cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
candy-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy-asses
form: candyass
form: candy-arse
Etymology: From candy + -ass.
Senses: glosses: A cowardly or timid person; a wimp.
Synonyms: word: candyboy
word: pussy
word: softy
word: wuss
word: milksop
word: coward
niggerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nigger + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Dogless, niggerless, headless, what now remains for the unhappy Signora Psyche Zenobia?
ref: 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, A Predicament:
text: The question will be, shall we give niggers to the niggerless, or lands to the landless?
ref: 1859 (Feb. 25), Sen. Benjamin Franklin Wade, Congressional Globe, 1354 passim, in American History Told by Contemporaries: Welding of the nation, 1845-1900, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, published 1901
text: The Absentee Force commutes from the ticky-tacky wonderland of Massapequa to serve their time; the others retreat, in off-duty hours, to cavernous saloons, to reminisce about "niggerless" New York ball clubs
ref: 1977, New York Affairs, volume 4, numbers 2-4, page 76:
text: Jason Compson, now motherless and niggerless but not Benjy-less [1933], converted the old Compson place into apartments and sold it to a local man as a boarding house, renting one apartment back in which to house Benjy […]
ref: 1988, John Kenny Crane, The Yoknapatawpha Chronicle of Gavin Stevens, page 240:
glosses: Without any negroes; without black people
semiconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + conservative.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing the process of DNA replication in which the two strands of the molecule separate, each acting as a template for the formation of a complementary new strand.
Oxbridgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Oxbridgian
form: most Oxbridgian
Etymology: From Oxbridge + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Oxbridge.
Oxbridgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oxbridgians
Etymology: From Oxbridge + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Oxbridger
glosses: A student who attends the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge.
deboner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbəʊnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: deboners
Etymology: From debone + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Inasmuch as Rosario had been a deboner, cutter, trimmer, and packer, he had basically performed all of the jobs that were being performed in the plant.
ref: 2004, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board:
glosses: A person who, or a machine which, debones (removes bones).
Synonyms: boner
deboners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deboner
reductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reductors
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device for carrying out reduction.
third wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third wheel
value add
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value adds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of value-add.
value adds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of value add
value proposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: value propositions
Senses: topics: business
management
glosses: The benefit (such as profit or convenience) offered by an organisation's product or service.
Derived terms: value proposition canvas
Related terms: value-add
value propositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of value proposition
wizarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wizard + -ing, popularized in the late 1990s by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wizard
wizarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wizard + -ing, popularized in the late 1990s by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Senses: examples: text: And he said he knew the paper was but a forgery, my lord; that His Highness, Rechad Effendi, had never seen it; that his master the American knew this too; that he had learnt all my lord's plans by wizarding, and knew them...
ref: 1904, Arthur Williams Marchmont, Norman Hardy, By snare of love:
text: Not using magic is what wizarding is all about!
ref: 2000, Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent:
text: For instance, when Dumbledore offered to pay him ten Galleons a week — a standard wizarding wage, but for an elf an embarras de richesses...
ref: 2007, William P MacNeil, Lex populi: the jurisprudence of popular culture:
text: You are already a real wizard, he says, and the only way you’ll get any better is by wizarding.
ref: 2011, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), July 27 2011
glosses: The magical work of a wizard; sorcery, witchcraft.
overromanticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overromanticizes
form: overromanticizing
form: overromanticized
form: overromanticized
Etymology: From over- + romanticize.
Senses: examples: text: It's easy to overromanticize the Middle Ages, but they were full of plague and poverty.
glosses: To romanticize too much.
overromanticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overromanticize
overromanticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overromanticize
overromanticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overromanticize
bioacoustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + acoustic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to bioacoustics.
Derived terms: bioacoustically
mud pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud pie
mudpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudpies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mud pie.
mudpies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudpie
determinacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of determinacy
vodcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vodcasters
Etymology: From vodcast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, podcaster, and vodcaster, Shapiro presents himself as a beetle-browed slayer of fashionable cant […]
ref: 2019 February 6, James Wolcott, “James Wolcott on the Shelf Life of a Deplorable”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: One who, or that which, vodcasts.
vodcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vodcaster
rice car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice cars
Senses: glosses: rice burner
quad play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quad plays
form: quadplay
Senses: coordinate_terms: triple play
glosses: A service offering in which four services are offered together, especially television, broadband, and fixed and mobile telephone.
quad plays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quad play
quadplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadplays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quad play.
quadplays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadplay
candy-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy-ass
crunker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crunk: more crunk
crunkest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crunk: most crunk
Jemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Italian, a spelling variant of Gemma; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James/Jem.
Related terms: Jemima
seminal vesicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/
Forms: form: seminal vesicles
Senses: examples: text: Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]
ref: 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.
Hypernyms: Wolffian duct - embryological precursor
seminal vesicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmɪnəlˌvɛsɪklz/
Senses: glosses: plural of seminal vesicle
maxixe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maˈʃiːʃə/
ipa: /makˈsiːks/
Forms: form: maxixes
Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.
Senses: examples: text: He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.
ref: 2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review:
glosses: A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.
glosses: A deep blue variety of beryl.
barrier board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrier boards
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: noncombustible board stock material of low thermal conductivity placed between two elements of a roof assembly.
urinatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urinatory
form: most urinatory
Etymology: From urinate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to urination.
Related terms: urine
urinator
base flashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Plies or strips of roof membrane material used to close-off and/or seal a roof at the horizonta-to-vertical intersections. Membrane base flashing covers the edge of the field membrane.
coolibah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːlɪˌbɑː/
Forms: form: coolibahs
form: coolabah
form: coolibar
form: coolobar
form: coolybah
Etymology: Possibly from Gamilaraay gulabaa or Yuwaalaraay gulabaa.
Senses: examples: text: Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,
 Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
 And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling,
 'Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda, with me.'
ref: 1895, “Waltzing Matilda”, Banjo Paterson (lyrics):
glosses: Any of a number of eucalyptus trees of central and northern Australia, in particular Eucalyptus microtheca.
wikipedia: Yuwaalaraay
Derived terms: bastard coolibah
gum coolibah
base sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base sheets
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: an impregnated, saturated, or coated felt placed as the first ply in some low-slope roof systems.
gombroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gombroon, the former English traders' name for Bandar Abbas.
Senses: synonyms: Gombroon ware
glosses: Iranian pottery.
poleyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒlɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɒleɪn/
ipa: /ˈpoʊˌleɪn/
Forms: form: poleyns
form: poleine
Etymology: From Middle English polein(e) (“knee armor”), from Anglo-Norman polein (“knee armor”). Possibly related to poulaine (“pointed toe on a shoe”).
Senses: glosses: The part of medieval armour that protected the knee.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:poleyn.
glosses: Rare form of poulaine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”).
blanket insulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blanket insulations
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Glass fiber or other compressible fibrous insulation, generally in roll form.
coolibahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coolibah
maxixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxixe
media studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdi.ə ˈstʌdiz/
Senses: glosses: Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.
architectural shingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: architectural shingles
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: An asphalt shingle that provides a three-dimensional appearance.
stop-gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-gap
Bermuda seam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bermuda seams
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: a metal panel profile featuring a step-down profile that runs perpendicular to the slope of the roof.
blind nailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: the use of nails that are not exposed to the weather.
blowing agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowing agents
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: An expanding agent used to produce a gas by chemical or thermal action, or both, in the manufacture of hollow or cellular materials.
valacyclovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of valaciclovir.
valaciclovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valacyclovir
Etymology: From val(ine) + aciclovir.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral prodrug used in the management of herpes simplex and herpes zoster.
butt joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt joints
Senses: examples: text: Using the lap joint in any of its applications provides strength in a cabinet where a butt joint would or could be used.
ref: 1990, Byron W. Maguire, Cabinetmaking: From Design to Finish, Carlsbad, CA: Craftsman, page 234:
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: A joint formed by adjacent, separate section of material, such as where two neighboring pieces of insulation abut.
Related terms: dovetail
lap joint
cant strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cant strips
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: a beveled strip used under flashings to modify the angle at the point where the roofing or waterproofing membrane meets any vertical element.
cap flashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap flashings
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Flashing, usually composed of metal, used to cover or shield the upper edges of the membrane base flashing; wall flashing can also be used to cover the top of various building components, such as parapets or columns.
Burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːnə/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Burners
form: burner
Senses: glosses: A participant in the Burning Man festival.
Keri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.
glosses: A male given name.
valence issue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valence issues
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: An issue on which most voters and candidates share the same opinion.
præscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præsciences
Senses: examples: text: Αὐτοκατάκρισις, Or, Self-condemnation: Exemplified in Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barlee, and Mr. Hickman. With Occasional Reflexions on Mr Calvin, Mr Beza, Mr Zuinglius, Mr Piscator, Mr Rivet, and Mr Rollock: But More Especially on Doctor Twisse, and Master Hobbs; Against Whom, God’s Purity and His Præscience, and His Eternal Decrees According to Præscience […]
ref: 1658: Thomas Pierce, Αὐτοκατάκρισις, Or, Self-condemnation: Exemplified in Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barlee, and Mr. Hickman. With Occasional Reflexions on Mr Calvin, Mr Beza, Mr Zuinglius, Mr Piscator, Mr Rivet, and Mr Rollock: But More Especially on Doctor Twisse, and Master Hobbs; Against Whom, God’s Purity and His Præscience, and His Eternal Decrees According to Præscience […], main title (J.G. for R. Royston at the Angel in Ivy-lane)
glosses: Archaic spelling of prescience.
Kirsteen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, a Scottish variant of Kirsten (Christina).
præsciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præscience
Westminster system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Westminster systems
form: Westminster parliamentary system
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A democratic parliamentary system of government, used by and modelled after the British parliament in Westminster.
Westminster systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Westminster system
cloudily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cloudily
form: most cloudily
Etymology: From cloudy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cloudy way.
cloudedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cloudedly
form: most cloudedly
Etymology: From clouded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clouded way.
uncloudedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unclouded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unclouded way; without clouds or mental obstructions.
carbonatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carbonatises
form: carbonatising
form: carbonatised
form: carbonatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbonatize.
carbonatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carbonatise
carbonatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carbonatise
carbonatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carbonatise
uncarbonated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + carbonated.
Senses: synonyms: word: noncarbonated
word: ineffervescent
word: noneffervescent
word: nonsparkling
word: still
word: uneffervescent
word: ungassy
word: unfizzy
glosses: Not carbonated.
neurovegetative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + vegetative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the autonomic nervous system
bulimias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulimia
anorexias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anorexia
puroresu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese プロレス (puroresu), an abbreviation of プロフェッショナル・レスリング (purofesshonaru resuringu), itself borrowed from English professional wrestling.
Senses: examples: text: "As a guy who's wrestled extensively in Japan, and who's obviously a fan of puroresu, [Daniel] Bryan is not unaware of those hopes."
ref: Rueter, Sean (3 April 2015), “Daniel Bryan unsuccessfully pitched a WWE/New Japan cross-promotional match against Shinsuke Nakamura”, in Cageside Seats, SB Nation, retrieved 25 Jul 2017
text: "Puroresu struggled to gain a foothold before WWII, and it wasn't until after the war that Puroresu was able to get a firm but solid grip in the land of the rising sun."
ref: Waring, Jacob (4 July 2011), “Puroresu: Why I Believe It's the Best Pro-Wrestling Style Internationally”, in Bleacher Report, retrieved 25 Jul 2017
glosses: Japanese professional wrestling
umol
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of µmol.
bittily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bittily
form: most bittily
Etymology: From bitty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bitty way.
dispeptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dyspeptic.
compunctuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compunctuous
form: most compunctuous
Senses: examples: text: Even when the deceptive mask was torn away, and the broken-hearted parent, beholding the accursed fact, that his darling son, the fancied stay of his declining age, was enlisted against him in his brother's horrible revolt, cursed them both and died, not even then did one compunctuous visiting touch his callous heart.
ref: 1831, Peter Leicester, Arthur of Britanny, page 18:
glosses: Alternative spelling of compunctious.
unmotorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + motorable.
Senses: glosses: Not motorable; which cannot be traversed by motor vehicle.
Mangaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Mangaia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or relating to, the island of Mangaia
Mangaian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mangaians
Etymology: From Mangaia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone of, or from, Mangaia
manganapatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manganapatites
Etymology: From mangano- + apatite.
Senses: glosses: A type of apatite with manganese deposits.
closed-cut valley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed-cut valleys
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline.
manganesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: manganese
nonembodied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + embodied.
Senses: examples: text: Thank you for publishing “The Roster of the Dead ” (Jan. 1) — pictures of the third thousand United States service members killed in Iraq — putting names and faces on what are otherwise nonembodied statistics.
ref: 2007 January 3, “3,000 Americans: Let Us Remember (6 Letters)”, in New York Times:
glosses: not embodied
manganetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manganetic
form: most manganetic
Senses: glosses: manganiferous (containing manganese)
manganesous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manganesous
form: most manganesous
Etymology: From manganese + -ous.
Senses: glosses: manganiferous (containing manganese)
nonloving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + loving.
Senses: examples: text: He’s using people in a nonloving fashion to serve the purpose of his argument.
ref: 2007 January 3, Charles Lyons, “Controversy Rules Oscar Contenders”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not loving.
mangeao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori mangeao.
Senses: glosses: Litsea calicaris, a species of evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand.
unattuned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unattuned
form: most unattuned
Etymology: From un- + attuned.
Senses: examples: text: Middle schools, sometimes called intermediate schools, were created starting in the 1960s, after educators determined that seventh-through-ninth-grade junior high schools were excessively rigid and unattuned to adolescents’ personal development.
ref: 2007 January 3, Elissa Gootman, “Trying to Find Solutions in Chaotic Middle Schools”, in New York Times:
glosses: not attuned
unbrowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbrowned
form: most unbrowned
Etymology: From un- + browned.
Senses: examples: text: They were good, he reported, but the unbrowned sides were unattractive.
ref: 2007 January 3, Mark Bittman, “Brown, Slice, Brown, Sauce”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not browned.
mangelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangelins
Senses: examples: text: The chief weight of Diamonds, is the Mangelin; it weighs five Grains and three fifths, and the Carat weighs only four grains, and five Mangelins make seven Carats.
ref: 1687, Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell, The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant, volume 3, page 98:
glosses: A weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.
unspectacularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unspectacularly
form: most unspectacularly
Etymology: From unspectacular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If attempts to sleep on the boat were unsuccessful, now is the time to snatch a nap, for the 88 miles through pleasant but unspectacularly flat farmland from Dordrecht to Venlo are frankly one of the few rather dull stretches of the journey.
ref: 1961 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The "Rheingold" goes via Cologne”, in Trains Illustrated, page 232:
text: Brown soured on him soon after his arrival, and Francis played unspectacularly in 24 games, 15 of them as a starter.
ref: 2007 January 3, Howard Beck, “Knicks’ Francis Is Forgotten, but Not Officially Gone”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an unspectacular manner.
breakroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakrooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of break room.
design load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: design loads
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The total load on a structural system for the most severe combination of loads and forces which it is designed to sustain.
double lock standing seam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double lock standing seams
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A standing seam that uses a double overlapping interlock between two metal panels.
drying time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drying times
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The time required for the loss of volatile components so that the material will no longer be adversely affected by weather conditions such as dew, rain or freezing.
edge venting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: The practice of providing regularly spaced or continuously protected openings along a roof edge or perimeter, used as part of a ventilation system to dissipate heat and moisture vapor.
awns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of awn
axletrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axletree
avertable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avertable
form: most avertable
form: avertible
Etymology: From avert + -able.
Senses: glosses: Preventable.
Derived terms: unavertable
expansion cleat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion cleats
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A cleat designed to accommodate thermal movement of metal roof panels.
chadless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chadless
form: most chadless
Etymology: From chad + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not having or producing chads.
Derived terms: chadless punch
parthenogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From parthenogenetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: In the ideal Amazon society without males, the parthenogenetically created daughter is really the clone of the mother; the society continues down from generation to generation with the timeless values of the Great Mother held intact.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 51:
glosses: In a parthenogenetic way.
manille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪl
ipa: /məˈnil/
Forms: form: manilles
Etymology: From French manille, influenced by Spanish manilla.
Senses: glosses: The second-highest trump in certain card games.
glosses: A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit.
touchpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touchpoint
ATMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ATM
cevapi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛˈvɑːpi/
Forms: form: cevapis
form: cevapi
form: ćevapi
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ćevapi / ћевапи, from Ottoman Turkish كباب (kebâp), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb) or Persian کباب (kabâb, “fried meat”). Doublet of kebab.
Senses: examples: text: The chef, Andreas Klironomos, is of Greek heritage, but he turns out gibanica (cheese in phyllo) and ćevapi (grilled minced meat).
ref: 2008 June 25, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Balkan food dish of minced meat.
Related terms: cevapcici
ćevapčići
field emission display
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field emission displays
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron sources to provide electrons that strike coloured phosphors to produce a colour image. In a general sense, an FED consists of a matrix of cathode ray tubes, each tube producing a single sub-pixel, grouped in threes to form red-green-blue (RGB) pixels.
Synonyms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FED
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: field emission
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: field electron emission
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: emission display
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
english: SED
translation: SED
word: surface-conduction electron-emitter display
surface-conduction electron-emitter display
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface-conduction electron-emitter displays
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a flat panel display technology that uses surface conduction electron emitters to provide electrons for every pixel. The electrons strike coloured phosphors to produce a colour image. In a general sense, an SED consists of a matrix of cathode ray tubes, each tube producing a single pixel.
Synonyms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SED
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: emission display
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
english: FED
translation: FED
word: field emission display
SED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SEDs
form: S.E.D.
form: S. E. D.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of spectral energy distribution.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of selective eating disorder.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of self-encrypting drive.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Initialism of socio-economic development.
SED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: S.E.D.
form: S. E. D.
Etymology: Borrowed from German SED (“Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands”).
Senses: examples: text: In an interview with Jacobin to be published later this year, veteran KPO activist Theodor Bergmann tells of Heinrich Adam, prewar KPO member and mechanic at the Zeiss optics factory in Jena who joined the SED in hopes of realizing socialist unity.
ref: 2017 May 24, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine:
glosses: The Socialist Unity Party.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LCD
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VFD
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FED
unlearnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + learnable.
Senses: glosses: Not able to be learned.
unlearnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unlearn + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be unlearned.
unlearnably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unlearnable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unlearnable way.
brattily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹætɪli/
ipa: [ˈbɹæɾɪli]
Forms: form: more brattily
form: most brattily
Etymology: From bratty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bratty way.
confectioneress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confectioneresses
Etymology: From confectioner + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: ...who hate living in camp (though they have a club-house), and miss the billiard-rooms, flirtations with pretty confectioneresses and milliners...
ref: 1857, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch:
text: The cook smiled and remarked to the confectioneress who was sifting flour in the kitchen, that that was a smart baba.
ref: 1877, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Christabel Rose Coleridge, Arthur Innes, Monthly Packet:
glosses: A female confectioner.
confectioneresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confectioneress
unreleasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + releasable.
Senses: glosses: Not releasable; that cannot be released or is unsuitable for release.
unleased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + leased.
Senses: glosses: Not leased.
unrented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rented.
Senses: glosses: Not rented.
duck typing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the so-called duck test: “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”
Senses: examples: text: Ruby proponents call this duck typing::^([sic]) if the variable responds to a message that asks it to quack like a duck and it quacks, it must be a duck. This is clearly different from the way that Java (and other strongly typed languages) work, […]
ref: 2006, Neal Ford, Scott Davis, No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2006 Edition, page 16:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A style of dynamic typing in which an object's current set of methods and properties determines the valid semantics, rather than its inheritance from a particular class or implementation of a specific interface.
Hypernyms: dynamic typing
typing
Related terms: typology
maternalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maternalises
form: maternalising
form: maternalised
form: maternalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maternalize.
maternalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maternalizes
form: maternalizing
form: maternalized
form: maternalized
Etymology: From maternal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Women's professional status is frequently mediated by overt efforts to "beautify" or maternalize them, or both.
ref: 2003, Rory Cooke Dicker, Alison Piepmeier, Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century:
glosses: To make maternal.
maternalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maternalize
maternalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maternalize
maternalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maternalize
maternalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maternalise
maternalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maternalise
maternalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maternalise
paternalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paternalises
form: paternalising
form: paternalised
form: paternalised
Etymology: From paternal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paternalize.
paternalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paternalise
paternalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paternalise
paternalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paternalise
carefreely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more carefreely
form: most carefreely
Etymology: From carefree + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a carefree way.
paternalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paternalizes
form: paternalizing
form: paternalized
form: paternalized
Etymology: From paternal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems...
ref: 1912, Edith M Phelps, Selected Articles on Government Ownership of the Telegraph:
glosses: To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.
glosses: control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them
Derived terms: paternalizer
paternalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paternalize
paternalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paternalize
paternalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paternalize
fraternalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fraternalises
form: fraternalising
form: fraternalised
form: fraternalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fraternalize.
fraternalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fraternalise
fraternalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fraternalise
fraternalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fraternalise
fraternalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fraternalizes
form: fraternalizing
form: fraternalized
form: fraternalized
Etymology: From fraternal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.
ref: 1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus:
text: It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.
ref: 1999, Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls:
glosses: To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
glosses: To fraternize; to socialize.
fraternalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fraternalize
fraternalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fraternalize
fraternalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fraternalize
monomyths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monomyth
fraternalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fraternal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of fraternalizing.
maternalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maternal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of maternalizing.
paternalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paternal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of paternalizing.
maternalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maternal + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maternalization.
paternalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paternalization.
fraternalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fraternal + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fraternalization.
unconstrainedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unconstrainedly
form: most unconstrainedly
Etymology: From unconstrained + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unconstrained manner.
Synonyms: unrestrictedly
unfraternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfraternally
form: most unfraternally
Etymology: From unfraternal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfraternal way.
unpaternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpaternally
form: most unpaternally
Etymology: From unpaternal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unpaternal way.
unmaternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmaternally
form: most unmaternally
Etymology: From unmaternal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmaternal way.
pamphleteering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pamphleteer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The printing and distribution of pamphlets, especially as propaganda.
Synonyms: leafleteering
pamphleteering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pamphleteer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pamphleteer
unswimmable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unswimmable
form: most unswimmable
Etymology: From un- + swimmable.
Senses: glosses: Not swimmable; that cannot be swum.
uncapturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + capturable.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t would not be very much less absurd for someone to write about New York City after having spent only a few years or a few decades in this metropolis of inexhaustible adventure, of terrifying emotional fecundity, of uncapturable character.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
glosses: Not capturable; not able to be captured.
capturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From capture + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be captured.
Derived terms: uncapturable
uncapturably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uncapturable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncapturable way.
uncatchably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uncatchable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncatchable way.
unpindownable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pin down + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Brilliant, artistic, revolutionary, multi-multi-ethnic and entirely unpindownable Celeste, who moved into our room at the start of freshman year while I was still in transit and decided to make me feel at home in Massachusetts by customizing her reproduction of Che Guevara.
ref: 2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron, Bloomsbury, page 77:
glosses: That cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.
unmaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmaternal
form: most unmaternal
Etymology: From un- + maternal.
Senses: glosses: Not maternal; not befitting a mother.
Synonyms: unmotherly
unpaternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpaternal
form: most unpaternal
Etymology: From un- + paternal.
Senses: glosses: Not paternal; not befitting a father.
Synonyms: unfatherly
Derived terms: unpaternally
unfraternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfraternal
form: most unfraternal
Etymology: From un- + fraternal.
Senses: glosses: Not fraternal; not befitting a brother.
Synonyms: unbrotherly
pink slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink slip
bagworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæɡ.wɜː(ɹ)m/
rhymes: -æɡwɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: bagworms
Etymology: From bag + worm.
Senses: glosses: Certain moths, in order Lepidoptera:
A bagworm moth, any member of the family Psychidae.
glosses: Certain moths, in order Lepidoptera:
An Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum, family Lasiocampidae).
glosses: Certain moths, in order Lepidoptera:
A Fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea, family Erebidae).
bagworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagworm
ragworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæɡ.wɜː(ɹ)m/
rhymes: -æɡwɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: ragworms
Etymology: From rag + worm.
Senses: examples: text: Both sides of the ragworms’ bodies were lined with legs through which they breathed.
ref: 2022, Sara Baume, Seven Steeples, Tramp Press, page 100:
glosses: A polychaete worm in the genus Nereis or the family Nereididae, often used as bait in fishing.
Synonyms: sense: Nereis
word: clam worm
sense: Nereis
word: sandworm
ragworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragworm
lugworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lugworms
Etymology: From lug (“anything that moves slowly”) + worm.
Senses: examples: text: The lugworms were shorter and lighter, with hispid gills and mucus-coloured tails.
ref: 2022, Sara Baume, Seven Steeples, Tramp Press, page 100:
glosses: Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
glosses: Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens).
Synonyms: sense: Arenicola marina
word: lobworm
sense: Arenicola marina
word: sandworm
sense: Arenicola marina
word: blow lugworm
lugworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lugworm
sandworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandworms
Etymology: From sand + worm.
Senses: glosses: A lugworm, of species Arenicola marina.
glosses: A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
glosses: Hookworm larvae, especially of Ancylostoma braziliense, which cause cutaneous larva migrans.
glosses: A chigoe, a flea of species Tunga penetrans.
sandworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandworm
lobworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobworms
Senses: glosses: The lugworm.
lobworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobworm
balance board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balance boards
Senses: glosses: A device used for recreation, athletic training, circus acts, etc. consisting of a rectangular or circular board on a fulcrum on which board the user attempts to balance.
topics: video-games
glosses: A device that measures the centre of balance of a player standing on it, used to provide motion input to sport-themed games etc.
balance boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balance board
cidery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cidery
form: most cidery
Etymology: From cider + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She picked up an apple which had a rich cidery smell and tossed it over the fence into the orchard, where it landed with a plop and smelled even more cidery […]
ref: 1980, Beverly Cleary, Beth Krush, Joe Krush, Emily's Runaway Imagination:
text: The more he heard of fumbled passes, cidery kisses and snapped straps, the more he knew better than to risk such humiliation.
ref: 2000, Michael Arditti, Easter, page 237:
glosses: Resembling cider.
cidery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cideries
Senses: examples: text: Plan an outing to a local cidery or apple farm. Have fun apple-picking and taste-testing all the different varieties!
ref: 2017, Amy E. Reichert, The Simplicity of Cider, page 321:
glosses: A facility where hard cider is produced.
Derived terms: microcidery
cideries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cidery
masturbatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more masturbatorily
form: most masturbatorily
Etymology: From masturbatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a masturbatory way.