cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shockingest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: shocking + -est
Senses: examples: text: A neighbor called one day wearing one of the shockingest bad hats ever seen, which he deposited on the floor beside his chair while he related his errand. On riding to depart, the hat had disappeared, […]
ref: 1853, The Universalist Companion, with an Almanac and Register:
text: The fever left him and he was in the shockingest state of weakness you could imagine.
ref: 1872, Charles William Wood, The Argosy, volume 14, page 297:
glosses: superlative form of shocking: most shocking
autogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -geny.
Senses: glosses: spontaneous generation
Related terms: autogenous
Cheviot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːviət/
Forms: form: Cheviots
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a hardy short-wool breed reared on the Cheviot Hills.
Cheviot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːviət/
Senses: glosses: The Cheviot, a hill, the highest point in the Cheviot Hills in Kirknewton parish and Earle parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9020).
glosses: A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A small town in Hurunui district, north Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, named after the Scottish Cheviot Hills.
Derived terms: Cheviot Hills
Cheviots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cheviot
Cheviots
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cheviots
Senses: examples: text: The railway is now among the bare, treeless heights of the Cheviots, and striking views are obtained over wide expanses of almost uninhabitated moorland country.
ref: 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
glosses: The Cheviot Hills in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, United Kingdom.
cryolithozone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryolithozones
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The rocky part of the cryosphere
curdlanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curdlanases
Etymology: From curdlan + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of glucanase.
curdlanases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curdlanase
cybridization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybridizations
Etymology: From hybridization.
Senses: glosses: The fusion of protoplast to form cybrids
cystopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystopathies
Etymology: From cysto- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the urinary bladder
Related terms: cystopathic
cystopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystopathy
raft-rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raft-ropes
Senses: glosses: A rope used in whaling vessels for stringing blubber.
raft-ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raft-rope
catholic creditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catholic creditors
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A creditor whose debt is secured over several or the whole subjects belonging to the debtor, e.g. over two or more heritable estates.
catholic creditors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catholic creditor
tun-belly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tun-bellies
Senses: glosses: A big potbelly or paunch.
tun-bellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tun-belly
didynamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of didynamous.
synonyms: word: didynamous
skirt dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The performance of skirt dances.
Amphitryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amphitryons
Etymology: Named after Amphitryon in Molière's comedy, who gives a great dinner. Amphitryon in Greek mythology was the husband of Alcmene, who was deceived by Zeus in her husband's semblance and so became the mother of Hercules.
Senses: examples: text: With us generally the fault is the other way, and our Amphitryons 'lay on' the beverage too freely, which is also, though not equally, a mistake, for the best champagne when drunk pure, cloys upon the palate sooner than any other wine.
ref: 1848, The Knickerbocker, volume 31, page 303:
glosses: A host or entertainer.
Amphitryons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amphitryon
video doorphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video doorphones
form: video door-phone
Senses: synonyms: video entryphone
video intercom
glosses: A doorphone or entryphone equipped with camera and display.
Related terms: video door entry
umbraculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: the umbraculate face of some of the Orthoptera
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Nearly covered by a projecting process.
Related terms: umbraculum
double feast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double feasts
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly because either the antiphon or the matins took place twice on such days.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: double
glosses: Any of certain feast days ranked above simples and semidoubles.
double feasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double feast
plate papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plate paper
rall.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of rallentando.
semencine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Latin semen + ? (cf. original taxonomic name Artemisia cina), so meaning something like "cina seed"
Senses: glosses: santonica
hurry-scurried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hurry-scurry
hurry-scurrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hurry-scurry
trachean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trachea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to tracheae.
snow ploughing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snow plough
snow ploughed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snow plough
snow plowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snow plow
snow plowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snow plow
debridation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debridations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of debridement.
dikaryotization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dikaryotizations
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The conversion of a (pair of) homokaryon(s) into a dikaryon
Derived terms: dedikaryotization
deflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deflagellates
form: deflagellating
form: deflagellated
form: deflagellated
Senses: glosses: To remove flagella (from)
deglutathionylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deglutathionylates
form: deglutathionylating
form: deglutathionylated
form: deglutathionylated
Senses: glosses: To remove a glutathione group (from a protein)
Related terms: deglutathionylation
deglutathionylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deglutathionylate
deinoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A carotenoid (5R)-5-hydroxy-3-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E,19E,21E)-24-hydroxy-3,7,12,16,20,24-hexamethylpentacosa-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21-undecaenyl]-2,4,4-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one present in Deinococcus radiodurans
demelanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + melanization.
Senses: glosses: The removal (or reduction of the amount) of melanin in the skin
harvest lord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvest lords
Senses: examples: text: The presence and authority of these harvest lords within the seasonal companies is not as remarkable as would have been their absence – for wherever one looks in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries one finds examples of men and women who came together to work collectively […]
ref: 2014, Stephen Banks, Informal Justice in England and Wales, 1760-1914:
glosses: The head reaper at the harvest.
harvest lords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harvest lord
demelanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demelanizes
form: demelanizing
form: demelanized
form: demelanized
Etymology: From de- + melanize.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo demelanization
demelanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demelanize
dendritoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dendritic.
NWMP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North-West Mounted Police, the police force in western Canada before merging with the Dominion Police to become the RCMP.
denitrosylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denitrosylases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses denitrosylation
denitrosylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denitrosylase
dermomyotomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the dermomyotome
deturgescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to deturgescence
devazipide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of devazepide.
Fort Macleod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹt məˈklaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Etymology: After North-West Mounted Police Colonel James Macleod.
Senses: glosses: A town in southwest Alberta, Canada.
wikipedia: James Macleod
Bon Accord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Alberta, from French bon accord, the ancient motto of Aberdeen, Scotland, the hometown of its first settler.
Senses: glosses: A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada.
Sherwood Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * (hamlet in Alberta, Canada): Originally named Campbelltown, after the Campbell family, who first settled in the area, but is renamed by Canada Post because of duplication with other places in Canada with that name.
Senses: glosses: A large hamlet in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, with over 70,000 people.
glosses: A community in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
glosses: A neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States.
pulviniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pulviniform
form: most pulviniform
Senses: glosses: pillow-shaped
Mayerthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mayer + thorpe.
Senses: glosses: A town in central Alberta, Canada.
Evansburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Evans + -burg.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
fringings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringing
downexpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downexpression
Ureparapara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mota Ureparapara, from Proto-Torres-Banks *Ureᵐbaraᵐbara.
Senses: glosses: The third-largest island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu, after Gaua and Vanua Lava.
Synonyms: word: Bligh Island
brouzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brouze
brouzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brouze
heterocercality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being heterocercal.
homocercality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being homocercal.
BLUPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BLUP
xenolinguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenolinguists
Etymology: From xeno- + linguist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
glosses: One who studies the languages spoken by extraterrestrials.
Related terms: xenolinguistic
xenolinguistics
xenolinguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenolinguist
MLST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Initialism of multilocus sequence typing.
PFGE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Initialism of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
great-granduncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-granduncles
Etymology: From great- + granduncle.
Senses: glosses: An uncle of one's grandparent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's great-grandparent)
Coordinate terms: great-grandaunt
australized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of australize
australizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of australize
australizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of australize
LJBFs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of LJBF
LJBFing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of LJBF
LJBFed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of LJBF
quarterpaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterpace
show, don't tell
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ʃəʊ dəʊnt tɛl/
Forms: form: show don't tell
Senses: examples: text: The second flaw is a flagrant violation of “show, don't tell.” Don't tell readers that she's sad and he's mad. Show the reader what they do. Worst of all, don't do both!
ref: 1999, Kendall Haven, Write Right!: Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques, Bloomsbury, page 186:
text: In “Steve Jobs,” Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin “Sorkins” the hell out of an unconventional adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography by daring to break the cardinal rule of show don’t tell.
ref: 2015 October 21, Dana Barbuto, “Review: Aaron Sorkin makes ‘Steve Jobs’ work”, in Northwest Herald:
glosses: Advice to writers: convey an impression by the way that events are described in the narrative, and not by explicitly stating facts.
Related terms: show and tell
sound clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound clips
form: soundclip
Senses: glosses: Synonym of audio clip.
synonyms: word: audio clip
Mondrianesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mondrianesque
form: most Mondrianesque
Etymology: From Mondrian + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Dutch painter and pioneer of 20th-century abstract art.
button scurvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease bejel.
njovera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease bejel.
dichuchwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease bejel.
belesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease bejel.
ogle-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ogle-ins
Etymology: From ogle + -in, modeled after sit-in (“form of peaceful protest”).
Senses: glosses: A feminist form of protest in which a crowd of women would jeer at men seen as looking lecherously at women in public.
ogle-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ogle-in
revolutionisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revolutionisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of revolutionization.
revolutionisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revolutionisation
fugie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fugies
Senses: glosses: A cock that will not fight.
glosses: A fugitive; a runaway.
Derived terms: fugie warrant
fugie warrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fugie warrants
Etymology: See fugie, fugitive; but probably from the legal phrase in meditatione fugae.
Senses: glosses: A warrant to apprehend a debtor who is about to abscond.
mangwinya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magwinya.
fugie warrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fugie warrant
fugitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fugitations
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The act of absconding from justice; outlawry.
Related terms: fugitive
fugitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fugitation
adoptianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adoptianists
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative form of adoptionist.
adoptianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly from adopt + -ian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adoptionism.
adoptianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adoptianist
sure as a gun
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Surely; with certainty.
lolwapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lolwapas
form: malwapa
Senses: glosses: An enclosure within which a family can live.
malwapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lolwapa
lolwapas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lolwapa
Pangu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pɑːnˈɡuː/
Forms: form: P'an-ku
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The first living being and creator of all in Chinese mythology.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
kgosana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dikgosana
Etymology: From Tswana kgosana.
Senses: glosses: In Tswana society, the head of a kgotla or ward.
nonromantically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not romantic.
motswako
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tswana motswako.
Senses: glosses: A subgenre of hip hop music popular in Southern Africa.
pehelwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pehelwans
form: pahlwan
form: pehlwan
Etymology: From Hindi पहलवान (pahalvān).
Senses: examples: text: Take these two pehelwans and take sticks and kill all the snakes in this compound. I don't want to see any of these creatures alive on my lands.
ref: 2001, Ashok Singh, The Snake God, page 258:
text: The Dom Raja's home even had its very own wrestling pit, where only decades ago, pehelwans threw each other to the ground and played for glory.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 294:
glosses: A wrestler.
pehelwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pehelwan
misperceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɪspə(ɹ)ˈsɛptɪv/
Forms: form: more misperceptive
form: most misperceptive
Etymology: From mis- + perceptive.
Senses: glosses: Perceiving incorrectly.
Creolese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Creole + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Guyanese Creole
Guyanese Creole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Guyanese
Creolese
glosses: An English-based creole language spoken in Guyana.
water yam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water yams
form: wateryam
Senses: glosses: A plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis or Aponogeton fenestralis; formerly Ouvirandra fenestralis) whose leaves have little tissue between the veins.
glosses: The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
shikshakarmi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shikshakarmis
Etymology: From Hindi शिक्षाकर्मी (śikṣākarmī).
Senses: glosses: An education worker.
shikshakarmis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shikshakarmi
wateryam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wateryams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of water yam.
insubordinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + subordinated.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: not subordinated
botlhanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hereditary form of slavery.
Dilscoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dilscoops
Etymology: From the surname of Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, and scoop.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.
Dilscoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dilscoop
mephato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mephato
Senses: glosses: A Tswana militia.
bogosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chieftainship
Tswanadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tswana + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The influence of Tswana culture and politics in Botswana.
kuli kuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kuli-kuli.
kuli-kuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kuli kuli
Etymology: From Hausa [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A press cake made from peanuts.
tatashe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tatashes
Etymology: From Hausa tattashi.
Senses: glosses: The red bell pepper.
crawl control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of crawl + cruise control
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Slow cruise control for off-roading.
synthetise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: synthetises
form: synthetising
form: synthetised
form: synthetised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of synthetize.
synthetised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of synthetise
synthetises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of synthetise
synthetising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of synthetise
Armistice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːmɪstɪs/
ipa: /ˈɑɹmɪstɪs/
ipa: /-məstəs/
Forms: form: armistice
Etymology: See armistice.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hat was to be the future policy of the Associated Governments in regard to the renewal of the Armistice: should the Armistice constantly be renewed, with new clauses and new conditions, or were the final naval and military terms to be drawn up immediately and imposed on the enemy.
ref: 1928, David Hunter Miller, “Supreme War Council, February 12, 1919”, in The Drafting of the Covenant, volume 2, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons […], →OCLC, page 165:
text: The armistice of November 1918 could represent many things: the end of the war, the victory. But for the Carnard [the newspaper Le Canard enchaîné], first and foremost, it represented dissention among the French. […] After the armistice and the emergence of the first difficulties of the peace, many more both on the right and in the center argued that the armistice should have been signed in Berlin—in a word, the armistice of November 11 was premature.
ref: 2002, Allen Douglas, “Web of Memory”, in War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor: The Canard Enchaîné and World War I, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Philomena passed another line of shabby soldiers waiting patiently at a soup kitchen. Months after the Armistice the war wasn't over. […] Dan was killed after the Armistice – an armistice is only a truce, it isn't the end. Is the Armistice technically ended? What will come after the Armistice – the peace? That would be nice.
ref: 2009, Nick Stafford, Armistice, London: Quercus, →ISBN:
text: Later he [British Prime Minister David Lloyd George] meets with the House of Commons and, after an opening prayer is said, reviews the armistice terms, then moves for adjournment.
ref: 2018, Richard J. Connors, The Road to the Armistice 1918, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, pages 66–67:
text: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have left their own mark of reconciliation at the start of events to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. They signed a book of remembrance in a railway carriage identical to the one in which the 1918 Armistice was sealed. […] Mrs Merkel became the first German leader since World War Two to visit the forest near the town of Compiègne in northern France where the Armistice was signed.
ref: 2018 November 10, “Armistice Day: Macron and Merkel mark end of World War One”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2018:
glosses: The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.
Related terms: Armistice Day
Poppy Day
Remembrance Day
thyropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyropathies
Etymology: From thyro- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: thyroid disease
thyropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyropathy
diepoxybutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The diepoxide 2,2’-bioxirane
dinophycean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinophyceans
Etymology: From dino- + -phyceae + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any benthic dinoflagellate of the class Dinophyceae
dinophyceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinophycean
dipnomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipnomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any lungfish of the clade Dipnomorpha
dipnomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dipnomorph
dorsoparietal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorso- + parietal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: dorsal and parietal
durophageous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of durophagous.
echoradiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From echo- + radiography.
Senses: glosses: A combination of ultrasonography and radiography carried out together or separately
ecophenotypy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The creation of ecophenotypes
ecophysiographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eco- + physiographically.
Senses: glosses: In an ecophysiographic manner
eigenscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenscores
Etymology: From eigen- + score.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of eigenfactor.
synonyms: word: eigenfactor
eigenscores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenscore
electromyostimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + myostimulation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myostimulation.
synonyms: word: myostimulation
epipodophylloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epipodophylloids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epipodophyllotoxin.
synonyms: word: epipodophyllotoxin
epipodophylloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epipodophylloid
eucamptodromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + camptodromous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing leaf venation composed of a central primary vein with the secondary veins curving upwards towards the leaf margin.
eusthenodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eusthenodonts
Senses: glosses: Any prehistoric fish of the genus Eusthenodon
eusthenodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eusthenodont
exomembrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmbɹeɪn
Forms: form: exomembranes
Etymology: From exo- + membrane.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An exocytic membrane
Related terms: endomembrane
exomembranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exomembrane
extraantral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + antral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside of an antrum
extradesmosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + desmosomal.
Senses: glosses: Outside of a desmosome
extraflagellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + flagellar.
Senses: glosses: Not derived from a flagellum
extraperigastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + perigastric.
Senses: glosses: Beyond the surroundings of the stomach
porn and prawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So long as women's sport is given such short shrift, especially in terms of media attention, commercial sponsorship and prize money, and so long as men fail to analyse the cultural connections between their ‘porn and prawn’ mornings, their conveyance of football violence from the field into their homes, and their desire for mateship against their homophobia, there is a place for feminism in football.
ref: 1995, Criticial InQueeries, volume 1, page 37:
text: The Broncos star's off-colour joke was the sort of thing that would have had them slapping their thighs at a porn-and-prawn night in the 1950s, and as bad jokes go, it wasn't too bad.
ref: 2004, The Bulletin, 6411-6414, p. 41:
glosses: A social event featuring adult entertainment.
moio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moios
form: mojo
form: moyo
Etymology: From Portuguese moio, from Latin modius (“Roman peck of about 9 L”), from modus (“measure”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of moyo.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times.
Coordinate terms: alqueire (1⁄60 moio)
fanga (1⁄15 moio)
fibronectinolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fibronectin + -lytic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That breaks down fibronectin
flavinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The effect that the tight intramolecular interactions observed within synthetic flavinyl peptides have on the ability of the light-excited flavin portions to oxidize aromatic amino acids intra- and intermolecularly has been examined.
ref: 1971 May 25, FeliciaYing-Hsiueh Wu, “Flavin-sensitized photooxidations of tryptophan and tyrosine”, in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure, volume 236, number 2:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from a flavin.
Related terms: flavinylate
flavinylation
flavinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by the addition of a flavinyl group
flavinylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that adds a flavinyl group
rat-goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat-geese
Senses: glosses: brent goose
rat-geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat-goose
lyrical I
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
synonyms: lyrical subject
lyrical speaker
glosses: The narrator within a poem.
Related terms: english: in Wikipedia
translation: in Wikipedia
word: persona and persona poetry
ivory black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A black powder, originally made from burnt ivory, later from bone (i.e. boneblack).
Interlagos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Interlagos.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of São Paulo, Brazil.
Related terms: interlake
spurket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spurkets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spirket.
spurkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spurket
spirket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirkets
form: spurket
Senses: glosses: A space forward and aft between floor-timbers.
spirkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirket
verduns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verdun
haffet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haffets
Etymology: Perhaps equivalent to half-head.
Senses: glosses: The side of the head; the temples.
haffets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haffet
baudric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baudrics
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of baldric.
baudrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baudric
polysynthesism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of polysynthetic grammar.
weeping ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping ashes
Senses: glosses: A variety of the common or European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), with drooping branches.
weeping birch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping birches
Senses: glosses: A variety of the European white birch tree (Betula pendula), with drooping branches.
weeping ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping ash
weeping birches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping birch
denoters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denoter
subfeudatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subinfeudatory.
subfeudatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfeudatories
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subinfeudatory.
subfeudatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subfeudatory
subinfeudate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subinfeudates
form: subinfeudating
form: subinfeudated
form: subinfeudated
Etymology: From sub- + infeudate.
Senses: glosses: To apportion land by subinfeudation.
subinfeudates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subinfeudate
subinfeudated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subinfeudate
subinfeudating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subinfeudate
subinfraorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subinfraorder
dilli bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilli bags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dilly bag.
dilli bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilli bag
dillis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilli
weeping rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping rocks
Senses: glosses: A rock through which water percolates slowly.
weeping spring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping springs
Senses: glosses: A spring from which water escapes slowly.
weeping rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping rock
weeping springs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeping spring
spahbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spahbeds
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spʾḥpty /⁠spāhbed⁠/). Doublet of sparapet.
Senses: glosses: the title of the military commander or commander-in-chief in Sassanian-era Persia
Related terms: english: Old Armenian
translation: Old Armenian
word: sparapet
english: Old Georgian
translation: Old Georgian
word: spaspet
word: sepahbod
word: ispahbadh
word: isbahbadh
Whitweek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whitweeks
Senses: glosses: The week that begins with Whitsunday.
Whitweeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitweek
pleurosphenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurosphenoid
flavohaemoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavohaemoglobin
frambinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phenolic ketone 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanone present in raspberries and similar fruit
frontoclypeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fronto- + clypeal.
Senses: glosses: frontal and clypeal
such or such
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Synonym of such-and-such.
synonyms: word: such-and-such
furanocembranoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furanocembranoids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of oligocyclic derivatives of furan, especially (4S,5E,7S,10E)-7,11-dimethyl-4-propan-2-yl-14-oxabicyclo[11.2.1]hexadeca-1(15),5,10,13(16)-tetraen-7-ol
Related terms: furanocembranolide
furanocembranoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furanocembranoid
hydrostatic balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrostatic balances
Senses: glosses: A device for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity.
hydrostatic balances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrostatic balance
cigarettist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigarettists
Etymology: From cigarette + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: "More delay," said the cigarettist, glancing at his watch.
ref: 1905, Francis Lynde, A Fool for Love, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, page 1:
glosses: One who smokes cigarettes.
cigarettists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarettist
by no manner of means
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: not by any manner of means
glosses: Under no circumstances whatsoever; not at all.
Metzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtsɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈmɛtsi.ən/
Forms: form: more Metzian
form: most Metzian
Etymology: From Metz + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: according to a Metzian statement
ref: 1871, The Franco-German War:
text: To crown all I was distracted with toothache, and had to go to a Metzian dentist,
ref: 1890, The Universal Review, volume 8, page 168:
text: this Metzian province
ref: 1908, The Book News Monthly, volume 27, page 863:
synonyms: Messine
glosses: Of or pertaining to the city of Metz.
glosses: Of or relating to Christian Metz (1931–1993), French film theorist.
Metzian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtsɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈmɛtsi.ən/
Forms: form: Metzians
Etymology: From Metz + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Messine
glosses: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Metz.
cigarettism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cigarette + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An addiction to smoking cigarettes.
tobaccoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tobacco + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An addiction to tobacco.
water cement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water cements
Senses: glosses: hydraulic cement
water cements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water cement
forewind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forewinds
Etymology: From fore- + wind.
Senses: glosses: A favourable wind.
forewinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forewind
specific heats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specific heat
paedagogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paedagogies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedagogy.
paedagogics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedagogics.
paedagogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paedagogy
machhan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machhans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of machan.
machhans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machhan
rasogolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rôśôgolla).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
rasgulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rasagola
form: rasagolla
form: rasagulla
form: rasgula
form: rasogolla
form: rosogolla
form: roshogolla
form: rossogolla
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi रसगुल्ला (rasgullā), from Calque of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rośogōlla).
Senses: examples: text: Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.
ref: 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A South Asian dessert made from chhena dumplings in a sugar syrup.
rossogolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] the famous sweetmeat makers of the city who confected such delicacies as the rossogolla, the pantua and the Lady Canning […]
ref: 1980, New Delhi (volume 3, part 1, page 35)
text: This is rossogolla's less famous and less controversial cousin. As with rossogolla, the Das family of the famous K. C. Das confectionary empire claims rossomalai as a family invention, […]
ref: 2011, Michael Krondl, Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert, page 71:
text: Soon, all of them sat at the dining table in the kitchen and ate simple items like lentils, veggies, fish curry, basmati rice, and rossogolla at the end as dessert.
ref: 2013, Susil C. Acharyya, A Man of Two Countries, page 368:
glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
rosogolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rôśôgolla).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
rasagolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rôśôgolla).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
rasagola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Odia ରସଗୋଲା (rasagolā).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
roshogolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rôśôgolla).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasgulla.
RASopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RASopathy
rhizina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizinae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rhizine.
rhizinae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizina
hogan-mogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogen-mogen
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch hoogmogenden or hoogmogendheden (“eminence”, title of members of the States General).
Senses: glosses: A kind of strong alcoholic drink.
Related terms: Hogan Mogan
hogen-mogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hogan-mogan.
marble paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marble papers
Senses: glosses: Paper coloured in imitation of variegated marble.
marble papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marble paper
marble run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌn
Forms: form: marble runs
Senses: glosses: A toy consisting of a track with bends, obstacles, etc. that marbles can be made to run down.
marble runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marble run
subulicorn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having subulate antennae.
subtypically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subtypically
form: most subtypically
Etymology: From subtypical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subtypical manner.
salpiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salpiform
form: most salpiform
Etymology: From salp + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a salp.
estating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of estate
cutikins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuitikins
Senses: glosses: spatterdashes
cuitikins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutikins.
ungloried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungloried
form: most ungloried
Etymology: From un- + gloried.
Senses: glosses: Not made glorious.
make a lip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a lip
form: making a lip
form: made a lip
form: made a lip
Senses: glosses: To pout in sullenness or contempt.
overplating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overplate
overplated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overplate
hunt up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hunts up
form: hunting up
form: hunted up
form: hunted up
Senses: examples: text: She had agreed with Malone's conclusions. She had even hunted up a good deal of evidence of her own.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: To hunt for; to seek out.
galactoglycoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactoglycoproteins
Etymology: From galacto- + glycoprotein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein whose sugar is galactose
galactoglycoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactoglycoprotein
gallwasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallwasps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gall wasp.
gallwasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallwasp
geophilomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geophilomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any centipede of the order Geophilomorpha
geophilomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geophilomorph
glucosaminoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosaminosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of glucosamine
glucosaminosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucosaminoside
granulolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of granulysin.
haloacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloacetamides
Etymology: From halo- + acetamide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide of a haloacetic acid
haloacetamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloacetamide