carbonear.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
teleiophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleiophile
foam party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foam parties
Senses: glosses: A social event in which participants dance to music on a dance floor covered in several feet of suds or bubbles dispensed from a foam machine.
folk-rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of folk rock.
forehanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈhandɪd/
Forms: form: more forehanded
form: most forehanded
Etymology: From forehand + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: In delivering it forehanded, the ball is dropped in front of the left foot, and is struck when about a foot or even less from the ground.
ref: 2014, John Moyer Heathcote, Classic Guide to Tennis, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: With a forehand stroke.
foreteller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foretellers
Etymology: From foretell + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But Powers, a former staff writer at The Washington Post who has written extensively on media and technology, is not simply an earnest foreteller of doom.
ref: 2010 July 16, Laurie Winer, "Born to Check Mail" (book review of Hamlet's Blackberry by William Powers), New York Times (retrieved 24 Nov 2011)
glosses: Someone who foretells.
Synonyms: prognosticator
prophet
seer
oracle
foretellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreteller
foam parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foam party
frost up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frosts up
form: frosting up
form: frosted up
form: frosted up
Senses: examples: text: The windows often frost up in winter.
glosses: to become frosty
gadgeteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gadgeteers
Etymology: From gadget + -eer.
Senses: glosses: Someone interested in, or owning a lot of, gadgets.
Derived terms: gadgeteering
Gainesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gaines + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sumter County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, the county seat until 1884.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, home to the University of Florida. Named after Edmund P. Gaines.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city, the county seat of Ozark County, Missouri, named after Gainesville, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, named after Edmund P. Gaines.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia, probably named after Thomas Brawner Gaines.
galley slave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galley slaves
form: galley-slave
Senses: examples: text: "That is a chain of galley slaves, on the way to the galleys by force of the king's orders." "How by force?" asked Don Quixote; "is it possible that the king uses force against anyone?" "I do not say that," answered Sancho, "but that these are people condemned for their crimes to serve by force in the king's galleys."
ref: 1885, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXII, in John Ormsby, transl., The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha […] In Four Vols, volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 346:
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: gallerian
glosses: A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship).
examples: text: The "galley slaves" in those days were the genuine article, and by the "chains that bound them" were no doubt the original members of the union.
ref: 1905, American Printer and Bookmaker: Jan.-Feb. 1900, page 443:
glosses: A typesetter (person who arranged type in a galley for printing).
games room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: games rooms
Senses: examples: text: There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.
ref: 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
glosses: Alternative form of game room.
garden center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden centers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of garden centre.
giant frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant frogs
Senses: glosses: One of a number of species of large frogs.
Conraua goliath, goliath frog
glosses: One of a number of species of large frogs.
Cyclorana australis, northern snapping frog
glosses: One of a number of species of large frogs.
Limnonectes blythii, Blyth's river frog
glass blowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glassblowing.
glasspaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glass + paper.
Senses: glosses: sandpaper.
glasspaper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glasspapers
form: glasspapering
form: glasspapered
form: glasspapered
Etymology: From glass + paper.
Senses: glosses: To sand with sandpaper.
garden centers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garden center
gadgeteers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gadgeteer
giant frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant frog
games rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of games room
galley slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galley slave
woodnymph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊdnɪmf/
Forms: form: woodnymphs
form: wood-nymph
Etymology: From wood + nymph.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A nymph residing in a forest, a dryad.
glosses: A hummingbird of the genus Thalurania.
woodnymphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodnymph
recanalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recanalisations
form: recanalization
Etymology: From re- + canalisation.
Senses: glosses: the act of recanalising
recanalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recanalisation
recanalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recanalizations
Etymology: From re- + canalization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recanalisation.
recanalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recanalization
amors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amor
gray wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gray wolf
electronic cigarette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑnɪk ˈsɪɡəˌɹɛt/
Forms: form: electronic cigarettes
Senses: examples: text: Electronic cigarettes, battery-powered devices that convert a solution of nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor that can be inhaled, or "vaped," have the potential to wean a vast number of smokers off cigarettes. […] The problem is, not enough smokers are switching to e-cigarettes, despite their relative safety – and understandably so. Smokers are barraged with news about inaccurate labeling, shoddy counterfeits and poorly made e-cigarettes that emit toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in vapor.
ref: 2015 January 18, Sally Satel, “Will the F.D.A. kill off e-cigs? [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, p. 6]”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: e-cig
e-cigarette
vape
vape pen
vapor pen
glosses: A cylindrical battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution.
electronic cigarettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electronic cigarette
e-cigarette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-cigarettes
Etymology: From e- + cigarette.
Senses: examples: text: Electronic cigarettes, battery-powered devices that convert a solution of nicotine and other chemicals into a vapor that can be inhaled, or "vaped," have the potential to wean a vast number of smokers off cigarettes. […] The problem is, not enough smokers are switching to e-cigarettes, despite their relative safety – and understandably so. Smokers are barraged with news about inaccurate labeling, shoddy counterfeits and poorly made e-cigarettes that emit toxins and cancer-causing chemicals in vapor.
ref: 2015 January 18, Sally Satel, “Will the F.D.A. kill off e-cigs? [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, p. 6]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of electronic cigarette.
synonyms: word: electronic cigarette
e-cigarettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-cigarette
ekes out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eke out
eking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eke out
eked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eke out
surpasser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surpassers
Etymology: From surpass + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who surpasses.
feriae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feria
Parpi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹpi/
ipa: /ˈpɑːpi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pi
Etymology: From Armenian Փարպի (Pʻarpi).
Senses: glosses: A village in Aragatsotn, Armenia.
free radicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free radical
Japanese spitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese spitzes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A small breed of dog from Japan, having a somewhat square body, deep chest, and very thick, pure white double coat.
baby colic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition in which an otherwise healthy baby cries or screams frequently and for extended periods without any discernible reason.
Synonyms: colic
infant colic
infantile colic
three-month colic
phoniatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phoniatric
form: most phoniatric
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phoniatrics.
Derived terms: phoniatrically
phoniatrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phono- + -iatrics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The medical research and treatment of organs involved with speech production.
Synonyms: phoniatry
air pirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air pirates
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A pirate who travels by aircraft and targets other aircraft, analogously to the actions of a traditional seafaring pirate against ships.
glosses: A person involved in air piracy (aircraft hijacking).
air piracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hijacking of an aircraft.
office building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: office buildings
Senses: glosses: A commercial building containing spaces for offices.
Synonyms: office block
great skua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great skuas
Senses: examples: text: There are great skuas here, nesting up on the higher ground, and I have seen them cruising above the gull colony further up the coast.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 85:
glosses: A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
Synonyms: word: bonxie
IBG YBG
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Our financial bubble, like all bubbles, has many complex strands feeding into it — called derivatives and credit-default swaps — but at heart, it is really very simple. We got away from the basics — from the fundamentals of prudent lending and borrowing, where the lender and borrower maintain some kind of personal responsibility for, and personal interest in, whether the person receiving the money can actually pay it back. Instead, we fell into what some people call YBG IBG lending: “you’ll be gone and I’ll be gone” before the bill comes due.
ref: 2008 October 14, Thomas L. Friedman, “Why How Matters”, in The New York Times:
text: opens up boundless room for creative financial engineering and no lack of opportunity for alchemy and the manifestation of IBG YBG behavior.
ref: 2008, Paul B. Carroll with Chunka Mui, Billion-Dollar Lessons, page 50:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of I'll be gone, you'll be gone (I'll have gotten my commission; you'll have sold out to the next guy; neither of us will be held accountable).
air pirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air pirate
golden pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden pheasants
Senses: glosses: A colorful game bird originating from China, of species Chrysolophus pictus.
Synonyms: Chinese pheasant
rainbow pheasant
Chinese pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese pheasants
Senses: glosses: common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
glosses: golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus
open-air museum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-air museums
Senses: examples: text: Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits.
ref: 1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460:
text: Engineers from the Tyne & Wear Metro stepped back in time in December, to conduct a safety-critical inspection of the tramway at the open-air Beamish Museum in County Durham.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: Nexus inspects Beamish lines”, in RAIL, number 948, page 14:
glosses: A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.
golden pheasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden pheasant
fronton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontons
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A pediment.
glosses: A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.
creeping buttercup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creeping buttercups
Senses: glosses: A perennial flowering plant, Ranunculus repens.
great crested newt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great crested newts
Senses: examples: text: Speaking of fences, it can be frustrating to our engineers trying to do their jobs that all the dormice and great crested newts appear to be on our side of the boundary.
ref: 2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15:
glosses: A newt, Triturus cristatus, found in parts of Europe and Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Triturus cristatus
word: northern crested newt
sense: Triturus cristatus
word: warty newt
great crested newts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great crested newt
tryptamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tryptamine
volumizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volumizer
grandas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granda
trapezoid bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapezoid bone
apocrine glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apocrine gland
bulbar conjunctivae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulbar conjunctiva
brain stems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brain stem
bulbar conjunctivas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulbar conjunctiva
cephalic fins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalic fin
cavo-atrial junctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavo-atrial junction
carotid arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carotid artery
caudal keels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caudal keel
central sulci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central sulcus
Rolandic fissures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rolandic fissure
cribriform plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cribriform plate
cruciate sulci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruciate sulcus
dental alveoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dental alveolus
bromine trifluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular kind of toxic, corrosive liquid that is soluble in sulfuric acid, and is used to make uranium hexafluoride.
six packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of six pack
Book of the Dead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque of German Todtenbuch (der Ägypter), used by Karl Richard Lepsius in his publication (1842) describing the text.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
glosses: Any comparable text from another culture intended to serve as a guide to the experiences one has after death, such as the Tibetan Book of the Dead or Ethiopian Book of the Dead.
it takes one to know one
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: takes one to know one
Senses: examples: text: They hired the most devious scammers they could find and paid them quite well to do some red-team work, because it takes one to know one.
glosses: Expressing the same underlying character-judgment themes as pot calling the kettle black or set a thief to catch a thief.
examples: text: Bob: You're an idiot!
text: Tony: Takes one to know one!
text: There's an unkind saying that it takes one to know one, and it's almost true.
ref: 1949, Nial Kent, The Divided Path, page 358:
text: Anyone who appreciates Shakespeare as this author unquestionably does is another Shakespeare — it takes one to know one!
ref: 1947, Poet Lore, page 280:
text: “I’ve got a bad egg,” said Bervick. “I guess this was a pre-war egg.” […]
“It takes one to know one,” said the Chief, referring back to the eggs.
ref: 1946, Gore Vidal, Williwaw, page 45:
text: Brezhnev pretended a scowl. "Kissinger is such a scoundrel," he said.
But Henry was ready for that. "It takes one to know one," he replied.
ref: 1980, Gerald Ford, “Problems Multiply”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 209:
glosses: A retort to a negative accusation, implying that the accuser shares the fault.
Related terms: if the shoe fits, wear it
I know you are but what am I
look who's talking
scientific names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scientific name
Latin name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latin names
Senses: examples: text: Panthera leo is the Latin name for the lion.
text: Fagaceae is the Latin name for the oak family.
glosses: The formal Latin or Latinized name of a biological taxon according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a species or subspecific taxon.
Synonyms: word: scientific name
Hyponyms: binomial name
trinomial name
botanical name
zoological name
Latin names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Latin name
ectoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectoderm
endoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoderm
catches fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catch fire
catching fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch fire
caught fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch fire