cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hit point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪt ˌpɔɪnt/
Forms: form: hit points
form: hitpoint
Senses: examples: text: You can bestow keys, gems, torches and powders, and restore gold, food and hit points. Hit points and experience points can be increased to a maximum of 9999, although you'd better be careful.
ref: 1984, InCider: The Apple II Magazine, volume 2, Peterborough, N.H.: IDG Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60:
text: All characters have "hit points" that increase as they traverse the dungeon performing their brave deeds (unless they're smitten by some monster).
ref: 1986, MicroTimes: California's Computer Magazine, volume 3, Oakland, Calif.: BAM Publications, →OCLC, page 86:
text: Damage reduces the monster's hit points; if the monster's hit points drop to 0, it's defeated.
ref: 2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, “Playing the Game”, in Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 78:
synonyms: word: HP
word: health point
word: life point
qualifier: chiefly roleplaying games
glosses: A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed.
examples: text: The in/out status for the hit point is determined by examining the loop which has the subelement (edge or vertex) closest to the hit point.
ref: 1991, Michael John Muuss, Lee A. Butler, “Combinatorial Solid Geometry, Boundary Representations, and n-Manifold Geometry”, in David F. Rogers, Rae A. Earnshaw, editors, State of the Art in Computer Graphics: Visualization and Modeling, New York, N.Y.: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 213:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In ray tracing, the point in a scene at which a ray strikes an object.
per orem
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: per orum
Etymology: From per, borrowing from classical Latin per (“through”), and orem as incorrectly formed accusative of Latin ōs (“mouth”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of per os: via the mouth; orally.
rotavate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rotavates
form: rotavating
form: rotavated
form: rotavated
Etymology: Back-formation from rotavator.
Senses: glosses: To till the soil using a rotavator
Related terms: rotavation
real presence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The actual presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharistic sacrament.
malia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A passerine bird endemic to Sulawesi, of species Malia grata.
romantica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈmæntɪkə/
Etymology: Blend of romance + erotica.
Senses: examples: text: Actively seeking romance (including category), romantica, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers and young adult. Does not want to receive poetry, short stories or screenplays.
ref: 2007, Chuck Sambuchino, editor, 2008 Guide to Literary Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, →ISBN, page 102:
text: This is Madison Lake’s third steamy romantica novel in a rapidly growing collection. She stumbled upon writing romantica quite by accident when, after reading some of her work, several colleagues suggested she explore the genre. Since then, writing romantica has become a passion (no pun intended).
ref: 2012, “About the Author”, in Madison Lake, A Cloud of Hawthorne: A Real Old Fashion Romance, with Titillating Tid-Bits, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 98:
text: If one believes the marketing strategies of erotic romance publishers, romantica re-envisions an autonomous female sexuality.
ref: 2012, Carole Veldman-Genz, “The More the Merrier? Transformations of the Love Triangle Across the Romance”, in Sarah S.G. Frantz, Eric Murphy Selinger, editors, New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 116:
glosses: Erotic romance.
lacune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈk(j)uːn/
Forms: form: lacunes
Etymology: From French lacune. Doublet of lacuna and lagoon.
Senses: examples: text: We compared the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban […] with aspirin […] for the prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with recent ischemic stroke that was presumed to be from cerebral embolism but without arterial stenosis, lacune, or an identified cardioembolic source.
ref: 2018, The New England Journal of Medicine, →DOI:
glosses: A lacunar stroke or infarct.
examples: text: Let us climb over the ice and snow, leap across the lacune, and wipe away the stiria
ref: 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A lacuna.
degreaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degreasers
Etymology: From degrease + -er.
Senses: glosses: An industrial solvent, often containing polyhalogenated hydrocarbons, used to remove grease from mechanical parts.
glosses: A machine that accomplishes this task.
Maurer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maurers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Maurer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Former name: Barber.
Derived terms: Maurertown
originalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: originalisms
Etymology: From original + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: I've known Badalamenti since then, and have chatted with him over the years. Last fall, I spoke at the originalism conference he organized, which hosted the entire Florida Supreme Court, several members of the Eleventh Circuit, and scholars from across the ideological spectrum. I include these facts to show the high regard that Badalamenti is held in by his community.
ref: 2025 June 22, Josh Blackman, “The New York Times Launches An Unfair Attack On Judge Badalamenti”, in Reason:
text: One of the points that you’ve made in the past is that when originalism was first taking hold as a popular theory, one of the reasons for its popularity was that it was seen as offering a kind of restraint on justices.
ref: 2025 October 16, Ross Douthat, “Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: The view that a text should be interpreted according to the intent of its original authors.
Derived terms: nonoriginalism
Related terms: originalist
constructionism
literalism
textualism
ex officio
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/
Etymology: From Latin ex officio (“by right of office”, literally “from the office”).
Senses: examples: text: The President of the Republic of France is, ex officio, also prince of the dyarchy called Andorra.
text: That friend […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word.
ref: 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Constitution of the Church and State:
text: In the South every negro preacher is ex officio a D.D., and is commonly addressed as Doctor. This enables white Southerners to show a decent respect for his sacred office, and yet avoid the solecism of calling him Mister.
ref: [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 20, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, footnote, page 138:
synonyms: of one's own motion
sua sponte
suo motu
motu proprio
glosses: By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
ex officio
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/
Etymology: From Latin ex officio (“by right of office”, literally “from the office”).
Senses: examples: text: Duties include […] sitting as ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and all Board committees.
ref: 1979 April 14, “Lambda Seeks Exec. Director”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
text: Meanwhile, to Samsonov’s annoyance, Colonel Knox had arrived in Ostrolenka. Why, nobody knew—probably just to convey the goodwill of the British, who would not themselves be landing on the Continent for another six months. Samsonov disliked those artificial, ex officio European smiles at the best of times, and this visitor would be a hindrance and a distraction just at present.
ref: 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
Derived terms: ex-official
snookums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snookums
form: snuggums
form: schnookums
Senses: glosses: A term of endearment, especially for a child.
microbiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to microbiology.
Derived terms: antimicrobiological
clinicomicrobiological
cytomicrobiological
electromicrobiological
geomicrobiological
microbiologically
nonmicrobiological
palaeomicrobiological
paleomicrobiological
sociomicrobiological
inversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inversion
microbiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From microbiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to microbiology.
compassionate use
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compassionate uses
Senses: glosses: The semi-official use of a drug that has not yet gained official approval in cases where no other treatment is possible
underestimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: underestimations
Etymology: From under- + estimation.
Senses: antonyms: overestimation
hypernyms: misestimation
glosses: The act of underestimating.
antonyms: overestimation
overestimate#Noun
hypernyms: misestimation
misestimate#Noun
glosses: An underestimate.
Related terms: underpricing
undervaluation
telecaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecasters
Senses: glosses: A television broadcaster
Related terms: telecast
teleconferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The holding of teleconferences.
teleconferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teleconference
telephoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephoners
Etymology: From telephone + -er.
Senses: examples: text: TO CALLERS AND TELEPHONERS
Consequent on the war and the blackout regulations,
as an emergency measure to assist the staff in getting
home before it is fully dark, our office hours (without a
lunch interval), commencing Monday, November 20,
and continuing until Saturday, February 10, 1940, will be :
 Mondays to Fridays - 9 a.m. till 3.15 p.m.
 Saturdays - - 9 a.m. till 1 p.m.
ref: 1939 December, Railway Magazine, page 404:
text: After receiving a call in March of 1984, her devoutly Catholic parents followed the telephoner's advice of seeking help, speaking with a priest and two male psychiatrists.
ref: 1985 December 21, Laurie Sherman, “Lesbian Students' Parents Getting Anonymous Calls”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 1:
glosses: A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization.
Synonyms: caller
telephonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From telephone + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: There is two-way telephonic communication between kitchen, scullery, buffet and staff in the corridor between buffet and dining saloon.
ref: 1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 25:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
Related terms: telephone
telephony
telephotography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From tele- + photography.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Photography of distant subjects using a telephoto lens.
glosses: The transmission of images over a distance, especially by facsimile.
teleprinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleprinters
Etymology: From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + printer.
Senses: examples: text: Particulars of trains are advised from Willesden Telegraph Office by teleprinter, supplemented as necessary by telephone from Euston Arrival Box.
ref: 1951 August, “Notes and News: New Train Arrival Bureau at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 567:
text: No matter where they were billeted, the staff officers' reality was unchanging: a dozen telephone numbers, some signals corps pilots and motorcyclists, a signals officer, a teleprinter, a message despatch point, a radio and—laid out on the table—a map of the war, densely covered with blue and red pencil marks.
ref: 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler et al., Stalingrad, page 120:
glosses: Synonym of teletype, a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols.
synonyms: word: teletype
extra: a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols
Related terms: telecopier
day and night
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: night and day
Senses: glosses: All the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
day and night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night and day
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”).
synonyms: word: chalk and cheese
extra: two things that are very different
recta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.
ref: 1983, John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, page 321:
glosses: plural of rectum
annullate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: annullates
form: annullating
form: annullated
form: annullated
Etymology: From Latin annūllō, from the stem annūllat-.
Senses: examples: text: And therfore, if our Churche haue againe taken from them her graunte , and annullated their Degrees (as it ᵃ hathe done) aſke them, by vvhat litle they vvil claime the ſame.
ref: 1576, Richard Bristow, “The xli. demaunde”, in Demaundes to be Proponed of Catholiqves to the Heretikes, page 90:
glosses: To annul.
out of practice
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I don't think I can play a tune on the piano any more; I'm completely out of practice.
glosses: Diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: rusty
Judas tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Judas trees
Etymology: From a European folk belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on a tree of this species (the account in the Christian scriptures says he hanged himself, but gives no details).
Senses: examples: text: The Spaniards and Portuguese title the siliquastrum the lovely tree, or tree of love; and we call it Judas tree, from a tradition, that it was the tree Judas hanged himself upon.
ref: 1762 June, “The compendious System of Natural History”, in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, volume 30, page 297:
text: […] children, drawing water,
Looked up and paused to see,
Amid the apple branches,
A purple Judas tree.
ref: 1858, Adelaide Anne Procter, “The Wayside Inn”, in Legends and Lyrics, New York: D. Appleton, page 119:
text: [The garden] is a tangle of briars and grey sage, and here and there a judas tree in full flower stains the whiteness of the tall planes with its incredible magenta.
ref: 1926, Vita Sackville-West, Passenger to Teheran, London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf, Chapter V, II:
synonyms: European redbud
glosses: A small deciduous tree, Cercis siliquastrum, noted for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring.
mami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamis
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mami.
Senses: glosses: mommy, mother
glosses: attractive woman; momma
glosses: a term of affection for a woman
mami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog mami, from Hokkien. Doublet of bakmi.
Senses: examples: text: One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.
ref: 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51:
text: When her awaited bus arrives, she passes up instant mami noodles for a chance to dip her hand in a box of old shoes.
ref: 2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, page 369:
text: A new era came in the 90's when the Generation Y (Gen Y), born in the mid-70's to mid-80's, started trickling into the urban development craze with the booming of malls and instant products from instant mami to instant coffee to instant beauty.
ref: 2013, Ed S. Teovisio, The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness, page 22:
synonyms: pancit mami
glosses: A soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wonton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.
Derived terms: beef mami
chicken mami
instant mami
pancit mami
pork mami
seafood mami
lucency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lucencies
Etymology: From lucent + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lucent.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pale area revealed in radiography, computed tomography, or similar examination technique.
Derived terms: hyperlucency
radiolucency
gerbille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerbilles
Etymology: French gerbille. Compare jerboa.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of gerbil.
new-fangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more new-fangled
form: newer-fangled
form: most new-fangled
form: newest-fangled
Senses: examples: text: Well, I'm an old man, you know. I've got old-fashioned ways. And I'm afraid of all this progress, and these new-fangled ideas.
ref: c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:
text: All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: […] “I am too much i’ the sun” – […] incidentally, a clear case of a writer employing a new-fangled punctuation mark entirely for the sake of it, and condemning countless generations of serious long-haired actors to adopt a knowing expression and say i’ – as if this actually added anything to the meaning.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: Alternative spelling of newfangled.
agitatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æd͡ʒɪˈteɪtɹɪsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of agitatrix
atomic bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atomic bomb
tombstoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tombstone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.
topics: journalism
media
glosses: In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent (also referred to as bumping heads), or so that headline from one article is adjacent to the photo from another.
glosses: In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.
glosses: The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.
raw_tags: in digital libraries
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.
Synonyms: sense: unwanted effect in which a component stands up on end
word: tombstone effect
sense: unwanted effect in which a component stands up on end
word: drawbridging
sense: unwanted effect in which a component stands up on end
word: Manhattan effect
Related terms: tombstone
tombstoned
tombstoner
tombstoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From tombstone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tombstone
expressional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl/
ipa: /ɛkˈspɹɛʃ.ən.əl/
Etymology: From expression + -al.
Senses: examples: text: What it would be really interesting, and I dare say admirably difficult, to go into would be the very history of this effect of experience; the history, in other words, of the growth of the immense array of terms, perceptional and expressional, that, after the fashion I have indicated, in sentence, passage and page, simply looked over the heads of the standing terms—or perhaps rather, like alert winged creatures, perched on those diminished summits and aspired to a clearer air.
ref: 1909, Henry James, "Preface", The Golden Bowl (Scribner, New York, 1909):
glosses: Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, genetics, the face or the arts
Derived terms: expressional freedom
expressionally
misexpressional
dromology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: < French dromologie < Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “race, running, racetrack, course, path”) + λόγος (lógos, “account, explanation, narrative”); term coined by the French philosopher Paul Virilio to discuss the importance of speed in warfare and communication. Equivalent to dromo- + -logy.
Senses: examples: 1989, Patrick Camiller (tr.), Paul Virilio (auth.), War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception, Verso, 0-86091-928-5, page 35,
Everything in this sunlit world is dedicated to speed. Even the tomb contains the instruments of dromology (sophisticated vehicles, chariots, vessels), and sovereign Death is represented holding a symbolic whip and bit tightly to his chest.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The science or logic of speed.
rewild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rewilds
form: rewilding
form: rewilded
form: rewilded
Etymology: From re- + wild.
Senses: examples: text: Told in the form of a personal journey, Paul Martin's book covers his own boyhood bird-watching, graduate work in evolutionary biology, and a distinguished academic career; it culminates in a daring plan to truly rewild North America.
ref: 2005, Paul Schultz Martin, Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America, University of California Press, →ISBN, page XIII:
text: Some scientists and others now argue that we should be bringing some of those ghosts back, part of a controversial movement to “rewild” parts of Europe and North America, whether by reintroducing extant species, reviving extinct ones, or attempting to reconstruct ecosystems.
ref: 2016 January 26, John Carey, “Core Concept: Rewilding”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, →DOI, pages 806–808:
text: She is not alone in her concerns. The push from local authorities to rewild spaces is causing consternation in villages, towns and cities across the country.
ref: 2023 August 26, Phoebe Weston, “Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals that have become extirpated.
Derived terms: rewilder
rewilding
dead as a dodo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very much out of date.
Related terms: go the way of the dodo
go the way of the dodo bird
hydrophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹəfaɪt/
Forms: form: hydrophytes
Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: water plant
glosses: A plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.
Hyponyms: amphiphyte
elodeid
haptophyte
helophyte
hydatophyte
isoetid
nymphaeid
planktophyte
pleustophyte
rhizophyte
tenagophyte
trichophyte
Derived terms: hydrophytic
hydrophytism
hydrophytous
olid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more olid
form: most olid
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin olidus from olēre (“to smell”).
Senses: examples: text: The febrile attack is usually somewhat severe in all its stages, the pricking sensation occurs during the hot fit, and is like that of pin-points struck into the skin; the sweat is copious, but proves by its sour and olid smell that it is a morbid secretion, and hence affords no relief.
ref: 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology:
text: An olid smell made the boy catch his breath.
ref: 1999, Christian Petersen, Let the Day Perish:
text: It was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew.
ref: 2000, Chris R. Jamison, The Chesler Legacy, page 46:
glosses: evil-smelling; fetid.
stupified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stupified
form: most stupified
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stupefied.
stupified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I suppose that my illness in a manner stupified me, for I have often wondered since, how I could remain so long without a suspicion of the real reason why I did not see my mother; at last the truth burst upon me.
ref: 1832, Charles Benjamin Tayler, The Records of a Good Man's Life, page 37:
glosses: simple past and past participle of stupify
stupify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stupifies
form: stupifying
form: stupified
form: stupified
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stupefy.
hyperinnovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperinnovations
Etymology: From hyper- + innovation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A state of many interconnected dimensions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A state of multidimensional interconnections (as in hyperlink or hypertext).
topics: business
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: A successful introduction and interconnection of novel ideas.
qualifier: linear business management
glosses: A state of unprecedented speed and magnitude of innovation.
immunotronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + -tronics.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
technology
glosses: The design of electronic systems inspired by the natural immune system. Related areas include embryonics (embryological electronics), and evolvable hardware. Also known as "immunological electronics."
premeditate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /priːˈmɛdɪteɪt/
Forms: form: premeditates
form: premeditating
form: premeditated
form: premeditated
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātus, past participle of praemeditor (“I premeditate”). By surface analysis, pre- + meditate.
Senses: examples: text: [I]ndeed I began ſincerely to hate my ſelf for a Dog, a VVretch that had been a Thief, and a Murtherer; […] I vvent about vvith my Heart full of theſe Thoughts, little better than a diſtracted Fellovv; in ſhort, running headlong into the dreadfulleſt Deſpair, and premeditated nothing but hovv to rid my ſelf out of the VVorld; […] nothing lay upon my Mind for ſeveral Days, but to ſhoot my ſelf into the Head vvith my Piſtol.
ref: 1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC, page 331:
glosses: To meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.
Related terms: premeditating
premeditated
premeditation
deliberate
premeditatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From premeditated + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was not the fact that I had premeditatedly killed. He was frightened now by the knowledge that I didn’t care that he knew of my crime.
ref: 2024, Percival Everett, James, Picador (2025), page 292:
glosses: In a premeditated manner.
dispassion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpæʃən/
Forms: form: dispassions
Etymology: From dis- + passion.
Senses: glosses: Freedom from passion; the absence of passion; an undisturbed state; ataraxy.
aera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeras
Senses: examples: text: Would he not have anticipated an aera of high intellectual cultivation, and hailed with rapture the return of that fabled age of gold, […]
ref: 1809, James Finlayson, Sermons, page 9:
glosses: Obsolete form of era.
aeriate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aeriates
form: aeriating
form: aeriated
form: aeriated
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of aerate.
Related terms: aeriation
disour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disours
Etymology: From Old French diseur.
Senses: glosses: A professional storyteller or joker.
teleprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + processing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The exchange of data between computers, or between a central computer and terminals, via telecommunications links; data communications
Related terms: teleprocessor
telescopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From telescopic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: That planet can only be seen telescopically.
glosses: By means of a telescope.
examples: text: to be telescopically engageable
glosses: Using a telescopic action.
televangelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of television + evangelism
Senses: glosses: evangelism using telecommunications, especially radio and television
Related terms: televangelist
temporizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporizers
Etymology: From temporize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: A person who temporizes
fool's mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fool's mates
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess.
henbane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛnbeɪn/
Forms: form: henbanes
Etymology: From Middle English henbane, hennebane ( > French hanebane), equivalent to hen + bane. Cognate with Danish hønsebane, Swedish hönsbane. Compare also Old English hennebelle (“henbane”, literally “hen-bell”).
Senses: examples: text: Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 157:
text: Henbane acts as an anaphrodisiac.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 114:
synonyms: black henbane
hog's bane
stinking nightshade
glosses: A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.
glosses: Any other plant of the genus Hyoscyamus.
Synonyms: sense: Hyoscyamus
word: hyoscyamus
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hyoscyamus niger
word: black henbane
taxonomic: Hyoscyamus muticus
word: Egyptian henbane
taxonomic: Hyoscyamus aureus
word: golden henbane
taxonomic: Hyoscyamus albus
word: white henbane
taxonomic: Physalis viscosa
word: yellow henbane
insufflates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insufflate
insufflating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insufflate
revealed check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revealed checks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of discovered check.
synonyms: word: discovered check
compone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpəʊn/
Forms: form: compones
form: componing
form: componed
form: componed
Etymology: From Latin componere.
Senses: examples: 31 March 1528, Casale, Gardiner and Foxe, letter to Wolsey
a good pretence for componing peace
glosses: To compose; to settle; to arrange.
impone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpoʊn/
Forms: form: impones
form: imponing
form: imponed
form: imponed
Etymology: From Latin imponere, impositum (“to place upon”); prefix im- (“in”) + ponere (“to place”). See imposition.
Senses: examples: text: Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Kazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːzi/
Forms: form: Kazis
form: Khazi
form: qadi
form: cadi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to judge”)
Senses: examples: text: he sent for the Kazi and his assessors, intending to make his will and reveal to her his secret and die the death
ref: 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1
text: “Up with thee speak with the Kazi, for thy wife hath complained of to him and her favour is thus and thus.”
Page 301
“...O man, and speak with the Kazi; for thy wife hath complained of thee to him.” Said he, “He made peace between us just now.” But said they, “We come from another Kazi, and thy wife hath complained of thee to our Kazi.” So he arose and went with them to their Kazi, calling on Allah for aid against...
ref: 1964, James Kritzeck, Anthology of Islamic Literature, from the Rise of Islam to Modern Times, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Page 300
text: So I agreed to submit myself to such decision and we both presented ourselves before the Kazi, who said, ‘What bringeth you hither and what is your case and your quarrel?’
ref: 1971, Gilbert Highet, Explorations, Oxford University Press, Page 281
text: Thus, the islands of Kadmat, Chetlat and Kiltan had to remain under the religious jurisdiction of the Kazi of Amini. But as in the case of the Mooppan who rendered their services as jury in the absence of the Moktessors of Amini, in every island there used to be one Naib Kazi who performed the duties of the Kazi in his absence. The appointment of the Naib Kazi of every island was made by the District Collector but the name of the candidate who was tipped for the appointment as Naib Kazi had to be approved first by the Kazi of Amini.
ref: 2003, K.P. Ittaman, Amini Islanders: Social Structure and Change, Abhinav Publications, Page 202
glosses: A civil judge in Arabic, Persian or Turkish countries.
interpone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interpones
form: interponing
form: interponed
form: interponed
Etymology: From Latin interponere; inter (“between”) + ponere (“to place”). See position.
Senses: examples: text: Plotinus did postpone his Psyche, or soul, after the paternal Intellect; but Porphyrius interponed it betwixt the Father and the Son
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To interpose; to insert or place between.
wuzu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwuːzuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (vuzu).
Senses: examples: 1885: So they ceased to urge her; and the trader rose from amongst them and repaired to an out house to perform Wuzu ablution, and he purposed thereafter to return and to tell them his secret and to die. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”).
oppone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpəʊn/
Forms: form: oppones
form: opponing
form: opponed
form: opponed
Etymology: From Latin opponere. See opponent.
Senses: examples: text: Out of his Indies: what can you not do,
 Against lords spiritual, or temporal,
 That shall oppone you?
ref: 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To oppose.
Related terms: opponent
hend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: hends
form: hending
form: hended
form: hended
Etymology: From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“to grasp; grab by hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian henda (“to take hold of; seize”), Icelandic henda (“to take hold of by hand; seize; fling”).
Senses: examples: text: She flew at him like to an hellish feend,
And on his shield tooke hold with all her might,
As if that it she would in peeces rend,
Or reave out of the hand that did it hend
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage.
ref: 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1:
glosses: To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
Derived terms: overhend
hend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology: From Middle English hende, from Old English ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī.
Senses: glosses: Pleasant in manner, courteous, gentle, kind.
supposta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈpoʊstə/
Etymology: A reduction of supposed to.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of supposed to.
Related terms: word: to
cucurbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/
ipa: /kjuˈkɝ.bɪt/
Forms: form: cucurbits
form: cucurbita
form: cucurbite
Etymology: From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurbite and Latin cucurbita. Doublet of gourd.
Senses: examples: text: Our efforts are directed against species of African origin because these include several notorious pests (such as medfly, Ceratitis capitata), as well as some of the most poorly known ones (species of Dacus feeding on cucurbits).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:
glosses: Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
examples: text: When Sulayman saw me, he took refuge with Allah and bade me embrace the True Faith and obey his behests; but I refused, so sending for this cucurbit he shut me up therein, and stopped it over with lead
ref: 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1:
glosses: A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
soldi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soldo
big cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big cats
Senses: synonyms: great cat
megafelid
glosses: Any large felid animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, cat.
at first blush
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at the first blush
Etymology: From an obsolete sense of blush meaning to glance at.
Senses: examples: text: The finer and more distinctive features of a land require deep study and long acquaintance, but the broader traits of nationality are caught in an instant, or not caught at all. Familiarity with, destroys them, and it is only at first blush that we learn to appreciate them with force.
ref: 1843, Charles James Lever, Jack Hinton, the Guardsman:
text: At first blush it appears rather strange to consider for even a moment the possibility that corporate financial and business disclosure rises to the dignity of speech protected by the First Amendment.
ref: 1990, Nicolas Wolfson, Corporate First Amendment: Rights and the Sec, Quorum Books, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Third, it is only at first blush that one finds no exercises in conceptual elucidation
ref: 2002, Clarence A. Bonnen, Daniel E. Flage, Descartes and Method: A Search for a Method in Meditations, page 100:
text: That may sound innocent at first blush, but a phrase like "American leadership is good … for the world" is a signal that these people want to impose their will on others; and when military strength and moral principle are added, the caution flag must be raised.
ref: 2008, Dennis Martin Altman, The First Liberal: A Secular Look at Jesus' Socio-Political Ideas and How They Become the Basis of Modern Liberalism, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 47:
text: At first blush it seemed the attacks by the werewolf were random.
ref: 2012, Cynthia Garner, Secret of the Wolf, Forever, →ISBN:
glosses: Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly.
Synonyms: at first glance
at first sight
on the face of it
ostensibly
rag trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fashion industry.
tenderfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenderfoot
ten-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having ten gears.
raw_tags: of a bicycle
ten-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten-speeds
Senses: examples: text: Shops had waiting lists for customers wanting to buy Healing ten-speeds at $237. Morrison countered with the Olympus ten-speed, released in 1974, and the more upmarket Monark.
ref: 2004, Jonathan Kennett, Kennett Brothers, Ride: The Story of Cycling in New Zealand, page 65:
glosses: A bicycle having ten gears.
tenured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having tenure
glosses: Experienced at a workplace; seasoned
tenured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tenure
test-drive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: test-drives
form: test-driving
form: test-drove
form: test-driven
Senses: glosses: To drive a motor vehicle in order to evaluate it, especially before potential purchase.
synonyms: test-ride
glosses: To try out a product before committing to purchasing it.
Hypernyms: drive
Related terms: test drive
test-fly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: test-flies
form: test-flying
form: test-flew
form: test-flown
Senses: glosses: To fly an aircraft in order to evaluate its performance
Related terms: test flight
test pilot
motu proprio
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹɒpɹɪəʊ/
/ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹəʊpɹɪəʊ/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
Senses: glosses: Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.
motu proprio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹɒpɹɪəʊ/
/ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹəʊpɹɪəʊ/
Forms: form: motu proprios
Etymology: From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
Senses: glosses: A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.
Related terms: sua sponte
textural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From texture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to texture.
Derived terms: echotextural
microtextural
monotextural
nanotextural
texturally
theater-in-the-round
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theaters-in-the-round
form: theater in the round
form: theatre-in-the-round
form: theatre in the round
Senses: glosses: A theatre in the form of an arena, with seating on at least three of the four sides
theatricality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatricalities
Etymology: From theatrical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: However both theatricality and amphitheatricality find their clearest imagistic expression in the disruption of the landscape in which the doomed Orpheus performs his enchanting song to a 'theatre' of birds, animals and trees (11.22 Orphei...
ref: 2002 May 2, Philip Hardie, The Cambridge Companion to Ovid, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: theatricalness
theatricity
glosses: Theatrical behaviour and mannerisms
theatricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatrical
glosses: histrionics
theatrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θiːˈætɹɪks/
ipa: /θiˈætɹɪks/
Etymology: From theatric + -ics.
Senses: examples: text: the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando
ref: 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78:
glosses: theatrical appearance or character
examples: text: Drogba's main contribution prior to his goal was to go through his full range of theatrics but this was an example of exactly why Di Matteo made him his choice.
ref: 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:
text: Even though Susan thought her somewhat flappish at times, behind all her theatrics, she was a sound friend.
ref: 2013, Dick Donaghue, Crash and other Stories:
glosses: histrionics
rent-a-quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rent-a-quotes
Senses: glosses: Someone who is prepared to provide comment or opinion to the media on virtually any topic, either in exchange for payment or in order to gain exposure.
therm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɜːm/
ipa: /θɝm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: therms
Etymology: 1920s, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”). See also thermo-, -thermic, etc.
Senses: glosses: A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.
Derived terms: decatherm
thm
Related terms: thermo-
therm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɜːm/
ipa: /θɝm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: therms
form: therming
form: thermed
form: thermed
Etymology: Probably from English Hermes or English Terminus, ancient Gods whose statues would often have decoration characteristic of thermed work around their bases.
Senses: glosses: A technique used by woodturners to simultaneously create multiple copies of spindles and table legs.
thermometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the measurement of temperature.
examples: text: "It is quite chilly," whispered Enid, with a shiver. "It is not a subjective feeling," Mailey answered. "Mr. Harry Price has tested it with thermometric readings. So did Professor Crawford."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or employing a thermometer.
Synonyms: thermometrical
Derived terms: thermometrically
thiamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiamins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thiamine.