cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Andean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.di.ən/
ipa: /ænˈdiː.ən/
rhymes: -iən
rhymes: -ændiən
Etymology: From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Senses: examples: text: Under the later Inca professional farms, the whole of the realm from the coast to the upper Amazon River became a flowering centre of plant domestication. More than half of the foods that the world eats today were developed by these Andean farmers. More kinds of food and medicinal plants were systematically cultivated here than in any other area of the world. Among them are potatoes, squash, tomatoes, beans, peanuts, peppers, papaya, cashews, pineapples, chocolate, avocadoes, mulberries, strawberries.
ref: 1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 106:
text: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
ref: 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020:
text: An imprisoned ex-president of Peru was released on humanitarian grounds on Dec. 6, stoking controversy in the Andean nation.
ref: 2023, Marco Aquino, Sarah Morland, and Isabel Woodford (Reuters), Peruvians divided as ex-president, jailed for massacres, walks free, in: The Christian Science Monitor, December 7 2023
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Andes mountains in South America.
Synonyms: Andine
Derived terms: Andean coot
Andean cross
Andean fox
Andean mountain cat
Related terms: Andes
Andean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.di.ən/
ipa: /ænˈdiː.ən/
rhymes: -iən
rhymes: -ændiən
Forms: form: Andeans
Etymology: From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Senses: glosses: Someone from the Andes.
minger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪŋə/
rhymes: -ɪŋə
Forms: form: mingers
Etymology: See minging (from Scots mingin) and -er.
Senses: examples: text: Mike's new bird's a right minger! I wouldn't touch her with yours, mate!
text: Two suits [destroyed] in one day! Look at it, thanks to you, I couldn't even get on the cover of Minger Monthly!
ref: 2009, Doug Naylor, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, spoken by The Cat (Danny John-Jules):
glosses: An unattractive or ugly person.
Synonyms: munter
ugly duckling
Derived terms: ginger minger
daffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæfi/
rhymes: -æfi
Forms: form: daffier
form: daffiest
Etymology: From daff + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Now I'm hungry as a Rocky Mountain lion so come, let's go and get this poor, daffy, tealess widow and wine and dine with her and make it all up.
ref: 1898 September 30, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train:
text: "You've gone so plum daffy you are forgetting your dinner," jeered her mother.
ref: 1909, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter I, in A Girl of the Limberlost:
text: He was daffy about her and she could twist him around her little finger.
ref: 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter IV, in O Russet Witch!:
synonyms: crazy
nutty
wacky
glosses: Somewhat mad or eccentric.
Derived terms: daffily
daffiness
Daffy Duck
daffynition
daffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæfi/
rhymes: -æfi
Forms: form: daffies
Senses: glosses: A daffodil.
daffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæfi/
rhymes: -æfi
Etymology: An allusion to an old medicine known as Daffy's Elixir.
Senses: examples: text: 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“Do you give the children Daffy, Mrs. Mann?” inquired Bumble, following with his eyes the interesting process of mixing.
text: […] he failed repeatedly until he took over his famous house in Haymarket, where for many years, surrounded by such admirers as Byron, Tom Moore and Hazlitt, he smoked his yard of clay, drained his glass of 'daffy', and […]
ref: 1954, Denzil Batchelor, Big Fight: The Story of World Championship Boxing, page 44:
text: Within Castle Tavern, at Holborn, Charles Perth and Lord Lucan were drowning their disparate sorrows in a glass of daffy.
ref: 1991, Julie Caille, Change of Heart, page 255:
glosses: Gin.
priestcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priestcrafts
Etymology: From Middle English priestcraft; equivalent to priest + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most complex of all the poems in the mythological cycle is "Inanna's Descent into the Nether World." This work does not have the air of a dairymaid's song but rather seems to be an expression of priestcraft, astrology, and an investigation into the nature of time.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 172:
text: Whilst caring for a congregation is fundamental, it is a long way from being the only tool in the priestcraft toolbox.
ref: 2016 May 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “The Seven Actual Marks of Mission”, in Thurible.net:
glosses: The craft of performing the duties of a priest.
examples: text: In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin
ref: 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel:
text: He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.
ref: 1831, The Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 26:29
text: Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles / Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.
ref: 1891, Horace (Horatio) Smith, Address to a Mummy
glosses: Priestly policy directed towards worldly ends.
billet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
Forms: form: billets
Etymology: From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille + -ette, from Latin bulla (“document”).
Senses: examples: text: However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophia's billet[…]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI:
text: On their return home, however, she was greatly consoled by Lady Mandeville's reading aloud a billet from Edward Lorraine, regretting that unexpected business,...
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 253:
glosses: A short informal letter.
glosses: A written order to quarter soldiers.
examples: text: A murmur of applause and gratitude arose from the crowd, which was soon interrupted by the preparations for distributing the tickets. Four pages, clothed in white and crimson, brought in two massive salvers, whose delicate carving was from the unrivalled graver of Benvenuto Cellini. These were filled with small sealed billets, from which the company were to draw, and afterwards open, in succession. The pages first approached and knelt before the Queens, who each took one of the billets, and then proceeded to distribute the remainder among the rest.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 262–263:
glosses: A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
Derived terms: billet reading
billet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
Forms: form: billets
Etymology: From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: 17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults’ holiday home as officers’ billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940.
ref: 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
glosses: Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
examples: text: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
examples: text: His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.
ref: 1897, Pall Mall Magazine:
glosses: Berth; position.
billet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
Forms: form: billets
form: billeting
form: billetting
form: billeted
form: billeted
form: billetted
form: billetted
Etymology: From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above.
Senses: examples: text: Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.
ref: 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
text: Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […]
ref: 1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings:
glosses: To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
raw_tags: of a householder etc.
glosses: To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
raw_tags: of a soldier
glosses: To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
Derived terms: billetable
billetee
rebillet
billet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
Forms: form: billets
Etymology: From Middle English billet, bylet, belet, billette, from Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)).
Senses: examples: text: The Saturday evening Cardiff-West Wales mail train is still steam-worked, but a most unlikely locomotive used on May 23 was Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45250 (5A); it returned on May 25 with a train of steel billets.
ref: 1964 July, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 70:
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A semi-finished length of metal.
examples: text: They shall beat out my brains with billets.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
glosses: A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
topics: architecture
glosses: An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
glosses: A strap that enters a buckle.
glosses: A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
Derived terms: billet barge
billethead
billetless
billetwood
Related terms: billon
billet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪlɪt/
rhymes: -ɪlɪt
Forms: form: billets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”).
bedbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ/
Forms: form: bedbugs
form: bed bug
form: bed-bug
Etymology: From bed + bug.
Senses: examples: text: Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.
text: In Morocco, love philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 81:
synonyms: word: mahogany flat
word: Norfolk Howard
word: B-flat
glosses: A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
glosses: Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.
Derived terms: bedbuggy
crazy as a bedbug
don't let the bedbugs bite
objection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: objections
Etymology: From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: last-minute objection
text: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
ref: 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
glosses: The act of objecting.
examples: text: I have no objection to any person's religion.
text: There are millions of Jews living in this country, who have known no other home than America, many of whom have strong objections to racism–and who vote, in a supermajority, for the Democratic Party.
ref: 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
synonyms: quarrel
complaint
glosses: A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
examples: text: Counsel for the property owner immediately raised an objection which was sustained following argument outside the presence of the jury.
ref: 1994, Stephen Davis Porter, editor, Illinois Appellate Reports: Official Reports of the Illinois Appellate Court, page 500:
topics: law
glosses: An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
Derived terms: conscientious objection
counterobjection
nonobjection
objectionable
objectional
objectioner
objectionism
objectionist
speaking objection
Related terms: objector
objection
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: objection!
Etymology: From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!
topics: law
glosses: An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.
andropause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From andro- + -pause, based on menopause.
Senses: topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The male equivalent of the menopause in women; characterized by a decline in libido and overall energy.
Synonyms: word: male menopause
word: viropause
word: manopause
word: penopause
pseudopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuː.də(ʊ)ˌpɒd/
ipa: /ˈsuː.dəˌpɑd/
Forms: form: pseudopods
form: pseudopodia
Etymology: From pseudo- + -pod.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A projection acting as a foot in certain insect larvae.
examples: text: A pseudopod of blackness elongated itself from the central mass and like a great tentacle clutched the corpse-like being, dragged it back to the pit and over the brink.
ref: 1937, Henry Kuttner, The Salem Horror:
glosses: An extension or projection from something.
Synonyms: pseudopodium
Derived terms: pseudopodal
pseudopodic
phagocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
Forms: form: phagocytes
Etymology: From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
Derived terms: haemophagocyte
hemophagocyte
interphagocyte
intraphagocyte
macrophagocyte
microphagocyte
phagocytal
phagocytary
phagocytic
phagocytical
phagocytise
phagocytism
phagocytosis
phagocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
Forms: form: phagocytes
form: phagocyting
form: phagocyted
form: phagocyted
Etymology: Either from the noun or from the French phagocyter.
Senses: glosses: To phagocytize
Derived terms: phagocytation
bloodstream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌd.stɹɪim/
Forms: form: bloodstreams
Etymology: From blood + stream.
Senses: examples: text: virus in the bloodstream
text: directly into the bloodstream
text: spread through the bloodstream
text: The drug quickly entered the bloodstream.
glosses: The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal
Chelsea tractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chelsea tractors
Etymology: From Chelsea, a wealthy area of London in which this type of vehicle is popular, and tractor, an ironic allusion to a large, off-road vehicle, as a humorous juxtaposition between the vehicle's size and power and its use on low-speed roads in a city environment. Potentially also an allusion to their reputation for causing unnecessary traffic congestion, due to their unsuitability for small roads, in a similar fashion to tailbacks caused by tractors on rural roads.
Senses: examples: text: This far up the hill was a maze of narrow streets choked with BMWs and Chelsea Tractors.
ref: 2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz, published 2011, page 45:
text: As Simms and Murray note: “The part of the UK where the largest and most powerful 4x4s – so-called Chelsea tractors – are most popular is indeed the inner London borough of Kensington and Chelsea.”
ref: 2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An SUV or 4x4 vehicle which is chiefly driven on urban or suburban roads for light duties, such as taking children to school.
mesial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːzɪəl/
Etymology: Irregular derivation from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos).
Senses: examples: text: His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins!
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: medial
median
glosses: Pertaining to the midline of the body.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
Derived terms: admesial
anteromesial
axiomesial
buccomesial
distomesial
dorsomesial
frontomesial
labiomesial
mesially
mesialmost
mesial plane
orbitomesial
paramesial
posteromesial
temporomesial
ventromesial
buccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkəl/
ipa: [ˈbʌkɫ̩]
homophone: buckle
rhymes: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: buccal surface of the molars
text: buccal branch of the facial nerve
text: Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.
ref: 2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Postmenopausal Women”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
dentistry
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: facial
english: of a tooth
translation: of a tooth
word: genal
glosses: Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
examples: text: buccal cavity
glosses: Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: supralaryngeal, not laryngeal or glottal.
Derived terms: alveolobuccal
anterobuccal
axiobuccal
buccal cavity
buccal fat extraction
buccal fat removal
buccalization
buccalize
buccally
buccal mass
buccal nerve
buccal pit
buccal pumping
buccalwards
bucco-
cerebrobuccal
cervicobuccal
circumbuccal
distobuccal
dorsobuccal
extrabuccal
gingivobuccal
infrabuccal
intrabuccal
ipsilateralbuccal
mesiobuccal
mesobuccal
midbuccal
nasobuccal
nonbuccal
occlusobuccal
orobuccal
parabuccal
peribuccal
postbuccal
posterobuccal
prebuccal
suprabuccal
transbuccal
occlusal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: On the side of a tooth which mates with the opposing tooth.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to occlusion.
Derived terms: interocclusal
nonocclusal
occlusal guard
occlusally
subocclusal
occlusal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occlusals
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: occlusion
orthodontics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ōrthôdŏntĭks
Etymology: From ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
Synonyms: orthodontia
Hypernyms: english: hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied
translation: hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied
word: dentistry
Coordinate terms: prosthodontics
binomial name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binomial names
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: binomen
binomial
binominal
binominal name
species name
dionym
glosses: A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
wikipedia: binomial nomenclature
St. Patrick's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saint Patrick's Day
form: St Patrick's Day
Senses: glosses: A Roman Catholic holiday commemorating Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland on 17ᵗʰ March.
Synonyms: word: Saint Paddy's
word: Paddy's Day
binomial nomenclature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts; the first is the genus, and is written with an initial capital letter; the second is some specific epithet that distinguishes the species within the genus. By convention, the whole name is typeset in italics. The genus part is often abbreviated to its initial letter e.g. H. sapiens for Homo sapiens
Related terms: binomen
binomial
binomial name
binominal
binominal name
species
species name
taxonomy
Saint Patrick's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of St. Patrick's Day.
latinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of latinize
dentifrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentifrices
Etymology: From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.
Senses: glosses: Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
Hyponyms: chewing stick
chewstick
toothpaste
toothpowder
Latinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪn.aɪz/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ən.aɪz/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ɪ.naɪz/
ipa: /ˈlæt.ə.naɪz/
Forms: form: Latinizes
form: Latinizing
form: Latinized
form: Latinized
form: Latinise
form: latinize
Etymology: From Latin latīnizō. By surface analysis, Latin + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Guglielmus is a Latinized form of William.
glosses: To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
examples: text: The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L.
glosses: To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
examples: text: to Latinize the Church of England
glosses: To render or become Roman Catholic in form or style or to diffuse Roman Catholic ideas in something.
Derived terms: re-Latinize
Related terms: Latinisation
Latinization
St. George's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saint George's Day
Senses: glosses: The saint's day of Saint George, the patron saint of England, celebrated on April 23ʳᵈ.
saint's day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saints' days
Senses: examples: text: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: To-day is a saint's day. This is a Catholic part of Switzerland, and they have a great many holidays because they have a great many saints. There is hardly a week without some saint in it who has to be commemorated, and often there are two in the same week, and sometimes three.
ref: 1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 43:
glosses: A day in a liturgical calendar that is observed in honour of a saint; not necessarily a holiday.
Hypernyms: feast day
holy day
Hyponyms: word: name day
word: patronal feast
english: among South Slavs
translation: among South Slavs
word: slava
Related terms: kirmess
kermesse
name day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name days
Senses: examples: text: In Italy, many individuals celebrate not only their birthday but also their name day, the feast day of the saint for whom they were named. Celebrations on one's name day are often as important as those on one's birthday; […]
ref: 2014, Ada Gobetti, Partisan Diary: A Woman's Life in the Italian Resistance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The feast day of the saint after whom one is named.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of ticket day.
synonyms: word: ticket day
Related terms: birthday
Russel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌsəl/
rhymes: -ʌsəl
homophone: rustle
homophone: Russell
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, a rather rare spelling variant of Russell.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
toothpaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθpeɪst/
ipa: /ˈtuθpeɪst/
Forms: form: toothpastes
Etymology: From tooth + paste. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), German Zahnpasta, Zahnpaste (“toothpaste”), Danish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Swedish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Icelandic tannkrem (“toothpaste”).
Senses: examples: text: fluoride toothpaste
text: whitening toothpaste
text: tube of toothpaste
text: squeeze toothpaste
text: She squeezed a bit of toothpaste onto her brush.
text: The dentist recommended a fluoride toothpaste.
text: The child chose a strawberry-flavored toothpaste.
glosses: A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
Derived terms: elephant's toothpaste
elephant toothpaste
put the toothpaste back in the tube
toothpaste is out of the tube
toothpastey
toothpasty
you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube
toothpaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθpeɪst/
ipa: /ˈtuθpeɪst/
Forms: form: toothpastes
form: toothpasting
form: toothpasted
form: toothpasted
Etymology: From tooth + paste. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), German Zahnpasta, Zahnpaste (“toothpaste”), Danish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Swedish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Icelandic tannkrem (“toothpaste”).
Senses: glosses: To cover, or smear, with toothpaste.
toothbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθbɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: toothbrushes
Etymology: From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
Senses: glosses: A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
Derived terms: electric toothbrush
ionic toothbrush
nature's toothbrush
power toothbrush
toothbrush moustache
toothbrush mustache
toothbrush tree
toothbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθbɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: toothbrushes
form: toothbrushing
form: toothbrushed
form: toothbrushed
Etymology: From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
Senses: examples: text: In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.
ref: 1997, Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica:
text: I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.
ref: 2004, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby:
glosses: To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
E2E
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of end-to-end.
mutton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌtn̩/
ipa: /ˈmʌtn̩/
ipa: [ˈmʌʔn̩]
rhymes: -ʌtən
Etymology: From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
Senses: examples: text: He's been a bit mutton in one ear for a long time; not due to my mother, but as a result of all the years spent working in a noisy car factory.
ref: 2009, Alan Smithie, Sperm, Wonderful Sperm!, page 67:
synonyms: Mutton Jeff
glosses: deaf.
mouton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moutons
Etymology: Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.
Senses: glosses: A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
examples: text: The knit constructions include the knit krimmers, the brushed knit fur prints, and knit mouton.
ref: 1950, Fabric Facts, number 1, page 12:
synonyms: beaver lamb
glosses: Sheepskin processed to resemble beaver or seal fur.
Related terms: mouton enragé
return to one's muttons
merde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)d
Etymology: Borrowed from French merde (“shit”). Doublet of mierda.
Senses: glosses: Shit.
Mutton Jeff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mutton
form: Mutt and Jeff
Senses: glosses: deaf
pisser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪsɚ/
ipa: /ˈpɪsə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pissers
Etymology: From Middle English pissere; equivalent to piss + -er (agent noun). The sense referring to a urinal formed from piss + -er (patient suffix).
Senses: glosses: One who pisses.
glosses: That which pisses, particularly a penis.
qualifier: US northeast dialect
glosses: Someone or something either viewed as good, impressive or remarkable.
glosses: A disappointing or frustrating situation or event.
glosses: An extremely amusing person or thing.
glosses: A toilet or urinal.
glosses: A pub.
glosses: Synonym of piss clam.
synonyms: word: piss clam
Synonyms: word: shitter and Thesaurus:toilet
raw_tags: for toilet
Derived terms: pissah
popcorn pisser
Jodrell Bank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A radio observatory in England.
glosses: A hamlet in Goostrey parish and Lower Withington parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England; the observatory and radio telescope are located nearby (OS grid ref SJ7970).
Derived terms: word: Jodrell
Jimmy Riddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jimmy Riddles
form: Jimmy
Etymology: After the American musician Jimmy Riddle.
Senses: glosses: A piddle; an act of urination.
wikipedia: Jimmy Riddle
piddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪd.l̩/
ipa: /ˈpɪdəl/
ipa: /ˈpɪd.l̩/
rhymes: -ɪdl
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: piddles
form: piddel
form: pidle
Etymology: Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.
ref: 1870, Cythera's Hymnal, page 77:
glosses: Piss: urine.
examples: text: Piddle, urine; occ. the act of making water.
ref: 1937, Eric Honeywood Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, page 625:
text: On the way out to the gardens, he had to stop for a piddle but was so weak he couldn't maintain his balance while lifting his rear leg.
ref: 2013, Angela Lemanis, Contemplating Life from the Back Step, page 84:
glosses: A piss: an act of urination.
examples: text: It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle.
ref: 1910 March 2, Rupert Brooke, letter
glosses: Nonsense or a trivial matter.
Synonyms: sense: urine
word: widdle
word: urine
sense: urination
word: widdle
word: urination
piddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪd.l̩/
ipa: /ˈpɪdəl/
ipa: /ˈpɪd.l̩/
rhymes: -ɪdl
rhymes: -ɪdəl
Forms: form: piddles
form: piddling
form: piddled
form: piddled
form: piddel
form: pidle
Etymology: Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: […] neuer ceaſinge piddeling about theyr bowe and ſhaftes, when they be well, […]
ref: 1544 (date written; published 1571), Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole, or Partitions, of Shooting. […], London: […] Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished in The English Works of Roger Ascham, […], London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], and J[ohn] Newbery, […], 1761, →OCLC, book 2, page 136:
text: I watch Dag and Claire piddle about the desert[.]
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “I Am Not a Target Market”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
examples: text: As [Mahomet] was preaching... there commeth a doue flying towards him, & alighteth vpon his shoulder, and pidleth in his eare, looking for meate, hauing vsed her before to feede in his eare for the same purpose.
ref: 1598, Richard Barckley, A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man..., page 217:
glosses: Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
synonyms: word: peck
extra: to attack or eat with a beak
examples: text: Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle.
ref: a. 1620, Jeremiah Dyke, Diuers Select Sermons on Seuerall Texts..., page 292:
text: As about seven seniors quietly eat meat patties, mashed potatoes and canned peaches, Newberry piddles with the food.
ref: 2000 May 9, Myrtle Beach Sun-News, Sect. A, p. 1
glosses: Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
synonyms: word: nibble
extra: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially
raw_tags: with 'with'
examples: text: Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself.
ref: 1784, cited in Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. VI, p. 128
glosses: To urinate.
Synonyms: sense: urinate
word: widdle
word: urinate
Derived terms: piddle away
piddle pack
piddlepants
piddler
piddling
piddly
piffle
Related terms: pightle
widdle
piddling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
text: the ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes
ref: 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
text: Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
ref: 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times:
text: […]last month the Pentagon spent $400mn to take a 15 per cent stake in MP Materials, a Nevada-based group that aims to be “a fully integrated rare earths producer”. That is a piddling sum.
ref: 2025 August 30, Gillian Tett, “America's new ‘patriotic’ capitalism”, in FT Weekend, page 7:
synonyms: word: base
word: contemptible
word: foolish
word: for the birds
word: futile
word: frivolous
word: idle
word: ignorable
word: immaterial
word: inconsequential
word: inconsiderable
word: indifferent
word: insignificant
word: like a fart in a windstorm
word: meager
word: mean
word: minor
word: negligible
word: nothingburger
word: nondescript
word: paltry
word: petty
word: picayune
word: picayunish
word: piddling
word: piddly
word: pissant
word: pitiful
word: pointless
word: silly
word: simple
word: slight
word: tin-pot
word: trifling
word: trivial
word: two-bit
word: unimportant
word: unweighty
word: vain
word: worthless
word: wretched
glosses: Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
Derived terms: piddlingly
piddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piddle
ESA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of environmental site assessment.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent.
glosses: Initialism of emotional support animal.
coordinate_terms: MSA
PAR
glosses: Initialism of electronically steered array.
ESA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of European Space Agency.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Entertainment Software Association.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Ecological Society of America.
glosses: Initialism of Epigraphic South Arabian.
examples: text: Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) are not legally protected under the ESA or in the state of Minnesota.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 98:
glosses: Initialism of Endangered Species Act
Derived terms: sense: space agency
word: Esa
sense: space agency
word: esa
mutton dressed as lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutton dressed up as lamb
Etymology: A metaphorical sense of mutton (“unattractive older woman”) being dressed (clothed) as lamb (“a younger attractive woman”) and also a pun on mutton (“meat from old sheep”) being dressed (prepared) as lamb (“meat from young sheep”), related to obsolete lamb-fashion.
Senses: examples: text: In one of the rare cinematic depictions of an older woman as sexually attractive and active, Moreau also contributes to the end of Syl′s innocence by seducing him in the summer house. No mutton dressed as lamb could have done better!
ref: 2003, Elizabeth W. Markson, “Chapter Three: The Female Aging Body Through Film”, in Christopher A. Faircloth, editor, Aging Bodies: Images and Everyday Experience, page 85:
text: Elegant, slightly chic, but not mutton dressed as lamb. It was important to present a professional appearance to her former employer.
ref: 2007, L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims, Demon Eyes, New York: Dorchester Publishing, page 224:
text: South African women are also so scared of looking like mutton dressed as lamb that we have plenty of women looking like lamb dressed as mutton!
ref: 2009, Dr John Chibaya Mbuya, Bulelwa Muphela, Grooming and Ettiquette for Corporate Men and Women, unnumbered page:
text: 2009, Jah Wobble, Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Mayhem, Life, Serpent's Tail (Profile Books), UK, page 65,
I thought that the American side of punk was generally full of mutton-dressed-as-lamb degenerates, most of whom were smack heads, who could do with acquainting themselves with a bit of soap and some hot water.
glosses: A middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman, especially if in a deliberate attempt to appear young.
non-verbal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnˈvɜː.bl̩/
enpr: nŏn-vûrʹ-bəl
ipa: /ˌnɑnˈvɝ.bl̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: nonverbal
Etymology: From non- + verbal.
Senses: glosses: In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.
raw_tags: of communication
examples: text: In the Moroccan dialect of Meknès, verbal negation is by means of the circumfix ma...-š, as in (15), while nonverbal negation is primarily by means of invariable ma-ši before the nonverbal predicate, as in (16).
ref: 1991, Bernard Comrie, “On the Importance of Arabic to General Linguistic Theory”, in Bernard Comrie, Mushira Eid, editors, Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics III: Papers from the Third Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Negative prefix in Russian is a distinctive feature of nonverbal parts of speech, namesly, nouns (even those that do not denote situations, e.g. 3a), adjectives (3b), and adverbs (3c): […]
ref: 2009, Anna Pazelskaya, “Three Kinds of Event Nominal Negation in Russian”, in Peter Bosch, David Gabelaia, Jérôme Lang, editors, Logic, Language, and Computation: 7th International Tbilisi Symposium, Springer, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a word that belongs to any part of speech other than that of verbs.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Unable to speak.
non-verbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒnˈvɜː.bl̩/
enpr: nŏn-vûrʹ-bəl
ipa: /ˌnɑnˈvɝ.bl̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Forms: form: non-verbals
form: nonverbal
Etymology: From non- + verbal.
Senses: glosses: A sound, gesture, etc. that is not a word.
bangers and mash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: zeppelins in a cloud
glosses: A meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added.
examples: text: Unfortunately, as you walk around these trails you might be unfortunate to see the reason in the form of helpings of bangers and mash at the side of the path (the mash of course being toilet paper).
ref: 2011, Paul Carpenter, The Moray Way and the Ben Macdui Trail, page 21:
glosses: Human faeces combined with toilet paper.
J. Arthur Rank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J. Arthur Ranks
form: J. Arthur
Etymology: After J. Arthur Rank, a British industrialist and film producer.
Senses: examples: text: He's just gone in the bog for a J. Arthur Rank.
glosses: A wank.
wikipedia: J. Arthur Rank
cartel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːˈtɛl/
ipa: /kɑɹˈtɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: cartels
Etymology: In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense, like the German sense, was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.
Senses: examples: text: oil cartel
text: drug cartel
text: Over the past decade, the very nature of organized crime has changed, with many groups diversifying their income beyond drug trafficking, and large cartels splintering into smaller, oftentimes more nimble groups.
ref: 2023 January 10, Whitney Eulich, America Armenta, “Mexico arrests son of ‘El Chapo’: Why don’t citizens feel safer?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
examples: text: He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: A written letter of defiance or challenge.
examples: text: He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.
ref: 1832, Tales of the Alhambra, Washington Irving:
topics: law
glosses: An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
Derived terms: anticartel
cartelism
cartelist
cartelization
cartelize
citation cartel
drug cartel
intercartel