cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
adrenalone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
hemostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemostatic
haemostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemostatic
afamelanotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + melano- + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic analogue of the naturally-occurring melanocortin peptide hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) that has been shown to induce skin pigmentation through melanogenesis.
afimoxifene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxifene (“tamoxifen derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A selective estrogen receptor modulator which is the active metabolite of tamoxifen.
alanosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimetabolite being studied for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
aleglitazar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.əˈɡlɪt.əˌzɑɹ/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -glitazar (“dual peroxisome proliferator activated receptors-α and -γ agonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug being developed to treat diabetes.
alefacept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genetically engineered immunosuppressive drug.
amfepentorex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A stimulant drug derived from methamphetamine, used as an appetite suppressant for the treatment of obesity.
ambroxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A secretolytic agent used in the treatment of respiratory diseases associated with viscid or excessive mucus, C₁₃H₁₈Br₂N₂O.
mucoactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌmjuːkəʊˈæktɪv/
Etymology: From muco- + active.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acting against mucus.
albinterferon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of albumin + interferon
Senses: glosses: A recombinant fusion protein drug consisting of interferon alpha (IFN-α) linked to human albumin.
almokalant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat arrhythmia.
alsactide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic peptide and analogue of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), used as a diagnostic agent in kidney function for adrenal insufficiency.
amatuximab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A chimeric monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer.
alprenolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat angina.
Synonyms: alfeprol
alpheprol
alprenololum
Derived terms: dihydroalprenolol
altrenogest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From al(lyl) + tren(bolone) + -o- + -gest (“steroid, progestogen”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A progestagen structurally related to trenbolone.
trenbolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A steroid used to increase muscle growth and appetite in livestock.
Derived terms: tren
tren goblin
trensomnia
amedalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antidepressant drug, synthesised in the 1970s but never marketed.
albutoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From al(lyl) + (iso)but(yl) + -toin (“hydantoin derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anticonvulsant drug.
alovudine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vudine (“zidovudine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral agent.
alvespimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic derivative of geldanamycin.
alphaprodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alpha + prodine.
Senses: glosses: One of two isomers of prodine.
betaprodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beta + prodine.
Senses: glosses: One of two isomers of prodine.
amfenac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
adimolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antihypertensive drug.
amfecloral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphecloral
Senses: glosses: A stimulant drug formerly used as an appetite suppressant.
amphecloral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amfecloral.
galactosemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosemics
Etymology: From galactosemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: One who has galactosemia.
galactosemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From galactosemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to galactosemia.
galactosemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosemic
zopolrestat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aldose reductase inhibitor.
sorbinil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aldose reductase inhibitor.
alrestatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aldose reductase inhibitor.
epalrestat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aldose reductase inhibitor.
alizapride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ally(l) + -za- (“alteration of (benzotri)az(ole)”) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A dopamine antagonist with prokinetic and antiemetic effects.
amcinonide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A topical glucocorticoid used to treat itching, redness and swelling associated with some skin conditions.
acivicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glutamine analogue antimetabolite, used as an antineoplastic agent.
drotaverin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drotaverine.
drotaverine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drotaverin
Etymology: From (dihy)dro- + (e)thaverine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antispasmodic drug, structurally related to papaverine.
dixanthogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + xanthogen.
Senses: glosses: An ectoparasiticide.
divaplon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -plon (“imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug from the pyrazolopyrimidine family.
diproteverine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di(iso)pro(pyl) + [Term?] + -verine (“spasmolytic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A calcium channel blocker.
drotrecogin alfa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A recombinant form of human activated protein C that has antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, and profibrinolytic properties.
profibrinolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more profibrinolytic
form: most profibrinolytic
Etymology: From pro- + fibrinolytic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Promoting fibrinolysis.
doxefazepam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from d(ihydr)ox(y) + e(thyl) + f(luoro)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzodiazepine derivative drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, used therapeutically as a hypnotic.
endward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endward
form: most endward
Etymology: From end + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: [...] having a top section slidable upon the upper edge of the fire pot and a vertical section movable into contact with the converging side walls of the fire pot at either end on endward movement of the top section.
ref: 1920, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:
text: The deviation of ID for both the sideward and endward cases is qualitatively like that of a slim pencil-shaped [...]
ref: 1960, Titus Evans, Radiation Research Society, Radiation research:
glosses: Being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.
Related terms: endwise
endward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more endward
form: most endward
Etymology: From end + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward the end; rearward.
disopyramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.səˈpɪɹ.əˌmaɪd/
Etymology: From diiso(propyl) + pyr(idine) + (butan)amide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cardiac depressant administered in the form of its phosphate C₂₁H₂₉N₃O·H₃PO₄ in the treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
Derived terms: disopyramide phosphate
dupracetam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nootropic drug from the racetam family.
duteplase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -teplase (“tissue-type plasminogen activator”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A plasminogen activator.
ebrotidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An H₂ receptor agonist with gastroprotective activity.
dyclonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An oral anaesthetic.
donepezil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɑnˈɛp.əz.ɪl/
ipa: /doʊˈnɛp.əz.ɪl/
Etymology: Probably from (in)d(en)one + (pi)pe(ridine) + (ben)zyl.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₄H₂₉NO₃·HCl to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease
clonixin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
endlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endlike
form: most endlike
Etymology: From end + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] and if there is more than one virtue, from the best and most final (or endlike) of them over a finished lifetime.
ref: 2003, D. N. Sedley, The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy:
text: I am proposing here to understand the qualifier τελεα in application to eudaimonia in X 7 (as with τελειοτάτη ἀρετÆ at I 7, 1098a18) as meaning “final” or “endlike,” in accordance with Aristotle's explicit statement [...]
ref: 2004, John Madison Cooper, Knowledge, nature, and the good: essays on ancient philosophy:
text: Thus what Aristotle is referring to are endlike results that arise in nature but are produced in an unusual or exceptional fashion; […]
ref: 2007, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, William R. Newman, The artificial and the natural: an evolving polarity:
text: Or, rather, here are some things that seem endlike, but they are not truly endlike. They only seem endlike because they reflect a posturing of false pretensions and surrogate determinances.
ref: 2008, Craig Hovey, To share in the body:
text: Invoking once again the criteria he laid down in I.7 for the best good, he tries to show that the contemplative life is most endlike and most self-sufficient, […]
ref: 2009, Aristotle, Lesley Brown, The Nicomachean Ethics:
glosses: Of, relating to, or pertaining to the end; final; terminal.
cycrimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A central anticholinergic drug designed to reduce the levels of acetylcholine in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
cinoxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cin(noline) + ox(ol)in(ic) ac(id).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic antimicrobial drug formerly used to treat urinary tract infections in adults.
Derived terms: english: nalidixic acid derivative
translation: nalidixic acid derivative
word: -oxacin
forelike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forelikes
form: foreliking
form: foreliked
form: foreliked
Etymology: From fore- + like.
Senses: glosses: To like beforehand; to be prepossessed in favor of; to be predisposed to like.
graille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪl/
Forms: form: grailles
Etymology: Compare French grêle a sort of file.
Senses: glosses: A half-round single-cut file or float, with one curved face and one straight face, used by comb-makers.
grailles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graille
backshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From back + shine.
Senses: examples: text: [...] laser beam is a Brewster window for reducing backshine of the laser beam into the detectors placed behind the observation windows.
ref: 1973, Edward Grant Brame, Applied spectroscopy reviews:
text: He also speaks of the manifold images which these signs evoke as 'backshine.'
ref: 1991, Yoshihiko Ikegami, The Empire of signs: semiotic essays on Japanese culture:
text: The Eyes Above's shadow was clearly visible now, surrounded by just a halo of backshine.
ref: 2011, Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky:
glosses: Reflected light.
backshine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backshines
form: backshining
form: backshone
form: backshone
form: backshined
form: backshined
Etymology: From back + shine.
Senses: glosses: To reflect light; shine back.
galvinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: galvinizes
form: galvinizing
form: galvinized
form: galvinized
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of galvanize.
minority cabinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minority cabinets
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A minority government.
literators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literator
line codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line code
legislative bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legislative body
nanobreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobreaks
Etymology: From nano- + break.
Senses: examples: text: The latest trend is for 'nanobreaks' where people manage two full days away, spanning one overnight stay.
ref: 2009 May 10, Kevin Feddy, “Shearings drives UK revival”, in Manchester Evening News:
glosses: A very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life.
Synonyms: microvacation
nanobreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobreak
krupuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkrʊ.pʊʔ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian krupuk or kerupuk, derived from Javanese ꦏꦿꦸꦥꦸꦏ꧀ (krupuk), inherited from Old Javanese kerupuk. Cognate with Dutch kroepoek.
Senses: synonyms: word: prawn cracker
word: shrimp chip
word: shrimp cracker
glosses: An Indonesian (Javanese) cracker, made from tapioca flour, salt, ground shrimps and various traditional spices.
glosses: A similar cracker made from animal skin or vegetables.
naycation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naycations
Etymology: Blend of nay + vacation.
Senses: examples: text: Don't have much time off? Why don't you try a daycation? Don't deny yourself, even if time is short, though. There's nothing worse than a naycation.
ref: 2010 August 20, Mike Slizewski, “How you spent your summer 'cation”, in Siskiyou Daily News:
glosses: A vacation period during which no travel or paid leisure activities are done.
naycations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naycation
Adirondack chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Adirondack chairs
Etymology: After the Adirondacks, a mountain chain in New York State.
Senses: examples: text: Nurse Graves […] wheeled him out onto the veranda, where he was lifted into an Adirondack chair and positioned so that he was facing the sun—or, rather, the spot in the firmament the sun might have occupied if it hadn't gone south for the winter.
ref: 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 104:
glosses: A kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests.
Synonyms: sense: kind of chair
word: Cape Cod chair
sense: kind of chair
word: Laurentian chair
sense: kind of chair
word: Muskoka chair
neanimorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neanimorphic
form: most neanimorphic
Etymology: Presumably from Latin neanias (“young man”) + -morphic.
Senses: examples: text: […] god she was still really stunning for her age, Marie looked like a forty year old rather than someone approaching her fiftieth birthday, she is definitely neanimorphic.
ref: 2007, Stephen Murray, Taking Liberties, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Appearing younger than one's actual age.
low-rent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-rent
form: lowest-rent
Senses: examples: text: You see what we're up against here. "Timecop," a low-rent "Terminator," is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all, for that way madness lies.
ref: 1994 September 16, Roger Ebert, “Timecop”, in Chicago Sunday Times, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2005:
text: Hollinghurst's debut novel, The Swimming Pool Library (1988), was lauded for its startling conflation of high literary style and low-rent sex, and presented an eye-opening trawl through the London gay scene, from private clubs to public toilets, in the laconic tone of a latter-day Henry James.
ref: 2004 April 10, Alfred Hickling, “Review: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst”, in The Guardian:
text: That's a text book definition of low-rent hoochie mama if I ever saw it. Guarantee you she's got her tramp stamp across her hips.
ref: 2005 August 11, Dave “Georgia Studebaker” Miller, “Re: Maybe I should have advertized^([sic]) Boomerang like this.....”, in alt.autos.studebaker (Usenet):
text: Being called a "diner" may have once meant serving low-rent food, but today it's considered a compliment.
ref: 2007, Barbara Brown Smith, Rise & Dine: Breakfast in Boston:
text: Billboards with a pink wash (a visual pun on La Vie en Rose?) featured words like “chic!” and looked low rent too.
ref: 2024 July 26, Arifa Akbar, “Paris Olympics opening ceremony review – soaring ambition deflated by patchy delivery”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
antonyms: high-rent
glosses: Low-quality, trashy.
haulmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːmi/
Forms: form: more haulmy
form: most haulmy
Etymology: From haulm + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Safe in their haulmy Huts they sweetly slept, / Ne'er by the Noise of Drums or Trumpets wak'd.
ref: 1732, Voltaire, translated by J Lockman, Henriade:
text: In dry hungry ground, the poles may stand nearer together, than in a rich mellow foil ; because, this last will produce the largest, and most haulmy plants.
ref: 1789, James Adam, Practical Essays on Agriculture:
text: Weeds are also very prevalent on dry upland grasslands, where such hay as is produced is necessarily thin and haulmy.
ref: 1914, Journal of the Board of Agriculture, vol. XX.12:
glosses: Characterised by having haulms.
trestle bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trestle beds
Senses: examples: text: You know that little trestle bed in the garret room, with the old mattress on it that the last minister left there?
ref: 1919, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley:
text: She had long since ceased to share a bed with her, allowing Madge and Flossie the one respectable bed the room contained, and sleeping herself on a rackety trestle-bed underneath the window.
ref: 1928, Nan Shepherd, The Quarry Wood:
glosses: A portable bed supported by trestles, as used in a military camp, hospital etc.
trestle beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trestle bed
binettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binette
liquid laughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquid laugh
bammo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From bam + -o?
Senses: examples: text: Bammo! I did it!
glosses: An exclamatory indication of excitement or victory, for example when having completed a difficult task, or won something.
hillman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪlmən/
homophone: Hillman
Forms: form: hillmen
form: hill-man
Etymology: From hill + man.
Senses: examples: text: No one quite knew who or what the Gullals were till The Mussuck, who had been calling on Mrs. Hauksbee, and prided himself upon picking people's brains, explained they were a tribe of ferocious hillmen, somewhere near Sikkim, whose friendship even the Great Indian Empire would find it worth her while to secure.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 37:
text: Indian hillmen of exceptional intelligence and resource, specially trained in clandestine surveying techniques, were despatched across the frontier disguised as Muslim holy men or Buddhist pilgrims.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 6:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
examples: text: A farmer on whose ground there was a little hill, resolved not to let it lie idle, and began at one end to plough it up. The hill-man, who lived in it, came to him and asked him how he dared to plough on the roof of his house.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 186:
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A supernatural being, such as a dwarf, that lives beneath a hill.
glosses: A person employed to sift through a heap of dust and rubbish in search of any saleable items.
hillmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hillman
scaling ladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaling ladder
black propaganda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Masters at black propaganda, the Mongols saw to it that hair-raising tales of their barbarity were carried ahead of them as they advanced across Asia, devastating kingdom after kingdom, towards a quaking Europe.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13:
coordinate_terms: black radio
white propaganda
glosses: False or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to originate from an enemy's own sources; disinformation.
nerdistan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerdistans
Etymology: From nerd + -i- + -stan.
Senses: examples: text: In the coming decade, we are likely to see the continued migration of traditional high-tech firms to new nerdistans in places like Orange County, Calif., north Dallas, Northern Virginia, Raleigh-Durham and around Redmond, Wash., home base for Microsoft.
ref: 1997 September 12, Joel Kotkin, “Escape From Nerdistan”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: A locus of high-tech industry, particularly a town or suburb where many high-tech workers live.
examples: text: It's a Roomba, an artificially intelligent floor-vacuuming 'bot, and this is the year mountains of them rumbled off the shelves not just of nerdistans like the Sharper Image and Brookstone, but of mainstream players like Costco, Sears and Target.
ref: 2006 December 30, Joel Garreau, “The invasion has begun”, in Concord Monitor:
glosses: A place that appeals to technophiles.
Derived terms: nerdistani
nerdistans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerdistan
leaving dos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaving do
grattoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grattoirs
Etymology: From French grattoir.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endscraper.
synonyms: word: endscraper
graphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphy
grattoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grattoir
chaco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chacos
form: chacoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shako.
Malvinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mælˈviːnəz/
/mælˈviːnəs/
/mɑl-/
/məl-/
Forms: form: the Malvinas
form: Malvines
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Malvinas, from French Malouines.
Senses: examples: text: Argentina might be granted political sovereignty over the Malvinas in return for acknowledging Britain's right to participate in the economic development of the islands and the islanders' right to continue their way of life.
ref: 1988, Lowell S. Gustafson, The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
text: The 40th anniversary of the Malvinas war compels us to pay homage to and honour the memory of the fallen Argentine and British soldiers who lost their lives there. It should also lead us to reflect on why, four decades on from the cessation of hostilities, Argentina and the United Kingdom have not been able to resume a substantive dialogue to resolve the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas, despite the call made by the international community through UN resolutions.
ref: 2022 April 2, Santiago Cafiero, “Forty years after the Malvinas war, Britain still acts as if the dispute is settled. It isn’t”, in The Guardian:
text: The EU is not in a situation to express any position on the Falklands/Malvinas, as there has not been any council [of member states]^([sic]) discussion or decision on this matter.
ref: 2023 July 19, Nadeem Badshah, quoting Peter Stano, “Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The Falkland Islands, the Falklands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
Related terms: Saint-Malo
Malvinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or near, the Malvinas (the Falkland Islands).
Malvinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malvinians
Senses: glosses: Someone from the Malvinas (the Falkland Islands).
Synonyms: Falklander
Falkland Islander
Kelper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kelpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kelper; a Falkland Islander, native to the Falkland Islands.
Khiva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkiːvə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Хива́ (Xivá).
Senses: examples: text: It now occurred to him that possession of Khiva, which lay midway between his own frontiers and those of India, would provide him with the staging point he needed in the region.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17:
glosses: A small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarezm, and a former khanate.
wikipedia: Itchan Kala
Khivan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Khivan
form: most Khivan
Etymology: From Khiva + -an.
Senses: glosses: From or pertaining to Khiva.
Khivan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khivans
Etymology: From Khiva + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The troops were then led away in small groups by their hosts. It was just what the Khivans had been waiting for.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 19:
glosses: Someone from Khiva.
Khivans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khivan
safe pair of hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safe pairs of hands
Senses: examples: text: His fielding in the outfield in the early part of his career impressed me, if anything, more than his batting or bowling, for he was a beautiful thrower. ... He could run like a deer and had a very safe pair of hands.
ref: 1919 Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham; quoted in eds Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home; George Harris, 4th Baron Harris; Sir Home Gordon, Bt. The Memorial biography of Dr. W.G. Grace (London, M.C.C.) p.34
text: A Safe Pair Of Hands [section title] The stand-off half who hasn't hands like a good fielder in the slips had better change his position, for he is comparatively useless if he cannot take all sorts and conditions of passes, and, in nearly every case, whilst well under way.
ref: 1922, D. R. Gent, Rugby Football, London: Allen, page 75:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The ability to catch and keep hold of (the ball, etc.)
examples: text: the veteran shot-stopper has proved to be a safe, capable pair of hands over the years
ref: 2010 Eric MacKinnon "I'll bounce back insists Livi keeper Tony Bullock after debut to forget" (West Lothian Courier) 29 July 2010
glosses: A player who has this ability.
examples: text: 1998 Thody, Philip Malcolm Waller The Fifth French Republic: Presidents, Politics and Personalities (Routledge) p.34 →ISBN
The solid, reliable Monsieur Pompidou was there, as safe a pair of hands as the most timorous bourgeois could wish for
text: […] Sarkozy appointed the no-nonsense Alliot-Marie in November to straighten out the Quai d'Orsay, as the ministry is known, after the shambolic three-year stint there of Bernard Kouchner, the glamorous humanitarian doctor. … She was a safe, uninspiring pair of hands who acquired a name as an enforcer.
ref: 2011 Charles Bremner Wham, bam, no thank you MAM (The Austrialian, reprinted from The Times) 8 February 2011
text: [Alistair] Darling was considered a safe pair of hands, although I was sceptical […].
ref: 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
glosses: An experienced person (especially a leader) who can be trusted to do a decent job and not to make serious mistakes; often in relation to a task which is difficult and important; often suggesting blandness or a contrast to someone brilliant but erratic.
Synonyms: topics: sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: good hands
sense: experienced person
word: old reliable
sense: experienced person
word: steady Eddie
akhund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkuːnd/
Forms: form: akhunds
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian آخوند (âxund), of unclear etymology.
Senses: examples: text: The Akhund of Swat, conscious of past deeds deserving of retribution, evidently conceived objects on our part beyond the punishment of the immediate offenders on the Black Mountain.
ref: 1874, William Henry Paget, A Record of the Expeditions Undertaken against the North-west Frontier Tribes:
text: He was Khiva's akhund, or spiritual leader, who reminded the Khan that his victory had been won through treachery, and warned him that butchering the prisoners would merely worsen the crime in the eyes of God.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 20:
text: Yet Sayyid Akbar was a weak ruler and produced no capable heirs, at least in the opinion of the Akhund.
ref: 2007, Sana Haroon, Frontier of Faith, Columbia University Press, page 41:
glosses: A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
qualifier: Central Asia or Xinjiang
glosses: Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhunds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of akhund
Moghuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moghul
hungry as a hog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Well, I asked for something to eat
I’m hungry as a hog
So I get brown rice, seaweed
And a dirty hot dog
ref: 1965, Bob Dylan, On the Road Again:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very hungry
Related terms: I could eat a horse
henning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hen
henned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hen
Bushire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bushehr.
Bushehr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Booshehr
form: Bushire
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran, the seat of Bushehr County's Central District and the capital of Bushehr Province.
glosses: A county of Iran, around the city.
glosses: A province of Iran.
umZulu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amaZulu
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu umZulu
Senses: examples: text: Mzobe feels he needs to toughen up, as an umZulu man, and show his wife and son that he is the man of the house.
ref: 2023, Rachel Tengetile Antones-Dlamini, Zilibele Mtumane, “Proverbs based on the people domain in David Mkhize’s Ngavele ngasho”, in South African Journal of African Languages, volume 43, number 3:
glosses: A Zulu person.
amaZulu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu amaZulu
Senses: examples: ref: 1870, Henry Callaway, The Religious System of the Amazulu:
text: In settling amaZulu in reserves the British colonial government of Natal deprived them of their arable land which was given to white colonists.
ref: 2000, Bongani Cyprian Ndhlovu, "The Natal Government's Policy Towards amaKhosi in the Former Kingdom of KwaZulu 1846-1910", thesis submitted to the University of Zululand, page 17
glosses: plural of umZulu
Balochis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Balochi
sirdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirdar
mirza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪəzə/
ipa: /ˈməːzə/
Forms: form: mirzas
Etymology: From Persian میرزا (mirzâ).
Senses: examples: text: The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions.
ref: 1788, Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, VI.65:
text: This he presented to the Khan of Puhra, who called upon his mirza, or clerk, to read it aloud.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 46:
glosses: An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
Related terms: mirza ghasemi
mirzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirza
guillotiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guillotiners
Etymology: From guillotine + -er.
Senses: glosses: An executioner who uses the guillotine.
urz begee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: he summoned to his presence the deewan, giving, at the same time, orders to the urz-begee, to admit no one to their conference, and upon no account to allow him to be disturbed.
ref: 1832 Feb, “Zur-i-Zunjeer”, in Calcutta Magazine:
text: Meer Afzul Khan, Urz-Begee, had fled from Cabul, and had joined the rebels, and was then at Ghauni, endeavouring to excite the Khograunes and Ghaunees to rebellion against us.
ref: 1880, Charles Rathbone Low, Soldiers of the Victorian Age, volume I:
text: After crossing several inner courtyards, he was met by the Urz Begee, or Master of Ceremonies, who led him into the royal presence.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 49:
glosses: A master of ceremonies in Iran (Persia) and parts of central Asia.
guinguette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡæŋˈɡɛt/
Forms: form: guinguettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French guinguette.
Senses: examples: text: Our walks, tete-a-tete, on the outside of the city, where I magnificently spent eight or ten sous in each guinguette.
ref: 1903, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII.:
text: So again, a Tyrolese evening dance, though the costume, and the step, and the music may be different, is the same in feeling as that of the Parisian guinguette; but follow the Tyrolese into their temples, and their deep devotion and beautiful though superstitious reverence will be found very different from any feeling exhibited during a mass in Notre-Dame.
ref: 1837, John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture:
glosses: A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris
withthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: withthrows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of windthrow.
withthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: withthrows
form: withthrowing
form: withthrew
form: withthrown
Senses: examples: text: On this plot, which suffered in its first year from the severe storm of September 18, 1914, 75 trees have been lost to date : 61 windfalls, 11 insect-killed, 2 fungi-weakened and withthrown, and 1 lightning-killed.
ref: 1920, Journal of Forestry:
text: In January, 1921, the most disastrous windfall experience of the region was felt in the Olympic Peninsula where altogether over 6 billion feet of timber were withthrown.
ref: 1921, Idaho Forester, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: [...] logging (including slash damage) occurs in the 2 foot to 5 foot height classes, which are the very ones which are large enough to maintain themselves against hardwood sprouts, and arc too short to be withthrown.
ref: 1928, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting:
glosses: Alternative form of windthrow ("to overturn or uproot by the wind").
pommelé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Synonym of pommetty.
synonyms: word: pommetty
guinguettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guinguette
Lolly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid;[…].
ref: 1982, Dorothea Straus, Under the Canopy, page 50:
text: He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.
ref: 1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees, page 481:
text: “Lolly, huh? Short for Louise no doubt.”
ref: 2010, Harry Hughes, Horseshoes, unnumbered page:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Laura or Louise.
farm team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farm teams
Etymology: A reference to the fact that many minor league teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were in small towns in rural areas.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: farm club
feeder team
nursery club
glosses: A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.
farm teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farm team
forthcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forthcasts
form: forthcasting
form: forthcast
form: forthcast
form: forthcasted
form: forthcasted
Etymology: From Middle English forthcasten, equivalent to forth- + cast.
Senses: glosses: To cast forth; cast away.
forthcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthcast
forthcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthcast
forthcasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthcast
forthbrings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthbring
forthbringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthbring
glosses: present participle and gerund of bring forth
forthbrought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthbring
glosses: past participle of bring forth
forthlooks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthlook
forthlooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthlook
forthlooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthlook
forthleads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthlead
forthleading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From forthlead + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthlead
forthleading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forth-leading
Etymology: From forth- + leading and/or forthlead + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: In which mighty example three properties of the Revelation be yet greatly hid; and notwithstanding this [further forthleading], I saw and understood that every Shewing is full of secret things [left hid].
ref: 1901, Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love:
text: Can it realize Arahantship ? Is it of the kind that is called forthleading,' that goes toward extinction)' enlightenment, disaccumulating,' is free from intoxicants . . . and corruptions? Can one by it put away lust, and hate, delusion . . . indiscretion'?
ref: 1960, Kathāvatthu:
glosses: A leading forth
forthled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthlead
forthleaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthleap
forthleaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthleap
forthleapt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthleap
forthsends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthsend
forthsending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthsend
forthsent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthsend
forthshows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthshow
forthshowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthshow
forthshowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of forthshow
forthshown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forthshow
forthspeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthspeak
forspoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of forspeak
forthspoken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forthspeak
forthfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forthfather
forthdeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forthdeal
forthbears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthbear
forthbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthbear
forthbore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of forthbear
forthborn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forthbear
forthpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forthpass
forthpassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forthpass
forthpassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forthpass
Melvillian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Melvillian
form: most Melvillian
Etymology: From Melville + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: "Then he rallied in Huntersville with Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Melvillian character on a never-ending crusade against Latinos."https://web.archive.org/web/20120529071053/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/03/3217068/2-better-choices-in-9th-congressional.html
ref: 2012, “2 better choices in 9th Congressional District”, in The Charlotte Observer:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Melvillean.
Melvillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melvillians
Etymology: From Melville + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps you think I am “spitefully” sitting on a lot of secrets—facts unknown to you or other Melvillians—I don’t know of a single fact that is unknown to you.—Many of them facts from my collection are to be found in the Pierre footnotes; if they have not already been published by other Melvillians.
ref: 1949 March 10, Henry Murray, “Appendix: Repunctuating the Melville Revival: A New Map, a Pause, and a Tour through the Archives [Murray to [Jay] Leyda, March 10, 1949]”, in Clare L. Spark, Hunting Captain Ahab: Psychological Warfare and the Melville Revival, Kent, Oh.; London: The Kent State University Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 522:
text: The reduction of aristocratic power had been achieved only at the cost of conciliating the Melvillians in the Scottish Church and leaving episcopacy in limbo.
ref: 1998, Roger Lockyer, “King of Scotland”, in James VI and I (Profiles in Power), Harlow, Essex: Addison Wesley Longman Limited, →ISBN, page 26:
text: In 1596, James had successfully undermined Edinburgh’s support for the Melvillians by threatening to remove council and law court from the capital.
ref: 2005, Jenny Wormald, “Confidence and Perplexity: The Seventeenth Century”, in Jenny Wormald, editor, Scotland: A History, Oxford, Oxon: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157:
text: It was easier for the Melvillians to write manifestos than to bring these structures into being. For most of the 1567–73 civil war, the Scots Church remained a strange hybrid, a half-finished Reformed Church alongside the still-functioning husk of its Catholic predecessor.
ref: 2009, Alec Ryrie, “Reforming the World of the Parish”, in The Age of Reformation: The Tudor and Stewart Realms, 1485–1603 (Religion, Politics and Society in Britain), Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited, →ISBN, page 262:
text: Most Melvillians have their own favorite impassioned lyrical moments in Moby-Dick prior to the marathon reading.
ref: 2010, David Dowling, “Conclusion: Poetry in and beyond Moby-Dick”, in Chasing the White Whale: The Moby-Dick Marathon; or, What Melville Means Today, Iowa City, Ia.: University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 202:
text: While Melville began as a highly popular author, his fiction quickly fell into disfavor in the early 1850s. Most modern Melvillians have explained that descent by depicting Melville as the quintessentially brilliant but misunderstood writer, who grew increasingly alienated from and disdainful of his contemporary readers because they failed to respond to and appreciate the genius and complexity of his novels.
ref: 2011, James L. Machor, “Preface”, in Reading Fiction in Antebellum America: Informed Response and Reception Histories, 1820–1865, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page xi:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Melvillean.
forthput
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forthputs
form: forthputting
form: forthput
form: forthput
Etymology: From forth- + put.
Senses: examples: text: I also wish to forthput my vote to ban permanently anyone that does this.
ref: 2011, Regarding the recent update - 4* and 5* binding (Dev response)forums.spiralknights.com
glosses: To put forth; propose; bring forth; produce.
Derived terms: forthputter
forthputting
forthput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forthputs
Etymology: From forth- + put.
Senses: examples: text: Jesus had the same wisdom as the same Divine life, but there was a forthput in proportion to age in keeping with requirements.
ref: 1885, Harry Alfred Long, Calvinism popularised:
glosses: That which is put forth; a forthputting; product.
sweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sweɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: sweights
form: swecht
form: sweicht
form: swelch
form: swelth
Etymology: From Middle English sweyght, derivative of Middle English sweiȝen (“to sway”), equivalent to sway + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Senses: examples: main sweight
glosses: A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.
glosses: The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence.
glosses: A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.
Related terms: swegh