cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
smackdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smackdown
golf widow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golf widows
Senses: examples: text: It is claimed that the next best thing a golf widow can do if she cannot fill her lonely hours with croquet is to assume a devout interest in her husband's game.
ref: 1900 August 12, “Women Here and There”, in New York Times, page 15:
text: "It's about being a golf widow," shrugged Rita. "What do women do when their husbands are playing golf?"
ref: 2003 October 6, Tessa Boase, “In search of the best spas”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 14 Dec 2008:
glosses: A woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.
don't judge a book by its cover
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover.
chirurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kaɪˈɹɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology: From Middle English cirurgical, from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin chirurgicālis.
Senses: examples: text: We cannot reasonably ſuppoſe that Adam, who was ſo univerſally Skill'd in the Natures of all Plants, ſhould have been ignorant of their Vulnerary Qualities: Or that he would not employ this his Skill in endeavouring to cure Wounds, or Hurts, when any of his new-planted Stock had the Misfortune te^([sic]) receive 'em. Abel was wounded and kill'd by Cain, and can we imagine that Adams Prudence would not uſe its Chirugical' endevours to redreſs ſuch diſaſters, when poſſible[?]
ref: 1699, Robert Barret, A Companion for Midwives, Child-Bearing Women, and Nurses., London, Preface:
text: For none but a clever dialectician / Can hope to become a great physician; / […] / After this there are five years more / Devoted wholly to medicine, / With lectures on chirurgical lore, / And dissections of the bodies of swine, / As likest the human form divine.
ref: 1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 266:
glosses: Surgical.
Derived terms: medicochirurgical
Related terms: chirurgie
chirurgion
chirurgeon
hornswoggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hornswoggle
hornswoggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hornswoggle
hornswoggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hornswoggle
opéra comique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opéras comiques
Etymology: Borrowed from French opéra comique.
Senses: glosses: An opera, or genre of opera, characterised by spoken dialogue interspersed between the arias and ensemble numbers.
critical tide level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: critical tide levels
Senses: glosses: A zone in which the duration of annual continuous exposure or submergence of intertidal areas changes sharply.
intitling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intitle
intitled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intitle
Uckers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A board game traditionally played in various Commonwealth navies, similar to Ludo.
névés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of névé
press-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press-ups
Senses: glosses: Synonym of push-up (“exercise”).
synonyms: word: push-up
extra: exercise
press-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press-up
press-ganging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of press-gang
press-ganged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of press-gang
progressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progressive
proof-read
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: proof-reads
form: proof-reading
form: proof-read
form: proof-read
Senses: examples: text: Knowing that the printed word is always edited, typeset and proof-read before it reaches us, we appreciate its literary authority.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Merely Conventional Signs”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: Alternative spelling of proofread.
proof-reads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of proof-read
proof-reading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proof-read
proof-reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proof-readers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proofreader.
proof-readers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proof-reader
prosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of prosy: more prosy
prosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of prosy: most prosy
psychoanalyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: psychoanalyses
form: psychoanalysing
form: psychoanalysed
form: psychoanalysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of psychoanalyze.
psychoanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of psychoanalyse
psychoanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychoanalysis
psychoanalysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of psychoanalyse
psychoanalysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of psychoanalyse
pull-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from pull in.
Senses: glosses: A rest stop; a place at the side of a road where drivers can rest.
pull-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pull-in
punch-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punch-up
punchbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃbæɡ/
ipa: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌbæɡ/
ipa: [ˈpən(t)ʃ-]
Forms: form: punchbags
Etymology: From punch + bag.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punching bag.
A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, and suspended so that swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.
glosses: Synonym of punching bag.
A person serving as an object of abuse.
punchbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punchbag
put-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of put-down
Kratzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
V*
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a variable star
Related terms: *
Cl*
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a cluster of stars — a star cluster
Related terms: *
V*
Cl
ClG
ClG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of galaxy cluster.
Related terms: Cl
Cl*
SC
G
CL
tritiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tritiates
form: tritiating
form: tritiated
form: tritiated
Senses: glosses: To add tritium (an isotope of hydrogen) to something.
Related terms: tritiation
boniato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boniatos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish boniato (“sweet potato”).
Senses: glosses: A Cuban type of sweet potato with light-colored flesh that is drier and less sweet than the varieties typical in the US (Ipomoea batatas).
noil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔɪl/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: noils
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *noyel, from Old French noiel, variant of noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”, diminutive of nōdus "knot") or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”, derivative of nux "nut"). Doublet of newel and noyau.
Senses: examples: text: The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.
text: Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton.
ref: 1908, Fibre & Fabric, page 21:
glosses: A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer.
Derived terms: noily
intimism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimisms
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A genre of art (or literature) involving the depiction of quiet, domestic scenes, usually of domestic interiors
Related terms: intimate
intimist
intimistic
neointimism
intimist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimists
Senses: glosses: A painter or writer whose art is in the intimism genre
intimiste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimistes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intimist.
intimiste
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intimiste
form: most intimiste
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intimist.
intimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intimistic
form: most intimistic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to intimism or intimists
localist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more localist
form: most localist
Etymology: From local + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Interested in, or concentrating on local events or matters; parochial or provincial.
localist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: localists
Etymology: From local + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person with local attitudes or interests.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who subscribes to localism, the belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who subscribes to localism, an approach to understanding expressions in terms of position and movement.
Corinthian spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corinthian spirits
Etymology: From Corinthian (“of a sporting event: restricted to gentleman amateurs”).
Senses: examples: text: Another thing the Association fostered, he thought, was the Old Boy spirit -- the Corinthian spirit -- and one way in which that was done was through sport.
ref: 1924 May 30, “St. Mary's Old Boys At Dinner”, in Dover Express, page 5:
text: It would be an injustice, however, to regard Pegasus as simply a late flowering of the Corinthian spirit, a throwback to an era of elite amateurism
ref: 2000, Adrian Smith with Dilwyn Porter, Amateurs and Professionals in Post-war British Sport, page 2:
glosses: An especially high standard of sportsmanship.
examples: text: [A] farmer living on Lake Ontario ... was seized with the Corinthian spirit after reading some articles on boating. The farmer wrote: A neighbor and myself built a boat for instruction and amusement ...
ref: 1879 February 24, “Sporting News”, in Buffalo Commercial, Buffalo (NY), page 3:
text: An enthusiastic yachtsman, he, in true Corinthian spirit, worked his little craft himself ...
ref: 1886 June 19, “A Trick At The Helm”, in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts, London: Chambers, page 399:
text: In the clubs interest in boxing for money seems almost dead. The army boxing contests are keenly followed, so are those of those of the universities and public schools, but the old Corinthian spirit has dropped many degrees in the social scale.
ref: 1909 January 10, “Negro Was Favorite With London Sports”, in Scranton Republican, Scranton, PA, page 2:
glosses: Amateurism, originally in yachting.
simoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of simoom.
mechanosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechano- + sensitive.
Senses: examples: a mechanosensitive ion channel
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure
Derived terms: mechanosensitivity
Related terms: mechanosensing
mechanosensory
chemosensitive
mechanosensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + sensing.
Senses: examples: text: Mechanosensing is probably the least understood aspect of the whole process of mechanotransduction.
ref: 2005, S.R.K. Vedula et al., “Role of external physical forces in cell signal transduction”, in Hiroshi Wada, editor, Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels, →ISBN, page 83:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below
Related terms: chemosensing
mechanosensor
mechanosensory
mechanosensitive
mechanotransduction
macropinosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macropinosome
macropinocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macropinocytoses
Etymology: From macro- + pinocytosis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell
Derived terms: macropinocytic
macropinocytose
macropinocytotic
Related terms: macropinosome
pinocytosis
phagocytosis
macropinosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macropinosomes
Etymology: From macro- + pinosome.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis
Derived terms: macropinosomal
Related terms: micropinosome
pinosome
matrigel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrigels
Senses: examples: text: All cells were subjected to a matrigel invasion assay.
ref: 2008 December 12, Varambally et al., “Genomic Loss of microRNA-101 Leads to Overexpression of Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 in Cancer”, in Science, volume 322, number 5908, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Matrigel.
Matrigel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Matrigels
form: matrigel
Etymology: From the brand name "Matrigel", marketed by BD Biosciences.
Senses: examples: text: Matrigels appear as dark, heavily hemoglobinized gelatinous implants in the ventral sc tissue.
ref: 2002, Sonia Franco et al., “Decreased B16F10 Melanoma Growth and Impaired Vascularization in Telomerase-deficient Mice with Critically Short Telomeres”, in Cancer Research, volume 62:
glosses: A gelatinous protein mixture secreted by mouse tumor cells, or specifically a plug composed of this mixture
Matrigels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Matrigel
barreling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: barrelling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barrel
barreling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelings
form: barrelling
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a barrel-like shape.
glosses: Synonym of barrel distortion.
synonyms: word: barrel distortion
Related terms: bollarding
pork-barreling
dementias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dementia
distancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distancer
enlightenments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enlightenment
buddied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdid/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buddy
stedy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of steady.
stedily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of steadily.
buddying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buddy
distancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distancers
Etymology: From distance (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: pursuer
text: Pursuers are more likely than distancers to seek help from a professional, such as a physician.
ref: 1990, Susan H. McDaniel et al., Family-Oriented Primary Care, →ISBN, page 171:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment.
examples: text: The band’s third album, “When the World Comes Down,” isn’t striking obscure poses, inventing slang or playing with the audience through distancers like tension and distortion.
ref: 2008 December 14, Ben Ratliff, “Critic's Choice: New CDs”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A means for establishing physical or emotional distance.
distancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distancers
Etymology: From distance (noun) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Phillips was one of a field of a dozen distancers who started in the twomile handicap run which featured the games of the Friend's of Irish Freedom at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn.
ref: 1921 August 22, “Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race”, in The New York Times, page 16:
synonyms: long distancer
glosses: A long-distance runner.
pinosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinosomes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A vesicle filled with extracellular fluid, formed by pinching the cell membrane inward through pinocytosis
Derived terms: macropinosome
micropinosome
pinosomal
tetani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetanus
driftnetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of driftnet
driftnetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of driftnet
doweries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowery
gloaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloater
grandmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmaster
implausibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of implausibility
incidencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incidency
intoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intoner
jeopardies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeopardy
jetpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetpack
jetpacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jetpack
jasperizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jasperize
jasperizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jasperize
jasperized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jasperize
jasperization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jasper + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Jasperization of chert was concomitant with hard ore formation, but it was incidental rather than necessary for ore localization.
ref: 1948, Robert Myres Crump, Origin of hard iron ores of the Marquette district, page 52:
glosses: The act or process of jasperizing.
robotisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of robotization.
nucleolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nucleo- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in DNA or RNA.
Derived terms: exonucleolytic
nonnucleolytic
nucleolytically
Related terms: nucleolysis
indument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: induments
Etymology: From Latin indumentum (“a covering”). See indue, and compare induement.
Senses: glosses: garment, robe, clothing
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: plumage; feathers
examples: text: The leaf indument of a number of North American, Macaronesian and European Dryopteris taxa is described.
ref: 1986, “Taxonomical significance of the leaf indument in Dryopteris (Pteridophyta): I. Some North American, Macaronesian and European taxa”, in Plant Systematics and Evolution, volume 153, →DOI, page 77:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: indumentum
Related terms: indumentum
thees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thēz
ipa: /ðiːz/
ipa: /ðiz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: these
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thee
bog brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bog brushes
Senses: examples: text: And it doesn't work, does it? Your hair is too coarse to flop like a wild Tay salmon or a swatch of Savile Row suiting, your hair bristles, like a bog brush, like a suburban doormat.
ref: 2003, Stephen Fry, The Stars' Tennis Balls, page 19:
glosses: A toilet brush.
oreillette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔɹ.eɪ(l)ˈjɛt/
Forms: form: oreillettes
Etymology: From French oreillette. Compare Middle English horete. Also compare Spanish orejera (“ear armor”), using a different suffix.
Senses: examples: text: The head is covered with a helmet, with oreillettes, and a pierced vizor; upon which are the arms of England, and the King's initials, “J. R.”
ref: 1850, The Royal Companion to the "Sights of London" and Within Twenty-five Miles of St. Paul's: Containing a Mass of Valuable Information, Useful, Entertaining, and Instructive, Especially to Visitors to "The Great Metropolis.", page 14:
text: The third attendant, who bears the king's square banner, whereon is emblazoned his harp, has a visor'd helmet, with the mentoniere and circular oreillettes, and the neck-covering, or hausse-col, of plate; […]
ref: 1863, William Young Ottley, An inquiry concerning the invention of printing, also notices of the early use of wood-engraving, etc, page 334:
text: Iron helmet, with oreillettes ornamented with repoussé arabesques crested with a sort of sheaf ornament; in front is a dolphin mask. This beautiful helmet is doubtless the work of Paolo di Negroli, a famous Milanese armourer ...
ref: 1863, South Kensington Museum, Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediæval, Renaissance, and More Recent Periods: On Loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1862, page 365:
text: The helmet is also furnished with two oreillettes, attached by hinges, and will meet over the chin ...
ref: 1896, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England: Glossary, page 13:
text: It is in fact a conical cap, with a laminated neckpiece and oreillettes. This helmet was designed to meet a defect in the armet, for there was a weak place, where the casque came in contact with the body armour.
ref: 1898, Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities, page 242:
glosses: A flap or plate covering the ear in medieval armor helmets and civilian clothing.
robotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more robotically
form: most robotically
Etymology: From robotic + -ally or robotical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a robotic (or robotical) fashion.
robotical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more robotical
form: most robotical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of robotic.
802.11e
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An IEEE standard, IEEE 802.11e-2005, that adds QoS (Quality of Service) features and multimedia support to the existing 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a wireless networks.
802.11i
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An IEEE standard specifying security mechanisms for 802.11 networks. 802.11i makes use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) block cipher. The standard also includes improvements in key management, user authentication through 802.1X and data integrity of headers.
weapons tight
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order that weapons may only be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) that are positively identified as hostile.
Related terms: weapons free
weapons hold
abaa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more abaa
form: most abaa
Etymology: Barrère & Leland and Green's Dictionary of Slang suggest it could be from English baa, from the onomatopoeia of the bleating of a sheep.
Senses: glosses: Contemptible; vile; silly.
Derived terms: abaa cove
abaa muff
abaa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abaas
Etymology: Barrère & Leland and Green's Dictionary of Slang suggest it could be from English baa, from the onomatopoeia of the bleating of a sheep.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is not a trade unionist.
Synonyms: knobstick
Related terms: english: strikebreaker
translation: strikebreaker
word: scab
english: strikebreaker
translation: strikebreaker
word: blackleg
english: strikebreaker
translation: strikebreaker
word: scalie
weapons free
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order that weapons may be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) that are not positively identified as friendly.
Related terms: weapons hold
weapons tight
weapons hold
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An order that weapons may be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) only when under attack, or in response to a formal order.
Related terms: weapons free
weapons tight
tajga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of taiga.
full on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more full on
form: most full on
form: full-on
Senses: glosses: All out.
glosses: Out-and-out
glosses: Overwhelming
full on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: full-on
Senses: glosses: Totally; with full commitment.
full-on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: full on
Etymology: From full- (“fully, completely”) + on.
Senses: examples: text: This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
text: It only takes a little tweaking for the Simpsons’ home to become a full-on freak show, with Homer as its perpetually apoplectic main attraction.
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: "Seven years," he confirms. "Nobody else has done more than four. The job has been wonderfully rewarding, but very full-on. There hasn't been a lot of time in my life for normal things. I needed to find a better balance." Unprompted, he dives straight into the obvious question: having told everyone he intended to be the last chief executive of Network Rail, why the change of heart?
ref: 2025 September 17, Paul Clifton, “"You don't get the luxury of self-pity in this job, because the machine is continuing to churn problems at me" says Sir Andrew Haines”, in RAIL, number 1044, page 28:
glosses: All-out; out and out; complete; utter.
glosses: Extreme; to the maximum degree.
full-on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: full on
Etymology: From full- (“fully, completely”) + on.
Senses: glosses: Totally; with full commitment.
white cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white cells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white blood cell.
synonyms: word: white blood cell
ride cymbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ride cymbal
unwebbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + webbed.
Senses: glosses: Not webbed.
inversible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of invertible.
diamante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈmɒnti/
Forms: form: diamantes
Etymology: Borrowed from French diamanté (“adorned with diamonds”).
Senses: glosses: An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
glosses: A diamante poem.
diamante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈmɒnti/
Forms: form: more diamante
form: most diamante
Etymology: Borrowed from French diamanté (“adorned with diamonds”).
Senses: examples: text: An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.
ref: 6 May 2023, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian:
glosses: covered in diamante decorations
glosses: shiny or iridescent, as if covered in or made of diamonds
hypertrophied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypertrophy
Derived terms: nonhypertrophied
hypertrophying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hypertrophy
Federal Communications Commission
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: US wireless regulatory authority. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
Synonyms: FCC
hirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hiring
geezery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more geezery
form: most geezery
Etymology: From geezer + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Stayed up thar myself fer a spell - with some geezery ole moonshiners.
ref: 1966, Josephine Carson, First Man, Last Man:
glosses: Like a geezer: old and senile
Synonyms: geezerly
gospelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gospelly
form: most gospelly
Etymology: From gospel + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When we reach the piano, Ormus sits down and starts to play a slow, haunting gospelly tune.
ref: 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, published 2000, page 539:
glosses: Resembling gospel music
gospelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gospelly
form: most gospelly
Etymology: From gospel + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The Ceremonies cease, but yet the Creede / Contained therein, continues gospelly, / That make my feeble Spirits will grow frim.
ref: 1698, Edward Taylor, “Meditation 25”, in The Poems of Edward Taylor, UNC, published 1989, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: Christianity
glosses: In the manner of the Gospel
tyfoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyfoons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
tyfoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyfoon
pajama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈd͡ʒæmə/
ipa: /pəˈd͡ʒɑːmə/
Forms: form: pyjama
Senses: examples: text: We were greeted by an old, pajama-clad man.
text: Let's have a pajama party.
text: pajama top and bottoms
glosses: Attributive form of pajamas.
examples: text: (Mr. Kibwana): On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Mr. Omingo, who seems to relish in calling me names, to suggest that the national dress of Kenya is a pajama?
ref: 2004 December 1, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard):
glosses: A pair of pajamas.
Derived terms: pajama cardinalfish
pajama day
pajamaed
pajamafied
pajama injunction
pajamaless
pajamalike
baselayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baselayer
daylilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daylily
deprecations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deprecation
doorbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorbuster
esophagectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esophagectomy
oesophagectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oesophagectomy
exponentiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exponentiate
exponentiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exponentiate
exsanguinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exsanguinate
exsanguinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exsanguinate
exsanguinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exsanguinate
extremums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extrema
Senses: glosses: plural of extremum
factsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factsheet
featherbedded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of featherbed
fieldstrips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fieldstrip
fieldstripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fieldstrip
fieldstripped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fieldstrip
firehosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of firehose
habeases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habeas
hardcopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardcopy
henchwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henchwoman
pleophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleo- + -phony.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.
Synonyms: polnoglasie
howers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hower
polnoglasie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Russian полногла́сие (polnoglásije).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The phenomenon of disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages of Late Proto-Slavic closed syllable clusters involving a vowel *a, *o, *e followed by a liquid *r or *l.
Synonyms: pleophony
infancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infancy
lampstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampstand
laparoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laparoscopy
laryngoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngoscope
lobotomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lobotomize
lobotomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lobotomize
lobotomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lobotomize
envigorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of envigorate
envigorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of envigorate
envigorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of envigorate
entitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entitize
entitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entitize
endothelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliə
Senses: glosses: plural of endothelium
effeminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of effeminate
effeminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effeminate
effeminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of effeminate
effeminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more effeminated
form: most effeminated
Senses: examples: text: whereas, presently upon his censure at this time, his ambition was moderated, his pride humbled, and the means of his former injustice and corruption removed, you would he not relinquish the practice of his most horrible and secret sin of sodomy, keeping still one Godrich, a very effeminated youth, to be his catamite and bed-fellow,
ref: 1834, Letters of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, page xv:
text: So we get him between the upper and nether mill-stones of a compusory law that requires him to go, and a baffled teacher who forbids him to come– till he is fit for nothing but the reform-school, or the jail, where at last he encounters that physical force which our effeminated public opinion was afraid to have touch him in the first place, when it might have saved him.
ref: 1886, Ford's Christian Repository - Volumes 41-42, page 300:
text: While all readers of Praxis occupy the effeminated reader position and double-read, within that position, readers are interpellated as feminists, and as feminist women in particular.
ref: 1991, Lisa Maria Hogeland, Re-visionary Heteroglossia, page 298:
text: Lisa Jardine sees Viola as an effeminated male, as does Stephen Greenblatt .
ref: 2000, Mary Bly, Queer Virgins and Virgin Queans on the Early Modern Stage, page 57:
text: The emperor fortunately did not want to demolish the Alhambra but he tried "to conserve it, but reduced, neutralized and effeminated".
ref: 2012, D.M. Mark, Andrew U. Frank, Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space, page 59:
text: Echoing standard eighteenth-century moral-philosophical platitudes, ancient Highland society is portrayed as "manly" and noble, in contrast with the "effeminated" state of civilizatioon and luxury.
ref: 2013, Matthew Wickman, The Ruins of Experience:
glosses: Having feminine qualities; effeminate.
Derived terms: uneffeminated
effeminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of effeminate
muskoxen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muskox
high-rises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-rise
highrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highrises
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of high-rise.
highrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highrise
zestier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of zesty: more zesty
zestiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of zesty: most zesty
kujawah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kujawahs
Senses: examples: text: […] those who have served in the late campaigns beyond the Indus, can remember the misery then endured by the sick, when carried on camels in a common Kujawah, […]
ref: 1845, J. L. Login, M. D. Surgeon to the Residency at Lucknow, “Memoir on the Field Carriage of sick and wounded Soldiers in the Bengal Army”, in The Calcutta Review, volume 3, page x:
text: For the carriage of sick the camel is fairly well suited, the main difficulty being the kujawah, cradle or chair, the correct shape, size and weight of which can only be decided by actual experiment in hills as well as plains and under varying conditions.
ref: 1880, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, volumes 9-10 1880-1881, page 44:
text: Casualties were evacuated by hand-carriage, riding ponies and mules and camel kujawahs, the great bulk being evacuated by kujawahs […]
ref: 1931, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume 57, page 413:
glosses: Alternative form of kajawah.
kujawahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kujawah
keyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From key + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The keyness of a summarizing symbol derives from the relative fundamentality (or ultimacy) of the meanings which it formulates, relative to other meanings of the system.
ref: 1973, Sherry B. Ortner, “On Key Symbols”, in American Anthropology, volume 75:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The degree to which something is key, or important.
examples: text: This was one of the weakest keywords that was found, with a keyness of 24.9.
ref: 2005, Paul Baker, Public Discourse of Gay Men, →ISBN, page 160:
topics: computational
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The statistical significance of a keyword's frequency in a given corpus, relative to a reference corpus.
Related terms: low-keyness
Keynes
labiovelar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: labio-velar
Etymology: From labio- + velar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: co-articulated at the velum and the lips
Derived terms: labiovelarize
labiovelar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labiovelars
form: labio-velar
Etymology: From labio- + velar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A labiovelar sound.
labio-velar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labio-velars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of labiovelar.
palatovelar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palatovelars
Etymology: From palato- + velar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A velar sound articulated further in the mouth at the area of the soft palate; a palatized velar.
palatovelar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palato- + velar.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to such a sound.
flatlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatline
flatlines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flatline
flatlining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flatline
flatlined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flatline
definitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of definitize
definitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of definitize
definitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of definitize
o-grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos) is a reflex of *ǵónh₁os (“race”), which is itself an o-grade derivative of the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to produce, bear”).
text: A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
ref: 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
coordinate_terms: e-grade
zero-grade
glosses: In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a Proto-Indo-European root, characterised by the presence of the */o/ vowel phoneme in place of */e/.
e-grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: *bʰer- is the e-grade of the root meaning “to carry, bear”.
synonyms: full-grade
coordinate_terms: o-grade
zero-grade
lengthened grade
qualifier: Indo-European linguistics
glosses: In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.
zero-grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zero-grades
form: zero grade
Etymology: From zero + grade, as in gradation (“apophony”). Possibly after German Nullstufe.
Senses: examples: text: *bʰr̥- is the zero-grade of the Indo-European root *bʰer- meaning “to carry, bear”.
synonyms: vanishing grade
coordinate_terms: e-grade / full-grade
o-grade
lengthened grade
qualifier: Indo-European linguistics
glosses: In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
root noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root nouns
form: root-noun
Senses: glosses: In Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.
Hypernyms: athematic
root-noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root-nouns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of root noun.
moar
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /moɹ/
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of more.
police state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: police states
Etymology: Likely a calque of German Polizeistaat adopted following the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 and the ensuing Demagogenverfolgungen, culminating in the crackdown of liberal and anarchical movements popular in the 1840s during the German revolutions of 1848–1849. Equivalent to police + state.
Senses: examples: text: You didn't know there is […] an active campaign, propaganda and otherwise, […] against all kinds of security procedures on the ground that they are all police state methods and all interfere with individual rights?
ref: 1964 September 16, J. G. Sourwine, “Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigatee the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Eighty-Ninth Congress First Session”, in hearing (US Senate), volume 10, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 674:
text: [Mo:] But out there in the real world they're bombing abortion clinics... holding Nazi and KKK rallies... trying to quarantine people who might have AIDS. They're making secret weapons deals to illegally fund so-called "freedom fighters" and calling it "the Lord's work"!! We're living in a Protestant police state […]
ref: 1987, Alison Bechdel, “High Anxiety”, in Dykes to Watch Out For:
text: A gun up in our faces and they never gave a reason / The writing's on the wall, the politics are fake / Its clear to me we're livin' in a police state […] The prisons are for profit, its society's mistake / How macabre, we been living in a police state
ref: 2015, “Police State”, in Police State, performed by Tropidelic:
glosses: A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.
wikipedia: Carlsbad Decrees
German revolutions of 1848–1849
de:Demagogenverfolgung
Related terms: secret police
totalitarianism
practiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practisers
form: practicer
Etymology: From Middle English practisour, from practisen + -our or Middle French practiseur; equivalent to practise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who practises.
practisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of practiser
Presidents' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Two weeks later, on Presidents' Day, while Nancy was away on a speaking trip in Texas, I decided to try again and sent Gorbachev a seven-page, handwritten letter with a set of new proposals that I hoped would bring the still-deadlocked Geneva talks off dead center while responding to his proposals.
ref: 1990, Ronald Reagan, An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 656:
glosses: A day celebrating George Washington and other presidents, a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the third Monday of February (formerly on the 22nd of February).
Synonyms: Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On Washington's Birthday nineteen congressmen⁷ wrote me an impressive letter. These men, some of whom I knew well, a number of whom I knew not at all, urged me, on behalf of their respective constituents, to come home and seek the Republican presidential nomination.
ref: 1963, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: A public holiday in the USA celebrated on the third Monday of February, during which the US presidents, especially George Washington, are celebrated or remembered.
Synonyms: Presidents' Day
George Washington's Birthday