cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
relieve nature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relieves nature
form: relieving nature
form: relieved nature
form: relieved nature
Senses: glosses: To defecate or urinate.
diseaseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disease + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disease
rechlesse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rechlesse
form: most rechlesse
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of reckless.
first catch your hare
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Supposedly from an error in The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse, where "catch" should have read "case" (i.e. remove the skin); however, this is apocryphal.
Senses: examples: text: Have you never thought of marrying again? […] Mr. Gibson had thought of this advice several times since it was given; but it was a case of "first catch your hare." Where was the "sensible and agreeable woman of thirty or so?"
ref: 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 9, in Wives and Daughters, London: Smith, Elder & Co.:
glosses: Make sure you have a thing before you decide what to do with it.
entophytous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entophyte + -ous.
Senses: glosses: entophytic
over again
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I lost my essay and had to write it over again.
synonyms: all over again
glosses: Afresh; anew.
orgasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orgasmatic
form: most orgasmatic
Senses: examples: text: The voice reached its orgasmatic climax.
ref: 1951, Sebastian Blayne, Gay Ghastly Holiday:
text: The male of this twosome later confided to me, with ill-concealed pride, that he had enjoyed the orgasmatic climax eleven times in the all-too-short period of thirty-six hours.
ref: 1960, John Updike, Rabbit, Run:
glosses: Synonym of orgasmic.
synonyms: word: orgasmic
soapworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapworks
Etymology: From soap + works.
Senses: glosses: A place where soap is manufactured.
Wodenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wodenists
Etymology: From Woden + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower of the religion of Wodenism.
Wodenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wodenist
antiathletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiathletic
form: most antiathletic
Etymology: From anti- + athletic.
Senses: examples: text: While a new breed of self-indulgent athletes resisted discipline and sacrifice, antiathletic faculty were jealous of the coach's popularity and salary.
ref: 2009, Michael Oriard, Bowled Over: Big-time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era:
glosses: Disliking or opposing athletics.
examples: text: Tragedy developed affinities with civic ideals of restraint, manly control, and heroic discipline, but comedy, and in particular the comic body, developed affinities with anticivic excess, sexual abandon, and unmilitary, antiathletic slackness.
ref: 2000, Beth Cohen, Not the Classical Ideal:
glosses: Unathletic; lacking sporting physique or ability.
glosses: unsporting, unsportsmanlike
morphiomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: morphiomaniacs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of morphinomaniac.
morphiomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphiomaniac
opiomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opiomaniacs
Senses: glosses: An opium addict.
opiomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opiomaniac
hoodmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoodman
Newtonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Newtonic
form: most Newtonic
Etymology: From Newton + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Newtonian
antishaming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antishaming
form: most antishaming
Etymology: From anti- + shaming.
Senses: examples: text: Although the Tar Baby folk story points to a shameful racial legacy — and even the term, "tar baby," has come down as a racial slur — Morrison, in a characteristic antishaming maneuver, also locates a positive African message in this story.
ref: 2000, J. Brooks Bouson, Quiet As It's Kept:
glosses: Opposing the practice of shaming.
Stang's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Norwegian linguist Christian Stang.
Senses: glosses: A Proto-Indo-European phonological rule that governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed firstly by a semivowel or a laryngeal and then by a nasal. Such sequences are simplified so that laryngeals and semivowels are dropped, with compensatory lengthening of a preceding vowel.
delta glider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta gliders
Etymology: From the shape of the Greek letter delta (Δ); see delta wing.
Senses: examples: text: After extensive wind-tunnel work he evolved a series of designs, starting with a very advanced delta glider and culminating in a supersonic aeroplane with a revolutionary coal-burning ram-jet.
ref: 1953, J. H. Stevens, The Shape of the Aeroplane:
text: In response, NACA Director Hugh L. Dryden formed a "Round Three" […] steering committee which evaluated the various projects and then recommended to the Air Force, in September 1957, that the service sponsor development of a flat-bottom hypersonic delta glider.
ref: 1987, Clarence J. Geiger, Strangled Infant: The Boeing X-20A Dyna-Soar:
glosses: a gliding aircraft with a delta wing
permutably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From permutable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be permuted.
delta gliders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delta glider
wigs on the green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the wigs that gentlemen used to wear, which might fall to the ground during a fight.
Senses: examples: text: “I am sorry to perceive, sir, as you say; but you have been in some hot work, sir! I'll engage you have seen some wigs on the green?”
“Wigs on the green!” exclaimed the elegant stranger, with a very cold, aristocratical stare.
“Beg pardon, sir!” said Mr. Brown, when he became conscious of his vulgarity. “'Tis our Irish mode of expression, sir, when we speak of a row, or a skrimmage! I dare say you have been in many a skrimmage, Sir John![”]
ref: 1853 October 22, Captain Michael Rafter, “Done Brown”, in The London Journal, vol.XVIII no.452 p.119:
glosses: A fight; a brawl.
examples: text: She says, If ye don't fix yeer brother's shoes an' I have to get out of this bed there will be wigs on the green.
ref: 1998 Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes Ch.XII (Simon and Schuster) p.272
glosses: Big trouble.
raw_tags: as a formulaic threat
hollaback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollabacks
Etymology: Deverbal from holla back, see hollaback girl.
Senses: examples: text: You ain't no hollaback dwarf.
ref: 2005 December 17, xyblor, “-Crawl- YAVP: Um the Human Air Elementalist (long)”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet):
text: On "Promiscuous" and "Maneater," Furtado shades her hollaback sass with erotic menace, and on "Glow" she marries new wave and hip-hop like Debbie Harry redux.
ref: 2006 June, “Funky Mother”, in SPIN, volume 22, number 6, page 84:
text: Jeannie Staggaback is made of coconuts and sugar and ginger, and is way too strong and tasty to be any sort of hollaback.
ref: 2008 August 25, N Jill Marsh, “Did You Know It's Sunday??”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of hollaback girl.
Keswickian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Keswickian
form: most Keswickian
Etymology: From Keswick + -ian.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Of or relating to the Keswick Convention.
Keswickian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keswickians
Etymology: From Keswick + -ian.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: One who supports the principles of the Keswick Convention.
Keswickism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Keswick + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
antonyms: eradicationism
glosses: The religious practices associated with the Keswick Convention, in particular the holiness doctrine that also asserts that full perfection in human life is prevented by sin.
vinegar stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinegar strokes
Etymology: * Perhaps from the strained facial expression of a person ejaculating, like that of somebody tasting sour vinegar. Compare sourfaced.
* Perhaps likening the fast strokes to shaking a vinegar bottle.
Senses: glosses: During masturbation, a fast stroke of the penis just before ejaculation.
vinegar strokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinegar stroke
Ottomac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ottomacs
Senses: glosses: A member of a people inhabiting the Orinoco Valley in South America.
Ottomacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ottomac
streeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of street
spiritfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spiritfully
form: most spiritfully
Etymology: From spiritful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a spiritful manner.
spiritfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spiritful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being spiritful.
expatiatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expatiating
paddle one's own canoe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paddles one's own canoe
form: paddling one's own canoe
form: paddled one's own canoe
form: paddled one's own canoe
Senses: examples: text: "Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?" And Nat took his head in both hands. . . .
"Very tough, but it is that very struggle with obstacles which does us good. Things have been made easy for you in many ways, but no one can do everything. You must paddle your own canoe now."
ref: 1886, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 6, in Jo's Boys […] , Boston: Roberts Brothers:
text: "I am too sorry for words," said Kate. "If I had known your plan, I would have followed it. . . . I thought I had to paddle my own canoe, so I made my own plans."
ref: 1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 4, in A Daughter Of The Land:
text: Junior has now arrived. All the laws which formerly protected him as a “minor” are now inapplicable. No longer does his mom or dad have the responsibility of providing his board and room. They may help out once in a while just because they love him, but, legally speaking, Junior is paddling his own canoe.
ref: 1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, →ISBN, page 241:
text: “There is no valid reason why they can’t join the initiative we have launched. It has been well received,” he said, adding, “Now they seem to want to paddle their own canoe on their own terms.”
ref: 2013 May 30, Steven Greenhouse, “U.S. Retailers Announce New Factory Safety Plan”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Dec 2017:
glosses: To independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself.
Related terms: mind one's own business
stick to one's knitting
stay in one's lane
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
carry one's weight
self-sufficient
monochronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: monosemic
baptism of blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baptisms of blood
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Christian martyrdom
baptisms of blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baptism of blood
odontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From odonto- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: dental
heliotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heliotype
heliotyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heliotype
interorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + organic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Between organs (of the body)
papyrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From papyrograph + -ic and papyrography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to papyrography.
papyritious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papyritious
form: most papyritious
Etymology: From papyrus + -itious.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of papyraceous.
coalburner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalburners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coal burner.
suffruticulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + fruticulose.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat fruticulose.
paradactyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradactylum
outsettlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outsettlements
Etymology: From out- + settlement.
Senses: glosses: A settlement away from the main one.
outsettlements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outsettlement
isantherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + anther + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having equal anthers.
icteritous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of icteritious.
lithomarga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithomargas
Etymology: From New Latin lithomarga.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lithomarge.
lithomargas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithomarga
ideographic spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ideographic space
vyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vying
wheat mildew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease that affects the ears of wheat.
cow-wheats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow-wheat
wraxling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wraxle
wraxling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: wrestling
viridigenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more viridigenous
form: most viridigenous
Senses: glosses: Producing a green tint.
waiwodeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiwodeships
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of voivodeship.
waiwodeships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiwodeship
vegetaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vegetal + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: It is called vegetaline, and it is nothing else than the oil extracted from copra (dried cocoanut), refined, and with all smell and taste neutralised by a patented process.
ref: 1901 November 22, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 19, page 587:
text: Since the warm solns. of Na soaps form gels upon cooling, even in diln. of 1:400, only K soaps can be used, best made from vegetaline, a com. form of coconut oil.
ref: 1915, “Vegetaline as basis for surgical liquid soaps”, in Chemical Abstracts, volume 9, number 3, page 3328:
text: A company in Spain desires to purchase vegetaline, fusion point to be 36 to 38 degrees centigrade. The vegetaline must be guaranteed free of mineral or animal fats, and contain only vegetable oils, not including copra oil.
ref: 1917, Commerce Reports, volume 1, number 48, page 784:
glosses: A substitute for ivory, etc., made by treating woody fibre with sulphuric acid, mixing with various ingredients, and pressing into any required form.
seralbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sero- + albumin.
Senses: glosses: albumin of the blood
I'll be shot
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: A mild imprecation.
soporiferousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soporiferous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being soporiferous.
deimperialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deimperialisation
form: de-imperialization
Etymology: From de- + imperialization.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the British should study Turkey; God knows, we need models for de-imperialisation.
ref: 1972, Angela Carter, “The Back of Beyond”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 253:
text: The implosion of the USSR itself, beginning in 1991 after the loss of its east European dominions, in effect constituted an enormous deimperialization process of a system based on eight decades of ‘internal terror and fear of external enemies’.
ref: 2007, Bertil Nygren, The Rebuilding of Greater Russia:
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The process of deimperializing; the dismantling or formal ending of an empire.
Related terms: deimperialize
sparry iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: siderite
take the shilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /teɪk ðə ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: takes the shilling
form: taking the shilling
form: took the shilling
form: taken the shilling
Etymology: A reference to the practice during the 18th and 19th century of a recruiting officer getting a person to enlist in the British Army or Royal Navy by accepting (or being tricked into accepting) a shilling, which was then a soldier’s daily pay. The practice was officially ended in 1879.
Senses: examples: text: [O]ne fellow was jilted by his miſtreſs and took the ſhilling in deſpair; […]
ref: 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Mohun Appears for the Last Time in This History”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 135:
text: I have taken the King's shilling, but perhaps if you came for me they would let me go back with you. I was a fool when I did it. I don't want to be in the army.
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Strife in Love”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 182:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To enlist as a soldier in the British army or navy by accepting a shilling from a recruiting officer.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To enlist as a soldier of any military force; to join the armed forces.
examples: text: My earlier warnings, both in RAIL and in an article I wrote for The Times, have not fallen on deaf ears. There are many people (I suspect most) in the [rail] industry who recognise that telling people not to use their trains will cause lasting damage, but they are silenced publicly because they are now taking the Government's shilling.
ref: 2020 June 17, Christian Wolmar, “The Strategy of ‘Don’t Use the Railways’ Must be Reversed …”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44:
qualifier: generally
glosses: To be on the payroll of an organization; to work for an organization.
Related terms: King's shilling
Queen's shilling
impressment
military service
the world
spadilio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: Obsolete form of spadille.
subscapulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subscapular
scaritid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaritids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the beetles in the carabid subfamily Scaritinae, which were formerly considered to be the family Scaritidae.
scaritids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaritid
macrokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + -kinesis.
Senses: examples: text: Parapsychologists, whose thinking is based on spiritualistic work, classify the ensemble of these interactions of spirit on matter with such terms as "macrokinesis" or "telekinesis."
ref: 2015, Jean Jacques Charbonier, 7 Reasons to Believe in the Afterlife: A Doctor Reviews the Case for Consciousness after Death:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The ability to move objects and affect matter at a large-scale level with the power of one's mind.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
physiology
sciences
glosses: The relatively large-scale movement of nutrients around an organism
Related terms: microkinesis
psychokinesis
telekinesis
thermokinesis
macrokinetic
Dutchperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutchpersons
form: Dutchpeople
Etymology: From Dutch + person.
Senses: glosses: Somebody with origins in the Netherlands; a Dutch person, whether born in, or citizen of, Holland or the Netherlands in general.
Synonyms: Hollander
Hyponyms: Dutchman
Dutchwoman
Related terms: Nederlander
televizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of televize: Misspelling of televises.
televizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of televize: Misspelling of televising.
televized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of televize: Misspelling of televised.
limnoterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From limno- + terrestrial.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Experiencing periods of immersion and of desiccation; inhabiting such an environment
tomaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomax
sound as a barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: healthy, enjoying good health
Related terms: sound as a bell
sound as a dollar
sound as a roach
sound as a pound
as of now
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Spit that out! I've had enough! As of now, chewing gum is banned in this school.
glosses: Right now; from now on.
examples: text: As of now, no human being has travelled to the planet Jupiter.
glosses: Up to now, currently, so far, thus far, hitherto.
up to now
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: up till now
Senses: synonyms: word: as yet
word: heretofore
word: to date
word: as yet
word: as of yet
word: erenow
word: herebefore
word: hereto
word: heretofore
word: heretoforetime
word: hereunto
word: hereuntofore
word: hitherto
word: hithertofore
word: so far
word: thus far
word: to date
word: up to now
word: yet
antonyms: word: from now on
word: hitherto
glosses: Until now; as of now.
Kwaussie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kwŏz'-i
ipa: /ˈkwɒzi/
Forms: form: Kwaussies
Etymology: Blend of Kiwi + Aussie
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Kwaussie.
glosses: A person who has both Australian and New Zealand citizenship or descent.
Related terms: QueeNZlander
prio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] to limit the number of low-prio jobs that could execute simultaneously.
ref: 1971, Newsletter, volumes 1-4, University of Michigan Computing Center, page 74:
glosses: Abbreviation of priority.
fucused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What fifty men dared not have done, one woman did! a painted, patched, fucused, periwigged, bolstered, Charybdis, cannibal, Megaera, Lamia!
ref: 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!:
text: The story about Phryne becomes more pointed if one realizes that the Latin phrase fucus facere means to play a trick and that the painted or fucused Phryne does just this on her friends.
ref: 1994, Annette Drew-Bear, Painted Faces on the Renaissance Stage:
glosses: painted
Pournelle's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017), American writer of science fiction.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The rule of thumb that there should be at least one CPU for each user of a system.
glosses: The principle that any bureaucracy eventually comes to serve its own interests rather than those it was created to help with.
melanomagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melanoma + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of melanomas
Related terms: melanomagenic
asthmogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asthma + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The origination of asthma.
depressogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The origination of depression.
Related terms: depressogenic
atherothrombogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The origination of atherothrombosis.
fibrillinogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fibrillin + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of fibrillin.
glucocorticosteroidogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glucocorticosteroid + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a glucocorticosteroid.
hollaback girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollaback girl
resinography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resin + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The chemical and structural study of resins.
Mexican walking fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican walking fish
Senses: glosses: Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl)
Synonyms: sense: Ambystoma mexicanum
word: Mexican salamander
Kabardins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kabardin
succubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sexual intercourse with a succubus
succubitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succubitch
Hispanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Hispanically
form: most Hispanically
Etymology: From Hispanic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Hispanic manner.
Prokopowicz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prokopowiczes
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Prokopowicz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
L7
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L7s
Etymology: The shapes of the characters L and 7 form an approximate square when juxtaposed.
Senses: examples: text: You will marvel at expressions like "That one was a pain in my chewy" and "I was an L7, a square," as well as the expressive play they use with their friends: "Oh, Miss Thang. Child, please. Bitch, it ain't all about you."
ref: 1996, Leon Pettiway, Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay, and on the Streets:
text: So while my intelligent-cool students knew that they were smart, they did not wear it on their sleeves for fear of being perceived as an L7 (a square), a nerd, or a geek.
ref: 2005, Paul Chamness Miller, Narratives from the Classroom: An Introduction to Teaching, page 77:
text: "You're an L7."
"A what?" he stopped in his tracks and asked.
"An L7. Put them together and you get a big old square."
ref: 2009, Jenny Lofters, Flying Backward in the Sky, page 11:
glosses: A square; a stuffy or uncool person.
Related terms: sense: L7 (band)
word: American rock band named from this expression
L7s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L7
nervulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervulets
Senses: glosses: A nervule.
nervulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nervulet
nerve centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerve centre
overnicely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overnicely
form: most overnicely
Etymology: From overnice + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an overnice manner.
worth the whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Worth the trouble of calling for.
postgenderist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postgenderists
Etymology: From post- + gender + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of postgenderism.
postgenderists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postgenderist
tides over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tide over
tiding over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tide over
inquirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inquiring
tided over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tide over
enquirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enquiring
paraphonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραφωνία (paraphōnía).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: In Byzantine music, a melodic progression by consonances (fourths and fifths).
Related terms: paraphone
paraphonic
paraphony
paraphonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + -phonia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty.
Related terms: paraphone
paraphonia clangens
paraphonia puberum
paraphonia pubescentium: the harsh
deep
irregular voice observed in boys at puberty
anthracitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthracite + -ism.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of anthracite.
McKechnie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McKechnies
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eacharna; compare McEachern.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McKehon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
multiscient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: more multiscient
form: most multiscient
Senses: glosses: Knowing many things.
Related terms: omniscient
syzygant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzɪɡənt/
Forms: form: syzygants
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A rational integral function of the invariants of a quantic that vanishes when expressed as a function of the coefficients.
Related terms: syzygy
syzygants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syzygant
runholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runholdings
Etymology: From run + holding.
Senses: glosses: The lease of a run, generally a sheep farm.
glosses: The run itself.
Related terms: runholder
runholdings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runholding
Sudra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sudras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shudra.
Sudras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sudra
sudra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sudras
Etymology: From Aramaic סודרא. Doublet of sudarium.
Senses: glosses: A turban or headdress, similar to the keffiyeh, worn by Jewish men in the ancient Near East and still commonly worn today.
sudras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sudra
Guzarat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Gujarat.
Guzarat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guzarats
Senses: glosses: A Gujarati.
Guzarats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guzarat
lapsang souchongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapsang souchong
fanclub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanclubs
Senses: examples: text: Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.
ref: 2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business:
glosses: Alternative form of fan club.
fanclubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanclub
snabby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snabbies
Senses: glosses: The chaffinch.
snabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snabby
window on the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windows on the world
Senses: examples: text: In short, China's pragmatic post-Mao leaders value Hong Kong as a window on the world and a source of foreign exchange, investment capital and expertise.
ref: 1979 April 30, "Business: Hong Kong's Golden Link," Time (retrieved 3 Dec 2017)
text: Perhaps the clearest example is the growing popularity of personal computers that give people a window on the world. The Internet and commercial network services provide all kinds of information (good and not so good), and interpersonal contact through electronic mail, various discussion groups, and message boards.
ref: 1998, William A. Sherden, The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions, ch. 1 (reprinted in the New York Times)
text: [H]is main concern was to reaffirm the enduring value of museums as windows on the world.
ref: 2006 July 26, "Obituary: Professor Frank Willett," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 3 Dec 2017)
text: (subtitle) The North-South Institute, a once-venerated foreign policy think-tank, quietly shuts down.
ref: 2014 September 18, Carol Goar "Another Canadian window on the world closes," The Star (Canada) (retrieved 3 Dec 2017)
glosses: Something which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.
Rockefellerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rockefellerian
form: most Rockefellerian
Etymology: From Rockefeller + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Rockefelleresque
glosses: Of or relating to John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American oil magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist, noted for his great wealth.
windows on the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window on the world
stenotypy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From steno- + -typy; compare stenography.
Senses: glosses: The use of the stenotype to take down messages in shorthand.
stenotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenotypical.
scopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scopists
Senses: glosses: A person employed to transform rough transcripts into correctly punctuated and formatted text.
scopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scopist
surprisedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From surprised + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When you have been waited on by armless hands, and have had a short conversation with a cat, nothing can surprise you much. All your surprisedness seems to be used up.
ref: 1907, Edith Nesbit, The White Cat:
glosses: The state or quality of being surprised.
unsurprisedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsurprised + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unsurprised.
diggeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diggeresses
Etymology: From digger + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: I merely know the bare facts, and bare enough the whole stony subject seems to me, but it was important enough to occupy the close attention of seventy-three diggers and one diggeress.
ref: 1914, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 563:
glosses: A miner's wife.
diggeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diggeress
sanjakate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanjakates
Etymology: From sanjak (“sanjakbey, the governor of a sanjak”) + -ate, from Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “sanjak, banner”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sanjak.
synonyms: word: sanjak
sanjakates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanjakate
syphiloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syphilomas
form: syphilomata
Etymology: From syphilo- + -oma.
Senses: glosses: A syphilitic tumor
syphilomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syphiloma
syphilomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syphiloma
sanman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanmen
Etymology: Shortening of sanitation + man.
Senses: examples: text: Sanmen get more on-the-job injuries than either policemen or firemen. Many of them strain their backs, undramatically but painfully, because, being so strong, they may forget to bend their knees when they're hoisting a garbage can.
ref: 1978, The New Yorker, volume 54, part 3, page 28:
text: Ukeles has been shocked at the number of insults endured by the sanmen, and saddened by the shame some of them feel.
ref: 1984, Ms. Magazine, volume 12/13, page 32:
text: Then I walk some of the thousands of curb miles with the sanmen (at that time still an all-male workforce).
ref: 2008, Anne Pasternak, Creative Time: The Book, page 129:
glosses: A New York City sanitation department worker: a garbage collector.
sanmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanman
salitral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salitrals
Senses: glosses: A place where saltpetre occurs.
salitrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salitral
spodiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spodik
on sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: asleep
flat dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat dogs
Senses: glosses: crocodile
chibuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chibulis
form: chibulies
Etymology: Of unknown origin, but probably derived from or influenced by the brand name Chibuku Shake Shake.
Senses: examples: text: In between downing innumerable chibulies [cold beers] at the above outstanding pub, Messrs Hulley, Geddes and Dennison decided that the showgrounds would be just about adequate accommodation for the baby battalion, so the move was undertaken in early November.
ref: 1989, The War Diaries of André Dennison, page 18:
text: Those brown boot bastards are already in the club sucking up a chibuli," Ormonde growled.
ref: 2013, Douglas Hubbard, Jr., Bound for Africa: Cold War Fight Along the Zambezi:
text: "Sure. Garikayi!" he called. "Bring some fucking cold chibulis here."
ref: 2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action:
glosses: beer
wikipedia: Chibuku Shake Shake
scambaiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scambaiters
Etymology: From scam + baiter.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in scambaiting.
scambaiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scambaiter
saprostomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saprostomous
form: most saprostomous
Senses: examples: text: An old man, his chest rasping with saprostomous breath, the cigarette glows in his fingers.
ref: 2015, Glorianna Langley-Finch, Beyond the Darkness, page 20:
glosses: Having bad breath.
shateen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bush, forest
chibulis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chibuli
chibulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chibuli
enthrilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enthrill
enthrilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enthrill
enthrills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enthrill
subneural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + neural.
Senses: glosses: Situated beneath a main neural axis or nervous cord.
suspectedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suspected + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being suspected.
Tinman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnmən/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ponapean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
Ponapean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ponapean
form: most Ponapean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
Ponapean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ponapeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
Ponapeian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
Ponapeian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ponapeian
form: most Ponapeian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
Ponapeian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ponapeians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pohnpeian.
whalespeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whale + -speak.
Senses: glosses: A language used by whales.
Ponapeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponapean
Ponapeians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponapeian
sporogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sporogenesis
sporogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sporogenesis.
Schuko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for German Schutzkontakt (safety socket) from Schutz (“protection”), + Kontakt (“contact”)
Senses: examples: text: By far the most widely used types outside the US, however, are the two-pin Schuko plug and socket of continental Europe and the fused three-pin and socket found in the UK.
ref: 1984, MEC: Middle East Construction - Volume 9, page 78:
text: To understand abstraction, imagine a power socket in the EU. It looks like a pig snout, and we call it the Schuko socket, seen in Figure 8.7.
ref: 2015, Bruno Skvorc, Jump Start PHP Environment: Master the World's Most Popular Language, →ISBN:
text: Electrical Electrical power voltage in Germany is 230 V based on the Schuko system (Schuko is short for Schutzkontakt, which means safety socket).
ref: 2015, Larry Kulchawik, Trade Shows From One Country To The Next, →ISBN:
text: Both vehicles should be able to be charged using a Schuko socket in one phase, 230V/10A, their top speed should exceed 100 km/h and their maximum cost should be SEK 400,000–650,000 (EUR 48,000–78,000).
ref: 2016, Anna Hillgrén, Marika Bröckl, Mikko Halonen, Nordic best practices, →ISBN:
glosses: A type of electrical socket (or plug), consisting of two round holes (or pins) with ground contacts on top and bottom.
splinteriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From splintery + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being splintery.
unbefriending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbefriending
form: most unbefriending
Etymology: From un- + befriending.
Senses: glosses: unfriendly; hostile
Related terms: unbefriended
schizocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to schizocarps.
suiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suiform
form: most suiform
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resembling a pig (of the family Suidae)
suiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suiforms
Senses: glosses: Any pig of the family Suidae
sergette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sergettes
Senses: glosses: A thin serge material.
sergettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sergette
bastard hartebeest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard hartebeests
form: bastard hartebeest
Senses: examples: text: We saw a small herd of sassadybies, or bastard hartebeesten, and in getting a long shot at one of them I passed so close to a leopard or panther, that I might have killed it, had I seen it before it escaped.
ref: 1871 August 20, [Thomas] Baines, quotee, “Exploration. Exploration and Hunting in South Africa.”, in The Australasian, volume XII, number 323, Melbourne, Vic., published 8 June 1872, page 710, column 3:
glosses: The sassaby.
bastard hartebeests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastard hartebeest
sekos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sekoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: In this last-mentioned chamber there is a central doorway, leading to the holy recess, or sekos; and two other doorways also communicate with the two ends of a gallery which runs round the sekos.
ref: 1854, Jamees Talboys Wheeler, The geography of Herodotus, page 371:
glosses: A sacred enclosure, sanctuary or cella in an ancient Greek temple.
sombrerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sombrero + -ite, after the place in the Antilles.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hard impure calcium phosphate.
Synonyms: rock guano
osite
Related terms: apatite
rock guano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sombrerite
Terocodame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Terocodames
form: Terocodame
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American tribe that inhabited Coahuila, just below the Rio Grande, at the time of early Spanish contact.
Terocodames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Terocodame
slouchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slouching
Hallamshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of South Yorkshire, England, in the current city of Sheffield.
Synonyms: Hallam
sparklessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sparkless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of sparks or (figurative) a creative spark.
poor man's sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Because, like sauce, it makes food taste better (even subpar food).
Senses: glosses: Hunger.
poor man's orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Schizanthus pinnatus, the butterfly flower
Shivaistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shivaistic
form: most Shivaistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to Shivaism.
Sivaistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sivaistic
form: most Sivaistic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shivaistic.
Shivaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shivaites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Saivite.
Shivaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shivaite
Kossuth hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kossuth hats
Etymology: A name used in the United States, after Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian exile.
Senses: glosses: A slouch hat.
wikipedia: Lajos Kossuth
Australian bush hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Australian bush hats
Senses: glosses: slouch hat
Australian bush hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Australian bush hat
Kossuth hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kossuth hat
Simpai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In both, the frontal crest is vertical, and streaked with black. Sir T. S. Raffles states that the Simpai is frequent in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen, on the west coast of Sumatra, while the Dutch naturalists found the same species exclusively at Indrapura, a few hundred miles further north on the same coast.
ref: 1851, Thomas Horsfield, A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company:
glosses: The black-crested monkey of Sumatra.
solidifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From solidify + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being solidifiable.
unsparkling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sparkling.
Senses: glosses: Not sparkling.
xanthophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthophiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xanthophil.
cyanophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanophiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyanophil.
erythrophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrophiles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of erythrophil.
cyanophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanophile
erythrophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrophile
xanthophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthophile
xanthophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthophil
erythrophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrophil
cyanophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanophil
surrenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French surrénal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of suprarenal (“above the kidneys”).
synonyms: word: suprarenal
extra: above the kidneys