cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
froideur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: froideurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French froideur (literally “coldness”).
Senses: glosses: A cold or indifferent manner.
examples: text: "There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.
ref: 2001, Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan, →ISBN, page 548:
text: When I look over at Chase[…] he stares back at Baron with such withering froideur that he resembles one of those Dust Bowl farmers in a Dorothea Lange portrait.
ref: 2021 May 7, Barrett Swanson, “The Anxiety of Influencers”, in Harper's Magazine:
synonyms: antipathy
hostility
qualifier: usually italicized
glosses: A chill in relations.
parer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parers
Etymology: From pare + -er.
Senses: glosses: A tool used to pare things.
examples: text: A: 'yea like I used to have all these little parers and little fancy girly parers but then I was like I'd probably get into trouble ... people would be like 'why do you have that'... so I went for a plain pencil parer'.
ref: 2013 December 6, Russell W. Belk, Linda Price, Lisa Penaloza, Consumer Culture Theory, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: A pencil sharpener.
Derived terms: pencil parer
nécessaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nécessaire
masse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mass.
imaginable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/
ipa: /-nəbəl/
ipa: /ɪˈmadʒnəbəl/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
ipa: /-nəbəl/
ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnəbəl/
Forms: form: more imaginable
form: most imaginable
Etymology: From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.
Senses: examples: text: While running, they were exposed to the most hideous bespawling imaginable.
ref: 2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English:
text: By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.
ref: 2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury:
glosses: Able to be imagined; conceivable.
examples: text: Nevertheless, even if these forms do not directly go back to Lat. autumnus, influence of this word is imaginable.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 171:
glosses: Able to be imagined; conceivable.
Within the realm of consideration.
Derived terms: imaginableness
imaginably
inimaginable
Related terms: imaginability
oc
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Initialism of of course.
trier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: triers
form: tryer
Etymology: From Middle English triour, from Anglo-Norman triour and Middle English trien (equivalent to try + -er).
Senses: examples: text: […] I had once brought me a certain Earth, by a Gentleman that digg'd it up in this, or ſome neighboring Country, vvhich, though it ſeem'd but a Mineral Earth, did really afford, to a very expert tryer of Metals of my acquaintance, a not deſpicable proportion of Gold.
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “Essay V. Proposing Some Particulars wherein Natural Philosophy may be Useful to the Therapeutical Part of Physick.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part II, section I (Of It’s Usefulness to Physick), chapter III, page 132:
glosses: One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
examples: text: The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
ref: 2009, Stephanie Clark, Michael Costello, Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products, page 145:
glosses: An instrument used for sampling something.
glosses: One who tries judicially.
topics: law
glosses: A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
examples: text: Nay, mother, / Where is your ancient courage? you were us'd / To say, extremity was the trier of spirits
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: That which tries or approves; a test.
Derived terms: cheese trier
God loves a trier
trier of fact
canne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of can.
TOM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of time of the month.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: TOC
TIC
TIM
glosses: Acronym of Translocon on Outer Membrane.
Derived terms: Tom
betook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʊk
Senses: glosses: simple past of betake
rappeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rappelers
Etymology: From rappel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rappels (descends by rope).
Sea of Japan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sea of Japan
Senses: synonyms: East Sea
East Sea of Korea
coordinate_terms: Korea Strait
La Pérouse Strait
glosses: A marginal sea between Japan, Sakhalin, the Asian continent, and Jeju Island.
wikipedia: Sea of Japan
penned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnd/
homophone: pend
ipa: /pɪnd/
homophone: pinned
rhymes: -ɛnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pen
penned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnd/
homophone: pend
ipa: /pɪnd/
homophone: pinned
rhymes: -ɛnd
Senses: glosses: winged; having plumes
sternness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sternnesses
Etymology: From stern + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
ref: 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:
glosses: The state or quality of being stern.
glosses: The result or product of being stern.
artistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli/
ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkəli/
Forms: form: more artistically
form: most artistically
Etymology: From artistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an artistic manner.
Derived terms: inartistically
Related terms: artistic
team up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teams up
form: teaming up
form: teamed up
form: teamed up
Senses: examples: ref: 1891, William George Bruce with William Conrad Bruce, National School Boards Association, “Team up with unions to treat alcoholism”, in The American school board journal, volume 166, page 16:
text: Small beekeepers may wish to team up with other beekeepers in their area and cooperative extracting rooms may be the practical answer in many districts even ...
ref: 1953 Jan, J.E. Eckert (University of California at Davis), “From North, East, West, and South”, in Gleanings in bee culture, volume 81, number 1, page 164:
glosses: To join into a team, or into teams.
trisyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
rhymes: -æbɪk
Etymology: From tri- + syllabic.
Senses: examples: text: […] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
ref: 1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19 (pdf):
glosses: having three syllables
trisyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌtɹɑe.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
rhymes: -æbɪk
Forms: form: trisyllabics
Etymology: From tri- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: a word comprising three syllables
transient ischemic attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transient ischemic attacks
form: transient ischaemic attack
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A temporary cessation or reduction of blood supply to part of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that usually persists for less than 24 hours.
Synonyms: word: mini stroke
word: TIA
in a minute
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: Clean the kitchen, your grandma's coming in a minute.
glosses: Within a short time, very soon
Related terms: any minute now
in a New York minute
poorest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
ref: 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
glosses: superlative form of poor: most poor.
lbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paʊndz/
rhymes: -aʊndz
homophone: pounds
Etymology: From lb + -s as a naturalization in English irrespective of any New Latin morphology; for more, see Nos. § Etymology.
Senses: examples: 5 lbs 6 oz - 5 pounds and 6 ounces
glosses: plural of lb; pounds
disassociate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈsəʊʃieɪt/
other: /dɪsəˈsəʊsieɪt/
Forms: form: disassociates
form: disassociating
form: disassociated
form: disassociated
Etymology: From dis- + associate.
Senses: examples: text: After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
text: If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
text: Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, has kicked one of its prominent speakers, Michelle Malkin, to the curb. […] YAF did exactly the right thing by disassociating itself from Malkin for coming to Fuentes’ defense.
ref: 2019 November 20, Dexter Van Zile, “Right-Wing Holocaust Denial — in America”, in The Algemeiner:
coordinate_terms: disestablish
glosses: To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
examples: text: The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
coordinate_terms: granularize
glosses: To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
raw_tags: of a whole or of its parts
examples: text: The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.
glosses: To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.
raw_tags: of linked components
glosses: Alternative form of dissociate.
Derived terms: disassociation
disassociator
Related terms: dissociate
dissociation
dissolution
unaffiliated
unassociated
Austronesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːs.tɹoʊˈniː.ʒən/
Forms: form: more Austronesian
form: most Austronesian
Etymology: Borrowed from German Austronesisch; coined by Wilhelm Schmidt. From Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: an Austronesian language
glosses: Pertaining to the Austronesian language family.
examples: text: Taitung County, with seven Indigenous peoples of Austronesian descent -- Amis, Paiwan, Bunun, Rukai, Pinuyumayan (also known as the Puyuma), Yami (also known as the Tao), and Kavalan -- is the most diverse region in Taiwan in terms of Austronesian culture, offering students a chance to apply their research to real-world scenarios and engage in intimate observations of how indigenous groups grapple with the challenges of modern times, Chen said.
ref: 2022 August 6, Tyson Lu, Sean Lin, “Taitung university launches doctoral program on Austronesian studies”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022, Culture:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Austronesia.
Derived terms: Austronesianist
Austronesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːs.tɹoʊˈniː.ʒən/
Forms: form: Austronesians
Etymology: Borrowed from German Austronesisch; coined by Wilhelm Schmidt. From Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A speaker of an Austronesian language, especially a member of the ancient maritime culture that spread Austronesian languages across the Pacific from Taiwan.
Derived terms: english: back-formation
translation: back-formation
word: Austronesia
thunderhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθʌndɚˌhɛd/
Forms: form: thunderheads
Etymology: From thunder + head.
Senses: examples: text: Half the sky was checkered with black thunderheads, but all the west was luminous and clear:
ref: 1918, Willa Cather, chapter 19, in My Ántonia, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 158:
text: The wisps of smoke above Léogane became dark and thick, and flowered into a towering thunderhead—an ominous cloud that drifted slowly to the westward and was constantly replenished at its base by uprushes of blacker smoke.
ref: 1947, Kenneth Roberts, chapter 28, in Lydia Bailey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday:
text: The sky ahead was huge with storm: all the whiteness had gone from the thunderheads, and they rolled and swirled with sulphur yellow, sea green, smoke gray, oil black, a queasy churning miles high and as wide as the horizon.
ref: 2000, Philip Pullman, chapter 29, in The Amber Spyglass, New York: Del Rey, page 349:
glosses: The top portion of a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be flattened or fibery in appearance, and may be indicative of thunderstorm activity.
ordinaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinaires
Etymology: From French ordinaire.
Senses: glosses: Wine for ordinary use.
glosses: A soldier's mess.
glosses: A person of common rank.
Related terms: vin ordinaire
pacifistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pacifistic
form: most pacifistic
Etymology: From pacifist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Even the most pacifistic nations still maintain an armed police force.
synonyms: word: dovish
word: irenic
word: anti-bellicist
word: dovelike
word: dovish
word: irenic
word: irenical
word: non-violent
word: pacific
word: pacifist
word: pacifistic
word: peaceable
word: peaceful
word: unaggressive
glosses: Of or pertaining to pacifism; pacifist.
Derived terms: pacifistically
laisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
homophone: lace
Forms: form: laisses
Etymology: Borrowed from French laisse. Doublet of leash.
Senses: glosses: A section of verse concerning a single theme; tirade.
pacification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacifications
form: pacificacion
form: pacifycacion
Etymology: From Middle English pacificacion, from Old French pacification.
Senses: examples: text: The Proteſtants in their Anſwer acknowledged the good-will of the Emperor their Chief, and ſhewed, that the Catholicks ahd oppreſſed them, contrary to the Pacification
ref: 1682, John Rushworth, Historical collections of private passages:
text: The electrification of the lines radiating from Casablanca originated with the policy of economic penetration and conciliation pursued by Marshal Lyautey for the pacification of Morocco.
ref: 1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railway Electrification in Morocco”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
glosses: The process of pacifying.
Derived terms: nonpacification
Related terms: pacify
pacifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pacification
coos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: coups
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coo
coos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: coups
Senses: glosses: plural of coo
pacifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pacify
clavier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklævɪɚ/
ipa: /kləˈvɪɚ/
rhymes: -ævɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: claviers
Etymology: Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).
Senses: examples: text: […]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier
ref: 1870, A Description of the Grand Organ in the Town Hall, Leeds:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
Derived terms: clavierist
clavieristic
Related terms: clavichord
clavicle
clavis
nom de clavier
breaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛθs/
rhymes: -ɛθs
Senses: glosses: plural of breath
imaginer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnɚ/
Forms: form: imaginers
Etymology: From imagine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Although Simmons, as a professional purveyor of horror and fantasy, is no dim imaginer, he has his work cut out for him.
ref: 2007 March 18, Terrence Rafferty, “Ice Men”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who imagines (something).
Synonyms: imaginator
futrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of futret
air hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A game, played upon a table which lightly spurts air out of various holes on its surface in order to reduce friction, where each player must hit a light flat plastic puck into their opponent's goal using their own plastic mallet.
Hypernyms: table hockey
pensée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pensées
Etymology: Borrowed from French pensée. Doublet of pansy.
Senses: examples: text: Words come after words with little punctuation, and because the lines are short our eyes fall down the page, scanning, shifting, making sense of each as it follows or comes upon the next. Yet, rather than a rush of feelings, the lines are pensees: a flow that incites intellectually, not viscerally.
ref: 1980 December 13, Michael Bronski, “A Longing For Passion To Transcend Thought”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:
glosses: A thought.
Related terms: arrière-pensée
superimpose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: so͞oʹ-pər-ĭm-pōz'
ipa: /ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z/
ipa: /ˈsuː.pɚ.ɪmˌpoʊ̯z/
ipa: /ˈsuː.pəɹ.ɪmˌpəʊ̯z/
rhymes: -uːpəɹɪmpəʊz
Forms: form: superimposes
form: superimposing
form: superimposed
form: superimposed
Etymology: From super- + impose.
Senses: examples: text: He superimposed the company logo over the image.
text: It involves superimposing broken English written in multi-coloured Comic Sans on to pictures of shiba inus, a small Japanese breed of dog known for its spirited stubbornness.
ref: 2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian:
text: His protagonists all suffer from severe sense of guilt which cannot be explained from the actions and occurrences in the stories itself. What is happening in reality is that the sense of guilt is implied by the author and narrator. In fact Franz Kafka superimposes his autistic guilt onto the protagonists of his stories which has the effect that the causal mechanisms behind the guilt felt by the protagonists cannot be discerned from events within the story.
ref: 2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347:
synonyms: overlay
superpose
glosses: To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To establish a structural system over, independently of underlying structures.
Related terms: impose
soused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /saʊst/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of souse
show a leg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows a leg
form: showing a leg
form: showed a leg
form: shown a leg
Etymology: Supposedly originated in the 19th-century Royal Navy as a waking call.
Senses: examples: text: Show a leg or you’re going to be late.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To wake up and get out of bed.
wikipedia: Royal Navy
Related terms: shake a leg
break a leg
neurologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neurology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neurological.
Derived terms: Charcot's neurologic triad
nonneurologic
otoneurologic
Related terms: neurologist
artfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more artfully
form: most artfully
Etymology: From artful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Artfully pulling the ball back to leave McCleary chasing a lost cause, Sánchez calmly made space for a shot and applied a finish that beat the despairing dives of both Federici and Michael Hector, the latter vainly attempting to recover position when it was too late.
ref: 2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian:
glosses: In an artful manner.
artfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artfulnesses
Etymology: From artful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
diethyl phthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The di-ethyl ester of phthalic acid; a clear liquid used as a solvent, insect repellent and in perfumes.
articulateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From articulate + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The elderly man, who had necessarily unmouthed the dagger to achieve this articulateness, smiled disarmingly.
ref: 2010, Michael Innes, Honeybath's Haven, page 28:
glosses: The quality of being articulate.
artificiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː(ɹ).tɪˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: artificialities
Etymology: From artificial + -ity.
Senses: antonyms: naturalness
glosses: The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
synonyms: artifice
glosses: Something artificial.
artilleryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artillerymen
Etymology: From artillery + -man.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.
Synonyms: artillerist
Related terms: lascar
artiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artinesses
Etymology: From arty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being arty.
aedicula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aediculae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aedicula.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
glosses: A small shrine.
rabidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rabidly
form: most rabidly
Etymology: From rabid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rabid manner.
radioman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiomen
Etymology: From radio + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who operates a radio transceiver, especially when a title or position in a crew.
Ophir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible; modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.
Senses: examples: text: However, September came, and with it my second brother; and his companion for the shooting season was the young, handsome, and lively Henry O'Byrne, descended from kings whose crown was old enough to have been made of the gold of Ophir.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 142:
text: Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in gardens,
Pink cascades of beauty flowing down the wall,
Red drops of heart's blood spilt among the grasses,
Fabled Gold of Ophir raining over all.
ref: 1926, William Stanley Braithwaite, Anthology of Magazine Verse, page 264:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold.
glosses: A locality in Cabonne Council, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A ghost town in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Placer County, California.
glosses: A town and home rule municipality of San Miguel County, Colorado.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
glosses: A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.
Derived terms: Ophir City
Related terms: Ofir
a beach located in Esposende
Braga district
Portugal
smurfy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɜːfi/
ipa: /ˈsmɝfi/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fi
Forms: form: smurfier
form: smurfiest
Etymology: From smurf + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And so he opens the bottle and takes two out (little blue caplets—cute actually, plump, smurfy) and swallows them.
ref: 2004, J. Robert Lennon, Mailman, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 458:
glosses: Short and blue.
glosses: Unusually cheery, like the smurfs.
ducks and drakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: 1585, due to association with waterfowl. The precise origin is unclear, and may be from ducks taking off from a pond, or making rings when splashing, or bobbing their heads. Early references are primarily to “making” ducks and drakes, suggesting that the circular rings produced by the skipping stone resemble those created by splashing waterfowl.
Sense “to squander, to throw away” shortly thereafter, attested 1614, from sense of “throwing money away, as if throwing stones away in this pastime”.
Senses: examples: text: A kind of sport or play with an oister shell or stone throwne into the water, and making circles yer it sinke, etc. It is called a ducke and a drake, and a halfe-penie cake.
ref: 1585, The nomenclator, or remembrancer of Adrianus Junius, John Higgins
text: They sat on a pebbly bank. Suddenly he caught sight of a nice flat stone, and, jumping up, began to make ducks and drakes on the water.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
synonyms: stone skipping
stone skimming
stone skiffing
drakestoning
glosses: A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
examples: text: This royal Caesar doth regard no cash; Has thrown away as much in ducks and drakes As would have bought some 50,000 capons.
ref: 1614, James Cooke, Tu Quoque:
text: Pendennis’s uncle, the Major, seldom does anything without me; and as he is likely to be extravagant we’ve tied up the property, so that he can’t make ducks and drakes with it.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 59, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: He soon made ducks and drakes of what I gave him, sank lower and lower, married another woman, I believe, became an adventurer, a gambler, and a cheat.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
synonyms: squandering
wasting
glosses: The squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions such as "to make ducks and drakes of", "to play (at) ducks and drakes with".
Derived terms: word: play ducks and drakes with
word: make ducks and drakes of one's money
english: a flat stone suitable for skimming across water
translation: a flat stone suitable for skimming across water
word: drakestone
quantitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantitations
Senses: glosses: The process of quantitating.
glosses: The result of a process of quantitating.
Synonyms: quantification
Related terms: quantitate
'round
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I’m sure I look demure enough, as I go ’round the city, / And do my best to hide the fact that I am young and pretty, / And I, therefore, cannot see, when I go out to preach, / Why men must say to me that I’m a perfect peach; […]
ref: 1897, Hugh Morton [pseudonym; Charles Morton Stewart McLellan], “They All Follow Me”, in Wehman’s Song Book, number 61, New York, N.Y.: Henry J. Wehman, […], →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: Morning might never come 'round these parts / Sun never gonna come up
ref: 2018, Zeal & Ardor, Don't You Dare:
glosses: Aphetic form of around.
'round
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The cottonwood leaves were dropping yellow, just as they be now, for it were fall, and some things in nature are about the same one year as another; but the country has changed so much, that when I get to thinking of them days, and look ’round and see the valley a-settled up and the wire fences a-winding across the hills, I get mighty lonesome, and likely enough wish I’d wake up on my old blankets and find it a dream, and see once more the buffalo a-feeding on the hillside, and the beaver a-working at their dams.
ref: 1895 May, Sargent Robie, “The Old Trapper’s Story”, in Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, volume XXXIX, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Frank Leslie’s Publishing House, […], page 584, column 1:
text: “Oh, papa!” cried Patty, in dismay, “you said I could keep house for you; and Aunt Alice has taught me lots about it; and she’ll teach me lots more; and you know I can make good pumpkin pies; and, of course, I can dust and fly ’round; and that’s about all there is to housekeeping, anyway.”
ref: 1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 23:
text: “That Makes the World Go ’Round”
ref: 1921, Marie Conway Oemler, “Contents”, in Where the Young Child Was and Also The Spirit of the House, The Youngest Officer, Linden Goes Home, The Little Brown House, That Makes the World Go Round, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.:
text: “What are you doing that for?” “Why, little girl, I’m advertising ice cream.” “That’s not the way to do it—just walking ’round and ’round.”
ref: 1941, Labor Today, page 14, column 1:
glosses: Aphetic form of around.
stewardship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stewardships
Etymology: From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or office of a steward.
examples: text: antimicrobial stewardship
text: stewardship of natural resouces
text: Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
text: In selecting Bran Stark, the lords of Westeros are choosing to value these stories and memories above whatever other qualities might make a good ruler, and more specifically, put an end to the caprices of heritage that have allowed bloodlines to wreak havoc on good stewardship of these kingdoms.
ref: 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
glosses: The act of caring for or improving with time.
Related terms: conservation
guardianship
management
protection
safekeeping
in touch
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Let's stay in touch.
text: I'm not reachable over the weekend, but I'll be in touch early in the week.
text: How can I get in touch with her? It's urgent.
text: I must keep in touch with Jesus / For he will keep in touch with me
ref: 1976, “I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch)”, in God Save the Children, performed by The Crowns of Glory:
text: Dear Trevor
The reason I'm writing is because I've lost your address and have no way of getting in touch with you. For that reason, chances are you won't receive this, in which case you should not feel obligated to reply. If however, this letter does reach you and you wish to answer, please enclose your current address so I will know where to send this. By the way, you can ignore the return address on this envelope, as I am moving next week and, although I don't yet have my new address, I will be sending it along as soon as I hear from you.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, “LETTER TO A FRIEND”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 259:
text: Jane Molloy, glass of fizzing champagne in repetitively-stressed hand, stood and looked at her old friends. They were very old friends – Lettice, whose 50th this was, had always been one of those people who keep in touch.
ref: 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The WSR has remained in touch with GO-OP, despite the group deciding to back away from the project in the short term.
ref: 2023 February 8, Andrew Mourant, “A serious shuttle service with options to Taunton and beyond”, in RAIL, number 976, page 30:
glosses: In contact, or in communication.
examples: text: Kick the ball in touch.
text: And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: outside the playing area or touching the touchlines of the playing area.
raw_tags: of a ball or a player
Derived terms: intouchedness
spindly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: spindlier
form: spindliest
Etymology: From spindle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She has spindly legs.
glosses: Characteristic of a spindle; slender and of weak appearance.
wienie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wienies
form: weenie
Etymology: From wien(er) + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “With all his education, mind you. Selling weenies out on the street in the broad daylight.”
ref: 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN:
glosses: A wiener sausage.
glosses: The penis.
Synonyms: weenie
Derived terms: hide the wienie
wienie roast
wienie wagger
wifeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wiveless
form: wyueles
Etymology: From Middle English wyfles, wifles, possibly from Old English wīflēas (“wifeless”), equivalent to wife + -less.
Senses: examples: text: I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?
ref: 1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter I, in The Sleeper Awakes:
glosses: Having no wife; unmarried or celibate.
examples: text: I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day.
ref: 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
glosses: Without a wife present.
Related terms: wivesless
infopreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.fə.pɹəˈnɜː/
ipa: /ˌɪn.fə.pɹəˈnɝ/
ipa: /ˌɪn.fə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: infopreneurs
Etymology: From info- + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: A person whose primary business is gathering and selling electronic information.
Derived terms: infopreneurial
infopreneurship
Related terms: entrepreneur
wifely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪf.li/
Forms: form: wifelier
form: wifeliest
form: wively
Etymology: From Middle English wifly, wyfly, from Old English wīflīc (“womanly, wifely”), from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (“wifely”). Cognate with Scots wifely (“womanly, wifely”), Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich (“feminine, female”). By surface analysis, wife + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive; but, as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing, with masculine ignorance, that peace would soon be restored.
ref: 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “On the Shelf”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, pages 216–217:
text: '[…] Behold!' and she took his hand and placed it upon her shapely head, and then bent herself slowly down till one knee for an instant touched the ground—'Behold! in token of submission do I bow me to my lord! Behold!' and she kissed him on the lips, 'in token of my wifely love do I kiss my lord.[…]'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Spirit of Life”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, pages 283–284:
text: From here, I am trusting you and your therapist, because the wifely hot air and gaslighting don’t square with “Outside of this issue, our relationship works.”
ref: 2025 September 21, Carolyn Hax, “Carolyn Hax: Spouse opts out of wife’s extravagant birthday demands”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
synonyms: wifey#Adjective
wifish#Adjective
uxorial#Adjective
glosses: Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
Derived terms: unwifeliness
unwifely
wifeliness
wifely duties
non-wifely
wiggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wigglers
Etymology: From wiggle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that wiggles.
The larva of a mosquito.
synonyms: wriggler
glosses: Anything that wiggles.
An earthworm.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Anything that wiggles.
Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.
synonyms: wriggler
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Anything that wiggles.
A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.
Derived terms: red wiggler
mesel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mesyl
form: mesell
form: mesall
form: messel
form: messell
form: mesele
form: mesale
form: missel
form: mesell
form: misell
form: missell
form: missale
form: missaell
form: messelle
form: messille
form: mysal
form: mysel
form: mysale
form: mysell
form: myssaell
form: myssale
form: myssele
form: myssell
form: mesill
form: mysill
form: mezell
form: mezill
form: measell
form: meazle
form: meazel
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: examples: text: Also in that flome Jordan Naaman of Syria bathed him, that was full rich, but he was mesell; and there anon he took his health.
ref: 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
synonyms: word: leprous
extra: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder
glosses: Synonym of wretched.
synonyms: word: wretched
glosses: Synonym of repulsive.
synonyms: word: repulsive
glosses: Synonym of sinful.
synonyms: word: sinful
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of diseased, particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior.
synonyms: word: diseased
word: particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior
mesel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesels
form: mesyl
form: mesell
form: mesall
form: messel
form: messell
form: mesele
form: mesale
form: missel
form: mesell
form: misell
form: missell
form: missale
form: missaell
form: messelle
form: messille
form: mysal
form: mysel
form: mysale
form: mysell
form: myssaell
form: myssale
form: myssele
form: myssell
form: mesill
form: mysill
form: mezell
form: mezill
form: measell
form: meazle
form: meazel
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of leper.
synonyms: word: leper
glosses: A repulsive person.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders.
synonyms: word: leprosy
extra: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders
Derived terms: mesel-cote
meseled
mesel house
meseling
mesel man
meselness
meselry
mesely
overzealous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈzɛləs/
Forms: form: more overzealous
form: most overzealous
form: over-zealous
Etymology: From over- + zealous.
Senses: examples: text: With his overzealous attempts to impress, he only managed to annoy her.
text: Halo's destruction was your error, and you rightly bear the blame. But the Council was... overzealous.
ref: 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Truth (Michael Wincott), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Arbiter:
glosses: Too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.
Derived terms: overzealously
overzealousness
man-year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-years
Senses: glosses: Synonym of person-year.
synonyms: word: person-year
Cretacious
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Cretaceous.
pentadodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentadodecahedrons
Etymology: From penta- + dodecahedron.
Senses: glosses: a regular dodecahedron having twelve pentagonal faces
set-builder notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With this idea for describing a finite set of sets, it is easy to generalize the concept to a certain infinite family #92;mathcal#123;S#125;#95;2 of sets #92;mathcal#123;S#125;#95;2#61;#92;#123;A#95;i#92;verti#92;inN#92;#125;#61;#92;#123;A#95;1,A#95;2,A#95;3,#92;dots,A#95;n,#92;dots#92;#125;. Once again, the power of set builder notation triumphs. The sets #92;mathcal#123;S#125;#95;1 and #92;mathcal#123;S#125;#95;2 may be described more precisely with set builder notation than by enumeration.
ref: 2000, Kenneth E. Hummel, Introductory Concepts for Abstract Mathematics, CRC Press (Chapman & Hall/CRC), page 123:
text: Q=a/b|a∈Iandb∈I,b ne 0
This statement is read in English as "Q is the set of all numbers of the form a/b such that a and b are both integers, but b is not equal to zero."
ref: 2011, Tom Bassarear, Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, Cengage Learning, 5th Edition, page 56, In this case, and in many other cases, we describe the set using set-builder notation
text: 2012, Richard N. Aufmann, Joanne Lockwood, Intermediate Algebra, Cengage Learning, 8th Edition, page 6,
A second method of representing a set is set-builder notation. Set-builder notation can be used to describe almost any set, but it is especially useful when writing infinite sets. In set-builder notation, the set of integers > −3 is written
x|x>-3,x∈integers
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A mathematical notation for describing a set by specifying the properties that its members must satisfy.
sub-standard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sub-standard
form: most sub-standard
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of substandard.
whiney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: whinier
form: whiniest
Etymology: From whine + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I was deemed, "too whiney and crybabylike" so everyone wanted peace and quiet.
ref: 2016 January 16, Too Ton, CivFanatics:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whiny.
be in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is in for
form: being in for
form: was in for
form: been in for
Senses: examples: text: The weather forecast says we are in for three feet of snow over the next week.
glosses: To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
Related terms: have it coming
have one's work cut out for one
in for
in for
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: The forecasters say that we are in for a very cold winter.
text: England seem in for a tough match against Italy.
glosses: About to encounter or undergo; usually said of unwelcome things in prospect.
jerk-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerk-offs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jerkoff.
walk in on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks in on
form: walking in on
form: walked in on
form: walked in on
Senses: examples: text: He accidentally walked in on me while I was undressing.
glosses: To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering.
jerk-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerk-off
p.o.'ed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more p.o.'ed
form: most p.o.'ed
Senses: examples: text: 1993, Sandra Canfield, Just Married, Harlequin Sales Corporation (Mm), →ISBN, page 17,
Little Miss Born-with-a-silver-spoon-in-her-mouth—hell, she’d been born with an entire service for eight!—was annoyed with him. Ten to one, she was p.o.’ed because he was late.
text: a. 2002, Lee Katz, as quoted in Aljean Harmetz, The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II, Hyperion (2002), →ISBN, page 87,
Lee Katz, who wrote The Return of Dr. X and nearly a dozen other B movies at Warner Bros. in the late thirties, feels “particularly guilty” about that movie. “Jack Warner was p.o.’ed at Bogie for something or other,” says Katz, “and he forced him to take this role as the mad doctor. And Bogart did it with as good grace as he could have done.”
text: “Yeah, Carswell…, he was p.o.’ed, too. I remember I ended up that weekend with everybody mad at me—Doc Lazard, Carswell, and now it looks like the widow Jennings, too.”
ref: 2003, William Rawlings, The Lazard Legacy, Harbor House, →ISBN, page 143:
glosses: Alternative spelling of PO'd.
lead suboxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poorly-characterized oxide of lead, Pb₂O; it is a black, amorphous solid
arguer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arguers
Etymology: From Middle English arguer, arguere, equivalent to argue + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Basically, it is a personal attack on an arguer that brings the individuals's personal circumstances, trustworthiness, or character into question.
ref: 1989, Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic:
text: Such changes would seem basic in other broadcast organizations, but they have landed Ms. Scott in a hornet's nest of attacks and recriminations from some of the most ardent arguers in the medium.
ref: 1997 December 29, Iver Peterson, “Ruffling Left-Wing Feathers To Recharge Pacifica Radio”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who argues.
Synonyms: word: arguer
word: arguee
Hypernyms: word: person
Related terms: word: debater
word: discussant
word: disputant
word: polemicist
word: controversialist
word: argufier
word: orator
word: rhetorician
word: sophist
word: casuist
word: demagogue
word: thinker
word: reasoner
word: philosopher
word: scientist
word: lawyer
word: politician
word: argument
word: logic
word: argue
word: reason
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 476. Reasoning
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/20 § debater
arboreta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arboretum
architectonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science pertaining to architecture
Derived terms: angioarchitectonics
cytoarchitectonics
histoarchitectonics
myeloarchitectonics
nanoarchitectonics
neuroarchitectonics
arbitrager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbitragers
form: arbitrageur
form: arbitragist
Etymology: From arbitrage + -er, after French arbitragiste.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: One who participates in arbitrage.