cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
solvate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solvates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute
solvate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: solvates
form: solvating
form: solvated
form: solvated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form such a complex upon solution
solvated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solvate
solvated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Combined with molecules of a solvent.
nerf bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerf bar
indefatigability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indefatigabilities
Etymology: Attested from the 1630s. Derived as a compound of indefatigable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The absurdity of each year's changing fashions attest not so much to the gullibility of the buyers as to the indefatigability of designers to make a quick buck.
ref: 1982 April 17, Michael Bronsky, “What Are These Men Really Selling and Whom Are They Trying to Fool”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: The state of being indefatigable: tirelessness; persistence; stamina.
Synonyms: indefatigableness
Related terms: indefatigable
intermittence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermittences
Senses: examples: text: I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 270:
glosses: The state of being sporadic or intermittent; a lack of flow or fluency.
Related terms: intermittent
hypervitaminosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypervitaminoses
Etymology: From hyper- + vitamin + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: The woman's bones were deformed and covered in coarse growths, the result of an agonizing condition called hypervitaminosis A, which can only come from eating the liver of a carnivore.
ref: 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 398:
glosses: Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
Related terms: hypervitaminotic
Losari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Javanese losari, meaning "the spirit of the trees", or "the spirit of Earth".
Senses: glosses: A subdistrict in Central Java, Indonesia.
intermarrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intermarry
intermarrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermarryings
Senses: examples: text: After that there were marryings and intermarryings, the way there are, and Kredindale gets related to half the earls of the North.
ref: 2003, Diana Wynne Jones, The Crown of Dalemark, page 116:
glosses: An intermarriage.
intermarries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intermarry
Buyei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bouyei.
Buyei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bouyei.
wiseguys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiseguy
welts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welt
welts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of welt
waitressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waitress
unraveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unravelled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unravel
uninvolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uninvolved
form: most uninvolved
Etymology: From un- + involved.
Senses: synonyms: noninvolved
unconcerned
glosses: Not involved.
synonyms: word: aloof
word: standoffish
word: aloof
word: cool
word: distant
word: frosty
word: hankty
word: hard-to-get
word: offish
word: quiet
word: remote
word: reserved
word: standoffish
word: strange
word: thorny
word: touch-me-not-ish
word: unapproachable
word: unbending
word: undemonstrative
word: unimpressionable
word: uninvolved
glosses: Emotionally distant.
synonyms: single
unattached
glosses: Of potential mates, available because not in a committed relationship.
Derived terms: uninvolved parent
uninvolved parenting
subbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sub
subbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subbings
Senses: examples: text: With the best will in the world, excluding any assumption that the Berlin paper would wish to make Einstein look ridiculous, or that the Times man overemphasized any anti Americanism, these choppings, subbings, and translations inevitably did more than alter the balance of the original.
ref: 1971, Ronald Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times:
text: Do not expect to sub (or copy edit, as the Americans call it) your article to perfection in one go - I will do three or four subbings before I'm convinced an article is as perfect as I can get it. But when you've done all you can - yes, send it out!
ref: 2007, Diana Cambridge, How to Write for Magazines...in One Weekend, page 69:
glosses: A copy editing process.
stubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stub
stubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stubbed
form: most stubbed
Senses: glosses: Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
examples: text: Then came a bit of stubbed ground, once a wood, / Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; [...]
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 25, page 145:
glosses: Abounding in stubs; stubby.
examples: text: Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.
ref: 1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain Of Philosophical Reflexions And Inquiries Concerning The Virtues Of Tar Water:
glosses: Not delicate; hardy, rugged.
Derived terms: stubbedness
std
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of standard.
glosses: Abbreviation of standard deviation.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Standard library.
respirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respiration
rathole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratholes
Etymology: From rat + hole.
Senses: glosses: An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
examples: text: Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.
ref: 1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:
glosses: A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
glosses: A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
glosses: An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A pigeonhole.
Derived terms: pound sand into a rathole
rathole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ratholes
form: ratholing
form: ratholed
form: ratholed
Etymology: From rat + hole.
Senses: glosses: To hoard.
glosses: To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
glosses: (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
Synonyms: alt: to hoard
word: amound
word: intreasure
word: amass
Derived terms: enough sense to pound sand into a rathole
quitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quitter
prosecutorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more prosecutorial
form: most prosecutorial
Etymology: From prosecutor + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: Prosecutorial misconduct can lead to the lawyer's disbarment.
text: Chief Justice Lynch owes his current job to the exercise of prosecutorial abuse which followed in the wake of exposés about the "Sex Ring" indictments. Lynch's predecessor, Robert Bonin, was driven from the bench after he showed some interest in the gay civil rights aspects of these cases.
ref: 1981 April 18, Mitzel, “Davis Convicted Of '72 Sex Act”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: Relating to prosecuting of criminal cases.
mops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mop
mops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒps
Senses: glosses: plural of mop
mops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒps
Forms: form: mopses
form: mopse
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mops (“pug”), from Dutch mops.
Senses: glosses: A pug dog.
gutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gut
gutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌtɪŋ
Forms: form: guttings
Senses: examples: mackerel guttings
synonyms: guts
glosses: The remains after gutting a fish.
examples: Near-synonyms: evisceration, disembowelment
glosses: The act by which somebody is gutted.
gutting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌtɪŋ
Forms: form: more gutting
form: most gutting
Senses: glosses: Disheartening, crushing.
freckling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freckle
freckling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frecklings
Senses: glosses: A pattern of freckles
extracurriculars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extracurricular
criminalistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The scientific processing and study of evidence of crimes.
Related terms: criminalist
buffoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffoon
blowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] “but tills ain’t to be emptied every day, and people to get clear off after it.” “Tills be blowed!” said Mr. Claypole; “there’s more things besides tills to be emptied.” “What do you mean?” asked his companion. “Pockets, women’s ridicules, houses, mailcoaches, banks,” said Mr. Claypole, rising with the porter.
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “An Old Acquaintance of Oliver’s, Exhibiting Decided Marks of Genius, Becomes a Public Character in the Metropolis”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 103:
glosses: simple past and past participle of blow
Derived terms: I'll be blowed
unblowed
bloodwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blood + work.
Senses: examples: text: The number is calculated by comparing risk factors from personal and family history with the results of bloodwork.
ref: 2005, Joel M. Evans, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook, page 348:
glosses: Alternative spelling of blood work.
bloodied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodied
form: most bloodied
Etymology: From bloody + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered or stained with blood
Synonyms: word: ablood
word: bleeding
word: bleedy
word: blooded
word: bloodied
word: bloodsoaked
word: bloodsome
word: bloodstained
word: bloody
word: cruentate
word: cruentous
word: ensanguined
word: gory
word: imbrued
word: sanguinary
word: sanguineous
word: sanguinolent
word: sanguinous
Hypernyms: word: discolored
Hyponyms: word: bloodyish
Derived terms: bloodied nose
bloodied up
bloodied-up
unbloodied
Related terms: word: fleamy
word: murtherous
bloodied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bloody + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bloody
blonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɒndz/
ipa: /blɑndz/
rhymes: -ɒndz
rhymes: -ɑndz
Senses: glosses: plural of blond
blonds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blɒndz/
ipa: /blɑndz/
rhymes: -ɒndz
rhymes: -ɑndz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blond
slayer rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slayer rules
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal doctrine that prevents a murderer from realizing any inheritance from their victim, in effect in most jurisdictions.
slayer rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slayer rule
predisposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predispose
up a creek without a paddle
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of up the creek.
uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper
examples: text: His shoes were so worn that he was walking on his uppers.
glosses: The parts of a pair of shoes that do not normally contact the ground.
Derived terms: on one's uppers
tuxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tux
transfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transfusion
timeslot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timeslots
form: time-slot
form: time slot
Etymology: From time + slot.
Senses: examples: text: Prime-time television has two- to four-hour-long timeslots.
text: At the peak of its success, the show drew 3.9 million viewers per week to its Sunday night timeslot.
ref: 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:
hypernyms: slot
time interval
coordinate_terms: time slice
glosses: A conventionally defined time interval in a schedule.
timeslot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: timeslots
form: timeslotting
form: timeslotted
form: timeslotted
form: time-slot
form: time slot
Etymology: From time + slot.
Senses: glosses: To allocate to one or more timeslots.
sues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sue
snacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snack
slayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slay
sissies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sissy
glosses: plural of sissie
sitcoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitcom
sanest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sane: most sane
hugest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of huge: most huge
huger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of huge: more huge
valley of the shadow of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Psalm 23 of the Book of Psalms. "Shadow of death" is a calque of Hebrew צלמות.
Senses: examples: text: Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 23:4:
text: As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death / I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
ref: 1995, “Gangsta's Paradise”, performed by Coolio, →OCLC:
glosses: The world, a place where darkness and death are figurative valleys one must walk through as part of the human experience.
glosses: A very dangerous place.
Derived terms: valley of death
Related terms: vale of tears
benzonatate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɛnˈzoʊnəteɪt/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular kind of non-narcotic cough suppressant, taken orally.
abends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abend
abends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abend
brusle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹʌsəl/
rhymes: -ʌsəl
Forms: form: brusles
form: brusling
form: brusled
form: brusled
Etymology: From Middle English brustel, bristel.
Senses: examples: text: […] for queſtionleſſe ſhe fayneth herſelfe to bee diſtracted for no other ende, but to enioy eaſie and good daies, who in this point diſcouereth herſelfe; for ſometimes ſhee will goe into the hen-loft, and get her into the corner where the hen ſittes, crying, co co co, to ſhew like an hen that ſhe hath layd an egge; but if any goe to take it vp, ſhe cryeth no more after that manner, bruſling her feathers , or cackling like an hen; […]
ref: 1600, Tommaso Garzoni, “A diſcourſe of the Author, […]”, in The Hospitall of Incvrable Fooles: […], […] Edm. Bollifant, for Edward Blount, page 150:
text: In the interim, Ruthwen conſults with the Earle Gowrie his brother, and according to the Latine ° proverbe , the aſpe ſuckes poyſon from the viper, wherewith he ſwelleth , and bruſling up himſelfe, flies at his Majeſtie the ſecond time to ſting him to death , and wrapping about him , begins to bind his royall hands; […]
ref: 1636, Daniel Featley, “The Traitors Guerdon. […]”, in Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers Difficult and Mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture, […], London: […] R. r. for Nicolas Bourne, […], page 65:
text: But when the Sun behind th' opacous Globe
Suffer'd Ecclipſe,Cold, pierc'd her ſlender Robe ;
At which ſhe waking, bruſles up her Tail,
Then lighting pearch'd upon the neighbouring Pale ; […]
ref: 1665, John Ogilby, “Of the ſame Camel and Fly” (chapter XXV), in The Fables of Æsop […], London: […] Thomas Roycroft […], page 63:
text: Abour Cazan and Aſtracan there is a little Bird about the bigneſs of Woodcock, his legs and bill not unlike a Snipe, but the feathers and neck like Cock of the Game, being cut and trimm'd they fight like Cocks, ſparring at one another, and yet they have no ſpurs. They are in continual war [if] kept in the houſe, and will lie on their guards with their bills on the ground and at firſt advantage run a tilt with their ſingle Rapiers, as violently as any Duelliſt , bruſling up their neck-feathers(a guiſſa di gallo) […]
ref: 1671, Samuel Collihns, chapter XVIII, in The Preſent State of Russia in a Letter to a Friend in London; […], […] John Winter for Dorman Newman […], pages 84-85:
qualifier: often with up (brusle up)
glosses: To cause (something) to bristle or stand erect.
examples: text: For however the feebleneſſe and paucity of leſſer Sects and Factions in Religion in ſome places, their mutuall Diviſions and inteſtine Quarrels in others (being like the Birds called Ruffs, ever bruſling and pecking againſt each other) may make them ſeem at preſent not ſo dangerous or pernicious, […]
ref: 1659, John Gauden, chapter XXIX, in The Tears,Sighs,Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England: […], London: […] J. G. for R. Royston, […], page 370:
glosses: To bristle; to brustle; to react with fierceness, fear, suspicion, distance, or defiance.
spectrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spectro- + chemical.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to spectrochemistry
spectrochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectro- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The application of spectroscopy to the analysis of chemical compounds.
Related terms: spectrochemical
morgens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morgen
deja vus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Nothing, but his memory deteriorated and he was assaulted by ghostly legions of deja vus and often woke not knowing where he was.
ref: 1966, Walker Percy, The Last Gentleman, published 1999, page 187:
glosses: plural of deja vu
biomodifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomodification
graders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grader
biggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biggies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of biggy.
upsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upset
upsets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upset
osmotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmoticum
brainwashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brainwash
brainwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainwash
brainwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brainwash
waitresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waitress
scamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scam
insecurities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insecurity
bodyguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodyguard
bodyguards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodyguard
fell out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall out
sodas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soda
overhearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overhear
overhearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overhearings
Senses: examples: text: Where overhearings were intended, as in conversations that girls wanted boys to overhear, the speaker often directed her gaze at the boy who was supposed to overhear while turning her mouth toward the ear of the listener.
ref: 2006, Amy Shuman, Storytelling Rights, page 25:
glosses: The act by which something is overheard.
overhears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhear
shacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shack
lucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luck
cocoanuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocoanut
ditching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ditch
ditching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: ditchings
Senses: examples: text: Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.
ref: 1990, Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
prepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɛpt/
rhymes: -ɛpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prep
preps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɛps/
rhymes: -ɛps
Senses: glosses: plural of prep
preps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɛps/
rhymes: -ɛps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prep
innocents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innocent
geminates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of geminate
geminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geminate
defendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛnd.ənts/
ipa: /dəˈfɛnd.ənts/
Senses: glosses: plural of defendant
geminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geminate
geminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more geminated
form: most geminated
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled; geminate.
Derived terms: nongeminated
ungeminated
transgenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transgenic
glosses: The study and practice of genetic modification by inserting genes from one species into the genetic material of another species.
haberlea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haberleas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Haberlea, perennials native to Bulgaria and Greece.
subpoenaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subpoena
stringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of string
stringing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɪŋ
Forms: form: stringings
Senses: examples: text: One of the family's diversions was singing "quodlibets." These "what-you-wills" were simply stringings together of various melodies […]
ref: 1948, Alfred Louis Bacharach, The music masters: including Lives of the great composers, page 47:
glosses: The act by which something is strung.
examples: text: When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.
ref: 2015, Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron, 3D Printing with MatterControl, page 153:
synonyms: oozing
glosses: A defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product.
Derived terms: spaghetti stringing
scarier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scary: more scary
pnictides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pnictide
trompe-l'oeil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trompe l'oeil.
capacitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈpæsɪteɪt/
Forms: form: capacitates
form: capacitating
form: capacitated
form: capacitated
Etymology: From capacity + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.
ref: 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
Derived terms: capacitated
capacitation
decapacitate
discapacitate
incapacitate
recapacitate
Ishikawa diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪ.ʃɪˈkɑ.wɑ ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/
ipa: /ˌɪ.ʃiˈkɑ.wɑ ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/
Forms: form: Ishikawa diagrams
Etymology: Named after Kaoru Ishikawa, who first developed such diagrams as a management tool.
Senses: examples: text: The procedure for constructing an Ishikawa diagram relies on brainstorming for stimulating the QI team to think of reasons for the problem.
ref: 2000, Donald E. Lighter, Douglas C. Fair, Principles and Methods of Quality Management in Health Care, page 59:
text: The Ishikawa diagram is used extensively in what is termed root cause analysis, meaning the development of hypotheses of why an event occurred.
ref: 2001, Judy Hankins, Infusion Therapy in Clinical Practice, page 42:
glosses: A diagram used in quality management to display a detailed list of causes and effects of a problem and thus to decipher the root cause of a problem.
wikipedia: Kaoru Ishikawa
Synonyms: fishbone diagram
thermochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermo- + chemical.
Senses: coordinate_terms: photochemical
glosses: Of or pertaining to thermochemistry.
Derived terms: thermochemical calorie
breadsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breadstick
grissino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪˈsiːnəʊ/
ipa: /ɡɹəˈsinoʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Forms: form: grissini
Etymology: From Italian grissino, from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”).
Senses: glosses: A narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine.
fertilitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fertilitates
form: fertilitating
form: fertilitated
form: fertilitated
Etymology: From fertility, with change of suffix after debilitate.
Senses: examples: text: a sweet rivolet playes wantonly in two streames through the Towne, fertilitating the Groves and Gardens
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
glosses: To make fertile; to fertilize.
ill health
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ill-health
Senses: examples: text: I have to cancel my holidays due to continuing ill health.
text: There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District.
ref: 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131/132:
glosses: A state of illness, or bad health.
aliased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alias
aliased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aliased
form: most aliased
Senses: glosses: Using more than one name, or being referred to in more than one way.
Derived terms: nonaliased
unaliased
amphiphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphiphiles
Etymology: From amphi- + -phile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound which has both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Many such compounds are used as surfactants.
Derived terms: metalloamphiphile
Related terms: amphiphilic
amphipathic
macroamphiphile
aftmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aft + -most.
Senses: glosses: Furthest aft, most sternward, as far back as possible.
trilobitomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilobitomorph
pygidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygidium
curiouser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjʊəɹɪəsə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkjɔː-/
ipa: /ˈkjʊɹiəsɚ/
Senses: examples: text: "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!"
ref: 1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: comparative form of curious: more curious
wikipedia: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
curiousest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curious + -est.
Senses: examples: text: Honourable even in the curiousest pointes of honour, whereout there can no disgrace nor disperagement come unto her.
ref: c. 1580 (date written), Philip Sidney, “(please specify the folio)”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1593, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
text: "But the curiousest thing a'most as I ever see at sea," resumed the mate, with an air of abstraction, and filling himself another glass of grog—"a'most the curiousest thing I ever see was when I was a coming home from Quebec in the old Jane— [...]"
ref: 1851, [William Henry Gregory], chapter II, in A Transport Voyage to the Mauritius and back; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 90, column 1:
text: What was the curiousest thing he had seen? Well! He didn't know. He couldn't momently name what was the curiousest thing he had seen—unless it was a Unicorn—and he see him once at a Fair.
ref: 1855 Christmas, Charles Dickens, “The Boots”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Holly-tree Inn. Being the Extra Christmas Number of Household Words, volume XII, New York, N.Y.: Dix & Edwards, publishers, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 18, column 2:
text: But the curiousest thing was Dewey Dell. It surprised me. I see all the while how folks could say he was queer, but that was the very reason couldn't nobody hold it personal.
ref: 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying:
glosses: superlative form of curious: most curious
have fun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has fun
form: having fun
form: had fun
form: had fun
Senses: examples: text: Blondes have more fun.
text: Person 1: I'm going to the bathroom.
Person 2: Don't have too much fun.
text: I come home, in the mornin' light / My mother says "when you gonna live your life right" / Oh momma, dear, we're not the fortunate ones / And girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have fun
ref: 1979, Robert Hazard, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, in She's So Unusual, performed by Cyndi Lauper, published 1983:
glosses: To enjoy oneself; to experience enjoyable activities.
Derived terms: time flies when you're having fun
have fun
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Used to wish somebody a good and enjoyable time when they are about to do something.
thouest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From thou (“to address as "thou"”, verb) + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of thou
amusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amuser
table saw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table saws
Senses: synonyms: bench saw
sawbench
glosses: A circular saw mounted beneath the surface of a table, the rotating blade protruding up through a slot.
marital duties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The duty to be available to one's spouse for sexual intercourse.
pump-fake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pump-fakes
form: pump-faking
form: pump-faked
form: pump-faked
Senses: examples: text: The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.
ref: 2003 December 18, "Bush Won't Put Down New Football", The Onion, available in, 2005, Embedded in America, p. 51
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
pump-fake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pump-fakes
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of pump fake.
radiosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiospheres
Etymology: From radio- + -sphere.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The expanding sphere of radiation around a supernova
air marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air marshals
Senses: examples: text: T.S.A. said its office of inspection makes quality assurance visits to ensure that the air marshals are properly prepared for their missions. […] Employees with the air marshals view their jobs as crucial to overall efforts to protect airplanes and airports from terrorist attacks.
ref: 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
Synonyms: topics: law-enforcement
government
word: sky marshal
sky marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sky marshals
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A military rank in fiction for air force, space force, or armed forces, usually the topmost rank
Synonyms: air marshal
Chatty Cathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chatty Cathies
Etymology: This was the trade name of a speaking doll, 1960. (See Wikipedia's article on Chatty Cathy.) The term is not attested, but may have existed, before then.
Senses: glosses: A person who talks a lot.
wikipedia: Chatty Cathy
pan flute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan flutes
Senses: glosses: panpipes, a musical instrument, played by mouth, comprising tubes arranged in order of length.
Synonyms: pan pipe
panpipes
pipes of Pan
shepherd's pipe
ballrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballroom
meds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of med
francophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Francophone.
francophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/
Forms: form: francophones
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Francophone.
whaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whale
greenwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenwash
greenwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of greenwash
greenwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenwashings
Etymology: Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).
Senses: examples: text: Fossil fuel lobbyists are trying to water down planned EU rules to stop “investment greenwashing’ by setting science-based criteria for any investment which lays claim to being environmentally sustainable.
ref: 2019 December 2, Jillian Ambrose, “Fossil fuel lobbyists push to dilute EU anti-greenwash plan”, in The Guardian:
text: It's not greenwashing - it makes sense for a whole load of reasons. It demonstrates that we are not just accepting that we have to use diesel for years to come.
ref: 2023 August 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Chiltern services powered by vegetable oil”, in RAIL, number 989, page 13:
text: In fact, no legal definition for “nontoxic” or “ceramic” exists, and the marketing has drawn greenwashing accusations exacerbated by the companies concealing their pans’ ingredients.
ref: 2025 June 9, Tom Perkins, “Toxic truth? The cookware craze redefining ‘ceramic’ and ‘nontoxic’”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 09 Jun 2025:
synonyms: greenwash#Noun
glosses: The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly and progressive in order to disguise or divert attention away from their actual environmentally damaging behavior.
Derived terms: greenhushing
greenwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greenwash
Related terms: greenscamming
purplewashing
pinkwashing
redwashing
outgreen
greenwashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greenwash
billabongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billabong
entends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entend
houre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houres
Senses: examples: text: You come moſt carefully vpon your houre,
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of hour.
warner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: warners
Etymology: From warn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner"
ref: 1997, Umm Muhammad (Emily Assami), Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley, transl., The Qur'an (Saheeh International), Abul Qasim Publishing House, surah 11, verse 25:
glosses: One who warns.
warner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: warners
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of warrener.
Derived terms: Warner
classical guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classical guitars
Senses: glosses: A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.
Synonyms: nylon-string guitar
Spanish guitar
Derived terms: classical guitarist
warners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warner
chokey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃəʊki/
Forms: form: more chokey
form: most chokey
Etymology: From choke + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.
ref: 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Chapter 4”, in Tom Brown's School Days:
glosses: Reminiscent of choking.
Derived terms: chokily
chokey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃəʊki/
Forms: form: chokeys
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī) and Urdu چَوکی (caukī, “post, police station, etc.”).
Senses: glosses: prison
glosses: A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.
Related terms: chaukidar
granger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: grangers
Etymology: From Middle English graunger, from Anglo-Norman granger, variant of Old French grangier, from grange, perhaps corresponding to Medieval Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin *granica, from Latin granum.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association representing farmers.
glosses: A farm steward.
Derived terms: granger railroad
granger road
Related terms: grange
grangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granger
Granger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Grangers
form: Grainger
Etymology: From granger, from grange.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Allegany County, New York state; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Yakima County, Washington; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Granger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Grangers
Etymology: From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: From the North, South, East, and West the Grangers came, on horseback and in every conceivable style of vehicle.
ref: 1873, Stephe R. Smith, Grains for the Grangers, Discussing All Points Bearing Upon the Farmers' Movement for the Emancipation of White Slaves from the Slave-Power of Monopoly, Union Publishing Company, page 237:
glosses: A member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
Granger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
A census-designated place in Indiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
A city in Texas.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
A village in Missouri.
Granger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Grand'Anse department, Haiti.
hicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of hick
hicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hick
bookman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookmen
Etymology: From Middle English bocman, from Old English bōcmann (“bookman, a holder of bookland”), equivalent to book + man.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who held bookland.
glosses: A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
glosses: One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
Derived terms: bookmanship
bookmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookman
stomped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stomp
stomps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomp
stomps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stomp
stomping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stomp
stomping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stomping
form: most stomping
Senses: examples: a stomping techno track
glosses: In a way that stomps or suggests stomping; stompy; thumping.
Derived terms: stompingly
stomping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stompings
Senses: examples: text: Once in custody it got worse — systematic beatings, breaking people's glasses in their faces, mace at close range, stompings, and gauntlets to run.
ref: 2009, William Ayers, Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist, page 184:
glosses: The act of one who stomps.
Derived terms: stomping ground
VBA stomping
sicker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English siker, sikker, sykkere, secre, seccre, from Old English sēocra (“sicker”), equivalent to sick + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sick: more sick.
sicker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: siker
form: siccer
form: siccar
Etymology: From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “without care”). Doublet of sure and secure.
Senses: examples: text: I'm sicker that he's not home.
glosses: Certain.
examples: text: To walk a sicker path
text: But ſicker ſo it is, as the bꝛight ſtarre / Seemeth ay greater, when it is farre:
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “September. Ægloga Nona.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 36, recto:
text: And here was we made sicker than he was wi' you[…]
ref: 1880, L.B. Walford, “Dick Netherby”, in Good Words, volume 22, Alexander Strahan and Company, page 774:
text: I'm as great on the side o' the law as it's siccar to be in thae uncertain times.
ref: 1896, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, chapter XVII, in The Raiders: Being Some Passages in the Life of John Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt, Macmillan and Company, page 125:
glosses: Secure, safe.
sicker
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪkɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: siker
form: siccer
form: siccar
Etymology: From Middle English siker, from Old English sicer, sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “without care”). Doublet of sure and secure.
Senses: glosses: Certainly.
glosses: Securely.
Derived terms: sickerhood
sickerly
sickerness