cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
snout moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snout moths
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An eggar (family Lasiocampidae).
examples: text: Subobjective 1.1: Conduct integrative taxonomic research of spilomeline genera (Pyraloidea or snout moths).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Any of various moths with a long proboscis, such as in the families Pyralidae and Pyraloidae, and the subfamily Hypeninae.
Synonyms: sense: Pyralidae
word: pyralid
sense: Pyralidae
word: pyralid moth
sense: Pyralidae
word: grass moth
humble plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humble plants
Senses: glosses: sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
Synonyms: touch-me-not
poulaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /puːˈleɪn/
Forms: form: poulaines
form: poleine
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman poleine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”) and Middle French poulaine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”), apparently from Old French poulain (“Polish”) (compare crackow), the style being supposed to be Polish. Possibly related to poleyn (“knee armor”).
Senses: glosses: A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
glosses: A shoe in such a style.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:poulaine.
glosses: Rare form of poleyn (“knee armor”).
Synonyms: sense: shoe
word: crackow
sense: shoe
word: cracow
sense: shoe
word: crakow
sense: pike
word: crackow
sense: pike
word: cracow
sense: pike
word: crakow
bayadère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪəˈdɛː/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bayadères
Etymology: Borrowed from French bayadère, from Portuguese bailadeira, from bailar (“to dance”).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu dancing-girl.
KOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KOLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of key opinion leader.
glosses: influencer, particularly on social media
ultrasensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrasensitive
form: most ultrasensitive
Etymology: From ultra- + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: Extremely or excessively sensitive.
Derived terms: ultrasensitively
ultrasensitiveness
ultrasensitivity
Related terms: hypersensitive
supersensitive
puke up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pukes up
form: puking up
form: puked up
form: puked up
Senses: examples: text: The baby puked up all over my shirt.
glosses: To vomit.
trophont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophonts
Etymology: Analysable as tropho- + -ont.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: The adult, motile life stage of certain ciliate protozoans.
Synonyms: protozoite
trophic cell
trophozoite
vegetative cell
Coordinate terms: protomont
protomite
tomite
tomont
theront
didelphine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, opossums, of the family Didelphidae.
ichthyophthiriasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyophthiriases
Etymology: Ichthyophthirius + -iasis
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
Synonyms: ich
white-spot disease
Related terms: cryptocaryosis
marine ich
trophonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophont
delphinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Delphinium + -ine?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of toxic alkaloid found in some plants in the genera Delphinium and Clematis, which can also be used medicinally.
Synonyms: delphinia
delphinine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more delphinine
form: most delphinine
Etymology: Delphinium + -ine?
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of dolphins
pepsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepsines
Senses: glosses: Dated form of pepsin.
ground sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground shark
splanchnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsplæŋk.nɪk/
Etymology: From New Latin splanchnicus, from Ancient Greek σπλαγχνικός (splankhnikós), from σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, in, near or pertaining to the viscera or intestines.
Derived terms: asplanchnic
extrasplanchnic
hepatosplanchnic
macrosplanchnic
microsplanchnic
normosplanchnic
splanchnically
splanchnic nerve
Related terms: splanchno-
splanchnopleuric
submicron
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + micron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Smaller than micron-scale
Synonyms: submicronic
Related terms: subnanometer
submicron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submicrons
Etymology: From sub- + micron.
Senses: glosses: A unit smaller than a micron.
profit and loss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'.
ref: 2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45:
glosses: A profit-and-loss statement; an income statement.
Synonyms: P and L
P & L
P/L
profit and loss statement
subfemtosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + femtosecond.
Senses: examples: subfemtosecond intervals
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to time spans of less than a femtosecond
Related terms: subnanosecond
submicrosecond
submillisecond
subangstrom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + angstrom.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Smaller than an angstrom
Related terms: submicron
subnanometer
stroboscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stroboscopic + -ally.
Senses: examples: a stroboscopically-illuminated target
glosses: By means of a stroboscope
ground-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ground-breaking
form: most ground-breaking
Senses: examples: text: ground-breaking technology
text: There were papers such as John Aspinall's presidential address about his ground-breaking work on railway electrification in 1909 [...].
ref: 2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69:
glosses: innovative, different than other things of its type.
ground-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground-breakings
Senses: examples: text: I HAVE had a hand in numerous ground breakings and ribbon cuttings, but never before have I approached one with the eagerness and enthusiasm that I possess for today's ceremony.
ref: 1960 August 2, Bert T. Combs, “GROUND BREAKING FOR KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY PLANT Louisa”, in George W. Robinson, editor, The Public Papers of Governor Bert T. Combs: 1959–1963, published 2014, page 118:
text: At anniversaries and graduations, ground breakings and inaugurations — the various community occasions when achievements are recognized and ventures launched […]
ref: 1997, Eugene H. Peterson, Jim Lyster, John Sharon, Subversive Spirituality, page 149:
text: Union executives are available for ceremonial celebrations of growth (ribbon cuttings, announcements of government contracts, urban redevelopment ground breakings).
ref: 2007, John R. Logan, Harvey Luskin Molotch, Harvey Molotch, Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, page 81:
text: A ground-breaking ceremony took place on September 15 with representatives from GA and contractor Walker Construction, as well as Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois (Conservative).
ref: 2025 October 1, “News: Wickford station work starts”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 11:
glosses: A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building.
Related terms: break ground
stomping ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomping grounds
Senses: examples: text: What would bring her there? He knew that she wanted something because this area of town wasn't her usual stomping ground.
ref: 2001, Jeanette Monroe, Below Ground, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: ‘So, out in Soho. Does that mean you live centrally, or is Soho just your Friday-night stomping ground?’ ‘My stomping ground?’ I looked at him in surprise, then forced a smile onto my face. ‘It's my flatmate's stomping ground really. We live in Islington.’
ref: 2009, Gemma Townley, The Importance of Being Married, Hachette, →ISBN:
text: Leaving the 'Cross, I watch dozens of workers preparing the ground for the remodelling of the approaches, before passing my old North London stomping ground.
ref: 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 50:
text: After 11 seasons set in Seattle[…] Frasier is returning to Boston, to reconquer his old Cheers-era stomping ground.
ref: 2023 February 27, Elle Hunt, “‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of stamping ground.
synonyms: word: stamping ground
Hypernyms: ground
stomping grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomping ground
moral high grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moral high ground
fine-tunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fine-tune
fine-tuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fine-tune
fine-tuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fine-tune
road trip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road trips
form: roadtrip
Senses: examples: text: On their road trip they found a gem of a classic diner.
glosses: A recreational or impromptu excursion in a car, usually at long distances from one's home.
examples: text: On their road trip they racked up the best streak of wins they'd had in years.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A series of games played by a team away from its home field.
Related terms: on the road
road trips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road trip
trippier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of trippy: more trippy
trippiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of trippy: most trippy
talk show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talk shows
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: chat show
glosses: A television or radio programme in which a host converses on various topics with guests who may be experts, celebrities, or members of the listening or viewing audience.
Derived terms: tabloid talk show
Related terms: call-in show
jumpups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumpup
handlebar moustaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handlebar moustache
nighest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nigh + -est. Doublet of next.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of nigh: most nigh
dinospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinospores
Etymology: From dino- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A spore produced through multiple fission of a dinomastigote
Coordinate terms: phoront
protomont
protomite
theront
tomite
tomont
trophont
dinospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinospore
dinomastigote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinomastigotes
Etymology: From Dinomastigota, from dino- + mastigote.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A dinoflagellate of the phylum Dinomastigota.
dinomastigotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinomastigote
ersatzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ersatz
bicistronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + cistron + -ic.
Senses: examples: bicistronic transcription
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein
Derived terms: bicistronically
bicistronicity
Related terms: cistronic
monocistronic
multicistronic
polycistronic
mealworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/
Forms: form: mealworms
Etymology: From meal + worm.
Senses: glosses: The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
mealworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mealworm
perineural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + neural.
Senses: examples: text: a perineural injection
text: The histological diagnosis of PC is currently restricted to lesions showing unequivocal extra-parathyroidal growth, as evidenced by perineural invasion, full thickness capsular invasion with growth into adjacent tissues, extratumoral vascular invasion, or metastasis.
ref: 2015 September 8, Filomena Cetani et al., “A nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma misdiagnosed as a follicular thyroid nodule”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Near a nerve or nerves
Derived terms: perineurally
subperineural
Related terms: neural
endoneural
epineural
phenoloxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenoloxidases
form: phenol oxidase
Etymology: From phenol + oxidase.
Senses: examples: text: In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]
ref: 1991, Gregory W. Narr, Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes
Derived terms: antiphenoloxidase
prophenoloxidase
phenoloxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenoloxidase
recollision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recollisions
Etymology: From re- + collision.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A repeat collision between two particles (such as an electron and an ion) which have collided before.
Derived terms: recollisional
Related terms: recollide
silcrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silcretes
Etymology: Blend of silica + concrete.
Senses: glosses: An indurated duricrust formed when silica is dissolved and resolidifies as a cement.
wikipedia: Blombos Cave
Middle Stone Age
silcretes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silcrete
resolidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resolidifies
form: resolidifying
form: resolidified
form: resolidified
Etymology: From re- + solidify.
Senses: glosses: To solidify again; to return to a solid state.
resolidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolidifications
Etymology: From re- + solidification.
Senses: glosses: The process or instance of resolidifying.
resolidifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resolidify
resolidifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resolidify
resolidified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resolidify
war chests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war chest
SGR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGRs
Senses: examples: text: The expected gamma-ray spectrum of the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater SGR 1900+14 for various inclination angles.
ref: 2004, K.S. Cheng, Gustavo E. Romero, editors, Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources, figure caption, page 191:
text: Other missing neutron stars might be the unpredictable soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), the recurrent soft X-ray transients discovered in the 1980s. Although there are only a few examples known at present, SGRs have attracted a lot of attention lately because of their unique characteristics.
ref: 2004, Quang Ho-Kim, Narendra Kumar Kumar, Harry C. S. Lam, Invitation to Contemporary Physics, 2nd edition, page 308:
text: 2008, W. Becker, F, Haberl, J Trümper, 14: Pulsars and Isolated Neutron Stars, Joachim E. Trümper, Günther Hasinger (editors), The Universe in X-Rays, page 193,
The radio-silent neutron stars include anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs), soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), and “quiescent” neutron star candidates in SNRs. There is growing evidence that AXPs and SGRs are indeed magnetars (see [109] for a review).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of soft gamma-ray repeater or soft gamma repeater.
glosses: Initialism of standard gauge railway.
Related terms: GRB
AXP
PSR
AXP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AXPs
Senses: examples: text: The radio-silent neutron stars include anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs), soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), and “quiescent” neutron star candidates in SNRs. There is growing evidence that AXPs and SGRs are indeed magnetars (see [109] for a review).
ref: 2008, Joachim E. Trümper, Günther Hasinger (editors), The Universe in X-Rays, page 193:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of anomalous X-ray pulsar.
Related terms: PSR
RRAT
SGR
AXP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Revenue for American Express (AXP) came in at $10.2 billion, a 33% jump from the second quarter of 2020 and also ahead of consensus estimates.
ref: 2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Abbreviation of American Express.
scientometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scientometrists
Etymology: From scientometry + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr Kenneth S. Warren in appreciation of his considerable positive influence on the course of schistosomiasis research, first as an experimentalist and subsequently as administrator and scientometrist.
ref: 1998, M.J. Doenhoff, “Granulomatous inflammation and pathogen transmission”, in M. J. Doenhoff, Leslie H. Chappell, editors, Survival of Parasites, Microbes and Tumours, page S121:
glosses: A practitioner of scientometry; one who studies the progression and value of science through quantitative measures
Related terms: scientometric
remated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remate
remating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remate
remating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rematings
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent mating
scientometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scientometrist
dEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dEGs
form: DEG
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy.
Synonyms: dE
Related terms: dIG
dI
dSph
dIG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dIGs
form: DIG
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: dwarf irregular galaxy
Synonyms: dI
Related terms: dEG
dE
dSph
Irr
IrG
Sm
Im
scientometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sciento- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The study and valuation of science by quantitative means, such as the number of papers published in a field
Derived terms: scientometric
scientometrist
Related terms: bibliometry
scientography
Irr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irrs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of irregular galaxy.
Synonyms: IrG
Related terms: Sm
Im
dI
dIG
DIG
Baekje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paekche
form: Paykcey
Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 백제(百濟) (Baekje).
Senses: examples: text: The site, yet to be named, straddles the farming counties of Yeongi and Gongju. The capital of the Baekje Kingdom in the fifth and sixth centuries was Gongju, which reportedly has good feng shui.
ref: 2004 August 12, Andrew Salmon, “Seoul names new location for capital”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2025:
glosses: An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 18 BCE to 660 CE; at its maximum covering most of modern western South Korea.
glosses: An ancient language spoken in that kingdom.
Coordinate terms: Goguryeo
Silla
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Baekje terms
HVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HVCs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of high velocity cloud.
HVS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HVSes
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of hypervelocity star.
glosses: Initialism of hyperventilation syndrome.
finishing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of finish off
LBV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LBVs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of luminous blue variable.
asteriskless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From asterisk + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not marked with an asterisk.
neo-pantheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-pantheisms
form: neopantheism
form: Neopantheism
form: neo-Pantheism
form: Neo-Pantheism
Etymology: From neo- + pantheism.
Senses: examples: text: The founders of Neo-Pantheism... have no wish for a moment to depreciate the world that has gone before them; and, therefore, not that portion of it which, though they know it not, still subsists in pristine strength, and will alone survive the coming catastrophe!
ref: 1838, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, editor, The Dublin Review, page 353:
text: But Aristotle's Absolute had personality without will; the Absolute of German neo-pantheism has, or rather is, will without personality; for originally it is without self-consciousness.
ref: 1906, Alfred William Benn, The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century, volume I, Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 243–244:
text: Neither the God of the old Pantheism nor that of the neo-pantheism of Froebel is the all-seeing, all-loving Father to whom the weary and the suffering turn for rest and consolation.
ref: 1912, Mary Fisher, A Valiant Woman: A Contribution to the Educational Problem, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, page 242:
text: This neo-pantheism is wide-spread enough to induce one of our leading publishing houses to reprint Seeley's "Natural Religion," a treatise once famous but lately out of print.
ref: 1917, Durant Drake, “The God of the Future is in the Making”, in Current Opinion, page 246:
text: Science perhaps never slid as far into neo-pantheism and neo-nihilism as Kelvin feared, and many physicists (and others) retained their confidence in the ether well into the 1920s and 1930s.
ref: 2002, Bruce Clarke, Linda Dalrymple Hendersonm, From Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology, Art and Literature, page 112:
text: The "Trinitarian" World of Neo-Pantheism: On Panentheism and Epistemology
ref: 2004, Philip Clayton, Arthur Robert Peacocke, Religion, In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being, page 131:
glosses: Any revived or reconceived variation of pantheism, the belief that the Universe is sacred and should be revered; any of a number of modern form of present day renditions of pantheism, as distinguished from earlier perspectives.
Derived terms: neo-pantheist
neo-pantheistic
Related terms: pandeism
panentheism
religious naturalism
spiritual naturalism
electrostress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + stress.
Senses: glosses: The supposed negative effects of electromagnetic fields on living beings.
arse end of nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the arse end of nowhere
form: arse-end of nowhere
form: ass end of nowhere
form: ass-end of nowhere
Senses: glosses: A very remote place.
Synonyms: see: Thesaurus:remote place
town criers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of town crier
nature of the beast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: "A little slow, that's all; but that's the nature of the beast."
ref: 1884, Frank de Yeaux Carpenter, Round About Rio:
glosses: The unchangeable nature of something.
Related terms: english: different beast
translation: different beast
word: different animal
darkful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dark + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of darkness
endark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: endarks
form: endarking
form: endarked
form: endarked
Etymology: From en- + dark.
Senses: glosses: To darken
endarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endark
endarking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of endark
endarked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endark
MPEGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MPEG
oceanaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanauts
Etymology: From ocean + -naut, modelled on astronaut.
Senses: glosses: An explorer in a submarine.
glosses: Someone who lives or does scientific work underwater.
Related terms: aquanaut
oceanauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oceanaut
tableaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tableau
tricycling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tricycle
tricycled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tricycle
sallying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sally
sallying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sallyings
Senses: examples: 4 September 1798, Charles Brockden Brown, letter to William Dunlap
Johnson & I are pretty well, but E H S, by midnight sallyings forth, sudden changes of temperature, fatigue & exposure to a noon day sun, is made sick.
glosses: The act of one who sallies.
sanitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sanitises
form: sanitising
form: sanitised
form: sanitised
Senses: examples: text: With deep cleaning one of the most effective means of preventing the transmission of Coronavirus, the King's Heath cleaning team are sanitising and disinfecting all hard surfaces - including those which the maintenance crew are due to touch.
ref: 2020 April 22, Paul Stephen, “COVID-19: meet the railway heroes”, in Rail, page 41:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sanitize.
sanitises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sanitise
sanitising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sanitise
sanitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sanitise
sermonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sermonises
form: sermonising
form: sermonised
form: sermonised
Etymology: From sermon + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sermonize.
sermonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sermonise
sermonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sermonise
sermonising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sermonisings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sermonizing.
sermonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sermonise
shinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shinny
shinnying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shinny
shinnied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shinny
sambaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of samba
sambaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of samba
sasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sass
sassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sass
sassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sass
sparred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spar
smuggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smuggle
soupier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of soupy: more soupy
soupiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of soupy: most soupy
sheikdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheikdom
shaggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shaggy: more shaggy
shaggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shaggy: most shaggy
sheerer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sheer: more sheer
sheerest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sheer: most sheer
attract mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attract modes
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A demonstration mode intended to attract potential players to an arcade game.
Related terms: attract screen
attract modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attract mode
arnicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arnica
Wolken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wolkens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wolken.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
con men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of con man
sirloins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirloin
scapulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scapulae
Senses: glosses: plural of scapula
scapulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scapulas
Senses: glosses: plural of scapula
smokier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of smoky: more smoky
smokiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smoky: most smoky
sexpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexpot
spiralling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks.
ref: 2022 April 6, “Network News: Spring Statement: Sunak accused of making rail less competitive”, in RAIL, number 954, page 8:
glosses: present participle and gerund of spiral
spiralling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirallings
Senses: examples: c. 1949-1950, Theodore Roethke, In the Bush of her Bones
Dear witch, dear devious dove, I halfway know / The meaning of these giddy spirallings.
glosses: Movement in a spiral.
spiralled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spiral
Afghan hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afghan hound
serer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sere: more sere
serest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sere: most sere
sidebars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidebar
scoldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scolding
silverier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of silvery: more silvery
silveriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of silvery: most silvery
schoolmistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schoolmistress
sweatiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sweaty: most sweaty
snored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snore
saunaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sauna
saunaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sauna
stows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stow
stowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stow
stowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stowings
Senses: examples: text: To render these stoppings effective, they must be built of brick or stone, and plastered with lime, and also supported at one or both sides by stowings of rubbish to provide against the effect of explosions.
ref: 1848, Matthias Dunn, A treatise on the winning and working of collieries:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
examples: text: Very often, the bales have to be subitted to several transshipments and stowings, for which reason the bales do not all arrive at destination in good condition.
ref: 1895, United States Congressional serial set, number 3402, page 24:
glosses: The act by which something is stowed; stowage.
soberer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sober + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sober: more sober
soberer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soberers
Etymology: From sober + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I was once very mischievous—I am not so now, age is a sad soberer of frolic fancies […]
ref: 1831, James Athearn Jones, chapter 7, in Haverhill; or, Memoirs of an Officer in the Army of Wolfe, volume 3, London: T.&W. Boone, page 165:
text: […] business, as we know, is the great soberer of theorists, no matter on what side they theorize.
ref: 1901, R. B. Cunninghame Graham, chapter 10, in A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 1607 to 1767, London: Heinemann, page 278:
text: […] love is an intoxicant, marriage the most effective of soberers.
ref: 1914, Robert W. Service, The Pretender: A Story of the Latin Quarter, New York: A.L. Burt, Book 2, Chapter 1, p. 103:
text: One evening I stayed with him very late to celebrate the birthday of his favorite actress, and for once he was slightly the worse for liquor. […] We drove off together, arranging that I should drop him at his flat and drive on to my house. When we reached Haymarket I suggested that we should stop at one of the all-night chemists and buy him one of the mixtures known as “soberers.”
ref: 1923, Herbert Vivian, chapter 8, in Myself Not Least, Being the Personal Reminiscences of X, New York: H. Holt, page 136:
glosses: Something that makes a person sober.
Lemminkäinen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lemminki
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.
Senses: qualifier: Finnic mythology
glosses: Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
Synonyms: Ahti Saarelainen
Kaukomieli
Related terms: Kaukamoinen
Kauko
soberest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sober: most sober
Caspian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæspi.ən/
Etymology: From Latin Caspius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Caspian Sea or the region around it.
Derived terms: Caspian Gates
Caspian monitor
Caspian shemaya
Caspian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæspi.ən/
Forms: form: Caspians
Etymology: From Latin Caspius + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member of the ancient people dwelling along the southern and southwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, in the region which was called Caspiane after them.
glosses: A person from a country that borders the Caspian Sea.
geocoronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + coronal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the geocorona.
geocorona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocoronas
Etymology: From geo- + corona. From being the luminous part of the atmosphere, the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere.
Senses: qualifier: Earth's atmosphere
glosses: The region of ionized hydrogen (protons) that makes up the outermost region of the Earth's atmosphere (and by extension of other planets.)
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
qualifier: plasma physics; space physics; plasma physics; space physics
glosses: Analogs of the geocorona; Synonym of protonosphere.
Synonyms: protonosphere
Coordinate terms: atmosphere
exosphere
ignorosphere
ionosphere
mesosphere
protonosphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
Related terms: corona
Hill sphere
magnetosphere
magnetotail
Roche lobe
saltshakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltshaker
scrotums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrota
Senses: glosses: plural of scrotum
shortish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From short + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat short; moderately short.
sheepskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheepskin
seaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seaway
salsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salsa
salsas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of salsa
skyjacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skyjack
skyjacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skyjack
snaffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snaffle
snaffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snaffle
silvern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlvɚn/
ipa: /ˈsɪlvən/
Etymology: From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver + -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).
Senses: examples: text: But, leaving novelists alone, on the whole we find in real life that if speech is silvern, silence is essentially golden, and that more harm is done by saying too much than by saying too little; above all, that infinite mischief arises by not letting sleeping dogs lie.
ref: 1868 August 29, “Sleeping Dogs”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 26, number 670, page 287:
text: I know a pool, where shadows fall
From fir-trees, melancholy tall,
That dream and quiver round the rim,
And in the molten centre swim,
Where taper tops do all unite
Bemirrored in its silvern light.
ref: 1885, Robert Bird, Law Lyrics, page 31:
glosses: Made of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
sieze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of seize.
siezed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of seized.
siezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of seizes.
siezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -iːzɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of seizing.
sharping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sharp
sharping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharpings
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The raising of the pitch of a note by half a step.
glosses: Fraud; trickery; the acts of a sharper.
sharped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Raised in pitch by half a note. Made into a sharp note.
sharped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: simple past and past participle of sharp
swabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swab
swabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swabbings
Senses: examples: text: Cleanliness on board of a ship is highly necessary for the preservation of the health of seamen; but the custom of frequent swabbings or washings between the decks, as is too frequently practised, is certainly injurious[…]
ref: 1821, Robert Thomas, The modern practice of physic:
glosses: The act of one who swabs.
swabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swab
shriller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shrill: more shrill
shrillest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shrill: most shrill
semiautomatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiautomatic
semi-automatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-automatic
rescue dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rescue dogs
Senses: synonyms: word: shelter dog
glosses: A homeless, lost or abandoned dog which has been, or will be, rehomed by an animal rescue centre or charity; a rescued dog.
hypernyms: working animal
glosses: A dog utilised in search and rescue operations; a search-and-rescue dog.
pères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of père
shelter dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelter dogs
Senses: glosses: A dog temporarily resident in or obtained from an animal shelter.
Synonyms: word: rescue dog:
great-grandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-grandmother
rescuee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛskjuˈiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: rescuees
Etymology: From rescue + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Justice North agreed with the lawyers who brought the case that the rescuees were effectively and completely detained by the government.
ref: 2004, Daniel Ross, Violent Democracy, page 116:
text: Every rescuee interviewed said the students had not asked for payment.
ref: 2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is rescued.
slinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slinches
Etymology: Blend of slug + inch
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An English unit of mass equal to 12 slugs (386.088 pounds-mass), that accelerates by 1 inch per second squared (1 in/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
religious naturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An approach to spirituality that is devoid of supernatural elements.
Derived terms: religious naturalist
Related terms: pantheism
neo-pantheism
naturalism
religion
spiritual naturalism
costlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From costless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without cost.
Synonyms: freely
Related terms: cost
costless
costless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cost + -less. Compare Dutch kosteloos (“costless, free”).
Senses: synonyms: free
free of charge
gratis
feeless
antonyms: costful
costly
;
see others at nonfree
glosses: Having no cost, or at least no cost paid for at the point of sale.
Derived terms: costlessly
costlessness
Related terms: priceless
there's no such thing as a free lunch
valueless
cadaver dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cadaver dogs
Senses: examples: text: Of course, once trained, a cadaver dog doesn't disturb the remains at the site.
ref: 2004, Angela Eaton Snovak, Guide to Search and Rescue Dogs, page 160:
text: While Ferry said he could not disclose his buyers due to privacy reasons, he said the company sells to several universities for classrooms or museums and law enforcement agencies that use individual bones to train cadaver dogs.
ref: 2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post:
hypernyms: police dog
glosses: A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate remains, usually human ones.
search and rescue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: search and rescues
form: searches and rescues
form: search-and-rescue
Senses: examples: text: that an expedition may be fitted out by the government of the United States for the Arctic zone, for the search and rescue of the American expedition under the command of Dr. Kane
ref: 1854, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 218:
text: Assuming a search and rescue is in order, they will appoint the coordinating organization
ref: 2001, Sorrel Wilby, Surviving Australia: A Practical Guide to Staying Alive, page 53:
text: Incidents such as fires, search and rescues, wildlife incidents, and other events
ref: 2006, Michael Lockwood with Graeme Worboys and Ashish Kothari, Protected Areas Management: A Global Guide, page 150:
glosses: An effort to save persons whose locations are not precisely known from hazardous situations.
glosses: The emergency service that performs or coordinates such efforts.
Synonyms: word: SAR
Hyponyms: USAR
haruspicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haruspicy
more suo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: examples: text: This argument about cheapness was the one with which she most successfully met Theobald, who grumbled more suo that he had no sympathy with his son's extravagance and conceit.
ref: 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LIV, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 249:
text: There has been something like a personal conflict between Fadge and the man who looks after the minor notices. Fadge, more suo, charged the other man with a design to damage him and the paper.
ref: 1891, George Gissing, “Holiday”, in New Grub Street […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 62:
glosses: In his or her own manner.
urban furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Items, objects, and equipment installed in public areas, such as urban parks, and streets, and including such elements as traffic signs, park benches, bollards, and public fountains.
Hyponyms: street furniture
traffic furniture
extispicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extispicy
altitudinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From altitude + -in- + -al.
Senses: examples: altitudinal variation
glosses: Of or in relation to altitude
Derived terms: altitudinally
Related terms: attitudinal
kinesiologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinesiology