cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Uto-Aztecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌju.toʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
ipa: /ˌjuː.təʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
rhymes: -ɛkən
Forms: form: Uto-Aztecans
form: Uto-Aztekan
Etymology: From Uto- + Aztecan.
Senses: synonyms: Uto-Aztec
glosses: A speaker of one of these languages.
indifferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indifference
irrigating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of irrigate
irrigates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of irrigate
pool hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pool halls
form: poolhall
Etymology: From pool + hall.
Senses: glosses: A building where visitors pay to play billiards (pool).
ignostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ignostic
issuable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From issue + -able.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law.
examples: a writ issuable on these grounds
topics: law
glosses: Lawful or suitable to be issued
Derived terms: issuably
nonissuable
unissuable
ignorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ignorable
form: most ignorable
Etymology: From ignore + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.
glosses: Able to be ignored.
synonyms: negligible
neglectable
trivial
insignificant
antonyms: unignorable
noticeable
important
radical
significant
glosses: Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.
examples: text: Although there is an abundance of statistical literature describing (complicated) methods that can be used to investigate whether or not one is dealing with ignorable or informative missing data in a longitudinal study (see, for instance, Diggle, 1989; Ridout, 1991; Diggle et al., 1994), it is basically quote easy to investigat this matter.
ref: 2003, Jos W. R. Twisk, Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis for Epidemiology, →ISBN:
text: Another pertinent distinction in Rubin's missing data classification system is whether the missing data mechanism is ignorable.
ref: 2007, Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, Souraya Sidani, Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction, →ISBN, page 50:
text: If θ and φ are not functionally related to each other (or that the knowledge of one does not provide any information about the other) then the parameters are called “distinct,” and the missing data mechanism is ignorable.
ref: 2015, Trivellore Raghunathan, Missing Data Analysis in Practice, →ISBN, page 6:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
antonyms: informative
glosses: Unrelated to the parameters being estimated
raw_tags: of missing data
Derived terms: ignorably
nonignorable
ignorable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ignorables
Etymology: From ignore + -able.
Senses: examples: text: So long as people like Mr Spearing stop at this point and resort to adjectives instead of numbers, so long will engineers, and probably also decision makers, continue to treat intangibles as ignorables.
ref: 1969, Michael Huxley, The Geographical Magazine, volume 42, page 389:
glosses: Anything that can be ignored.
Related terms: imputation
missingness
nonresponse
increasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more increasable
form: most increasable
Etymology: From increase + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be increased.
Derived terms: increasableness
Related terms: decreasable
reducible
canary in a coal mine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canaries in a coal mine
form: canaries in coal mines
form: canary in the coal mine
Etymology: An allusion to caged canaries (birds) that miners would carry down into the mine tunnels with them. If dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide collected in the mine, the gases would kill the canary before killing the miners, thus providing a warning to exit the tunnels immediately.
Senses: examples: text: "A mussel is a canary in a coal mine," Clemens explained. "When the freshwater mussels are healthy, it indicates good water quality."
ref: 2003 April, “Saving the St. Joe”, in Field & Stream:
text: On the job, she was like a canary in a coal mine: If the subtle energy wasn't in balance, she was the first to notice.
ref: 2008, Jean Haner, The Wisdom of Your Face: Change Your Life With Chinese Face Reading!, Hay House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 133:
text: Thanks to rampant real estate development that revitalized the city starting in the '90s, Dublin has been something of a canary in a coal mine with regard to the global financial meltdown — the credit crunch hit here early and hard.
ref: 2009 April, Steve Kandell, “What Makes U2 Run?”, in Spin:
glosses: Something whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of a greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.
Synonyms: climate canary
miner's canary
Related terms: warrant canary
mesocephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + -cephalous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mesocephalic.
B-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B-frames
Etymology: Abbreviation of bidirectional frame.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: A compressed video frame which is reconstructed based on its differences from both the previous and the subsequent frame.
Synonyms: B-picture
B-frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of B-frame
rentiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rentier
macroblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroblocks
Etymology: From macro- + block.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
qualifier: video compression
glosses: A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block
examples: text: In 1975 the macroblock area was stepped back so that a smaller block excavation could extend below Horizon 8.
ref: 2003, David L. Carlson, “Figuring Out "What Happened in the Middle Archaic?"”, in Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology, →ISBN, page 78:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations
Meronyms: sense: parts of a macroblock
word: partition
word: pixel
Derived terms: macroblocking
submacroblock
Related terms: microblock
concertation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concertations
Etymology: Latin concertatio.
Senses: glosses: A form of dialogue and co-decision, implying the mutual exchange of information, open discussion and knowledge sharing, and the signature of operational agreements between public administrations and/or with representatives of the private sector.
glosses: Strife, contention.
trophophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophophytes
Etymology: From tropho- + -phyte.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.
capital gains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capital gain
mops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mop up
mopping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mop up
mopped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mop up
hypodigm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪpə(ʊ)(ˌ)daɪm/
/-dɪm/
Forms: form: hypodigms
Etymology: Coined in 1940 by George Gaylord Simpson, Types in Modern Taxonomy, published in American Journal of Science #238, p. 418.
Senses: topics: anthropology
biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A sample from which the characters of a population are to be inferred.
Cheaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Cheasters
Etymology: Blend of Christmas + Easter
Senses: examples: text: Up to that point, we were Methodist Cheasters, as Martin called us. Went to a protestant church only on Christmas and Easter. We had a general faith in a Greater Being, but not much attention was paid to spiritual matters.
ref: 2016, Ted Haynie, Ted's Shorts: One Man's Thoughts, page 310:
glosses: A person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.
mainstreams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mainstream
mainstreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainstreamings
Etymology: From mainstream + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Neither Wales nor Scotland was in favour of getting rid of it, no doubt because both countries have done an infinitely better job than Whitehall on mainstreaming sustainable development.
ref: 2010 July 23, Jonathon Porritt, “The greenest government ever? Don't make me laugh”, in The Guardian:
text: Mainstreaming implies involving all social actors—governments, civil society, industry and local communities—in the process. Mainstreaming calls for changes in policy as far upstream as possible.
ref: 2010, Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, editors, Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development Cooperation […] , Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: The process of bringing something into the mainstream.
examples: text: It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.
ref: 1985 April 14, Barbara Gerbasi, “Mainstreaming My Son”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: education
glosses: The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
Derived terms: gender mainstreaming
youth mainstreaming
mainstreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mainstream + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mainstream
mainstreamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mainstream
Derived terms: nonmainstreamed
trophophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophophyte
Bram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, short for Abraham
glosses: A commune in Aude department, Occitania, France.
tilbury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪlbəɹi/
Forms: form: tilburies
Etymology: From Tilbury (“surname of the inventor”).
Senses: examples: text: Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
ref: 1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital:
text: If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury […]
ref: 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: A small open two-wheeled carriage.
glosses: Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).
sugar substitute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar substitutes
Senses: glosses: A food additive that replicates the sweetness of sugar but is not sugar.
Synonyms: english: hyponym by some definitions
translation: hyponym by some definitions
word: artificial sweetener
Hyponyms: sense: sugar substitutes
word: acesulfame K
sense: sugar substitutes
word: acesulfame potassium
sense: sugar substitutes
word: artificial sweetener
sense: sugar substitutes
word: aspartame
sense: sugar substitutes
word: cyclamate
sense: sugar substitutes
word: potassium acesulfame
sense: sugar substitutes
word: saccharine
sense: sugar substitutes
word: sorbitol
sense: sugar substitutes
word: stevia
sense: sugar substitutes
word: sucralose
sense: sugar substitutes
word: sugar alcohol
sugar substitutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar substitute
pesthole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pestholes
Etymology: From pest (“disease”) + hole (“miserable place”).
Senses: glosses: A place where a contagious disease is present or likely
Martino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Martinos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
felt-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felt-tips
Senses: glosses: A felt-tip pen.
felt-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: felt-tips
form: felt-tipping
form: felt-tipped
form: felt-tipped
Senses: glosses: To write with a felt-tip pen.
fatless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfætləs/
Etymology: From fat + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Soon oranges were seedless,
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy hatless,
The proper diet, fatless, […]
ref: 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:
glosses: Without fat, especially in the senses: made without fat, fat-free.
Derived terms: fatlessness
'puter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'puters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of puter (“computer”).
'puters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'puter
puters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puter
Puter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Romansch put (“porridge”), therefore meaning "porridge-eaters." Compare Latvian putra (“porridge”) and Proto-Finnic *putro.
Senses: glosses: A particular dialect of Romansch.
field glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field glasses
Senses: glosses: A pair of binoculars for observing "in the field".
glosses: A small monocular refracting telescope.
glosses: The larger of the image lenses of an optical device.
reed instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reed instruments
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any musical wind instrument played by blowing air through a reed, such as the oboe or the clarinet.
Derived terms: reed instrumentalist
D-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D-frames
Etymology: From "DC frame".
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
qualifier: video compression
glosses: A low-quality intraframe containing only DC components, used for high-speed previews.
Synonyms: DC-picture
I-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: I-frames
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
qualifier: video compression
glosses: Abbreviation of intraframe.
topics: video-games
glosses: Abbreviation of invincibility frame.
D-frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D-frame
I-frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of I-frame
morphotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The state of two crystals whose similar physical structure is due to similar chemical composition
P-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P-frames
Etymology: Abbreviation of predicted frame.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
qualifier: video compression
glosses: A video frame which contains only information on the differences from previous frames
P-frames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P-frame
field effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field effects
Senses: glosses: The use of an electric field to control the conductivity of a channel in a semiconductor, as in FET.
hors-d'oeuvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hors-d'oeuvre
form: hors-d'oeuvres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hors d'oeuvre.
hors-d'oeuvres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hors-d'oeuvre
reed instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed instrument
tilburies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilbury
macroblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroblock
pool halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pool hall
firethorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firethorns
Etymology: From fire + thorn.
Senses: glosses: A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Pyracantha koidzumii
word: Formosa firethorn
taxonomic: Pyracantha crenulata
word: Himalayan firethorn
taxonomic: Pyracantha crenulata
word: Nepal firethorn
taxonomic: Pyracantha coccinea
word: scarlet firethorn
taxonomic: Pyracantha angustifolia
word: slender firethorn
taxonomic: Pyracantha angustifolia
word: woolly firethorn
eco-regions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eco-region
eigenspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenspace
ecoregions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoregion
ONG
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: ong
Senses: examples: text: that was a great movie, ONG.
glosses: Abbreviation of on God.
ONG
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ong
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of orange (hair color).
authentique
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more authentique
form: most authentique
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of authentic.
Derived terms: authentiquely
formularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formularizes
form: formularizing
form: formularized
form: formularized
form: formularise
Senses: glosses: To express as a formula, to formulate.
Derived terms: formularizer
unformularized
permition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of permission.
permitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of permissions.
formularise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formularises
form: formularising
form: formularised
form: formularised
form: formularize
Etymology: From formular + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To express as a formula, to formulate.
floorball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From floor + ball.
Senses: synonyms: unihockey
glosses: An indoor ball game played with a stick like hockey.
galee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galees
Senses: glosses: A freeminer who has a gale (personal mining plot).
food supplement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food supplements
Senses: glosses: Additional nutrients or other chemicals substances, augmenting those provided by normal diet.
collagist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From collage + -ist.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a collage, or of the making of a collage.
collagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collagists
Etymology: From collage + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who makes collages, or who has made a specific collage.
collagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collagist
foodservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food service
Etymology: From food + service.
Senses: examples: text: Employee turnover tends to be high in the foodservice industry.
text: AMERICA IS TURNING INTO A NATION OF CHEESEHEADS. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION nearly tripled in the last 30 years, from 11 pounds to 31 pounds, with roughly 60 percent of that gain coming through foodservice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ref: 2006, Patricia Cobe, Restaurant Business, volume 105, page 60:
glosses: The business of providing food and related services.
Synonyms: catering
freeze-drying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freeze-dry
freeze-drying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cryodesiccation
lyophilization
lyophilizing
hypernyms: drying
dessication
dehydration
glosses: The process of dehydration by sublimation for preservation or convenience; the removal of moisture from a frozen material using vacuum.
Related terms: freeze distillation
hole-in-the-walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hole-in-the-wall
holes-in-the-wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hole-in-the-wall
agrafe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrafes
Etymology: From French agrafe.
Senses: examples: text: The belt was of gold, confined by a diamond agrafe.
ref: 1867, Harper's Bazaar, volume 1, page 384:
glosses: A hook or fastener on clothing.
rubin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbɪn/
Forms: form: rubins
Senses: examples: text: And, when she spake,
Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed;
And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The rubins red and bright
ref: 1884, Richard Francis Burton, transl., Camoens - The Lyricks, Ode XI (Naquelle tempo brando):
glosses: Alternative form of rubine (“(obsolete) a ruby”).
crustaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kɹʌsˈteɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more crustaceous
form: most crustaceous
Senses: examples: text: the crustaceous or ostreaceous body
ref: 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Resembling a crustacean.
examples: text: a crustaceous lichen
glosses: Hard, thin and brittle.
Derived terms: crustaceousness
ecrustaceous
noncrustaceous
pustulocrustaceous
semicrustaceous
subcrustaceous
daydreamt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of daydream
foure
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: The articles whereof were theſe: That ſuch as were in debt, ſhould be cleered of all their debts, and that the landes alſo ſhould be diuided into equall partes: so that from the valley of Pallena vnto mount Taugetus, and vnto the cities of Malea, and Selasia, there ſhould be foure thowſand fiue hundred partes,[…]
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of four.
unfriending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfriend
defriends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defriend
defriending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defriend
defriended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defriend
jordanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jordanites
Etymology: From Jordan + -ite, after Dr H. Jordan (1808-1887), its discoverer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₁₄(As,Sb)₆S₂₃.
jordanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jordanite
jurbanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jurbanites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral with chemical formula AlSO₄(OH)·₅H₂O.
jurbanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jurbanite
iodargyrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodargyrites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural mineral form of silver iodide.
iodargyrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodargyrite
jamesonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamesonites
Etymology: Robert Jameson (1774-1854), Scottish mineralogist + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dark grey monoclinic sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄.
Derived terms: parajamesonite
jamesonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamesonite
jaffeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaffeites
Etymology: After Howard W Jaffe, Amherst geologist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated calcium silicate mineral with chemical formula Ca₆Si₂O₇(OH)₆.
jaffeites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaffeite
quenstedtite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after F. A. von Quenstedt, German mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare iron sulfate mineral that forms violet or white triclinic crystals.
hubnerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hubnerites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hübnerite.
hubnerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hubnerite
hübnerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hübnerites
form: huebnerite
form: hubnerite
Etymology: Adolf Hübner, German mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese tungstate mineral that forms reddish-brown to black monoclinic prismatic submetallic crystals.
hübnerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hübnerite
submetallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + metallic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a lustre like that of metal, but duller and less reflective
hauyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hauynes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haüyne.
hauynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hauyne
haüyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːˈwiːn/
/ˈhɑː.wɪn/
/ˈhɔː.ɪn/
Forms: form: haüynes
form: hauyne
form: hauynite
form: haüynite
Etymology: From French haüyne, named for French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822).
Senses: examples: text: Lapis lazuli is a complex clump of minerals, including haüyne, sodalite, nosean and lazurite.
ref: 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 321:
glosses: Synonym of haüynite.
synonyms: word: haüynite
wikipedia: René Just Haüy
haüynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haüyne
hauynite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haüynite.
hauynites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hauynite
wüstite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wüstites
Etymology: From Wüst + -ite after Fritz Wüst (1860-1938), a German metallurgist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey mineral form of iron(II) oxide with a greenish tint.
wüstites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wüstite
akaganeite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akaganeites
Etymology: Akagane mine, Japan, where it was discovered, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic iron(III) oxide-hydroxide/chloride mineral formed by the weathering of pyrrhotite.
akaganéites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of akaganéite
angélique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angéliques
form: angelique
Etymology: Borrowed from French angélique. Doublet of angelic and angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”).
Senses: glosses: A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.
Synonyms: angelica
angel lute
waxberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxberries
Etymology: From wax + berry.
Senses: glosses: A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
of species Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle).
glosses: A bayberry plant or fruit of family Myricaceae, especially species of Myrica, particularly
of species Myrica rubra (yangmei)
glosses: Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Symphoricarpos (ghost berry)
glosses: Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
of species Gaultheria appressa (white waxberry)
glosses: Certain snowberry plants and their fruit
of the genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia
of species Gaultheria depressa (alpine waxberry)
glosses: A barley sugar bush (Pollichia campestris)
waxberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxberry
uppitiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of uppity: most uppity
uppitier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of uppity: more uppity
honeytraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeytrap (alternative spelling of honey traps).
honeytraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of honeytrap
honey traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey trap
garibaldino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garibaldinos
form: garibaldini
Etymology: From Italian garibaldino.
Senses: examples: text: There were three doors in the front of the house, and each afternoon the Garibaldino could be seen at one or another of them.
ref: 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo:
text: The garibaldini had expected a welcome from islanders pining for liberation and were thus surprised to find a complete absence of enthusiasm for their arrival […].
ref: 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 194:
glosses: A partisan or adherent of Garibaldi; a Garibaldian.
glistering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glistering
form: most glistering
form: glistring
Senses: examples: text: The flying sparks are like the tiger's glistering eyes.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 216:
glosses: Glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.
Derived terms: glisteringly
glistering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glistring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glister
glistered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glister
miners' canaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miners' canary
punji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punjis
form: panjee
form: panji
form: punjee
form: punjie
Etymology: From Jingpho [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: Ordinary punjis will penetrate thick uniforms or the upper part of a shoe.
ref: 2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
Synonyms: punji stick
ranjau
ranjow
Derived terms: punji pit
pruce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English Pruce (“Prussia”) (whence also spruce), from new Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Compare French Prusse.
Senses: examples: text: Some for Defence would Leathern Bucklers uſe, / Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book III, page 50:
glosses: Prussian leather.
dance cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dancecards
form: dance-cards
Senses: glosses: plural of dance card
White Cloud Mountain minnows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of White Cloud Mountain minnow
hagrides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hagride
hagrode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of hagride
hagrid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of hagride
housesits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of housesit
housesitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of housesit
housesat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of housesit
slinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slink
setar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setars
Etymology: From Iranian Persian سهتار (se-târ). Doublet of sitar.
Senses: glosses: A Persian musical instrument.
Related terms: sitar
miners' canary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miners' canaries
form: canary in a coal mine
form: miner's canary
Senses: glosses: A caged bird kept caged in mines because its demise provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases.
glosses: Any thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger.
Related terms: climate canary
phereses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pheresis
miner's canaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miner's canary
sabji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabjis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sabzi.
sanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋə/
Forms: form: sangas
Senses: glosses: Sandwich.
hirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hirers
Etymology: From hire + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of hire: someone who hires.
hirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hirer
conspirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: conspirers
Etymology: From conspire + -er.
Senses: synonyms: conspirator
glosses: Someone who conspires.
conspirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspirer
hitherunto
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hither + unto.
Senses: glosses: hereto, hitherto.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
ettin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛtɪn/
rhymes: -ɛtɪn
rhymes: -ɛtən
Forms: form: ettins
form: etin
form: etten
form: eaton
form: yetun
form: yotun
form: yeten
form: yetin
form: Etene
form: Yttin
form: Ytene
Etymology: From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *etun, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn (“giant”), Swedish jätte (“giant”), Danish jætte (“giant”). Doublet of jotun.
Senses: examples: 1890, Joseph Jacobs, "The Red Ettin" in English Folk and Fairy Tales, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 3rd edition, no date, p. 138, https://archive.org/details/englishfairytale00jacouoft
He asked the wife if he might stay for the night, as he was tired with a long journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belonged to the Red Ettin, who was a very terrible beast, with three heads, that spared no living man it could get hold of.
topics: fantasy
glosses: A giant.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A giant with two heads.
hogfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogfishes
form: hogfish
Etymology: From hog + fish.
Senses: glosses: Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
glosses: Several of the species of Bodianus.
glosses: The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis.
glosses: Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log perch, rockfish, a kind of darter.
examples: text: The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.
ref: 1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 3:
roman: Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá
glosses: A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
glosses: A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
glosses: A grunt, Haemulon parra.
hogfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hogfish
storage devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storage device
post mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post molds
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An infilled soil cavity interpreted to be the result of a humanmade post that was once embedded in the ground.
soft redirects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft redirect
gussies up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gussy up
gussying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gussy up
gussied up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: 27 January 2014, "Toby Gets Nosy", Sheriff Callie's Wild West episode 7a
Callie: So let's all get gussied up and meet back in front of Town Hall at high noon.
glosses: simple past and past participle of gussy up
pinnacling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinnacle
neet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neets
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NEET.
neet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neets
Senses: examples: text: It does get dark of a neet when t'mooin in't aat
glosses: Alternative form of night.
aluminum foils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aluminum foil
pinnacled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinnacle
pinnacled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Close to this monument is another, the stateliest and most sumptuous of the three; it first arrests the eye of the stranger, and long detains it, — a many-pinnacled pile, surrounded by niches with statues of the warrior saints.
ref: 1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § LVI, page 73:
text: Photography from the bluff side would accentuate the twin-pinnacled crest but sacrifice part of the background.
ref: 1978, Missouri. Division of Geology and Land Survey, Educational Series - Division of Geology and Land Survey:
glosses: Having one or more pinnacles.
gussy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌsi/
rhymes: -ʌsi
Forms: form: gussies
form: gussying
form: gussied
form: gussied
Etymology: First use appears c. 1952, apparently from Gussy (an adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“an effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.
Senses: glosses: To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
Derived terms: gussy up
gussy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌsi/
rhymes: -ʌsi
ipa: /ˈɡʊsi/
rhymes: -ʊsi
ipa: /ˈɡʌsi/
rhymes: -ʌsi
Forms: form: gussies
Etymology: Blend of girl + pussy, by analogy with bussy.
Senses: examples: text: Hope y'all want it when I'm old cause I'll still be needing my gussy ate
ref: 2021 September 7, @SandyFrizzle, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2024:
text: i know her gussy smells like roses
ref: 2022 April 18, @celestialdevils, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2024:
glosses: The vagina of a woman.
glosses: The anus of a woman, especially but not exclusively a trans woman.
Lauretta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌləˈɹɛtə/
ipa: /ˌlɔ-/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Forms: form: Loretta
Etymology: An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.
Senses: examples: text: Lauretta, ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names; if you had called her Deborah, or Tabitha, or Ruth, or Rebecca, or Joan, nothing of this had ever happened; but I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name.
ref: 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 58:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
honeymooned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honeymoon
hutches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hutch
hydrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrometer
Haitians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Haitian
housewarmings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housewarming
helpmeets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helpmeet
hernias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herniae
Senses: glosses: plural of hernia
herniae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herniæ
form: hernias
Senses: glosses: plural of hernia
herniotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herniotomies
Etymology: From hernia + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical repair of a hernia.
herniotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herniotomy
harries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harry
harries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harry
harrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.
ref: 2014 July 5, Sam Borden, “For bellicose Brazil, payback carries heavy price: Loss of Neymar [International New York Times version: Brazil and referee share some blame for Neymar's injury: Spaniard's failure to curb early pattern of fouls is seen as major factor (7 July 2014, p. 13)]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: present participle and gerund of harry
harrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harryings
Senses: examples: text: The northern pirates were now swarming on every sea, and the coasts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany were all alike desolated by their harryings.
ref: 1871, The British Quarterly Review:
glosses: The act of one who harries or harasses.
holdups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holdup
hodgepodges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodgepodge
hodgepodges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hodgepodge
inaugurates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inaugurate
ionisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ioniser
intakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intake
intakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intake
internalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: internalises
form: internalising
form: internalised
form: internalised
Etymology: From internal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internalize.
Derived terms: internalisation
uninternalised
internalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of internalise
internalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of internalise
internalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of internalise
impinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impinge
ironclads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironclad
immunises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immunise
immunising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of immunise
immunised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of immunise
inbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inbreed
itemising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of itemise
ivies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ivy
prosoponology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The collection and classification of masks.
intendeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intended
iodizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iodize
iodizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of iodize