cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
defrauded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defraud
defrauding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defraud
defrauding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defraudings
Senses: glosses: The act of committing fraud.
defrauds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defraud
sei whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sei whales
Etymology: Partial translation of Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval/kval (“whale”).
Senses: glosses: A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
fraudsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraudster
defrauders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defrauder
defoggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defogger
defogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defog
defogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defog
defogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defog
overaggressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more overaggressive
form: most overaggressive
Etymology: From over- + aggressive.
Senses: glosses: Excessively aggressive. Involving too much aggression.
Derived terms: overaggressively
overaggressiveness
overambitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + ambitious.
Senses: examples: text: The Hyperwebster is an overambitious work that provides a complete list of all words in the form of every possible combination of letters of any finite length.
ref: Spring 2022, Mats Wahlberg, “The Banach-Tarski Paradox”, in Umeå University, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2022, page 24:
glosses: Excessively ambitious.
Derived terms: overambitiously
overambitiousness
Related terms: overambition
overattentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overattentive
form: most overattentive
Etymology: From over- + attentive.
Senses: glosses: Excessively attentive
Derived terms: overattentively
overattentiveness
overburdened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overburdened
form: most overburdened
Senses: glosses: Excessively burdened
Derived terms: overburdenedness
overburdened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overburden
overcareful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcareful
form: most overcareful
Etymology: From over- + careful.
Senses: glosses: Excessively careful.
Derived terms: overcarefully
overcarefulness
overcautious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcautious
form: most overcautious
Etymology: From over- + cautious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively cautious.
Derived terms: overcautiously
overcautiousness
overconscientious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəkɒnʃiːˈɛnʃəs/
Forms: form: more overconscientious
form: most overconscientious
Etymology: From over- + conscientious.
Senses: examples: text: If he were not over conſciencious in that, vnder colour of ſome treatie, parlie or accord, to take any advantage of his enemies: he was as little ſcrupulous, in that he required no other vertue in his Souldiers, but valour; […]
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Observations concerning the meanes to warre after the maner of Iulius Cæsar”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 422:
text: Are you an obsessive lover of routine, overconscientious, and think cleanliness is next to godliness? Beware. You may be nearly twice as likely to die from a heart attack as more laid back friends and colleagues.
ref: 2001 March 15, James Meikle, “Fussing can double risk of heart attack”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014:
glosses: Excessively conscientious.
Derived terms: overconscientiousness
overcritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcritical
form: most overcritical
Etymology: From over- + critical.
Senses: antonyms: noncritical
uncritical
hypernyms: critical
glosses: Excessively critical.
Derived terms: overcritically
overcriticalness
Related terms: supercritical
overdependent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdependent
form: most overdependent
Etymology: From over- + dependent.
Senses: glosses: Excessively dependent.
overexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overexcited
form: most overexcited
Etymology: From over- + excited.
Senses: glosses: Excessively excited
overexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overexcite + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overexcite
overfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfed
form: most overfed
Etymology: From over- + fed.
Senses: examples: text: He allowed his ‘boy’—an overfed young negro from the coast—to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 211:
text: Was this stupid system, so cruel, so crushing, and producing at the top such absurd results as flashy, insolent autos and silly palaces and overfed, overdressed women, and dogs in jeweled collars, and babies of wealth brought up by low menials—was this system really the best?
ref: a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise:
glosses: Excessively fed; given too much to eat; having had too much to eat.
overfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + fed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overfeed
yaupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjoʊˌpɑn/
ipa: /ˈjuˌpɑn/
ipa: /ˈjɔˌpɑn/
Forms: form: yaupons
form: yapan
form: yopon
form: youpon
form: yupon
form: yawpan
form: yaupan
Etymology: From a Catawba word, most likely yap, yop, yą (“tree”), with the second element being either a diminutive suffix or pą (“leaf”) (resulting in the compound yąpą); alternatively, perhaps directly from a longer form of the word for leaf, 'yap'hâ.
Senses: examples: text: Yaupon is evergreen like the American holly and the familiar hollies of Christmas decorations, but the leaves of yaupon are small and smooth-edged rather than prickly. Easy to chew and blandly tasty, they would not stand out in a tossed salad.
ref: 2002, Connie C. Barlow, The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms:
text: “I found some yaupon and made some tea. It's North America's only native caffeinated plant. Well, dahoon, but you're not gonna find that in --”
ref: 2025 February 23, Dave King, “Star-Tel-Lite” (7:25 from the start), in Common Side Effects, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Marshall Cuso (Dave King):
glosses: The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
glosses: A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine).
Related terms: black drink
cassina
arrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arras
tap water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapwater
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: drinking water
text: We all want tap water always to be potable water, but ensuring this equivalence takes work and commitment.
hypernyms: water
coordinate_terms: bottled water
distilled water
mineral water
glosses: Water that comes from a tap.
examples: text: Although we lived in the city, we didn't have tap water.
synonyms: running water
glosses: The state of having water available from taps.
Related terms: indoor plumbing
defrayal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɹeɪəl/
rhymes: -eɪəl
Forms: form: defrayals
Etymology: From defray + -al.
Senses: glosses: The act of defraying.
degas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: degases
form: degasses
form: degassing
form: degassed
form: degassed
Etymology: From de- + gas.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: deaerate, deair
synonyms: degasify
glosses: To remove the gas from.
Derived terms: degasser
Related terms: degasification
degasifier
defroster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɹɒstə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defrosters
Etymology: From defrost + -er.
Senses: examples: text: They were both sitting inside, the engine running and the defroster blasting hot air against the windshield, before Jerry spoke again.
ref: 1996, Debbie Macomber, Mrs. Miracle, page 174:
glosses: A device for removing frost or ice from a surface or food by applying heat.
Related terms: deicer
theurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theurgical
form: most theurgical
Etymology: From theurgy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to theurgy.
examples: text: With a theurgical flourish, he pulled a rabbit from the hat.
glosses: Of or pertaining to magic.
degradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈɡɹeɪdəbəɫ]
Forms: form: more degradable
form: most degradable
Etymology: From degrade + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
Derived terms: antidegradable
biodegradable
nondegradable
oxodegradable
photodegradable
semidegradable
undegradable
Related terms: degradation
degradable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈɡɹeɪdəbəɫ]
Forms: form: degradables
Etymology: From degrade + -able.
Senses: glosses: Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.
periapt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛɹɪapt/
Forms: form: periapts
Etymology: From Middle French periapte, from Ancient Greek περίαπτον (períapton, “amulet”), noun use of περίαπτος (períaptos, “hung round”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + ἅπτος (háptos, “fastened”).
Senses: examples: text: Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their unshaken credulity in amulets, spells, periapts, and similar charms, framed, it was said, under the influence of particular planets, and bestowing high medical powers, as well as the means of advancing men's fortunes in various manners.
ref: 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A.L. Burt Company (1832), 9-10
text: The occipital bone of an asses head in a skin is also a good periapt.
ref: 1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, volume 1, preface, page xx:
text: [Aaron’s Breastplate] was a decoration, from the costliness of its nature; a periapt, for it was suspended round his neck by golden chains; a talisman, for it ensured the divine protection to the tribes whose names were thereon engraven.
ref: 1867, Charles William King, The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals, Bell & Daldy (London), Deighton, Bell, & Co. (Cambridge), page 326
text: The passage in the Greek liturgy of St. Chrysostom...became a charm for intractable hemorrhage (written on the part affected or worn as a periapt)
ref: 1921, Fielding H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, W.B. Saunders Co., page 41:
text: Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
text: That is the secret of this vault, Miss Thornberry. It is his living tomb, and the periapt you wear around your neck is his epitaph.
ref: 2003, Hannah Howell, His Immortal Embrace, Kensington Books,, →ISBN, page 232:
glosses: A charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
dehumanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: dehumanizations
form: dehumanisation
Etymology: From de- + humanization or dehumanize + -ation or de- + human + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Lowi's concern for the rule of law tends to forget that government is not only by but for men; he substitutes an older [impersonality] for the dehumanizations of the new.
ref: 1971 August 8, Carey McWilliams, “While the cities burn, the machines click on”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
text: The essence of dehumanization is not to see someone, to render him inconsequential and invisible.
ref: 2023 November 2, David Brooks, “How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:
glosses: The act or process of dehumanizing.
Related terms: dewomanization
dehumidifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ(j)ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dehumidifiers
Etymology: From dehumidify + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device for removing the moisture content from air
Related terms: dehumidify
dehydrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːhaɪdˈɹeɪtɪd/
ipa: /dəˈhaɪdɹeɪtəd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehydrate
dehydrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːhaɪdˈɹeɪtɪd/
ipa: /dəˈhaɪdɹeɪtəd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Forms: form: more dehydrated
form: most dehydrated
Senses: glosses: From which the water has been removed.
examples: text: I felt dehydrated because I didn't bring enough water on the hike.
glosses: Suffering from dehydration.
Derived terms: nondehydrated
semidehydrated
undehydrated
dehydrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːhaɪdˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dehydrators
Etymology: From dehydrate + -or.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A drying agent.
examples: text: In the days following the lunch, Ms. Patterson discarded a dehydrator that she’d used to dry mushrooms, then lied to the police about having done so, according to testimony at trial.
ref: 2025 July 7, Victoria Kim, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia Mushroom Poisoning Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
glosses: A device that removes water from a material.
deice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /diːˈaɪs/
Forms: form: deices
form: deicing
form: deiced
form: deiced
form: de-ice
Etymology: From de- + ice.
Senses: examples: text: They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff.
text: The second strategy is to develop specific care and maintenance rules that will need to be strictly followed by the system operator - including the use of specialised machines to clear the permanent way of snowfall, to de-ice the rail grooves and the running of non-revenue services at night to prevent ice formation on the OCL [overhead contact lines].
ref: 2020 May 6, “Advertisement feature: Preparing for climate change”, in Rail, page 43:
glosses: To remove the ice from something.
examples: text: Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.
ref: 1996, Jan Karon, A light in the window:
glosses: To lose its ice; to thaw.
Derived terms: deicer
Related terms: defrost
delayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delayers
Etymology: From delay + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who delays.
glosses: A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable
delayer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delayers
form: delayering
form: delayered
form: delayered
Etymology: From de- + layer.
Senses: examples: text: I've put on every item of clothing I packed in about eight layers. […] Slowly as the morning wore on and I built up a sweat, I de-layered myself. Now I'm down to just two layers of clothing, including two pairs of gloves and socks.
ref: 2015, Elle Casey, Love in New York: Book 2 (Cabin Fever):
glosses: To remove layers from; to strip away levels from.
delinquency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
Forms: form: delinquencies
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“I transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent + -cy
Senses: glosses: Misconduct.
glosses: A criminal offense.
examples: text: Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies increased in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. […] The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
ref: 2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN:
glosses: A debt that is overdue for payment.
Derived terms: juvenile delinquency
predelinquency
demagoguery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛməˈɡɑɡəɹi/
ipa: /ˌdɛməˈɡɒɡəɹi/
Forms: form: demagogueries
Etymology: From demagogue + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Long before the energy crisis the debate over deregulation of natural gas prices raged stormily, stirring high emotions, demagogueries and mutual deceptions, and with literally billions of dollars at stake.
ref: 1976 April 2, “Gas Deregulation”, in The New York Times:
text: The desire for politicians who are sincere explains not only the strategic value of demagoguery (and hence the campaign choices of candidates like Trump who may not in fact believe their own demagogic bombast).
ref: 2015 December 10, Jason Stanley, “Democracy and the Demagogue”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The actions of a demagogue.
glosses: Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
demilitarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɪlɪtəɹaɪz/
Forms: form: demilitarizes
form: demilitarizing
form: demilitarized
form: demilitarized
form: demilitarise
Etymology: From de- + militarize.
Senses: glosses: To remove troops from (an area).
glosses: To prevent troops from entering (an area).
glosses: To return (an area) to civilian control, after military control.
actualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: actualises
form: actualising
form: actualised
form: actualised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
Related terms: actuate
hinkypunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hinkypunks
Senses: glosses: a will o' the wisp
retarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retarders
Etymology: From retard + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The substance acted as a retarder to the chemical reaction because it radically changed the pH.
text: Why is retarder used in dope when the dope is being sprayed in humid conditions? The retarder slows the drying of the dope and keeps it from blushing.
ref: 1999, Dale Crane, Fast-Track Test Guides for Aviation Maintenance: Airframe, page 147:
synonyms: bottleneck
inhibitor
retardant
limiter
antonyms: accelerant
promoter
quickener
glosses: Something which retards or slows.
examples: text: [...] unlike the latest British yards, Gremberg has only primary retarders, manually operated, a method that the hump operators apparently prefer to electro-pneumatic control because they can grade the braking pressure more accurately by feel.
ref: 1961 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The "Rheingold" goes via Cologne”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons.
topics: baking
cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A refrigerator used to slow down proofing of yeast when making dough.
Derived terms: vapor retarder
peghead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pegheads
Etymology: From peg + head.
Senses: examples: text: Common throughout the Arab and Persian world, the oud is a fretless short-neck lute with a pear-shaped, flat top, rounded back, and a peghead characteristically bent backwards at a very sharp angle.
ref: 2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play The World: The 101 Instrument Primer, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: tuning head
glosses: The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.
tabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Likewise, union members will have to decide if pay losses during strikes start to outweigh the benefits of a tabled offer.
ref: 2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:
glosses: simple past and past participle of table
genotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genotype
genotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of genotype
alleles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allele
gacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gack
gacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gack
gacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gakked
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic; compare gack.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gack
mbret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mbrets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mpret.
limited-liability
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Of a business entity, having liability for legal claims that is limited to the assets of the entity itself, and which therefore does not reach the assets of the individual owners/investors of the company.
salivae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saliva
springer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: springers
Etymology: From spring + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person that springs.
glosses: Anything that springs.
glosses: A spring salmon.
glosses: A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
glosses: A springing cow.
glosses: A springer spaniel.
glosses: A springbok.
Derived terms: cross-springer
cross springer
English springer
mudspringer
secret springer
springer antelope
springer fork
springer point
springer spaniel
springer-up
Welsh springer
Related terms: Eptatretus springeri
klippspringer
klipspringer
obliqueness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obliquenesses
Etymology: From oblique + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of obliquity.
synonyms: word: obliquity
obliviousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obliviousnesses
Etymology: From oblivious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
ref: 2021 July 29, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The characteristic of being oblivious.
obnoxiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obnoxiousnesses
Etymology: From obnoxious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being obnoxious.
Synonyms: obnoxity
obscenely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obscenely
form: most obscenely
Etymology: From obscene + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obscene manner; vulgarly.
examples: text: I live in an elderly building in Boston's Back Bay. In summer the place sizzles. In winter, it's hotter (unless, of course, the wind blows. Then there's no heat at all. I suspect our central heating unit is an obscenely large candle that gets blown out when we need it most.)
ref: 1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11:
text: By the year 1765, Richard `Dickie' Tattersall, the absurdly romantic self-styled soldier of fortune and indulged son of an obscenely well-off Yorkshire squire, was brimming with gratitude[.]
ref: 1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 245:
glosses: In an excessive manner.
obsessiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obsessive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves.
ref: 2005 December 25, Michael Sokolove, “The Debunker”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: The characteristic of being obsessive.
oppressiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppressivenesses
Etymology: From oppressive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being oppressive.
open-mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-mindednesses
Etymology: From open-minded + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: word: broad-mindedness
word: openness
alt: to suggestions
word: approachability
word: tolerance
word: accessibility
word: responsiveness
word: consideration
word: heedfulness
word: deliberation
glosses: The characteristic of being open-minded.
openhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From openhanded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of open-handedness.
opaqueness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opaquenesses
Etymology: From opaque + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of opacity.
synonyms: word: opacity
obviousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/
ipa: /-ɪəs-/
ipa: /-nəs/
ipa: /ˈɑ(b)viəsnɪs/
ipa: /-nəs/
Forms: form: obviousnesses
Etymology: From obvious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being obvious.
obtrusiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obtrusivenesses
Etymology: From obtrusive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being obtrusive.
obstructiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obstructive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being obstructive.
overcompensate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcompensates
form: overcompensating
form: overcompensated
form: overcompensated
Etymology: From over- + compensate.
Senses: glosses: To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
glosses: To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
Derived terms: overcompensatingly
overcompensator
Related terms: overcompensation
overcompensatory
overcompensated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcompensate
overcompensating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcompensate
overcompensates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcompensate
overcompensatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcompensatory
form: most overcompensatory
Etymology: From over- + compensatory.
Senses: glosses: Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcompensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcompensations
Etymology: From over- + compensation.
Senses: glosses: An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
glosses: Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
Related terms: overcompensate
overcompensatory
opaquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more opaquely
form: most opaquely
Etymology: From opaque + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an opaque manner.
opprobriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more opprobriously
form: most opprobriously
Etymology: From opprobrious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an opprobrious manner.
ground bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground bars
Senses: glosses: A thick copper bar required in telecommunication room installations to provide a central ground-point for equipment.
malveuille
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: malveuilles
form: malveuilling
form: malveuilled
form: malveuilled
Etymology: French mal "bad", "badly" + veuille, the second-person singular subjunctive form vouloir, "to want".
Senses: examples: text: Now something's telling me / that you're malveuilling me.
ref: 1976. Wurzels The Combine Harvester (song)
glosses: To disrespect. To wish ill on someone.
penteconter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penteconters
form: pentaconter
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκόντορος (pentēkóntoros, literally “fifty-oared”).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: unireme/monoreme
bireme
trireme
quadrireme
quinquereme/pentere/pentereme
polyreme
glosses: A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
alfil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfils
form: fil
form: pil
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alfil (“chess bishop”).
Senses: examples: text: In problems with unorthodox pieces the convention is usually followed that they have appeared by promotion of pawns, though this is not sufficient in some cases (e.g. alfils and equihoppers may not be able to get to the required square from the promotion rank). […] The earliest known example of a partial rider is the Talia (meaning scout) which occurs in the Great Chess of Timur. It is a transition piece between the mediaeval alfil and the modern bishop, able to move like the bishop without being blocked by a pawn standing in front of it.
ref: 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, pages 9, 10:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A fairy chess piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.
inexpiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inexpiable
form: most inexpiable
Etymology: From in- + expiable.
Senses: examples: text: […] the only son of that disgraced and blood-stained nobleman, who, lying in gaol, under sentence of death for a foul and cowardly murder, swallowed poison, and so closed his guilty life with a tremendous crime, in its nature inexpiable.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 277:
glosses: That cannot be expiated or atoned for; unforgivable.
Derived terms: inexpiableness
inexpiably
vezir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vezirs
Etymology: Transliteration of Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr). Doublet of vizier.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of vizier.
unclose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkləʊz/
Forms: form: uncloses
form: unclosing
form: unclosed
form: unclosed
Etymology: From un- + close.
Senses: examples: text: They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it.
ref: 1807, [Miss Guion], chapter I, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, page 11:
text: His eyes he opened, shut, again unclosed, / For all was doubt and dizziness […]
ref: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.112:
text: All flowers in field or forest which unclose
Their trembling eyelids to the kiss of day,
Swinging their censers in the element,
With orient incense lit by the new ray
Burned slow and inconsumably, and sent
Their odorous sighs up to the smiling air […]
ref: 1822, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Triumph of Life:
text: Not a word passed between them as she went to the cupboard in the corner and replaced the hammer, which she had taken without asking leave; together—she unclosed her fist—with a handful of nails.
ref: 2000, Hayden White, Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect, page 78:
glosses: To open; to unclench.
gainsays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gainsay
assuageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From assuage + -able.
Senses: antonyms: inassuageable
unassuageable
glosses: Able to be assuaged.
metastisize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metastisizes
form: metastisizing
form: metastisized
form: metastisized
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of metastasize.
memaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meemaw.
memaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: memaws
form: memawing
form: memawed
form: memawed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meemaw.
cat's paw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat's paws
form: cats' paws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cat's-paw.
demimondaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demimondaines
Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-mondaine.
Senses: examples: text: However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
ref: 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
glosses: A sexually promiscuous woman (of the demimonde).
pay dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paydirt
form: pay-dirt
Etymology: From pay + dirt.
Senses: topics: business
mining
coordinate_terms: paystreak
sidepay
glosses: Earth which contains profitable quantities of ore.
examples: text: to hit pay dirt
text: Isuzu Inc. hit pay dirt in the late '80s with its series of “Joe Isuzu” spots, featuring an oily, Satanic-looking salesman who told whoppers about Isuzu's genuine llama-skin upholstery and ability to run on tapwater.
ref: 1997 [1990], David Foster Wallace, “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
text: Wittgenstein was closer to the pay dirt in one of his letters to the philosopher G. E. Moore, when he talked about thought with due attention to what fascinated Heisenberg on his deathbed: turbulence.
ref: 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, Picador, page 805:
text: The DESI team had not expected to hit pay dirt so soon, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, an astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley lab and a spokeswoman for the project, said in an interview.
ref: 2024 April 4, Dennis Overbye, quoting Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, “A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong”, in Thew New York Times:
glosses: A profitable area or period; success.
Derived terms: hit pay dirt
genro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛnɹəʊ/
Forms: form: genros
form: genro
Etymology: From Japanese 元老 (genrō).
Senses: examples: text: That last part was in line with the genro Prince Saionji's advice to the Emperor: advice which the Emperor ignored.
ref: 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, Picador, published 2007, page 814:
glosses: A body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors to the Emperor.
demonetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌmʌnətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /diˌmɑn.ə.taɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈdi.mɑn.ə.taɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: demonetizations
Etymology: From French démonétisation.
Senses: examples: text: The current spiral in prices — 20 per cent in the last year — has been attributed to the wide circulation of “black money.” The official committee recommended demonetization on the assumption that “black money” is generally kept in stacks of 100‐rupee and 1,000‐rupee notes.
ref: 1973 August 9, “Demonetization Feared”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
hyponyms: word: notebandi
glosses: The act or process of demonetizing (withdrawing as legal tender).
glosses: The act or process of demonetizing (making content ineligible to earn money).
demurral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɝəl/
ipa: /dɪˈmɜːɹəl/
rhymes: -ɜːɹəl
Forms: form: demurrals
Etymology: From demur + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Her steady tone, her emphasizing twitches, were new to Nick; they seemed to signal a change in their relations that wouldn't easily be reversed. He was used to her easy assents, her oddly contented demurrals […]
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 17, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: The act of demurring.
topics: law
glosses: A formal objection.
Synonyms: sense: act of demurring: suspending proceedings
word: hiatus
word: moratorium
word: recess
word: pause
sense: act of demurring: putting off
word: deferral
word: procrastination
word: deferment
denationalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/
Forms: form: denationalizes
form: denationalizing
form: denationalized
form: denationalized
form: denationalise
Etymology: From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.
Senses: glosses: To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
examples: text: Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
text: What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.
ref: 1933, John T. Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince:
glosses: To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
Derived terms: denationalizer
deniable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əbəɫ/
rhymes: -aɪəbəl
Forms: form: more deniable
form: most deniable
Etymology: From deny + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Supported and authorized to act from Moscow, the Cossack leaders, including Mozhaev, maintain tenuous and deniable links to Russia to ensure they retain their freedom to act as volunteer paramilitaries.
ref: 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 46:
glosses: Able to be denied or contradicted.
Derived terms: deniable authentication
deniable encryption
deniably
indeniable
nondeniable
denims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Jeans made of denim.
denims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denim
denotative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more denotative
form: most denotative
Etymology: From Latin dēnotātus + -ive. By surface analysis, denote + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: There was still no concept of language (arithmetical symbolism, perhaps, is not a language, is not denotative in the same sense as words).
ref: 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf:
glosses: That denotes or names; designative.
antonyms: connotative
glosses: Specific to the primary meaning of a term.
Derived terms: denotatively
denotativeness
nondenotative
does a bear shit in the woods
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: do bears shit in the woods?
form: does the bear shit in the woods?
Etymology: First attested in print in the 1960s (see Citations). Earlier attested variations include Does the little brown bear live in the woods? (1952), and Does a bear like the woods? (1959)
Senses: glosses: A rhetorical question in response to a question to which the answer is an emphatic yes.
Synonyms: affirmative
does a bear crap in the woods?
does a bear poop in the woods?
do fish swim?
is snow white?
is the Pope a Catholic?
is the Pope Catholic?
is the sky blue?
is water wet?
yes
Derived terms: english: A combination of is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?
translation: A combination of is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?
word: does the Pope shit in the woods?
dentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Fireman Foreman's loose-lipped mouth widened in a filial grin, dentally interesting.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 160:
glosses: With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
Synonyms: toothly
Amaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.
Catriona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Caitrìona.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, a Scottish form of Catherine.
spirene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated spiran containing at least one double bond in one of the rings
spirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spirts
form: spirting
form: spirted
form: spirted
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of spurt.
spirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirts
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of spurt.
camera move
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camera moves
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A specific deliberate movement effected by the camera, such as a pan, zoom, tilt etc.
spiro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈspɪɹoʊ/
other: /ˈspaɪɹoʊ/
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin spīra (“coil, twist”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
Derived terms: polyspiro
spiro compound
Related terms: spiran
spirene
spiro-
spironolactone
spiro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈspɪɹoʊ/
other: /ˈspaɪɹoʊ/
Senses: examples: text: I was on estradiol tablets, finasteride, micronized progesterone, and spironolactone. I had an orchiectomy and have been taken off of progesterone and spiro. As far as changes to my body, they have been very miniscule in comparison to a person half my age. The most changes have been in my face.
ref: 2022, Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315:
text: After trying everything short of Accutane, she finally found her magic combo of spironolactone and hormonal birth control. “Birth control and spiro were my dream duo,” she says. “They knocked out my acne, my skin was flawless, but I had to have both.”
ref: 2022 January 31, Bella Cacciatore, “How Pregnancy and Social Media Helped Kara Nesvig’s Hormonal Acne”, in Glamour:
text: Important to keep in mind: It usually takes up to three months to see a difference with tretinoin. So don’t expect miracles in a matter of a few weeks. However! Because I had been using tret previously, it really was like I just added the tranexamic acid and topical spiro to my routine.
ref: 2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan:
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: Clipping of spironolactone.
Cierra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish of modern American usage, variant of Ciara or Sierra.
Krav Maga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɹɑːv məˈɡɑː/
Forms: form: krav maga
form: Krav maga
Etymology: From Hebrew קרב מגע (krav magá), literally “contact combat”.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A hand-to-hand combat system developed by the Israel Defense Forces that consists of a wide combination of martial arts techniques along with realistic fight training.
Darcy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑː.si/
ipa: /ˈdɑɹ.si/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si
Forms: form: Darcies
Etymology: Originally from Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines in Northern France. Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).
Senses: glosses: A Norman baronial surname from Old French.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly mid-20th century and later American usage.
Related terms: Darcy Lever
Davina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈviːnə/
Etymology: From David + -ina.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a feminine form of David.
denuclearize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /diːˈn(j)uːkliəˌɹaɪz/
Forms: form: denuclearizes
form: denuclearizing
form: denuclearized
form: denuclearized
form: denuclearise
Etymology: From de- + nuclearize.
Senses: examples: text: America’s security, and your standing as leader of the free world, will rise if you get straight to work on these looming threats rather than expending yourself in another Sisyphean attempt to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, denuclearize North Korea or address the root causes of Latin American migration.
ref: 2024 November 5, Bret Stephens, “To Whom it May Concern”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: denuke
glosses: To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.
Derived terms: denuclearization
Deanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈænə/
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, a twentieth century variant of Diana, sometimes also seen as a feminine form of Dean.
ATM machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATM machines
Senses: examples: text: Hold up, I need to use the ATM machine.[…]I forgot my personal PIN number. SMH my head. Lemme go inside the bank, I'll BRB right back ASAP as possible.
ref: 2022 June 2, Cyanide & Happiness:
text: Why do people say "ATM machine"? The "M" stands for "machine".
ref: 2023, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, spoken by Miles Morales (Shameik Moore):
glosses: A pleonastic but common variant of ATM.
shisha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiːʃə/
Forms: form: shishas
form: sheesha
form: shishah
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
Senses: synonyms: hookah
hubbly bubbly
narghile
glosses: An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
synonyms: maassel
glosses: The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
synonyms: mirrorwork
glosses: A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
Desiree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, alternative spelling of Désirée.
how much does it cost
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: How much does it cost
Senses: synonyms: word: how much is it?
word: what's the damage?
glosses: What is its price? How much money do you want for it?
deodorizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deodorizers
form: deodoriser
Etymology: From deodorize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A substance or device that removes or masks odors/odours; a device to dispense deodorant.
Desirée
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, variant of Désirée.