cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
murderousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From murderous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In “Chase,” Haas strikes a balance between evoking the brutal lives of the exploited mineworkers and acknowledging the murderousness of some of their deeds.
ref: 2007 April 15, Ruth Conniff, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or condition of being murderous.
psychopathologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychopathology
repoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repoint
repointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repoint
subkiloton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + kiloton.
Senses: examples: text: The test was something of a fizzle, a subkiloton explosion, but it was enough to win unanimous passage of a resolution that imposes new economic sanctions on the North.
ref: 2007 April 15, David E. Sanger, “North Korea Misses Important Deadline”, in New York Times:
glosses: Below one kiloton.
unmollified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mollified.
Senses: examples: text: I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
ref: 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:
glosses: Not mollified.
unknowables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unknowable
ʻukulele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ʻukulele
form: ʻukuleles
Senses: examples: text: All of the 'ukuleles and braguinhas/cavaquinhos examined in this paper use nylon or gut strings.
ref: 1998, Karen S. Drozd, The Hawaiian 'Ukulele: Its Players, Makers, Teachers and Continuity in Traditional Transmission Processes, page 50:
text: In addition, there will be a small instrumental group, perhaps composed of four ʻukulele.
ref: 2011, Anthony J. Palmer, “Hawaiʻi Calls: Musics of the Islands”, in Michael Haas, editor, Barack Obama, the Aloha Zen President: How a Son of the 50th State May Revitalize America Based on 12 Multicultural Principles, Praeger, →ISBN, page 158:
text: Overseas manufacturers saw a lucrative opportunity as well; as early as 1918, Japanese firms reportedly were making ʻukuleles.[…]Martin’s high-end strategy stood in dramatic contrast to the rest of the mainland market, where the ʻukulele’s astonishing popularity and what some critics attacked as wartime profiteers willing to produce and sell instruments “false in tone, flimsy in construction, and made in a cheap, shoddy way” sent prices for instruments steadily downward: from $6 in 1914 to $3.50 in 1915 to a sales price of $1.95 in 1917.
ref: 2012, Jim Tranquada, John King, “A Craze of the Frisco Exposition”, in The ʻUkulele: A History, Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 104:
text: As with my previous ʻukulele books for Mel Bay, the songs are arranged in ascending order of difficulty. If you start at the beginning and work your way to the back you will gain a good understanding of how to play slack key style ʻukulele.[…]All of the music is written in standard notation and tablature for ʻukulele.
ref: 2018, Mark Kailana Nelson, “How This Book is Organized”, in Learn to Play Slack Key Style ʻUkulele, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
glosses: Alternative form of ukulele.
Chiong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃiːɒŋ/
ipa: /tʃiɑŋ/
rhymes: -iːɒŋ
homophone: Chiang
homophone: Chionh
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 蔣 /蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Chiang, Chionh, Jiang, and Kiang.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
voivodeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊdˌʃɪp/
ipa: /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/
Forms: form: voivodeships
form: vaivodeship
form: waiwodeship
Etymology: From voivode (“local ruler or official in parts of central and eastern Europe; administrative chief in Poland”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating properties or states of being). Voivode is variously derived from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”), from *voji (“army”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue; to persecute; to suppress”)) + *-e- + *vodìti (“to conduct; to lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”)). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish województwo.
Senses: glosses: The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”).
synonyms: voivodate
glosses: The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.
glosses: The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.
Pua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Puas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien.
Uy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uey.
Uy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Khmer អ៊ុយ (ʼuy).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
Uy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wee
form: Ng
form: Ooi
form: Oey
form: Oei
Etymology: Derived from Hokkien 黃 /黄 (Ûiⁿ), via Spanish Uy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien
cholesterolemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholesterolemias
form: cholesterolaemia
Etymology: From cholesterol + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of cholesterol in the blood
Derived terms: cholesterolemic
chondroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondromas
form: chondromata
Etymology: From chondro- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
Derived terms: adenochondroma
chondromatosis
ecchondroma
enchondroma
myxochondroma
osteochondroma
Chua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Hokkien 蔡 (Chhòa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien.
Khoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khoos
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 邱 (Khu).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
anisocoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ænˌaɪsəˈkɔɹ i ə/
/-ˈkoʊɹ-/
/ˌænaɪ-/
Etymology: From an- + isocoria.
Senses: examples: text: Anisocoria is the occurrence of unequal or asymmetric pupils. Very slight differences are common and of no significance.
ref: 2009, Alexander DeLahunta, Eric Glass, Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, 3rd edition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 182:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye.
Derived terms: anisocoric
antiangina
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + angina.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: antianginal.
unmatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmatches
form: unmatching
form: unmatched
form: unmatched
Etymology: From un- + match.
Senses: glosses: To separate a matching pair.
Ching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chings
Etymology: From Cantonese 程 (cing4).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cantonese.
Ching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chings
Etymology: From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien.
Ching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯆꯤꯡ (cing).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chingakham surname of Meitei origin
glosses: Alternative form of Chingangbam surname of Meitei origin
glosses: Alternative form of Chingshubam surname of Meitei origin
glosses: Alternative form of Chingtham surname of Meitei origin
limaille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French limaille.
Senses: examples: text: This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics.
ref: 1833, John Forbes, The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine:
text: [I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case.
ref: 1858, Transactions of the Odontological Society of Great Britain, page 19:
text: I have with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider every dentist may not have the means of applying the dry process, allow me to state the mode I recommend, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron, lead, tin, zinc, and bone filings.
ref: 1858, Quarterly Journal of Dental Science - Volume 1, page 379:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.
unky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌŋki
Forms: form: unkies
form: unkie
Etymology: Clipping of uncle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Uncle.
Synonyms: unc
nunky
Related terms: auntie
uncs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unc
uncs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncs
Senses: examples: text: Hey, Uncs, how's it going?
glosses: uncle (especially one's own uncle)
inhabitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inhabit
ram cichlid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ram cichlids
Senses: glosses: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin
ram cichlids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ram cichlid
Dogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dogons
form: Dogon
Senses: glosses: A member of a group of people living in the central plateau region of Mali, Africa.
anginose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to angina; anginous.
retrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retraits
Etymology: From Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto.
Senses: examples: text: She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A picture or other visual representation.
retrait
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto.
Senses: glosses: Retired.
retrait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retraits
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: examples: text: Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
glosses: Obsolete form of retreat.
retrait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retraits
form: retraiting
form: retraited
form: retraited
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of retreat.
retrait
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: examples: text: KETHEL in Holland uses, Azure, a pale retrait in chief (i.e., a demi-pal) soutenu by a chevron between three cauldrons or.
ref: 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 121:
text: The blazon : Arms : Per Saltire Gules and Or in fess two pellets pierced and in pale many plates also pierced on a chief Argent issuant as in chief seven pallets retrait two three and two Sable.
ref: 1988, The Augustan Society Omnibus:
text: The upper margin is bordered by a low quality frieze bearing the coat of arms of Pope Gregory XV (r. 1621-1623) : gules, three bendlets retrait per fess […]
ref: 2010, Elena De Laurentiis, The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc. (Compare issuant, naissant.)
'fesses up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of 'fess up
'fessing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of 'fess up
'fessed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 'fess up
non-negotiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonnegotiable.
restauration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English restauracioun, from Late Latin restaurātiō; compare French restauration.
Senses: examples: text: […]began and compleated the Restauration of our present Sovereign
ref: 1680, John Price, The Mystery and Method of His Majesty's Happy Restauration:
text: Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.
ref: 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:
glosses: Obsolete form of restoration.
optique
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: One Symoy, an optique inſtrument‐maker, found the first of thoſe inſects as he was ſearching for polypes; which gave me ſince an occaſion of examining ditch‐water, where I not only found the plant, but the crown’d inſect, and a good many other ſurpriſing little things, of all ſhapes and faſhions, of which I will take the liberty to ſend you an account.
ref: 1755, T. Brady, Philosophical Transactions, volume XLIX, page 250:
glosses: Obsolete form of optic.
masonry cement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masonry cements
Senses: glosses: A type of cement used for masonry mortar, containing Portland cement and filler.
massacrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more massacrous
form: most massacrous
Etymology: From massacre + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, a massacre.
massecuites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massecuite
masseters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masseter
massotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massotherapies
Etymology: From masso- + therapy.
Senses: qualifier: massage
glosses: massage as a form of therapy.
Derived terms: massotherapeutic
massotherapist
massotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massotherapists
Etymology: From masso- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: Someone skilled in massotherapy, a massage therapist.
Synonyms: word: massotherapeutist
word: massager
word: massage therapist
word: massagist
word: massotherapist
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: masseur
word: masseuse
Related terms: word: massage
word: massage parlor
word: massage therapy
word: massotherapy
massotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massotherapist
concurrents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concurrent
massula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massulae
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: A union of pollen microspores.
Related terms: pollinium
massulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massula
ouvriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouvrier
étapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of étape
métiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of métier
quartiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartier
habitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of habitude
subling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of sublingual.
pulveratricious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a thick Membrane connects the Toes, which is not found in any other of the pulveratricious Birds; the Legs are armed with the Spurs ſhort ſharp and black.
ref: 1738, Eleazar Albin, William Derham, A natural history of birds, The Pheaſant. Phaſianus:
glosses: nesting on the ground
raw_tags: of birds
phenakism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenakisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φενακιστής (phenakistḗs, “cheat, imposter”).
Senses: examples: text: The people of England are at once too discerning and too truth-loving to tolerate a system of phenakism and reserve, whether in the interest of Popery or infidelity.
ref: 1859, Rev. Baden Powell, The Quarterly Review, The Order of Nature, page 442:
glosses: deception; trickery.
Related terms: phenakistoscope
Sunday drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunday driver
Sunday letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday letters
Senses: glosses: A dominical letter.
Sunday painter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday painters
Senses: glosses: A painter with little or no experience or training.
dieselize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dieselizes
form: dieselizing
form: dieselized
form: dieselized
form: dieselise
Etymology: From diesel + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert or adapt an engine to diesel fuel.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: To replace steam or electric train service on a particular route or network with diesel-engined trains.
dieselise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dieselises
form: dieselising
form: dieselised
form: dieselised
Etymology: From diesel + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: In conjunction, much freight traffic was to be dieselised under the W.R. scheme.
ref: 1963 January, Jeffrey P. Burke, “Railway crossroads of the north-west: Shrewsbury”, in Modern Railways, page 56:
glosses: Alternative form of dieselize.
Related terms: dieselisation
phenakisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenakism
dramaturgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɹæm.əˈtəː.dʒɪk/
ipa: /ˌdɹɑː.məˈtəː.dʒɪk/
ipa: /ˌdɹɑ.məˈtɚ.dʒɪk/
ipa: /ˈdɹæm.ə.tɚ.dʒɪk/
Forms: form: more dramaturgic
form: most dramaturgic
Etymology: From dramaturgy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
Synonyms: sense: of the art of dramatic composition
word: dramaturgical
Related terms: dramaturgical
dramaturgy
fuliginously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fuliginously
form: most fuliginously
Etymology: From fuliginous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Military France is everywhere full of sour inflammatory humour, which exhales itself fuliginously, this way or that: a whole continent of smoking flax; which, blown on here or there by any angry wind, might so easily start into a blaze, into a continent of fire.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 82:
glosses: In a fuliginous manner.
paradoxicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paradoxical + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: paradoxicality
glosses: The state or quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradoxers
Etymology: From paradox + -er.
Senses: glosses: Person who comes up with a paradox.
paradoxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradoxer
paradoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradoxies
Senses: glosses: A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
glosses: The state or quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradoxy
searchingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From searching + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being searching.
sleepy sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: encephalitis lethargica
von Economo disease
glosses: An acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental disease.
usagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usager
couloirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couloir
symboles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbole
protocorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protocorms
Etymology: From proto- + corm.
Senses: examples: text: Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.
ref: 2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses
imidazolinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidazolinones
Etymology: From imidazoline + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic ketone derived from imidazoline
glosses: Any of a range of herbicides based on this compound
Hyponyms: imazamethabenz
imazamox
imazapic
imazapyr
imazaquin
imazethapyr
parvalbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parvalbumins
Etymology: From parvo- + albumin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small albumin protein of the nervous system that binds calcium.
Derived terms: parvalbuminergic
muezin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muezins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of muezzin.
antiavoidance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-avoidance.
anti-avoidance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + avoidance.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: That counters the avoidance of paying tax.
extrastatutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of extra-statutory.
extra-statutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + statutory.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Over and above that covered by statute
fragilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragility
nonbonus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bonus.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-bonus.
non-bonus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonbonus
Etymology: From non- + bonus.
Senses: glosses: Not pertaining to or obtained by means of a bonus.
nonregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
non-regulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + regulated.
Senses: examples: text: The electrical equipment in both cars is designed on Stone's constant-speed non-regulated double battery principle and is of the latest Tonum type.
ref: 1950 June, “New Restaurant and Buffet Cars, G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 416:
glosses: Synonym of unregulated.
synonyms: word: unregulated
overdeclared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdeclared
form: most overdeclared
Etymology: From over- + declared.
Senses: glosses: declared to be greater than is the case
overhedging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of over-hedging.
logo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, speech”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: lexi-, lexico-
glosses: word; speech.
over-hedging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + hedging.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: speculative hedging for an excessive amount
petrolelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of petrol-electric.
petrol-electric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a hybrid engine or vehicle that uses a combination of petrol and electricity.
Related terms: diesel-electric
precombustion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + combustion.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pre-combustion.
pre-combustion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + combustion.
Senses: examples: pre-combustion decarbonization
glosses: Occurring prior to combustion.
examples: pre-combustion chamber
glosses: Concerned with a phase prior to combustion.
precommitments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precommitment
precommitment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precommitments
Etymology: From pre- + commitment.
Senses: glosses: A prior commitment
reprioritisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprioritisations
Etymology: From re- + prioritisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reprioritization.
retendering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retender
Totenkopf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”).
Senses: qualifier: World War II
glosses: Ellipsis of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.
Totenkopf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Totenkopfs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”).
Senses: examples: text: The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units.
ref: 2024 March 25, Andrew Roth, Pjotr Sauer, “Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A death's head used as a military emblem.
'e's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Contraction of ’e + is or has.
Senses: examples: 'E's gone 'ome.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of he’s.
smell of an oily rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We have found them in the remote corners of Asia Minor, sans souliers, sans culottes, often in rags, living on the smell of an oily rag or a raw onion, trying their best to preserve order where their own miserable officials have brought shame and disgrace upon their tarnished colours.
ref: 1896, Dayrell Davies, "Sport with the Brigands of Macedonia," The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Longmans, Green, and Co., no. XII (July to December 1896), v. III, pg. 65
text: Full of bog, goes anywhere you want to go, don't pay for insurance, runs on the smell of an oily rag.
ref: 1998, Ian Shaw, quoted in Richard Strauss, Up for Rego: A Social History of the Holden Kingswood, Pluto Press Australia, pg. 33
text: ... they did not prepare someone for the smell-of-an-oily-rag budgets and ratings-driven world of Australian commercial television.
ref: 1999, Stephen Alomes, When London Calls: The Expatriation of Australian Creative Artists, page 133:
text: They're prone to giving away their rations and living off the smell of an oily rag.
ref: 2008, Susan Napier, Accidental Mistress, page 59:
text: "We did it on the smell of an oily rag", says Danielle Kootman of Tourism Queensland.
ref: 2009 May 1, Nick Bryant, “'Selling' Queensland with a dream job”, in BBC News:
text: They had the smell of an oily rag to work on.
ref: 2010, Gai Waterhouse, Gai In My Words, page 146:
text: There remains ABC Radio, which is the best known example of the relationship between the smell of an oily rag and the will to keep going.
ref: 2012, John Clarke, A Dagg at My Table: Selected Writings, page 88:
glosses: A very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).
Related terms: run on fumes
air forces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air force
retender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retenders
form: retendering
form: retendered
form: retendered
Etymology: From re- + tender.
Senses: examples: text: Leicester: The £22 million contract to rebuild the station will have to be retendered by Leicester City Council, because only one contractor submitted a bid.
ref: 2025 March 19, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Midlands”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 26:
glosses: To submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.
underclaimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underclaim
underclaim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underclaims
form: underclaiming
form: underclaimed
form: underclaimed
Etymology: From under- + claim.
Senses: glosses: To claim an insufficient amount
underhedging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of under-hedging.
under-hedging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + hedging.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Hedging to an insufficient extent, such that some future risk remains.
unmanagable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanagable
form: most unmanagable
Etymology: From un- + managable.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of unmanageable.
tittup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tittups
form: tit-tup
form: titup
Etymology: Probably imitative.
Senses: glosses: A caper, or canter.
tittup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tittups
form: tittupping
form: tittuping
form: tittupped
form: tittupped
form: tittuped
form: tittuped
form: tit-tup
form: titup
Etymology: Probably imitative.
Senses: examples: text: I felt a fool and was much relieved when I saw the back of Mr Bellerby as he tit-tupped away to Cowslake Manor after pressing me to accept a cheroot about eight inches long out of a crocodile-skin case.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 186:
text: After this he began to go outside [the pub], many coats and yellow, thin overcoats opening willingly for him to pass, until he was out, or his legs had carried him there. He was tittuping.
ref: 1955, Patrick White, chapter 18, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 333:
text: 1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Berkley, Book 3, Chapter 25, p. 424,
There were urbane abbots, titupping along on ambling palfreys, in furred hoods which were against the rules of their orders,
glosses: To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.
Derived terms: tittuppy
algorithmized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: algorithmised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of algorithmize
algorithmized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more algorithmized
form: most algorithmized
form: algorithmised
Senses: glosses: Having been adapted to use one or more algorithms.
algorithmizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of algorithmize
algorithmizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of algorithmize
creatine kinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creatine kinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
Synonyms: word: CK
word: creatine phosphokinase
word: CPK
mispaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mispaired
form: most mispaired
Etymology: From mis- + paired.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.
mastectomee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastectomees
Etymology: From mastectomy + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has undergone a mastectomy.
donatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donatees
Etymology: From donate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has received a donation or someone who needs a donation.
Synonyms: donee
muggee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mʌˈɡiː/
Forms: form: muggees
Etymology: From mug + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A victim of a mugging.
electee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electees
Etymology: From elect + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is elected.
operatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operatees
Etymology: From operate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has an operation.
educatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: educatees
Etymology: From educate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is being educated.
interrogatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interrogatees
Etymology: From interrogate + -ee.
Senses: synonyms: interrogee
antonyms: interrogator
glosses: Someone who undergoes an interrogation.
Related terms: interrogable
mastigure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæstɪɡjʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: mastigures
Etymology: From translingual Mastigurus (“genus Uromastyx”), from Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “a scourge, a whip”) + οὐρά (ourá, “a tail”). Compare Uromastyx.
Senses: glosses: Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
Derived terms: Bent's mastigure
Egyptian mastigure
Iranian mastigure
Leptien's mastigure
Macfadyen's mastigure
Mesopotamian mastigure
ornate mastigure
princely mastigure
Schmidt's mastigure
Sudan mastigure
piccaninny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piccaninnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pickaninny.
mastika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastikas
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē). Doublet of mastic.
Senses: glosses: A type of hard resin found on various acacia trees, which can be chewed.
glosses: A liquor made from such resin.
glosses: A liqueur similar to raki made from anise or other sources, made in the Balkans.
glosses: A serving of such a beverage.
mastikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastika
mastless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæstləs/
Etymology: From mast (“tall, slim post or tower”) + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a mastless ship
glosses: Without a mast.
mastless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæstləs/
Etymology: From mast (“fruit of forest-trees”) + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a mastless oak or beech
text: mastless oak
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Bearing no mast (fruit of a tree).
mastocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastocytes
Etymology: From German Mastzelle f, "feeding cell," coined in 1878 by immunologist Paul Ehrlich; "Mast" + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”). Not a cognate with the Ancient Greek root μαστός (mastós, “(human) breast”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: mast cell
Derived terms: antimastocyte
mastocyotosis
mastocytoma
mastocytosis
promastocyte
Related terms: mastocytic
mastocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastocytomas
form: mastocytomata
Etymology: From mastocyte + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A tumor consisting of mastocytes, commonly found in animals.
mastocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastocytoses
Etymology: From mastocyte + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder caused by an overabundance of mastocytes in the body.
mastodonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mastodonic
form: most mastodonic
Etymology: From mastodon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the mastodon.
glosses: huge, gigantic
Synonyms: sense: huge, gigantic
word: mammoth
word: mastodontic
mastodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastodonts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mastodon.
Derived terms: mastodontic
polymastodont
mastodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastodont
deformative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deformative
form: most deformative
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to deformation.
mastodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mastodont + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the mastodont
glosses: gigantic, mammoth
Synonyms: mastodonic
mastodontoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: mastodonic, mastodontic.
mastodonton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastodontons
Senses: glosses: mastodon, mastodont.
mastoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mastoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: mastoid
Derived terms: transmastoidal
mastology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From masto- + -logy.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: senology
glosses: The study of breasts.
glosses: Synonym of mammalogy (the study of mammals)
synonyms: word: mammalogy
extra: the study of mammals
Derived terms: mastologist
palaeomastology
Related terms: mastological
mastopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastopathies
Etymology: From mast- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: Any disease of the breast
Derived terms: mastopathic
mastopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastopexies
Etymology: From masto- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
Synonyms: breastlift
Related terms: mammoplasty
mastopexies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastopexy
mastozoology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From masto- + zoology.
Senses: glosses: mammalogy
Related terms: mastozoologist
mastuprate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mastuprates
form: mastuprating
form: mastuprated
form: mastuprated
Etymology: From Renaissance or New Latin mastuprari, an alternation of classical Latin masturbārī influenced by stuprō (“defile”). See also mastupration. Attested in English from the late 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: His Black Wench reports him Impotent for Coitus per Vaginam, yet hath seen him mastuprate on occasion;
ref: c. 1751, Dr. John Rae (journal), quoted in: Allen Edwardes (1966), The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan, p. 93
glosses: masturbate
wikipedia: Renaissance Latin
Related terms: mastupration
mastuprator
masturbatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From masturbate + -ic.
Senses: glosses: masturbatory
masturbational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From masturbation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: We need masturbational activities at the state and national levels: conventions, competitions, awards. There could be jerk-off teams and leagues sponsored by businesses, perhaps.
ref: 1987 August 8, John Jackoff, “J.O. to the World”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, masturbation.
glosses: Sexually alluring, inciting a desire to masturbate.
Synonyms: word: masturbatic
word: masturbatory
Derived terms: masturbational insanity
incremental backup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incremental backups
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A backup method where only the information that has changed since a previous backup is saved.
carry one's heart upon one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: carrying one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: carried one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: carried one's heart upon one's sleeve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.
carry one's heart on one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries one's heart on one's sleeve
form: carrying one's heart on one's sleeve
form: carried one's heart on one's sleeve
form: carried one's heart on one's sleeve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.
wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: wearing one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: wore one's heart upon one's sleeve
form: worn one's heart upon one's sleeve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.
Banyumasan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Javanese language closely related to Malay, Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese.
nortriptyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nortriptylines
Senses: glosses: A tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of major depression, childhood bedwetting, and certain chronic illnesses.
Related terms: amitriptyline
bedwettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedwetting
oversimplistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversimplistic
form: most oversimplistic
Etymology: From over- + simplistic.
Senses: glosses: Too simplistic.
Derived terms: oversimplistically
oversimplistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more oversimplistically
form: most oversimplistically
Etymology: From oversimplistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an oversimplistic way.
homecare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From home + care.
Senses: examples: homecare products
glosses: The care and maintenance of one's home.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.
ethionamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛθ.iˈɒn.ə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /ˌɛθ.ʌɪˈɒn.ə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /ˌɛθ.iˈɑn.əˌmaɪd/
ipa: /ˌɛθ.aɪˈɑn.əˌmaɪd/
Forms: form: ethionamides
Etymology: Blend of eth- + thionamide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antibiotic prodrug C₈H₁₀N₂S effective only against mycobacteria and used in the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy.
ethionamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethionamide
bupivacaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjuˈpɪv.əˌkeɪn/
Etymology: From bu(tyl) + pi(pecoloxylidide) + -vacaine (“alteration of Novocaine”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A local anesthetic C₁₈H₂₈N₂O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting.
Derived terms: levobupivacaine
chorions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorion
chorioamnionitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chorio- + amnion + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) due to a bacterial infection, most often associated with prolonged labour.
pancreaticoduodenectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreaticoduodenectomy
pancreatoduodenectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreatoduodenectomy
dichotomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dichotomises
form: dichotomising
form: dichotomised
form: dichotomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dichotomize.
dichotomises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dichotomise
dichotomising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dichotomise
dichotomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dichotomise
hyperaldosteronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperaldosteronisms
Etymology: From hyper- + aldosterone + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition in which too much aldosterone is produced by the adrenal glands, potentially leading to lowered levels of potassium in the blood.
Synonyms: aldosteronism
Derived terms: pseudohyperaldosteronism
hyperaldosteronisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperaldosteronism
hexachlorophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexachlorophenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyhalogenated compound, 2,2'-methylenebis(3,4,6-trichlorophenol)-3,4,6-trichloro-2-[(2,3,5-trichloro-6-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]phenol, once used as a disinfectant
hexachlorophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexachlorophene
apophatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /apə(ʊ)ˈfatɪk/
Forms: form: more apophatic
form: most apophatic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀποφατικός (apophatikós, “negative”).
Senses: examples: text: For him, the assertions of Palamas ran counter to the apophatic insistence in Pseudo-Dionysius that God was unknowable in his essence.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 488:
text: Augustine had absorbed the underlying spirit of Greek apophatic theology, but the West did not develop a fully fledged spirituality of silence until the ninth century, when the writings of an unknown Greek author were translated into Latin and achieved near-canonical status in Europe.
ref: 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 123:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
examples: text: Here is a sudden interruption of remorseless, detailed exposition with a triple-punch of one-sentence paragraphs of self-indentification (2.1–2.4), and of an apophatic, negative kind, statements of what communists are not, have not, do not—[…]
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
glosses: That passively defines a thing by describing what is not characteristic of it.
Derived terms: apophatically
Related terms: apophatism
melasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æzmə
Forms: form: melasmus
Etymology: From Latin melasma, from Ancient Greek μέλασμα (mélasma), from μελαίνειν (melaínein, “to blacken”) + -σμα (-sma), from μέλας (mélas, “black”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: chloasma faciei
mask of pregnancy
melas
pregnancy mask
glosses: A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.
Derived terms: melasmic
hyperkalaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperkalemia.
interrelatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interrelatednesses
Etymology: From interrelated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being interrelated.
Synonyms: interrelation
interrelatednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interrelatedness
apophatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more apophatically
form: most apophatically
Etymology: From apophatic + -ally.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: In an apophatic way; using apophasis.
parasitaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasitaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parasitemia.
munerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: munerates
form: munerating
form: munerated
form: munerated
Etymology: From Latin muneratus, past participle of munerare (“to give, bestow”).
Senses: glosses: To remunerate.
multiorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + organ.
Senses: examples: text: Some people have multiorgan failure, needing both kidney and pancreas, heart and lung, or some other combination of organs.
ref: 2002, Robert M Veatch, Transplantation Ethics:
glosses: Involving multiple organs of the body.
conjunctivitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjunctivitis