cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Southeast Sulawesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia.
North Sulawesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia.
lytic cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lytic cycles
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The normal process of viral reproduction involving penetration of the cell membrane, nucleic acid synthesis and lysis of the host cell
Related terms: lysogenic cycle
North Sumatra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia.
South Sumatra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia.
West Sumatra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia.
lysogenic cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysogenic cycles
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of viral reproduction involving the fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host, followed by proliferation of the resulting prophage
Related terms: lytic cycle
YO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of years old.
YO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of the Special Region of Yogyakarta: a province of Indonesia.
YO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of yarnover.
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of yarnover.
A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.
YO
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of yarnover.
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of yarnover.
To make a yarnover.
Yogyakarta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jogjakarta
Etymology: From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta).
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
synonyms: Special Region of Yogyakarta
glosses: An autonomous region of Indonesia.
glosses: A sultanate in Java
aition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aitia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἴτιον (aítion, “cause”).
Senses: examples: text: This helps us to understand why Greek initiatory rituals are so often accompanied by an explanatory story—technically, the aition—in which the god appears twice, as the adversary of the people and as their protector. These aitia typically follow a three-part scenario […]
ref: 2020, David M. Halperin et al., editors, Before Sexuality, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 123:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An origin story or myth in Ancient Greece.
embryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embryons
Etymology: From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of embryo.
embryon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more embryon
form: most embryon
Etymology: From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).
Senses: examples: text: [F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […].
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book LVI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 898-900:
glosses: Embryonic.
Chelosauria lovelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by William Saville-Kent, assistant curator at the Natural History Museum in London, who wrote an account of the creature in his book The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (W.H. Allen, London, 1893) based on Miss Lovell's accounts. The name means roughly "[Mister] Lovell's tortoise-lizard". (Reference: Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search of Australia's Mystery Animals, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN.)
Senses: topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The moha moha.
moha moha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Miss Lovell's first report (quote below) spelt the creature moka moka, but in her second it was moha moha (also below).
Senses: examples: text: 1891, S. Lovell, "Tempus omnia monstra", in Land and Water, London, 3 March 1891 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN, who was unable to obtain the original and so quotes from Bernard Heuvelmans, In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents, 1968, who in turn apparently quotes from Antoon C. Oudemans, The Great Sea-Serpent, 1892).
Native blacks call it 'Moka, moka' and say they like to eat it, and that it has legs and fingers.
text: 1891, S. Lovell, "Land and Water", 25 April 1891 (quoted by Malcolm Smith from Heuvelmans etc).
The blacks, who had not seen it the day I did, named it at once from my sketch, which must, therefore, be pretty accurate, and called it 'Moha, Moha', and laughed and said, 'Saucy Fellow, Meebee' – in English, 'dangerous turtle'.
topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A type of sea creature reported seen by a Miss Lovell and others at Sandy Cape in South-East Queensland, Australia, on 8 June 1890. She described it as some 30 feet long with a turtle-like neck extending from a rounded body some 8 feet across, and a long fish-like tail.
Synonyms: Chelosauria lovelli
accessary after the fact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessaries after the fact
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of accessory after the fact.
accessory before the fact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessories before the fact
form: accessary before the fact
Senses: topics: law
coordinate_terms: accessory after the fact
glosses: One who commands or counsels an actionable offense, not being present at its commission.
accessary before the fact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessaries before the fact
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of accessory before the fact.
almandine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/
Forms: form: almandines
Etymology: An alteration of the earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.
Senses: examples: text: Almandine, the variety found here, is stable at temperatures of 540 to 900°C at a pressure of 200 GPa.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 164:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: almandite
common garnet
glosses: A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.
almandines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈal.mən.dʌɪnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of almandine
Strait of Magellan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Strait of Magellan
form: Straits of Magellan
Senses: glosses: A navigable sea route between the southern coast of Chile and the northern coast of Tierra del Fuego.
almightily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more almightily
form: most almightily
Etymology: From almighty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way or manner that is almighty.
gonnegtion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonnegtions
Senses: examples: text: His [Meyer Wolfsheim's] nostrils turned toward me in an interested way. "I understand you are looking for a business gonnegtion."
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 4, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of connection.
allurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allurers
Etymology: From allure + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who is alluring.
allurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allurer
amplifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amplify + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being amplified.
Derived terms: coamplifiable
unamplifiable
anchorages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorage
anodization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anodizations
Etymology: From anode + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of anodizing.
annoyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annoyers
Etymology: From annoy + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This Authoure alſo writeth, that the Piſmires are wicked annoyers to trees, which the Gardener or Huſbandman ſayeth hee, maye force to forſake and leaue, if he beſtrike the neather partes of the Trees round aboute with the powder of the Ruddell, and Liquide pitche or Tarre, mixed togither, […]
ref: 1577, Dydymus Mountaine [pseudonym; Thomas Hill], Henry Dethicke [i.e., Henry Dethick], “The Artfull Inuentions and Helpes againste the Garden Moles, Antes, Gnattes, Flies, and Frogges, Euerting, Harming and Wasting as well Kitchen Hearbes, as Trees and Fruites”, in The Gardeners Labyrinth: […], London: […] Henry Bynneman, →OCLC, page 57:
text: It is not therefore without reaſon, that the Aſiatics, who live in regions where ſerpents greatly abound, wear boots and long cloaths, which very well protect their lower parts from the accidental reſentment of their reptile annoyers.
ref: 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Venemous Serpents in General”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, page 186:
text: He was a great annoyer of girls, and he was a coward, and he had always wished to be an amateur bullfighter.
ref: 1940, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 10, in For Whom the Bell Tolls, London: Jonathan Cape, page 110:
glosses: One who annoys.
annoyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annoyer
aquarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquarists
Senses: glosses: A person who maintains an aquarium.
annealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annealers
Etymology: From anneal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device or process that anneals.
glosses: The operator of such a device or process.
Synonyms: temperer
Hyponyms: annealing forge
annealing furnace
annealing kiln
annealing oven
heat treatment forge
heat treatment furnace
heat treatment kiln
heat treatment oven
tempering forge
tempering furnace
tempering kiln
tempering oven
Coordinate terms: sense: process that anneals
word: tempering
Related terms: sense: process that anneals
word: annealing
annealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annealer
annotative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From annotate + -ive.
Senses: synonyms: annotational
glosses: Relating to annotation.
Derived terms: annotatively
annotativeness
annotatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more annotatively
form: most annotatively
Etymology: From annotative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an annotative manner.
annotativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From annotative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being annotative.
annularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From annular + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being annular.
annuler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annulers
form: annuller
Etymology: From annul + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, annuls.
annulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annuler
annulments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annulment
annulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annulate
form: most annulate
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin annulatus, from Latin ānulātus.
Senses: glosses: Having an annular form or shape.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describes a fern sporangium that has an annulus.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describes a mushroom with an annulus on the stipe.
Derived terms: word: annulating
word: biannulate
word: exannulate
word: quadriannulate
word: sexannulate
word: triannulate
Related terms: annulation
annulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annulates
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin annulatus, from Latin ānulātus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the Annulata.
annulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: annulates
form: annulating
form: annulated
form: annulated
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin annulatus, from Latin ānulātus.
Senses: examples: text: A conceptually different approach was undertaken by Schreiber and coworkers in which, rather than annulating the enediyne bridge onto a cyclohexane-type precursor, both rings were assembled in a single transformation, specifically an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction (Scheme XII) (30).
ref: 1995, Donald B. Borders, Terrence W. Doyle, editors, Enediyne Antibiotics as Antitumor Agents, New York, N.Y. […]: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 393:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause (something) to undergo an annulation reaction (a reaction which forms a ring of atoms).
annullable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From annul + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being annulled.
Derived terms: unannullable
anodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday.
Senses: synonyms: anodal
hypernyms: electrodic#Adjective
coordinate_terms: cathodic#Adjective
glosses: Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at an anode.
wikipedia: Michael Faraday
Derived terms: anodically
photoanodic
Related terms: ambiodic
cathodic
anodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anodic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anodic manner.
anodynic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: more anodynic
form: most anodynic
Etymology: From anodyne + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Alloway explained to her that ladies were meant for hoops and finery, for accomplishment in verse and music and other anodynic arts […].
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 33:
glosses: In the way of an anodyne, relating to relief from pain.
busser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bussers
Etymology: From bus (noun) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A mid-sized horse used to pull a bus.
busser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bussers
Etymology: From bus (verb), a back-formation from busboy, + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Many owners have long sought to boost the pay of kitchen workers and bussers by forcing servers to share their tips.
ref: 2018 March 24, Lydia DePillis, “Few noticed, but Congress just banned restaurants from skimming tips”, in CNN:
text: Giovanni Duran, 42, came to California from El Salvador without federal authorization when he was 2 years old, brought by his family. He worked as a busser in a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles, Loreal said.
ref: 2025 February 11, Wendy Fry, “‘It was just a regular morning’: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers”, in SFGate:
synonyms: omnibus
glosses: An assistant waiter; one who busses.
DIY-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: DIYing
Senses: examples: text: 2003, Rients Dijkstra, “Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space”, in Jennifer Sigler (ed.), 109 Provisional Attempts to Address Six Simple and Hard Questions about What Architects Do Today and Where Their Profession Might Go Tomorrow, The Berlage Institute report No. 6/7, episode publishers, →ISBN, page 163,
They were all buzzing around in their gardens and their homes, DIY-ing and barbecuing.
text: Recycling old things into new, useful ones is one of the main rules of DIY-ing.
ref: 2005, Kimberly Potts, My DIY: The Stylin’ Girl’s Guide to DIY Projects—from Sassy Crafts to Thrifty Gifts, Adams Media, →ISBN, page viii:
text: I considered DIY-ing my Mrs. Everly skirt but decided I didn’t have the creative energy.
ref: 2007, Taylor Morris, Class Favorite, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 208:
glosses: present participle and gerund of DIY
anchoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchoresses
form: anchress
Etymology: From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: … and advises the anchoresses to take on the basic religious vows …
ref: 2003, Yōko Wada, “A Genre of Ancrene Wisse”, in A Companion to Ancrene Wisse, DS Brewer, →ISBN, page 39:
synonyms: anchoritess
glosses: A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchoresses
Etymology: From anchor + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Williams was co-hosting in place of Katie Couric, a move some have speculated was meant to deprive the possible next anchoress of the CBS Evening News the prime time exposure.
ref: 2006 February 11, James Poniewozik, “Live from Turin—Sorry, Torino—It's NBC”, in Time, retrieved 25 Jan 2012:
text: Mr. Thompson reportedly booted executives off a cross-continental Citigroup flight to be alone with the impeccably brunette anchoress.
ref: 2007 April 16, Max Abelson, “Sold! 'Money Honey,' Hubby Buy $6.5 M. East Side Townhouse”, in New York Observer, retrieved 25 Jan 2012:
glosses: An anchorwoman.
anchoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchoress
anapests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ə.pɛsts/
Senses: glosses: plural of anapest
anapæst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăʹnəpĕst
enpr: ăʹnəpēst
ipa: /ˈæn.ə.pɛst/
other: /ˈæn.ə.piːst/
rhymes: -ɛst
rhymes: -iːst
Forms: form: anapæsts
Senses: examples: text: The situations of imaginary glory which he draws for himself, are the detection of an anapæst in the wrong place, or the restoration of a dative case which Cranzius had passed over and the never-dying Ernesti failed to observe.
ref: 1885, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Intellectual Life, page 174 (J.B. Alden)
glosses: Archaic form of anapest.
Related terms: anapæstic
anapæstical
anapæstically
anapæsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anapæst
anarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anarch
alpinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more alpinely
form: most alpinely
Etymology: From alpine + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an alpine way, loftily.
perturber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perturbers
Etymology: From perturb + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The queen forgot the dignity of her station and the softness of her sex, and, in language more fit for the markets than the court, called him rogue, and traitor, and perturber of the public peace; […]
ref: 1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Lives of the Most Eminent Foreign Statesmen:
glosses: One who or that which perturbs.
examples: text: This moon is a significant perturber.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A source of perturbation.
Related terms: perturb
perturbation
Canada Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Dominion Day
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A Canadian statutory holiday celebrating the country's creation in 1867, celebrated each year on July 1st.
Lissauer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Lesser
asphalted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Covered in asphalt
Derived terms: unasphalted
asphalted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of asphalt
So.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: So
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of south.
So.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: So
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of southern.
asphalting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of asphalt
asphalting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asphaltings
Senses: glosses: An application of asphalt.
asphalts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of asphalt
assayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of assay
assortments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assortment
airlane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airlanes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of air lane.
airlanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airlane
air lanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air lane
averring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aver
primordiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordialities
Etymology: From primordial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being primordial.
alternate universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternate universes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alternative universe.
make-up artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-up artists
form: makeup artist
Senses: synonyms: visagiste
glosses: A person who applies makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and similar productions.
nenikikamen
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: nenikekamen
Etymology: Transliteration of Ancient Greek νενικήκαμεν (nenikḗkamen, “we are victorious”).
Senses: examples: text: Nenikikamen — title of choral work.
ref: 1971, Antoniou, Theodore (Greek composer, b 1935)
text: As he reached the city he gasped out Nenikikamen! and fell dead.
ref: 1967, Ilka Chase, Fresh from the Laundry:
glosses: We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).
Related terms: Nike
CRMB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of crumb rubber modified bitumen.
latti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lattis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lathi (“stick or club”).
synchronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronisms
Senses: glosses: The state of being synchronous.
glosses: A temporal relationship between events.
glosses: The tabular arrangement of contemporary events etc. in history.
Synonyms: topics: state
word: synchroneity
raw_tags: of being synchronous
word: synchronicity
word: simultaneousness
Sec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of security.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of securities.
glosses: Abbreviation of section.
qualifier: non-India
glosses: Abbreviation of Secretary.
severance pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The only case for severance pay on top is that fortunes in public life are so uncertain that some MPs might be discouraged from seeking office if there weren’t any cushion.
ref: 2008, Tom Clark, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 3:
synonyms: separation allowance
severance payment
severance
glosses: Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
swarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swarmings
Senses: glosses: The motion of a swarm.
glosses: A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.
swarming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swarm
MCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCTs
Senses: examples: text: And there is some evidence that MCTs do increase the metabolic rate slightly.
ref: 2008, Lucy Atkins, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 19:
glosses: Initialism of medium-chain triglyceride.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of maximum continuous thrust.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of minimum connecting time.
glosses: Initialism of monocrotaline.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of multi-clutch transmission.
Related terms: english: dual clutch transmission
translation: dual clutch transmission
word: DCT
english: continuously variable transmission
translation: continuously variable transmission
word: CVT
MCT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of monotone convergence theorem.
medium-chain triglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium-chain triglycerides
form: medium chain triglyceride
Senses: examples: text: However, it [coconut oil] differs from fats such as butter because it contains a lot of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT).
ref: 2008, Lucy Atkins, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 18:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester of glycerol with fatty acids containing six to twelve carbons; posited to have certain beneficial health effects.
medium-chain triglycerides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medium-chain triglyceride
short-chain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a chain of fewer than about six carbon atoms.
raw_tags: of an aliphatic compound
Related terms: medium-chain
long-chain
medium-chain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a chain of between about six and twelve carbon atoms
raw_tags: of an aliphatic compound
Derived terms: medium-chain triglyceride
Related terms: short-chain
long-chain
long-chain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a chain of more than about twelve carbon atoms.
raw_tags: of an aliphatic compound
Related terms: medium-chain
short-chain
aqualungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aqualung
Raynaud's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Maurice Raynaud (1834–1881), the French physician who first described it.
Senses: examples: text: Check for Raynaud's. This inherited autoimmune condition affects between 3% and 20% of the adult population […]
ref: 2008, Lucy Atkins, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 19:
glosses: Raynaud's disease; Raynaud's phenomenon.
wikipedia: Maurice Raynaud
anthropoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthropoid
Argentinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Argentinian
anticyclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticyclone
alleluias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alleluia
amaryllises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amaryllis
amours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amour
analemmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analemma
beefburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beefburger
addressographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addressograph
aerogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerogramme, the alternative spelling of aerogram.
almanacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almanack
ancestries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancestry
antediluvians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antediluvian
antagonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antagonism
anthologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthologist
anticorrosives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticorrosive
apexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apex
aunties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auntie
glosses: plural of aunty
aunties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of auntie
authorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authorization
audio-typists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audio-typist
roadstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊdˌstɛd/
Forms: form: roadsteads
Etymology: From road + stead.
Senses: examples: text: The shores of Protection island form on its south side, which is about two miles long, a most excellent roadstead, and a channel into port Discovery, near 2 miles wide on either side […]
ref: 1798, George Vancouver, chapter V, in A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, volume I, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, page 248:
text: […] I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl.
ref: 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, “Story of the Fair Cuban”, in More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 171:
text: […] that was the time when at the mast-heads of the three-deckers and seventy-fours moored in her own roadstead […] the blue-jackets, to be numbered by thousands, ran up with huzzas the British colors with the union and cross wiped out […]
ref: 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter III.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:
text: Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent. It was like a roadstead crowded with tall fairy-shipping.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: In 1620 junks began to arrive from China depositing hundreds of migrants, and with the resumption of China's official trade to Southeast Asia in 1683, the numbers of junks arriving annually in Batavia's roadstead grew from an average of three or four to about twenty.
ref: 1992, Leonard Y. Andaya, “Interactions with the Outside World and Adaptation in Southeast Asian Society, 1500-1800”, in Nicholas Tarling, editor, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, page 349:
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: road
roads
glosses: A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
austerities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of austerity
authoresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authoress
couldna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊdnə/
/-n̩ə/
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of could not have.
Senses: examples: text: You couldna said it better if you tried.
glosses: Contraction of could not have.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
Related terms: coulda
couldn've
shouldna
wouldna
airbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbed
shouldna
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊdnə/
/-n̩ə/
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of should not have.
Senses: examples: text: You shouldna done that.
glosses: Contraction of should not have.
shouldna
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊdnə/
/-n̩ə/
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of shouldnae.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shouldnae.
Related terms: couldna
shoulda
shouldn't've
wouldna
wouldna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdnə/
/-n̩ə/
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of would not have.
Senses: examples: text: I wouldna done that if I were you.
glosses: Contraction of would not have.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
Related terms: coulda
shouldna
woulda
wouldn't've
alphabetisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphabetiser
Guinness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪnɪs/
Forms: form: Guinness
Etymology: An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
synonyms: word: Liffey water
word: vitamin G
glosses: A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it.
glosses: Guinness World Records.
Guinness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪnɪs/
Forms: form: Guinnesses
Etymology: An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus.
Senses: examples: text: Three Guinnesses please, barman.
text: I shoulda deaded it from genesis instead of hittin' the Guinnesses
ref: 2004, “Guinnesses”, in Mm..Food, performed by MF Doom ft. Angelika & 4-IZE:
glosses: A serving of the beverage.
alamedas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alameda
amontillados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amontillado
anastomoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anastomosis
anastomoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anastomose
three-legged race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-legged races
Senses: examples: text: There's something for the whole family with events including cow pat throwing, sack races, three-legged races and more.
ref: 2021 December 24, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 27, column 3:
topics: athletics
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.
animaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animater
egg and spoon race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg and spoon races
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A race in which competitors must carry an egg on a small spoon and race to the finish line without dropping the egg.
sleeping lions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A children's game in which some participants lie on the floor and attempt to stay motionless, while others try to make them move without physically touching them.
blurriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of blurry: most blurry
blurrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of blurry: more blurry
bossiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bossy: most bossy
bossier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bossy: more bossy
amirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amir
brisker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brisk: more brisk
briskest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brisk: most brisk
bristliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bristly: most bristly
I've got your nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: children's games
glosses: A young children's game in which someone simulates stealing the victim's nose from their face and demonstrates this by showing their own thumb protruding between the index and middle fingers.
bristlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bristly: more bristly
bonniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The bonniest lass that ye meet neist, / Gie her a kiss an' a' that
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, The Bonniest Lass:
text: “Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow,” quoth Robin, “thou seemest happy this merry morn.” ¶ “Ay, that am I,” quoth the jolly Butcher, “and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?”
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
glosses: superlative form of bonny: most bonny
bonnier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Ex-driver John McLeish of Perth, to whom I am greatly indebted for much information concerning the earlier workings of the "Dunlastair Is" and the men involved, maintains that there were never "two bonnier engines in Britain".
ref: 1959 February, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Dunalastair I" 4-4-0s of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:
glosses: comparative form of bonny: more bonny
brasher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of brash: more brash
brashest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brash: most brash
myrrhe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myrrhes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of myrrh.
bubbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bubbly: most bubbly
trees of heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree of heaven
bubblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bubbly: more bubbly
Brownian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaʊni.ən/
Forms: form: more Brownian
form: most Brownian
form: brownian
Etymology: From Brown + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or relating to botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
Pertaining to motion caused by the random vibration of molecules (Brownian motion).
glosses: Of or relating to Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown, 1716?–1783), English landscape architect.
Derived terms: Brownian motion
Brownian motor
Brownian movement
Brownian ratchet
Related terms: Brownite
Brunonian
bulkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bulky: more bulky
bulkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bulk: most bulk
burliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of burly: most burly
burlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of burly: more burly
bushier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bushy: more bushy
bushiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bush: most bush
bustiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of busty: most busty
balkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of balky: most balky
balkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of balky: more balky
balmiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of balmy: most balmy
balmier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of balmy: more balmy
barmiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barmier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of barmy: more barmy
surfable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surfable
form: most surfable
Etymology: From surf + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be surfed
Related terms: surfboard
surfer
surfing
body-surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of body-surf
body-surf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: body-surfs
form: body-surfing
form: body-surfed
form: body-surfed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodysurf.
body surf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: body surfs
form: body surfing
form: body surfed
form: body surfed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodysurf.
bodysurf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodysurfs
form: bodysurfing
form: bodysurfed
form: bodysurfed
form: body-surf
form: body surf
Etymology: From body + surf.
Senses: examples: text: The key to bodysurfing a good wave is timing.
ref: 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 143:
glosses: To ride waves or surf without equipment, such as a surfboard.
examples: text: Australians had been surfing lying down on 4-5 foot wooden surfboards before then and bodysurfing with wooden handboards — some had even heard about stand-up surfing in Hawaii and seen a couple of local surfers standing up — but stand-up surfing was still more of a rumour than a reality for most Aussie beach-goers.
ref: 2003, Louise Southerden, Surf's Up: The Girl's Guide to Surfing, page 13:
text: A talented surfer and strong swimmer, and a fellow member of the Bronte Surf Club, he specialised in body surfing with a hand board.
ref: 2013, Ian Wilson, Come a Little Bit Closer:
glosses: To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
Derived terms: bodysurfer
brown eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown eye
Hesper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus […]
ref: 1960, John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor:
glosses: Hesperus, the evening star
-dar
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Rebracketing of radar.
Senses: glosses: Forming nouns denoting a putative ability to detect a thing.
battier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of batty: more batty
battiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of batty: most batty
baulkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of baulky: most baulky
baulkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of baulky: more baulky
bawdiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
chloroformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroformers
Etymology: From chloroform + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses chloroform.
bawdier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
beachier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beachy: more beachy
beachiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beachy: most beachy
beadiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beady: most beady
beadier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beady: more beady
beakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beaky: most beaky
who'd've
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /hudə(v)/
Forms: form: who’d’ve
Senses: glosses: Contraction of who would have.
beakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beaky: more beaky
beastlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beastly: more beastly
beastliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beastly: most beastly
beechier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beechy: more beechy
beechiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beechy: most beechy
beefiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "Are you ready for #FatBearWeek, where Katmai’s beefiest bruins flaunt their fluffvying for glory as if they're the wobbliest, blue-ribbon-winning Jell-O mold at a Midwest state fair?" the NPS wrote on Instagram at the start of the competition.
ref: 2025 October 1, Megan Forrester, “2025 Fat Bear Week winner announced: See who was named 'beefiest bruin'”, in ABC News:
glosses: superlative form of beefy: most beefy.
beefier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beefy: more beefy
name dropping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of name drop Alternative spelling of name-dropping.
name dropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name droppings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of name-dropping.
beeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beery: most beery
law of averages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ... as they will not have sufficient distribution of risk to permit the law of averages to play its part and a severe total loss may ...
ref: 1919, William David Winter, Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice, McGraw-Hill, page 96:
text: Second Law - The Law of Averages. Whenever something (such as throwing a die) can have more than one result, if all the possible results have an equal chance ...
ref: 1971, Russell Langley, Practical Statistics Simply Explained, Courier Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 22:
text: It is upon the ideas of 'repeated experimentation' and the law of averages that many of our notions of chance are founded.
ref: 1986, Geoffrey Grimmett, Dominic Welsh, Probability: An Introduction, OUP, →ISBN, page 124:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.
examples: text: This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.
glosses: An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.
beerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beery: more beery
bilgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bilgy: most bilgy
bilgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bilgy: more bilgy
billowier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of billowy: more billowy
billowiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of billowy: most billowy
tensioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tension
bitchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bitchy: more bitchy
attitude-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more attitude-y
form: most attitude-y
form: attitudey
form: attitudy
Etymology: From attitude + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of attitudy
bitchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bitchy: most bitchy
tensioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tensioned
form: most tensioned
Senses: examples: text: It is in the nature of the assertion of distinctions of identity that they force others to realize they are in a place that is not so universal, that their straight being is at best a tensioned coil likely to snap back any time soon.
ref: 1982 December 4, Martin Krieger, “Come Out Croaking”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8:
glosses: In tension; strained or pulled on.
tensioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tension
attitudey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more attitudey
form: most attitudey
Etymology: From attitude + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of attitudy.
tensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tension + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The tensional force was so great the cable snapped.
glosses: Relating to tension.
bittiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bitty: most bitty
bittier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bitty: more bitty