cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
metaconule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaconules
Etymology: From meta- + conule.
Senses: examples: text: Very reduced P 2, broad upper molars with welldeveloped cingulum surrounding the crowns, very slight hypocone swelling on M 1 and M 2 and strongly reduced paraconule and metaconule, lingually bent paracone and metacone on M 2 .
ref: 1999 October 15, J.-J. Jaeger et al., “A New Primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian Early Origin of Anthropoids”, in Science, volume 286, number 5439, →DOI, pages 528–530:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The distal intermediate cusp of an upper molar tooth
Derived terms: metaconular
neometaconule
postmetaconule
premetaconule
metatheatrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + theatrical.
Senses: examples: text: Amply stocked with jokes about theater lore and wry, metatheatrical gags, it may be silly and inconsequential, but it has more humor and heart than lots of the big-shot musicals on Broadway (1:30).
ref: 2008 August 22, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:
text: Late in the game Core interjects a weird dance by two broccoli spears as well as metatheatrical musings that are genuinely thought-provoking.
ref: 2006 December 15, Laura Molzahn, “Mezza Verita”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Like his closest aesthetic cousin in Chicago, Ian Pierce, Corwin has cobbled together a semiabsurdist, metatheatrical approach that rarely gives an audience easy access to his brooding, hard-edged fantasies.
ref: 1999 April 16, Justin Hayford, “Technical Difficulties”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: of or pertaining to metatheatre
midfacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From mid- + facial.
Senses: examples: text: Mlade 5 has a Neandertal-like sagittal contour, a well-developed occipitomastoid crest, minimal mastoid projection, and evidence of midfacial prognathism, insofar as the marked anterior projection of the upper face predicts this.
ref: 2001 January 12, Milford H. Wolpoff et al., “Modern Human Ancestry at the Peripheries: A Test of the Replacement Theory”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI, pages 293–297:
text: The fully modern midfacial morphology of the fossils antedates other evidence of this feature by about 650,000 years.
ref: 1997 May 30, J. M. Bermudez de Castro et al., “A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans”, in Science, volume 276, number 5317, →DOI, pages 1392–1395:
glosses: in the middle of the face
metropolitanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metropolitanisms
Etymology: From metropolitan + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: She stayed at two or three places a day for at least one meal--hotels in tiny towns she had never heard of, and in larger towns that were fumbling for metropolitanism.
ref: 1917, Sinclair Lewis, The Job:
text: Bennietod was Bowery-born and office-bred, and this sad metropolitanism almost made of him a good philosopher.
ref: 1906, Zona Gale, Romance Island:
text: But in the form of its expression it exemplified that illusion of metropolitanism which is to my mind the veriest cockneyism in disguise, and which cannot but strike Americans as either ridiculous or offensive.
ref: 1899, William Archer, America To-day, Observations and Reflections:
text: NOTE.—The Bytown mentioned in the foregoing chapter is now called Ottawa, and is a candidate, in conjunction with Montreal and Toronto, for the honour of permanent metropolitanism.
ref: 1857, Henry A. Murray, Lands of the Slave and the Free:
glosses: The quality or state of being metropolitan.
incapsulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incapsulate
incapsulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incapsulate
incapsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incapsulate
LLPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LLP
finers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finer
reminiscents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reminiscent
sea gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea gherkins
form: sea girkin
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of small holothurians resembling in form a gherkin, especially Pawsonia saxicola.
Hypernyms: sea cucumber
trades union
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trades unions
Senses: glosses: Dated form of trade union.
universalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From universal + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There was a beautiful infant in it; and this beautiful infant […] first filled me with the dim thought of Beauty; and equally, and at the same time, with the feeling of the Sadness; of the immortalness and universalness of the Sadness.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
synonyms: universality
glosses: The quality or state of being universal.
nonconformance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconformances
Etymology: From non- + conformance.
Senses: examples: text: The focus for preventive actions is to avoid creating nonconformances, but also commonly includes improvements in efficiency.
glosses: Failure to conform.
nonconformances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconformance
nonconnection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconnections
Etymology: From non- + connection.
Senses: glosses: Lack of connection; failure to connect.
nonconnections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconnection
noninclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninclusion
epipterics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epipteric
glottidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: An irregular formation from Latin glōttid-, stem of glōttis + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the glottis; glottal.
conventing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of convent
glibnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glibness
admass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ad + mass, coined by British novelist J. B. Priestley.
Senses: glosses: That part of society that is influenced by mass media advertising.
wikipedia: J. B. Priestley
nondiscount
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + discount.
Senses: examples: nondiscount shoppers
glosses: Not of or relating to a discount.
retiringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more retiringly
form: most retiringly
Etymology: From retiring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a retiring manner.
effervescingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more effervescingly
form: most effervescingly
Etymology: From effervescing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With effervescence.
coolingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coolingly
form: most coolingly
Etymology: From cooling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to grow cooler; losing warmth.
slackline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslækˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: slacklines
Etymology: From slack + line. The verb is a back-formation from slacklining.
Senses: topics: business
forestry
hobbies
lifestyle
mining
sports
coordinate_terms: tautline
tightrope
glosses: A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.
Derived terms: slackliner
slacklining
slackline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslækˌlaɪn/
Forms: form: slacklines
form: slacklining
form: slacklined
form: slacklined
Etymology: From slack + line. The verb is a back-formation from slacklining.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To engage in the sport of slacklining.
Related terms: tightrope
succeedingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From succeeding + -ly.
Senses: examples: succeedingly slower speeds
glosses: one after the other
rockingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rockingly
form: most rockingly
Etymology: From rocking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The train wound slowly, rockingly through the night.
ref: 1932, Walter Arnold Rukeyser, Working for the Soviets, page 101:
text: His playing is richly imaginative, often sensuous, and always rockingly rhythmic.
ref: 1955, Frederic V. Grunfeld, Music and Recordings, 1955, page 200:
glosses: With a rocking sound or motion.
luringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more luringly
form: most luringly
Etymology: From luring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to lure or tempt; enticingly.
vaultingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vaultingly
form: most vaultingly
Etymology: From vaulting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to vault or leap.
glosses: With great scope or ambition.
rattlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rattlingly
form: most rattlingly
Etymology: From rattling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The carriage moved rattlingly through the cobbled streets.
glosses: With a rattling sound or motion.
undisposedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undisposed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: indisposition; disinclination
undefatigable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undefatigable
form: most undefatigable
Etymology: From un- + defatigable.
Senses: examples: text: undefatigable pains
ref: 1625-1629, Abraham Darcie/Darcy and Thomas Browne (translators), The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England (originally by William Camden)
glosses: Obsolete form of indefatigable.
fishing owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing owls
Senses: glosses: Any member of a group of three species of African owls within the genus Bubo resembling the eagle owl.
Derived terms: Pel's fishing owl
Related terms: fish owl
moulderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more moulderingly
form: most moulderingly
Etymology: From mouldering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With mouldering or decay.
honoraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorary
half-hourly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From half-hour + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a half-hourly train service
text: A new half-hourly service between Stratford [Greater London] and Meridian Water was introduced on 9 September by Greater Anglia.
ref: 2019 October, “Lee Valley shuttle service launched”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
glosses: Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
Synonyms: semihourly
half-hourly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From half-hour + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Take this medicine half-hourly.
glosses: At intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.
Synonyms: twice-hourly
semihourly
amoebiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amoebiform
form: most amoebiform
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amebiform.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Ural owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ural owls
Senses: glosses: A Eurasian species of owl, Strix uralensis
isagogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more isagogical
form: most isagogical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isagogic.
maidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: maidlier
form: more maidly
form: maidliest
form: most maidly
Etymology: From maid + -ly. Compare maidenly.
Senses: glosses: Like or pertaining to a maid or girl.
maidkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maidkins
Etymology: From Middle English maidekin, equivalent to maid + -kin. Cognate with Middle Dutch magdeken (“little girl”), German Mädchen (“girl”).
Senses: glosses: A little maid.
maidlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of maidly: more maidly
maidliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of maidly: most maidly
housewive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊswaɪv/
Forms: form: housewives
form: housewiving
form: housewived
form: housewived
form: housewife
form: huswife
Senses: examples: text: Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well-housewived.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: To manage with skill and economy.
raw_tags: of women
glosses: To act as a housewife
housewived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of housewive
housewiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of housewive
housewifed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of housewife
housewifing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of housewife
nepheligenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nepheligenous
form: most nepheligenous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -genous. Coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1862.
Senses: examples: text: I am a misocapnist, particularly when someone is using stinky tobacco with nepheligenous results.
text: […] let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. For now the over-tense nerves are all unstraining themselves, […]
ref: 1862, Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art and Politics, page 759:
text: You were like / a nepheligenous intersection solstice of / Besmirched Animus; we / cluttered together like Advertisement / arrhythmia.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Derrick Tyson, Isolated Lightships, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
text: Leaning forward, still holding the nepheligenous pipe in his hand, his deep brown eyes looked directly into hers. Well, she told herself, we will just see about this! “What...what did you say?” she asked. Concentrating on his handsome fingers, she had missed out on his[…]
ref: 2006 02, Janet Haneberg, CRAZY APPLES, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 330:
glosses: Producing clouds of smoke.
wikipedia: Oliver Wendell Holmes
banner carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banner carriers
Senses: glosses: A person who carries a banner in a procession
glosses: A local or regional airline that operates as separate part of a larger company
lying panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lying panels
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.
lie to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies to
form: lying to
form: lay to
form: lain to
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.
raw_tags: of a ship
homespuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homespun
banner carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banner carrier
breastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breasting
notionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notionality
Finnophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finnophone
bicoloration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + coloration.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bicolouration.
bicolouration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicoloration
Etymology: From bi- + colouration.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The presence of two separate colourations on the same plant.
good-bye
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “I can’t come back, my dear,” called Oz from the basket. “Good-bye!” / “Good-bye!” shouted everyone, and all eyes were turned upward to where the Wizard was riding in the basket, rising every moment farther and farther into the sky.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “How the Balloon was Launched”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, pages 207–208:
glosses: Alternative form of goodbye.
Derived terms: good-byer
good-bye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-byes
Senses: examples: text: At the door I turned for a final good-bye, but I clammed up when I noticed Adrienne’s thoughtful expression.
ref: 2006, Ginny Aiken, Decorating Schemes (Deadly Décor Mysteries; 2), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Alternative form of goodbye.
good-byes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good-bye
boriding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boride + -ing.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The treatment of a metal surface with boride (or the formation of a boride layer)
pneumonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumonic
moories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moorie
glosses: plural of moory
reair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reairs
form: reairing
form: reaired
form: reaired
form: re-air
Etymology: From re- + air.
Senses: examples: text: In honor of the milestone, PBS SoCal on Friday will reair “Henry T. Segerstrom: Imagining the Future,” a 2016 documentary that weaves together interviews, personal photographs, historical footage and oral history to describe Segerstrom’s life and the scope and breadth of his legacy.
ref: 2023 April 6, Sara Cardine, “Film on Henry Segerstrom to reair Friday, in honor of 100th anniversary of his birth”, in Daily Pilot:
synonyms: rerun
glosses: To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
examples: text: One of two of the Hallmark Channel films Meghan starred in—Dater’s Handbook—will be conveniently re-airing on March 11, likely just weeks from the birth of her child.
ref: 2019 February 15, Josh Duboff, “An Old Meghan Markle Movie Is Getting a Surprising Re-Release”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: To be broadcast again.
examples: text: to reair one's grievances
glosses: To air or let forth again.
reair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reairs
form: re-air
Etymology: From re- + air.
Senses: examples: text: “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.
ref: 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
synonyms: repeat
rerun
glosses: A television program shown after its initial presentation.
Related terms: aired
airtime
reaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reair
reairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reair
reairs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reair
putrification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putrifications
Senses: glosses: putrefaction
putrifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putrification
niggering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nigger
suit and tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suits and ties
Senses: examples: text: Max, you don't work in an office, but you still have to make it on time to this construction site like a suit and tie kind of job.
text: The days of coaching Little League in a suit and tie are long gone, but Marvin is still always impeccably dressed, regardless of the activity — and the location.
ref: 2002, Joseph Agris, White Knight in Blue Shades, page 111:
text: Everybody was addressed by Mr. and Miss and always suit and tie.
ref: 2005, Arthur L. Littleworth, Water Law Attorney and Riverside Civic Leader, page 41:
text: Behind this are assumptions about the significance and meaning of two major archaeological fashion styles: suit-and-tie manager wear on the one hand and scruffy but practical field wear on the other.
ref: 2007, Timothy Clack, Marcus Brittain, Archaeology and the Media, page 73:
text: He too was a young man in a suit and tie with a derby upon his head .
ref: 2007, Joanna Melville, Everything was Ragtime: A View of the Costume Design Process, page 139:
text: The clothing for us western businessmen is the classic suit and tie.
ref: 2014, Rolf Zeiler, Asia with suit and tie:
glosses: Formal business apparel, consisting of a business suit worn with a dress shirt, tie, and formal shoes for men, conservative dress or pant suit with pumps for women.
battalioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of battalion
battalioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of battalion
stenographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenographic.
recommittal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recommittals
Etymology: From re- + committal.
Senses: glosses: recommitment
recommittals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recommittal
falxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falx
antimonarchic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimonarchic
form: most antimonarchic
Etymology: From anti- + monarchic.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing monarchy.
gnomonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gnomonic.
Derived terms: gnomonically
carbochlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carbo- + chlorination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with carbon and chlorine, either as the elements or as phosgene
krals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kral
Londongrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌndənɡɹad/
Etymology: From London + Russian град (grad, “town”), after placenames such as Leningrad and Kaliningrad.
Senses: examples: text: In summer 2007 I confronted Alistair Darling, the chancellor of the exchequer, over the “Londongrad” phenomenon.
ref: 2009, John Kampfner, Freedom for Sale:
text: One recent Russian emigrant to ‘Londongrad’ (also known as ‘Moscow-on-Thames’), argues that, ‘if in the 90s Russian migrants were associated with mobsters and gangsters, now it will be a wave of so-called creative class emigration.’
ref: 2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, number 399:
glosses: London, seen as a haven for Eastern European (especially Russian) exiles.
Related terms: Moscow-on-Thames
Securitate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːteɪ/
ipa: /sɪkjʊɹɪˈtɑteɪ/
Etymology: From Romanian Securitate (from securitate (“security”)), short for Direcţia Generală a Securităţii Poporului (“General Directorate for the Security of the People”), later Departamentul Securităţii Statului (“Department for State Security”).
Senses: examples: text: My young interpreter scowls, inserting into her translation her own memories of six-hour queues to buy milk, and of the feared Securitate secret police.
ref: 1999 December 19, Chris Stephen, The Observer:
text: Even our Securitate-approved minders went into a mental coma when we questioned the genius of the Genius of the Carpathians, Nicolae Ceauşescu.
ref: 2012, John Sweeney, ‘At War with Ceausescu’, Literary Review, number 399:
glosses: The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.
dead zones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead zone
fontography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From font + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: One of the pioneers of the new fontography is Zuzana Licko (b. 1961), who started designing typefaces in 1985 […]
ref: 2004, Steven Heller, Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design, page 173:
text: Type instruction should include a range of endeavors from metal typefounding to digital fontography.
ref: 2010, Steven Heller, Teresa Fernandes, Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design:
glosses: The design and study of fonts, or typefaces.
necroscopical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪkəl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of necroscopic.
globate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more globate
form: most globate
form: globated
Etymology: From Latin globatus, past participle of globare (“to make into a ball”), from globus (“ball”).
Senses: examples: text: globate gland
glosses: Having the form of a globe; spherical.
Related terms: conglobate
globated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more globated
form: most globated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of globate.
augmenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of augmenter
overwording
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overword
overworded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overword
Masoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Masoretic.
Shariatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shariatization.
diegos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diego
enclaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enclave
enclaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enclaved
form: most enclaved
Senses: examples: text: Some particularly severe cases of enclaved groups existed in the Soviet Union from the time of the Second World War.
ref: 1996, Edward H. Lawson, Mary Lou Bertucci, Encyclopedia of Human Rights, page 1055:
text: Coincidentally, this region is the most resistant to change and is very enclaved lacking even access roads.
ref: 2011, Vitalis Pemunta Ngambouk, Health and Cultural Values, page 102:
text: The village of research was very enclaved and no public transportation.
ref: 2018, Rama Salla Dieng, “'Gone Native?': Reflections of a Feminist tightrope Walker's Research on 'Land Grabbing' and the Delemmas of 'Fieldworking' While Parenting”, in Ruth Jackson, Max Kelly, editor, Women Researching in Africa: The Impact of Gender, page 40:
glosses: Forming an enclave; isolated within a surrounding area that has a different culture and/or political identity.
examples: text: In contrast, work by Barnes, Sullivan and Matka (2003) on Health Action Zones suggests that, where professional commitment is to be secured and where risk taking is to be encouraged, more enclaved forms , with their internally more egalitarian relations and sharper boundaries with outsiders, are more appropriate than individualistic or hierarchical forms.
ref: 2006, E. Peck, Beyond Delivery, page 146:
text: The enclaved relationship between constituencies provides more room for independence between offices than did the congruent relationship.
ref: 2013, James March, Handbook of Organizations:
text: It is not possible to know from this fact alone whether this marks a difference in the network form of scientist-DBF relations, but it would be of interest for future research to examine whether this might be associated with greater individualism in the Californian pattern and more enclaved styles in Massachusetts biotechnology firms during this period .
ref: 2016, P. Perri, N. Goodwin, E. Peck, Managing Networks of Twenty-First Century Organisations, page 202:
glosses: Consisting of tightly-knit groups that are closed off from outsiders.
Derived terms: unenclaved
enclaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enclave
polysyllabical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polysyllabical
form: most polysyllabical
Etymology: From poly- + syllabical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polysyllabic.
troglodytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more troglodytical
form: most troglodytical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of troglodytic.
clapboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clapboard
clapboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clapboard
sea pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea pears
Senses: glosses: Any of genus Boltenia of stalked sea squirts.
sea pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea pear
pontific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒnˈtɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /pɑnˈtɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more pontific
form: most pontific
Etymology: Compare Latin pontificius.
Senses: examples: text: the pontific college with their augurs and flamens
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
text: pontific fury
ref: a. 1763, William Shenstone, The Ruined Abby:
glosses: Alternative form of pontifical
shahdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːdəm/
Forms: form: shahdoms
Etymology: From shah + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The position, dignity or jurisdiction of a shah.
shahdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shahdom
emirship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emirships
Etymology: From emir + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or office of an emir.
emirships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emirship
mangoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mango
peloria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin peloria (“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”), from Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia, -y: forming abstract nouns”) and Latin -ia (“-ia: forming neuter plurals”).
Senses: glosses: A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity
Related terms: pelorian
peloric
pelorism
subacids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subacid
kwyjibo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwyjibos
Etymology: Taken from a gibberish word (supposedly meaning "A big, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin and a short temper") used in the 1990 episode "Bart the Genius" of the TV show The Simpsons.
Senses: examples: text: On the Kwyjibo.... On steps 2-4, I've been raising my left (free) hand, swinging the yo overto^([sic]) the right and then bringing my right hand over under it.
ref: 1999, mike, “pocket rocket....”, in alt.sport.yo-yo (Usenet):
text: I have been yo-yoing for just over 1 year now, I have just recently learned kwyjibo, white buddha, and other tricks but I can't sleep a yo-yo for over a minute, without an amazing throw […]
ref: 2000, Allen MacInnis, “Anyone know how to sleep a yo-yo for a long time??”, in alt.sport.yo-yo (Usenet):
glosses: A particular yo-yo trick.
wikipedia: Bart the Genius
The Simpsons
apods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apod
mantlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mantling
raggie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raggie
form: most raggie
form: raggy
Etymology: From rag + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a stonie and raggie hill
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: ragged; rough
raggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raggies
Etymology: From rag + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Emerging from a pop-up trailer owned by Eddie and Terry in the equipment-crowded back yard was Terry's cousin Bennett Morey, thirty-five, a raggie, and his “old lady”, Donna Call, pregnant by him.
ref: 2007, Arthur Herzog, A Murder in Our Town:
text: “I can spot a raggie a mile away. And they don't get jobs here and they never will. Shiftless bunch, only care about themselves, steal anything in sight.”
ref: 2014, George B. Light, A Present From Dad:
glosses: One who dresses poorly, or in rags; an impoverished individual
examples: text: He is concerned for his pal, his raggie, […]
ref: 1918, Edward Noble, The Naval Side, page 54:
text: Able-seaman Jenvey, his "raggie" Lofty Smith and Venus the honey-bear were ensconced in their usual billet under the fo'c'sle awning of His Majesty's cruiser Empire enjoying the peace of a make-and-mend afternoon.
ref: 1943, Gilbert Hackforth-Jones, Torpedo!: Stories of the Royal Navy, page 100:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A close friend; chum.
raggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raggies
Etymology: From ragged + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A ragged-tooth shark or sand shark (family Odontaspididae).
digitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of digitate
epidemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epidemical
form: most epidemical
Senses: examples: text: Amongst other diseases the Leprosie was one epidemicall infection which tainted the Pilgrimes coming thither.
ref: 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 5, Chapter 15, p. 254:
text: It was the epidemical sin of the nation.
ref: 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of His Own Time, volume 1, London: Thomas Ward, page 123:
glosses: Alternative form of epidemic.
Derived terms: epidemicalness
portraited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of portrait
portraiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of portrait
venoming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of venom
maturers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maturer
microphysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microphysicists
Etymology: From micro- + physicist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies microphysics.
microphysicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microphysicist
geodesical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geodesic.
chilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chilians
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A chiliarch (commander or chief of a thousand men).
chilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chilian
wincings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wincing
Bengalee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bengalees
Senses: examples: text: Our early popular ideas of the mildness and effeminacy of the Hindoos were derived from the Bengalees, and are by no means characteristic of the general population of India.
ref: 1856, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 80, page 237:
glosses: Archaic form of Bengali.
Bengalee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Bengali.
Bengalee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bengalee
form: most Bengalee
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Bengali.
Bengalees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bengalee
niggered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnɪɡɚd]
ipa: [ˈnɪɡəd]
homophone: niggard
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nigger
texturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more texturable
form: most texturable
Etymology: From texture + -able.
Senses: examples: a texturable finish for plastics and metals
glosses: Capable of being given a texture.
gauded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gaud
begauded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of begaud
neologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neologic
form: most neologic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neological.
Derived terms: neologicity
vocalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocality
customer bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of customer base
PERSTAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PERSTATs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of personnel status report.
lolly scramble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lolly scrambles
Senses: examples: text: There were plenty of children out that way - where are they not when a big lolly scramble is on?
ref: 1898 July 30, The Warwick Examiner and Times, Qld, page 7, column 1:
text: To kick it all off, there's a street parade through the Todd Mall, followed by a full-day of competitions with a lolly scramble for the kids[.]
ref: 2022 August 1, Off the Leash, Darwin, NT, page 6, column 1:
glosses: An event where lollies are thrown on the ground for children to pick up, often at parades, school galas, community events, etc.
mushroomoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃ.ɹuːˌmɔɪd/
/ˈmʌʃ.ɹʊˌmɔɪd/
Forms: form: more mushroomoid
form: most mushroomoid
Etymology: From mushroom + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: mushroomlike; mushroom-shaped, mushroomy; fungiform
text: The bomb exploded, sending a mushroomoid cloud of ash and fire into the sky.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mushroomoid.
hypernyms: fungoid
glosses: Resembling a mushroom.
desire path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desire paths
Senses: examples: text: In a fit of misplaced municipal energy, the local council is paving the desire path that countless walkers have beaten diagonally across my local park.
ref: 2000, Fran Tonkiss, in Steve Pile & Nigel Thrift (Eds.), City A-Z, p. 1
text: After finishing it I took the shortcut path through the wasteland to the supermarket – what they call a desire path – and looked at it afresh, thought about it and felt it differently.
ref: 2012, Andrew Greig, “Paths to Enlightenment”, in Literary Review, number 399:
glosses: Synonym of desire line.
synonyms: word: desire line
desire paths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desire path
cobalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobalt
Schwellenangst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwellenangst, from Schwelle (“threshold”) + Angst (“anxiety”).
Senses: examples: text: The inquiry also proves that a considerable number of people suffer from what is called "Schwellenangst", i. e., marked disinclination to visit a book shop unless they are quite sure of what title they want to buy.
ref: 1970, Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly, volumes 3-4, page 122:
text: She describes in her autobiography how she was overcome by an attack of ‘Schwellenangst’ when she wanted to cover her first trial, making it impossible for her to enter the courtroom.
ref: 2005, Christina Ujma, “Gabriele Tergit and Berlin”, in Practicing Modernity, page 263:
glosses: A fear of, or aversion to, crossing a threshold or entering a place to begin a new chapter.
fogeydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊɡidəm/
Etymology: From fogey + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The latent fogeydom never goes away entirely: contemporary or modern architecture, derided as ‘childish’, ‘infantile’ or plain ‘ugly’, is consistently and erroneously elided with postwar cheap tower-block brutalism and the destruction of town centres.
ref: 2012, Andrew Greig, “Paths to Enlightenment”, in Literary Review, number 399:
glosses: The state of being a fogey.
Synonyms: codgerhood
geezerdom
oldhood
old age
spinelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinelles
Senses: glosses: Dated form of spinel.
styliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stylizer.
white-label
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a non-branded product manufactured by one company and sold by another, especially by a supermarket as a basic or economic alternative to a branded product.
white-label
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: white-labels
form: white-labeling
form: white-labelling
form: white-labeled
form: white-labeled
form: white-labelled
form: white-labelled
Senses: glosses: To sell (another manufacturer's product) in this manner.
macle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macles
Etymology: Borrowed from French macle, which in turn derives either from Latin macula (from Italic) or from Latin mascula (from Germanic). See mascle for more.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A twin crystal.
Derived terms: macled
spinelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinelle
macles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macle
double adapters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double adapter
entity-relationship model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entity-relationship models
Senses: glosses: an abstract conceptual representation of structured data
Related terms: entity-relationship diagram
entity-relationship models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entity-relationship model
entity-relationship diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entity-relationship diagrams
form: entity relationship diagram
Senses: qualifier: data modeling
glosses: A graphical representation of entities and their relationships to each other in a conceptual data model.
Synonyms: ER diagram
Related terms: entity-relationship model
entity-relationship diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entity-relationship diagram
folk dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folk dance
radioecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + ecological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to radioecology.
agriproducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agriproduct
full rhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full rhymes
Senses: glosses: A perfect rhyme.
dititanium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + titanium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two titanium atoms in a molecule
palatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palatics
Etymology: From palate + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
sciences
glosses: A palatal.
palatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palate + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
sciences
glosses: palatal; palatine
palatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palatic
form: most palatic
form: pallatic
Senses: glosses: Syncopic form of paralytic (“very drunk”).
palatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palatic
-pause
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”).
Senses: glosses: Indicative of a pause or discontinuance.
sesban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesbans
Etymology: Borrowed from French sesban, from Arabic سَيْسَبَان (saysabān).
Senses: examples: text: The sesban belongs to the pulse family which contains a number of poisonous plants like the lupine, rattle-box loco weed, etc.
ref: 1919, Veterinary Medicine, volume 14, page 246:
glosses: A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania), whose fiber can be used for making ropes.
sesbans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sesban
cabob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabobs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kebab.
cabob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cabobs
form: cabobbing
form: cabobbed
form: cabobbed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kebab.
cabobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabob
miss a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misses a beat
form: missing a beat
form: missed a beat
form: missed a beat
Senses: examples: text: Liverpool had barely missed a beat since the 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Anfield on 23 December, roaring forward on all four fronts.
ref: 2024 February 4, David Hytner, “Arsenal ignite title hopes as Gabriel Martinelli punishes Liverpool error”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of skip a beat.
missing a beat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miss a beat
stellulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stellulate
form: most stellulate
Etymology: See stellate and -ule.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: minutely stellate; having the shape of tiny stars
Hyblaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈbliː.ən/
Forms: form: more Hyblaean
form: most Hyblaean
form: Hyblean
form: Hyblæan
Etymology: Borrowed from French Hybléen, via Latin hyblaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑβλαῖος (hublaîos, “Hyblaean”).
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the Hyblaean Mountains in southeastern Sicily, Italy.
glosses: Of, from or relating to Hybla, three ancient cities of Sicily, famous for their bees and honey.
examples: text: The wise extract earth's most Hyblean bliss,
Superior wisdom, crown'd with smiling joy.
ref: 1742, Edward Young, Night Thoughts, Night II
glosses: Honeyed.
Derived terms: Hyblaean cult
Hyblaean Mountains
Related terms: Herean Mountains
Madonie
Monti Sicani
Nebrodi
Hyblaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈbliː.ən/
Forms: form: Hyblaeans
form: Hyblean
form: Hyblæan
Etymology: Borrowed from French Hybléen, via Latin hyblaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑβλαῖος (hublaîos, “Hyblaean”).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Hyblaean Mountains in southeastern Sicily.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with the same area or Hyblaean people.
Hyblaean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈbliː.ən/
Forms: form: Hyblean
form: Hyblæan
Etymology: Borrowed from French Hybléen, via Latin hyblaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑβλαῖος (hublaîos, “Hyblaean”).
Senses: glosses: The dialects of Sicily spoken in the Hyblaean Mountains.