cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
peare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peares
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pear.
glosses: Obsolete form of pair.
peares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peare
pectinaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pectin + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pectin.
pectinacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectinaceans
Etymology: From translingual Pectinacea + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Pectinacea, a suborder of mollusks.
make it rain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes it rain
form: making it rain
form: made it rain
form: made it rain
Etymology: Originates as a slang term for throwing out lots of cash to dancers in strip clubs, as if money is raining down on them. Draws from its roots in rainmaker (“a medicine man who seeks to induce rain; (figuratively) a person having the ability to generate business”).
Senses: examples: text: It's time to make it rain, my friend!
glosses: To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.
examples: text: John has a propensity to make it rain at parties when he is drunk.
text: Get your mayo, sell that yayo, strip clubs make it rain / These thugs play the game, get bucks save that cane
ref: 2004, “Push It”, in Diplomatic Immunity 2, performed by The Diplomats, New York, N.Y.: Koch Records, →OCLC:
glosses: To throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealth.
examples: text: I asked higher powers to make it rain to save our crops.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it, rain.
Related terms: rainmaking
pectinaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pectinacean
pedalings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedaling
pedallings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedalling
pediculoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pediculosis
headlouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headlice
Etymology: From head + louse. Compare North Frisian hoodlüs (“headlouse”), Dutch hoofdluis (“headlouse”), Swedish huvudlus (“headlouse”), Icelandic höfuðlús (“headlouse”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of head louse.
headlice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headlouse
pegboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pegbox
peeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of peery: most peery
glosses: superlative form of peerie: most peerie
Peshwari nan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peshwari nans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Peshwari naan.
Peshwari nans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peshwari nan
Peshwari naan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peshwari naans
Senses: glosses: A kind of naan flatbread, filled with desiccated coconut, nuts and raisins, that originated in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Peshwari naans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peshwari naan
pelycosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelycosaurs
Etymology: Ancient Greek πέλυξ (pélux, “bowl, axe”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
pelycosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelycosaur
Neopythagoreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neopythagorean
penname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennames
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless Neopythagorean treatises are extant that were written in Alexandria at the end of the first century B.C. Some of these treatises were written by women adopting as pennames the names of earlier female disciples and relatives of Pythagoras.
ref: 2013, Helene Foley, Reflections of Women in Antiquity, page 311:
glosses: Alternative form of pen name.
pennames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penname
penpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penpoints
Etymology: From pen + point.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher, Miss A, called for one ream of penmanship paper, a jar of paste, and a box of penpoints.
ref: 1935, American School & University, volume 7, page 128:
text: Pens should be removed and thoroughly cleaned periodically to remove dry ink incrustations, dirt, and any paper shreds that tend to clog penpoints. The cleaning process consists of washing the pen in warm water […]
ref: 1959, Aerographer's Mate 3 & 2, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 604:
glosses: The point of a pen (writing implement).
penpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penpoint
pentamidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentamidine
pentathla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentathlon
pentel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentels
Etymology: From the name of the Japanese company Pentel Co., Ltd., which invented the non-permanent marker; ultimately from pen + tell.
Senses: examples: text: Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth.
ref: 1974, Margaret Williams, Dorothy Booth, Antenatal education: guidelines for teachers, page 33:
text: […] 'Drawing the Line' invited spectators to write their reactions to the photographs and to the question of drawing the line, right on the walls. (Black pentels were supplied for this purpose.)
ref: 2015, Hilary Robinson, Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968-2014, page 406:
glosses: A non-permanent marker pen.
Derived terms: pentel pen
pentel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentels
Etymology: By analogy with triel and tetrel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes elements nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.
pentels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentel
sticky-back plastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sticky-backed plastic.
Fablon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Brand name.
Senses: examples: text: Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth.
ref: 1974, Margaret Williams, Dorothy Booth, Antenatal education: guidelines for teachers, page 33:
glosses: sticky-backed plastic
pentise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentises
Senses: examples: text: And ore their heads an iron pentiſe vaſt / They built, by ioyning many a ſhield and targe, [...]
ref: 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Eleuenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 33, page 202:
glosses: Alternative form of pentice.
pentises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentise
Kalman filter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kalman filters
Etymology: Named after Hungarian-American electrical engineer Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930–2016), one of the primary developers of its theory.
Senses: examples: text: There is no doubt that complex notation can create a learning barrier and the notation involved in the Kalman filter can be quite formidable.
ref: 2005, Randall L. Eubank, A Kalman Filter Primer, CRC Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: LQE
glosses: An algorithm that uses a series of measurements observed over time, containing statistical noise and other inaccuracies, and produces estimates of unknown variables that tend to be more precise than those based on a single measurement alone. They are used in navigation, signal processing, etc.
Kalman filter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Kalman filters
form: Kalman filtering
form: Kalman filtered
form: Kalman filtered
Etymology: Named after Hungarian-American electrical engineer Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930–2016), one of the primary developers of its theory.
Senses: glosses: To apply this algorithm to.
Kalman filters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kalman filter
pentobarbitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentobarbital
peoplehoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peoplehood
pepful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pepful
form: most pepful
Etymology: From pep + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of pep; lively; energetic.
crafternoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹæftɚˈnun/
ipa: /ˌkɹɑːftəˈnuːn/
Forms: form: crafternoons
Etymology: Blend of craft + afternoon.
Senses: glosses: An afternoon spent crafting.
examples: text: En masse, they hurried from the crafternoon room, down the hall to the main part of the library.
ref: 2013, Jenn McKinlay, Read It and Weep:
text: 2013, "Amber", quoted in Lucy H. Pearce, The Rainbow Way
Crafternoons have been a way to connect with my crafty womenfolk once a month that is both nurturing for the spirit as well as for the creative mama in all of us.
glosses: An afternoon gathering dedicated to crafts, or other hobby activities.
percipiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percipience
percipiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more percipiently
form: most percipiently
Etymology: From percipient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a percipient manner.
crafternoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crafternoon
perhapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perhaps
pericardites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericarditis
pericrania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericranium
perimetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perimetry
periphytons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periphyton
peritonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peritonitis
peritrichously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From peritrichous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a peritrichous manner.
perorational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peroration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to peroration.
peruque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peruques
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peruke.
peruques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peruque
perseverances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perseverance
perspicacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perspicacity
persues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of persue
persuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of persue
persued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of persue
peruked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peruke + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a peruke.
Derived terms: unperuked
perversest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of perverse: most perverse
petnapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of petnap
petnaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of petnap
petrogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrogenesis
petrologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrology
pettifoggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pettifogging
pewholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pewholders
Etymology: From pew + holder.
Senses: glosses: One who has a pew reserved for themselves in church.
pewholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pewholder
pewholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pew + holding.
Senses: glosses: The system by which people can reserve pews for themselves in a church.
phenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phene
philamot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of philomot.
philadelphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philadelphuses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: No garden can afford to neglect the philadelphuses, because not only are the flowers full of refinement and beauty, but often most fragrant and arrive in June and July when the chief flowering period of shrubs is over.
ref: 1952, Charles Cuthbert Eley, Twentieth century gardening, page 167:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: mock orange
glosses: Any of the genus Philadelphus of shrubs.
philadelphuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philadelphus
phisnomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phisnomies
Senses: examples: text: The fyrst that I reade of that thus painted her phisnomy was the noughtye quene Iesabell, the common butcher and murderer of all the preachers and prophetes of almightye God.
ref: 1557, Roger Edgeworth, Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly and Learned, London, Sermon 11, p. 201:
text: Surely I ſhold knovv full vvell that face and phiſnomy: O Heavens! 'tis Peregrin.
ref: 1661, James Howell, “Casuall Discourses, and Interlocutions betwixt Patricius and Peregrin, Touching the Distractions of the Times, with the Causes of Them”, in Twelve Several Treatises, of the Late Revolutions in these Three Kingdomes; […], London: […] J[ohn] Grismond [II], […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: Faith Seignior, novv I look better on you, I do not like your Phiſnomy ſo vvell as your Intellects […]
ref: 1687, A[phra] Behn, The Emperor of the Moon. A Farce. […], London: […] R. Holt, for Joseph Knight, and Francis Saunders, […], →OCLC, Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals), page 51:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of physiognomy.
phisnomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phisnomy
phizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phiz
phlebographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlebography
phlebographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phlebography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phlebography.
Derived terms: phlebographically
phlebographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phlebographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of phlebography.
phlogistons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlogiston
phlomis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlomises
Etymology: From translingual Phlomis.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Phlomis of herbaceous plants
Derived terms: phlomisoside
phlomises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlomis
phonographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonography
phosphorolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphorolysis
phosphoruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphorus
photocomposer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocomposers
Etymology: From photo- + composer.
Senses: glosses: A machine that performs photocomposition.
photocomposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocomposer
photocopyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocopying
photometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photometry
photophobias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photophobia
assholishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more assholishly
form: most assholishly
Etymology: From assholish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I declared myself a wine expert, wrongly and assholishly, during my senior year of college, for a simple reason: because I was in college.
ref: 2007, Eric Arnold, First Big Crush: The Down and Dirty on Making Great Wine Down Under, Scribner, →ISBN, page xi:
text: “Sorry,” she said. “That was assholishly ungrateful. I've never had much of a filter and cancer's no mood enhancer.”
ref: 2011, Jonathan Kellerman, Mystery, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Even if the particular rudester never learns of their ignominious star turn on the Internet, the fear of being similarly exposed should deter other rude people from acting assholishly to the rest of us.
ref: 2014, Amy Alkon, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: In an assholish manner; rudely.
phototropisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phototropism
phrasemakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrasemaking
phyllotaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllotaxis
bandola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandolas
Senses: glosses: A plucked pear-shaped stringed instrument with a small body, originating in Colombia and Venezuela.
Derived terms: bandolist
physed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phys ed.
bandolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandola
phytols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytol
phytoplanktons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoplankton
bupkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bupkis.
bupkass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bupkis.
pictarnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pictarnies
Etymology: Diminutive of Scottish pictarne.
Senses: examples: text: “It's a pictarnie, sir, ” said Edie
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: A sea bird, the great tern.
pictarnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pictarnie
glosses: plural of pictarny
dickishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dickishly
form: most dickishly
Etymology: From dickish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Just hope," Eric continues, "that he's not tempting fate's dickishly ironic sense of humor."
ref: 2011, Rick Huffman, The Last Night of Exile, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Thwop! The heel of Joshua's hand cuffed me hard and mean behind the ear. Like I was a dog. He hadn't even taken his eyes off the road. "What the hell?"
"I said the get. Not the gift. The get. Who said I was buying anyting?"
"For God's sake, could you be more dickishly white trash about it? Hitting me? Are you for real? That hurt, Gunner."
ref: 2012, Adele Griffin, All You Never Wanted, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 58:
text: Being dickishly flippant is one of the joys of student life.
ref: 2014, David Mitchell, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life, Guardian Books, →ISBN:
glosses: In a dickish manner.
pictorialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pictorial + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pictorial.
piscatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin piscātrīx. By surface analysis, piscator + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A female fishmonger in ancient times.
examples: text: Lady Eda was reckoned by the learned in such matters to be a piscatrix of the most dexterous order; so that she only permitted Pierce to tie on her flies, but would not condescend to have further assistance from any one.
ref: 1854, Mrs. Locke, Rosa St. Orme, and other tales, page 16:
glosses: A female angler.
Related terms: piscator
placidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of placid: most placid
placider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of placid: more placid
placekicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of placekick
placekicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of placekick
placekicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Did !? No, I went into the garden and practised my place-kicking.
ref: 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 119:
glosses: The act or skill of taking placekicks.
plainspokenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plainspoken + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being plainspoken.
plainspokenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more plainspokenly
form: most plainspokenly
Etymology: From plainspoken + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a plainspoken manner.
planlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From planless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without a plan or scheme; aimlessly.
pleater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleaters
Etymology: From pleat + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or machine that produces pleats.
pleaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleater
constitutional court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constitutional courts
Senses: glosses: a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.
Synonyms: charter court
Related terms: constitutionalism
constitutionality
constitutional law
constitutional right
unconstitutionality
plebeianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more plebeianly
form: most plebeianly
Etymology: From plebeian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a plebeian manner.
plenarties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plenarty
charter court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charter courts
Senses: examples: text: Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional
ref: 2021 November 17, Thai PBS, “Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional”, in Thai PBS World, Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 17 Nov 2021:
glosses: Synonym of constitutional court.
synonyms: word: constitutional court
jerkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jerkishly
form: most jerkishly
Etymology: From jerkish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But while it was true that people could not-click for reasons having nothing to do with whether or not they were good people, if Ned had as much experience in the Community as Maidjene said and was still acting as jerkishly as he had today, the odds were against his being one of the innocent ones.
ref: 1994, Rosemary Edghill, Bell, Book, and Murder, Forge, →ISBN, pages 196–197:
text: If I am wrong, and he did it maliciously... well, I have to agree with Mike.... I don't have much sympathy for someone who is behaving jerkishly (okay... made up word... but it works).
ref: 2002 January 3, WhansaMi [username], “Re: Christmas present”, in alt.support.step-parents (Usenet):
text: Ceri laughed jerkishly but Dilys eye balled^([sic]) us both, she didn't think it was funny.
ref: 2013, Ellie Williams, A Broken Paradise Series: Chasing Fears, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: In a jerkish manner; rudely.
Related terms: knee-jerkishly
speedballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speedball
speedballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of speedball
plonky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒŋki
Forms: form: plonkier
form: plonkiest
Etymology: From plonk + -y.
Senses: glosses: cheap and inferior
raw_tags: of wine
examples: text: They both possess a light, slightly nasal voice, but whereas Siffre has his excellent guitar work to back up his vocals, O'Sullivan only has that same old plonky piano and his arranger.
ref: 1973, Beat Instrumental & International Recording, numbers 122-127, page 59:
text: Clement Ishmael's plodding arrangements for lone, plonky piano, and the unlovely voices of two-thirds of the cast, do not help: even a sublimely sexy song like You Can Leave Your Hat On is rendered flat and toneless.
ref: 1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 871:
glosses: Having an unappealing thudding sound.
Derived terms: plinky-plonky
plonkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of plonky: most plonky
plonkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of plonky: more plonky
plumpened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plumpen
plumpening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plumpen
plumpens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plumpen
plurisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plurisies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pleurisy.
plurisies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plurisie
pneumonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumonitis
poachier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of poachy: more poachy
poachiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of poachy: most poachy
knee-jerkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more knee-jerkishly
form: most knee-jerkishly
Etymology: From knee-jerkish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Measurement specialists have been touting the importance of validity and reliability for so many years that most educators, when asked about how to judge a test's quality, will almost knee-jerkishly respond that validity and reliability are at the top of the test-evaluation list.
ref: 2000, W. James Popham, Modern Educational Measurement: Practical Guidelines for Educational Leaders, Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, page 66:
text: Spotting these new meanings takes a more sophisticated approach to language, and one that is more sensitized to shades of definition instead of just knee-jerkishly categorizing a new meaning as "wrong."
ref: 2006, Erin McKean, editor, Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264:
text: What I am looking for in these pages is a way to express what I believe the NAIL legacy looks like from the vantage point of the new generation of critically minded international law scholars—half junior academics, half graduate students, most lawyers by training, some with little background in practice or activism, typically multilingual, practically atheist, socially liberal, knee-jerkishly ironic[…]
ref: 2012, Akbar Rasulov, “New Approaches to International Law: Images of a Geneaology”, in José María Beneyto, David Kennedy, editors, New Approaches to International Law: The European and the American Experiences, Springer, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: In a knee-jerkish manner.
poetiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poetisers
Etymology: From poetise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poetizer.
poetisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poetiser
pogromed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pogrom
pogroming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pogrom
bandoura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandouras
Senses: examples: text: The whole night passed amid shouts, songs, and rejoicings; and the rising moon gazed long at troops of musicians traversing the streets with bandouras, flutes, round balalaikas, and the church choir, who were kept in the Setch to sing in church and glorify the deeds of the Zaporozhtzi.
ref: 1886, Nikolaï Vasilievitch Gogol, chapter III, in Isabel F[lorence] Hapgood, transl., Taras Bulba [...] Translated from the Russian, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Co. […], →OCLC, page 75:
text: In the Ukraine of Russia the large bandoura with its almost circular face and as many as thirty strings (combining a zither function with fingered lute technique) is a popular short-necked lute, […]
ref: 1997, David [Benedict] Reck, Music of the Whole Earth, New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bandura.
bandouras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandoura
polemize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polemizes
form: polemizing
form: polemized
form: polemized
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολεμίζω (polemízō).
Senses: glosses: To attack in speech or in writing.
polemized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polemize
polemizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polemize
polemizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polemize
bandurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandurists
Etymology: From bandura + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the bandura.
bandurists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandurist
pollywig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollywigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polliwog.
pollywigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollywig
acoustic guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acoustic guitarist
Polonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polonisms
Senses: glosses: A word or phrase characteristic of the Polish language.
Polonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polonism
polyanthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyanthus
polyonymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyonymy
hurdy-gurdyists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurdy-gurdyist
polyphagias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphagia
polygeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polygenesis
polypuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypus
polyurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyuria
polypneas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypnea
poolhall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poolhalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pool hall.
poolhalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poolhall
porcpisce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porcpisces
Senses: examples: text: snores like a porcpisce
ref: 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Obsolete spelling of porpoise.
porcpisces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcpisce
portapack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portapacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of portapak.
portapacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portapack
portapak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portapaks
form: portapack
Etymology: From the brand name Portapak, from portable pack.
Senses: glosses: A portable, battery-powered, self-contained video recording system.
portapaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portapak
porteouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porteous
porwiggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porwiggles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polliwog.
porwiggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porwiggle
possessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From possession + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to possession.
Derived terms: possessional adjective
possessionalism
poticary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poticaries
Senses: examples: text: [T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.
ref: 1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of the Herbe Called in Latin Irio”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 23, recto:
glosses: Obsolete form of apothecary.
poticaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poticary
glosses: plural of poticarie
poultries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poultry
overdunged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdunged
form: most overdunged
Etymology: From over- + dunged.
Senses: examples: text: That the land may not be overdunged, and the crop consequently lodged, care must be taken not to lay above forty such cart-loads on the Swedish acre for spring corn; each cart containing 180 gallons English, or 1920 lbs.
ref: 1844, Cuthbert William Johnson, On Fertilizers, page 112:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: fertilized with too much dung
orted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ort
orting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ort
pursew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pursews
form: pursewing
form: pursewed
form: pursewed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pursue.
poursue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poursues
form: poursuing
form: poursued
form: poursued
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pursue.
pursews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pursew
pursewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pursew
pursewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pursew
poursued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poursue
poursues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poursue
poursuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poursue
poursew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poursews
form: poursewing
form: poursewed
form: poursewed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pursue.
poursewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poursew
poursews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poursew
poursewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poursew
powderiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of powdery: most powdery
poutful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poutful
form: most poutful
Etymology: From pout + -ful.
Senses: glosses: pouty
powellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powellite
powerlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerlessness
knee-jerkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knee-jerkish
form: most knee-jerkish
Etymology: From knee-jerk + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Thus to judge their heart-felt reactions, some of which may look "knee-jerkish" at times, without taking into account their past bitter experiences, their present insecurities, or their dreams would be presumptuous, to say the least.
ref: 1990, Kurdistan Times, numbers 1-3, page 230:
text: It seemed a little knee-jerkish anyway, too obvious for the neighbor across the street to do, and a little too much like adolescent vandalism for my own conscience.
ref: 2001, Terry Osborne, Sightlines: The View of a Valley Through the Voice of Depression, University Press of New England, →ISBN, page 39:
text: Fukuda cares deeply about policy issues. He worries that Abe is a bit shallow on policy matters, and a bit knee-jerkish in his populism.
ref: 2006, The Oriental Economist Report, volumes 74-75, page 91:
glosses: Exhibiting or characteristic of a rash or automatic response.
Synonyms: knee-jerky
Derived terms: knee-jerkishly
long-tailed jaeger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-tailed jaegers
Senses: glosses: An Arctic seabird of the skua family, Stercorarius longicaudus.
Synonyms: sense: Stercorarius longicaudus
word: long-tailed skua
powellise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powellises
form: powellising
form: powellised
form: powellised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of powellize.
powellises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powellise
powellising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powellise
powellised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powellise
powellize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powellizes
form: powellizing
form: powellized
form: powellized
Etymology: From Powell + -ize, after the inventor of the process.
Senses: glosses: To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.
powellized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powellize
powellizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powellize
powellizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powellize
pownd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pownds
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pound.
pownds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pownd
powring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powre
powred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powre
powwaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powwaws
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of powwow.
powwaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powwaws
form: powwawing
form: powwawed
form: powwawed
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of powwow.
powwawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powwaw
powwawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powwaw
powwaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powwaw
powwaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powwaw
poysoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poyson
poysoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poyson
poysoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poysonings
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of poisoning.
poysonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poysoning
pragmaticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pragmaticisms
Etymology: From pragmatic + -ism, coined by Charles Sanders Peirce to distinguish his pragmatic philosophy from pragmatism.
Senses: glosses: A Peircean philosophy based on strict logic, the immutability of truth, the reality of infinity, and the difference between (i) actively willing to control thought, to doubt, to weigh reasons, and (ii) willing not to exert the will, willing to believe.
wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
pragmatistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pragmatistic
form: most pragmatistic
Etymology: From pragmatist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pragmatism; pragmatic.
pragmaticistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pragmaticistic
form: most pragmaticistic
Etymology: From pragmatic + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the philosophy of pragmaticism.
prases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prase
praxises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praxis
prexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prex
prickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pricky: most pricky
prickier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pricky: more pricky
pizza bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza bone
primitivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primitivity
privatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privatism
prizefightings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prizefighting
priviest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of privy: most privy
procaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procaine
procreations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procreation
proctodaeums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proctodaeum
profanatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more profanatory
form: most profanatory
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to profanation.
prolificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prolific + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Were sheer prolificity the sufficient measure of a poet's significance, Mrs Livesay would have discovered in his earliest days one of the major poets of Canadian Modernism.
ref: 1989, Brian Trehearne, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists, page 94:
glosses: The quality of being prolific.
prologuized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prologuize
prologises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prologise
prologising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prologise
prologised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prologise
prologuizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prologuize
prologuizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prologuize
promotiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From promotive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being promotive.
prostatites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostatitis
prostitutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostitution
protamins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protamin
protohistorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protohistorians
Etymology: From proto- + historian.
Senses: glosses: One who studies protohistory.
protohistorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protohistorian
protuberantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more protuberantly
form: most protuberantly
Etymology: From protuberant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a protuberant manner.
provenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proven + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that has been proven.
azymites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azymites
Senses: glosses: plural of azymite
occupation number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupation numbers
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The numerical extent to which a quantum state is filled (in a system of many, identical quantum particles)
Related terms: Pauli exclusion principle
pinning
prozymite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒzɪmaɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑzəˌmaɪt/
Forms: form: prozymites
form: Prozymite
Etymology: Borrowed from German Prozymit, from Medieval Latin prozymīta, from Byzantine Greek προζυμίτης (prozumítēs), from Ancient Greek προζύμιον (prozúmion, “leaven”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming masculine nouns meaning being connected to or a member of something, or coming from a particular place). προζύμιον is derived from προ- (pro-, suffix meaning ‘before, in front’) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, yeast”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming nouns). The English word is analysable as, by surface analysis, pro- + zym- + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Whosever shall obstinately blame the faith of the Holy See of Rome and its sacrifices, let him be anathema, and let him not be deemed Catholic, but a prozymite heretic, that is to say, Defender of the Leaven.
ref: 1867, [Alexis-François] Artaud de Montor, “153. St. Leo IX.—a.d. 1049.”, in [William Hayes] Neligan, editor, The Lives and Times of the Roman Pontiffs, from St. Peter to Pius IX. … Translated from the French, New York, N.Y.: Published by D[enis] & J[ames] Sadlier & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 284–285:
text: The inclusion not only of [Michael I] Cerularius, but of all his followers, and the denunciation of the Greeks as prozymite heretics, does look like a condemnation of the whole Byzantine church until it should change its practices.
ref: 1989, Colin Morris, “Greeks and Saracens”, in The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (Oxford History of the Christian Church), Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 2001, →ISBN, part I (The Papal Reform Movement and the Conflict with the Empire (c. 1046–1122), page 139:
text: For example, Greeks using leavened bread for the consecration, were in opposition with the unleavened bread of the Latin Church, and stigmatised as fermentarians or prozymites.
ref: 2014, Hara Procopiou, “Barley Meal Processing in the Aegean World: A Look at Diversity”, in Annelou van Gijn, John C. Whittaker, Patricia C. Anderson, editors, Exploring and Explaining Diversity in Agricultural Technology (Early Agricultural Remnants and Technical Heritage (EARTH); 2), Oxford; Havertown, Pa.: Oxbow Books, →ISBN, section 2 (The Agricultural Process: Tools and Techniques in Cultural Context):
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
synonyms: fermentarian
antonyms: azymite
glosses: One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
prozymites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Prozymites
Senses: glosses: plural of prozymite
fermentarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɜː.mənˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌfɝ.mənˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: fermentarians
Etymology: From ferment + -arian.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prozymite.
synonyms: word: prozymite
fermentarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fermentarian
truels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truel
occupation numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occupation number
Prussianise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Prussianises
form: Prussianising
form: Prussianised
form: Prussianised
Etymology: From Prussian + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Prussianize.
Prussianised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Prussianise