cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rears one's ugly head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rear one's ugly head
rearing one's ugly head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rear one's ugly head
reared one's ugly head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rear one's ugly head
aristated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: aristate
subcuneate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subcuneate
form: most subcuneate
Etymology: From sub- + cuneate.
Senses: glosses: Slightly wedge-shaped or cuneate.
bandwagoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bandwagon
bandwagonned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bandwagon
squushier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squshier
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squushy: more squushy
squushiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squshiest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squushy: most squushy
squshier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squushier
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squshy: more squshy
squshiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squushiest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squshy: most squshy
wagonning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wagon
wagonned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wagon
politix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: With -x replacing the /ks/ sound.
Senses: examples: text: COUNTY Democrats meet today to discuss possibilities for the August primaries. That’s a sure sign that politix will soon be the hottest stock in trade that folks will have.
ref: 1920 July 19, “Throwing the Boomerang”, in Dowagiac Daily News, volume 23, number 139, Dowagiac, Mich.: Dowagiac Daily News Co., →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
text: “Weeping Walter” is a notorious example of the theory that “trimming” pays in politix. He has blown with every wind; he has bandwagoned with every passing movement from the Ku Klux Klan to the Townsend plan; […]
ref: 1937 April 25, “Old Ironpants [i.e., Charles Martin] and Walter [Marcus Pierce]”, in Alton F. Baker, editor, Eugene Register-Guard, volume 92, number 115, Eugene, Ore.: Alton F. Baker, →OCLC, page 6 (Editorial Page), column 1:
text: Something new in Knox County politix will unfold Thursday during the county general election.
ref: 1960 July 31, Times Correspondent, “Roundup of Area News: Knoxville”, in Chattanooga Sunday Times, volume XCI, number 230, Chattanooga, Tenn., →OCLC, page 51, column 2:
glosses: Informal spelling of politics.
dwerks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dwerk
dwerking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dwerk
dwerking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Guys on TikTok have invented a new dance that riffs on "twerking." The move is being called "dwerking," and instead of shaking one's behind, it's all about shaking one's johnson.
ref: 2025 July 8, Know Your Meme:
glosses: A sexually provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting the hips forward and shaking the penis.
dwerked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dwerk
permahard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more permahard
form: most permahard
Etymology: From perma- + hard.
Senses: glosses: Permenantly, consistently or constantly hard.
glosses: Erect for a prolonged period; having a permaboner.
vending-machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vending-machines
Senses: examples: text: In an automatic vending-machine, the combination, with the case and the goods-drawer arranged to slide therein, and the locking devices for the latter, of the movable partition and the locking-tongue projecting downward into the money-receptacle, the chute extending from the locking devices upward to a point near the top of the partition, and the movable block provided with a slot and adapted to connect the slotted case-front with the chute, substantially as set forth.
ref: 1889 December 17, Henry T. Crepeau, “Automatic Vending-Machine”, in United States Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume CXXV, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1739, column 2:
text: Love-apple in Canberra’s university put out of order a vending-machine.
ref: 1984 April 10, “Cryptic Crossword”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, late edition, number 45,641, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 3:
text: If we carry two-dollar bills, we’ll never have to carry more than one Sacajawea, and those one-dollar coins will save vending-machines, mass-transit systems, and pay telephones hundreds of millions of dollars more.
ref: 2000 April 20, Bob Morris, “Buddy can you spare a two?”, in Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo., →OCLC, page A11, column 5:
glosses: Dated form of vending machine.
vending-machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vending-machine
moon jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon jumps
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A way to jump arbitrarily high, often through a cheat code or exploit and consisting of sustained, repeatable midair jumps.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, jump.
moon jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moon jumps
form: moon jumping
form: moon jumped
form: moon jumped
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: To jump arbitrarily high using a cheat code or exploit.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moon, jump.
Sacajaweas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sacajawea
you want a piece of me
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: You want a piece of me, is that it?
ref: 1985, William Hauptman, Gillette: A Play, New York: Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 14:
synonyms: you want a piece of this
you want some of me
you want some of this
glosses: A battle cry.
not necessarily
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: What was said is possible, but may be avoidable or turn out false.
Freezer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rare surname.
Llan Ffestiniog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Ffestiniog community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH7042).
Gribbon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
metallacyclobutene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallacyclobutenes
Etymology: From metallo- + cyclobutene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A four-membered cyclic organometallic compound containing a metal atom bonded to two carbon atoms of an alkene.
meigan cai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mei cai
form: mui choy
Senses: glosses: A type of dry pickled Chinese mustard.
mei cai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meigan cai
pronoun dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronoun dances
Senses: examples: text: […] the pronoun dance. I can say "she" and "Dad," and "she" and "Dana," and clarify as needed as I go along.
ref: 2020, Heather Bryant, My Trans Parent: A User Guide for When Your Parent Transitions, page 111:
text: Lucy didn't broadcast who she was widely, but when it came up, she hated to do the pronoun dance. She loathed lying by avoiding saying 'her' or 'him' to let people assume.
ref: 2025, Sophia Kelly, People of the Rock:
glosses: The awkwardness around assuming or asking the pronouns to be used for an individual.
Milo dinosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Milo dinosaurs
Senses: glosses: A Malaysian/Singaporean beverage made of iced Milo (a chocolate malt beverage brand) with a heap of undissolved Milo powder on top.
orh nee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Teochew dish of taro paste, coconut paste, and ginkgo nuts.
drinking vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sweetened vinegar-based syrup used in making shrub.
shraub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of shrub (“the drink”)
shrob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of shrub (“the drink”)
baggy green cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baggy green caps
Senses: examples: text: But on one day in November 1975 my hopes and aspirations of wearing the baggy green cap vanished.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 7:
glosses: Synonym of baggy green
synonyms: word: baggy green
baggy green caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggy green cap
Crongolor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cranganore
Shinkali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Kodungallur (“a town in Kerala, India”).
Babuma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tribe of the Central Congo.
Babuma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Bantu language of this tribe.
backblow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backblows
Senses: glosses: The act of striking with the back of the hand.
glosses: A backlash.
backblows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backblow
backbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backbearings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back bearing
backbearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backbearing
big smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the big smoke
Senses: examples: text: I got a transfer in my bank job and on the first day on the job in the big smoke I had to share a teller's box with a young lady called Kim, a real spunk and my future wife.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 82:
glosses: Any large city.
get-out bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: get-out bets
Senses: examples: text: Back on the road and it's destination Surfers Paradise via every available TAB including Casino, Mooball, Tweed Heads and worse still, Gibbsy's get out bet at Ouyen trots blew a tyre when it was six metres in front and 80 meters to go and ran fifth.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 110:
glosses: A last-ditch wager made in an attempt to recover losses from earlier bets; often placed late in the day or on the last available event.
get-out bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get-out bet
Babbie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bacchae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The maenads; followers of Bacchus.
Baalshem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baal Shem
dilly net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilly nets
Senses: examples: text: Dilly nets deposited, out we went into Deception Bay, threw the anchor in near a sandbank and got amongst the fish.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 75:
synonyms: dilly
glosses: A simple, collapsible trap consisting of a circular net stretched across metal or plastic hoops, used for catching crabs.
dilly nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilly net
Baal Shem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒl ˌʃɛm/
Forms: form: Baalei Shem
Senses: glosses: A Jewish practitioner of Practical Kabbalah and miracle worker.
Baalei Shem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baal Shem
bairnwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bairn + wort
Senses: glosses: Synonym of English daisy
synonyms: word: English daisy
Bayramiye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bayramiyya
form: Bayramiyyah
Senses: glosses: A Turkish Sufi order founded by Haji Bayram Veli in Ankara around 1400 AD.
Bayramiyya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bayramiye
Bayramiyyah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bayramiye
Balawu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Vanua Balavu (“island of Fiji”)
Vanua Balavu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The third-largest island in Fiji's Lau archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.
Rajneeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rajneeshi
form: most Rajneeshi
form: Rajneeshee
Etymology: From Rajneesh + -i.
Senses: examples: text: On request Bhagwan shree was also initiating people by sending them the Rajneeshi garland and their new name of sanyas.
ref: 2006, Swami Jn̄ānabheda, The Rebellious Enlightened Master Osho, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 350:
glosses: Of or relating to Rajneesh or his ideology.
Rajneeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rajneeshis
form: Rajneeshee
Etymology: From Rajneesh + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The Rajneeshis, as his group of adherents was known, were one of the Indian-inspired new religious movements flowering in America during the 1970s and 1980s out of the social and spiritual experimentation of the 1960s.
ref: 2021 June 3, Susannah Crockford, Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: A follower of Rajneesh or his ideology.
Rajneeshis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rajneeshi
Balolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular tribe of the Congo.
NSFWers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NSFWer
beastfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: beast + folk
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: Humanoid people with animal features.
Bambuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular tribe of Uganda.
Balsamea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Uva Rara (“type of grape”)
synonyms: word: Uva Rara
extra: type of grape
Uva Rara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A red Italian wine grape variety grown in the Piedmont and Lombardy regions.
barkpeeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barkpeelers
Etymology: bark + peeler
Senses: glosses: One who removes the bark from trees to obtain tannin.
barkpeelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barkpeeler
Barcans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barcan
barleyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A surly mood induced by drinking alcohol.
Ketron Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The island was named "Kittson Island" (after Hudson's Bay Company employee William Kittson) by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, but his cartographers made an error.
Senses: glosses: An island and a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Bartholomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bartholomites
Etymology: (Armenian monk): Named after St. Bartholomew.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Roman Catholic congregation of Armenian monks who sought refuge in Italy after the invasion of their country by Al-Adil Kitbugha, the Sultan of Egypt, in 1296.
glosses: A member of a religious society founded by Bartholomew Holzhauser in the 17th century.
Bartholomites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bartholomite
Soga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Basoga
glosses: A Bantu ethnic group native to the kingdom of Busoga in eastern Uganda.
Basoga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Soga (“a Bantu people”)
synonyms: word: Soga
extra: a Bantu people
Baskish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baskish
form: most Baskish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Basquish
basommatophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basommatophorous
form: most basommatophorous
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the Basommatophora.
Teke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tekes
form: Teke
Senses: synonyms: Bateke
glosses: A member of a particular Bantu Central African ethnic group.
Bateke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Batekes
form: Bateke
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Teke (“member of a Bantu group”)
synonyms: word: Teke
extra: member of a Bantu group
Tekes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Teke
Batekes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bateke
Batonga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tonga (“ethnic group of northern Malawi”)
synonyms: word: Tonga
extra: ethnic group of northern Malawi
glosses: Synonym of Tonga (“ethnic group of Zambia and Zimbabwe”)
synonyms: word: Tonga
extra: ethnic group of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Botatwe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of Bantu languages.
batterfang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: batterfangs
form: batterfanging
form: batterfanged
form: batterfanged
Senses: glosses: To attack with one's fists and nails; to batter and claw.
batterfangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of batterfang
batterfanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of batterfang
batterfanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of batterfang
Khinnis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bavian
glosses: An Assyrian archaeological site, notable for its rock reliefs from around 690 BC.
Bavian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Khinnis
synonyms: word: Khinnis
Bealtuinn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Beltane.
beamwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beamworks
Etymology: beam + -work
Senses: glosses: A structure made of beams, as in the roof of a building.
glosses: A gymnastic performance on the balance beam.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A tin working where the lode was followed by digging down from the surface.
beamworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beamwork
beamhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beamhouses
Senses: glosses: A building where skins are processed between curing and tanning, to soak them, remove the hair, etc.
beamhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beamhouse
chisanbop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Chisanbop
chisenbop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chisanbop
beautyship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beautyships
Etymology: From beauty + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: I offered apologies to her beautyship, but she grew furious; and the fiery spots on her face became red-hot with the caloric of anger […]
ref: 1849, M. R. C. S, Confessions of a Hypochondriac, page 94:
text: But if your beautyship would condescend / To teach us what true melody might be, / There's not a creature present but would lend / His ears to listen for a century.
ref: 1889, Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, page 416:
glosses: A term of address for a beautiful woman.
pronoun dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronoun dance
beautyships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beautyship
TMEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TME
fujos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fujo
beauism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beau + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: At the present day, such an equipment would look outré, but, at the time we are writing, of ^([sic]) it was considered the ne-plus-ultra of beauism.
ref: 1848, W. Urquhart, Sir John May Mead, the London Merchant. A Romance of Real Life, page 214:
glosses: Synonym of dandyism
synonyms: word: dandyism
becalmment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: becalmments
Etymology: From becalm + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming calm.
becalmments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of becalmment
bedgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedgoer
bedgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedgoers
Etymology: bed + goer
Senses: examples: text: One hundred men, besides officers, form the band; of these eight are ushers, four hangers, and two bedgoers. The functions of the usher are well known; but it may not be so well remembered that the ancient services of the hangers and bedgoers was to hang with tapestry and fit up chambers for royalty, when princes travelled, or removed from palace to palace, […]
ref: 1835, Editor of "The family manual and servant's guide", Domestic Life in England (page 277)
glosses: A yeoman responsible for taking care of the beds.
examples: text: He looked round to see that the door was shut behind the last bedgoer of my little party, and then turned to me.
ref: 1923, E. F. Benson, Inscrutable Decrees:
glosses: A person who retires to bed to sleep.
bedlamize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bedlamizes
form: bedlamizing
form: bedlamized
form: bedlamized
Etymology: From bedlam + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make crazy or insane.
bedlamizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedlamize
bedlamized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bedlamize
bedlamizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedlamize
Erpo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erpos
Senses: examples: text: The bill did not come in a vacuum, but added to Utah’s already second amendment-friendly legislative landscape. The state doesn’t have extreme risk protection orders (Erpo), known as red-flag laws, which allow people such as police officers and family members to petition a judge to have someone’s firearms temporarily taken away.
ref: 2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ERPO.
beeftongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cases are lined with cream chicken forcemeat mixed with shredded mushrooms and beeftongue, the eggs broken into the centre and cooked in the oven; when done they are besprinkled with chopped truffles.
ref: 1898, Adolphe Meyer, Eggs, and How to Use Them, page 88:
glosses: The tongue of a cow used as food.
befanned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: Befanned with sunniest winds, the air swims visible in bright halo there
glosses: Fanned; having air blown upon it.
examples: text: A rigid old maid of pinched and nipped appearance, but patched and beribboned and befanned, as though in the desperate hope that some beau who had been on the royster all night would suddenly repent and offer her his hand and heart, is going to matins […]
ref: 1866, George Augustus Sala, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher: Essays..., page 254:
glosses: Equipped with a fan.
befilths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befilth
beguileful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beguileful
form: most beguileful
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beguiling
synonyms: word: beguiling
belatticed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more belatticed
form: most belatticed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of latticed
synonyms: word: latticed
Bellonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈləʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /bəˈloʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Bellonian
form: most Bellonian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bellona, Roman goddess of war.
Kunbis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kunbi
bellhanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellhangers
Etymology: bell + hanger
Senses: glosses: A person employed to hang bells, as in a church or (historically) in a house to ring for servants.
Related terms: bellhanging
bellhanging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bell + hanging
Senses: glosses: The work of a bellhanger, hanging up bells.
bellhangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellhanger
CRLFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CRLF
Baaltis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beltis
Senses: glosses: The tutelary goddess of the city of Byblos.
Beltis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baaltis
Beltene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Beltane.
Beltin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Beltane.
bemitred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bemitered
Senses: glosses: Wearing a mitre.
bemitered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bemitred
benevolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The belief that human beings are inherently benevolent.
Related terms: benevolist
benevolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benevolists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of benevolism.
benevolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benevolist
benzilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From benzile + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to benzile.
Derived terms: benzilic acid
furil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of furile (“organic compound”)
benzoylformate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The conjugate base of phenylglyoxylic acid.
phenylglyoxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: benzoylformic acid
glosses: An organic compound with chemical formula C₆H₅C(O)CO₂H.
benzoylformic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phenylglyoxylic acid
synonyms: word: phenylglyoxylic acid
Related terms: benzoylformate
berglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berglets
Etymology: berg + -let
Senses: glosses: A small iceberg, a fragment of a larger one.
berglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berglet
IHHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IHH
beribanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beribanded
form: most beribanded
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beribboned
synonyms: word: beribboned
berrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berriers
Etymology: From berry + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who picks or forages for berries.
berriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berrier
Bertat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Berta (“Nilo-Saharan ethnolinguistic group”)
bespeakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bespeakable
form: most bespeakable
Etymology: From bespeak + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Of subject and invention we have still very little. These we can only obtain from inventors or men of genius — not a bespeakable class by any manner of means.
ref: 1861, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 64, page 587:
glosses: Able to be bespoken or requested at one's convenience.
overbait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbaits
form: overbaiting
form: overbaited
form: overbaited
Etymology: From over- + bait.
Senses: glosses: To use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).
overbaits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbait
overbaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbait
overbaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbait
besotment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being besotted.
Bettine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
betanglement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betanglements
Etymology: From betangle + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of entanglement (“tangling process; tangled condition”)
synonyms: word: entanglement
extra: tangling process; tangled condition
betanglements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betanglement
unsuspendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + suspendable.
Senses: glosses: Not suspendable.
Bhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bhars
Senses: glosses: A member of a particular caste or community in India.
Bhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bhar
Kissi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kisi
Senses: glosses: A West African ethnolinguistic group found in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Derived terms: Kissi penny
Kissi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kisi
Senses: glosses: The Mel language of these people.
Kissi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cissi
form: Kishi
form: Kissé
Senses: glosses: A Phoenician and Carthaginian colony in what is now Djinet in Algeria.
Kissi penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kissi pennies
Senses: glosses: A former currency made in Sierra Leone and used by the Kissi and other peoples, consisting of a long metal rod with one end T-shaped and the other having a hoe-like blade.
Kissi pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kissi penny
Vale of Clwyd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A broad valley in Denbighshire, Wales, through which the River Clwyd flows.
wiki page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiki pages
form: wikipage
Etymology: From wiki + page.
Senses: glosses: A page forming part of a wiki.
wiki pages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiki page
biblus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of papyrus
synonyms: word: papyrus
ragebaiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragebaiters
form: rage-baiter
form: rage baiter
Etymology: From ragebait + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who engages in ragebaiting.
ragebaiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragebaiter
Bala Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake south-west of the town of Bala, Gwynedd, the largest natural lake in Wales. It is fed by the Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee), which is also its outlet.
polylobar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polylobar
form: most polylobar
Etymology: From poly- + lobe + -ar; equivalent to poly- + lobar.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: multilobar, multilobular, polylobular
coordinate_terms: monolobar#Adjective
unilobar#Adjective
monolobular#Adjective
unilobular#Adjective
;
bilobar#Adjective
bilobular#Adjective
bipartite#Adjective
bifid#Adjective
glosses: Having or involving multiple or many lobes.
unchaotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unchaotically
form: most unchaotically
Senses: glosses: In an unchaotic manner.
bidactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + -dactyl.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of didactyl
synonyms: word: didactyl
bidactylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of didactylous
synonyms: word: didactylous
bidactyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bidactyl
lyrifissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyrifissures
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A fissure in the cuticle of an invertebrate.
lyrifissures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyrifissure
biglot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biglots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diglot
synonyms: word: diglot
biglots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biglot
bignou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biniou
bigeminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bigeminate
bindlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bindlets
Senses: glosses: A strip of material tied around the head, waist, thigh, etc. by certain South American tribes.
bindlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bindlet
bineweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bineweeds
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bindweed
bineweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bineweed
Binzuru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A certain arhat in Japanese Buddhism.
biporose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + porose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biporous.
biporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: biporose
Etymology: bi- + porous
Senses: glosses: Having two pores.
urumee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urumees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of urumi (“type of drum”)
urumees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urumee
birdglue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bird + glue. Calque of German Vogelleim.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of birdlime (“sticky substance used to catch birds”)
synonyms: word: birdlime
extra: sticky substance used to catch birds
Bisharin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bishari
synonyms: word: Bishari
Bishareen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bishari
synonyms: word: Bishari
birdmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birdmouths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birdsmouth
birdmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdmouths
form: birdmouthing
form: birdmouthed
form: birdmouthed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of birdsmouth
birdmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birdmouth
birdmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birdmouth
birdmouthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdmouth
birdmouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdmouth
birthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more birthy
form: most birthy
Etymology: From birth + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] very 'birthy' smell. Musky and deep, it speaks to some inner part of our being and psyche.
ref: 2015, Vicki Delpero, Creating Happy Healthy Babies: A Holistic Midwife's Approach to Pregnancy, Labor and Birth:
text: They didn't even know they were talking to a childbirth educator. Maybe they sensed a birthy vibe.
ref: 2023, Rina Ríos, Tuesday Tales: Magic in Ordinary Days, page 211:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of birth.
birthbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthbeds
Etymology: From birth + bed.
Senses: coordinate_terms: deathbed
glosses: The bed on which a woman gives birth.
birthbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthbed
biscuited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biscuit
biscuiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biscuit
swim ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swim rings
Senses: glosses: An inflatable toroid used as a water toy and to help people to float.
swim rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swim ring
autopolymerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.təʊˌpɒl.ɪ.mə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɔ.toʊˌpɑl.ɪ.mɚ.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: autopolymerisations
form: autopolymerization
Etymology: From auto- + polymerisation.
Senses: examples: text: The fats remain, to be altered by heat and pressured into hydrocarbons, whose boiling points lie below 300°; and these later undergo a partial autopolymerization into denser forms.
ref: 1908, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, The Data of Geochemistry (United States Geological Survey: Series E, Chemistry and Physics, 54; Bulletin No. 330), U.S. Government Printing Office, page 634:
text: The products of autopolymerisation may be present.
ref: 1926, Schachno Peisach Schotz, Synthetic Rubber, New York: Van Nostrand Company, page 86:
text: Autopolymerisation or self-curing relies on the incorporation of chemical agents, as activators, to initiate polymerization.
ref: 2020 April 23, Rena L. J. Cruz, Maureen T. Ross, Sean K. Powell, Maria A. Woodruf, “The Chemistry of Imitating Life”, in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, volume 8, number 147, page 106:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical reaction in which a monomer undergoes polymerisation spontaneously, often due to environmental factors such as heat, light, or inherent instability.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The process by which an autopolymer hardens.
autopolymerisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopolymerisation
without biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: DD rang the chief constable and threatened to ‘give him an interview without biscuits’ (?).
ref: 2006 October 7, Tamzin Lightwater, “Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody”, in The Spectator:
glosses: Alternative form of without tea and biscuits
without coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The army is apparently having Harry in for an interview without coffee, which is military-speak for a minor reprimand.
ref: 2012 August 22, Emma G. Keller, “Time to strip Prince Harry of his title”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of without tea and biscuits
bislings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of beestings (“first milk after giving birth”).
bitbrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitbraces
Etymology: From bit + brace.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bitstock
synonyms: word: bitstock
bitbraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitbrace
line element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line elements
Senses: glosses: A line segment associated with an infinitesimal displacement vector in a metric space, useful in certain theories of gravitation.
line elements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line element
blastodermatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blastodermic
synonyms: word: blastodermic
bleachman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleachmen
Etymology: From bleach + -man.
Senses: examples: text: A bleachman at the Guardbridge Paper Mills, Fife, was caught by a shaft and dashed against a platform, death being instantaneous.
ref: 1904, Paper Markers Monthly Journal, volumes 42-43, page 430:
glosses: A man employed to bleach something.
bleachmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleachman
bleachhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleachhouses
Etymology: From bleach + house.
Senses: glosses: A building where bleaching is done.
bleachhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleachhouse
blindfoldly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blindfoldly
form: most blindfoldly
Etymology: blindfold + -ly
Senses: examples: text: […] and can the English farmer see no further before him than thus to tread blindfoldly in the footsteps of the brute creation?
ref: 1866, The Farmer's Magazine, page 333:
text: [T]o the Native dyers of India is no less due the merit of having inherited and improved, from their ancestors, it may be blindfoldly, all and perhaps more than has been as yet discovered by their more fortunate brethren of the West, through scientific methods.
ref: 1893, Sir George Watt, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, page 154:
text: […] yet most of the third world countries have invariably inclined to blindfoldly import the ill suited and inappropriate western technologies […]
ref: 1994, The Indian Economic Journal, page 110:
glosses: Synonym of blindfold (“blindly; without due thought or caution”)
synonyms: word: blindfold
extra: blindly; without due thought or caution
bloodspilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blood + spilling.
Senses: glosses: The spilling of blood.
Related terms: bloodspiller
bristly bellflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristly bellflowers
Senses: glosses: A hairy flowering plant of species Campanula cervicaria with light-blue flowers.
bodenbenderite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Bodenbender + -ite, after Wilhelm Bodenbender.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A discredited mineral reported from Cordoba, Argentina.
Stockton Brook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Endon and Stanley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, with a small part in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9152).
Zambesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region of southern Africa inhabited by the Zambesi peoples.
Boerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Boer + -dom
Senses: examples: text: […] for the first time in the history of Boerdom, the way to the north no longer exists.
ref: 1891, Edward P. Mathers, Zambesia, England's El Dorado, page 13:
text: When, however, the proposal was submitted to the Volksraad, only two members could be found to speak in favour, and it was rejected after a debate which leads the impartial reader to despair of Boerdom.
ref: 1898, African Review, volume 16, page 31:
glosses: The realm or sphere of the Boers.
bodywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From body + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: I am helpless / under him and begging reconciliation bodywise, / the onset of my mouth against his thighs.
ref: 2000, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Heaven, page 29:
text: Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears.
ref: 2014, Porsche 356 Owners Workshop Manual 1957-1965:
glosses: In terms of the body.
boccales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boccale
roofwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roof + -work.
Senses: glosses: Construction work done on a roof.
boltwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bolt + -work
Senses: glosses: A system of bolts used in a locking door.
braireau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blaireau (“American badger”)
brairo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blaireau (“American badger”)
Brauneberger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Braunebergers
Senses: glosses: A wine from the village of Brauneberg in Germany.
Braunebergers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brauneberger
Brauronia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek βραυρώνια (braurṓnia)
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek initiation ritual for girls in Attica at Brauron, relating to the goddess Artemis.
Brauronian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brauronian
form: most Brauronian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ancient Brauron or the Brauronia.
Brauronian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brauronians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of ancient Brauron.
Brauronians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brauronian
bravadoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bravado + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An attitude of bravado.
brazenfacedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more brazenfacedly
form: most brazenfacedly
Senses: glosses: In a brazen-faced manner.
breastwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: breast + -wise
Senses: glosses: Side by side; abreast.
bretwaldaship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bretwaldaships
Etymology: From bretwalda + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of bretwalda.
bretwaldaships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bretwaldaship
brewership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brewerships
Etymology: From brewer + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of brewer.
brewerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brewership
bridegroomship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bridegroom + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of bridegroom.
bridesmaidship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bridesmaid + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of bridesmaid.
brideship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bride + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of bride.
Brighella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A masked comic character in the commedia dell'arte.
Brissotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brissotines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brissotin
Brissotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brissotins
Etymology: From French. Named after Jacques Pierre Brissot.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Girondist
synonyms: word: Girondist
wikipedia: Jacques Pierre Brissot
Brissotins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brissotin
Brissotines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brissotine
brocardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: brocard + -ic
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Of or relating to a brocard.
Broadwayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Broadwayites
Etymology: From Broadway + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in the Broadway theater industry of Manhattan.
Broadwayites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Broadwayite
light corn syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light corn syrups
Senses: coordinate_terms: dark corn syrup
glosses: Corn syrup seasoned with vanilla flavoring and salt, having a nearly clear appearance.
dark corn syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark corn syrups
Senses: coordinate_terms: light corn syrup
glosses: A dark brown blend of corn syrup and refiner's syrup, with caramel color and flavoring, salt, and the preservative sodium benzoate.
brogueful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brogueful
form: most brogueful
Etymology: From brogue + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Having a strong Irish accent.
boogiewoogie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boogiewoogies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boogie-woogie
boogiewoogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boogiewoogie
bootholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootholders
Etymology: boot + holder
Senses: glosses: A framework on which a boot can be placed to dry or be stretched.
bootholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootholder
bookward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From book + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bookwards