cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
in session
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Court is now in session, all rise!
glosses: Ready to conduct a meeting or direct an assembly of people. (of an institution, place, etc.)
anti-ballistic missile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-ballistic missiles
form: antiballistic missile
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A missile designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in flight.
Synonyms: ABM
Coordinate terms: antiaircraft missile
anti-satellite missile
anti-ship missile
anti-submarine missile
ballistic missile
cruise missile
antiballistic missile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiballistic missiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-ballistic missile.
selling out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell out
MMX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Matrix Math eXtensions, an extension to the x86 CPU instruction set architecture.
Coordinate terms: x87
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4
kerb appeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of curb appeal.
play fair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays fair
form: playing fair
form: played fair
form: played fair
Senses: examples: text: Police interrogators don't have to play fair: they are allowed to lie to or coerce a witness.
coordinate_terms: play dirty
glosses: To behave equitably and honestly.
Related terms: fair play
play it straight
play by the rules
play the game
too much pudding will choke a dog
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: One can have too much of a good thing.
double truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double trucks
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A double-page spread advertisement.
double trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double truck
Burnaston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2832).
Ashley Down
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5975).
Mary Warner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From marijuana.
Senses: glosses: Cannabis.
famisign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famisigns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of legisign.
synonyms: word: legisign
potisign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potisigns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of qualisign.
synonyms: word: qualisign
actisign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actisigns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sinsign.
synonyms: word: sinsign
famisigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of famisign
potisigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potisign
actisigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actisign
red Leb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A reddish variety of cannabis from Lebanon.
Lebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leb
Durban poison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A potent variety of cannabis from South Africa.
brunetteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brunette + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being brunette.
wallbanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallbangers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Harvey Wallbanger.
synonyms: word: Harvey Wallbanger
glosses: a carpenter
deadishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deadish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deadish.
wallful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallfuls
form: wallsful
Etymology: From wall + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as (the surface of) a wall will hold
damageableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From damageable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The psychological effects of damageableness should depend somewhat on the prevalence of hazards in the life situation.
ref: 1954, Howard Brand, The Study of Personality: A Book of Readings, page 549:
glosses: The quality of being damageable.
declamatoriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From declamatory + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being declamatory.
disproportionalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disproportional + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] prohibited the imposition or carrying out of death sentences in a racially disproportionate matter; it targeted racial disproportionalness both with respect to defendants as well as victims.
ref: 2015, Nina M. Moore, The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice, page 111:
glosses: The quality of being disproportional.
wallfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallful
wallum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallums
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A coastal ecosystem in Queensland, Australia.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A shrub, Banksia aemula, that grows there.
walpurgite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walpurgites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated arsenate/oxide of bismuth and uranium.
consolette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consolettes
Etymology: From console + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: New models include the Palm Beach X (DPS 22), a four-speed manual with a suggested list price of $19.95 available in blue, gold and silver, and three four-in-one consolettes […]
ref: 1965, Billboard, volume 77, number 23, page 39:
text: […] a multi-pin Bendix connector to supply voltages, audio, microphone, muting and gating circuitry to the consolettes.
ref: 1985, Sound & Communications, volume 31, page 26:
glosses: A small console (especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo), that usually stands on splayed legs.
raw_tags: from the 1960s
consolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consolette
walpurgites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walpurgite
discerptibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discerptible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being discerptible.
discomposedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discomposed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being discomposed.
discomfortableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discomfortable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being discomfortable.
wamara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of rosewood/ebony from Guyana.
wamara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wamaras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woomera.
epidemicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epidemical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being epidemical.
defiledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From defiled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being defiled.
deisticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deistical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deistical.
dissentaneousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dissentaneous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dissentaneous.
distemperedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From distempered + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being distempered.
wampus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wampuses
Senses: glosses: A lout; a yokel.
Related terms: wampus cat
wumpus
wanax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanaxes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Mycenaean Greek 𐀷𐀙𐀏 (wa-na-ka).
Senses: glosses: A Mycenean or Minoan king.
Related terms: anax
wandery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wander + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Just walking about, in a wandery sort of way. Waving something about in the air.
ref: 1979, Fun Phantoms: Tales of Ghostly Entertainment, page 54:
text: I'm worried, Shadow. He's sick. I mean more than a wandery mind.
ref: 1995, Zenna Henderson, Mark Olson, Priscilla Olson, Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson, page 403:
glosses: wandering (physically or mentally)
Giltbrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the local Gilt Brook, which flows into the River Erewash.
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Greasley parish, Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4845).
Boothian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Booth + -ian.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a tangential coordinate system invented by James Booth.
bookdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From book + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of books.
examples: text: Both during the doctorate and in subsequent revisions along the path to bookdom, the manuscript benefitted from discussions with many experts, colleagues and friends.
ref: 2011, Silvio Cruschina, Discourse-Related Features and Functional Projections, page xi:
glosses: The condition of being a book.
wanaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanax
boomorah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus).
borderlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borderlanders
Etymology: From borderland + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who lives in the borderland.
borderlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borderlander
bordarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔːˈdɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /bɔɹˈdɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: bordarii
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bordar (“person ranking below villeins and above serfs”).
synonyms: word: bordar
extra: person ranking below villeins and above serfs
bordarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordarius
bosslet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bosslets
Etymology: From boss + -let.
Senses: examples: text: […] the time spent in office being guarded against all effective training through "pulls" held by these appointees upon our political bosses and bosslets, who allow of no attempt to hold them to any hard work - out of the primaries.
ref: 1888, Richard Heber Newman, Sermons in All Souls Monthly, 1888-1891, page 40:
text: If successful, Claypoole's election would elevate Pollack even further above the city's other bosslets and aggravate the factional tensions that had divided the city council since Thomas D'Alesandro, Pollack's candidate, had become mayor.
ref: 2017, Matthew A. Crenson, Baltimore: A Political History, page 419:
glosses: A lesser boss.
bosslets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosslet
botanophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanophiles
Etymology: From botany + -o- + -phile.
Senses: synonyms: botanophilist
glosses: A person with an interest in botany.
botanophilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanophilists
Etymology: From botany + -o- + -philist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of botanophile.
synonyms: word: botanophile
botanophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botanophile
botanophilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botanophilist
bosn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bosns
Senses: examples: text: When a Seascout meeting starts, we hear the shrill pipe of the bosn's call, and the word, “All hands fall in at quarters!”
ref: 1920, Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America:
text: The fall was due to the fact that the knot which secured the Bosn's chair to the gantline came undone.
ref: 1964, United States. Merchant Marine Council, Proceedings, volume 21, page 138:
glosses: Alternative form of bosun.
bosns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosn
botherment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botherments
Etymology: From bother + -ment.
Senses: glosses: bother; annoyance
botherments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botherment
bothros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothroi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βόθρος (bóthros, “trench, pit”).
Senses: glosses: An artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.
bothroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothros
boughy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊ.i/
ipa: /ˈbaʊ.ɪ/
Forms: form: more boughy
form: most boughy
Etymology: From bough + -y.
Senses: glosses: Full of boughs.
bountiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bountyless.
bountyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bountiless
Etymology: From bounty + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without bounty.
bourgeoisitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bourgeoisitic
form: most bourgeoisitic
Etymology: From bourgeoisie + -ic.
Senses: glosses: bourgeois
bowlmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowlmakers
Etymology: From bowl + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Indian woodworkers, from the obscure Virginia native John the Bowlmaker to the celebrated Mohegan preacher Samson Occom, carved not only the traditional bowls and spoons but also a flat-bottomed vessel specifically designed for Anglo-American tables.
ref: 2012, Bernard Bailyn, Philip D. Morgan, Strangers Within the Realm, page 135:
glosses: A manufacturer of bowls.
bowlmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowlmaker
boycottings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boycotting
boyangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boyang
equulei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equuleus
Okement
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Devon, England, which joins the River Torridge, formed from the tributaries East Okement River and West Okement River.
brachycephalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brachycephalizes
form: brachycephalizing
form: brachycephalized
form: brachycephalized
Etymology: From brachycephalic + -ize or brachycephaly + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make or become brachycephalic.
brachycephalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brachycephalize
brachycephalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brachycephalize
brachycephalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brachycephalize
bracketwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bracket + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In terms of brackets (in various senses).
brackmard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brackmards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of braquemard (“type of sword”).
brackmards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brackmard
JMAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of JSON Meta Application Protocol.
Newholm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːhəʊm/
Etymology: From Old English nīwe (“new”) + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Newholm-cum-Dunsley parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8610).
glosses: A community in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.
frequent flyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frequent flyer
frequent flier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frequent fliers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frequent flyer.
wile out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wiles out
form: wiling out
form: wiled out
form: wiled out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wild out.
make one's own luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes one's own luck
form: making one's own luck
form: made one's own luck
form: made one's own luck
Senses: glosses: To take measures to ensure that one will succeed, rather than relying on luck.
Related terms: fortune favors the bold
you have to be good to be lucky
you have to be good to be lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: People who succeed do so through skill and preparation rather than mere chance.
Related terms: fortune favors the bold
heaven helps those who help themselves
make one's own luck
you're only as good as your last shift
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From the game of ice hockey; see shift.
Senses: glosses: A person's perceived skill or competence is determined by their most recent success or failure.
KPG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Korean Provisional Government (1919-1948) (The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea) The government-in-exile of Korea after its conquest and occupation by Japan.
has legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have legs
having legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have legs
had legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have legs
logey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logey
form: most logey
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of logy.
redisturb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redisturbs
form: redisturbing
form: redisturbed
form: redisturbed
Etymology: From re- + disturb.
Senses: glosses: To disturb again.
redisturbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redisturb
redisturbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redisturb
redisturbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redisturb
hypertargeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypertargeted
form: most hypertargeted
form: hyper-targeted
Etymology: From hyper- + targeted.
Senses: examples: text: a hypertargeted marketing campaign
text: It has also a plan to insert ads into AI mode and the Gemini app—which it argues can be hyper-targeted and thus more lucrative to vendors—and sell new products such as augmented reality glasses and ultimately robots.
ref: 2025 May 24, Stephen Morris, Melissa Heikkilä, Cristina Criddle, “Defending the high ground”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 7:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Extremely targeted.
hypertargeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypertarget
run an errand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs an errand
form: running an errand
form: ran an errand
form: run an errand
Senses: glosses: To undertake a journey to complete a small task of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
Related terms: run errands
runs an errand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run an errand
running an errand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run an errand
ran an errand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run an errand
run errands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs errands
form: running errands
form: ran errands
form: run errands
Senses: glosses: To undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
Related terms: run an errand
runs errands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run errands
running errands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run errands
ran errands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run errands
head boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head boats
Senses: glosses: A fishing vessel/marine craft that is for-hire on a per person basis. A Head Boat or "Charter" are vessels issued a Certificate of Inspection (COI) issued by the U.S. Coast Guard to carry greater than six passengers-for-hire for the purposes of engaging in recreational fishing.
brighteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bright
brighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bright
brighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bright
warby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: warbier
form: warbiest
Etymology: Probably from warb + -y, although the former is attested a few years later.
Senses: examples: text: 'Of all the warby ideas,' he said, and in the spite of the rain and the prospect of a wet camp, in spite of everything, he was smiling at her, 'the warbiest is you going on your own. I guess Jimmy and me can give you a lift down to Orion for the cherry-pickin'. What say, Jimmy?'
ref: 1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers, Pymble, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, published 1994, →ISBN, page 260:
glosses: Unkempt, disreputable.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
wardency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The office or position of a warden.
recording angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recording angels
Etymology: recording + angel
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: An angel that records the events and actions of each individual human. This includes bad sins and good deeds.
recording angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recording angel
wareshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wareshis
Senses: glosses: A basket worn on the back and secured with a band around the forehead
washerette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washerettes
Etymology: From washer + -ette.
Senses: glosses: launderette
washomat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washomats
Senses: glosses: laundromat, launderette
waterland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterlands
Etymology: From water + land. Cognate with Old Frisian waterland, weterlond, Middle Low German waterlant, wāterlant, Dutch waterland, German Wasserland.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wetland.
synonyms: word: wetland
waterlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterland
watersmeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəzˌmiːt/
Forms: form: watersmeets
Etymology: From the placename Watersmeet, earlier Waters Meet, from waters (“rivers”) + meet.
Senses: glosses: A confluence of two rivers.
waxhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxheads
Etymology: From wax + -head.
Senses: glosses: A surfer (surfboard enthusiast).
waywort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayworts
Senses: glosses: pimpernel or any similar wayside plant
talith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taliths
form: talithes
form: talithim
form: talithot
form: talithoth
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tallit.
Kilton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪltən/
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Lockwood parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ7018).
glosses: A suburb of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5979).
glosses: A hamlet in Stringston parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1643).
baclosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: baclofen
cataphorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: hypernyms: endophorically
coordinate_terms: anaphorically
glosses: In a cataphoric manner
Stringston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1742).
intraoligochaete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + oligochaete.
Senses: glosses: Within an oligochaete
micromill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromills
Etymology: From micro- + mill.
Senses: glosses: A small-scale mill used to prepare laboratory samples
preappraised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + appraised.
Senses: glosses: appraised prior to some other operation
weanable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wean + -able.
Senses: qualifier: typically
glosses: Able to be weaned
raw_tags: of a farm animal
weedable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weed + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able or suitable to be weeded
weedful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weed + -ful.
Senses: examples: a weedful garden
glosses: full of weeds
weeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wee + -ness.
Senses: glosses: smallness
welcomeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From welcome + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking a welcome
glosses: unwelcome
Barfuss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barfusses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Barfuss, from barfuß (“barefoot”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bloodsworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bloodsworths
Etymology: Variant of Bloodworth.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
caesium auride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cesium auride
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow salt with the chemical formula CsAu, formed by the reaction of molten gold and molten cesium.
Synonyms: CsAu
Hypernyms: auride
Coordinate terms: rubidium auride
tetramethylammonium auride
Bloodsworths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bloodsworth
Barfusses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barfuss
Berardinelli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berardinellis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Berardinelli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Bencivenga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bencivengas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Bencivenga.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Bencivengas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bencivenga
Berardinellis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Berardinelli
Alcindor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alcindors
Etymology: Borrowed from French Alcindor. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Alcindors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Alcindor
Blesses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bless
Trindades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Trindade
Twaddle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Twaddles
Etymology: Variant of Tweedle.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tuasons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuason
Twaddles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Twaddle
Vieau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vieaus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Vieau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Wyeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wyeths
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon, United States.
Wyeths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wyeth
Vieaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vieau
McShea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McSheas
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Séaghdha (“son of Séaghdha”), a byname meaning "fine" of "fortunate".
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Maahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maahses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Maahs, variant of Maas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Thibeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thibeauxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Thibeaux, variant of Thibault.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Thibeauxes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thibeaux
McSheas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McShea
Maahses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maahs
McSorleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McSorley
weself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Compare Tyneside English we (“us”).
Senses: glosses: ourselves
westfalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An explosive, used in mining, containing ammonium nitrate.
westland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: westlands
Etymology: From west + land.
Senses: examples: text: The Gray Clan held the longest range from two snowcaps east of Solstice Mountain to the shallow foothills midway into the westlands.
ref: 2010, Robert Stanek, In the Service of Dragons:
glosses: The western part of a geographic area; a land lying to the west.
doughnut dolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒli
Forms: form: doughnut dollies
Etymology: So called because they served doughnuts at mobile canteens.
Senses: examples: text: Carter said they flew some doughnut dollies out to Colt the other day, but they live way up at the headquarters compound, and you said you've only been between here and the hospital.
ref: 1984, William E. Holland, Let a Soldier Die, page 151:
text: Rankin said she recommended the producers drop the character of K.C., a "doughnut dolly” who became a prostitute
ref: 1988, Media Report to Women - Volumes 16-17:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A female volunteer for the American Red Cross providing support to servicemen.
westwardmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From westward + -most.
Senses: glosses: Most westerly
whaffor
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: what for, why
whalish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whalish
form: most whalish
Etymology: From whale + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a whale.
whammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whammers
Etymology: From wham + -er.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
mountaineering
sports
glosses: A piton hammer
wharfless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wharf + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking a wharf.
whassa
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: what is the
wheelerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wheeler + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A yellowish fossil resin, associated with lignite, present in cretaceous strata of New Mexico
whichways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: every which way
anti-piracy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-piracy
form: most anti-piracy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antipiracy.
Beddingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council) in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4407).
doughnut dollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doughnut dolly
malice in fact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But falsehood and want of probable cause are in themselves evidence of malice in fact.
ref: 1845 January, Peter Vivian Daniel, “White v. Nicholls et al.”, in Benjamin C. Howard, editor, United States Reports, volume 44, Philadelphia: T & J. W. Johnson, page 281:
text: A private individual very often made a statement out of malice, but a newspaper very often published these matters not for malice in fact, but because it answered their purpose to do so […]
ref: 1888 June 6, William Vernon Harcourt, parliamentary debates (House of Commons):
topics: law
glosses: Provable intent to commit a crime or otherwise do harm.
Bexton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, next to Knutsford (OS grid ref SJ7476).
line of communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lines of communication
form: line of communications
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The networks of land, water, and air routes that connects a battlefield and its military personnel, supplies, etc.
examples: text: If anything is lost in the line of communication, they could end up blowing their cover.
glosses: A chain of communications through an established system.
line of communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lines of communications
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of line of communication.
Belton and Manthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England.
opossum shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opossum shrimps
Senses: glosses: mysid shrimp
Bryning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪnɪŋ/
homophone: brining
Etymology: Compare Brunning.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Bryning-with-Warton parish, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4029).
Cerulli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cerullis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cerulli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Bryning-with-Warton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England.
C&D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C&Ds
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of cease and desist.
Related terms: C&D Canal
C&Ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C&D
Martley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Martleys
Etymology: From Old English mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7559).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
pyramid piano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyramid pianos
Etymology: From the shape of the instrument, which is roughly triangular, like a projection of a pyramid.
Senses: examples: text: The return of the pyramid piano dates from 1804 from the workshops of Wachtl and Bleyer, in Vienna. .
ref: 1968, Franz Josef Hirt, Stringed Keyboard Instruments, 1440-1880, page 146:
text: His known pieces include a pyramid piano in Vienna in the “Sammlung alter Musikinstrument", two grand pianos and this giraffe piano; they were all made in Bohemia.
ref: 2001, Jiri Rak, Guido Lagomarsino, Biedermeier: Art and Culture in Central Europe, 1815-1848, page 178:
text: Upstairs there was a pyramid piano — an instrument of peculiar shape and height, like a concert piano turned up against the wall.
ref: 2020, Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, page 87:
glosses: A piano that has its strings slanting upward from left to right in a case that is shaped like a tall isosceles triangle.
Related terms: giraffe piano
pyramid pianos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyramid piano
giraffe piano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giraffe pianos
Etymology: From the resemblance of the case to a giraffe.
Senses: examples: text: The giraffe piano was made during the first fifty years of the nineteenth century, and was named from its obvious resemblance to the well-known animal.
ref: 1940, Albert Ernest Wier, The Piano: Its History, Makers, Players and Music, page 55:
text: The upright pianoforte by Domenico del Mela in 1739 is the unique example at that time of the upright giraffe piano.
ref: 1968, Franz Josef Hirt, Stringed Keyboard Instruments, 1440-1880, page 147:
text: His known pieces include a pyramid piano in Vienna in the “Sammlung alter Musikinstrument", two grand pianos and this giraffe piano; they were all made in Bohemia.
ref: 2001, Jiri Rak, Guido Lagomarsino, Biedermeier: Art and Culture in Central Europe, 1815-1848, page 178:
glosses: A piano that is built like a grand piano on its side with the small end at the top, often with a scroll at the top to suggest a giraffe's head;
giraffe pianos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giraffe piano
Waller's gazelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Waller's gazelles
Senses: glosses: gerenuk
Hardington Mandeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5111).
Related terms: Hardington Marsh
facility trip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facility trips
Senses: examples: text: There was a menu from the Argosy, from that time he and Peggy had gone on a facility trip to Bremerhaven and back. Beluga caviar, milk-fed veal, giant Pacific prawns, truffled foie gras from Périgord, wild rice.
ref: 1965, Tony Gray, Starting from Tomorrow, page 87:
text: There are, however, occasional bouts of genuine hospitality, with no strings or inverted commas attached. Last week, I went on such a facility trip to Germany with Colosseum. All expenses were to be paid, including air fares and hotel bills.
ref: 2004, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Pete Grant, Blowing the Blues: Fifty Years Playing the British Blues, page 122:
glosses: A visit by politicians etc. to see the conditions at a certain place, typically with free hospitality.
Related terms: junket
facility trips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facility trip
redisturbance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redisturbances
Etymology: From re- + disturbance.
Senses: glosses: The act of disturbing again.
redisturbances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redisturbance
Seabert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Sæberht, the name of a king of Essex. Compound of Old English sǣ (“sea”) + beorht (“bright”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Old English.
glosses: A surname derived from the given name.
mobile virtual network operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobile virtual network operators
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A provider of mobile telecommunications who does not operate any physical network infrastructure, but relies on contracting with physical mobile telecom network infrastructure operators to provide mobility access.
Synonyms: MVNO
Derived terms: MVNO
Related terms: mobile network
network
network operator
virtual network
torus tubarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɔːɹəs tuˈbɛəɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: tori tubarii
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin torus tūbārius (“trumpet-shaped protuberance”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A protrusion on the lateral wall of the nasopharynx marking the pharyngeal end of the cartilaginous part of the Eustachian tube.
Medog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mêdog
form: Metok
Etymology: From Tibetan མེ་ཏོག (me tog).
Senses: examples: text: Their trek took them across the snowbound Gawalung pass from the Lhasa-Sichuan road and then south along the Tsangpo to Medog, a garrison town near the Indian border.
ref: 2002, Michael McRae, The Siege of Shangri-La, New York: Broadway Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124:
text: At present, there are only three routes to Medog on foot.
ref: 2005, 成卫东 [Cheng Weidong], 雪域寻梦 [Dreams of Snow Land], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
english: Dreams of Snow Land
translation: Dreams of Snow Land
text: China announced Thursday that it had connected a Tibetan county, Medog, to the nation’s highway system, ending the relative isolation of the area. Until Wednesday, Medog, in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, was the last county in China with no highway linking it to the outside world, officials said.
ref: 2010 December 16, Edward Wong, “Isolated County in Tibet Is Linked to Highway System”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2013, Asia Pacific:
text: The Lhoba people are a small, ancient, tribal ethnic group from the Himalayas and are located in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Medog County is rich in biocultural diversity. For a long time, Medog has been almost isolated from the outside world. The Lhoba people, who live in Medog, have maintained a relatively unique lifestyle and have accumulated rich traditional knowledge (TK), especially about medicinal and edible plants.
ref: 2020 March 1, Yang, J. et al., “Medicinal and edible plants used by the Lhoba people in Medog County, Tibet, China”, in Journal of Ethnopharmacology, volume 249, →DOI, article 112430:
glosses: A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Motuo
word: Moto
whitbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitbeds
Senses: glosses: A pale variety of Portland stone from the upper stratum of its deposits
whittawing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whittawings
Senses: glosses: The form of tanning employed to manufacture whitleather
talking stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talking sticks
Senses: synonyms: speaker's staff
glosses: A ceremonial stick that grants the holder the right to speak in a group discussion.
examples: text: These "talking sticks" appear to have been made according to some conventional design known among the tribes using them.
ref: 1901, R. H. Mathews, “Pictorial Art Among the Australian Aborigines”, in Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, volume XXXIII, London: Harrison and Sons, page 304:
text: The same day that he read the talking-stick, he had asked permission to go to his own country, […]
ref: 1903, Ada Janet Peggs, “Notes on the Aborigines of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia”, in Folk-lore, volume XIV, London: David Nutt, page 335:
text: Since that time I've put a mark or two on trees telling the news to the Wàddygalos in the talking stick language, but I expect they knew all about it.
ref: 1909, Coo-ee [AKA William Sylvester Walker], “The Promised Land”, in What Lay Beneath, London: John Ouseley, page 168:
synonyms: message stick
stick letter
glosses: A piece of wood which is used by aboriginal Australians as part of or a form of communication either by being carved or by another method.
Troms og Finnmark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Troms og Finnmark.
Senses: glosses: A county of Norway.
Roecliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Roecliffe and Westwick Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3765).
adapedont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adapedonts
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Adapedonta
Senses: glosses: Any bivalve mollusc of the order Adapedonta
adapedonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adapedont
caroubin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caroubins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of proteins, similar to gluten, obtained from carob beans.
sea-change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-changes
Senses: examples: text: Assuredly the fine old North Carolinan [William Alexander Graham], who has meanwhile himself gone under politically, as little anticipated while penning this sententious answer the "sea-change" as the sectional one which was to come after him. A "sea-change" has indeed transpired.
ref: 1869 December 4, “Submarine Warfare”, in The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces, volume VII, number 16, New York, N.Y.: Army and Navy Journal, →OCLC, page 237, column 1:
text: Is it possible that our sense of humor has already undergone a sea-change? […] [T]he book as a whole seems strangely antiquated.
ref: 1889 August, “Books of the Month”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume LXIV, number CCCLXXXII, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 288, column 2:
text: There are other worlds than ours, and we never again return to the old place, because we have suffered not only a sea-change but a soul-change.
ref: 1894 December, Helen Marshall North, “The Charm of Variety in Life”, in Theodore L. Flood, editor, The Chautauquan […], volume XI (New Series; volume XX overall), number 3, Meadville, Pa.: The T. L. Flood Publishing House, →OCLC, page 340, column 2:
text: Don't be swayed by minor setbacks: Don't confuse minor shifts with sea-changes. A bump in the road can—and should—be navigated without making major route changes.
ref: 2003, Vince Lombardi, Jr., “Think Big Picture”, in The Lombardi Rules: 26 Lessons from Vince Lombardi, the World’s Greatest Coach (McGraw-Hill Professional Education), McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of sea change.
cuskeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuskeels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cusk-eel.
cusk-eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cusk-eels
Senses: synonyms: ophidioid
glosses: Any fish of the family Ophidiidae
Derived terms: english: Aphyonidae
translation: Aphyonidae
word: blind cusk-eel
cusk-eels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cusk-eel
desiodase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desiodases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: deiodase
desiodases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desiodase
Wilemon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wilemons
Etymology: Variant of Wileman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
fibrobronchoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrobronchoscopes
Senses: glosses: A fibre optic bronchoscope
Related terms: fibrobronchoscopy
fibrobronchoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrobronchoscope
Wierman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wiermans
Etymology: Variant of German Wiermann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wiermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wierman
intrahaemocoel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + haemocoel.
Senses: glosses: intrahemocoel
Wilemons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wilemon
macroepibenthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + epibenthic.
Senses: glosses: macroscopic and epibenthic
nonabsorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + absorption.
Senses: glosses: The absence of absorption
Related terms: nonabsorptive
Bores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boreses
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Boreš.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Berrocal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berrocals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Berrocal, a habitational surname from the city of Berrocal in Andalusia. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
wikipedia: Berrocal
Berrocals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Berrocal
Boreses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bores