cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bealach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bealachs
Etymology: From Irish bealach.
Senses: examples: text: These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are.
ref: 2018, Cameron McNeish, There's Always The Hills:
glosses: A mountain pass.
diapensia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapensias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
crack willow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crack willows
Senses: glosses: A of willow native to Europe and western Asia (Salix fragilis).
Synonyms: brittle willow
nondialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dialysis.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to dialysis.
aeroclubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroclub
poochy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: poochie
Forms: form: more poochy
form: most poochy
Etymology: From pooch + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the men were balding and had poochy beer bellies.
glosses: Bulging outward.
physiographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From physiographical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, but physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America.
glosses: In physiographical terms.
Derived terms: ecophysiographically
eighteenthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eighteenth + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the eighteenth place; eighteenth in a row.
mirrorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mirror + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being mirrored (reflected).
comprobate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comprobates
form: comprobating
form: comprobated
form: comprobated
Etymology: First attested in 1523; borrowed from Latin comprobātus, perfect passive participle of comprobō (“to approve wholly”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Ferthermore, His Highnes desireth Your Grace, at such tyme as ye shall call the Spanyardes by fore you, to geve theym libertie to departe, hit may lyke you, in such effectuall wise to declare un to theym, what favour His Highnes bereth to the nation of Spayne and how lothe His Grace wold have ben to have eny warre with theym; that thopinion of his graciouse favour toward theym, comprobate and corroborate by theire discharge, and franke deliveraunce, being by theym reported in Spayne, may move the nobles, and the peple there, to take the more grevousely toward thEymperour, that his unresonable hardenes shold be the cause and occasion of the warre.
ref: 1528 March 16, Thomas More, More to Wolsey [Letter], Windsor; published in His Majesty's State Paper Office, State Papers Published Under the Authority of His Majesty's Commission, volume 1, London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1830, King Henry the Eighth, part 1: Correspondence between the King and Cardinal Wolsey (1518–1530), letter 140, page 286:
text: Whiche wonderfull sentence, as me seemeth, may wel accorde with our catholike faythe, and be receyued into the commentaryes of the moste perfecte dyuines. For as well that sentence, as al other before rehersed, doo comprobate with holy Scrip­ture, that god is the fountain of Sapience, lyke as he is the souerayne begynnyng of all generation.
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, chapter 22, in The Boke named the Governour, volume 3:
synonyms: See also Thesaurus:agree
glosses: To agree; to concur.
Related terms: comprobation
comprobate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comprobate
form: most comprobate
Etymology: First attested in 1523; borrowed from Latin comprobātus, perfect passive participle of comprobō (“to approve wholly”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Comprobated.
raw_tags: as a participle
physiographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiographers
Etymology: From physiography + -er.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in physiography.
physiographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiographer
biopolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + politics. Sense 2 was developed by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality (1976), sense 3 by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri in Empire (2000).
Senses: examples: text: But political scientists consider early attempts to borrow from biology to have given biopolitics a bad name, partly because borrowed theories, sometimes despite their naivete or lack of validity, were adopted wholesale by social scientists.
ref: 1981 August 23, Rochelle Semmel Albin, “Biopolitics: Odd Hybrid or a Synthesis?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political science.
examples: text: Because the body was the central force in industrial production, [Byung-Chul] Han argues, then a politics of disciplining, punishing and perfecting the body was understandably central to Foucault’s notion of how power worked. But in the west’s deindustrialised, neoliberal era, such biopolitics is obsolete.
ref: 2017 December 30, Stuart Jeffries, “Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power by Byung-Chul Han – review”, in The Guardian:
text: One of Foucault’s key concepts, “biopolitics,” an account of the way that modern state power involves itself in the biological life of its citizens, was amply illustrated by the various governmental responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
ref: 2021 May 25, Ross Douthat, “How Michel Foucault Lost the Left and Won the Right”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Politics (style of government) that regulates populations through biopower.
examples: text: This inside is the productive cooperation of mass intellectuality and affective networks, the productivity of postmodern biopolitics. This militancy makes resistance into counterpower and makes rebellion into a project of love.
ref: 2000, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Empire, Harvard University Press, →OCLC, page 413:
glosses: Anticapitalist insurrection using life and the body as weapons.
glosses: The political application of bioethics.
glosses: A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of biotechnology.
Coordinate terms: psychopolitics
Related terms: biopolitical
biopolitician
between the hammer and the anvil
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Referring to the metal on a blacksmith's anvil, which is beaten with a hammer.
Senses: examples: text: Yet for a time the nation was again placed between the democracy of the levellers and the despotism of the Stuarts, — between the hammer and the anvil.
ref: 1848, Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, The Protector, a vindication, page 250:
text: The sinner / Will testify / They'll suffer / When sacrificed on high / The burning sermons purge their evil words / Between the hammer and the anvil
ref: 1990, Judas Priest, Between The Hammer and the Anvil:
synonyms: word: between a rock and a hard place
word: between Scylla and Charybdis
word: between the devil and the deep blue sea
word: between a rock and a hard place
word: between Scylla and Charybdis
word: between the devil and the deep blue sea
word: between the hammer and the anvil
word: between two fires
word: damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
word: doomed if you do
word: doomed if you don't
word: in a cleft stick
word: in bad bread
word: on the horns of a dilemma
glosses: With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
deseasonalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deseasonalizes
form: deseasonalizing
form: deseasonalized
form: deseasonalized
Etymology: From de- + seasonal + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: To offset (data) to reverse the process of seasonalization.
Related terms: deseasonalization
deseasonalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deseasonalize
deseasonalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deseasonalize
deseasonalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deseasonalize
descriable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more descriable
form: most descriable
Etymology: From descry + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
Enron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Enrons
Etymology: After Enron Corporation, major American energy company that collapsed in 2001 due to accounting fraud.
Senses: examples: text: In case you're wondering, we don't think TXU is another Enron in the making.
ref: 2002 March, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 56, number 3:
text: But the job has to be done because there are other Enrons out there in the corporate world with variations on the scheme to deceive and dupe the public...
ref: 2004, Ralph Nader, In pursuit of justice: collected writings 2000-2003, page 471:
glosses: The events that led up to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, or by extension any similar events.
wikipedia: Enron Corporation
enskies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensky
enskying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensky
enskied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensky
imparked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impark
imparking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impark
squintier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squinty: more squinty
squintiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squinty: most squinty
half-naked
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: half naked
Etymology: From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- + naked.
Senses: glosses: With very few clothes on; revealing lots of one's body.
half-naked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: half naked
Etymology: From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- + naked.
Senses: glosses: With very few clothes on.
Synonyms: seminude
semi-nude
semi-naked
seminaked
Derived terms: half-nakedly
half-nakedness
half nelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half nelson
full nelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full nelson
anti-stress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antistress.
axillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axilla
conspissate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conspissates
form: conspissating
form: conspissated
form: conspissated
Senses: glosses: To inspissate.
Related terms: conspissation
egg drop soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg drop soups
Senses: synonyms: egg flower soup
glosses: A Chinese soup of wispy beaten eggs in boiled chicken broth.
antejentacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + jentacular.
Senses: examples: text: Would you care to have an antejentacular coffee with me?
glosses: Occurring before breakfast.
Derived terms: antejentacularly
stem stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stem stitches
Senses: glosses: An embroidery stitch, derived from backstitch, in which each stitch overlaps the previous stitch to one side, forming a twisted line of stitching, with the thread passing below the needle.
Related terms: sense: backstitch and its derivatives
word: outline stitch
sense: backstitch and its derivatives
word: split stitch
mayonnaises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mayonnaise
accelerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acceleration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by acceleration
collisionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From collisional + -ity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the condition of being collisional
microbarns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbarn
quasiprobabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasiprobability
radiances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiance
mullahcracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mullahcracy
imperial gallon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperial gallons
Senses: synonyms: word: gantang
glosses: A unit of measure for liquids used in the British Isles and in some Commonwealth countries, equivalent to 8 imperial pints, 4.55 litres, or 1.20 U.S. gallons.
unintroduced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + introduced.
Senses: glosses: Not having been introduced.
unintuitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unintuitive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unintuitive.
unintuitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unintuitively
form: most unintuitively
Etymology: From unintuitive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unintuitive manner.
streamless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stream + -less.
Senses: examples: text: […] areas of deeply weathered terrace formations crossed by broad and wide shallow valleys, most of which are streamless […]
ref: 1978, Frank R. Moormann, N. van Breemen, Rice: soil, water, land, page 26:
glosses: Without streams of water.
treadless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tread + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But no sooner had I got the hang of it than those treadless vanity boots shot out from under me. That was the last thing I remembered.
ref: 1999, Lisa Michaels, Split: A Counterculture Childhood, page 73:
text: Because his tires were small and almost treadless, he could not maintain the speed of a Volga, which passed him, its fat tires lifting packed snow onto his windshield.
ref: 2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders, page 60:
glosses: Without treads.
tszujing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tszuj
tszujed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tszuj
tszujes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tszuj
street map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street maps
form: streetmap
Etymology: From street + map.
Senses: glosses: A map showing the streets in a city or district.
Related terms: road map
demap
streetmaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streetmap
spacescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacescapes
Etymology: From space + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A panoramic view of space (interplanetary vacuum).
spacescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacescape
cres.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Address: 10 Kelmscott Cres., Watford, Herts, WD1 8NG.
ref: 2000, Bernard Dolman, Who’s Who in Art, volume XXIX, page 451:
glosses: Abbreviation of crescent.
raw_tags: in street addresses
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of crescendo.
brawly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɔːli/
homophone: Brawley
Forms: form: more brawly
form: most brawly
Etymology: From brawl + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Although it is not a boisterous or brawly bar, there is a constant flow of noises from the television, the jukebox, the pool table, pinball machine, and telephone.
ref: 1974, James Michael Brady, Bookmaking: The Sociology of an Illegal Occupation, page 70:
text: The sudden, brawly shock of a dog fight, the primitive wailing, the guttural intimidations, the unpredictable lunges and slashes that can kill your dog or brand him a killer — all of it impels people to add human yells to the noisy chaos.
ref: 2003, Susan Conant, Dead and Doggone, page 6:
glosses: Having or characterised by brawls.
Derived terms: brawliness
brawly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɔːli/
homophone: Brawley
Forms: form: more brawly
form: most brawly
Senses: examples: text: “And how is yourself, Cluny?” said Alan. “I hope ye do brawly, sir. And I am proud to see ye, and to present to ye my friend the Laird of Shaws, Mr. David Balfour.”
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:
text: He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Finely, handsomely.
birling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birl
birling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birlings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birlinn.
birled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birl
puzzlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puzzling
great-grandsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-grandson
great-granddaughters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-granddaughter
antinepotistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinepotistic
form: most antinepotistic
Etymology: From anti- + nepotistic.
Senses: topics: business
government
politics
glosses: Opposing or preventing nepotism.
nonaggressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaggressors
Etymology: From non- + aggressor.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an aggressor.
nonaggressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaggressor
unaggrieved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unaggrieved
form: most unaggrieved
Etymology: From un- + aggrieved.
Senses: glosses: Not aggrieved.
chilified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chilified
form: most chilified
form: chillified
Etymology: From chili + -fy + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] tortillas are kept warm and moist in an electric warmer, and the customer selects the filling for his taco from a bracingly chilified selection that includes blood sausage, brains, the roasted bits of pork called camitas, and the stew of mixed meats called birria.
ref: 1993, Raymond Sokolov, Why We Eat What We Eat:
glosses: Spiced with chili.
chillified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chillified
form: most chillified
Senses: examples: text: You'll be lucky to find a soft one as they are popular as crunchy bits of a plate of rujak, the mixed fruit platter with the chillified peanut sauce.
ref: 2010, Derek Bacon, Terry Collins, CultureShock! Jakarta: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chilified.
chilidogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chilidog
chiliburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiliburger
great-grandfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-grandfather
tchah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Tchah! he wouldn't have cared to stay. He dines late and fashionable-like at home.
ref: 1890, George Manville Fenn, Eli's children: the chronicles of an unhappy family:
text: Tchah! I was stopped by two security patrols. First the Federals, they at least have some discipline, but the second! Aie, you know our municipales? Brutos. Worse than cops on TV, bang, bang.
ref: 1968, Bernard Victor Dryer, The torch bearers: a novel:
text: Tchah! She had to get him out the door. Did she say “No” to his latest impertinence? She must've, she supposed.
ref: 2005, Ann English, Morning's Glory:
glosses: Expressing distaste or annoyance.
Synonyms: pah
autonumbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + numbering.
Senses: examples: text: Luckily for us, that's where FrameMaker's autonumbering feature comes in. In documents, autonumbering does just what its name implies: It automatically numbers your paragraphs so you don't have to.
ref: 2001, Lisa Jahred, FrameMaker 6: Beyond the Basics, page 40:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatic numbering.
autonumbered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + numbered.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatically numbered.
Related terms: autonumbering
sixtiesish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sixtiesish
form: most sixtiesish
Etymology: From sixties + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It is marked by an apolitical, sixtiesish academic concern with personal identity...
ref: 2005, Mark Krupnick, Jean K. Carney, Mark Shechner, Jewish writing and the deep places of the imagination, page 201:
glosses: Reminiscent of the 1960s.
skylessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skyless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of a sky.
numberable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From number + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being numbered or counted.
Synonyms: numerable
enumerable
Derived terms: unnumberable
inenumerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + enumerable.
Senses: glosses: Not enumerable.
unenumerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + enumerable.
Senses: glosses: Not enumerable.
reassignable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reassign + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being reassigned.
flockless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flock + -less.
Senses: examples: text: A number of wandering and flockless preachers hawked challenges from town to town.
ref: 1875, George Jacob Holyoake, The History of Co-operation in England: The pioneer period, page 326:
glosses: Without a flock.
flamenco guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamenco guitar
unassignable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈsaɪnəbl̩/
Etymology: From un- + assignable.
Senses: examples: text: Bevhalstia is unique and unassignable to any modern family of plants. So we start by comparing it to what we know.
ref: 2002, Michael Klesius, quoting Chris Hill, “The Big Bloom: How Flowering Plants Changed the World”, in National Geographic:
text: SNAP [the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests] officially made their accusation on the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Milwaukee, on Wednesday. They cited the minutes from a March 2003 Milwaukee Archdiocese Finance council meeting. The minutes show there was a discussion about “unassignable priests” receiving full salary.
ref: 2012 May 31, Cathy Hayes, “Cardinal Timothy Dolan took part in pedophile priest payoff to leave church”, in IrishCentral.com:
text: By attempting to license the unlicensable, assign the unassignable, and effectively re-sell the exclusive rights that Gearbox already purchased in 2010, 3DR breached the terms of its Asset Purchase Agreement with Gearbox, as well as Gearbox’s exclusive, federally-protected intellectual property rights.
ref: 2014 February 23, Julian Benson, quoting Gearbox spokesperson, “The strange case of Gearbox’s suit against 3D Realms and Interceptor”, in PCGamesN, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2017:
glosses: Not assignable.
nontort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tort.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Not being or pertaining to a tort.
control orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control order
churchliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of churchly: most churchly
churchlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of churchly: more churchly
penless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pen + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a penless plotter
glosses: Without a pen.
Derived terms: penlessness
Nazidom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nazi + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of Nazis.
toppingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more toppingly
form: most toppingly
Etymology: From topping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a topping manner; splendidly, wonderfully.
glosses: In a proud or superior manner.
pencilless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pencil + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pencil.
pencillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pencilling
pencilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penciling
pencilmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pencil + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of pencils.
penmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pen + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of pens for writing.
penmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penmakers
Etymology: From pen + maker.
Senses: glosses: One who makes pens for writing.
penmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penmaker
nourishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nourish + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being nourished.
Derived terms: unnourishable
sharable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sharable
form: most sharable
Etymology: From share + -able.
Senses: examples: text: He adds: "This is absolutely a model that is exportable and sharable, and people want to learn about what we're doing.
ref: 2021 June 2, Paul Stephen, “Advances made in the digital revolution”, in RAIL, number 932, page 59:
glosses: Alternative spelling of shareable.
Derived terms: sharability
sharability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shareability.
GCHQ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For the challenge, GCHQ posted a code at www.canyoucrackit.co.uk and invited British citizens to solve it. The code consisted of 160 letters and numbers arranged in a rectangular display.
ref: 2013, Ravi Gupta, Hugh Brooks, Using Social Media for Global Security, page 190:
text: I was inside Government Communications Headquarters, invariably called GCHQ. It's the UK's technical spy agency, only admitted to exist by the government in 1994.
ref: [2018, Carl Miller, chapter 6, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of Government Communications Headquarters.
Related terms: MI6
MI5
SIS
SBS
SAS
helixlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more helixlike
form: most helixlike
Etymology: From helix + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a helix.
Gorbachevian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gorbachevian
form: most Gorbachevian
Etymology: From Gorbachev + -ian.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or pertaining to Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022), the last head of state of the USSR, who introduced liberalizing reforms.
nondegraded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + degraded.
Senses: glosses: Not degraded
nondehydrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dehydrating.
Senses: glosses: Not causing dehydration.
antiauthority
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiauthority
form: most antiauthority
Etymology: From anti- + authority.
Senses: examples: text: This diverse set of extremists reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats.
ref: 2021 April 9, “Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community”, in Office of the Director of National Intelligence, page 24:
text: Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.
ref: 2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN:
glosses: Opposed to authority.
unauthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + authed.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: unauthenticated
Wodehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdhaʊs/
Forms: form: Wodehouses
Etymology: Variant of Woodhouse.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Wodehousean
Wodehousian
Wodehousean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wodehousean
form: most Wodehousean
Etymology: From Wodehouse + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Wodehousian.
Wodehousian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /wʊdˈhaʊsi.ən/
/wʊdˈhaʊzi.ən/
Forms: form: more Wodehousian
form: most Wodehousian
form: Wodehousean
Etymology: From Wodehouse + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Wodehousian farce, like all other kinds of farce — like most comedy, for that matter — nurses a deep suspicion that the ability to reason is an overrated gift, and what counts in farce is not originality of meaning but freshness of image.
ref: 1998, Edward L. Galligan, The Truth of Uncertainty, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Wigs on the Green, originally published in 1935, is Nancy Mitford's third novel. Like its predecessors, it is a light, accomplished comedy of manners, complete with Wodehousian conventions of a rich heiress, rivals in love, legacies from an aunt, broken engagements, assumed identities and a happy ending.
ref: 2010, Charlotte Mosley, “Introduction”, in Wigs on the Green, →ISBN:
text: Translating a Cornish village during the Napoleonic wars to a vaguely Wodehousian 1920s ambience provides a bit of incidental fun […]
ref: 2010 February 1, Rupert Christiansen, “Opera North's Ruddigore, review”, in Daily Telegraph:
text: On the coach the next morning, James shows a Wodehousian ability to find alternatives to the verb “to go”: “Let’s slowly trickle along”, “I think we could race back now”, “We might just wander up for a look”.
ref: 2013 July 25, Elfreda Pownall, “Italian gardens: a spectacular visit to the Roman Campagna”, in Daily Telegraph:
text: The Wodehousian way is the ability to effortlessly expand characters, trivialities and plots and exaggerate the mundane to great comic or catastrophic effect.
ref: 2015 August 4, Delshad Irani, “Jeeves@100: Here's how PG Wodehouse influences Indian copy writing”, in Economic Times:
text: Traipsing through this farce is the most Wodehousian character of all, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, a 54-year-old dishevelled blond toff with a talent for leaping into action precisely when his country needs him least.
ref: 2018 July 13, Tom Rachman, “A fresh disaster: How Brexit is diverting Britain”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Of or pertaining to P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), English writer and humorist known for his eccentric half-witted characters and excellent prose.
nonshearable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shearable.
Senses: glosses: Not shearable.
unshewn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shewn.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of unshown.
unshifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unshift
unshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unshift
henless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hen + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a hen.
melodise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: melodises
form: melodising
form: melodised
form: melodised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of melodize.
uncued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cued.
Senses: glosses: Not cued.
noncalciferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + calciferous.
Senses: glosses: Not calciferous.
nonpliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pliable.
Senses: glosses: Not pliable.
secularizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more secularizable
form: most secularizable
Etymology: From secularize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being secularized.
unlaicized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + laicized.
Senses: glosses: Not laicized.
unfurred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + furred.
Senses: glosses: Not furred.
unfurred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfur
nonfurry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfurries
form: non-furry
Etymology: From non- + furry.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is not a furry.
nonfurry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-furry
Etymology: From non- + furry.
Senses: glosses: Not furry.
cubic functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubic function
melodises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of melodise
melodising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of melodise
melodised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of melodise
grillroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grillrooms
Etymology: From grill + room.
Senses: glosses: A restaurant serving grilled food.
grillrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grillroom
clockcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clockcases
Etymology: From clock + case.
Senses: examples: text: It was a miserable evening; outside it was snowing and blowing, and in the squire's parlour the candle burned so dimly that you could scarcely distinguish anything in the room but a clock-case with some Chinese ornaments, a large mirror in an old-fashioned frame, and a silver family tankard.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 249:
glosses: A case built to contain a clock; the casing of a case clock.
clockcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clockcase
Keirseyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Keirseyan
form: most Keirseyan
Etymology: From Keirsey + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to David West Keirsey (1921–2013), American psychologist.
nonparadox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonparadoxes
Etymology: From non- + paradox.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a paradox.
nonparadoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonparadox
dideoxycytidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪ.diˌɑk.sɪˈsɪt.ɪˌdin/
Forms: form: ddC
form: DDC
Etymology: From dideoxy + cytidine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of zalcitabine.
nutritionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nutrition + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in foods that determine their value in the diet.
Related terms: nutritionist
rosmarinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural polyphenol antioxidant carboxylic acid found in many herbs of family Lamiaceae, such as rosemary.
naringenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The predominant flavanone in grapefruit.
Related terms: prenylnaringenin
hydroxycinnamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxycinnamic acids
Etymology: From hydroxy + cinnamic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polyphenolic compounds that are hydroxy derivatives of cinnamic acid.
hydroxycinnamic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxycinnamic acid
labiatic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An antioxidant found in sage.
chain tower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain towers
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of structures built on each side of a river or harbour mouth from which defensive chains were raised or lowered
chain towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chain tower
denoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denoters
Etymology: From denote + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which denotes something.
denotator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denotators
Etymology: From denotate + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which denotates.
derivant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Derivative; derived from something.
derivant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derivants
Senses: glosses: A drug that is derived from another.
stabiliment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /stəˈbɪlɪmənt/
Forms: form: stabiliments
Etymology: From Latin stābilimentum. Equivalent to stable + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of making firm
examples: text: For the Faith of a Chriſtian is not made up of every true propoſition; but of thoſe things which are the foundation of our obedience to God in Jeſus Chriſt, and the endearment of our duty, and the ſtabiliment of our hope.
ref: 1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Rule XIV. The Christian Law both of Faith and Manners is Fully Contained in the Holy Scriptures; and from thence Onely can the Conscience Have Divine Warrant and Authority”, in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume I, London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC, book II (Of the Rule of Conscience. […]), paragraph 63, page 509:
text: They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade.
ref: 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Firm support
karoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karoo
danceaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of danceaholic
unblogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blogged.
Senses: examples: text: Although 99 percent of my life is unblogged, these people think that they know me.
ref: 2006, Axel Bruns, Joanne Jacobs, Uses of blogs, page 133:
text: Company CEOs are outed for participating on message boards with pseudonyms, and it sometimes seems that no bad deed goes unblogged.
ref: 2008, Rohit Bhargava, Personality Not Included, page 20:
glosses: Not published on a blog.
bloggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloggable
form: most bloggable
Etymology: From blog + -able.
Senses: examples: text: If you aren't sure whether something is bloggable, ask whether you can blog about it or run it by your boss first.
ref: 2008, Susannah Gardner, Shane Birley, Blogging For Dummies, page 64:
text: You can't always be at your computer to blog — sometimes you're out there living life, and bloggable stuff happens!
ref: 2010, Melanie Nelson, Shannon Lowe, TypePad For Dummies, page 306:
text: Even from the start, the greatest compliment that Carles could pay to a song would be to call it “highly bloggable.”
ref: 2012 January 19, Rob Trump, “Watching Hipster Runoff Eat its Own Tail”, in New York:
glosses: Suitable for publication on a blog.
Synonyms: blogworthy
determinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: determinators
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A determining factor.
examples: text: the oracle of life, the great determinator of virginity, conception, fertility, and the inscrutable infirmities of the whole body
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: One who determines.
kismets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kismet
bohemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bohemia
exocoelomic cavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exocoelomic cavities
Senses: glosses: The yolk sac
Sanscript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sănʹskrĭpt
ipa: /ˈsanskɹɪpt/
Etymology: A misinterpretation of Sanskrit by confusion with script.
Senses: examples: text: He appeals to the ancient Sanscript records, which mention a migration of certain of the military class termed Chinas, from India to the countries east from Bengal.
ref: 1825, Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares, Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern, page 189:
text: "Cat" is from the Latin "catus," which came into use in place of the older Latin "Felis." The Romans brought cats from Syria, where the name was "kota." "Kitt," from which we get kitten, is Arabic, I think. In Persian the word is "chat," and the Persian language is similar to that most ancient tongue, the Sanscript. Perhaps "chat" is the earliest form of our word "cat." In Persia also, a cat, wild or tame, is "puschak," from a word meaning "tail" in Sanscript
ref: 1936, All-pets: A National Magazine for Pet Owners, Breeders, Fanciers and Pet Shop Managers, page 46:
text: A graduate student in Sanscript, writes, "There is little in lucidity itself that will disrupt the production of dream images and sense effects..."
ref: 1991, Jayne Gackenbach, Anees A. Sheikh, Dream images: a call to mental arms, page 290:
glosses: Eggcorn of Sanskrit.
bollixed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bollix up
salitrose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salitrose
form: most salitrose
Senses: glosses: That contains saltpetre
bollix up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bollixes up
form: bollixing up
form: bollixed up
form: bollixed up
Etymology: Variant of bollocks up (“mess up”).
Senses: glosses: To confuse or fluster.
Synonyms: bumfuzzle
Related terms: bollocks up
yolk sac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yolk sacs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A membranous sac attached to an embryo, providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
spaynel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaynels
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of spaniel.
spaynels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaynel
unangered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unangered
form: most unangered
Etymology: From un- + angered.
Senses: glosses: Not angered.
emptiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From empty + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being emptied.
Derived terms: unemptiable
stinks on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stink on ice
stinking on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stink on ice
stank on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of stink on ice
stunk on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of stink on ice
stink on ice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stinks on ice
form: stinking on ice
form: stank on ice
form: stunk on ice
Etymology: From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.
Senses: glosses: To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.
UNODIR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of UNless Otherwise DIRected.
unexisting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + existing.
Senses: examples: text: But at least this nothing was actually there, as opposed to the huge unexisting blankness through which he'd been falling a short while ago.
ref: 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 294:
glosses: Not in existence.
mufflehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muffleheads
Etymology: From muffle + head.
Senses: glosses: A chironomid (non-biting midge).
muffleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mufflehead
muffledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muffled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being muffled.
unobstructedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unobstructedly
form: most unobstructedly
Etymology: From unobstructed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It does not concern men who are asleep in their beds, but it is very important to the traveller, whether the moon shines brightly or is obscured. It is not easy to realize the serene joy of all the earth, when she commences to shine unobstructedly, unless you have often been abroad alone in moonlight nights.
ref: 1863, Henry David Thoreau, “Night and Moonlight”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 12, number 72, pages 579–583:
glosses: Without being obstructed; without being hidden or blocked.
glosses: Without hindrance or impediment; freely.
Synonyms: sense: without hindrance
word: freely
sense: without hindrance
word: unhinderedly
Related terms: obstruct
obstructed
obstructedly
obstruction
unobstructed
withdrawable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From withdraw + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The bank receives a payment order instructing the bank to pay Creditor X. The bank executes the order in reliance on there being sufficient withdrawable funds in the customer's account to cover the order.
ref: 2003, Paul S. Turner, Diane B. Wunnicke, Managing the Risks of Payment Systems, page 120:
glosses: Capable of being withdrawn.
chield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chields
form: chiel
form: childe
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots chield, apparently a variant form of child retained in specific senses.
Senses: examples: text: Kinraddie fair seethed with the news next day, all about the attack on the Mill and how Rob had chased the childes that came up against him […].
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 196:
glosses: A man; a fellow, chap.
Tokelauans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tokelauan
bolix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bolixes
form: bolixing
form: bolixed
form: bolixed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bollix.
bolixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bolix
bolixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bolix
ghostbusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ghost + busting.
Senses: glosses: The activities of a ghostbuster; exorcism of ghosts.
antighost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antighosts
Etymology: From anti- + ghost.
Senses: examples: text: There are as many components in the topological ghosts as in the gauge fields, and to gauge fix the topological freedom, one must also introduce as many antighosts as topological ghosts.
ref: 2006, Laurent Baulieu, String theory: from Gauge interactions to cosmology, page 20:
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A field with a negative ghost number.
antighosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antighost
antigenocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigenocidal
form: most antigenocidal
Etymology: From anti- + genocidal.
Senses: glosses: Acting against or opposing genocide.