cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
readworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more readworthy
form: most readworthy
Etymology: From read + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: A trio of readworthy recommendations:
ref: 2008 June 22, William Safire, “Presents of Mind”, in New York Times:
glosses: Worth reading.
nonbuoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + buoyant.
Senses: glosses: Not buoyant.
semibuoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + buoyant.
Senses: examples: text: Comb the Manhattan waterfront and you will find, along with the usual windrows of cups, bottles and plastic bags, what the E.P.A. calls “floatables,” those “visible buoyant or semibuoyant solids” that people flush into the waste stream like cotton swabs, condoms, tampon applicators and dental floss.
ref: 2008 June 22, Donovan Hohn, “Sea of Trash”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially buoyant.
ultramasculinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + masculinity.
Senses: examples: text: “It was a way to turn hip-hop on its head,” Mr. Craddock said, “because of the ultramasculinity of it, but also to take it back to its roots, to back when hip-hop was a tool of social justice, speaking out against poverty and oppression.”
ref: 2008 June 22, Alexis Soloski, “Firing Back at Gay Bashers, Bawdily”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extreme masculinity.
Related terms: ultramasculine
wereleopard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/
ipa: /ˈwɛəlɛpəd/
ipa: /ˈwɛɹlɛpɚd/
ipa: /ˈwɪɹlɛpɚd/
Forms: form: wereleopards
Etymology: From were- + leopard.
Senses: examples: text: They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:
text: A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”
ref: 2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times:
text: While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.
ref: 2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
wereleopards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wereleopard
competitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more competitional
form: most competitional
Etymology: From competition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: “I like to wait to the very last minute to name the team, so we can be sure the gymnasts are in competitional shape for the Games.”
ref: 2008 June 23, Juliet Macur, “2 Named to Women’s Team, Meaning More Trials Remain”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to competition.
Derived terms: noncompetitional
noncompetitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + competitional.
Senses: glosses: Not competitional.
ultramasculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramasculine
form: most ultramasculine
Etymology: From ultra- + masculine.
Senses: glosses: Highly masculine.
Related terms: ultramasculinity
ultramacho
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramacho
form: most ultramacho
Etymology: From ultra- + macho.
Senses: glosses: Highly macho.
intrabuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + building.
Senses: examples: text: But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.
ref: 2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times:
glosses: Within a single building.
interbuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + building.
Senses: glosses: Between buildings.
interbreeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interbreeders
Etymology: From interbreed + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who interbreeds.
interbreeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interbreeder
intrabank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + bank.
Senses: glosses: Within a single bank (financial institution).
outsinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outsing
outsings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outsing
outsang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outsing
outsung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outsing
substatute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substatutes
Etymology: From sub- + statute.
Senses: examples: text: But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.
ref: 2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times:
glosses: A secondary or lesser statute.
substatutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substatute
townfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English tunfolk, equivalent to town + folk.
Senses: examples: text: To his townfolk Mr. Majaw is either a hero or a hardhead.
ref: 2008 June 23, Somini Sengupta, “Town in India Rocks (No Use to Wonder Why, Babe)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of townsfolk.
synonyms: word: townsfolk
townfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of townsfolk.
synonyms: word: townsfolk
tribalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribalism
tribadies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribady
nonstatutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + statutory.
Senses: glosses: Not statutory.
adipiodone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adip(oyl) + -iod- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
diatrizoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.ə.tɹaɪˌzoʊ.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Etymology: From dia(cetamide) + tri(iodo) + (ben)zoic acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of amidotrizoic acid.
synonyms: word: amidotrizoic acid
Derived terms: diatrizoate
metrizoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
Derived terms: metrizoate
iodamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iod- + -amide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
iodanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodane
ioxitalamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ioxithalamic acid
Etymology: From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + (hydr)oxy + (isoph)thalamic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
Derived terms: ioxitalamate
ioglycamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + glyc(ol)am(ide) + -ic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
iodoxamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iod- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + (eth)ox(y) + am(ide) + -ic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
iotroxic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From io- (“iodine-containing contrast media”) + tr(i)- + (eth)ox(y) + -ic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.
Derived terms: iotroxate
acetrizoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The iodine-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid 3-(acetylamino)-2,4,6-triiodobenzoic acid that is used as a contrast medium.
Related terms: acetrizoate
picaridin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, oil of lemon eucalyptus is one of the most effective mosquito repellents, along with DEET and picaridin.
ref: 2008 June 24, Anahad O’Connor, “The Claim: Listerine Can Ward Off a Swarm of Mosquitoes”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of icaridin.
synonyms: word: icaridin
pimplelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pimplelike
form: most pimplelike
Etymology: From pimple + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A fatty, pimplelike lesion in a coronary artery burst, and a blood clot formed that closed the vessel and cut off circulation to part of the heart muscle.
ref: 2008 June 24, Denise Grady, “From a Prominent Death, Some Painful Truths”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pimple.
streamscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streamscapes
Etymology: From stream + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: In short, the streamscape was not what she thought.
ref: 2008 June 24, Cornelia Dean, “Follow the Silt”, in New York Times:
glosses: A landscape dominated by a stream.
streamscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streamscape
sunswept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sunswept
form: most sunswept
Etymology: From sun + swept. Compare windswept.
Senses: examples: text: Bossa nova, the quietly revolutionary Brazilian music that João Gilberto introduced 50 years ago, quickly became associated with the sunswept beaches and sweeping mountain vistas of Rio de Janeiro in songs like “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl From Ipanema”) and “Corcovado.”
ref: 2008 June 24, Jon Pareles, “A Seductive Urban Sound Hushes Carnegie Hall”, in New York Times:
glosses: Enjoying a great deal of sunshine.
unabsolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabsolved
form: most unabsolved
Etymology: From un- + absolved.
Senses: glosses: Not absolved.
unabsolvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabsolvable
form: most unabsolvable
Etymology: From un- + absolvable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be absolved.
promised land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promised lands
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.
brothelgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brothelgoers
Etymology: From brothel + goer.
Senses: synonyms: word: brotheler
glosses: Someone who visits a brothel.
Synonyms: prostitute's client
yeaghe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeaghes
Etymology: From Norwegian jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip (“fast pirate vessel”). More at yacht.
Senses: glosses: Yacht.
Worm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Worms
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and German Worm.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
amias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amia
yed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeds
form: yedding
form: yedded
form: yedded
form: yedd
Etymology: From Middle English ȝedden, ȝeddien, from Old English ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), from ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).
Senses: glosses: To speak; sing.
glosses: To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
glosses: To contend; wrangle.
Derived terms: yedding
yed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeds
form: yedd
Etymology: From Middle English ȝed, from Old English ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).
Senses: glosses: A saying.
glosses: A falsehood; leasing.
yed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeds
form: yedding
form: yedded
form: yedded
form: yerd
form: eard
form: yedd
Etymology: From Middle English eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”). Influenced or conflated with Middle English eardien (“to dwell, inhabit”), from Old English eardian (“to live, dwell, be inhabitant, occupy”). More at earth.
Senses: glosses: To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
glosses: To be associated with a place or locality.
Derived terms: yedder
yedding
yed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeds
form: yerd
form: eard
form: yedd
Etymology: From Middle English eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”). Influenced or conflated with Middle English eardien (“to dwell, inhabit”), from Old English eardian (“to live, dwell, be inhabitant, occupy”). More at earth.
Senses: glosses: A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
yed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeds
form: yedd
Etymology: Blend of your + editor
Senses: examples: text: Fandom is a wonderful thing. We used to live in Florida ten years ago. Across the street lived a lad two years older than yed who had the most wonderful collection of comic books...all of a stf nature. At the ripe old age of eight yed was swept to Georgia and the lad with the comics was never heard from. Since entering fandom we thought much of him and wondered if he were not a slan. This morning we learned that he is a member of NFFF and TFSC. Naturally we got a letter off to him.
ref: 1950 December, Lee Hoffman, “Chaos”, in Quandry, number 5, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2015, page 3:
text: All of which sprang (crawled?) from the fertile skull of yed, no doubt it is something in my Radius.
ref: 1952 February, Fred J. Robinson, “Arose By Any Other Name”, in Straight Up, volume 1, number 1, page 1:
text: In preparation for this momentous occasion yed has been browsing past issues of this sterling journal, and it has come to our attention that previous articles by yhos have been devoted largely to bemoaning the multitude of technical problems encountered in production -- the difficulties of duplication, the miseries of mimeography.
ref: 1976 November, Lee Hoffman, “Editorial”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 6, page 4:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
yedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdɪŋ
Forms: form: yeddings
Etymology: From Middle English ȝedding, ȝeddynge, from Old English ġieddung (“utterance, saying, prophecy, song, poetry, poetical recitation, meter”), from ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), equivalent to yed + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
examples: text: By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance.
ref: 2013, Marcelle Theibaux, The Writings of Medieval Women, 2nd Edition: An Anthology:
glosses: A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance.
yedding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛdɪŋ
Etymology: From yed.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yed
yedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdɪŋ
Forms: form: yeddings
form: yerding
form: earding
Etymology: From Middle English eorþing (“burial, digging”), from eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”), equivalent to earth + -ing. Possibly influenced by Middle English earding (“habitation, dwelling”), from eard (“dwelling, habitation”), from Old English eard (“native soil, native land, native country, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home, dwelling place, estate, cultivated ground”). More at earth.
Senses: glosses: A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.
tenor clefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenor clef
C major
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: {c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c2}
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The major key with C as its tonic, and no sharps or flats, having the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B.
examples: 1
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The major chord with a root of C.
abandoned child syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A behavioral or psychological condition that results from the loss or emotional neglect of one or both parents, manifesting a variety of physical and emotional symptoms.
has eyes bigger than one's stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have eyes bigger than one's stomach
having eyes bigger than one's stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have eyes bigger than one's stomach
had eyes bigger than one's stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have eyes bigger than one's stomach
mandarin oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandarin orange
V. R.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VV. RR.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of VR.
VV. RR.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The VV. RR. Of this section are too numerous to be inserted. (comment in text)
ref: c. 830, Nennius (tr. J. A. Giles), History Of The Britons (Historia Brittonum), Project Gutenberg EBook #1972
glosses: plural of V. R.
misken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈkɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: miskens
form: miskenning
form: miskenned
form: miskenned
form: miskent
form: miskent
Etymology: From Middle English *miskennen (suggested by miskenninge (“mistake, misinterpretation”)), from Old English *miscennan (suggested by miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, or a fine exacted for this mistake”)), equivalent to mis- + ken. Cognate with Scots misken (“to not know, misken”), Dutch miskennen (“to fail to recognise, ignore”), German mißkennen (“to misunderstand”), Swedish misskänna (“to misunderstand”).
Senses: glosses: To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
glosses: To fail to know; be ignorant or unaware of; appear to be ignorant of.
glosses: To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of.
glosses: To esteem oneself incorrectly; have a false or exaggerated opinion of oneself or one's position.
glosses: To fail to recognise or identify.
glosses: To refuse to acknowledge; disown; repudiate; pass over; ignore; disregard; neglect; overlook; disavow; disclaim; disown; deny.
glosses: To fail to mention.
Derived terms: miskenner
miskenning
traps case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traps cases
Etymology: From trap set, an old term for a drum kit.
Senses: glosses: A piece of luggage used by percussionists to transport stands and miscellaneous items.
leafstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leafstorms
Senses: examples: text: Through the leafstorm I ran toward her. She had fallen on the path, and a shower of small branches and stones came cascading down upon her.
ref: 1982, Peter Straub, If You See Me Now, →ISBN, page 320:
text: A croquet peg and a baseball bat and a small lawnchair had become involved, while the lawnmower stood there, freshly primed and impatient. Father produced a pipe, and kicked up a little leafstorm as he puffed, [...]
ref: 1994, Steve Noyes, Cities of India, page 38:
text: Amid that mimeographic leafstorm, Sloman asks how people use texts to understand their historical and political situation.
ref: 1997, James Donal Sullivan, On the walls and in the streets: American poetry broadsides, page 81:
text: [...] to deal a vicious kick to the lowest box in a stack — fuck! that crumpled it, — a! and brought down the boxes above it, — rat! bursting like a leafstorm across the floor, [...]
ref: 2003, Carter Scholz, Radiance: A Novel, page 173:
text: The chorus of radio and television, the slow build of plasma image and newspaper and magazine photograph, the rising leafstorm of banners and newsflashes not only made any error impossible to rectify, they made errors the truth, [...]
ref: 2008, Richard Flanagan, The Unknown Terrorist, page 290:
text: A leafstorm cascaded upon the cavalry and the earth rent open to the angled winds. The forest canopy sprawled above them full of holes.
ref: 2010, Adam Lifshey, As Green as Paradise, page 68:
glosses: Alternative spelling of leaf-storm.
demerara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Demerara.
miskenning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miskennings
Etymology: From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).
Senses: examples: text: So that by about 1300, Dublin (b) or Waterford spoke with authority thus : "... it may be a cause of miskenning if perchance it happens that a man sues at the bar and the other party answers him, [...]
ref: 2005, Herman Cohen, A History Of The English Bar And Attornatus To 1450:
text: And that they be not made to suffer on account of miskenning in their suits, that is, if they have not pleaded exactly right.
ref: 2010, Adolphus Ballard, James Tait, British Borough Charters 1216-1307:
topics: law
glosses: A wrong citation.
miskenning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misken
miskeep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miskeeps
form: miskeeping
form: miskept
form: miskept
Etymology: From mis- + keep.
Senses: glosses: To keep ill or wrongly.
open marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open marriages
Etymology: From open + marriage.
Senses: examples: text: "Most people have been married more than once, and adultery is universally tolerated. Open marriage would simply legitimize what we already live."
ref: 1973 January 8, “The Sexes: Swinging Future”, in Time, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2011:
text: "Marriage is only possible for me if it's an open marriage".
ref: 1975 March 17, “Suzy Chaffee: The Liberated Beauty”, in Beaver County Times:
text: Both said they had an open marriage, having sexual relations with others.
ref: 2002 August 22, Barbara Whitaker, “Neighbor Guilty of Murder Of Girl, 7, in San Diego”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Aug 2011:
text: While you can’t tell where poetic licence has been applied, its narrative arc traces accepting an open marriage along certain guidelines (“He had an arrangement, be discreet and don’t be blatant,” Allen sings on Madeline, “there had to be payment, it had to be with strangers”) only for the relationship to explode when it transpires that the husband isn’t abiding by the rules.
ref: 2025 October 24, Alexis Petridis, “Lily Allen: West End Girl – a gobsmacking autopsy of marital betrayal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
hypernyms: open relationship
glosses: A marital relationship in which each partner agrees that the other partner may have sexual relations with other people as he or she sees fit.
foreken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forekens
form: forekenning
form: forekenned
form: forekenned
form: forekent
form: forekent
Etymology: From fore- + ken.
Senses: examples: text: This before all elevates humankind above the beasts: we alone foreken our mortality. We alone know we must die.
ref: 2003, Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons:
glosses: To perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
foreken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore- + ken.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Marcy, with that foreken which distinguishes statesmen from politicians, saw the coming time when the Pacific Coast population would emerge out of its transient humors, when it would feel the settled purposes of permanent [...]
ref: 1892, Edward Elbridge Salisbury, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Family histories and genealogies:
glosses: Readiness for or anticipation of a perception; foreknowledge; preconception.
outken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outkens
form: outkenning
form: outkenned
form: outkenned
form: outkent
form: outkent
Etymology: From out- + ken.
Senses: examples: text: Though feeble, they outken the ken
Of able scientific men;
So one might say "It doesn't pay
To be too doggone healthy.
ref: 1930, New York State Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State journal of medicine, volume 30:
glosses: To surpass or exceed in knowledge.
open marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open marriage
miskeeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miskeep
pull faces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls faces
form: pulling faces
form: pulled faces
form: pulled faces
Senses: examples: text: So that they would be especially tired, David had spent an hour entertaining them in their cots earlier in the evening. He had drawn pictures for them with crayons and pulled faces, hummed tunes and danced stupidly around the room until it was time for the goodnight visit.
ref: 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
glosses: To make abnormal facial expressions, especially for amusement or to ridicule another person.
Related terms: pull a face
collision course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collision courses
Senses: examples: text: The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard.
text: Now that everyone’s on the same continent, more or less, and everyone’s on collision courses, an episode can more naturally flow back and forth.
ref: 2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.
Derived terms: on a collision course
coffee machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee machines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coffeemaker (kitchen coffee-brewing apparatus)
synonyms: word: coffeemaker
extra: kitchen coffee-brewing apparatus
glosses: A vending machine that dispenses coffee.
color in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colors in
form: coloring in
form: colored in
form: colored in
form: colour in
Senses: glosses: To add colors to a black-and-white drawing, using colored drawing equipment.
colour in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colours in
form: colouring in
form: coloured in
form: coloured in
form: color in
Senses: glosses: To colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.
colouring book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colouring books
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of coloring book.
come up to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes up to
form: coming up to
form: came up to
form: come up to
Senses: examples: text: We're coming up to the end of the night, so please finish your glasses.
glosses: To approach.
examples: text: The outcome didn't come up to our hopes for the project.
glosses: To meet expectations.
examples: text: You have to come up to this line to ride this rollercoaster.
glosses: To reach a certain height.
come apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes apart
form: coming apart
form: came apart
form: come apart
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
examples: text: The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.
text: My old clothes are all coming apart.
synonyms: come undone
glosses: to break, separate.
synonyms: come undone
glosses: To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.
Derived terms: come apart at the seams
come forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes forward
form: coming forward
form: came forward
form: come forward
Senses: examples: text: I’m coming forward to publicly share my own story in the hope that I can encourage others to do the same and help tear down the wall of silence that perpetuates further abuse.
ref: 2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, forward.
Crown Estate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A UK public body that manages a portfolio of property owned by the monarch in right of Crown.
Related terms: Crown land
Nebr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We rode all that evening and night in freezing temperature until we arrived in Omaha, Nebr. where the weather was not so cold.
ref: 2011, Arvid B Erickson, Life Before Eighty: Autobiography, iUniverse, pages 101–102:
text: ALBERT W. JEFFERIS, Republican, of Omaha, Nebr., was born December 7, 1868, on a farm in Chester County, Pa.
ref: 1922, United States. Congress, Official congressional directory, Government Printing Office, page 62:
text: Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad: Odell, Nebr., to Concordia, Kans., of which 25.53 miles were completed June 30, and the remainder, about 46 miles, was to be completed in August.
ref: 1884, United States. Office of Commissioner of Railroads, Annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1884, Govt. print. off., page 105
glosses: Nebraska, a state of the United States of America.
Related terms: NE
combination lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combination locks
Senses: synonyms: word: permutation lock
hyponyms: dial lock
glosses: A type of lock opened by a sequence of numbers or symbols.
Related terms: padlock
Columbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Columbia + -n.
Senses: examples: text: This tradition of a colorblind slavery was carried on for a while at the beginning of the Columbian era when white slaves were introduced into the Americas.
ref: 1992, Ivan Van Sertima - Golden age of the Moor: Volume 11 - Page 267
glosses: Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
glosses: Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
glosses: American, from the United States of America
glosses: Misspelling of Colombian.
Columbian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Columbians
Etymology: From Columbia + -n.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.
glosses: An American, a person from the United States of America.
glosses: A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
glosses: Misspelling of Colombian.
Synonyms: sense: type size
word: two-line brevier
Related terms: British Columbian
pre-Columbian
Columbian Exchange
Columbian mammoth
come away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes away
form: coming away
form: came away
form: come away
Senses: examples: text: The cakes have started to come away from the pan.
glosses: To become separated from something.
raw_tags: of two objects
examples: text: He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
glosses: To distance oneself (from).
examples: text: Students who read this text should come away with a clear idea of many of the tasks they will be expected to perform as paralegals.
ref: 2002, Linda L. Edwards, J. Stanley Edwards, Introduction to Paralegal Studies and the Law: A Practical Approach, preface:
glosses: To leave a place or cease an activity with a particular mood, knowledge, or provision supplied.
come before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes before
form: coming before
form: came before
form: come before
Senses: examples: text: He was summoned to come before the king.
glosses: To appear publicly in front of someone superior.
examples: text: Looking out for your family should come before making money.
glosses: to be of greater importance (than)
examples: text: Jones' behavior will come before the board of directors.
glosses: to be judged, decided or discussed by authority.
examples: text: F comes before G in the alphabet.
glosses: To precede.
Synonyms: sense: precede
word: forego
word: precede
come between
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes between
form: coming between
form: came between
form: come between
Senses: examples: text: Our love is so strong that nothing can come between us.
text: I still had strong feelings for him, but didn't tell her because I didn't want to come between him and his happy family.
text: You'll say, the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still, I know you just don't care
ref: 1993 October 13, Todd Pipes, “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, in Home, performed by Deep Blue Something, published 11 July 1995:
glosses: To affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person.
come down on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes down on
form: coming down on
form: came down on
form: come down on
form: come down upon
Senses: examples: text: The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work.
glosses: To punish or criticize (someone).
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To attack or harass (someone).
glosses: To pressure (someone or something); to strictly enforce something on (someone or something).
glosses: To cause melancholy in (someone).
Related terms: like a ton of bricks
come for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes for
form: coming for
form: came for
form: come for
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Chakwas: Shepard? You... you came for us.
Shepard: No one gets left behind.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Collector Base:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, for.
examples: text: You should hide. The police are coming for you.
glosses: To search for someone with the intent to apprehend or cause harm.
examples: text: You and your whole company had better watch out, because we're coming for you.
glosses: To target someone for competition or attack.
community chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community chests
Senses: glosses: A fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
communalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: communalises
form: communalising
form: communalised
form: communalised
Etymology: From communal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of communalize.
come out in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes out in
form: coming out in
form: came out in
form: come out in
Senses: examples: text: He's come out in spots.
glosses: to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body)
come in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes in for
form: coming in for
form: came in for
form: come in for
Senses: examples: text: If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.
text: The director came in for a lot of criticism about the way she handled the disaster.
text: As the Quakers are pacifists, they came in for community censure for deciding to join the fight for independence, but their conscience demanded a reconsideration of their pacifism.
ref: 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, page 33:
text: [Katherine] Parkinson has come in for especially sustained attacks, given that her breakout role was in The IT Crowd, made by Graham Linehan, who is on the same side as [JK] Rowling when it comes to gender.
ref: 2025 June 11, Stuart Heritage, “‘Please walk away from Harry Potter’: why the stars of HBO’s new TV show are in for decades of social media hell”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To be subjected to.
commy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of commie.
Derived terms: commified
Related terms: rom-commy
cod-liver oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cod-liver oils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cod liver oil.
comfortably off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comfortably off
form: most comfortably off
Senses: examples: text: From the time he was twenty-three he had all the leisure that a man could want, and as much money as he needed. A bachelor don in Trinity in the 1900's was comfortably off.
ref: 1940, G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology, in the Foreword by C.P. Snow
glosses: Reasonably wealthy; well off.
compacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
ipa: /kɒmˈpæktə/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
homophone: compactor
Forms: form: compacters
form: compactor
Etymology: From compact (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that compacts things (e.g. trash).
glosses: One who makes a compact or agreement.
compacter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
ipa: /kɒmˈpæktə/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
homophone: compactor
Etymology: From compact (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of compact: more compact
compacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compacter
Commonwealth Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A multi-faith holiday celebrated on the second Monday of March, to celebrate the Commonwealth of Nations (“British Commonwealth”) (former British Empire).
Related terms: British Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Games
Dominion Day
Empire Day
Victoria Day
compactest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of compact: most compact
cursedest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English cursedest, equivalent to cursed + -est.
Senses: examples: text: So he left all his property, legal and straight, To "the cursedest rascal in all of the State."
ref: 1911, Ambrose Bierce, Black Beetles in Amber, page 84:
glosses: superlative form of cursed: most cursed
copsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of copse
cricking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crick
cricked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crick
correcter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correcters
Etymology: From correct (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: corrector
correcter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From correct (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of correct: more correct
correctest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: correct + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of correct
correctest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: correct + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of correct: most correct
Corrine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant of Corinne.
cranker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crankers
Etymology: From crank (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Be careful now, for auto crankers sometimes get broken arms. You take a firm grip on the crank, pull the choke wire and whirl the crank like the very devil.
ref: 1947, The Railway Clerk, volume 46, page 298:
glosses: One who operates a crank.
cranker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crank (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crank: more crank
crankest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crank: most crank
Cosby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cosbys
form: Cozby
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).
glosses: A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Crusoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crusoes
Etymology: Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.
Senses: examples: Robinson Crusoe, the main character in the novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe.
glosses: A surname from French, famously held by
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Crusoean
Crusoesque
Crosby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒz.bi/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑz.bi/
rhymes: -ɒzbi
Forms: form: Crosbie
form: Crossby
form: Corsby
Etymology: From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A locale in England:
A village in Crosscanonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0738).
glosses: A locale in England:
A northern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE8811).
glosses: A locale in England:
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3198).
glosses: A locale in England:
A civil parish (served by Thornton-le-Beans and Crosby-Cotcliffe Parish Council) south-east of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district.
glosses: A village on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3279).
glosses: A northern English and Scottish habitational surname from Old Norse.
glosses: A surname from Irish, a variant of Crosbie.
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for mine operator J. H. Crosby.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houston County, Alabama.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota; named for mine operator George H. Crosby.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Amite County and Wilkinson County, Mississippi; named for lumber mill operator L. O. Crosby.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Divide County, North Dakota; named for businessman S. A. Crosby.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Hamilton County, Ohio.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Harris County, Texas; named for railroad engineer G. J. Crosby.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington; named for one of the places in England.
Derived terms: Crosby County
Crosby Garrett
Crosbyton
Creighton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹeɪtən/
ipa: /-n̩/
Forms: form: Creightons
Etymology: Variant of Crichton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
glosses: A placename
A city in Missouri, United States.
glosses: A placename
A city in Nebraska, United States.
Cullen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlən/
Forms: form: Cullens
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic cuilinn.
Senses: glosses: A village and former royal burgh in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5167).
glosses: A village in north-west County Cork, Ireland.
glosses: A village in western County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A former hamlet in Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Herkimer County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Cullen number
Cullen skink
Cormack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.mæk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mæk
Etymology: From the Old Irish given name Cormac.
The town in Newfoundland is named after explorer and entrepreneur William Epps Cormack (1796 - 1868).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A male given name from Irish.
glosses: A town on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Costner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Crockett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas spoke out against the order on Thursday, saying in an X post, “First Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history. Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future.”
ref: 2025 March 28, Michael Williams, “Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at the Smithsonian in latest effort to reshape the arts and history”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Houston County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Crockett County
Crockettian
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett hat
Polly Crockett hat
Copperfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒ.pəˌfiːld/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.pɚˌfiːld/
Etymology: From copper + field.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Connery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Connerys
Etymology: Variant of Conroy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
conciser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of concise: more concise
concisest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of concise: most concise
Coolidge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkulɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: Variant of Collidge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Pinal County, Arizona, named after Calvin Coolidge.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Thomas County, Georgia, named after a railroad official.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Hamilton County, Kansas, named after Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, president of the Santa Fe.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Limestone County, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Price County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Coolidgean
Coolidge effect
Coolidge Range
Coolidge tube
Coolidgian
Crayola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.