cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reapportionment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reapportionments
Etymology: c. 1930 reapportion + -ment
Senses: coordinate_terms: redistricting#Noun
;
malapportionment
glosses: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
examples: text: In this context Endean pointed to the upcoming reapportionment of congressional districts according to the 1980 Census figures saying, "Everyone is up in the air over what their district will look like. Liberals are afraid they'll be gerrymandered into conservative districts.
ref: 1981 February 7, Betty Krier, quoting Steve Endean, “Pro, Anti-Gay Lobbies Plan Bills For Congress”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: redistricting#Noun
;
malapportionment
glosses: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
reassertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reassertions
Etymology: From re- + assertion.
Senses: examples: text: […] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.
ref: 2015, Heidi Nast, “Pit Bulls, Slavery, and Whiteness in the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century U.S.”, in Rosemary-Claire Collard, Kathryn Gillespie, editors, Critical Animal Geographies, page 138:
glosses: the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
reassessment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reassessments
Etymology: From re- + assessment.
Senses: examples: text: If you are a Cadmus fan, you will of course need no further urging [to see the film]; if, like me, you have had mixed feelings about his work, you may find yourself making a more positive reassessment after seeing the film.
ref: 1986 February 1, Nicholas Deutsch, “7th Annual New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 8:
text: He thought the types of wagons planned (short-wheelbase types) needed reassessment.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
glosses: The act of reassessing; a second or subsequent assessment.
reassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reassignments
Etymology: From re- + assignment.
Senses: glosses: The act of reassigning; a second or subsequent assignment.
Derived terms: gender reassignment
gender reassignment surgery
reassignment center
sex reassignment
sex reassignment surgery
sexual reassignment
sexual reassignment surgery
reattachment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reattachments
Etymology: From re- + attachment.
Senses: glosses: The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment.
reburial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reburials
Etymology: From re- + burial.
Senses: glosses: The act of reburying; a second or subsequent burial.
Synonyms: reinterment
recalculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recalculations
Etymology: From re- + calculation.
Senses: glosses: The act of recalculating; a second or subsequent calculation.
reclassification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reclassifications
Etymology: From re- + classification.
Senses: glosses: The act of reclassifying; a second or subsequent classification.
topics: education
glosses: The assignment of a high-school student to a different graduation class (either a year earlier or later than their original), often to allow a potential athlete either to develop further or to start playing professionally earlier.
recolonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recolonizations
Etymology: From re- + colonization.
Senses: glosses: The act of recolonizing; a second or subsequent colonization.
Related terms: recolonize
recommencement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recommencements
Etymology: From Middle French recommencement, from Old French.
Senses: glosses: The act of recommencing; a second or subsequent commencement.
reconfirmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconfirmations
Etymology: From re- + confirmation.
Senses: glosses: The act of reconfirming; a second or subsequent confirmation.
reconsecration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconsecrations
Etymology: From re- + consecration.
Senses: glosses: The act of reconsecrating; a second or subsequent consecration.
itched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of itch
delimitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delimitates
form: delimitating
form: delimitated
form: delimitated
Etymology: From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.
Senses: glosses: To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
Derived terms: delimitator
undelimitated
cardiomyocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiomyocytes
Etymology: From cardio- + myocyte.
Senses: glosses: a cardiac muscle cell (or myocyte) in the heart.
Derived terms: cardiomyocytic
noncardiomyocyte
bare-butt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: barebutt
Etymology: From bare (“naked”) + butt (“bottom”).
Senses: glosses: With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
examples: text: It has taken millions of years of evolution — pelagic, geologic, biological, and cultural — to create the Monterey Peninsula of today, a charming series of communities that appeal to bare-butt, stoned-out hippies as much as to some of the wealthiest and most talented people in the world.
ref: 2001, Thom Akeman, Monterey Peninsula: A Cypress Shore, Graphic Arts Center Publishing, published 2001, →ISBN, page 7:
text: Although Horcón has tolerated bare-butt bathing for some years, the municipalidad of Pichilemu wants to be the first to officially accept nudism, despite the opposition of its parish priest, who declared 'nudism leads to adultery'.
ref: 2005, Tim Burford, Chile: The Bradt Travel Guide, Globe Pequot Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 369:
text: […] All the while, he's paddling toward the beach, and when he got up there, the shark was cruising around on the inside. So he took his shorts off, threw them to the shark and just walked bare-butt down the beach. […]
ref: 2009, Stuart Holmes Coleman, Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing, St. Martin's Press, published 2009, →ISBN:
glosses: Stark naked.
Synonyms: bare-arse
bareass
bare-bum
bare-bum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: barebum
Etymology: From bare + bum.
Senses: glosses: With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
examples: text: Of course I do, Gran! Julian is always walking around bare-bum. I know all about boys and girls. And love and babies and all.
ref: 1992, Louise Leblanc, Maddie in Goal (trans. Sarah Cummins), Formac (1992; original French book published 1991), page 12
text: Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room.
ref: 1992 April, Martie Sterling, “My Last, Last Run”, in Ski:
text: We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^([sic]) nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.
ref: 2009, John B. Duffield, A Cry for Help, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Stark naked.
Synonyms: bare-arse
bareass
bare-butt
Ancestor Night
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This is Ancestor Night, the Feast of the Dead, the night strongest for communication with those gone into the shadow lands, those who now dwell over Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard.
ref: 1991, D J Conway, Norse Magic, Llewellyn Publications, page 51:
text: Other names are the Festival of Remembrance, the Feast of Apples, Ancestor Night or the Feast of the Dead.
ref: 1999, Gail Duff, The Wheel of the Wiccan Year, page 23:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A festival celebrated by followers of Heathenry in late October or early November and based on the Germanic tradition of ancestor worship.
Related terms: Mother's Night
Samhain
Halloween
ligure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ligures
Etymology: From Latin ligurius (“type of gemstone”), probably from the region Liguria.
Senses: glosses: A gemstone, supposed to have been a form of agate
Derived terms: ligurite
Ligurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ligurian
form: most Ligurian
Etymology: From Liguria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.
Ligurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ligurians
Etymology: From Liguria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.
Ligurian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Liguria + -an.
Senses: glosses: The Gallo-Italic language of this region.
examples: text: It is sometimes proposed that there was a connection between Ligurian and Iberian, or that Ligurian was also found in Sicily. Notably, Ligurian has also been mentioned as one of the linguistic substrates of Sardinia.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 14:
glosses: An ancient Proto-Indo-European language spoken by the Ligures.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ligurian terms
algerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algerines
Etymology: From Algiers + -ine.
Senses: glosses: A type of loosely woven cloth in stripes of bright colors, used for scarves, shawls and similar.
ostracum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostraca
Etymology: From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”).
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A fragment of pottery.
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: The middle layer of a molluscan shell.
Derived terms: periostracum
pro-ostracum
Related terms: ostracize
SPLA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: South Sudan
glosses: Initialism of Sudan People's Liberation Army.
drolleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drollery
North African
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to North Africa
North African
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North Africans
Senses: glosses: Native or inhabitant of North Africa
left out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more left out
form: most left out
Senses: examples: text: I could not keep up with hearing people at parties that she gave; I felt left out. My girl friend felt the same way when she attended parties with deaf people.
ref: 1989, Leo M. Jacobs, A Deaf Adult Speaks Out, page 143:
glosses: Not included or accepted in a group or event.
left out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave out
ditzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditz
frick
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Senses: examples: text: What the frick was that?!
text: Aw, frick. I couldn't get anything for my birthday.
text: Holy frick, we might actually be in trouble!
text: Frick you, James! You are such a jerk!
text: You want me to go to detention? I don't give a frick!
glosses: Euphemistic form of fuck.
Derived terms: fricker
fricking
frick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: fricks
Senses: examples: text: Eric didn't give a frick about looking at the gun but he was excited to spend some time in a social situation, no matter how awkward it might be.
ref: 2006, T. J. Baldwin, Nazdak, page 24:
glosses: Euphemistic form of fuck; for more and .
frick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: fricks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of freak.
frick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: fricks
form: fricking
form: fricked
form: fricked
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of fuck.
Derived terms: motherfricker
leave out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves out
form: leaving out
form: left out
form: left out
Senses: examples: text: The journalist decided to leave out certain details from her story.
text: The journalist decided to leave the sleaze out of her story.
text: But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
text: Capello mystifyingly left Ashley Young out despite a match-winning display in the Euro 2012 qualifier win in Wales in March and he only underlined the folly of the decision by emerging as substitute at half-time and striking a fine equaliser six minutes after coming on.
ref: 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
glosses: To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
examples: text: After breakfast, there were still some ingredients left out that needed to be put away.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out.
Synonyms: exclude
miss out
omit
Derived terms: leave it out
log on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: logs on
form: logging on
form: logged on
form: logged on
Senses: glosses: Synonym of log in.
synonyms: word: log in
examples: He logged on to yahoo.com, skimmed the front page, and decided to sign in.
glosses: To visit a website (as distinguished from signing into it; construed with to).
Derived terms: word: log-on
word: logon
Balkans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːl.kənz/
ipa: /ˈbɒl.kənz/
ipa: /ˈbɔl.kənz/
ipa: /ˈbɑl.kənz/
Forms: form: the Balkans
form: Balcans
Etymology: Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).
Senses: examples: text: As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.
ref: 2002, Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, page 104:
text: The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]
ref: 2015, Anastas Vangeli, “On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans”, in Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, editors, An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, page 182:
glosses: A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.
Synonyms: topics: geographical-region
region
location
word: Balkan Peninsula
Derived terms: Balkan
Balkanism
Balkanize
Balkanization
Related terms: Balkanic
Balkanian
Paleo-Balkan
nodding off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nod off
lippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lip + -age.
Senses: glosses: An uneven surface of a floor that occurs when stone or tiles are not laid to a uniform level
sinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sinus + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the sinuses.
Derived terms: extrasinal
intrasinal
ISIN
parasinal
sinal cavity
DWB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A play on DWI (“driving while intoxicated”).
Senses: examples: text: jill We [Jill and her husband James] call it, "Driving While Black." We have a . . . nice car. So we got pulled over for a DWB. . . .
ref: 1995, Paul C. Rosenblatt, Terri A. Karis, Richard D. Powell, Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices (Understanding Families), SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Initialism of driving while black (or brown): a sarcastic reference to racial profiling by police investigating driving offences.
Related terms: english: driving while intoxicated
translation: driving while intoxicated
word: DWI
Mother's Night
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque, or perhaps a continuation, of Old English Mōdraniht.
Senses: examples: text: The most sacred and important of all Heathen holy celebrations falls within this span of time and is called Modraniht or Mother's Night.
ref: 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition, Career Press Inc., →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: An Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens.
Related terms: Ancestor Night
waddya
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Waddya want now, kid?
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of what do you.
spleet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spleets
Etymology: From Middle Dutch spleet, splete or Middle Low German splete, North Frisian splēt, related to split.
Senses: examples: text: But if the hiue be more then fourteene inches ouer within, it may wel receiue foure spleets.
ref: 1609, Char[les] Butler, “Of the Hiues, and the Dressing of Them”, in The Feminine Monarchie. Or A Treatise Concerning Bees, and the Due Ordering of Them: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph Barnes, →OCLC, signature C4, verso:
text: Your Hive being pruned put in your ſpleets, 3 or 4 of them, as the largeneſs of your hive ſhall require, the upper ends whereof ſet together at the top of the hive, and the lower faſten about a handful above the Skirt; beſides theſe ſpleets within the hive, the ſtraw hive muſt have 4 other ſpleets driven up into the Skirts to keep the hive from Sinking when it is Loaded, […]
ref: a. 1680, J[onas] Moore, “Of the Hives and Manner of Dressing Them”, in Englands Interest: or The Gentleman and Farmers Friend. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J. How, […], published 1703, →OCLC, page 104:
text: [B]ind their ſtems together with a ſpleet of willow, or ſome tough wood, by wrapping it about them three or four times, and tucking the end under. […] a ſmall wreath, made of ſpleet, is ſlipped on the upper end of the ſtaff, which holds it together, and keeps the whole from falling about.
ref: 1766, Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, The Complete Farmer: or, A General Dictionary of Husbandry, in All Its Branches; […], London: […] [F]or the Authors; And sold by S. Crowder, […] J. Coote, […] and F. Blythe, […], →OCLC, signature [7K2], recto, column 2:
text: Spleets, or ſticks, are proper to ſupport the combs, when extended near the bottom; […] as the combs are uſually built in parallel lines from front to back, each comb, when wrought down, being of conſiderable weight, it will have a ready ſupport from the ſpleet, and which will ſerve to faſten them alſo; […]
ref: 1796, John Keys, “Extraction of Honey and Wax”, in The Antient Bee-Master’s Farewell; or, Full and Plain Directions for the Management of Bees to the Greatest Advantage; […], London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 62:
glosses: A small strip of split wood or willow.
spleet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spleets
form: spleeting
form: spleeted
form: spleeted
Etymology: From Middle Dutch spleet, splete or Middle Low German splete, North Frisian splēt, related to split.
Senses: examples: text: And this is the eaſieſt & quickeſt way of ſpleeting a hiue: it is alſo ſtrong enough for bearing the combs, and beſt for taking them forth without breaking. Beſides which there are divers ſortes of ſpleeting needleſſe to be rehearſed: for every country hath his faſhion.
ref: 1609, Char[les] Butler, “Of the Hiues, and the Dressing of Them”, in The Feminine Monarchie. Or A Treatise Concerning Bees, and the Due Ordering of Them: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph Barnes, →OCLC, signature C4, verso:
text: But before we have done with the Hives, we muſt not forget the Spleeting of them. The way they uſually Spleet the ordinary Strawn and Daubed Hives, every Countrey Coridon underſtands.
ref: 1681, J[ohn] W[orlidge], “Of Bees”, in Systema Agriculturæ; the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Tho. Dring, […] Sold by R. Clavel […], →OCLC, section III (Of Insects), page 186:
text: The combs of common hives cannot be taken out whole (though ſpleeted according to my directions) without an iron inſtrument in form of an L.
ref: 1796, John Keys, “Extraction of Honey and Wax”, in The Antient Bee-Master’s Farewell; or, Full and Plain Directions for the Management of Bees to the Greatest Advantage; […], London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 186:
glosses: To fit (a beehive) with slips of wood.
ethnocentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnocentricities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ethnocentric.
biatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbi.ɑt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: biatches
form: beeyotch
form: beyotch
form: biach
form: bioch
form: biotch
form: byatch
form: byotch
form: beeyatch
Etymology: Corruption of bitch.
Senses: examples: text: “Fuck you, you son of a bitch!” Dana screamed, trying to cover herself. “Fuck your mamma, biatch!” he said as he kicked his door shut.
ref: 2002, Natika Waldon, Urban Affairs, page 197:
text: Something similar happened with ATM machines giving away money in the UK and the people who took advantage are now in prison . . . it's a biatch I know, but honesty really is the best policy!
ref: 2004, Greg Fox, Coming Clean: The Best and Worst of Dailyconfession.Com, page 76:
text: This trail isn't merely hell, it's a full blown biatch!
ref: 2005, Matt Stone, Go Backpacking!, page 106:
glosses: Alternative form of bitch.
pieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piety
ratting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Don't go ratting to the police about what happened.
glosses: present participle and gerund of rat
ratting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattings
Senses: examples: text: Henry Mayhew, the nineteenth-century chronicler of London's underworld, described the frenzied activity of one ratting contest. A terrier — the best of ratting dogs — was placed into a pit with 50 rats.
ref: 1993, Ronald H. Fritze, James Stuart Olson, Randy Roberts, Reflections on World Civilization: A Reader, volume 2, page 102:
text: Bear and bull baiting, dog fights, cockfighting, ratting, and other blood sports were attacked as un-Christian […]
ref: 2001, Colin D. Howell, Blood, Sweat and Cheers: Sport and the Making of Modern Canada:
text: The RSPCA were well aware that ratting was legally ambiguous, and when they received a report of a conviction for ratting in Hull in 1868 they doubted the legality of it.
ref: 2008, Rob Boddice, A History of Attitudes and Behaviours Toward Animals in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain, page 257:
text: Such men usually satisfied their needs for leisure in the patronage of saloons or in such “blood” sports as cockfights or rattings.
ref: 2008, Benjamin G. Rader, Baseball: A History of America's Game, page 12:
text: This was the pit for dog fights, cockfights and rat killing. […] At a time when ratting was largely frowned upon by respectable people in Britain, it gained considerable support in France […]
ref: 2012, Jan Bondeson, Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities:
synonyms: rat-baiting
glosses: The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
glosses: A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
glosses: Desertion of one's principles.
glosses: Working as a scab, against trade union policies.
Derived terms: ratting cap
Related terms: rat snake
rat terrier
rattrap
rat trap
Brandane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The origin of 'Brandane' may be in the name of Saint Brendan or in the bold water or spray men.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Arran and Bute
glosses: A surname from Irish.
myocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myocytes
Etymology: From myo- + -cyte, thus literally "muscle cell."
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: a single muscle fiber cell
Synonyms: muscle cell
Derived terms: cardiomyocyte
extramyocyte
extramyocytic
fibromyocyte
intramyocyte
myocytic
myocytoma
neomyocyte
nonmyocyte
rhabdomyocyte
indention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-dĕn′shən
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃən/
ipa: /ɪnˈden.ʃən/
ipa: /ənˈden.ʃən/
ipa: /ɪnˈɖɛn.ʃon/
rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Forms: form: indentions
Etymology: From indent + -ion.
Senses: glosses: Senses related to indent (verb):
The process of indenting.
glosses: Senses related to indent (verb):
The state of being indented.
topics: media
publishing
typography
hypernyms: whitespace
glosses: An empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.
glosses: Synonym of indentation /dent.
synonyms: word: indentation /dent
indeterminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indeterminable
form: most indeterminable
Etymology: From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis.
Senses: glosses: That is incapable of being measured.
glosses: That is incapable of being ascertained.
Derived terms: indeterminableness
indeterminably
indeterminable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indeterminables
Etymology: From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis.
Senses: glosses: An indeterminable thing or quantity.
indirection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪndəˈɹɛkʃən/
/ˈɪndɪˈɹɛkʃən/
/ˈɪndaɪˈɹɛkʃən/
Forms: form: indirections
Etymology: From indirect + -ion, modeled on direction.
Senses: glosses: An indirect action or process.
examples: text: In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.
ref: 1907 September, Jack London, “A Day’s Lodging”, in Love of Life and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published December 1907, →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Use of a variable or object through its address.
individualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more individualistic
form: most individualistic
Etymology: From individualist + -ic or individual + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature.
ref: 1895, The Citizen, page 398:
text: People in individualistic cultures may be more concerned with distributive justice than people in collectivistic cultures because they have such clear-cut notions of individual equity.
ref: 2001, David Matsumoto, The Handbook of Culture and Psychology, page 395:
glosses: More interested in individual people than in society as a whole.
examples: text: A few examples will demonstrate the cultural basis of individualistic, greedy, and anticooperative behavior.
ref: 2012, Carl Ratner, Cooperation, Community, and Co-Ops in a Global Era, page 46:
text: The researchers posit that something they call the “hipster effect” asserts itself in human populations no matter how individualistic we imagine ourselves to be, because it’s individuality itself that sparks conformity.
ref: 2014 December 2, David DiSalvo, “Are You Vulnerable to the Hipster Effect?”, in Psychology Today, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
glosses: Interested in oneself rather than others; egocentric.
glosses: Having idiosyncratic behaviour or ideas.
Derived terms: anarcho-individualistic
individualistically
nonindividualistic
overindividualistic
unindividualistic
Related terms: individualism
individualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(.u).əl.aɪz/
ipa: /ˌɪn.dəˈvɪd͡ʒ(.u).əl.aɪz/
Forms: form: individualizes
form: individualizing
form: individualized
form: individualized
form: individualise
Etymology: From individual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.
glosses: To modify something to suit an individual; to personalize.
Derived terms: deindividualize
disindividualize
individualizable
individualizer
individualizingly
unindividualize
individuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: individuations
Senses: glosses: The process of individuating or individualizing.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The distinction of the individual from the general or universal.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The differentiation of tissues.
Derived terms: deindividuation
principle of individuation
Related terms: individuate
indorse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: indorses
form: indorsing
form: indorsed
form: indorsed
Etymology: Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’; at the same time the ‘e’ (French) was changed to ‘i’ (Latin) (in-, rather than en-). Note that the alternative form endorse is now more common, retaining the restored ‘r’ but reverting to the initial ‘e’, rather than the Latinate ‘i’.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of endorse.
Derived terms: indorsable
indorsation
indorsee
indorsement
indorsor
unindorsed
indwell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdwɛl/
Forms: form: indwells
form: indwelling
form: indwelled
form: indwelled
form: indwelt
form: indwelt
Etymology: From in- + dwell.
Senses: examples: text: The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.
ref: 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
text: Diodore and Theodore were particularly galvanized to defend their point of view by their horror at Apollinaris's assertion that Christ was indwelled by the Logos, which replaced a human mind in him.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 224:
glosses: To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
Derived terms: indweller
indwelling
ineducable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ineducable
form: most ineducable
Etymology: From in- + educable.
Senses: examples: text: But, once again, Donald Trump seems to be ineducable.
ref: 2020, Francine Prose, “Has Trump learned anything from Covid-19? Absolutely not”, in The Grauniad:
glosses: Incapable of being educated; not educable.
inefficacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inefficacies
Etymology: From in- + efficacy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being ineffective
inexpressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more inexpressive
form: most inexpressive
Etymology: From in- + expressive.
Senses: glosses: Lacking expression or emotion.
Derived terms: inexpressively
inexpressiveness
inextinguishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inextinguishable
form: most inextinguishable
form: unextinguishable
Etymology: From in- + extinguishable.
Senses: examples: text: These achievements were made at a bloody cost and required courage and indomitable honesty, evidence of the inextinguishable will to survive and to be self-actualized in the face of unspeakable dangers.
ref: 1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:
glosses: Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
Synonyms: unquenchable
Derived terms: inextinguishableness
inextinguishably
Ulster Irish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the Irish language indigenous to Ulster.
Gambians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gambian
unconventionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnkənˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈnaləti/
ipa: /ˌʌnkənˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈnalɪti/
ipa: /ˌʌŋ-/
ipa: /ˌʌnkənˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈnaləti/
Forms: form: unconventionalities
Etymology: From un- + conventionality.
Senses: examples: text: The psychologist regarded Sofie's extreme unconventionality and intelligence as pointing towards very high openness to experience.
synonyms: eccentricity
nonconformity
quirkiness
antonyms: conventionality
conformity
normalcy
normality
glosses: The state of being unconventional.
unexpectedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unexpected + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For one of the chief accounts, upon which Wit it self is delightful, is, in very many cases, the unexpectedness of the things that please us; that unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty, which, as I freshly noted, does exceedingly gratifie most Men’s minds.
ref: 1665, Robert Boyle, “A Discourse Touching Occasional Meditations”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, London: Henry Herringman, Section 2, Chapter 1, p. 15:
text: […] all in an instant, without having before given me the least reason to suspect any thing of the matter, he forced me into the barge; saying, I was going to leave him, but he would take care I should not. I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not make a reply […]
ref: 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 4, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, London, page 174:
text: […] he perceived a new attraction in the idea of taking to himself a young lady who had qualified herself to figure in his collection of choice objects by rejecting the splendid offer of a British aristocrat. Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of the British aristocracy—he had never forgiven Providence for not making him an English duke—and could measure the unexpectedness of this conduct.
ref: 1881, Henry James, Jr., chapter 9, in The Portrait of a Lady, New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 125:
text: The unexpectedness of Mrs. Pettigrew’s gentle voice was due to her heavily-marked appearance.
ref: 1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 5, in Memento Mori, London: Macmillan:
glosses: The state of being unexpected.
unflappability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unflappable + -ity (rather than un- + flappability, which is probably a back-formation from this word.)
Senses: examples: text: Longevity ran in the family; Mrs. Calment's mother lived until she was 86 and her father until he was 93. But Mr. Robine said her great strength was her unflappability. […]“She once said, ‘If you can't do anything about it, don't worry about it.’”
ref: 1997 August 5, Craig R. Whitney, “Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The state of being unflappable.
unfriendliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unfriendlinesses
Etymology: From unfriendly + -ness. Compare Dutch onvriendelijkheid, German Unfreundlichkeit.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unfriendly.
glosses: An unfriendly act; unfriendly acts or actions.
ungainliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ungainlinesses
Etymology: From ungainly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being ungainly.
ungodliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ungodlinesses
Etymology: From ungodly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being ungodly.
glosses: Ungodly behaviour.
Synonyms: sense: ungodly behavior
word: impiety
Related terms: impiety
ungratefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ungrateful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or act of being ungrateful.
unhealthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unhealthinesses
Etymology: From unhealthy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 27, in Jane Eyre:
text: He looked elegant and vulnerable, his eyes edging away from contact and set into a face of exquisite unhealthiness.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 5, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
glosses: The state of being unhealthy.
unholiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unholinesses
Etymology: From unholy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unholy.
on first-name terms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Familiar with someone, such that one can address them by their first name.
examples: text: My accountant was so bad I am now on first-name terms with the tax department.
glosses: In regular contact with a person or organization.
Related terms: on a first-name basis
unlikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unlikenesses
Etymology: From unlike + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state of being unlike
glosses: an unlike characteristic
unnaturalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unnaturalnesses
Etymology: From Middle English unnaturelnesse, equivalent to unnatural + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: However, the American sensibility was less caught up in Angst and unnaturalness; it rejected the antibeauty implication of the Europeans.
ref: 1982, Jack Burnham, Beyond modern sculpture:
glosses: The state of being unnatural.
unobtrusiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unobtrusive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unobtrusive.
unresponsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unresponsive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As donors in New England learn about the national march committee's unresponsiveness to local organizing efforts and debts, these donors will not likely be open to further supporting your work in the future. The refusal of the national march committee to help local groups pay off their debts is alienating to local and national foundations.
ref: 1988 February 14, Judy Andler, Angela Bowen, Meani McAlister, Nancy Moniz, Nancy Wechsler, Hillary Smith, John Roberts, “Return The Surplus To The Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 4:
glosses: The state of being unresponsive.
unrighteousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English unriȝtwisnesse, from Old English unrihtwīsnes; equivalent to un- + righteousness or unrighteous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unrighteous.
synchrocyclotron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒn/
Forms: form: synchrocyclotrons
Etymology: From synchro- + cyclotron.
Senses: examples: 2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)
glosses: A particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
unscrupulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unscrupulous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state of being unscrupulous
unseemliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unseemlinesses
Etymology: From unseemly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:
glosses: The state of being unseemly.
unselfishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unselfishnesses
Etymology: From unselfish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unselfish.
unsightliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsightlinesses
Etymology: From unsightly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being unsightly.
unsoundness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsoundnesses
Etymology: From unsound + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Most likely he was accounting for that by the bias my job might be expected to give – aggravated by a phobia resulting from my recent sting – and he was wondering whether it might connote other, perhaps less harmless, unsoundnesses.
ref: 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids:
glosses: The state of being unsound.
Related terms: sound
unsound
untimeliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: untimelinesses
Etymology: From untimely + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: intempestivity
glosses: The state of being untimely.
Synonyms: word: impunctuality
word: intempestivity
word: unpunctuality
word: unseasonability
word: unseasonableness
word: untimeliness
Hypernyms: word: inexpedience
Hyponyms: word: earliness
word: lateness
Related terms: word: untimely
word: inopportunely
realness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realnesses
Etymology: From real + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being real; reality.
rebelliousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rebellious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being rebellious.
repetitiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From repetitious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being repetitious.
repetitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From repetitive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.
ref: 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 106:
glosses: The state of being repetitive.
ergospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergosphere
repleteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From replete + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being replete.
retentiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retentive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:
glosses: The state of being retentive.
Related terms: anal-retentiveness
restrictiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restrictive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being restrictive.
rightfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English riȝtfulnesse, rigtfulnes, riȝtvolnesse, equivalent to rightful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being rightful.
tidal forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidal force
scintillometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scintillometer
eoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eolith
chances are
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: If you leave before 7, chances are you'll miss the traffic.
text: 2 August 2018', Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Disney goes back to the Hundred Acre Wood in the wistful Christopher Robin
There are the inevitable life lessons about family and making time, plus a big speech in which Pooh serves as an unlikely guru of the importance of paid vacation days. Chances are you’ve seen seen this all before. But at least this time, you’re seeing it with Pooh.
glosses: It is likely that, it is probable that
fend for oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fends for oneself
form: fending for oneself
form: fended for oneself
form: fended for oneself
Senses: examples: text: After her mother passed away, she had to learn to fend for herself.
text: Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother to fend for themselves.
ref: 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 26:
glosses: To take care of oneself without help.
go public
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes public
form: going public
form: went public
form: gone public
Senses: examples: text: They threatened to go public with the photos unless I paid up.
glosses: To make something public; to announce publicly or to the press.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To launch an initial public offering.
hi there
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An informal greeting.
Related terms: hello there
in the know
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Those in the know don't shop at that kind of store.
text: Anyone who is in the know doesn't shop there.
text: He appears to be in the know about such matters.
text: "Reet. Wot fort do? I'm off wom.". No, we're not speaking a foreign language, although the bulk of readers could be forgiven for thinking so. Rather, for those in the know, it is of course a typical example of 'Wiganese' dialect, which has been brought to life by an Avanti West Coast-funded mural in the underpass of Wigan North Western station.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 948, page 70:
glosses: Informed; aware.
jump to conclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps to conclusions
form: jumping to conclusions
form: jumped to conclusions
form: jumped to conclusions
Senses: examples: text: Don't hold your breath and don't jump to conclusions, but there is likely to be an announcement about the future of the railways in the next few weeks - [...].
ref: 2021 February 24, Christian Wolmar, “Franchising still exists - under tight Departmental control”, in RAIL, number 925, page 48:
synonyms: rush to judgement
glosses: To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.
knee-high to a grasshopper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child
laid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay off
make a killing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a killing
form: making a killing
form: made a killing
form: made a killing
Etymology: Originally US English.
Senses: examples: text: "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing."
ref: 1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 5, in The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance:
text: And I said I still make a pretty good living / But you must make a killing / A killing
ref: 1996, Ani DiFranco, “Napoleon”, in Dilate:
text: Danny Boyle's critical darling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has made a killing at the box office and is now being lavished with awards.
ref: 2009 January 17, Tom Huddleston, “What's all the fuss about 'Slumdog Millionaire'?”, in Time:
glosses: To win or earn a large amount of money.
harvestmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harvestman
no kidding
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An exclamation of amazement.
examples: Person A: The Cleveland Browns are not doing too awful well this year.
Person B: Yeah. No kidding! They lost their sixth consecutive game.
glosses: Said in response to an obvious statement.
Synonyms: sense: amazement
word: really
sense: amazement
word: no shit
sense: amazement
word: never
sense: amazement
word: no
sense: amazement
word: no way
sense: amazement
word: wow
sense: amazement
word: is that so
sense: response to the obvious
word: duh
sense: response to the obvious
word: really
sense: response to the obvious
word: no shit
sense: response to the obvious
word: oh really
sense: response to the obvious
word: no really
sense: response to the obvious
word: you don't say
sense: response to the obvious
word: seriously