cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paper wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper wasp
swoll
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English swall, swal, from Old English sweall, from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterit of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of swole.
swoll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English swall, swal, from Old English sweall, from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterit of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of swole.
button nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button noses
Senses: examples: text: She had little features, a button nose, a pretty chin and a long graceful neck.
ref: 1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 2, in Tono Bungay:
text: Tintin, the comic strip hero with the button nose, poppy-seed eyes and blond flip hairdo, is now an institution.
ref: 1993 June 6, Edmund White, "Sapristi! Is This Our Tintin?" (review of Tintin in the New World: A Romance by Frederic Tuten), New York Times (retrieved 17 May 2014)
text: You can't buy BRAD PITT's icy blue eyes or JENNIFER ANISTON's adorable button nose.
ref: 2001 July 30, Josh Tyrangiel, “People: With these rings, we thee sue”, in Time, retrieved 17 May 2014:
glosses: A nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.
examples: text: Surprisingly, the film is delightful—mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blonde button nose who played the endearing delinquent in Tiger Bay.
ref: 1961 July 7, “Cinema: Adults Are Boobs”, in Time, retrieved 17 May 2014:
glosses: A person having such a nose.
Related terms: pug nose
snub nose
club-footed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Possessing or characteristic of a clubfoot.
Synonyms: word: club-foot
blighty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blighties
Senses: examples: text: With such delights awaiting them only a few miles to the rear, it's no wonder that men prayed for a “blighty” – a small wound that would not incapacitate them for life, but would get them out of the line for a month or even a week. . . . a stray bullet pierced Moore's left foot. Moore cried out, not with pain, but with delight. ¶ “Oh,” he shouted, “it's a beauty, Vic! What a present from the Red Devil! It's a Blighty, I'll bet a dollar.”
ref: 1986, Pierre Burton, Vimy, McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 91:
text: And after a short time with the West Yorkshires I came to see that discipline and spirit, even at my platoon level, led to fewer cases of minor ailments like colds and flu, to a substantial reduction in trench foot and to the total absence of suicides or deliberately provoked blighties.
ref: 2013, Paul Grieve, Upon a Wheel of Fire, →ISBN:
text: 'I don't want any of these blighties', Len Wilton concluded.
ref: 2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 345:
glosses: Alternative form of Blighty.
blighties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blighty
bloody maries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloody mary
binaphthalenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binaphthalene
billers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biller
bicupolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicupola
bioaccessibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioaccessibility
bioelectrocatalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioelectrocatalysis
bioindustries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioindustry
bipotentialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bipotentiality
biorientations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biorientation
biopotencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopotency
bithiophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bithiophene
blackworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackworm
flat top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat tops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flattop.
bisamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisamide
bisimides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisimide
bronchopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchopathy
cacodylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacodylate
buzz cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzz cuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buzzcut.
Derived terms: buzz-cutted
cachous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cachou
calcemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcemia
calcaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From calcium + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of calcemia.
Derived terms: hypercalcaemia
hypocalcaemia
calcimining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calcimine
calcimined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of calcimine
carboxymethylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carboxymethylation
Byzantisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Byzantism
carcharhiniforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carcharhiniform
bumpoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumpoff
carcinomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carcinomatosis
cardioectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardioectomy
boryls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boryl
bistramides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bistramide
cardiopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiopathy
cardiogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cardiogenesis or to cardiogenetics
cephalothins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalothin
chemifluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemiflux
chloropropanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloropropane
cataphoreses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cataphoresis
chivved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chiv
chivving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chiv
claudins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claudin
circuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circuity
chronotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronotherapy
chlorosulfonyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorosulfonyl
chloropropenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloropropene
coaccumulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaccumulation
colimitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colimitation
conceivabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conceivability
confirmabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confirmability
confluencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confluency
congressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congression
conductibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conductibility
chieferies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiefery
communitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communitization
cheniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chenier
chemospecificities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemospecificity
casualisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casualisation
bushbashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bushbash
bromophenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromophenyl
communiversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communiversity
bretches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bretch
confuddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of confuddle
chemoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemosis
covarions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covarion
cosmoports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmoport
cotemporalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotemporality
creepo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepos
Etymology: From creep + -o.
Senses: examples: text: Take it away George Putnam / The right-wing fascist radical creepo pig newscaster from Los Angeles!
ref: 1972, Frank Zappa, “Billy the Mountain”:
glosses: A creepy person.
copurifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copurification
coresidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coresidence
cooperativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooperativity
contractilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contractility
consuetudinaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consuetudinary
cuesports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuesport
cryptosporidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptosporidium
cryptographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryptograph
cryptographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryptograph
cryochrepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryochrept
crispies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crispy
crispened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crispen
crispening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crispen
crenarchaeotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crenarchaeote
daishiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daishikis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dashiki.
daishikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daishiki
cyclosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclosome
cyclotrigermenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotrigermene
cylixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cylix
cytopharynges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytopharynx
cyclopels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopel
curstest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of curst: most curst
cullins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cullin
cyclometalations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclometalation
culched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of culch
culching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of culch
deconned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decon
deconning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decon
decondensations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decondensation
decompensates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decompensate
decompensating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decompensate
declutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of declutch
declutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of declutch
declutched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of declutch
decappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decapping
decellularising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decellularise
decellularises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decellularise
decumulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decumulation
decumulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decumulate
decumulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decumulate
decumulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decumulate
dectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dectin
decrepitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decrepitate
decrepitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decrepitate
decrepitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decrepitate
depinnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depinning
deployabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deployability
dermatophytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatophytosis
dependablenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependableness
deoxyribonucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxyribonucleoside
deoxynucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxynucleoside
dendrotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dendrotoxin
denervating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denervate
denervates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denervate
demineralisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demineralisation
nonbrackish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + brackish.
Senses: glosses: Not brackish.
deks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dek
defugalties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defugalty
demythologised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demythologise
demythologising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demythologise
demythologises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demythologise
defraudations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defraudation
dementates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dementate
dementated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dementate
dementating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dementate
defeasibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defeasibility
destroiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of destroi
dinitroanilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinitroaniline
diaphyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaphysis
dialkyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialkyl
diamidinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamidino
diadochokineses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diadochokinesis
diadochokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to diadochokinesis.
choc-a-bloc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more choc-a-bloc
form: most choc-a-bloc
Etymology: An alteration of chockablock, perhaps influenced by bric-à-brac.
Senses: examples: text: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chockablock.
choc-a-bloc
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more choc-a-bloc
form: most choc-a-bloc
Etymology: An alteration of chockablock, perhaps influenced by bric-à-brac.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chockablock.
diacylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diacylation
dicarboxamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicarboxamide
dichlorinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichlorination
detonabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of detonability
dihydroxylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroxylation
dihydroxybenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroxybenzene
diglycines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diglycine
dihydrochlorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydrochloride
dimethylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylation
difluoramines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of difluoramine
digeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digenesis
dihydroxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroxide
detumesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detumesce
detumesces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detumesce
deutocerebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deutocerebrum
dhobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhobie
glosses: plural of dhoby
dieselizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dieselize
dieselizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dieselize
dieselized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dieselize
deubiquitinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deubiquitinate
deubiquitinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by deubiquitination
detruded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detrude
detruding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detrude
disapplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disapply
disapplying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disapply
disapplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disapply
diarylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarylation
diaryls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaryl
disorderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disordering
disincentivizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disincentivize
disincentivised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disincentivise
disincentivises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disincentivise
disincentivising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disincentivise
disembarrassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disembarrass
disembarrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disembarrass
disembarrassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disembarrass
disapprovements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disapprovement
diptericins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diptericin
dipnoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipnoan
diolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diolate
dodginesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodginess
dodecanethiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodecanethiol
dissymmetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissymmetry
dissolubilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissolubility
distensibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distensibility
earthwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthwoman
dulcifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dulcify
dubiosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dubiosity
droughtier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of droughty: more droughty
droughtiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of droughty: most droughty
drosomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drosomycin
dysostoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysostosis
drapiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of drapey: most drapey
downwellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downwelling
douncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douncer
dorsoflexions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorsoflexion
uterine nephew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uterine nephews
Senses: examples: text: In Dobu, the mother's brother is held to be the harshest of all the relatives. “The motherʼs brother may beat children long after their parents have ceased to do so,” and they are forbidden to utter his name. There is a tender relationship with the “navel,” the motherʼs sisterʼs husband, who is the fatherʼs double, rather than with the father himself. Nevertheless, the father is considered “less harsh” than the motherʼs brother and will always seek, contrary to the laws of inheritance, to favor his son at the expense of his uterine nephew. And, finally, “the strongest of all social bonds” is the one between brother and sister.⁴⁴
ref: 1963, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 44:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The son of one's sister.
Related terms: maternal uncle
isopropylmethylphosphonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sarin hydrolysis product.
Mr Irrelevant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mr. Irrelevant.
Mister Irrelevant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mr. Irrelevant.
Mr. & Mrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mr. and Mrs..
Mr and Mrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mr. and Mrs..
Mr & Mrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mr. and Mrs..
grease the wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greases the wheels
form: greasing the wheels
form: greased the wheels
form: greased the wheels
Etymology: By a metaphor in which facilitating human socioeconomic interaction, or any other process or system, is portrayed as lubricating machinery; in this regard, compare also lubrication payment and social lubricant.
Senses: examples: text: Once a way of greasing the wheels of a gruesome bureaucracy, bribery has now become part of the cost of doing business.
ref: 1992 March 14, Celestine Bohlen, “Corruption Grows Greedy in Russia”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 May 2014:
text: [T]he banks will feel more comfortable about lending to each other, which is something we desperately need to help grease the wheels of the economy.
ref: 2008 July 5, Mark Dampier, “The Analyst: Why it's time to get back into bonds”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 18 May 2014:
text: Worker mobility, which greases the wheels of hiring, dropped off sharply last year.
ref: 2011 June 8, Roya Wolverson, “Why is Chronic Joblessness on the Rise?”, in Time, retrieved 18 May 2014:
text: People will be more inclined to pay sooner if they can pay less – even a small discount might be enough to speed up the process and help grease the wheels.
ref: 2013 February 21, Johnny Martin, “Top tips to ensure you get paid on time”, in The Guardan, UK, retrieved 18 May 2014:
synonyms: pave the way
set the stage
glosses: To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.
editorial cartoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: editorial cartoons
Senses: glosses: An illustration containing a commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities.
Synonyms: political cartoon
Derived terms: editorial cartoonist
Related terms: pocket cartoon
editorial cartoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of editorial cartoon
political cartoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political cartoons
Senses: glosses: Editorial cartoon.
Derived terms: political cartoonist
political cartoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of political cartoon
editorial cartoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: editorial cartoonists
Senses: glosses: A person who creates editorial cartoons.
Synonyms: political cartoonist
editorial cartoonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of editorial cartoonist
political cartoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political cartoonists
Senses: glosses: Editorial cartoonist.
political cartoonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of political cartoonist
pocket cartoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket cartoonists
Senses: glosses: A person who creates one or more pocket cartoons.
pocket cartoonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket cartoonist
ectoprocts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectoproct
ecomigrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecomigrants
Etymology: From eco- + migrant.
Senses: glosses: One who migrates for economic or ecological reasons.
Related terms: ecomigration
ecomigrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomigrant
ecumenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecumenicity
effecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effecter
efficacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efficacity
effluences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effluence
efferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efference
ectosymbioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectosymbiosis
electromobilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electromobility
electrodialyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrodialysis
eirenica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eirenicon
echeloned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of echelon
echeloning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of echelon
electroanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroanalysis
egises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egis
eisegeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eisegete
eisegeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eisegete
effectualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effectuality
dorsiflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dorsiflex
dorsiflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dorsiflex
dorsiflexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dorsiflex
nonegalitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + egalitarianism.
Senses: glosses: nonegalitarian beliefs generally
enterokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterokinase
enteropeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteropeptidases
Etymology: From entero- + peptidase.
Senses: glosses: enterokinase
Derived terms: proenteropeptidase
enteropeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteropeptidase
entelechies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entelechy
ensonification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensonifications
Senses: glosses: Act or process of ensonifying.
ensonifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensonify
ensonifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensonify
ensonified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensonify
ensonifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensonification
ensnarements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensnarement
unensnared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ensnared.
Senses: glosses: Not ensnared.
unsnared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + snared.
Senses: glosses: Not snared.
endogenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endogeny
enhanceosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enhanceosome
enhydroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enhydros
endogenizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endogenization
encephalitozoonoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephalitozoonosis
embedments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embedment
embossments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embossment
emarginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emargination
enantioenriching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enantioenrich
enantioenriches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enantioenrich
enantiornitheans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enantiornithean
elongators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elongator
elopomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elopomorph
elixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elix
embussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embus
embussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of embus
embusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embus
erythroleukemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythroleukemia
erythroblastoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythroblastosis
episperms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of episperm
eroteses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erotesis
erythrisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrism
erks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erk
ergologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergology
epicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epical
epidermins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epidermin
epiboles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epibole
epithelialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epithelialize
epithelializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epithelialize
epithelializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of epithelialize
epimysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epimysium + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the epimysium.
perimysia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perimysium
epimysia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epimysium
ependymomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ependymoma
ependymomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ependymoma
epanodoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epanodos
eohippi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eohippus
equivalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of equivalise
equivalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of equivalise
Mackie line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mackie lines
Etymology: Named after Alexander Mackie, 19th-century British scientist.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An adjacency or border effect created during development, at the border between areas of high and low densities.
eternizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eternize
eternizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eternize
ethnoarchaeologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoarchaeologist
extratropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + tropic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the extratropics.
evidentialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evidentialist
evidentialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evidentialisms
Etymology: From evidential + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that the justification of a belief depends solely on the evidence for it.
evidentialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evidentialism
evidentialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more evidentialistic
form: most evidentialistic
Etymology: From evidential + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to evidentialism.
explicabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of explicability
explainabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of explainability
exothelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exothelium
exobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exobiologist
exostoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exostosis
exostotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to exostosis.
exosporia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exosporium
exoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exoprotein
evapotranspirators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evapotranspirator
eucaryons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eucaryon
evolvabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evolvability
Europeanisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europeanisation
evaginated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of evaginate
evaginates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evaginate
evaginating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evaginate
eutrophicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eutrophicate
eutrophicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eutrophicate
eutrophicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eutrophicate
Synonyms: eutrophied
farbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farb
farbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of farb
fawnlilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fawnlily
fibrillarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrillarin
fictionized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fictionize
fictionizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fictionize
fictionizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fictionize
ferroxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferroxidase
ferroins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferroin
foibas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foiba
forecrowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forecrown
fluorophenylalanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluorophenylalanine
flotillins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flotillin
flapdoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flapdoodle
firesales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firesale
fusaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusarium
fusogenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusogenicity
fungibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fungibility
fubus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fubu
fractionalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractionalization
forecastabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forecastability
geobiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geobiologist
geochronologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geochronologist
geekeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geekery
gauzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gauze
gastroschises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastroschisis
frankalmoignes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frankalmoigne
filberds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filberd
filamins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filamin
frauded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fraud
freashest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of freash: most freash
fossilogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fossilogy
geranyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geranyl
germyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germyl
schweinfurthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schweinfurthins
Etymology: From schweinfurthii + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various compounds obtained from the plant Macaranga schweinfurthii.
schweinfurthins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schweinfurthin
geocorises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geocoris
geises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geis
galiongees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galiongee
gastroptoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastroptosis
gastroptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to gastroptosis.
funjee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fungee.
fungates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fungate
fleetsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleetside
flemishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flemish
flemishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flemish
flemishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flemish
flemished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flemish
glycosylhydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycosylhydrolase
glucosyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucosyl
glycanases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycanase
glucohydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucohydrolase
glidants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glidant
ginches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginch
gimmickries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gimmickry
ginglymi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginglymus
gilpies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilpy
glosses: plural of gilpie
griffonages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of griffonage
gregarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gregarization
gravidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravidity
greenwaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenwax
gregarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gregarize
gregarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gregarize
gregarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gregarize
gorilkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorilka
guanidiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanidium
goyals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goyal
governates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governate
gubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gub
haremliks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haremlik
heatheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heathery
headfolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headfold
granulopoieses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulopoiesis
hematotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hematotoxicity
hemopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemopathy
haemolysates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemolysate
haematodochae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematodocha
heezed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heeze
heezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heeze
heezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heeze
haemopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemopathies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemopathy.
haematotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematotoxicities
Etymology: From haemato- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hematotoxicity.
haemopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemopathy
haematotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematotoxicity
hammals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammal
haruspications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haruspication
hamshackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hamshackle
hamshackling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hamshackle
hamshackled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hamshackle
helianthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helianthus
helepoleis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helepolis
helepolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helepolis
unindividualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unindividualistic
form: most unindividualistic
Etymology: From un- + individualistic.
Senses: glosses: Not individualistic.
unindividual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unindividual
form: most unindividual
Etymology: From un- + individual.
Senses: glosses: Not individual.
haematidroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematidrosis
heteroplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroplasty
heterotaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterotaxis
heterozygoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterozygosis