cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Welland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wellands
Etymology: No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).
Senses: examples: text: It must have been the magnetism of the viaduct that towers over the village of Harringworth, and which crosses the flood plain of the River Welland on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire, which drew my family to living close by when we moved to Britain's smallest county in the early 1990s.
ref: 2021 October 6, John Hillier, “Harringworth's magical viaduct”, in RAIL, number 941, pages 36–37:
glosses: A placename:
A river in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, which flows into the Wash, a large bay on the North Sea.
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish (served by Little Malvern and Welland Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7940).
glosses: A placename:
A river in southern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Niagara River and was named after the English river.
glosses: A placename:
A city on the Welland River in Niagara regional municipality, Ontario.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Mendota Township, LaSalle County, and Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia, named after the English village.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Weston by Welland
Syro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: the Syro-Libyan confederation
glosses: Syria
Whittlesey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whittleseys
form: Whittlesea
form: Whitsey
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms: Whittlesea
Fenland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government district of Cambridgeshire, England.
diamante poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamante poems
Etymology: Developed by Iris Tiedt in A New Poetry Form: The Diamante (1969).
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: diamond poem
glosses: A seven-line poem, used to teach writing skills to elementary school children, whose text forms the shape of a lozenge or diamond.
diamante poems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamante poem
diamond poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamond poems
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diamante poem.
synonyms: word: diamante poem
diamond poems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamond poem
Chatteris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/
Forms: form: Chateriz
form: Cheaterizt
raw_tags: used by William Camden
Etymology: Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include:
* a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick
* a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + rīc (kingdom, authority)
* a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).
wikipedia: Ceatta
Domesday Book
pawdicures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawdicure
muttrimony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muttrimonies
Etymology: Blend of mutt + matrimony
Senses: glosses: An informal, unofficial marriage ceremony between two dogs, arranged by their owners.
muttrimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muttrimony
kufta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kuftas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kofta.
Sheringham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹɪŋəm/
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).
glosses: A surname.
ketoacidurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ketoaciduria
North Walsham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2830).
Related terms: South Walsham
South Walsham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England.
Related terms: North Walsham
seat hogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Seat "hogging" has been eliminated.
ref: 1935, The Railroad Telegrapher: 1935, Volume 52, Order of Railroad Telegraphers, page 578:
text: As a commuter myself, there is no such thing as accidental seat hogging or seat hogging due to ignorance.
ref: 2013, Benjamin Schuster, Train 407, BookBaby, →ISBN:
text: Seat hogging has become a common phenomenon and a potential source of user complaints or even conflicts.
ref: 2015 October 6, Esther Woo, “Marshalling a Century of Experience: Customizing Services for the Next Generation of Users”, in Stephen Mossop, editor, Customer Service in Academic Libraries: Tales from the Front Line, Elsevier, page 38:
glosses: The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
Hyponyms: manspreading
Aylsham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book under various names, including Helesham and Ailesham. From Old English *Æġleshām, a compound of *Æġel (“a personal name”) + hām (“home, farm”).
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1926).
wikipedia: Domesday Book
Related terms: Aylesham
binome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binomes
Senses: examples: text: The personal binome par excellence in Hebrew is the eponym, Jacob-Israel, which is transmuted into the commonest binome for a social organization.
ref: 1978, Michael Patrick O'Connor, Hebrew Verse Structure - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 113:
text: The Greek language had a genius for aggregation into compound single words, a strongly agglutinative tendency, so that a name like Viola nigra had been in Greek simply Melanion (melan-ion) . But even Theophrastus used a binome now and then, such as Calamos-euosmos (the sweet flag, now Acorus Calamus) or Syce-Idaia, the 'fig' of Mt Ida (in fact a service-tree, Amelanchier rotundifolia).
ref: 1986, Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, →ISBN, page 146:
text: The sixty binomes are inscribed clockwise around the circular ring. According to the text on either side of the diagram, they are meant to facilitate the calculation of the binome that corresponds to the year of an individual's birth.
ref: 2007, Francesca Bray, Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann, Georges Métailié, Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China, →ISBN:
text: In such a combination, hunpo may refer to two different concepts, namely, hun and po, or it may indeed function as a binome, referring to one single concept, namely hun, since the Chuci is generally believed to reflect religious beliefs in South China, where, as we have demonstrated, the belief in the single soul hun was popular around the sixth century B.C.E.
ref: 2008, Monumenta Serica - Volume 56, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of binom.
examples: text: Hence it follows, that any given Binome may be taken for the nth Power of a binome Root, conceiving the Members of the given Binome to be the Sums of the Terms of the nth Power united alternately, and connected with the Sign of the second Member of the Root;
ref: 1769, Sir Isaac Newton, Mr. Cunn (Samuel), Theaker Wilder, Universal Arithmetick:
text: Any expression involving impossible binomes -- by their addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, involution, evolution, the index of the power or root being real and rational -- is itself expressible as an impossible binome.
ref: 1849, William Thynne, The Theory of Algebraic Equations: a Chapter of Elementary Algebra:
text: When a binome is to be multiplied by itself or any other binome, it is set up and performed like the common multiplication by numbers, it is set up and performed like the common multiplication by numbers;
ref: 1869, John William Nystrom, Pocket-book of Mechanics and Engineering:
glosses: A binomial.
binomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binome
Reepham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːfəm/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0373).
examples: text: The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and the third church belonged to Hackford, but has been a ruin since 1543.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Reepham, Norfolk:
glosses: A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1023).
Wroxham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3017).
Broadland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government district of Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads.
glosses: A minor town in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States.
staying at home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stay at home
rearending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rearend
unwielding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwielding
form: most unwielding
Senses: examples: text: But the deeds of valour which he described, and of which he was the modest hero, were always only just surpassed by the incomprehensible feats of personal agility which accompanied them — incomprehensible when we looked upon the fat, unwielding personalities of the panting boaster.
ref: 1855, Charles Wilkins Webber, Tales of the Southern Border, page 297:
text: He had the luck to produce a cursed little chaise, where Lord Lovat was in a manner buried alive under the unwielding bulk of this enormous porpoise.
ref: 1896, Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Frasers of Lovat:
text: Instead of the heavy, unwielding implement formerly used, entailing very unpleasant laborious work, there is now an iron table, the top of which is magnetized.
ref: 1908, Illustrated World ... - Volume 9, page 146:
text: The point raised by minority counsel was perhaps a germane one and it might be well to consider in the form of a separate bill lest it become too confused or unwielding with the points concerned in the other areas.
ref: 1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings - Volume 8, page 337:
text: His thoughts were an unwielding jumble in his mind.
ref: 2001, Dorothy Garlock, Wild Sweet Wilderness:
glosses: unwieldy.
androgenising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of androgenise
Calvinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Calvinise
beworking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bework
beswinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beswink
antisymmetrising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of antisymmetrise
square-dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of square-dance
peacebuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacebuilders
Etymology: From peace + builder.
Senses: glosses: A person who creates or restores a state of peace.
Related terms: peacebuilding
peacebuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacebuilder
peacebreaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peace + breaking.
Senses: glosses: Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
Related terms: peacebreaker
bedoctoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedoctor
bedoctored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bedoctor
bedoctors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bedoctor
Beadle County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Henry Harrison Beadle.
Senses: glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Huron.
wikipedia: William Henry Harrison Beadle
Aylesham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪlʃəm/
Senses: glosses: A village in Dover district, Kent, England.
Related terms: Aylsham
stayed at home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stay at home
chip and gather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip-and-gather
Senses: examples: text: I made sure I hit the ground running, scoring 18 points in the first game against Cordoba, including a chip and gather try which I was especially pleased with.
ref: 2013, Mike Catt, Landing on My Feet, →ISBN:
text: His second was sheer class - a perfectly-executed chip and gather - to give the visitors the all-important first score of the second half.
ref: 2014 July 10, Tony Smith, “Stormin' Norman Berryman slays the Sharks”, in The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand):
text: After his chip and gather Freddie Burns was off from out of his 22 and his cross-kick set up the position for Ed Slater to squeeze in at the corner.
ref: 2016 September 10, Michael Aylwin, “Wasps' Jimmy Gopperth seals victory to deny Leicester comeback”, in The Guardian:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.
chip-and-gather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We won the match and I got on the scoresheet with a chip-and-gather try to cap a performance that did my confidence a world of good.
ref: 2010, Will Greenwood, Will: The Autobiography of Will Greenwood, →ISBN, page 131:
text: Against Edinburgh last Friday night, Holland was a controlled, calming presence, coming up with big plays at key moments, such as the chip-and-gather and then carry in the final ten minutes that helped kick-start Munster back into life.
ref: 2016 May 2, Gerry Thornley, “Munster boosted by Johnny Holland's calm, controlling game”, in Irish Times:
text: But against the run of play Biggar and Webb went over for well-crafted tries, Webb turning from provider in the first instance to scorer in the second, which also featured a measured chip-and-gather.
ref: 2016 October 14, Delme Parfitt, “Ospreys 45-0 Newcastle match report: Seven-try European Challenge Cup rout at the Liberty Stadium”, in Wales Online:
glosses: Alternative form of chip and gather.
uninvitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + invitable.
Senses: glosses: Not able or not suitable to be invited.
appliments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appliment
Horning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3417).
running off at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run off at the mouth
overchargings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcharging
overclosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overclose
overclothe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overclothes
form: overclothing
form: overclothed
form: overclothed
form: overclad
form: overclad
Etymology: From Middle English overclothen, equivalent to over- + clothe.
Senses: examples: text: Men are more prone to overclothe themselves than women. Present styles in women's clothes are far more sensible than men's. Particularly in winter do men overclothe themselves.
ref: 1979, Herbert M. Shelton, Human Life:
glosses: to clothe over; enwrap in/with clothing
call someone's number
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls someone's number
form: calling someone's number
form: called someone's number
form: called someone's number
Senses: examples: text: So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.
ref: 2002, Rich Wolfe, Kurt Warner: And the Last Shall Be First, →ISBN, page 229:
text: Billy was shocked; he didn't get that call once during spring practice, and now, in the spring game, they want to call his number on the first play.
ref: 2011, W. S. Gaines, Blood on a Pew: Overcoming Tragedy Through the Truth of Eternity, →ISBN:
text: Now he told me that when the coach had diagrammed plays, he would move to the back of the huddle, in the hope that the coach wouldn't call his number.
ref: 2015, Mark O'Connell, The Good Father: On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family, →ISBN, page 73:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.
examples: text: I am glad to have that comment, Sir. I think you have about called our number on that.
ref: 1969, Annmarie Hauck Walsh, The urban challenge to government:
text: "I'm sure about this one," I said. "I'm starting the preparations." “Ok, I'm calling your number on this one. I got your word, and everyone else is out of the way.”
ref: 2001, Stuart Kaufman, Engine Parts, →ISBN, page 60:
text: People have certainly died from laughing gas,” he says. “They can get into serious trouble using tanks and masks and they certainly shouldn’t be driving while doing it and should be careful round rivers and swimming pools,” he says. “But the second you get into saying people using nitrous in balloons is a massive issue, people will call your number on that, and they’re right. It’s a concern that it’s going up, the numbers of people using are quite stunning, but it’s not the most dangerous thing by a mile.”
ref: 2014 August 13, Sam Wolfson, “Is the growth in nitrous oxide misuse a laughing matter?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To focus on someone, asking them to prove themselves.
examples: text: He called her number on his cell phone.
ref: 2005, Wanjiru Waithaka, The Unbroken Spirit, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see call, number.
Afghanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Afghanize
Afghanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Afghanise
overclothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English overclothing, equivalent to overclothe + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Overclothing is a common means of weakening the body.
ref: 1979, Herbert M. Shelton, Human Life:
glosses: the act or process of enwrapping (oneself) in clothing
overclothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overclothe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overclothe
algebraicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of algebraicize
alienising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alienise
Bangladeshizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Bangladeshize
barnumizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barnumize
bessemerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bessemerize
coitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coitize
Canadianising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Canadianise
bucketizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bucketize
Dupaningan Agta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dupaninan Agta
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by a Negrito people in northern Luzon, Philippines.
Synonyms: Eastern Cagayan Agta
cowardizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cowardize
craniotomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of craniotomize
creativizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creativize
cross-site scripting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XSS
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: An exploit that involves tricking a victim into executing a malicious script in a target website.
Derived terms: persistent cross-site scripting
reflected cross-site scripting
self-XSS
mat slabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mat slab
self-XSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: A cross-site scripting attack where the attacker uses social engineering to trick the victim into executing malicious code.
diminutivizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diminutivize
diminutivising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diminutivise
formatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of formatize
foreignising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foreignise
coitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coitize
coitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coitize
filmising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of filmise
session hijacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: session hijackings
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: A type of exploit where a victim’s session ID is stolen, allowing the attacker to access a service the victim is logged in to.
Related terms: session hijack
fiberising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fiberise
fibreizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fibreize
fibreising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fibreise
type hinting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The specification of data types in an otherwise untyped language, to indicate variables having a particular type.
Related terms: type hint
heptamerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heptamerize
unpurple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl
Etymology: From un- + purple.
Senses: examples: text: Befuddled, Edell looked to see other Keshiri dancing onto the streets, dressed in black with their faces painted in a variety of unpurple hues.
ref: 2012, John Jackson Miller, Lost Tribe of the Sith: Star Wars Legends: The Collected Stories, →ISBN:
text: He used his unpurple arm to pull his purple arm around my shoulder.
ref: 2014, Megan Jean Sovern, The Meaning of Maggie, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Not purple, not having purple as its color.
examples: text: Thus, in his most recent report to the President, Charles E. Wilson (whose prose is probably quite unpurple when left alone) manages in the first two sentences to allude to "America's military might," "a mighty America," […]
ref: 1952, The Reporter, volume 6, page 35:
text: Subsequently Cooper became press agent for the Tammen-Bonfils circus and acquired the sawdust lore which he utilized effectively in a lean, hard-hitting, entirely unpurple style for many of his popular magazine stories.
ref: 1959, Robert L. Perkin, The First Hundred Years: An Informal History of Denver:
text: […] is as unpurple prose as can be found anywhere.
ref: 1976, James R. Scrimgeour, Sean O'Casey, page 46:
glosses: Not ornate; not being purple prose or poetry.
raw_tags: of writing
unpurple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl
Forms: form: unpurples
form: unpurpling
form: unpurpled
form: unpurpled
Etymology: From un- + purple.
Senses: examples: text: As some clown drunk with fumes of trodden wine,
ref: a. 1895, John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley), The Death of Phaethon, in The Collected Poems of Lord De Tabley (1903), page 396
roman: When the red vats unpurple all the hills,
glosses: To (cause to) cease to be purple.
unpurpled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpurple
unpurpled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Plucking him from his Ghettos, He has mounted him on thrones unpurpled, but golden, there to press hands on the Exchequer of the nations, arbiter of peace,
ref: 1893, The Universalist Quarterly and General Review:
glosses: Not having been purpled, not having been made purple (in colour, in imperial majesty, etc).
unpurpling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpurple
unpurples
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpurple
unbrown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brown.
Senses: examples: text: And all who leave her, seeking the virgin's unbrown, ungold hair and her blanched and icy breast where no lover has died, return to her when she smiles across her languid fan.
ref: 1925, William Faulkner, New Orleans, Sketches:
glosses: Not brown.
ungold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gold.
Senses: examples: text: And all who leave her, seeking the virgin's unbrown, ungold hair and her blanched and icy breast where no lover has died, return to her when she smiles across her languid fan. . .
ref: 1925, William Faulkner, New Orleans, Sketches:
glosses: Not gold; ungolden.
overcruel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcruel
form: most overcruel
form: over-cruel
Etymology: From Middle English overcruel, equivalent to over- + cruel.
Senses: examples: text: “But it is thou, oh, my brother who hast done this—this overcruel thing. Who now shall fill up the void in the chivalry of the country? […]”
ref: 1863, Edward Howard, The Old Commodore:
text: Ah, I have been overcruel
To Christians, I believe.
ref: 1872, Beunans Meriasek, Whitley Stokes, The Life of Saint Meriasek:
text: The very virtue that had made her overcruel to him in the past would have made her overkind to him in the future.
ref: 1915, William John Locke, Jaffery:
text: […] when he died last year, the final straw, as my husband said, ever cruel, overcruel, my mother was the one who cleaned out his home at his behest and when I asked her about the computer and what was on it, trying not to suggest I knew his secret or that he even […]
ref: 2013, Kate Bernheimer, xo Orpheus:
text: The elder Cobos became over-cruel in his handling of the miserable horde, and several very unpleasant occurrences led to tragedy.
ref: 2013, William Albert Robinson, Deep Water and Shoal:
glosses: overly or excessively cruel
over-cruel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-cruel
form: most over-cruel
Etymology: From Middle English overcruel, equivalent to over- + cruel.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overcruel.
overcross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcrosses
form: overcrossing
form: overcrossed
form: overcrossed
Etymology: From Middle English overcrossen, equivalent to over- + cross.
Senses: glosses: to cross over; traverse
overcross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcrosses
Etymology: From Middle English overcrossen, equivalent to over- + cross.
Senses: glosses: An overpass; a flyover.
overcross
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Etymology: From Middle English overcrossen, equivalent to over- + cross.
Senses: glosses: Across, over; from side to side of.
Chaslyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chazmin, which is in turn a variant of Jasmine.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
overengrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overengrossed
form: most overengrossed
Etymology: From Middle English overengrossed, equivalent to over- + engrossed.
Senses: glosses: overly or excessively engrossed
ungray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gray.
Senses: glosses: Not gray.
ungrey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + grey.
Senses: examples: text: She was much, much too old to have black hair, or ungrey hair — well into her fifties.
ref: 1987, Janet Hale, The Jailing of Cecelia Capture, page 43:
text: The Roy body has not aged much, still lithe, still a head of hair ungrey, still with a demon that magnetises most of both sexes. And I have brought him back from the dead!
ref: 2009, George Booth, Master Why, page 540:
text: Too healthy: her skin was entirely ungrey, her nose sharp and whole.
ref: 2015, Nate Crowley, The Sea Hates A Coward:
glosses: Alternative form of ungray (“not grey”).
ungrey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She lowered her tray table and said in a deep accent, "Yes, I am ungrey."
ref: 2001, Frank Steward, The Air Traveler's Survival Guide: The Plane Truth from 35,000 Feet:
text: [T]he patient reports another problem with Xenical: ‘But they made me really ungrey’ ['hungry']
ref: 2010, Communication in Healthcare Settings, →ISBN:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hungry, representing dialect English.
a-row
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arow.
Machete Order
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced in the 2011 article "The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order", from the website "No Machete Juggling".
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A sequence in which to watch the Star Wars film saga, minus episode I.
know-it-allery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From know-it-all + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Huey, or Louie, or Dewie: The oldest known copy of the Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook! […] Wow! The oldest compendium of all that Woodchucks hold dear— Unselfish good deeds, protection of the environment, and our highest ideal...
Donald: Obnoxious know-it-allery?
Huey, or Louie, or Dewie: No! The preservation of knowledge!
ref: 1993, “Guardians of the Lost Library”, in Uncle Scrooge Adventures, section #27:
glosses: The quality of being a know-it-all.
WebVTT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communication
communications
glosses: Acronym of Web Video Text Tracks.
Related terms: word: WebSRT
XmlHTTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: from Xml + HTTP
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a set of APIs that enable binary data, HTML or XML to be transmitted to and from Web servers over the Internet using HTTP.
Hyponyms: english: structurally
translation: structurally
word: HTTP
bituminosulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bituminosulfonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
glosses: An anion found in ammonium bituminosulfonate (ichthammol), obtained by dry distillation of oil shale and subsequent sulfonation.
barnier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of barny: more barny
Waveney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk in England which joins the River Yare at Breydon Water.
glosses: A former district in Suffolk, England, named after the river. Merged with Suffolk Coastal district on 1 April 2019 as East Suffolk district.
ploughstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploughstaffs
form: plowstaff
Etymology: From plough + staff.
Senses: glosses: The hind part or handle of a plough.
Synonyms: ploughtail
plowstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plowstaffs
form: ploughstaff
Etymology: From plow + staff.
Senses: glosses: The hind part or handle of a plow.
Synonyms: plowtail
ploughstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploughstaff
plowstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plowstaff
Yare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /jɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology: Of Anglo-Celtic origin, the name probably means "babbling brook," from a Celtic base *gar- (“noisy, chattering”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *karō (“complaint, moan”) and Latin garrio (“to babble, chatter”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.
wikipedia: Anglo-Celtic
Reedham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4202).
glosses: A small locality in Purley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3160).
teep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tēp
ipa: /tiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: teeps
Etymology: Clipping of telepathic.
Senses: examples: text: He was conscious that the Directorate's teep Corps was close by; he didn't particularly want his intimate thoughts in the hands of eighty bored telepaths.
ref: 1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:
text: What are you doing, bringing a teep here when we're ready to move?
ref: 1997 June 9, Straczynski, Joseph Michael, “The Face of the Enemy”, in Babylon 5, season 4, episode 17, spoken by Number One (Marjorie Monaghan):
text: She didn't need to be a teep to know what he was thinking.
ref: 2011, Nate Kenyon, StarCraft: Ghost—Spectres, →ISBN, page 16:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A telepath.
Synonyms: telepath
teep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tēp
ipa: /tiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: more teep
form: most teep
Etymology: Clipping of telepathic.
Senses: examples: text: He broke off, because one of the QCA men was bringing out a teep rod, a receptor that would pick up and record his thoughts for police inspection.
ref: 1969, Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Relating to telepathy.
Synonyms: telepathic
teep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tēp
ipa: /tiːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: teeps
form: teeping
form: teeped
form: teeped
Etymology: Clipping of telepathic.
Senses: examples: text: Irritated, Benteley answered, "You're being teeped while you stand here. Verrick has them planted all over the place."
ref: 1955, Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery:
text: Heads up everyone. Mantis is teeping into our poor tired brains.
ref: 2008 August 24, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, “Legacy”, in Guardians of the Galaxy, volume 2, number 2, page 18:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To use telepathy.
Synonyms: telepath
Related terms: english: telekinesis
translation: telekinesis
word: teek
teeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teep
teeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teep
teeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teep
teeped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teep
Diaghilevian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Diaghilevian
form: most Diaghilevian
Etymology: From Diaghilev + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sergei Diaghilev (Серге́й Дя́гилев; 1872–1929), Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes.
conspiracy hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conspiracy hypotheses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of conspiracy theory.
synonyms: word: conspiracy theory
teeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teek
teeks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of teek
teeking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teek
teeked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teek
Purley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜːli/
Senses: glosses: A town in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3161).
glosses: Synonym of Purley on Thames, Berkshire, England; Purley was used on some maps.
synonyms: word: Purley on Thames
extra: Purley was used on some maps
word: Berkshire
extra: Purley was used on some maps
word: England
extra: Purley was used on some maps
glosses: An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Texas, United States.
Related terms: Purleigh
Bohemian glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohemian glass
e-communicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-communicators
Etymology: From e- + communicator.
Senses: glosses: A person who engages in e-communication.
e-communicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-communicator
porcelain skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcelain skin
hyperhomocysteinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperhomocysteinemia
dermatophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dermatophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a dermatophyte.
Derived terms: nondermatophytic
nudifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nudification
self-reproaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-reproach
quasi-stellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasistellar.
porcelain goddesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcelain goddess
Caswell County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkæz.wɛl ˈkaʊn.ti/
Etymology: Named after Richard Caswell.
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Yanceyville.
wikipedia: Richard Caswell
campwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From camp + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Toward a camp.
decar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decars
form: decarring
form: decarred
form: decarred
Etymology: From de- + car.
Senses: examples: text: We decarred and staggered through the wind into the building.
ref: 2016, Michael Kurland, The Girls in The High-Heeled Shoes:
glosses: To get out of a car (motor vehicle).
Coordinate terms: deplane
detrain
hierarchisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierarchism
sarcophiline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcophilines
Etymology: From translingual Sarcophilus + -ine.
Senses: glosses: A Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
glosses: An animal of the genus Sarcophilus
Related terms: sarcophile
thylacine
broomtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broomtails
Etymology: From broom + tail.
Senses: synonyms: broomie
fuzztail
glosses: A small, inferior horse of the American West, typically one that is untrained or wild.
Derived terms: broomtail grouper
broomtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broomtail
Ans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Liège province, Belgium.
glosses: A small town in Silkeborg municipality, Jutland, Denmark.
Liwayway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Mauban, Quezon, Philippines.
Lualhati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
stale read
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stale reads
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: distributed computing
glosses: A read operation that fetches an incorrect value from a source that has not synchronised an update operation to the value.
stale reads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stale read
Franklin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfræŋk.lɪn ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after Benjamin Franklin, except where noted.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Russellville.
glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seats: Charleston and Ozark.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: Apalachicola.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Carnesville.
glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Preston. Named after Franklin D. Richards.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Benton.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Brookville.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Hampton.
glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Ottawa.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Frankfort.
glosses: One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Farmington.
glosses: One of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States. County seat: Greenfield.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Meadville.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Union.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Franklin.
glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Malone.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Louisburg.
glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Columbus.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Chambersburg.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Winchester.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Mount Vernon. Likely named after Benjamin Cromwell Franklin.
glosses: One of 14 counties in Vermont, United States. County seat: St. Albans.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Rocky Mount.
glosses: One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Pasco.
Related terms: Franklin Parish
Franklin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfræŋk.lɪn ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after Sir John Franklin.
Senses: glosses: A cadastral division in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: Franklin Land District, Tasmania
Franklin County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfræŋk.lɪn ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after Lady Jane Franklin.
Senses: glosses: A former county in the North Island, now part of the Auckland Region, New Zealand.
Franklin Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Benjamin Franklin.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Winnsboro.
wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin
Related terms: Franklin County
loose cannoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of loose cannon
loose cannoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loose cannon
indelegable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indelegable
form: most indelegable
Senses: antonyms: delegable
glosses: That cannot be delegated.
kisses of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiss of death
heroinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heroinely
form: most heroinely
Etymology: From heroine + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Between 1818, when The Heart of Mid-Lothian reinvented the heroinely heart, and 1824, when Redgauntlet signalled Scott's joint reclamation of his complex literary heritage and of his simplest personal fantasy, the literary world changed.
ref: 2012, Fiona Robertson, The Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott:
synonyms: heroine#Adjective
heroinic
glosses: Of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero.
madapolams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madapolam
madapollams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madapollam
imaamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imaamates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imamate.
imaamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaamate
old dear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old dears
Senses: examples: text: The bus journey took forever, with old dears with their shopping trolleys getting on and off at every stop.
text: Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
qualifier: endearing or patronizing
glosses: old woman
monoterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + terminal.
Senses: glosses: Involving a single terminal or electrode.
biterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + terminal.
Senses: glosses: Involving two terminals or electrodes.
triterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + terminal.
Senses: glosses: Involving three terminals or electrodes.
whipped creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipped cream
whipping creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipping cream
Akitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Akita
oxylances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxylance
oxylance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxylances
Etymology: Trade name, from oxy- + lance.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxygen lance.
synonyms: word: oxygen lance
nonprogrammables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonprogrammable