cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
front-foot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more front-foot
form: most front-foot
Etymology: From the phrase on the front foot.
Senses: examples: text: Front foot thinking is about 'being in place', taking the initiative and being proactive, rather than being caught on the back foot, reactive, defensive and uncertain.
ref: 2015, Christopher Johns, Mindful Leadership: A Guide for the Health Care Professions:
text: Chelsea needed to be defensively perfect but this was no smash-and-grab result. It was a front-foot display to take the initiative away from City in the first half.
ref: 2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: On the front foot; acting so as to take control of a situation.
examples: text: There are, of course, excellent examples of extensions to existing systems being carried out on the front-foot assessment plan, but this procedure is distinctly different from the programs herein outlined as applied to newly created systems of large size.
ref: 1927, Journal of the New England Water Works Association, page 442:
glosses: Based on the width of the front of a property.
Waikokopu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A small coastal settlement in northern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Roblick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roblicks
form: Roblik
Etymology: From Lower Sorbian roblik.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lower Sorbian.
Muriwai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A coastal settlement in Gisborne district, New Zealand.
glosses: Ellipsis of Muriwai Beach: a coastal community and beach in the Auckland region, New Zealand.
wage bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage bills
Senses: examples: text: Only 2 per cent of the total wage bill accounted for Rs. 500 per person and above per month.
ref: 1978, Fredoon P. Antia, Role of Road Transport in India's Economy:
text: Higher preference towards spending on public education, health and security generally results in a larger number of teachers, police, and health professionals and thus a more elevated wage bill.
ref: 2018, Izabela Karpowicz, Mauricio Soto, Rightsizing Brazil’s Public-Sector Wage Bill, page 8:
text: Finally, Cahuc and Carcillo (2012), using a sample of OECD countries, find a strong positive correlation between the wage bill and fiscal deficits, which is more frequent during booms.
ref: 2019, Kamil Dybczak, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Fiscal Implications of Government Wage Bill Spending, page 6:
text: Under the Sheikh, City have spent £1.7bn on signings and their most recent accounts showed a player wage bill of £351m – a Premier League record
ref: 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
either/or
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The pre-match expectation had been that he faced an either/or question between Fernandinho and Rodri in defensive midfield.
ref: 2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of either-or.
either/or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: either/ors
Senses: examples: text: Using existing housing better and building new homes are not either/ors but complementary. Doing both will mean a faster (and greener) solution.
ref: 2024 May 13, Becky Tunstall and others, “Letter: Underused housing — why it’s part of the solution too”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 13 May 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of either-or.
Mahia Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A peninsula between Hawke's Bay and Gisborne, New Zealand.
Mohaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A river in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean
glosses: A coastal settlement in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at the mouth of the river.
glosses: A railway viaduct across the Mohaka River.
Koreshan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Koreshan
form: most Koreshan
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Koreshanity religion.
Koreshan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koreshans
Senses: glosses: A member of the Koreshanity religion.
Koreshians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreshian
Koreshans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreshan
Koreshanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The set of religious and pseudoscientific beliefs put forth by Cyrus Teed (also known as Koresh), including reincarnation, immortality, alchemy, and the idea that the Earth and universe are contained within a concave sphere.
Related terms: Koreshan
gum up the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gums up the works
form: gumming up the works
form: gummed up the works
form: gummed up the works
Etymology: From gum up + the works.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of throw a spanner in the works.
synonyms: word: throw a spanner in the works
Kotemaori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
metaphysical naturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: metaphysics
glosses: Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.
logarithmand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logarithmands
Etymology: Borrowed from German Logarithmand. By surface analysis, logarithm + -and.
Senses: examples: text: Let us now understand by an actual logarithm, a symbol of the form log a, in which a is any positive number, while b is any positive number > 1, and which denotes such a positive or negative number or zero, that when the “base” b is potentiated by it, the result will be the “logarithmand” a,—the actual logarithm therefore will always have a value and never more than one, and that value is negative, zero, or positive, according as the logarithmand is < 1, = 1, or > 1.
ref: 1843, Alexander John Ellis, transl., The Spirit of Mathematical Analysis, and Its Relation to a Logical System, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], translation of original by Martin Ohm, part I (The Relation of the Four First Operations to One Another. Elementary Algebra.), chapter 3, section 29 (Idea of Actual Logarithm), page 36:
text: We thus have for ω < Ωₑ, inverting the logarithmand[…]
ref: 1956, Ernst Weber, Linear Transient Analysis, Volume II: Two-Terminal-Pair Networks, Transmission Lines, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, page 200:
text: At small frequency detuning ΔT₂ ≪ 1 and field strength μ₂₁Ɛ₀ ≪ ħT₁⁻¹, the logarithmand may be expanded into a power series.
ref: 1992, “Laser Gas-Kinetics: […]”, in O. N. Tselikova, V. S. Potapchouk, transl., edited by Elliott H. Lieb, Wolf Beiglböck, Tullio Regge, Robert P. Geroch, and Walter Thirring, Intense Resonant Interactions in Quantum Electronics (Texts and Monographs in Physics), Springer-Verlag, translation of Intensivnye resonansnye vsaimodeistviya v kvantovoi elektronike by V. M. Akulin and N. V. Karlov, →DOI, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: The number for which one is obtaining a logarithm. Thus, if a = bᶜ, then c is the logarithm (base b) of a, and a is the logarithmand.
Related terms: antilogarithm
logarithmands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logarithmand
Vilk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vilks
Etymology: Respelling of Polish Wilk or a transliteration of Russian Вильк (Vilʹk), both from Polish wilk (“wolf”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Wafdism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The policies and attitudes of the Wafd Party, a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt.
Wafdist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wafdists
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of the Wafd Party, a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt.
Wafdists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wafdist
Sloanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sloane
Wagneresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wagneresque
form: most Wagneresque
Etymology: From Wagner + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of the composer Richard Wagner.
Wagoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Goma (“tribe of Tanzania”).
synonyms: word: Goma
extra: tribe of Tanzania
wagonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wagonable
form: most wagonable
Etymology: From wagon + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be traversed by wagon.
Wahabit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wahabits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wahhabite.
Wahabits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wahabit
Waiilatpuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to a certain proposed branch of the hypothetical Penutian phylum.
waiterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From waiter + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of waiters.
waitership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiterships
Etymology: From waiter + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a waiter.
waiterships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waitership
waivod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waivods
Senses: glosses: voivode
wajang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wajangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch wajang, from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang), from Old Javanese wayaṅ.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wayang.
wajangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wajang
restackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restacking
restackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Capable of being restacked.
shortholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortholders
Senses: glosses: A tenant who possesses a property by shorthold.
shortholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortholder
shortholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shorthold
LTT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Land Transaction Tax.
nigh on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I had been working in this industry for nigh on twelve years when it happened.
text: “[…]They say he has sold himself to the devil for a pretty face. It’s nigh on eighteen years since I met him. He hasn’t changed much since then. I have, though,” she added, with a sickly leer.
ref: 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
text: I’ve shoveled up the gypsum till it nigh on makes you choke.
ref: 1964, Ron Angel, “The ICI Song”:
glosses: Almost, nearly; approaching; not quite.
saucercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saucercraft
Etymology: From saucer + -craft.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical flying vehicle with a disc-like shape; flying saucer.
puberty blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puberty blockers
Senses: examples: text: And then suddenly all the grown-ups—senators, judges, teachers, parents, reporters—were talking about things like puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgeries and who was doing the better job “protecting children.”
ref: 2023 August 31, Hanna Rosin, Ethan Brooks, “When the State Has a Problem With Your Identity”, in The Atlantic:
topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: puberty inhibitor
glosses: Any drug used to postpone puberty in children.
puberty blockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puberty blocker
puberty inhibitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puberty inhibitors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of puberty blocker.
synonyms: word: puberty blocker
puberty inhibitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puberty inhibitor
oblongate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oblongate
form: most oblongate
Etymology: From New Latin oblongātus, perfect passive participle of oblongāre (“to prolong, elongate”), equivalent to oblong + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Stamens five; filaments linear, flat, attached on the outer side of the hypogynous disc; anthers 1.4 mm long and 0.45 mm wide, splitting up to one-half; appendage pointed, 0.25 mm long; hypogynous disc cup-shaped, lobes oblongate, strongly thickened, blunt.
ref: 1978, B.P. Bochantsev, “Species of the Subsection Tetragona (Ulbrich) Botsch. of the Section Caroxylon (Thunb.) Fenzl. in the Genus Salsola L.”, in Novitates Systematicae Plantarum Vascularium (Academy of Sciences of the USSR. V.L. Komarov Institute of Botany), volume 9, […] for the Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. by Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pages 145–146:
text: Canavalia rosea is a trailing or prostrate herb with trifoliate leaves of oblongate to orbicular leaflets and with pink flowers (Fig. 23) (Beadle et al. 1962).
ref: 1981, Harold Heatwole, Terence Done, Elizabeth Cameron, Community Ecology of a Coral Cay: A Study of One-Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Hague; Boston, Mass.; London: Dr W. Junk Publishers, →ISBN, section “Fabaceae”, subsection “Canavalia rosea (Sw.) D.C.”, page 84:
text: This is an oblongate light material covered on one side by bony-sheath, compactly filled with smooth-white material which can be scratched by nails.
ref: 2008, Pavuluri Himasagara Chandra Murthy, Rasaśāstra, the Mercurial System, Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, page 414:
glosses: Synonym of oblong.
synonyms: word: oblong
oblongate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oblongates
form: oblongating
form: oblongated
form: oblongated
Etymology: From New Latin oblongātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Fruit very small, the least of all the varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very conspicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nipple.
ref: 1831, George Lindley, “Peaches”, in John Lindley, editor, A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden; or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great Britain: […], London: […] Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], page 253:
text: As a matter of fact the medulla which is the part of the hind brain oblongates out of the skull cavity as a long and thick tail or cord which, again terminates into a thin filament.
ref: 1964, East Pakistan Medical Journal, page 33, column 1:
glosses: To extend into an oblong form; to elongate
examples: text: In the first three suppositions which illustrate the occlusion of the calibre of the intestine, it is conceivable that the sudden constriction of the abdominal walls might cause them to act vicariously for the probably paralyzed intestinal walls, and by moulding and oblongating the fæcal mass, displace it and restore peristalsis; or it may urge on the concretion to the sphincter; or excite the outside body through the valve, whence, of course, if it has already traversed the ileum, its way onward and out would be easy.
ref: 1866 May 10, William Otis Johnson, “Suggestions as to a Possible Application of Local Anæsthesia”, in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. […], volume Lxxiv, number 15a, Boston, Mass.: David Clapp & Son […], published 1867, page 293:
glosses: To give an oblong shape to (something).
oblongates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oblongate
oblongating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oblongate
oblongated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oblongate
BTHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Toy and Hobby Association.
wanderlustful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wanderlustful
form: most wanderlustful
Etymology: From wanderlust + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of wanderlust; having a yearning to travel.
wanderluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanderlusters
Etymology: From wanderlust + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who experiences wanderlust, who yearns to travel.
wanderlusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanderluster
prestacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + stacked.
Senses: glosses: Stacked in advance.
levatores angulorum oris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌæŋ.ɡjəˌlɔɹ.əm ˈɔɹ.ɪs/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator anguli oris
levatores angulorum orum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌæŋ.ɡjəˌlɔɹ.əm ˈɔɹ.əm/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator anguli oris
levatores labii superioris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌleɪ.biˌaɪ sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator labii superioris
AQA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Assessment and Qualifications Alliance.
isopract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopracts
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “fit for action, effective”) (see practise).
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: An isoline.
isopracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isopract
wardapet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wardapets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vardapet.
wardapets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wardapet
warpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more warpable
form: most warpable
Etymology: From warp + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be warped.
wartlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wartlets
Etymology: From wart + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little wart.
wartlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wartlet
watchglassful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchglassfuls
Etymology: From watch glass + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill a watch glass (item of laboratory equipment).
watchglassfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchglassful
levatores labii superioris alarumque nasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌleɪ.biˌaɪ sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs əˌlɛɹ.əmˌkwi ˈneɪˌzaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
levatores palpebrarum superiorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌpæl.pəˌbɹɛɹ.əm sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.əm/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator palpebrae superioris
watchmanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more watchmanly
form: most watchmanly
Etymology: From watchman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a watchman.
wayfellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayfellows
Etymology: From way + fellow.
Senses: synonyms: waymate
glosses: A fellow wayfarer; one who accompanies another during a journey.
wayfellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayfellow
levatores veli palatini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛv.əˈtɔɹˌiz ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of levator veli palatini
Weapemeoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weapemeocs
form: Weapemeoc
Senses: glosses: A member of a former Native American tribe in North Carolina.
Weapemeocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weapemeoc
weaponproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weaponproof
form: most weaponproof
Etymology: From weapon + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to weapons.
weaveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weavable.
weedproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weedproof
form: most weedproof
Etymology: From weed + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to weeds.
weighbridgeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weighbridgemen
Senses: glosses: A man who operates a weighbridge.
weighbridgemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighbridgeman
Wesleyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wesleyanism.
synonyms: word: Wesleyanism
Western Australian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Western Australian
form: most Western Australian
Senses: synonyms: Westralian
glosses: Of, from or relating to Western Australia.
Western Australian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Western Australians
Senses: synonyms: Westralian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Western Australia.
Western Australians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Western Australian
whekau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whekaus
Etymology: From Maori whēkau.
Senses: glosses: laughing owl
whekaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whekau
isolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isolets
Etymology: Misspelling of a trade name.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isolette (“incubator for a new-born baby”).
isolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isolets
Etymology: From Italian isoletta.
Senses: glosses: An islet.
isolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isolet
whensomever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English whansomever, when-somever, whensomever, when som evur; equivalent to when + somever.
Senses: glosses: whenever; at any time at all
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Whiggishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Whiggishly
form: most Whiggishly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whiggishly.
slip rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip rails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sliprail.
slip stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip stitches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slipstitch.
electromobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromobiles
Senses: glosses: A motor car powered by an electric motor
Derived terms: electromobilism
Drzymalas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Drzymala
woodcrafty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woodcrafty
form: most woodcrafty
Etymology: From woodcraft + -y.
Senses: glosses: Skilled in woodcraft.
slop chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slop chests
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A supply of clothing and other items on board a ship, which can be purchased by the seamen.
sm.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sm.
electronograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electronographs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to produce an electron diffraction pattern; the pattern so produced
Related terms: electronographic
electronography
Wovoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Paiute religious leader, also known as Jack Wilson (c.1856 - 1932), who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement.
electronographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an electronograph or to electronography.
electronography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of an electronograph or any other method of producing an image by means of electrons
Related terms: electronographic
Furuyamas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Furuyama
electropaint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electropaints
form: electropainting
form: electropainted
form: electropainted
Etymology: From electro- + paint.
Senses: glosses: To electrocoat
electropaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electropaints
Etymology: From electro- + paint.
Senses: glosses: The colloidal suspension of pigment used in electrocoating
electrotechnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + technic.
Senses: glosses: electrotechnical
Related terms: electrotechnics
electrotechnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: electrical technology
Related terms: electrotechnic
electrotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: electrolytically-deposited tinplate
electrotin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrotins
form: electrotinning
form: electrotinned
form: electrotinned
Senses: glosses: To electroplate with tin
electrotinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electrotin
electrotinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: electroplating with tin
electrotonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrotonizes
form: electrotonizing
form: electrotonized
form: electrotonized
Senses: glosses: To produce electrotonus
Hickel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hickels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hickel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hickels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hickel
Isips
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Isip
Hakimian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hakimians
Etymology: Occupational surname borrowed from Persian حکیمیان (hakimiân), from حکیم (hakim, “doctor, physician”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Hakimians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hakimian
Herras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Herra
Grunow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grunows
Etymology: Borrowed from German Grunow.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Guilberts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guilbert
Grunows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grunow
Gitlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gitlins
Etymology: Jewish matronymic surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Giangrande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giangrandes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giangrande.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Giangrandes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Giangrande
Gitlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gitlin
Frankhouser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frankhousers
Etymology: Variant of Frankhauser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Caya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cayas
Etymology: Borrowed from Southern French Caya.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Cayas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caya
Frankhousers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frankhouser
Casstevens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Casstevenses
Etymology: Unexplained.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Starchiojd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Starchiojd.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Prahova County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Starchiojd, Prahova County, Romania.
Brockhaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brockhauses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brockhaus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Brockhauses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brockhaus
Casstevenses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Casstevens
overnite
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From over- + nite.
Senses: examples: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Everyone wanted to go to Randy's when done eating & I knew J planned on staying there overnite & spending Sunday there so I asked to be taken back to Sam's, saying I just didn't feel like crashing yet.
glosses: Informal spelling of overnight.
overnite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + nite.
Senses: examples: text: The latest facilities include a new C. B. & Q. westbound express, called the Overnite Denverite, covering the distance in 17 hr. 20 min., and an acceleration of the C. & N. W.-U. P. westbound Columbine to the same figure.
ref: 1939 September, “Overseas Railways: More American Accelerations”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
glosses: Informal spelling of overnight.
McQuire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McQuires
Etymology: Variant of McGuire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States.
Frankhauser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frankhausers
form: Frankhouser
Etymology: Borrowed from German Frankhauser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Balazs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Balazses
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Balázs.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Balazses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Balazs
McQuires
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McQuire
Frankhausers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frankhauser
McMahons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McMahon
orbiculares oculorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˌɑk.jəˈlɔɹ.əm/
Senses: glosses: plural of orbicularis oculi
orbiculares orum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˈɔɹ.əm/
Senses: glosses: plural of orbicularis oris
ball park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball parks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark.
ball park
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark.
ball parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball park
ball-park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-parks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark.
ball-park
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark.
ball-parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball-park
ball park figure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball park figures
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark figure.
ball park figures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball park figure
ball-park estimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-park estimates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark estimate.
ball-park estimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball-park estimate
ball park estimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball park estimates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballpark estimate.
ball park estimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball park estimate
ball park estimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball park estimations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ballpark estimate.
ball park estimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball park estimation
ballpark estimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballpark estimations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ballpark estimate.
ballpark estimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballpark estimation
ball-park estimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: ball-park estimations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ballpark estimate.
ball-park estimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball-park estimation
hit one out of the ball park
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits one out of the ball park
form: hitting one out of the ball park
form: hit one out of the ball park
form: hit one out of the ball park
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hit one out of the ballpark.
knock one out of the ball park
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knocks one out of the ball park
form: knocking one out of the ball park
form: knocked one out of the ball park
form: knocked one out of the ball park
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hit one out of the ballpark.
half-jokingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From half- + jokingly.
Senses: examples: text: I wrote a piece, half-jokingly, for The Independent suggesting that it was all part of a cunning plan by ministers to deter people from using the railways. […] I now suspect this was rather closer to the truth than I had thought.
ref: 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
glosses: With an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest.
eurobond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurobonds
Etymology: From euro- + bond.
Senses: examples: text: Before eurobonds, hidden wealth in Switzerland couldn't really do much; but now it could buy these fantastic pieces of paper, which could be carried anywhere, redemeed anywhere, […]
ref: 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 2, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eurobond.
eurobonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurobond
mass market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass markets
Senses: examples: text: Rebellion against the mass market had mass-market appeal, she believed.
ref: 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A market for goods produced on a large scale for a significant number of end consumers.
Derived terms: word: mass-market
mass market
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mass markets
form: mass marketing
form: mass marketed
form: mass marketed
Senses: glosses: To market on a large scale.
end consumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end consumers
form: end-consumer
Senses: glosses: Synonym of end user.
synonyms: word: end user
end-consumer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-consumers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of end consumer.
remainder mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remainder marks
Senses: glosses: A dot, line, or other mark made with a pen onto paper.
anti-China
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-China
form: most anti-China
Etymology: From anti- + China.
Senses: examples: text: Third, support for the IOC stand did not necessarily mean support for the People’s Republic, as many who expressed a pro-Brundage position did so while still retaining their anti-Communist, anti-China feelings.
ref: 1978, Brian B. Pendleton, The People's Republic of China and the Olympic Movement: A Question of Recognition, Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta, →OCLC, page 89:
glosses: opposing China.
keep counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps counsel
form: keeping counsel
form: kept counsel
form: kept counsel
Senses: examples: text: A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.
ref: 1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers:
glosses: To keep one's counsel.
desk dictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desk dictionaries
Senses: glosses: A large one-volume dictionary.
what's in a name
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by William Shakespeare in 1597 in "Romeo and Juliet," act 2, scene 2:
: What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
: By any other name would smell as sweet.
Senses: glosses: Used to argue that something's name is arbitrary and does not give any information as to its qualities; the names of things do not affect what they really are.
Silver Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of streams and creeks in the United States and Canada, and probably elsewhere
glosses: A number of streams and creeks in the United States and Canada, and probably elsewhere:
A left tributary of the Little Colorado, Arizona, United States.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A former settlement in Plumas County, California.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A ghost town in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Lake County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Wright County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A town in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A former village in Newton County, Missouri, now part of Joplin.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A village in Merrick County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A village in Chautauqua County, New York.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County and Maury County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A number of other townships (two are spelt Silvercreek), listed under Silver Creek Township.
glosses: A few settlements in Canada:
A community in Hope district, British Columbia.
glosses: A few settlements in Canada:
An unincorporated community in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia.
glosses: A few settlements in Canada:
A former rural municipality of Manitoba, now merged with another.
glosses: A few settlements in Canada:
A community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario.
glosses: A village in Toledo District, Belize.
glosses: A rural locality in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
Siddi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siddis
form: Sheedi
form: Sidi
form: Siddhi
Senses: glosses: An ethnic minority group living in India, primarily descended from the Bantu peoples in southeast Africa.
Derived terms: Siddipet
Filipeștii de Pădure
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Filipeștii de Pădure.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Prahova County, Romania.
Filipeștii de Târg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Filipeștii de Târg.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Prahova County, Romania.
Șomcuta Mare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Șomcuta Mare.
Senses: glosses: A town in Maramureș County, Romania.
Katzmarek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Katzmareks
Etymology: From Polish Kaczmarek, from Old Polish kaczma.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kazmarek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kazmareks
Etymology: From Polish Kaczmarek, from Old Polish kaczma.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
short illatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short illative
short illative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short illatives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In some languages, a shortened version of the illative case.
reach for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaches for
form: reaching for
form: reached for
form: reached for
Senses: glosses: To try to get (something) by extending one's arm or moving one's hand.
examples: text: to reach for success
glosses: To aspire to achieve.
Derived terms: reach for the stars
reach for the sky
that's what I call
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: now that's what I call
Senses: examples: text: That's what I call a party!
glosses: Used to express that the thing in question is an ideal example.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see that's, what, I, call.
now that's what I call
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of that's what I call.
Xes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X
out-of-box experiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out-of-box experience
brake lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brake light
superliminaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superliminary
foreign agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreign agent
zips up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zip up
zipping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zip up
zipped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zip up
elaeocarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elaeocarps
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A tree of the Elaeocarpaceae family.
phénakistoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phénakistoscope
phénakistoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phénakistoscopes
Senses: examples: text: The iconic regime is comprised of the following vision machines: the diorama (1820); the phénakistoscope (1830); the zootrope (1835); the panorama and the stereoscope (1800-50); the cinéorama (1900); Cinerama and Cinemascope (1952), Sensorama (1960) and Omnimax (1980-90).
ref: 1999, Timothy Dallett, editor, Image/Duration: Installations of the Moving Image, Gallery 101, →ISBN:
text: [Obadiah B.] Brown gave his machine—which combined the principles of the phénakistocope (derived from Greek words meaning, roughly, “to show movement of a target or object”) and the magic lantern—the equally improbable name of phasmatrope (a “turning apparition”).
ref: 2004, Norman E. Tutorow, The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a California Colossus, Spokane, Wash.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, →ISBN, page 490:
text: Figure 8 Phénakistoscope, praxinoscope and zoetrope.
ref: 2018, Camila Afanador-Llach, “Motion in Graphic Design: Interdisciplinary References for Teaching”, in R. Brian Stone, Leah Wahlin, editors, The Theory and Practice of Motion Design: Critical Perspectives and Professional Practice, New York, N.Y.; London: Focal Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Perspectives), section 1 (Interdisciplinary Influences and Origins), chapter section “From Other Fields”, subsection “Devices and formats”, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of phenakistoscope.
Indian turnip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian turnips
Etymology: From North American Indians having the reputation to cook their tubers.
Senses: synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit
glosses: Arisaema triphyllum.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, turnip. (also meaning Brassica rapa cultivars in India)
Indian turnips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indian turnip
Nastapoka Arc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A shoreline in Quebec and bay on Hudson's Bay, Nunavut, Canada. The southeastern shore of the Hudson Bay, which is a very circular embayment, lies to the north of James Bay.
Hudson's Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hudson Bay.
Nantyffyllon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌnæntəˈfʌɬɒn/
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and electoral ward in Maesteg community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8592).
dance-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːnskɑːd/
ipa: /ˈdænsˌkɑɹd/
Forms: form: dance-cards
Senses: examples: text: [A]t the Belvedere dance on Friday he came and implored me to tell him what colour Lady Blebbins was wearing. It was hyacinth and daffodil faille—the simplest thing, but he was awfully at a loss, poor fellow! And afterwards I saw him put it down on the back of his dance-card.
ref: 1893, Sara Jeannette Duncan, chapter XII, in The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 142:
text: But all that you are sure of is that your escort offers you his arm with a smile and a stiff bow, that you walk nervously up the winding stairs, step into a dazzle of light, where members of the dance committee are running hither and thither with dance-cards and girls, and where patronesses are smiling, bowing, looking stately, holding their fans, and doing whatever patronesses usually do.
ref: 1895, Jesse Lynch Williams, “When Girls Come to Princeton”, in Princeton Stories, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 200–201:
glosses: Alternative form of dance card.
Dutch Shepherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch Shepherds
Senses: glosses: A breed of dog of Dutch origin.
Synonyms: sense: dog
word: Dutch Shepherd Dog