cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Euroland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partly from Euro- + -land and partly (in later use) from euro + -land. Saw some use around 1998–2002 when the euro was being introduced.
Senses: examples: text: The banks might be small, or they might have recognizable names: Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Algemeine Nederland—all chartered Offshore and doing business in Euroland.
ref: 1981, Adam Smith [pseudonym; George Goodman], “The Proliferating Dollar: How the Key Currency Got Debased”, in Paper Money, New York, N.Y.: Summit Books, →ISBN, pages 124–125:
ref: 1981 February 11, “One man’s stand against paper-mountain of Euroland”, in Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham, West Midlands, →OCLC, Evening Mail News Extra Two
text: No doubt she had to append numerous documents detailing how the proposal would speed the harmonisation of tariff structures, improve the efficiency of intergovernmental consultation processes, etc, etc, for that is the way these things are done in Euroland.
ref: 1990 December 16, John Naughton, “Jamboree in the fair city of empty pockets”, in Observer, number 109392, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1:
qualifier: originally
glosses: Europe; the European Union (or formerly the European Economic Community).
examples: text: Marie lives in France, which is part of Euroland.
related: word: euroland
synonyms: Eurozone
glosses: The group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency.
wich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: which
witch
Forms: form: wiches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wych (“brine spring or well”).
examples: text: Droitwich was then clearly more important than any of the Cheshire wiches; indeed the two most northerly of them were reported in 1086 to be "utterly waste", while Nantwich farm was worth only £10 a year.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward Hughes, Studies in Administration and Finance 1558-1825, Manchester University Press, page 21:
glosses: A wich town, particularly one of several former salt mining towns in Cheshire with a name ending -wich.
wich
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: which
witch
Etymology: See which.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of which.
wich
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: which
witch
Etymology: See which.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of which.
wich
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: which
witch
Etymology: See which.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of which.
folding chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folding chairs
Senses: glosses: A light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart. They are produced in a variety of styles, folding mechanisms and materials.
from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: That call I took as we arrived here was to tell me about another meeting with the AC tomorrow. More nit-picking and recommendations from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.
ref: 2004, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 134:
text: WHEN READING REPORTS from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious one may find a statement saying that "China doesn't like Japan very much."
ref: 2005 August 25, Aaron McKenna, “Chinese gaming firm PowerNet Technology to launch anti-Japanese wargame”, in The Inquirer:
text: Eating while driving is dangerous, says a new report from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.
ref: 2006 August 19, Jonathan Goddard, “Distractions cause accidents ‘Shocker,’”, in Pocket-lint:
text: Once again, the solution comes from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious, but is worth repeating nonetheless.
ref: 2008 May 4, Tim Weber, “Analysis: Microsoft without Yahoo”, in BBC News:
glosses: So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.
Related terms: Department of Redundancy Department
Captain Obvious
office chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: office chairs
Senses: glosses: A chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office. It is generally comfortable and adjustable and can swivel 360 degrees and has wheels.
Synonyms: desk chair
New Yorkese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From New York + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Her New Yorkese gave her origins away instantly.
glosses: A dialect of English spoken in New York.
New Yorkese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New York + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: You have to watch out for those New Yorkese; you never know what they might be up to.
glosses: A person from New York.
piano bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piano benches
Senses: glosses: A rectangular wooden bench where a pianist can sit while playing the piano.
Related terms: piano stool
piano stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piano stools
Senses: glosses: A round wooden stool used by piano players. It is less stable than the rectangular piano bench. The height can be adjusted by simply spinning the seat clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively.
Related terms: piano bench
beach chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach chairs
Senses: glosses: A special chair designed to provide comfort and protection from sun, wind, rain, and sand on beaches frequented by tourists.
camping chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camping chairs
Senses: glosses: A lightweight folding chair used by campers.
kiverlid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiverlids
Etymology: Variant of coverlet.
Senses: glosses: A coverlet or comforter.
glosses: A carpet or rug.
thing-in-itself
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: things-in-themselves
form: thing in itself
Etymology: Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.
Senses: synonyms: noumenon
antonyms: phenomenon
glosses: A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
raw_tags: from Kantian philosophy on
scientistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scientistic
form: most scientistic
Etymology: From scientism + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Scientific models and scientistic myths are not seaworthy craft because they take as their premise that they are adequate for all circumstances; they assume that reality is knowable, quantifiable, and describable in their notation.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 87:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.
lungeing rein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lungeing reins
form: longe line
form: lunge line
Senses: glosses: A piece of cotton or nylon webbing, usually around 25mm wide by about 20 metres (or longer) in length, attached with a swivel to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or headcollar of a horse to provide control while exercising or training it.
sintir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sintirs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سِنْتِير (sintīr).
Senses: examples: text: Playing the sintir (a long-necked, resonant lute), Mr. Hakmoun leads spellbinding trance ceremonies, and with castanets around his ankles, performs acrobatic dances.
ref: 2007 January 12, The New York Times, “Rock/Pop Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: guembri
hypernyms: lute
coordinate_terms: lotar
oud
glosses: A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.
short on looks
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Plain; unattractive.
bridoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridoon
wallowish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒləʊɪʃ/
Forms: form: more wallowish
form: most wallowish
Etymology: From Middle English walwisch, equivalent to wallow (“tasteless, bland”) + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I have eaten some, whereof the taste is somewhat sweet and wallowish.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Tasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
moffette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moffettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mofetta.
Raffaele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raffaeles
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Raffaele.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
kiss-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪsˌæs/
Forms: form: kiss-asses
Etymology: From kiss + ass.
Senses: glosses: An obsequious person who tries to win the favor of someone, usually their superior.
Synonyms: buttkisser
buttlicker
asslicker
asskisser
kiss ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kisses ass
form: kissing ass
form: kissed ass
form: kissed ass
form: kiss arse
form: kiss someone's ass
form: kiss someone's arse
Senses: glosses: to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.
Synonyms: kiss up
kiss up to
lick someone's ass
lick someone's balls
lick someone's boots
suck up
suck up to
suck someone's cock
amplificant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amplificants
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic hydrocarbon that replaces a superatom in the amplification process of phane nomenclature
ass kissing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass kissings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ass-kissing.
carbothioamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbothioamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from the carbon atom of a thioamide -CS-NH₂
chromane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of dihydro-pyran; it is the base unit of tocopherols
Synonyms: chroman
Derived terms: chromanone
isochromane
thiochromane
isochromane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isochromanes
Etymology: From iso- + chromane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of chromane in which the oxygen atom is in the 2- rather than the 1- position
Derived terms: isochromanequinone
cyclopropaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopropaphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any cyclophane containing three nodes (or superatoms)
cyclobutaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclobutaphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any cyclophane containing four nodes (or superatoms)
cyclopentaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentaphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any cyclophane containing five nodes (or superatoms)
cyclohexaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclohexaphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any cyclophane containing six nodes (or superatoms)
cycloheptaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloheptaphanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any cyclophane containing seven nodes (or superatoms)
meltingpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meltingpoints
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of melting point.
heptaphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptaphanes
Etymology: From hepta- + phane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any linear phane containing seven nodes (or superatoms)
heterophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterophanes
Etymology: From hetero- + phane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: In the nomenclature of complex organic compounds, any derivative of a phane in which a carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom
multiatomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiatomic
form: most multiatomic
Etymology: From multi- + atomic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Involving multiple atoms
nomenclatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: more nomenclatural
form: most nomenclatural
Etymology: From nomenclature + -al.
Senses: examples: text: To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix:
text: In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 8:
glosses: Of or pertaining to nomenclature.
Derived terms: nomenclaturalist
nomenclaturally
nomenclatural synonym
polysubstituted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polysubstituted
form: most polysubstituted
Etymology: From poly- + substituted.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having many substituents
sapphyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sapphyrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues
tetrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrols
Etymology: From tetr- + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyhydric alcohol having four hydroxyl groups
tetrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrones
Etymology: From tetr- + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having four ketonic carbonyl groups.
mongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: examples: text: The old room was furnished in "mongo," Sanit lingo for stuff picked out of the garbage. Mongo-picking, Ukeles explained, "is against the law. The garbage belongs to the City. But until a recent rehabilitation program, which is the first since the Depression, the Sanmen never had their own furnishings." Prior to the show, the Sanmen voted on the worst facilities in the system and Ukeles selected the exhibition mongo from them—shabby, broken-down furniture, walls cluttered with cheap […]
ref: 1984, [NYC] Issue 1-6, page 51
text: [Mongo] refers to trash, or more specifically, to treasure found in trash: books, artifacts, furniture, even food. Ted Botha's book explores a whole culture, and various subcultures, that revolve around mongo. Those obsessed with mongo often live on the margins, […]
ref: 2006, Fine Books & Collections, volume 4, page 56, reviewing MONGO: Adventures in Trash by Ted Botha (2004)
text: Loading out on house-to-house can take many hours, but such routes have other perks, especially for someone who likes to mongo. As a noun, “mongo” is Sanitation slang for treasure salvaged from the trash, with an understanding that the definition of “treasure” is both broad and personal. As a verb, “to mongo” is to look for and rescue such wealth. Sal Federici didn't mongo, but he tolerated his partner's predilection for it. Ray Kurtz was not the district's acknowledged mongo king, […]
ref: 2013, Robin Nagle, Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks, →ISBN:
glosses: Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage.
examples: text: push mongo
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
glosses: A manner of pushing oneself on a skateboard with one's front foot as opposed to one's back foot.
mongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mongos
Senses: glosses: Clipping of mongoloid.
mongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoŋ.ɡo/
Forms: form: mungo
form: monggo
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mongo . Compare Tagalog munggo. Doublet of mung.
Senses: synonyms: mongo bean
green mongo
glosses: mung bean
Derived terms: black mongo
green mongo
mongo bean
red mongo
pencel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnsəl/
Forms: form: pencels
form: pencell
form: pinsel
form: pensill
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel.
Senses: examples: text: […] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]
ref: 1483, Richard III, “(letter to Piers Courteis)”, in Letters of the Kings of England, published 1846, page 153:
text: Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 47:
text: The preceding extracts shew that, in some instances, each of the Judas torches was ornamented with three pencels, or little banners, fixed upon as many small spears; […] .
ref: 1833, "T. S.", Letter to the Editor, Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland (editors), The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Volume 4, page 20
text: A "pencel" is a small banner usually assigned to squires,[…]But Launfal's characteristically ingenious use of the pencel makes it an object that participates in two distinct systems of registration: the fine, small object that is the sign of amorous devotion in a chivalric context and the somewhat ambiguous index of armigerous status.
ref: 2003, D. Vance Smith, Arts of Possession: The Middle English Household Imaginary, page 181:
text: Inside Worcester Cathedral, the coffin was transferred to its hearse, a vast, storeyed, wooden structure, painted black and adorned with heraldic escutcheons, badged pennants or ‘pencels’, silk standards of St George, banners of the royal arms of England and Spain, and of Arthur's various titles, from Wales to Ponthieu in Normandy.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 86:
glosses: A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer.
glosses: A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight.
glosses: A knight carrying a pennon.
fubsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌb.sɪ/
Forms: form: fubsier
form: fubsiest
Etymology: fubs (variant of fub) + -y
Senses: examples: text: A fubsy, good-humoured, laughing, silly […] old maid.
ref: 1780, Madame d'Arblay, diary entry - May 1780:
text: “Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”
ref: 1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11:
text: […] seated upon the widow's little fubsy sofa […]
ref: 1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, the Dog Fiend:
text: He knew she was nothing but a fubsy pig-pink whorelet and would elbow her face away when she attempted to kiss him after he had finished […]
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle:
glosses: short and stout; low and wide
Derived terms: fubsily
fubsiness
Nathanael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”).
Senses: examples: text: Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
ref: John 1:47-48
glosses: An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew; more common in the form Nathaniel.
Related terms: Nathaniel
Nat
Nate
Nevil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French, a variant of Neville.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
bureau de change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/
Forms: form: bureaux de change
form: bureaus de change
form: bureau de changes
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bureau de change (“office of exchange”).
Senses: examples: text: A bureau de change, as has been seen, is certainly an institution or person subject to the Directive and it arguably enters into business relations with its customers.
ref: 2007, R. C. H. Alexander, Insider Dealing and Money Laundering in the EU: Law and Regulation, page 155:
text: Good private bureaux de change include the Shangani Bureau de Change (at the northern end of Kenyatta Road, near the Tembo Hotel), and the Malindi Bureau de Change (next to the ZanAir office, east of the port gates).
ref: 2009, Chris McIntyre, Susan McIntyre, Zanzibar, Bradt Travel Guides, page 159:
text: The network comprises Masterlink, a bureau de change, and a United Kingdom bank, along with a partnering MTO and a bank in Uganda.
ref: 2011, Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga, World Bank Working Paper No. 201: Uganda′s Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa, page 21:
glosses: A place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
Synonyms: currency exchange
Noeleen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, a 20th century variant of Noelle.
Noelene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, a 20th-century variant of Noelle.
usager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: usagers
Etymology: French usager.
Senses: examples: text: He being the Simple Usager[…]
ref: 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
glosses: One who has the use of anything held in trust for another.
glosses: One of the nonjurors who maintained the "usages", mixed chalices, oblation in prayer of consecration, and prayer for the dead.
daltons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dalton
demine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demines
form: demining
form: demined
form: demined
Etymology: From French déminer.
Senses: glosses: To remove explosive mines (landmines or naval mines) from.
Derived terms: deminer
demines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demine
demined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demine
reddendo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reddendos
form: reddendoes
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A clause in a charter specifying the services to be rendered by a vassal to his superior.
Related terms: reddendum
ironed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iron out
Ryann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, a less common spelling of Ryan.
Roxana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).
Senses: glosses: The wife of Alexander the Great.
glosses: A female given name from Persian.
Related terms: Roshanak
Roxandra
Roxane
Roxanna
Roxanne
Roxy
Roxane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roxana
form: Roxanne
Etymology: From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Luna.
Senses: examples: text: Your name is like a golden bell
Hung in my heart; and when I think of you,
I tremble, and the bell swings and rings - "Roxane!"
"Roxane!"...along my veins, "Roxane!"
ref: 1897, Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker, Cyrano de Bergerac, published 1923:
glosses: A female given name from Old Persian.
corn snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn snakes
Senses: glosses: A species of rat snake, Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (syn. Elaphe guttata guttata.
Randal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall.
Derived terms: Randalstown
epicaricacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛpɪˈkæɹɪkəsi/
Forms: form: epicharicacy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιχαιρεκακία (epikhairekakía, “joy upon evil”). The word appears in most of the editions of Nathaniel Bailey's dictionary and many dictionaries that came after. Linguist Joseph T. Shipley included it in his Dictionary of Early English (1963), citing Bailey. Evidence of actual usage seems scant until it was picked up by various "interesting word" websites around the turn of the twenty-first century.
Senses: synonyms: schadenfreude
glosses: Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.
Related terms: schadenfreude
gloating
lulz
sadism
sardonic
Ucalegon
footbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footbridge
intercompared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intercompare
intercompare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intercompares
form: intercomparing
form: intercompared
form: intercompared
Etymology: From inter- + compare.
Senses: glosses: To compare multiple characteristics of multiple things
nonpolarizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polarizable.
Senses: glosses: Not able to be polarized.
polyhydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyhydrogenated
form: most polyhydrogenated
Etymology: From poly- + hydrogenated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogenated such that hydrogen is attached to multiple double bonds
reshimmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reshim
reshim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reshims
form: reshimming
form: reshimmed
form: reshimmed
Etymology: From re- + shim.
Senses: glosses: To shim a second or subsequent time
pigsties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigsty
mayweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayweeds
Etymology: From Middle English *maythe weed, equivalent to maythe (“mayweed”) + weed; reanalysed as May + weed.
Senses: glosses: stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).
glosses: corn chamomile, field chamomile (Anthemis arvensis).
glosses: Plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.
glosses: A mayflower.
Derived terms: false mayweed
mayweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mayweed
nargile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nargiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narghile.
manpris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of man + capris.
Senses: examples: text: "Manpris" is a derogatory term for Capri-style pants for men.
ref: [2002 March 20, Sally Cragin, “Chillin' With Surfers and Sick Waves”, in Boston Globe:
text: The young Spaniard's vivacity and flair is the perfect foil to Federer's stoicism and meticulousness. Hell, I'm even beginning to come around on the manpris (OK, maybe not).
ref: 2006 July 9, Jim Ryan, “Federer's game has no weaknesses”, in SportingNews:
text: Her husband has one uniform to accompany his always untamed mane, and it's not a particularly flattering one: He's addicted to black Hush Puppies ("he will not wear any other shoe but these — even in the summer"), the color black and, perhaps most insidiously, "manpris" — capri pants for men.
ref: 2007 June 13, Olivia Barker, Mary Cadden, “Dumpy dads yield fashionable fathers”, in USA Today, page 6D:
text: But Leo's fanny pack was a Titanic mistake ... and we can only hope it's near the 11th hour for manpris.
ref: 2007 July 27, Sarah van Schagen, Sarah K. Burkhalter, “From Bend It to Blow It”, in Grist Magazine:
text: But modern American manpris? I don't understand them. Unless you're doing something creative with your socks[…] the midcalf length typically just makes a man look sloppy—and shorter.
ref: 2012, Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun, Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Capri pants that are worn by men.
Synonyms: man capris
dollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dollie
glosses: plural of dolly
dollying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dolly
dollied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dolly
doormats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doormat
downsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downsize
downsized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of downsize
dowels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowel
run scared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs scared
form: running scared
form: ran scared
form: run scared
Senses: examples: text: The campaign is in crisis mode: they are running scared and it is becoming obvious.
glosses: To be in a state of fearful alarm.
manpurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manpurses
Etymology: From man + purse.
Senses: examples: text: A friend of my daughter's saw the Marsee tankbag on my desk and asked if it was my new manpurse.
ref: 2003 July 1, “Marsee 11-liter tankbag. (Gear).”, in Rider:
text: Dressed in a vibrant pink shirt and carrying a designer leather manpurse, Martinez strolled into the visitors' clubhouse late yesterday afternoon and loudly exclaimed, "I'm here! Did anybody miss me?"
ref: 2005 April 10, Lisa Olson, “PEDRO THE STARTER HAS SHOT TO SHOW US HE'S A STOPPER”, in New York Daily News:
text: The new rules also mean no oversized tennis bags stuffed with wine bottles (glass and alcohol are forbidden) and a picnic's worth of food. Ladies, think purse. Gentlemen, think "manpurse."
ref: 2005 August 29, Kathleen McElroy, “Super Double Top Secret”, in New York Times:
text: Kelly recommends to-the-knee cargo shorts instead for a more modern look. Bonus: "The pockets are great for holding all your stuff." (Because who can really pull off the manpurse?)
ref: 2007 June 13, Olivia Barker, Mary Cadden, “Dumpy dads yield fashionable fathers”, in USA Today, page 6D:
glosses: A purse worn by a man.
get a rise out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a rise out of
form: getting a rise out of
form: got a rise out of
form: got a rise out of
form: gotten a rise out of
form: get a rise
form: get a rise from
Senses: examples: text: He's just doing it to get a rise out of you. Just ignore him.
ref: 1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, spoken by Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald):
text: Ahmadinejad is no simpleton. . . . His Holocaust denial is a flagrant ploy—the easiest way to get a rise out of the Jewish community.
ref: 2007 September 26, Joe Klein, “Inflating a Little Man”, in Time:
glosses: To obtain a reaction from (someone), especially one of annoyance.
Synonyms: sense: to obtain an angry reaction from
word: anger
sense: to obtain an angry reaction from
word: annoy
sense: to obtain an angry reaction from
word: arouse
sense: to obtain an angry reaction from
word: provoke
get a rise from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a rise from
form: getting a rise from
form: got a rise from
form: got a rise from
form: gotten a rise from
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get a rise out of.
cybotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the region around a solute molecule (the cosphere) in which the solvent molecules are more ordered
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing an assembly of molecules in a nematic mesophase that is arranged in a short-range smectic-like array
cyclide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclides
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of surfaces, described by quartic expressions, that are related to spherical surfaces
Derived terms: cyclidic
Dupin cyclide
disclination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disclinations
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several defects in rotational symmetry, especially in the orientation of the molecules of a liquid crystal; related to dislocation and dispiration.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: extorsion
extorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extorsions
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An outward rotation of a limb, organ or part of the eye.
electroclinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From electro- + cline + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a tilt in the orientation of the molecules of a chiral liquid crystal.
geostrategies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geostrategy
goddesship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goddesships
form: goddess-ship
form: goddessship
Etymology: From goddess + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being a goddess.
utopias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utopia
arnis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arnises
Etymology: From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).
Senses: glosses: Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
glosses: A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.
Synonyms: eskrima
kali
arnis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arni
bohunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈboʊhʌŋk/
Forms: form: bohunks
Etymology: Probably Bohemian + Hungarian. Compare hunk, hunky, honky.
Senses: examples: text: I know you're surprised that I live in a Czech neighborhood. But my father-in-law, a smart old Jew, bought investment property in this nice safe Bohunk district.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 287:
glosses: An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
glosses: A brawny or coarse person.
Ukie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːki/
rhymes: -uːki
Forms: form: Ukies
Etymology: Diminutive with -ie.
Senses: glosses: A Ukrainian.
Synonyms: Uke
Yukie
Ukie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːki/
rhymes: -uːki
Forms: form: more Ukie
form: most Ukie
Etymology: Diminutive with -ie.
Senses: glosses: Ukrainian.
Uke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: Ukes
Etymology: 1941, abbreviation of Ukrainian.
Senses: glosses: A Ukrainian.
Synonyms: Ukie
Yukie
muermo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muermos
Etymology: From Spanish muermo.
Senses: glosses: Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.
timings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timing
chlorpheniramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chlorphenamine
Derived terms: dexchlorpheniramine
chlorphenamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The antihistamine drug 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-propan-1-amine
electrohydrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + hydrodynamic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics
Related terms: magnetohydrodynamic
hydrodynamic
electrohydrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + hydrodynamics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting fluid
Derived terms: electrohydrodynamic
Related terms: magnetohydrodynamics
hydrodynamics
equidistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equidistances
form: æquidistance
Etymology: From equi- + distance.
Senses: examples: text: The men are ranged so as to form three sides of a square, and stand three deep, each prisoner being three yards from his fellow. This equidistance gives them the appearance of chess-men set out on a board.
ref: 1862, Henry Mayhew, John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, page 308:
glosses: Equal distance.
Related terms: equidistant
helicoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more helicoidal
form: most helicoidal
Etymology: From helicoid + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The salient characteristics of Isabelline architecture include the use of extravagant formal elements such as helicoidal columns and mixtilinear arches with complete disregard of their tectonic or constructive function in the building, and profuse display of high-relief ornamentation in stone, especially heraldic symbols.
ref: 2005, Alejandro Lapunzina, Architecture of Spain, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page xlviii:
glosses: Synonym of helicoid.
synonyms: word: helicoid
Derived terms: helicoidally
hexatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing several forms of liquid crystal that have in-plane short-range positional molecular order, weakly coupled two-dimensional layers and long-range bond orientational molecular order
Derived terms: hexatically
bookstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkˌstænd/
Forms: form: bookstands
Etymology: From book + stand.
Senses: glosses: A small stall where books are sold.
glosses: A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
glosses: A stand, made for holding books open.
homeotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homeotropic
form: most homeotropic
Senses: glosses: Describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface
Derived terms: homeotropically
interlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + layer.
Senses: glosses: Situated between layers.
interlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interlayers
Etymology: From inter- + layer.
Senses: glosses: A layer of material sandwiched between others, especially a layer of plastic between the layers of laminated glass.
interlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interlayers
form: interlayering
form: interlayered
form: interlayered
Etymology: From inter- + layer.
Senses: glosses: To layer among each other; to produce alternating layers of.
monodomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monodomains
Etymology: From mono- + domain.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A region of a uniaxial mesophase having a single director, or that of a biaxial mesophase having two directors.
nonchiral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chiral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not chiral.
Synonyms: achiral
Related terms: nonchirality
noninteger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noninteger
form: most noninteger
Etymology: From non- + integer.
Senses: glosses: Not integer
noninteger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonintegers
Etymology: From non- + integer.
Senses: glosses: Any number that is not an integer, but especially a real number
nonspherical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spherical.
Senses: glosses: Not spherical.
nonvibratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vibratory.
Senses: glosses: Not vibratory.
nucleating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nucleate
nucleating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nucleating
form: most nucleating
Senses: glosses: That encourages nucleation
Derived terms: antinucleating
binucleating
parabolae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabola
pretilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretilts
Etymology: From pre- + tilt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deviation from the perpendicular in the orientation of the director of a liquid crystal.
Derived terms: pretilted
pretransitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + transitional.
Senses: glosses: Prior to a transition.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the temperature at which the orientations of an isotropic liquid crystal diverge
goddess-ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goddess-ships
Etymology: From goddess + -ship. Attested from 1610.
Senses: glosses: Goddesshood, the state or position of being a goddess.
Synonyms: goddesshood
goddessness
Related terms: godship
superindex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superindexes
form: superindices
Etymology: From super- + index.
Senses: glosses: A typographical index mark in the form of a superscript e.g. A^*
supermolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermolecular
form: most supermolecular
Etymology: From super- + molecular.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the interactions between molecules due to intermolecular forces rather than covalent or ionic bonds
tensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tensorial
form: most tensorial
Etymology: From tensor + -ial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: of or pertaining to a tensor
thermomolecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + molecular.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing any of several effects of heat upon collections of molecules, or of the movement of molecules on the distribution of heat.
undeformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undeformed
form: most undeformed
Etymology: From un- + deformed.
Senses: examples: text: Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.
ref: 1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, in AAPG Bulletin, volume 64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →DOI, page 684:
glosses: Not deformed.
acyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌasɪlˈtɹansfəɹeɪz/
ipa: /ˌeɪsʌɪlˈtɹɑːnzfəɹeɪz/
Forms: form: acyltransferases
Etymology: From acyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of acyl groups between lipids.
Derived terms: aminoacyltransferase
Related terms: acetyltransferase
adrenoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenoreceptors
Etymology: From adreno- + receptor.
Senses: glosses: adrenergic receptor
Derived terms: alpha-adrenoreceptor
adrenergic receptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenergic receptors
Senses: glosses: Any of several sites in the surface membranes of cells innervated by adrenergic neurons
Synonyms: adrenoreceptor
Mesicke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Kolonjë, Albania.
amyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amyrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
antihemorrhagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihemorrhagic
form: most antihemorrhagic
form: anti-hemorrhagic
form: antihaemorrhagic
form: anti-haemorrhagic
form: antihæmorrhagic
form: anti-hæmorrhagic
Etymology: From anti- + hemorrhagic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antihemorrhagic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihemorrhagics
form: anti-hemorrhagic
form: antihaemorrhagic
form: anti-haemorrhagic
form: antihæmorrhagic
form: anti-hæmorrhagic
Etymology: From anti- + hemorrhagic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antioxidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antioxidative
form: most antioxidative
Etymology: From anti- + oxidative.
Senses: glosses: That functions as an antioxidant
antirachitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirachitic
form: most antirachitic
Etymology: From anti- + rachitic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That cures or prevents rickets.
Derived terms: antirachitically
antirachitic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirachitics
Etymology: From anti- + rachitic.
Senses: glosses: Any drug that cures or prevents rickets.
arachidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin arachis (“peanut”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to arachidic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: arachidoyl
Related terms: arachidonic
arachidonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌɹak.ɪˈdɒn.ɪk/
ipa: /əˌɹæ.kəˈdɑ.nɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: Formed irregularly from arachidic, from New Latin arachis (“peanut”) + -one + -ic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to arachidonic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: arachidonate
Related terms: arachidic
moral code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moral codes
Senses: examples: text: When the moral code that requires service to the public good decays, the legitimacy of the state collapses.
ref: 2020 November 27, Charles Hugh Smith, Moral Decay Leads to Collapse:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
Related terms: moral compass
value system
assemblywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assemblywoman
argentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of coating with silver or a silver compound; silvering.
Derived terms: argentation chromatography
attiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of attire
attiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: attirings
Senses: examples: text: Near to the widow, or rather loop-hole, heaped up in a most picturesque attitude of disorder, lay a score or two of rusty helmets, their grim attirings mostly broken and disjointed.
ref: 1827, John Roby, The Children of Ravendale:
glosses: ornamentation
argentation chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A form of thin layer chromatography in which a stationary phase consisting of silica coated with silver nitrate is used to separate cis- and trans- fatty acid derivatives
approvals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of approval