cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
principiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1613, the adjective in 1654; borrowed from Late Latin prī̆ncipiātus, perfect passive participle of prī̆ncipiō (“to begin to speak, commence”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Latin prī̆ncipium (“beginning, origin; foundation, principle”). With use as noun, compare Latin prī̆ncipiātum (“derivative of a first principle”).
Senses: examples: text: For, while we are, certainly, we cannot imagine Two diſtinct Durations; but one, which in reſpct^([sic]) to our Nature, that is principiate, mutable, and terminable, doth contain deſignable Terms; […]
ref: 1654, Walter Charleton, “Their Assertors Subterfuge, that Eternity Is Coexistent to Time; Also Unintelligible”, in Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana: or A Fabrick of Science Natural, upon the Hypothesis of Atoms, […], part I, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb, for Thomas Heath, […], →OCLC, book I, chapter VII (Of Time and Eternity), section III, page 81:
text: [W]e are at a loſs for a ſcientificall account even of our Senſes, the moſt knowable of our facultyes. Our eyes, that ſee other things, ſee not themſelves: And thoſe principiate foundations of knowledge are themſelvs unknown.
ref: 1661, Joseph Glanvill, “We Can Give No Account of the Manner of Sensation: nor of the Nature of the Memory. […]”, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 27:
text: All formed beings are terminate, that is, are principiate or have a beginning, and finite, or have an ending.
ref: 1702, Gideon Harvey, “Of Corporeal, and Incorporeal Philosophy”, in The Third Edition of the Vanities of Philosophy and Physick: […], London: […] A[bel] Roper […] and R[ichard] Basset […], →OCLC, page 95:
glosses: Having a beginning; of or constituting a beginning.
hammer throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammer throws
Senses: glosses: An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.
ringed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪŋd/
rhymes: -ɪŋd
Senses: glosses: Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
examples: text: I was born of a true man and a ring'd wife, and I can't argue upon it; but I and my old woman 'ud burn upon it, that would we.
ref: 1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
glosses: Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
Derived terms: blue-ringed octopus
eye-ringed flatbill
gold-ringed cat snake
little ringed plover
locally ringed space
nose-ringed
ringed dove
ringed kingfisher
ringed paper wasp
ringed plover
ringed seal
ringed snake
ringed space
ringed spinytail iguana
ringed worm
ringed xenica
rose-ringed parakeet
ringed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪŋd/
rhymes: -ɪŋd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ring (circled, enclosed)
javelin throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: javelin throws
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.
discus throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.
Derived terms: discus thrower
rudd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: rudds
form: rudd
Senses: examples: text: Within minutes of starting I had my first fish a rudd about a pound, this was followed by a tench about five pounds.
ref: 2007, Martin James, “At the Waters Edge blog!”, in BBC - Lancashire - Sport, retrieved 02 Aug 2010:
glosses: Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
glosses: Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
runniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From runny + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being runny or free-flowing.
seamier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of seamy: more seamy
seamiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of seamy: most seamy
relay race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relay races
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: relay
glosses: A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.
case fraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case fractions
Senses: glosses: A fraction typeset as one glyph. For example, ½ rather than 1/2.
cash position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash positions
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The amount of cash available to a company at a given point in time.
corridor warrior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corridor warriors
Senses: examples: text: Cousin to the road warrior who travels frequently on business, the corridor warrior spends his or her time running from meeting to meeting, apparently with no life beyond the conference room.
ref: 2003, Nancy Stevenson, Tablet PCs For Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN, page 10:
topics: business
coordinate_terms: road warrior
glosses: A type of worker who works inside a workplace building, who is mobile there and spends most of their time away from their desks. In many cases they may not even have a specific assigned desk.
populist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/
Forms: form: populists
Etymology: From Latin populus + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
ref: 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:
glosses: A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
glosses: A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
glosses: A person who advocates democratic principles.
Derived terms: antipopulist
ecopopulist
flopulist
macropopulist
neopopulist
prepopulist
pseudopopulist
sadopopulism
sadopopulist
technopopulist
populist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
ipa: /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/
Forms: form: more populist
form: most populist
Etymology: From Latin populus + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Democratic.
glosses: Put forward just because it would be popular.
raw_tags: of a political policy
glosses: Of or pertaining to populism.
Synonyms: populistic
fiorini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiorino
ampliate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæmpliət/
ipa: /ˈæmplieɪt/
Forms: form: more ampliate
form: most ampliate
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Enlarged.
ampliate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæmpliət/
ipa: /ˈæmplieɪt/
Forms: form: ampliates
form: ampliating
form: ampliated
form: ampliated
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”).
Senses: examples: text: Hovv glad ſhould vve be rather to ampliate the benefit of the great VVork of our Redeemer?
ref: 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XXIII, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, pages 77–78:
text: In this and the two following genera the space between the postcostal vein and ulnar ramus is distinctly ampliated towards the ape
ref: 1905, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana:
glosses: To enlarge.
docufilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docufilms
Etymology: Blend of documentary + film
Senses: glosses: A film or video production, presenting personal, social, political or historical subject matter in a factually accurate and informative or entertaining manner that often consists of archival footage and/or interviews supported by narration.
escape rhythm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escape rhythms
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A heart rhythm that is initiated at places other than the sinus node.
cameramen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cameraman
blowouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowout
puncturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of puncture
puncturing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puncturings
Senses: examples: text: That the Beatles had not yet found out remained a hallucination with Brian, despite grins exchanged behind his back, and despite John Lennon's occasional brutal puncturings of the masquerade.
ref: 2011, Philip Norman, Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation:
text: We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
ref: 2013, Stephen Mumford, Rani Lill Anjum, Causation: A Very Short Introduction, page 76:
glosses: The act by which something is punctured.
dinner table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner tables
form: dinner-table
form: dinnertable
Senses: examples: text: There's a small table in the breakfast nook, and there's a large dinner table in the dining room.
hypernyms: table#Noun
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furniture#Noun
glosses: A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home.
A dining table.
examples: text: In our house there's a rule that you don't bring your phone to the dinner table, although you're allowed to bring it to the breakfast table.
hypernyms: table#Noun
<
furniture#Noun
glosses: A table on which dinner (or other food) is served and eaten, particularly in a home.
The table at dinnertime conceived as a place; it often is the same table at which all meals are served, being at dinnertime the dinner table, at lunchtime the lunch table, and at breakfast time the breakfast table; it is usually either the kitchen table or the dining room table.
raw_tags: with the
Related terms: at table
table manners
indirect quotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indirect quotations
Senses: examples: text: She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."
text: He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.
coordinate_terms: direct quote
glosses: An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
topics: business
hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
synonyms: currency rate
receiving quotation
glosses: A rate in foreign currency.
vesper bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vesper bats
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Vespertilionidae, a family of bats.
Synonyms: sense: bat in Vespertilionidae
word: common bat
sense: bat in Vespertilionidae
word: evening bat
most Rikki-Tik
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: most ricky-tick
Etymology: Probably derived from the Rudyard Kipling character Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fast-moving and quick-witted mongoose in the story of the same name.
Senses: examples: text: "Poet? We're in. Give us a few minutes to secure the hall into D-Wing. Once I call, I'll need you most Rikki Tik to override the doors. Clear?"
ref: 2009, Patrick Todoroff, Running Black (page 17)
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Quickly, immediately.
most Rikki-Tik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: most ricky-tick
Etymology: Probably derived from the Rudyard Kipling character Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fast-moving and quick-witted mongoose in the story of the same name.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Quick, immediate.
passive armour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passive armours
form: passive armor
Senses: glosses: Shielding that is chemically inert (unlike reactive armour) and does not require electricity or active sensors to operate. It is usually made of metal, ceramic, or in some cases, composite materials.
Related terms: reactive armour
rebound relationship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebound relationships
Senses: glosses: A relationship following a prior long-term relationship, usually short in duration and used to help mend the "broken heart".
meticulosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meticulosities
Etymology: From meticulous + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Meticulousness; the state or quality of being meticulous.
resolutionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolutionists
Etymology: From resolution + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who makes a resolution.
glosses: One who resolves a problem.
plaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plait
royalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of royalist
gray-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: grayhaired
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grey-haired.
tilt at windmills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tilts at windmills
form: tilting at windmills
form: tilted at windmills
form: tilted at windmills
form: fight windmills
Etymology: From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts (i.e. jousts) at windmills that he has mistaken for giants.
Senses: glosses: To attack imaginary enemies.
glosses: To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity.
Synonyms: sense: go on a wild-goose chase
word: chase a rainbow
Related terms: throw one's cap over the windmill
mistake windmills for giants
scleromalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scleromalacias
Etymology: From sclero- + malacia.
Senses: examples: text: Myopia has many pages devoted to it. The author regards as the primary cause of this disease an abnormal extensibility and stretching of the sclera, that there is a sort of scleromalacia, analagous to osteomalacia, which develops in some persons during the period of their growth, recovers spontaneously in many cases, leaves behind an elongation of the axis of the eye, but lasts for decades in the malignant cases, and occurs sometimes in one eye alone.
ref: 1913, Ophthalmoscope: A Monthly Review of Current Ophthalmology, volume 11, page 381:
text: Severe scleritis additionally involves fibrinoid necrosis with consequent tissue loss seen clinically as scleral thinning (scleromalacia).
ref: 2009, Venki Sundaram, Training in Ophthalmology:
text: Senile scleromalacia refers to a spontaneously occurring irregular, oval or kidney-shaped partial-thickness scleral defect found at the same location, typically with one or more scleral hyaline plaques at the opposite location in the same eye or in the fellow eye; separation of a scleral hyaline plaque to leave an area of scleromalacia has been described.
ref: 2015, Brad Bowling, Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology: A Systematic Approach, page 267:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Degenerative thinning of the sclera.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A very rare ophthalmic manifestation seen in rheumatoid arthritis.
Derived terms: scleromalacia perforans
flourishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flourish
flourishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flourish
prerogatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prerogative
trappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapper
grass widower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass widowers
Etymology: From grass + widower, after grass widow.
Senses: examples: text: “I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.”
ref: 1914 February 25, A.T. Smith, Punch, page 146:
text: "I wonder if there is a single person in the Stewartry that Campbell didn't have a row with," thought Wimsey, and made an addition to his list:—
6. John Ferguson—about 36—about 5 foot 10 inches—grass widower.
ref: 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:
text: She was generous with her offers to introduce Edith to various grass-widowers of her acquaintance – ‘my cast-offs’, as she laughingly referred to them […].
ref: 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 57:
glosses: A married man whose spouse is away.
cathedrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathedral
T.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T.A.s
form: TA
Senses: glosses: Initialism of teaching assistant.
sesquialterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltərət/
Forms: form: sesqui-alterate
Etymology: From Latin sesquialter (“one and a half times”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).
Senses: examples: text: […]the ratio of 3 to 2, which is sesquialter, forms the symphony diapente[…]
ref: 1818, Iamblichus, translated by Thomas Taylor, Life of Pythagoras, page 328:
text: People ignorant of geometry did not know the sesquialterate ratio of the sphere, cylinder, and cone, and therefor no man could know it[…]
ref: 1859, Frances Power Cobbe, An Essay on Intuitive Morals: Being an Attempt to Popularize Ethical Science, page 84:
text: from Kepler's Rule of the periodical times of the Planets being in a sesquialterate proportion of their distances from the centers of their orbs I deduced […]
ref: 1888, Sir Isaac Newton, Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers Written or Belonging to Sir Isaac Newton (page xviii)
text: 9 and 6 are in a sesquialterate ratio.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: sesquialteral
sesquialter
sesquialteran
sescuple
glosses: In a ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ times to 1.
Related terms: sesquialter
tagmemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tagmeme + -ics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A theory of discourse that considers context-selected semantically equivalent elements and structures to be different instances of single underlying tagmemes.
turkey frill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turkey frills
Etymology: From turkey + frill.
Senses: glosses: A paper frill or bootie placed on the end of turkey or other poultry drumsticks.
twerp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɝp/
ipa: /twɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: twerps
form: twirp
Etymology: Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, J. R. R. Tolkien mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of Antwerp (“type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London”); the onomatopoeic twirp (“imitation of the sound of a bird”); a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh twp (“a fool”).
Senses: examples: text: Now you've broken it, you twerp!
text: There's many an airman just finishin' his time. There's many a twerp signing on.
ref: 1940, Fred Godfrey, “Bless 'Em All”performed by George Formby:
synonyms: twit
git
glosses: A fool, a twit.
examples: text: Get out of my way, you little twerp!
synonyms: word: twerk
word: absolute zero
word: asswipe
word: badling
word: blatherskite
word: bugger
word: carrion
word: cipher
word: cockstain
word: crumb
word: custron
word: dandiprat
word: doink
word: fellow
word: fritlag
word: geek
word: good-for-naught
word: good-for-nothing
word: hoon
word: lidderon
word: losel
word: loser
word: louse
word: maggot
word: nonce
word: nowmun
word: ne'er-do-well
word: no-good
word: no-mark
word: nonentity
word: pelf
word: pig dog
word: pile of shit
word: pissant
word: punk
word: puny
word: quat
word: ramp
word: rinky-dink
word: roly-poly
word: scullion
word: slubberdegullion
word: sparrow-fart
word: streak of piss
word: toerag
word: truant
word: twerp
word: wankstain
word: waste of space
word: underperson
word: unworthy
glosses: A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
glosses: A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
Related terms: derp
twerk
caliology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of birds' nests.
glosses: The study of juvenescence, or the dynamics of the young cell.
bereaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bereave
bereaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bereave
town cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of town car
sashaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sashay
sashaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sashayings
Senses: glosses: The movement of one who sashays.
reacquaint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reacquaints
form: reacquainting
form: reacquainted
form: reacquainted
Etymology: From re- + acquaint.
Senses: glosses: To acquaint again; to reintroduce or refamiliarise.
sashayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sashay
whoopsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whoopsie /whoopsy + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of whoopsie
glosses: plural of whoopsy
whoopsies
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From whoops + -ies.
Senses: examples: text: “You betcha-wetcha, Fluttershy!” Pinkie yelled into her megaphone. It was so loud that it caused Fluttershy’s pink hair to blow backward in a gust of wind. Fluttershy winced. “Whoopsies!” Pinkie giggled, moving the megaphone away from her face. “Sorry, got a little carried away!”
ref: 2013, G. M. Berrow, “Pinkie Pie in the Sky”, in Pinkie Pie and the Rockin’ Ponypalooza Party! (My Little Pony), New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 115:
text: A wet, sloppy, hairy thing hit me smack in the face. She flipped on the light and shut the door behind us. “Oh, whoopsies! Sorry, let me get that for you.” She pulled a mop off of my face.
ref: 2014, C.E. Danielson, “They Put Me in the Cuckoo Bin”, in The Misfortune, Manifestation, and Revelation of Onesiphorus Wood, Kila, Mont.: Double Son Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
text: This time, as he lowered his head, it suddenly ran into something soft. […] The woman he bumped into, though, went “Whoopsies,” and didn’t seem to mind it very much.
ref: 2016, Kazuma Kamachi, translated by Andrew Prowse and , “Stadium of Sorcerer and Esper”, in A Certain Magical Index, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: Yen On, →ISBN, section 6:
text: Staff leave boxes of pills on your bed, / The stupid people never check the bags, / They leave you alone instead! / You fight, / You battle, / A war inside your head. / The staff return, / “Oh whoopsies I left these on your bed!”
ref: 2024, Nathaniel Max, “The Psych Ward”, in Endure, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Whoops.
Related terms: oopsies
misdealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misdealers
Etymology: From misdeal + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who misdeals.
palimpsesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of palimpsest
palimpsested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of palimpsest
wiseass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪzæs/
Forms: form: wiseasses
form: wise-ass
Etymology: From wise + -ass.
Senses: glosses: One who makes wisecracks, particularly in a sassy or cocky fashion.
Synonyms: sense: one who makes wisecracks in a sassy or cocky fashion
word: wisecracker
sense: one who makes wisecracks in a sassy or cocky fashion
word: smart aleck
sense: one who makes wisecracks in a sassy or cocky fashion
word: wise guy
sense: one who makes wisecracks in a sassy or cocky fashion
word: wiseacre
heli-skis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heli-ski
heli-skied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heli-ski
heliski
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heliskis
form: heliskiing
form: heliskied
form: heliskied
Etymology: From heli- + ski.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of heli-ski.
heliskis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of heliski
heliskied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heliski
grass widowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass widower
cerecloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerecloths
Etymology: From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).
Senses: examples: text: ’Twere damnation
To think so base a thought; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
glosses: Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
elating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elate
hymnals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymnal
raves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of rave
raves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rave
pedophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedophile
eliminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eliminate
hard-won
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːd ˈwʌn/
ipa: /hɑɹd ˈwʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: harder-won
form: more hard-won
form: hardest-won
form: most hard-won
form: hardwon
Etymology: From hard (“with difficulty; with much effort”, adverb) + won (“obtained”, verb).
Senses: examples: text: The Earle of London yéeldes his Charge and Cittie to the Foe, / Through which diſloyall preſedent did other Citties ſoe: / And then with hard-won Tribute hence the Conquerour did goe.
ref: 1586, William Warner, “The Third Booke. Chapter XVII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 71:
text: [S]hould any hostile force approach our shores, or land upon them, they will find a people—not secure, and quiet, and at ease—but resolved and ready to defend our Queen and our country, our hard-won wealth, and our harder-won freedom, our wives and our daughters, our old men and our little children, our hearths and o[u]r altars—to our last ship, our last town, and our last man.
ref: 1861, Christopher Eades, “Section V. Warnings and Persuasives.”, in England and France. […] Prize Essay, 2nd edition, Dublin: McGlashan & Gill, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 70:
text: Eulogists of the Bill of Rights often overlook the fact that some of the hardest-won rights of the individual against the state were inserted in the Constitution itself.
ref: 1954, Norman Thomas, “The Jeffersonian Ideal in Practice”, in The Test of Freedom, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, →OCLC, page 24:
text: Of course, with those decades of life come many hard-won lessons, and at this stage of the game, [Paul] McCartney's not above preaching a bit.
ref: 2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney Offers Lessons from a Legendary Life”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
text: The League of Nations, meanwhile, suffered a credibility gap as the United States never joined the organisation that its President argued was essential for preserving the hard-won peace.
ref: 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The Writings on the Wall …”, in Rail, number 940, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 72:
synonyms: hard-earned
glosses: Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
harnass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harnasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of harness.
harnass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: harnasses
form: harnassing
form: harnassed
form: harnassed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of harness.
electrocutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrocute
hippity-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippity-hop
form: most hippity-hop
form: hippety-hop
form: hippity-hoppity
Etymology: Compound of hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.
Senses: examples: text: There must be hundreds of them killed every summer day - and, it's no wonder when one observes the erratic, hippity-hop way they try to cross the road.
ref: 1987, G. Bennett, Birdfinding in Canada, page 21:
glosses: Moving by hopping, having an uneven gait.
examples: text: In 1927, when United Air Lines began service over a hippity-hop route between San Francisco and Chicago, Cheyenne again rather than Denver was picked as a stop.
ref: 1976, Bill Hosokawa, Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post, page 133:
glosses: Proceeding through uneven stages.
hippity-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: hippety-hop
form: hippity-hoppity
Etymology: Compound of hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.
Senses: examples: text: So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.
ref: 1857, John Edward Taylor, “The Wild Man”, in The Fairy Ring: A Collection of Tales and Traditions, Translated from the German of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, page 101:
text: Which show how the tortoise moved? hopped / waddled / scampered / scurried / plodded / ran hippity-hop / took one slow step after another
ref: 1938, Elizabeth Baker, Language Journeys with our Friends, page 109:
glosses: Unevenly, with a hopping gait.
hippity-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippity-hops
form: hippety-hop
form: hippity-hoppity
Etymology: Compound of hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.
Senses: glosses: A hop
hippity-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hippity-hops
form: hippity-hopping
form: hippity-hopped
form: hippity-hopped
form: hippety-hop
form: hippity-hoppity
Etymology: Compound of hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.
Senses: glosses: to hop.
Related terms: hippity-hoppity
hippity-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippety-hop
form: hippity-hoppity
Senses: examples: text: I'm not much into teh hippity-hop like teh kids.
ref: 2006 June 16, Talysman the Ur-Beatle, “Bob Saget lieks teh hippity-hop”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
glosses: hip-hop (music)
shuttles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuttle
shuttles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shuttle
shuttling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shuttle
shuttling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuttlings
Senses: examples: text: Incessant shuttlings between one domain and the other serve to stabilize the analogies, and to give them a realistic or down-to-earth basis.
ref: 2008, Gerald Doherty, Pathologies of Desire, page 135:
glosses: The act by which something is shuttled.
shuttled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shuttle
haylofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hayloft
tip-top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tip-tops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiptop.
tip-top
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As part of the recovery, Patrick advises bodywork to help keep everything in tip-top shape — and, having been in the biz for a quarter of a century, he knows the people to know.
ref: 2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:
glosses: Excellent.
tip-top
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiptop.
cyclobutanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclobutane
geminal diamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geminal diamine
off day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off days
form: off-day
Senses: examples: text: Until they gain a little seniority at this hospital, newly hired nurses need not expect to have two consecutive off days.
glosses: A day in which an employee is not scheduled to work; a day off.
examples: text: I understand any pitcher can have an off day but walking four batters in one inning is ridiculous!
glosses: A day in which a person is not performing up to their usual level of ability.
off days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off day
reanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reanalyses
Etymology: From re- + analysis.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent analysis.
examples: text: The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
Related terms: word: reanalyze
word: reanalyse
sense: linguistics: different analysis of a word's structure
word: surface analysis
word: folk etymology
word: rebracketing
azadirachtin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azadirachtins
Senses: glosses: An insecticide of complex structure extracted from the seeds of the neem tree.
Hypernyms: limonoid
tetranortriterpenoid
neem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: neems
form: nim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नीम (nīm) / Urdu نِیم (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
Senses: examples: text: He was standing at the gate, rubbing his teeth with a twig broken from a neem tree – which is what many poor people in my country do, Mr Premier, when they want to clean their teeth.
ref: 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 108:
glosses: Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
Synonyms: sense: Azadirachta indica
word: margosa
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: peelu
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: chinaberry
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: white cedar
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: Persian lilac
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: syringa berry
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: bead tree
sense: Azadirachta indica
word: azedarach
Derived terms: neem cake
neem oil
customised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of customized.
customised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more customised
form: most customised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of customized.
nonbiased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-biased
Etymology: From non- + biased.
Senses: glosses: Not biased.
actinides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinide
computationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Forms: form: more computationally
form: most computationally
Etymology: From computational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a computational manner
glosses: Using computation
Derived terms: biocomputationally
computationally expensive
computationally indistinguishable
computationally secure
sidestepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sidestep
nanoreactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoreactors
Etymology: From nano- + reactor.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nanoscale reactor, especially one used to produce nanoparticles
Related terms: nanobioreactor
biotransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotransformations
Etymology: From bio- + transformation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism.
Derived terms: biotransformational
Related terms: biotransform
arsinic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsinic acid
oxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oxidize
oxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxidized
form: most oxidized
Senses: glosses: That has reacted with oxygen, or been modified by oxidation
Derived terms: hyperoxidized
inoxidized
nonoxidized
overoxidized
preoxidized
unoxidized
acetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsiːtɪleɪtɪd/
ipa: /əˈsɛtɪleɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acetylate
acetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsiːtɪleɪtɪd/
ipa: /əˈsɛtɪleɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: That has been reacted with acetic acid (or one of its derivatives), or has been modified by the attachment of acetyl groups.
Derived terms: acetylated cotton
acetylated lanolin
antiacetylated
autoacetylated
bromoacetylated
diacetylated
hypoacetylated
monoacetylated
multiacetylated
nonacetylated
panacetylated
pentaacetylated
peracetylated
phosphoacetylated
polyacetylated
preacetylated
triacetylated
unacetylated
underacetylated
Related terms: acetylation
acetylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acetylates
form: acetylating
form: acetylated
form: acetylated
Etymology: From acetyl + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; to introduce one or more acetyl groups into a substance
Derived terms: acetylatable
acetylative
acetylator
deacetylate
hyperacetylate
hyperacetylating
reacetylate
Related terms: acetylation
acetylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylations
Etymology: From acetylate + -ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance.
Synonyms: ethanoylation
Derived terms: aminoacetylation
autoacetylation
deacetylation
desacetylation
diacetylation
hyperacetylation
hypoacetylation
monoacetylation
multiacetylation
nonacetylation
pentaacetylation
peracetylation
phosphoacetylation
preacetylation
reacetylation
transacetylation
underacetylation
Related terms: acetylate
compartmentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compartmentalize
occlusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occlusion
biotransformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotransformation
epos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eposes
Etymology: From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).
Senses: examples: text: Homer’s Epos has not ceased to be true; yet it is no longer our Epos, but shines in the distance, if clearer and clearer, yet also smaller and smaller, like a receding Star.
ref: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:
text: The bond of friendship between Achilles and Patroclus was referred to by the great tragic writer Æschylus as based on sensuality, and this author was still near enough to the age of the Homeric epos to understand its underlying spirit perfectly.
ref: 1932, Hans Licht [pseudonym; Paul Brandt], translated by J. H. Freese, “[Male Homosexuality] History of Greek Love of Boys”, in Lawrence H. Dawson, editor, Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. […], published 1933, part II, page 451:
text: We should remember that in antiquity, during the period of the greatest flourishing of classical art, elementary education in the public schools of Ellada consisted largely of the Homerian epos and its recitation to the musical accompaniment provided by the pupils themselves.
ref: 2010, Vasily Sesemann, translated by Mykolas Drunga, edited by Mykolas Drunga and Leonidas Donskis, Selected Papers, Amsterdam; New York, N.Y.: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: An epic.
epos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ipos
Etymology: From Shasta ip'-haws (“Perideridia spp. tubers”).
Senses: glosses: The tuber of any one of several edible species of Perideridia spp.
geochemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geochemist
geochemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geochemists
Etymology: Back-formation from geochemistry.
Senses: glosses: A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry
nanotomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From nano- + tomography.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The nanoscale tomography of a material (especially of a nanoparticle), especially by the use of scanning electron techniques
Related terms: nanotomographic
hydrocarbyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocarbyl
Soxhlet extractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkslət ɪkˌstɹæktə/
Forms: form: Soxhlet extractors
Etymology: Invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet.
Senses: examples: text: Amid a gleaming clutter of burners and spectroscopes, funnels and flasks, centrifugal and Soxhlet extractors […], serious girls with their hair in snoods entered numbers into log books
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 264:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a glass reservoir that sits over a lower flask (containing a boiling solvent) and under a condenser; a sample contained in a paper thimble is placed in the reservoir and soluble materials are continually extracted by the warm solvent and transferred to the lower flask via a siphon.
lych-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lych-gates
form: lychgate
form: lych gate
form: lichgate
form: lich-gate
form: lich gate
form: litchgate
form: litch-gate
form: litch gate
form: lytchgate
form: lytch-gate
form: lytch gate
form: lykegate
form: lyke-gate
form: lyke gate
Etymology: From lich (“corpse”) + gate.
Senses: examples: text: If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …
ref: 1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004:
text: Church Hill climbs steeply to All Saints, with its lych-gate at the entrance to the churchyard.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:
glosses: A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
Related terms: lych
lychfield
lychway
cycloalkyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloalkyl
cycloalkanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloalkane
fish pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish ponds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fishpond.
fish-pond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish-ponds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fishpond.
junior high school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junior high schools
form: JHS
Senses: examples: text: In California the term originally used was "intermediate high school," later shortened to "intermediate school," but the term "junior high school" is rapidly supplanting the others.
ref: 1919, Guy Vernon Bennett, The Junior High School, Warwick & York, page 1:
topics: education
glosses: A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
topics: education
glosses: A secondary education school for grades 7–10 (a continuation of elementary school). It is succeeded by senior high school.
Synonyms: sense: school between elementary and high school
word: intermediate high school
sense: school between elementary and high school
word: intermediate school
sense: school between elementary and high school
word: junior high
sense: school between elementary and high school
word: middle school
junior high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junior highs
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of junior high school.
Derived terms: junior higher
project management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: work management
qualifier: operations
glosses: The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see project, management.
Related terms: program evaluation and review technique
absquatulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absquatulators
Etymology: From absquatulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who absquatulates
at first glance
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: At first glance it seems to be a reasonable idea. But we'll see.
text: At first glance, thinking well of yourself seems obviously preferable to thinking poorly of yourself. But the problem with […]
ref: 2007 August 18, Oliver Burkeman, “Feel good, feel bad”, in The Guardian:
text: At first glance, Saltburn is classic clash-of-the-classes fare: a tale of social strata, moral vacuity and the seductions of wealth, with a poor boy ushered into his rich friend's kingdom.
ref: 2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC:
glosses: After only a superficial examination or review.
Synonyms: at first blush
at first sight
on the face of it
ostensibly
Related terms: at a glance
glance