cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
live weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: live weights
Senses: examples: text: The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.
glosses: The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
Related terms: carcass weight
dressed weight
cyclize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cyclizes
form: cyclizing
form: cyclized
form: cyclized
form: cyclise
Etymology: From cycle + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.
ref: 2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.
Derived terms: cyclizable
cyclization
decyclizing
recyclize
kyphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kyphosis
nonuple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonuples
Senses: examples: text: The beginning of the measure is always at I; and in the nonuple of crotchets, each single pulse repesents a quaver, and the single pair a crotchet; and here the measure has three motions, like slow triple time.
ref: 1807, John Holden, An Essay towards a Rational System of Music, page 78:
glosses: A ninefold amount or number.
Derived terms: nonuplet
Related terms: nonadic
single
solo
double
twofold
triple
threefold
quadruple
fourfold
quintuple
pentuple
fivefold
loner
singleton
monad
pair
couple
twosome
duo
dyad
trio
threesome
triad
troika
foursome
quartet
tetrad
fivesome
quintet
pentad
only one
singlet
twin
one of two
doublet
triplet
one of three
quadruplet
one of four
quintuplet
pentuplet
one of five
sextuple
hextuple
sixfold
septuple
heptuple
sevenfold
octuple
eightfold
ninefold
nonuple
tenfold
decuple
sixsome
sextet
hexad
sevensome
septet
heptad
eightsome
octet
octad
ninesome
nonet
ennead
tensome
decet
decad
sextuplet
hextuplet
one of six
one of seven
septuplet
heptuplet
octuplet
one of eight
one of nine
nonuplet
one of ten
decuplet
elevenfold
undecuple
hendecuple
twelvefold
duodecuple
thirteenfold
tredecuple
a hundredfold
centuple
multiple
elevensome
twelvesome
thirteensome
hundredsome
one of eleven
undecuplet
hendecuplet
one of twelve
duodecuplet
one of thirteen
tredecuplet
one of a hundred
centuplet
one of many
multiplet
labefaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæb.əˈfæk.ʃən/
Etymology: From Latin labefaciō (labo to totter + facio to make).
Senses: examples: text: Man's labefaction did not occur in time past; nor does it wait upon time future.
ref: 1963, C. N. Stavrou, “Religion in Byron's Don Juan”, in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, volume 3, number 4, page 590:
text: 1968, "The Casualty Loss Deduction and Consumer Expectation: Section 165(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code," The University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 224 (citing 54 F.2d 537 (2d Cir. 1931)),
The court found "simply a steady labefaction from wind and weather more rapid than usual because of structural defects."
glosses: The act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination.
Related terms: labefy
puet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpjuː.ɪt/
Forms: form: puets
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: peewit.
embrio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embrios
Senses: examples: text: One of theſe Virtuoſi ſeemed to think I might be an Embrio, or abortive Birth.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sent for to Court. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 198–199:
glosses: Archaic form of embryo.
rolled oats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: oats#Noun
<
grain#Noun
coordinate_terms: w:steel-cut oats
glosses: Oat groats that have been rolled into flat flakes under heavy rollers.
Related terms: roller mill
rolling mill
silhouetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of silhouette
snowshoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From snowshoe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snowshoe
snowshoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snowshoe + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: A perfectly natural movement of the foot, as in ordinary walking, is the sine qui non of successful snowshoeing, and everything in the construction of the shoe itself goes to confirm this statement.
ref: 1888, “The National Sports of Canada”, in The American Magazine, volume 25, page 58:
text: Most fans of winter sports have traditionally had a few problems with snowshoeing.
ref: 2005 January 9, Gemma Bowes, The Guardian:
glosses: The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
snowshoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snowshoe
brown recluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown recluse
nonuples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonuple
cyclizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cyclize
cyclizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cyclize
cyclized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cyclize
cyclized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Formed into a ring
Derived terms: heterocyclized
uncyclized
flannel cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flannel cake
Primat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Primats
Senses: glosses: A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles.
hairy-eared dwarf lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairy-eared dwarf lemurs
Senses: glosses: A nocturnal lemur, Allocebus trichotis.
diademed sifaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diademed sifakas
Senses: glosses: Propithecus diadema, an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar.
Indri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mostly Muslim ethnic group of Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.
Indri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Ubangian language.
arm the lead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: arms the lead
form: arming the lead
form: armed the lead
form: armed the lead
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.
clothes maiden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothes maidens
Senses: glosses: A rack for drying clothes.
rugby boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugby boot
running shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running shoe
pit-yackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pit-yacker
melon ball scooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melon ball scoopers
Senses: glosses: A kind of scooper or spoon with small hemispherical head which is useful for scooping round pieces of melon, watermelon, etc.
pittle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtəl
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic. Compare piddle.
Senses: glosses: urine.
examples: text: Hurry up, I need a pittle.
glosses: an act of urination.
pittle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪtəl
Forms: form: pittles
form: pittling
form: pittled
form: pittled
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic. Compare piddle.
Senses: glosses: To urinate.
Related terms: english: probably etymologically unrelated
translation: probably etymologically unrelated
word: pittle-pattle
pittles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pittle
pittling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pittle
pittled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pittle
piddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piddle
arm's length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm's lengths
Senses: examples: text: I need about ten arm's lengths of yarn.
glosses: A distance approximately equal to the length of a human's arm.
examples: text: She remained at arm's length though we worked together for many years.
glosses: A position not suggesting or inviting intimacy.
examples: text: The police work at arm's length from the army.
text: "Government should have an arms-length relationship with the railway," it adds.
ref: 2020 April 22, “Labour's blueprint for the future of Britain's railways”, in Rail, page 28:
text: In any viable scenario of renationalisation, the idea was always to ensure that the railways were at arm's length from the Department, since it was recognised that allowing civil servants to run the show is always a bad idea.
ref: 2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable policies cripple our beleagered railway”, in Rail, page 51:
glosses: A condition of independence and parity for parties to a transaction.
Derived terms: arm's length price
arm's length principle
arm's length
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Barely within reach.
glosses: Distant, detached.
examples: text: Kate Bingham's success is powerful validation of what has been RAIL 's opinion on this key question for many months now: that we must have a new arm's length body, similar to the Vaccine Task Force, to strategically plan and organise our railways... and quickly too.
ref: 2021 February 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Vaccines and railways”, in RAIL, number 925, page 3:
glosses: Independent, but related.
Related terms: armlength
crêpes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crêpe
three guys in a garage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "By next year, three guys in a garage will be able to build a Layer 3 terabit backbone router by buying merchant silicon and writing software, and the box will be as fast and as cheap as an ASIC-based product," says David Husack […]
ref: 1999, Network World, volume 16, number 16, page 81:
glosses: A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.
larcener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larceners
Senses: glosses: One who commits larceny, a thief.
Synonyms: larcenist
Kaleb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪ.lɛb/
ipa: /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
Forms: form: Kalebs
Etymology: From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
lankily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lankily
form: most lankily
Etymology: From lanky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He got lankily into motion and presently passed in through the windows.
ref: 1918, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 23, in The False Faces:
glosses: In a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.
meatier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːtiə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmiːtiɚ/
homophone: meteor (when pronounced with /ə(ɹ)/)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of meaty: more meaty
meatiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s.
A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war.
ref: 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
glosses: superlative form of meaty: most meaty
gobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gobble
gobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gobble
gobbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gobble
bunyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunya
ganders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gander
threesomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threesome
bet.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of between.
blik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bliks
Etymology: Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.
Senses: examples: text: Let us call that in which we differ from this lunatic, our respective bliks. He has an insane blik about dons; we have a sane one. It is important to realize that we have a sane one, not no blik at all; for there must be two sides to any argument — if he has a wrong blik, then those who are right about dons must have a right one.
ref: 1950, R. M. Hare, Theology and Falsification:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An unfalsifiable belief underpinning a worldview.
spelters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spelter
diadochokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diadochokineses
form: diadochokinesia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos, “succeeding”) + -kinesis (“motion”).
Senses: glosses: The action of alternately flexing and extending a limb
Related terms: adiadochokinesia
dysdiadochokinesia
diadochokinetic
bee-line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bee-lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beeline.
bee-line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bee-lines
form: bee-lining
form: bee-lined
form: bee-lined
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beeline.
take a shot in the dark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a shot in the dark
form: taking a shot in the dark
form: took a shot in the dark
form: taken a shot in the dark
Senses: examples: text: I didn't study for the test and took a shot in the dark.
glosses: To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject.
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
form: reap the whirlwind
Etymology: A reference to Hosea 8:7.
Senses: examples: text: Before the attack started, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, decried efforts by his fellow Republicans to overturn the results of the election. But his eloquence was the very definition of a gesture both too little and too late. They who sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
ref: 2021 January 7, “Trump Is to Blame for Capitol Attack”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them; if one starts trouble or takes actions in spite of the discontent they cause, one will incur negative consequences.
Synonyms: what goes around comes around
reap what you sow
Related terms: get out what one puts in
Adidas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈædiˌdæs/
ipa: /əˈdiːdəs/
Forms: form: Adidas
form: Adidases
Etymology: From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Senses: examples: text: My Adidas and me close as can be / We make a mean team, my Adidas and me / We get around together, we're down forever
ref: 1986, “My Adidas”, in Raising Hell, performed by Run-DMC:
text: […]I walked through the door and Jeremy had hung himself from the rafters. A stepladder was kicked over and his Adidas dangled right above my eye level.
ref: 1986, Chris Crutcher, Stotan!, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 98:
text: […]nobody expects you to wear a headscarf or a Tuareg blue Turban in town – and these days, even Tuaregs wear Adidas.
ref: 2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: A clothing product made by Adidas, especially a pair of shoes.
wikipedia: Adolf Dassler
Related terms: Adidased
naked ape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naked apes
Etymology: From naked + ape, reportedly coined by Desmond Morris in his book The Naked Ape (1967).
Senses: examples: text: What, after all, can a poor naked ape do?
ref: 1969, David H. Stewart, “The Decline of WASP Literature in America”, in College English, volume 30, number 6, page 412:
text: Humans are unique among the monkeys and apes in lacking a dense layer of hair covering their bodies.
ref: 2003, M. Pagel and W. Bodmer, "A Naked Ape Would Have Fewer Parasites," Proceedings: Biological Sciences, Vol. 270, Supplement: Biology Letters, p. S117
text: Anheuser-Busch ads have played up the similarities between ape and naked ape—with the lower primates usually looking better.
ref: 2006 April 3, Greg Levine, “Anheuser, Pepsi CEOs Face New Labor Cost: Chimps”, in forbes.com, retrieved 16 Aug 2011:
synonyms: featherless biped
glosses: A human being.
constat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnstat/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstat.
Senses: topics: law
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: It is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.
constat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnstat/
Forms: form: constats
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstat.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A certificate for a court discharge.
topics: law
glosses: An exemplification under seal.
narcomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From narco- + -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.
Senses: examples: text: A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow.
ref: 1990, Mary Schaeffer Conroy, “Abuse of Drugs other than Alcohol and Tobacco in the Soviet Union”, in Soviet Studies, volume 42, number 3, page 451:
glosses: A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
Derived terms: narcomaniac
narcomaniacal
narcomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: narcomaniacs
Etymology: From narco- + maniac.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: drug addict
glosses: A person who suffers from narcomania.
narcomaniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to narcomania.
sport utility vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sport utility vehicles
Senses: glosses: A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
Derived terms: word: SUV
ptarmics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ptarmic
sore winner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sore winners
Etymology: By analogy with sore loser.
Senses: glosses: One who gloats over a victory.
sore loser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sore losers
Senses: examples: text: Regarding the criticism of Al Gore's actions upon being elected president in 2000 and realizing that the Bush family would do everything in its power to reverse the results illegally: I recall at the time hearing some of the usual morons in this country refer to President-elect Gore as a sore loser because he sought legal redress in the courts.
Sore loser? You bet your fuckin' ass! What on earth is wrong with being a sore loser? It shows you cared about whatever the contest was in the first place. Fuck losing graciously—that's for chumps. And losers, by the way.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, “A SORE POINT”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:
synonyms: bad loser
hard loser
poor loser
coordinate_terms: good loser
sore winner
glosses: One who complains or blames others for one's loss; one who is easily angered by losing a game or contest, or because of some other misfortune or bad luck.
Derived terms: Sore Loserman
Related terms: poor sport
born loser
infarctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infarction
inevitabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inevitability
high-jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of high jump.
Derived terms: high-jumper
brus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bru
djed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: djeds
Senses: glosses: An ancient Egyptian religious symbol, resembling a pillar and representing stability.
mekin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of making.
knez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈknɛz/
ipa: /kəˈnɛz/
rhymes: -ɛz
Forms: form: knezes
form: knezi
form: kniaz
form: knyaz
Etymology: From Belarusian князь (knjazʹ) and Ukrainian князь (knjazʹ) (from Old Ruthenian кнѧзь (knjazʹ)) and Russian князь (knjazʹ); all from Old East Slavic кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ), кнѧзь (knęzĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь (“prince”), from earlier *kъnęgъ, by consensus ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”). Doublet of cyning and king.
Senses: glosses: A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
glosses: A leader of the Vlach (or Romanian) communities in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
Related terms: knyaginya
maghemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maghemites
Etymology: After the beginnings of magnetite and hematite in 1927, because of magnetism and similar arrangement of elements.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A magnetic mineral with a grey blue, white, or brown shade.
inverted snobbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.
glosses: A form of snobbery where the practitioner deprecates the target for attributes that would normally be considered desirable (particularly wealth).
Karoline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: People, he [House Speaker Mike Johnson] said without a touch of irony, “who don’t want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.” And all of this is of a piece with the recent declaration by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, that “the Democrat Party’s main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.”
ref: 2025 October 18, Jamelle Bouie, “The No Kings Protests Prove Trump’s Vulnerability”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2025:
glosses: A female given name, variant of Caroline.
inversive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: more inversive
form: most inversive
Senses: examples: text: The sexual revolution was in many ways inversive, turning many older ideas on their heads.
text: In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.
ref: 1983, Raritan, volume 3, page 90:
text: The more inversive, peer-oriented, outdoor activities precede Halloween, while the family gatherings, meal, fireworks, and bonfire all take place on Halloween itself.
ref: 2015, Jack Santino, The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland, page 140:
glosses: Of, pertaining to or characterised by inversion.
Derived terms: inversive geometry
inversively
Karolina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name in many languages.
glosses: A place in Poland:
A village in Sieradz County, Lodz Voivodeship.
glosses: A place in Poland:
A village in Grodzisk Mazowiecky County, Masovian Voivodeship.
glosses: A place in Poland:
A village in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship.
glosses: A place in Poland:
A village in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship.
Lina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short form of any female name ending in -lina, such as Angelina, Carolina, Evelina. It can also be construed as a rare feminine form of Linus.
Senses: examples: text: "Lina—did not Moore call you Lina sometimes?" / "Yes: it is sometimes used as the abbreviation of Caroline in his native country."
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Shirley and Caroline”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:
glosses: A female given name, occasionally used in English.
ygo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For his eye sight him failed long ygo,[…]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of ago.
zos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zo
pitchpole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪt͡ʃpoʊl/
Forms: form: pitchpoles
form: pitchpoling
form: pitchpoled
form: pitchpoled
Etymology: From pitch + pole.
Senses: examples: text: Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.
text: Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.
text: The advanced design of new cats makes pitchpoling less likely.
ref: 1977 February, Ben Kocivar, “How to get started in hot-rod sailing”, in Popular Science, volume 210, number 2, page 111:
glosses: To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
raw_tags: of a boat
zuffolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zuffolos
form: zuffoli
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zufolo.
zymogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zymo- + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
examples: text: zymogenic bacteria
text: zymogenic cell
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
zygodactylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygo- + dactylic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zygodactylous.
Erich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Erichs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Erich.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Eric
Erick
Erik
Eriq
Erique
zoötrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoö- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zootrophic.
zoötic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zootic.
zootic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒtɪk/
/zuːˈɒtɪk/
Etymology: From zoo- + -otic.
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Senses: glosses: relating to animals or obtained from animal substances
Derived terms: enzootic
epizootic
panzootic
zoosporangium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoosporangia
form: zoösporangium
Etymology: From zoo- + sporangium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A sporangium, or conceptacle containing or producing zoospores.
Related terms: zoospore
zoosperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoosperms
form: zoösperm
Etymology: From zoo- + sperm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: spermatozoon (sperm cell).
zoopraxiscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoopraxiscopes
form: zoöpraxiscope
form: zoopraxinoscope
Etymology: From zoo + praxis + scope.
Senses: examples: text: A few years before, he bought his youngest girl a zoopraxiscope for her birthday, though he alone kept playing with it, after she grew bored. Now those squadrons of flapping geese and parades of bucking broncos that come alive when the glass drum spins animate his brain.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 12:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.
Synonyms: zoogyroscope
gospodar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gospodars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hospodar.
vizierate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɪˈzɪəɹət/
Forms: form: vizierates
Etymology: From French vizirat. Equivalent to vizier + -ate (forms nouns enoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a state ruled by people of such an office).
Senses: glosses: The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
glosses: The territory governed by a vizier.
glosses: A state governed by a vizier.
Related terms: vizier
vizierial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vizirial
Etymology: Compare French vizirial.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier
vic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vics
Etymology: Clipping of victim.
Senses: examples: text: (Ryotaro Dojima): We haven't found the cause of death for the first vic, and now we've got a second one just like it […]
ref: 2008, Atlus Co., Ltd., Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (04/16, Evening)
text: We did find some black fibers stuck between the victim's teeth, presumably from a glove, and lastly, seeing as the vic was found completely naked, we can't process her clothes for any potential evidence.
ref: 2011, Kelly Matillo, Trapped, page 3:
text: “The vic was found by some birdwatchers at the Theler Wetlands,” he began.
ref: 2011, Gregg Olsen, Victim Six:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A victim of a homicide.
Nicki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Nicola or Nicole.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Nikolai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Alaska.
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Николай (Nikolaj), equivalent to Nicholas.
monocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑnoʊˌsaɪkəl/
Forms: form: monocycles
Etymology: From mono- + cycle, thus literally "one wheel".
Senses: glosses: A unicycle or monowheel; often specifically a unicycle with the rider seated inside the wheel.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic compound containing a single ring.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: The first derivative of a Gaussian, often used as an impulse signal.
Derived terms: monocyclic
monocyclical
monocyclicity
monocyclist
Related terms: bicycle
tricycle
tetracycle
monocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocycle
zoopraxiscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoopraxiscope
command line interface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: command line interfaces
form: command-line interface
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images.
Synonyms: word: CLI
word: CLUI
alt: CUI
word: character user interface
Hypernyms: interface
haveing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæviŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have
clicko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkəʊ
Forms: form: more clicko
form: most clicko
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: Extremely good or successful.
clicko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkəʊ
Forms: form: clickos
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: An extremely successful production; a hit.
Synonyms: boffo
clicko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkəʊ
Forms: form: clickos
Etymology: From click + -o, by analogy with typo, as if this were formed a similar way from type.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: misclick
coordinate_terms: copy-pasto
hearo
scanno
speako
spello
thinko
typo
writo
glosses: The inadvertent depressing of a computer mouse button on a wrong selection.
lovelinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loveliness
undoubtable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English undoutable, undoutabil, equivalent to un- + doubtable.
Senses: examples: text: Her undoubtable quality had a non-individual flavour, as if standing for her class.
ref: 1904, John Galsworthy, chapter 20, in The Island Pharisees:
glosses: Incapable of being doubted; undoubted; indubitable.
Derived terms: undoubtably
divide and conquer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: divides and conquers
form: dividing and conquering
form: divided and conquered
form: divided and conquered
Etymology: From Latin divide et impera.
Senses: examples: text: It added that it can't begin pay talks without permission from Transport Scotland, and then cited a TSSA union survey of ScotRail that suggested that most of its members were against strikes, instead preferring job security rather than a pay rise. This prompted the TSSA to accuse ScotRail of trying to divide and conquer.
ref: 2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 62:
glosses: To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
Synonyms: divide and rule
divide and conquer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin divide et impera.
Senses: glosses: A strategy for achieving political or military control.
examples: text: The quicksort algorithm is an example of divide and conquer.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: An algorithm design technique that solves a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.
coordinate_terms: stop and chop
glosses: A phacoemulsification technique in which the nucleus is grooved and divided into halves.
divide and conquer
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From Latin divide et impera.
Senses: glosses: In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies.
undoubtably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English undoutably, equivalent to undoubtable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I leave it to all the Protestant Princes of Europe to judge if their safety can be solidly established in their Leagues and Confederations with the Princes of the Roman Communion, as it may be undoubtably effected by their Leagues and Confederations amongst themselves.
ref: 1679, Edmund Everard, Discourses on the present state of the Protestant princes of Europe, London: Dorman Newman, page 20:
text: This method would undoubtably strike a wholesome terror into the hearts of the working classes.
ref: 1887, Albert Parsons, Autobiography:
text: Maugham suggests that storytelling began when primeval hunters told tales around their fires and turbaned raconteurs held forth in what Sinclair Lewis called the clattering bright bazaars. He's undoubtably right.
ref: 1963 October 5, Charles Poore, “Books of The Times: The Curtain Speeches of Somerset Maugham”, in New York Times, page 18:
text: Thus, by analogy, philosophical propositions will involve primitive terms, to be arrived at, undoubtably, by a kind of conceptual analysis.
ref: 2003, M. Van Atten, J. Kennedy, “On the Philosophical Development of Kurt Gödel”, in The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, volume 9, number 4, page 431:
synonyms: undubitably#Adverb
undoubtedly#Adverb
doubtlessly#Adverb
unquestionably#Adverb
indisputably#Adverb
unarguably#Adverb
undeniably#Adverb
assuredly#Adverb
certainly#Adverb
without a doubt#Prepositional phrase
qualifier: sometimes considered nonstandard
glosses: Without doubt.
divide and rule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: divides and rules
form: dividing and ruling
form: divided and ruled
form: divided and ruled
Etymology: Calque of Latin divide et impera.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of divide and conquer.
synonyms: word: divide and conquer
Synonyms: divide and conquer
dubitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːbɪtəbəl/
/ˈduːbɪtəbəl/
Forms: form: more dubitable
form: most dubitable
Etymology: From the Latin dubitabilis (“doubtful”).
Senses: glosses: Capable of being doubted; susceptible of being questioned.
Synonyms: doubtable
doubtful
uncertain
Derived terms: dubitably
doubtable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doubtable
form: most doubtable
Etymology: From Middle English doutable, from Old French doutable, dotable, equivalent to doubt + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable.
ref: 1971, L. J. Swingle, “On Reading Romantic Poetry”, in PMLA, volume 86, number 5, page 976:
glosses: Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
glosses: Fearsome; redoubtable.
Synonyms: sense: doubtful, dubious, capable of being doubted
word: uncertain
Coordinate terms: doubtworthy
Derived terms: doubtability
undoubtable
incidental music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The incidental music helped give the programme its evocative atmosphere.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Music that is played as a background to a film, television programme, video game, etc.
turon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog turon, from Spanish turrón.
Senses: glosses: A Philippine snack made of a fried and caramelized spring roll wrapping thinly sliced bananas.
synecdochical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪnəkˈdoʊkɪkəl/
Forms: form: more synecdochical
form: most synecdochical
Etymology: From synecdoche + -ical.
Senses: synonyms: synecdochal
synecdochic
glosses: Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").
synonyms: synecdochal
synecdochic
glosses: Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
Of a whole: representing its components; of a part representing the whole.
raw_tags: in extended use
Derived terms: synecdochically
Related terms: synecdochally
synecdochic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more synecdochic
form: most synecdochic
Etymology: From synecdoche + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Hence "public rites," "the rites of the Roman people," those rites conducted by magistrates, were performed on behalf of the citizen body as a whole, and, as a corollary, all citizens as individuals were understood to assent to those rites and, by synecdochic representation, to participate in them.
ref: 2012, Clifford Ando, Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century (The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome), 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH89LF: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Synonym of synecdochical.
synonyms: word: synecdochical
heirlooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heirloom
dyun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʲʊn/
rhymes: -ʊn
Senses: glosses: past participle of de
glosses: past participle of dee
deein
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːɪn/
Forms: form: dein
Senses: glosses: present participle of dee
eohippus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːəʊˌhɪpəs/
Forms: form: eohippi
form: eohippuses
Etymology: Originally a genus name, Eohippus, formed in New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Senses: examples: text: An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 61:
glosses: An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.
Hyponyms: Hyracotherium
pollis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollises
form: polis
Etymology: From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.
Senses: glosses: The police.
glosses: A policeman or policewoman.
pollises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollis
peptic ulcer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptic ulcers
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract.
Related terms: word: duodenal ulcer
word: gastric ulcer
word: stomach ulcer
sense: not to be confused with
word: mouth ulcer
pressure ulcer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure ulcers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: bedsore
word: decubitus
word: decubitus ulcer
word: pressure sore
word: pressure injury
qualifier: nursing
glosses: An ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin as a person lies in a bed or sits in a chair or wheelchair; preventable with sufficient nursing care.
diglot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diglots
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and γλωττίς (glōttís), from γλῶττα (glôtta), secondary form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”). di- + -glot.
Senses: glosses: A bilingual inscription, book, or person.
diglot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and γλωττίς (glōttís), from γλῶττα (glôtta), secondary form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”). di- + -glot.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bilingual.
synonyms: word: bilingual
Coordinate terms: word: 1
word: monoglot
word: 3
word: triglot
word: 4
word: tetraglot
word: 5
word: pentaglot
english: but not all
translation: but not all
word: many
word: polyglot
word: all
word: omniglot
Derived terms: diglottism
Related terms: monolingual
trilingual
multilingual
polylingual
diglots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diglot
zolpidem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzoʊl.pɪˌdɛm/
Etymology: Probably from (imida)zol(e) + p(yr)id(ine) + (ac)e(ta)m(ide).
Senses: examples: text: The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.
ref: 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Ambien
Stilnox
glosses: A sedative and hypnotic drug administered orally in the form of its tartrate (C₁₉H₂₁N₃O)₂·C₄H₆O₆ in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
Derived terms: english: hynoptic/sedative
translation: hynoptic/sedative
word: -pidem
word: zolpidem tartrate
meat loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat loaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meatloaf.
peds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pēdz
ipa: /piːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pediatrics.
peds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pēdz
ipa: /piːdz/
rhymes: -iːdz
Senses: glosses: plural of ped
ped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: peds
Etymology: Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.
Senses: qualifier: on traffic signs
glosses: A pedestrian.
glosses: A pedestal.
glosses: A motorcycle.
glosses: A pedophile.
Derived terms: go-ped
mysoped
ped xing
ped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: peds
Etymology: Middle English. See peddler.
Senses: examples: text: A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: A basket; a hamper; a pannier.
ped
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: peds
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”).
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.
Related terms: pedality
pedogenesis
pedology
ped day
monopolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monopoly
higher-risk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The president, being 74, a man and someone categorised as obese, is in a higher-risk category for Covid-19.
ref: 2020 October 3, Peter Bowes, “Trump spends first night in hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis”, in BBC:
text: Data released by Public Health England on October 9 reveals that public transport remains a relatively low-risk setting for the transmission of Coronavirus when compared with higher-risk areas including households.
ref: 2020 October 21, “Network News: Transmission low risk on public transport, shows PHE data”, in Rail, page 8:
glosses: comparative form of high-risk: more high-risk
highest-risk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-risk: most high-risk
gritting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grit
gritting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grittings
Senses: examples: text: […] many were the grins, and not few the grittings of his blackened teeth he had to smother at their swagger.
ref: 1923, John Galsworthy, Captures:
glosses: The act by which something is gritted.
gritted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grit
Derived terms: gritty
ungritted
ungritty
rehabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehab
rehabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehab
besots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of besot
besotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besot
babysits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of babysit
beelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beeline
beelines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beeline
bee-lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bee-line
elegies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elegy
ethnolinguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnolinguists
Etymology: Back-formation from ethnolinguistics.
Senses: glosses: A scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
Related terms: ethnologist
ethnobotanist
ethnolinguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnolinguist
thrumming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thrum