cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
monogenean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɒn əˈdʒiːniːən/
Forms: form: monogeneans
Etymology: From translingual Monogenea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any of the many trematode flatworms of the class Monogenea, mostly ectoparasites on fish
ploughland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploughlands
form: plowland
Etymology: From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).
Senses: glosses: Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
glosses: Synonym of carucate.
synonyms: word: carucate
Synonyms: carucate
Hypernyms: land
carucate
Hyponyms: carucate
protopodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protopodites
Etymology: From proto- + podite.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The basal segment of the limb of a crustacean
pterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪɡɔɪd
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdēs, from Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “like a wing”), from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “a wing”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: pterygoidal
glosses: Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
Derived terms: basipterygoid
ectopterygoid
endopterygoid
entopterygoid
epipterygoid
interpterygoid
mesopterygoid
metapterygoid
palatopterygoid
pseudopterygoid
pterygoid bone
pterygoid canal
pterygoid fossa
pterygoid muscle
pterygoid nerve
pterygoid plate
pterygoid process
pterygoid ridge
pterygoid tubercle
pterygo-
pteryg-
vomeropterygoid
pterygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈtɛɹ.əˌɡɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪɡɔɪd
Forms: form: pterygoids
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdēs, from Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “like a wing”), from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “a wing”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Senses: examples: example
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve).
Derived terms: pterygoidal
postal addresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postal address
computer processor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌprəʊsɛsə/
Forms: form: computer processors
Senses: glosses: A hardware component of a computer that executes the instructions that make up a program.
industrial estates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of industrial estate
chamotte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈmɑt/
ipa: /ʃəˈmɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: chamottes
Etymology: From French chamotte, from German Schamotte, of uncertain origin.
Senses: synonyms: firesand
grog
glosses: A ceramic raw material with a high percentage of silica and alumina.
average bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: average bears
Etymology: After the cartoon character Yogi Bear, said to be "smarter than the average bear".
Senses: examples: text: She's no smarter than the average bear.
text: I'm not saying he's fat, but he is heavier than the average bear...
glosses: The norm; an average person; Used in comparisons
wikipedia: Yogi Bear
Related terms: average Joe
yellow locust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow locusts
Senses: glosses: black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
yellow locusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow locust
moneyocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From money + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: Rule by the rich.
reciprocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reciprocity
underthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underthings
Etymology: From under- + thing.
Senses: examples: text: 'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
text: My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.
ref: 1979, Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around, page 64:
glosses: An undergarment.
underthings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underthing
generationer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generationers
Etymology: From generation + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Although Ali was not a hip-hop generationer, the community-wide debate sparked by her book exposed the crux of the gender issue facing the hip-hop generation[…]
ref: 2003, Bakari Kitwana, The hip hop generation, page 89:
text: One Ticuani native in her mid-twenties, who has long- established friendships with returning second-generationers, is uncomfortable with the contrast between their apparent ease and her own family's difficult financial situation.
ref: 2006, Robert C. Smith, Mexican New York: transnational lives of new immigrants, page 158:
glosses: A member of a specified generation.
oncofertility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onco- + fertility.
Senses: glosses: Fertility despite cancer.
foxes in the henhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fox in the henhouse
sisig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kapampangan.
Senses: glosses: A pork dish from the Philippines.
disincentivized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disincentivize
pupillages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pupillage
pupillarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pupillarity
figurae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figura
coelum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coelom (“body cavity”).
globulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globuli
Etymology: From Latin globulus.
Senses: glosses: The nucleus globosus.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pill, bolus, or spherical suppository.
improvisatrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˌpɹɒvɪzəˈtɹiːt͡ʃeɪ/
rhymes: -iːtʃeɪ
Forms: form: improvisatrices
form: improvisatrici
form: improvvisatrice
Etymology: From the Italian improvvisatrice, the feminine form of improvvisatore; compare improvisatrix.
Senses: synonyms: improvisatrix
glosses: A female improvisatore.
Related terms: improvisation
improvise
improv
improvisatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of improvisatrice
glosses: plural of improvisatrix
improvisatrici
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of improvisatrice
levogyre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: laevogyre
form: lævogyre
Etymology: From levo- + -gyre.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Levorotatory.
levogyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levogyres
form: laevogyre
form: lævogyre
Etymology: From levo- + -gyre.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A levorotatory substance.
crawfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crawfish
crawfishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fishing for crawfish
crawfished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crawfish
olive juice
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the lip movements being similar.
Senses: examples: text: “Olive juice,” Jimmy said. Mark stood up and Ann came in. She tucked Jimmy in. “Olive juice,” she said. They walked back into the living room. “What's olive juice?” Mark asked. “Watch my lips when I say it,” Ann said.
ref: 2005, Scott Wolven, Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, →ISBN, page 97:
text: Hey, baby, I hope you're feeling better. You're not a failure; you are perfect in every way. I'll see you soon! Olive juice <3 xx
ref: 2013, Cassidy Briggs, Thigh Gaps and Men, →ISBN, page 62:
text: One day while I was in my nook, he said, “olive juice.” “Huh?” I said. Slowly and deliberately with no sound, he mouthed “olive juice.” “What does it look like?” he said.
ref: 2014, Elle Kay, Where's My Happily Ever After?, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: I love you.
olive juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The lowest levels of acrylamide (338.67±9.23 μg/kg) were found in olives that were not neutralized with carbon dioxide, whereas the highest levels of acrylamide (681.60±11.36 μg/kg) were found in olives that had been neutralized for 4 hr. These results indicated that the formation of acrylamide in whole olives, as well as in olive juice, is pH dependent.
ref: 2017, Apostolos Kiritsakis, Fereidoon Shahidi, Olives and Olive Oil as Functional Foods, →ISBN:
glosses: The juice extracted from olives.
Related terms: elephant juice
Hobbsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hobbsian
form: most Hobbsian
Senses: examples: text: They make fun of Thom's "Einstein in sheepskin" and see the life of ancient Avebury in a Hobbsian way as "nasty, brutish, and short." They forget that ancient Ireland transformed the emergence of Western Europe in the Dark Ages, and that ancient Ireland did not store knowledge in cities, but in rural monasteries.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 266:
glosses: Rare form of Hobbesian.
Occitanie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Occitanie.
Senses: glosses: Occitania: an administrative region in southern France.
Related terms: Languedoc
Occitania
dextrogyre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dextro- + -gyre.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Dextrorotatory.
dextrogyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dextrogyres
Etymology: From dextro- + -gyre.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dextrorotatory substance.
children should be seen and not heard
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a child should be seen and not heard
Senses: examples: text: Until you can organize yourself and those who share your discontent, and compile and reconstruct some proposals for meeting the needs of gay youths, until you can present them in an adult (and I stress that word — ADULT) manner; lay low, my friend, for children should be seen and not heard.
ref: 1978 December 9, Donald Farwell, “Our Angry Young Man”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 4:
glosses: Children should behave well and be quiet, especially in the presence of adults.
solyanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solyankas
form: solianka
form: soljanka
Etymology: From Russian and Ukrainian соля́нка (soljánka).
Senses: glosses: A thick, spicy and sour soup in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine.
rassolnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rassolniks
Etymology: From Russian рассо́льник (rassólʹnik).
Senses: glosses: A soup in Russian cuisine made from pickled cucumbers.
media darling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: media darlings
Senses: examples: text: TV Correspondent Alexander Krutkov became an overnight media darling with his piercing on-the-spot dispatches.
ref: 1986 June 30, John Moody, “Gorbachev Loosens the Media's Reins”, in Time:
text: “[T]he coverage of Obama has been so positive that you have to call him, though I really hate this term, a media darling.”
ref: 2008 February 14, John Heilemann, “The Meme Prisoner”, in New York Magazine, retrieved 13 Sep 2010:
glosses: A celebrity who is especially popular and who receives frequent and very favorable attention in the news media.
many-sidedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛnɪˈsʌɪdɪdnəs/
Forms: form: manysidedness
Etymology: From many-sided + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind.
ref: 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section IV:
glosses: The fact or quality of having many sides or facets.
ramentum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntəm
Forms: form: ramenta
Etymology: From Latin ramentum (“a scraping”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the thin brownish chaffy scales found on the epidermis of the leaves or young shoots of some ferns
Derived terms: ramentaceous
Related terms: rament
ramenta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramentum
ramulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramuli
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ramulus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
ramuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ramulus
ramule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ramules
Senses: glosses: ramulus
pirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pir
refusnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refusniks
form: refusniki
Senses: examples: text: Among the reported abuses of human rights provisions were these: […] Jews had been refused permission to emigrate for unstated reasons, and many such refusniki – a sad new term in the Russian^([sic]) language – had been dismissed from their jobs, thus being reduced to poverty; […]
ref: 1978, Egon Larsen, “Human Rights and Power Politics”, in A Flame in Barbed Wire: The Story of Amnesty International, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, published 1979, →ISBN, page 140:
text: Sean Dobson was bombarded with questions about life in America but was never able to explain our bizarre culture. He met many types: the black marketeers, but also the brave refusniki. He found Moscow grey and depressing, but old Leningrad still charming, despite its disrepair.
ref: 1985, The American Bulletin, numbers 333–361, Cicero, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Janis Goldstein, 38, a Jewish activist from Jackson, Miss., also spoke before the Temple Beth-El audience, telling of her separate trip to Riga, Leningrad and Moscow to visit refusniki, or those who have attempted to leave but have been refused permission.
ref: 1985 September 23, Mike Bennighof, “Congressman’s journey included smuggling, too”, in Birmingham Post-Herald, volume 119, number 168, Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A7, column 4:
text: The structures of power in Montenegro treated these Montenegrin refusniki as not only traitors and enemies of the state, but also as individuals who were not worthy of calling themselves Montenegrin.
ref: 2005 April, Srdja Pavlovic, “Reckoning: The 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik and the Consequences of the ‘War for Peace’”, in spacesofidentity.net, volume 5, number 1 (War Crimes), Edmonton, Alta.: Canadian Center for Austrian and Central European Studies, University of Alberta, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2015, page 76:
glosses: Alternative spelling of refusenik.
refusniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refusnik
refusest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: refuse + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of refuse
qualitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of qualitate
qualitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒ.lɪ.teɪt/
Forms: form: qualitates
form: qualitating
form: qualitated
form: qualitated
Etymology: Back-formation from qualitative.
Senses: glosses: To measure in qualitative terms.
Coordinate terms: quantitate
nuclear data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Compilation of experimental and evaluated data describing nuclear properties.
suppuratives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppurative
mystiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mystique
nounhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From noun + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: It made occasional forays into nounhood, in fixed expressions like without fail and no-fail.
ref: 2009 August 9, Ben Zimmer, “How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being a noun.
Derived terms: proper nounhood
adjectivehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adjective + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being an adjective.
verbhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From verb + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being a verb.
Related terms: verbdom
Grenelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Grenelle.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Seine department, France.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Paris, France.
nonattributive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + attributive.
Senses: glosses: Not attributive.
Dworkinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dworkinian
form: most Dworkinian
Etymology: From Dworkin + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013), Jewish-American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law.
glosses: Of or pertaining to Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005), American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography.
Dworkinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dworkinians
Etymology: From Dworkin + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Ronald Dworkin.
Related terms: Dworkinism
Dworkinite
lambfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lambfolds
Etymology: From lamb + fold.
Senses: glosses: An enclosure for keeping lambs.
Related terms: sheepfold
lambfolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambfold
relique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reliques
Senses: examples: text: What needs my Shakespear for his honour'd Bones,
The labour of an age in piled Stones,
Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid
Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
ref: 1632, John Milton, On Shakespear. 1630:
glosses: Obsolete form of relic.
biniou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪnjuː/
Forms: form: binious
form: binioux
Etymology: Borrowed from Breton binioù, plural of béni.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A set of traditional Breton bagpipes.
ukha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian уха́ (uxá). Doublet of jus and juice.
Senses: examples: text: You’ll see pools of kefir, sbiten, kvass, or vzvar in cavities of rocks, borscht and ukha swelling up in tree stumps, stuffed blintzes and pierogi mushrooming in flower clusters or out of tree bark or hanging from leaves, and cream-covered smetannik adorning trees like snow.
ref: 2024, Colleen Houck, “Beware of the Goat from Its Front Side, of the Horse from Its Back Side, and a Monk from Any Side”, in Tiger’s Tale, Ashland, Ore.: Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A clear Russian fish soup.
norra
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: This is norra lorra fun.
qualifier: representing northern pronunciation
glosses: Not a.
Related terms: berra
birra
gerra
gorra
lorra
worra
opiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opiners
Etymology: From opine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That’s what drew me to it: an Internet opiner must be pretty bold so early on to liken Gates, however indirectly, to both a former Black Panther on death row and a Hollywood shoplifter.
ref: 2009 August 9, Virginia Heffernan, “Hashing Things Out”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who opines.
opinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɒpɪneɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: opinators
Etymology: From Latin opīnātor, from opīnor (“to opine”).
Senses: examples: text: it is that fond Opinators invest their beloved Congregation , with all the glorious Priviledges, and Titles, making Angels of their own men
ref: a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, Of Catholick Charity (a sermon)
synonyms: opiner
glosses: An opinionated person, or someone who holds an opinion.
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A proposed common ancestor to the group of Malayo-Polynesian languages.
intenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnəbəl
Forms: form: more intenable
form: most intenable
Etymology: From in- + tenable.
Senses: glosses: Untenable.
considerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: considerators
Senses: examples: text: unsatisfied considerators
ref: c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
glosses: Someone who considers; a considerer.
saltant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin saltans, present participle of saltare (“to dance”), v. intens. from salire (“to leap”): compare French sautant. See sally (verb).
Senses: glosses: Leaping; jumping; dancing.
examples: text: Why the devil, can you deny that you've not a partiality for cats, ha! ha! ha! […] the feline species is preserved—the crest is very evident a kitten saltant, ha! heh! heh!
ref: 1808, The Critical Review, or, Annals of Literature, page 91:
text: "The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat." This speech is an heraldric puzzle. It is pretty clear that "the dozen white luces" apply to the arms of the Lucy family. […] Since our first edition we have received an ingenious explanation from a correspondent, "A Lover of Heraldry." "The arms of the Lucies (now quartered by the Duke of Northumberland) are gules, three lucies hauriant, argent. […] 'The salt fis (i.e. the fish or luce saltant) is an old coat.' Without taking it as a strict and formed adjective, I think in Shallow's mouth the salt luces may well mean the saltant lucies."
ref: 1867, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies, page 41:
text: Two lions saltant as vis-a-vis, but reversed, one with head up, the other down.
ref: 1893, Journal of the Derbyshire Archæological and Natural History Society, page 43:
text: The issue at the bottom is decorated by two lions saltant.
ref: 1905, Ferdinand Justi, Sara Yorke Stevenson, Morris Jastrow (Jr.), Central and eastern Asia in antiquity, page 91:
text: Crest a squerrill saltant gules upon a rugged staffe party per fece gold and vert the leaues counterchanged, sett upon a wreath siluer and Sable, the mantletts gules doubled siluer, Botoned gold as it appeareth in ye margent.
ref: 1925, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 78:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: In a leaping position; springing forward; salient.
saltator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltators
Etymology: Borrowed from the genus name, translingual Saltator, borrowed from Latin saltātor (“dancer”).
Senses: glosses: One of several passerine birds in the genus Saltator.
Derived terms: black-headed saltator
golden-billed saltator
Orinoco saltator
sades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sade
sades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sade
supponent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: MY non supponent Lord, and Soveraign master of contradictions in adjected terms, that unto you I have presumed to tender the dedicacie of this introduction, will not seem strange to those, that know how your concurrence did further me to the accomplishment of that new Language, unto the frontispeice whereof it is premitted.
ref: 1653, Thomas Urquhart, Logopandecteision:
glosses: Used as the nominative subject of a personal verb.
d. in p. aeq.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Latin dīvidātur in partēs aequālēs (“let it be divided into equal parts”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Let it be divided into equal parts.
raw_tags: in prescriptions
squinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squinters
Etymology: From squint + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who squints.
non-generic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nongeneric
Etymology: From non- + generic.
Senses: examples: text: Non-generic drugs are usually more expensive than their generic equivalents.
glosses: Not generic.
menometrorrhagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menometrorrhagias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
Related terms: menorrhagia
metrorrhagia
'tute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːt
Forms: form: 'tutes
form: tute
Etymology: Aphetic form of institute.
Senses: examples: text: I got my undergraduate degree from the ‘tute.
glosses: Clipping of institute.
leafen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leaf + -en.
Senses: examples: leafen gold
glosses: Formed in leaves.
Related terms: leaf
quatenus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin quatenus.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative insofar as it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible; admitting the possibility that the Book of Concord might contradict the Bible.
Coordinate terms: quia
quatenus
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin quatenus.
Senses: glosses: In a quatenus manner.
DTMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DTMCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of discrete-time Markov chain.
IETF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Internet Engineering Task Force.
pledgeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pledge + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pledge or commitment.
blees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blee
nonneuroleptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + neuroleptic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Not neuroleptic.
photomanipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + manipulation.
Senses: glosses: The application of image-editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception.
unwronged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + wronged.
Senses: glosses: Not having been wronged.
running target
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running targets
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A target that is towed across a range as the shooter shoots.
glosses: A goal that changes as effort is made to reach the goal.
glosses: A standard of performance set by the first-placed competitor that lower-placed competitors try to exceed.
good ol' boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good ol' boy Alternative form of good old boys.
gather up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gathers up
form: gathering up
form: gathered up
form: gathered up
Senses: examples: text: Beatrice gathered up the hem of her petticoat.
synonyms: forgather
glosses: To gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group or mass.
Derived terms: gather up one's courage
good old boy network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good old boy networks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of old boy network.
synonyms: word: old boy network
old-boy network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old-boy networks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old boy network.
packing case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packing cases
form: packing-case
Senses: examples: text: In one place, there was a new wooden church, which, having no steeple, and being yet unpainted, looked like an enormous packing-case without any direction upon it.
ref: 1842, Charles Dickens, “An American Railroad. Lowell and Its Factory System.”, in American Notes for General Circulation. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 152–153:
text: [T]he flat packing-case containing the portrait in oils and the three carbon photographs had been pushed under the bed.
ref: 1902, Joseph Conrad, “The End of the Tether”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part III, page 206:
glosses: A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods.
packing-case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packing-cases
Senses: examples: text: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker arm-chairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had also emerged some Indian clubs,[…]; and all these articles[…]made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 184:
glosses: Alternative form of packing case.
tintas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tinta
go to the polls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to the polls
form: going to the polls
form: went to the polls
form: gone to the polls
Senses: glosses: To vote.
IMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of instrument meteorological conditions.
VNE
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of velocity, never exceed.
Coordinate terms: V1
V2
VD
VMO
VR
Vs0
Vs
Vxse
Vx
Vyse
Vy
nuclear matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear matrices
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A framework of fibers extending throughout the nucleus of a cell.
Hypernyms: matrix
Coordinate terms: extracellular matrix
Related terms: nuclear membrane
lunar cataclysm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A period of time, approximately 4 billion years ago, during which a large number of impact craters formed on Earth's Moon.
Synonyms: Late Heavy Bombardment
LHB
reproductiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reproductive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the condition of being reproductive
reproductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reproductivities
Senses: glosses: the condition of being reproductive
glosses: The extent to which something is reproducible
Related terms: reproductiveness
snufflier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snuffly: more snuffly
snuffliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snuffly: most snuffly
ABAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of attribute-based access control.
affirmatio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin affirmātiō (“affirmation; confirmation”). Doublet of affirmation.
Senses: glosses: Making a statement as if it were in response to a question or were in dispute, especially when it is not.
Related terms: cataphasis
supercolony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercolonies
Etymology: From super- + colony.
Senses: glosses: A group of nests whose ants do not exhibit mutual aggression.
Related terms: supercolonial
supercolonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercolony
slungshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slungshots
Etymology: From slung + shot.
Senses: glosses: A maritime tool consisting of a weight (the "shot") affixed to the end of a long cord, used to cast line from one location to another and sometimes as an improvised weapon.
slungshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slungshot
nut-brown butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: brown butter
spreds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spred
spreds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spred
golubtsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian голубцы́ (golubcý), singular голубе́ц (golubéc). Doublet of holubtsi.
Senses: glosses: Russian cabbage rolls.
Related terms: holubtsi
Hong Kong dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hong Kong dollars
Etymology: Hong Kong + dollar
Senses: glosses: The currency of SAR Hong Kong.
Hong Kong dollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hong Kong dollar
supersector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersectors
Etymology: From super- + sector.
Senses: glosses: A sector comprising several lesser sectors.
Related terms: subsector
supersectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersector
parasailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasailers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parasailor.
parasailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasailer
whitelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whitelike
form: most whitelike
Etymology: From white + -like.
Senses: examples: text: If this is happening, this group should also be in the process of developing whitelike racial attitudes befitting of their new social position and differentiating (distancing) themselves from the collective black.
ref: 2009, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Shades of difference: why skin color matters, page 53:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of white people.
unicolonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + colonial.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting unicoloniality.
raw_tags: of ants
unicoloniality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uni- + coloniality.
Senses: glosses: A social structure of ants in which the workers can move freely between different nests.
Related terms: unicolonial
supercolony
supercolonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + colonial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a supercolony.
circumventable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumventable
form: most circumventable
Etymology: From circumvent + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being circumvented.
Derived terms: noncircumventable
uncircumventable
staycationing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of staycation
Agesilaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek of certain historical persons.
glosses: Name of two kings of Sparta.
forespeech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forespeeches
Etymology: From Middle English forespeche, from Old English forespǣċ, foresprǣċ (“a preface”), equivalent to fore- + speech.
Senses: glosses: a preface
Synonyms: introduction
prologue
foreword
dulcamara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dūlcamāra.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic.
Derived terms: dulcamarin
dulcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin dulcis (“sweet”), + -in.
Senses: glosses: An artificial sweetener, 4-ethoxyphenyl-urea, no longer permitted in food
Synonyms: sucrol
valzin
dulcinea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dulcineas
form: Dulcinea
Etymology: From Spanish Dulcinea, the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance. The name in Spanish is derived from Latin dulce, from Latin dulcis.
Senses: glosses: sweetheart, ladylove
dromi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dromus
duvetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duvetyne.
dronish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dronish
form: most dronish
Etymology: From drone + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a drone; slow; sluggish.
Derived terms: dronishly
dronishness
stackyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stackyards
Etymology: Compound of stack + yard.
Senses: synonyms: word: rickyard
word: haggard#Etymology_2
word: stackgarth
glosses: A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
staghorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staghorns
Etymology: From stag + horn.
Senses: glosses: The antlers of a stag when used to make handles etc.
glosses: A staghorn coral.
Derived terms: staghorn clubmoss
staghorn coral
staghorn fern
staghorn moss
staghorn sumac
stopstreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stopstreets
Etymology: From stop + street, a calque of Afrikaans stopstraat.
Senses: glosses: An intersection having one or more stop signs; a stop intersection
subordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subordinaries
Etymology: From sub- + ordinary.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple) than the normal ordinaries.
subtopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtopias
Etymology: Blend of suburb + utopia, coined by British architectural critic and broadcaster Ian Nairn.
Senses: examples: text: In the 1890s and in the early years of the present century there was considerable building development in the area around Sanderstead, Warlingham and Oxted, where large villas were springing up. East Grinstead, Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield were growing fast, as was that loosely knit "subtopia"—neither town, village nor country—which is known collectively as Crowborough.
ref: 1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 662:
text: Their bland don't-mind-me-meekness is all the more offensive for it, resulting in an energy vampire form of architecture. It's subtopia writ large if anything.
ref: 2023 September 23, Travis Elborough, “Traces of utopia”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 1:
glosses: Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
Derived terms: subtopian
grammary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English gramery, grammarye.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grammar.
examples: text: She took a spell of grammary, and threw it on the knight: / Still he stood, and moved not: (I tell the tale aright:) / She took from him his falchion, unlac'd his hauberk bright. / Mournfully Wolfdietrich cried, "Gone is all my might.[…]"
ref: 1814, “The Book of Heroes. Book Second. Of Hughdietrich, and His Son Wolfdietrich.”, in [Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, and Walter Scott], editors, Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances; being an Abstract of the Book of Heroes, and Nibelungen Lay; with Translations of Metrical Tales, from the Old German, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic Languages; with Notes and Dissertations, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh, →OCLC, adventure IX, page 80:
text: Tall at times his stature grew, with spells of grammary; / Then to the noblest princes fellow might he be: / And when he rode, a noble blade bore he in his hand; / In many fights the sword was proved worth a spacious land.
ref: 1814, “The Book of Heroes. Book Fourth. Of the Little Garden of Roses, and of Laurin, King of the Dwarfs.”, in [Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, and Walter Scott], editors, Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances; being an Abstract of the Book of Heroes, and Nibelungen Lay; with Translations of Metrical Tales, from the Old German, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandic Languages; with Notes and Dissertations, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh, →OCLC, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of gramarye.
tetrapterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tetrapteran
Etymology: From tetra- + -pterous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having four wings or wing-like elements.
underfelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underfelts
Etymology: From under- + felt.
Senses: glosses: A layer of felt-like material laid underneath a wall-to-wall carpet
underfelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underfeel
urochordate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urochordates
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any marine invertebrate of the subphylum Urochordata; the sea squirts.
Synonyms: tunicate
hematuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hematuric
form: most hematuric
Etymology: From hematuria + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: having hematuria
volution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈl(j)uːʃn̩/
Forms: form: volutions
Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Latin volvere (“to turn”).
Senses: glosses: A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
examples: text: On the left wrist were two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution.
ref: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
glosses: A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist.
wardress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːdɹɪs/
ipa: /ˈwɔɹdɹɪs/
Forms: form: wardresses
Etymology: From warder + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: The door opened and the wardress came in.
ref: 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 369:
text: She is not beaming at all. Her mouth is set like the wardress of Belsen wishing to boil Joyous’s chubby cheeks into candle wax.
ref: 2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: A female warder.
improvisatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: improvisatrices
Senses: examples: text: She understood, well, the rapid art of light conversation, which does not dogmatically insist upon any thin: as well as that pleasing address which gives a consideration to each of the company in turn, though she often indulged in that kind of talent which rendered her a celebrated improvisatrix.
ref: 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book VII. Italian Literature.] Chap[ter] II.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume II, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 118:
text: The point of it all is not so much the story as the reception the little improvisatrix herself received, which was not unlike that accorded Mme. de Staël’s Corinne as she held forth before the populace in Rome: “And how the audience was enthralled! It would be a pleasing triumph for a story-teller of mature years to see such eyes, such lips, to hear such exclamations of delight or horror as this inchoate Small Person was inspired by” (223).
ref: 2005, John D. Seelye, Jane Eyre’s American Daughters, page 245:
synonyms: improvisatrice
glosses: A female that improvises.
pure-bred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pure-breds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of purebred.
pure-bred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pure-bred
form: most pure-bred
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of purebred.
pure-breds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pure-bred
lost in action
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Kouchner's comments came after another French marine was killed bringing to 29 the number of French forces lost in action.
ref: 2009 August 7, John Metzler, “High stakes for democracy (and terrorism) as Afghans prepare to vote”, in World Tribune, US, retrieved 15 Sep 2010:
glosses: Killed during military combat.
raw_tags: of a military serviceperson
examples: text: Summing up the furious October 22-27 battle in the longest Naval communique of the war, the department identified six American ships lost in action.
ref: 1944 November 18, “Navy Lists Ships Lost in Battle of Philippines”, in Daytona Beach Morning Journal, retrieved 15 Sep 2010, page 1:
qualifier: resources
glosses: Destroyed during military combat.
raw_tags: of military equipment
examples: text: The Bulls were definitely stung by the Hornets at the beginning of this first playoff game. Some Bulls were lost in action.
ref: 1995 April 29, Rick Telander, “Jordan Does the Stinging”, in Chicago Sun-Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2010:
text: [T]he bean sprouts, cilantro, green onions and peanuts—which give pad thai its flavor and crunch—were so soggy or lost in action that no amount of lobster, sugar or spice could save the dish from its torpor.
ref: 2001 June 8, Pascale Le Draoulec, “Flashy Thai, Ordinary Food”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 15 Sep 2010:
text: The President will continue to push for his legislation, but White House officials recognize that, with the election approaching, it won't get any easier.
ref: 2004 April 24, Matthew Cooper, “Bush's Bills: Lost In Action”, in Time:
qualifier: things; policies; things; policies
glosses: Rejected, nullified, incapacitated, or rendered unavailable.
raw_tags: of persons
Related terms: missing in action
lunokhod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunokhods
Etymology: From Russian лунохо́д (lunoxód, “moonwalker”).
Senses: glosses: One of the Soviet robotic lunar rovers.
lunokhods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunokhod
rodizio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rodizios
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese rodízio.
Senses: examples: text: The nine meats in the rodizio — skewers of which are held aloft by waiters roaming the dining room — were of varying quality. Best were the succulent chicken, juicy sausages, turkey wrapped in bacon and flavorful skirt steak.
ref: 2012 March 30, Joanne Starkey, “All You Can Eat, and Then Some”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.
Roentgen-ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roentgen-rays
form: Röntgen-ray
form: Röntgen ray
form: Roentgen ray
form: Rontgen ray
Senses: glosses: An X-ray.
rohu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rohus
form: rahu
Etymology: From Hindi रोहू (rohū), from Sanskrit रोहित (rohita, “reddish”), due to the reddish tint of the fish's fins.
Senses: examples: text: “Well,” said the fakir, “when you come to the Bhagirathi river you will see a big fish, a Rohu; and you must get him to carry you to Prince Majnun's country, or you will never reach it.”
ref: 1969, Joseph Jacobs, Indian Fairy Tales, page 53:
text: He caught a Rahu fish weighing around three kilos, and brought home a pair of pigeons for his wife to cook.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A freshwater fish, Labeo rohita, of the carp family, found throughout Asia.
New Taiwan dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Taiwan dollars
Senses: synonyms: yuan
TWD
NTD
NT$
glosses: The currency of Taiwan.
New Taiwan dollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Taiwan dollar