cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unmet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈmɛt/
Etymology: From un- + met.
Senses: examples: text: One senior CRP manager said: "The best thing a CRP [Community Rail Partnership] can do to help the community is to work to ensure the train service is as relevant and useful as possible to that community (and is well used and stays that way) and that where there is sufficient unmet local need, the service expands to meet it where possible."
ref: 2022 March 9, Paul Salveson, “RAIL Supplement: Part of the community”, in RAIL, number 952, pages 30–31 (supplement):
glosses: Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved
p.a.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of per annum.
p.a.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of public address system.
revocable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French révocable, from Old French revocable, from Latin revocabilis; equivalent to revoke + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Your promotion to manager is revocable if you do something wrong.
glosses: Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
Jiangsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: Kiangsu
form: Kiang-su
form: Kiang Su
form: Keangsoo
form: Keang-soo
form: Chiang-su
form: Kiang-Sou
form: Jiang Su
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江蘇 /江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou”), from the province's two major cities.
Senses: examples: text: Days before the Lunar New Year holiday began on Feb. 1, a video spread online from a village in Feng county, located in Jiangsu province on the coast.
ref: 2022 February 19, Huizhong Wu, “Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022:
meronyms: Nanjing
glosses: A province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Derived terms: Jiangsunese
reoccupy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reoccupies
form: reoccupying
form: reoccupied
form: reoccupied
Etymology: From re- + occupy.
Senses: examples: text: The enemy soldiers, through force of numbers, were able to reoccupy the garrison.
glosses: To occupy again.
synonyms: rebusy
glosses: To occupy (oneself) again.
shoulderblade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulderblades
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shoulder blade.
silver fir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver firs
Senses: glosses: Any of several species large evergreen coniferous trees of genus Abies (firs):
A European silver fir (Abies alba), native to Europe.
glosses: Any of several species large evergreen coniferous trees of genus Abies (firs):
A Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), native to western North America
glosses: Any of several species large evergreen coniferous trees of genus Abies (firs):
A Pindrow fir (Abies pindrow), native to Asia
Synonyms: Abies pectinata
sunbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunbirds
Etymology: From sun + bird.
Senses: glosses: A bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.
coordinate_terms: snowbird
summerite
year-rounder
glosses: A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a warm climate to a colder one in the summer; one who oversummers elsewhere.
Derived terms: green-headed sunbird
olive-backed sunbird
Palestine sunbird
Socotra sunbird
sunbird-asity
Related terms: spiderhunter
sporulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporulations
Etymology: From sporule + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of a bacterium becoming a spore.
Derived terms: zoosporulation
Related terms: sporulate
corbie steps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbie step
colonialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: colonializations
Etymology: From colonial + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.
Derived terms: decolonialization
neocolonialization
Related terms: colonization
colonisation
evictor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evictors
Etymology: From evict + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who evicts
collaborateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collaborateurs
Senses: glosses: Dated form of collaborator.
mettlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛtəlsəm/
rhymes: -ɛtəlsəm
Forms: form: more mettlesome
form: most mettlesome
Etymology: From mettle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf.
ref: 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 6, in Uncle Tom's Cabin:
text: Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
ref: 1948 September and October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 334:
glosses: Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
Derived terms: mettlesomely
mettlesomeness
titlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titlists
Etymology: From title + -ist.
Senses: glosses: The holder of a title in a competitive sport; a champion.
Related terms: english: brand name
translation: brand name
word: Titleist
mistrustfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mistrustfully
form: most mistrustfully
Etymology: From mistrustful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare.
ref: 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XXXIII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 162:
synonyms: mistrustingly
glosses: In a mistrustful manner.
modernly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more modernly
form: most modernly
Etymology: From modern + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The living room was huge and modernly furnished. Open spaces were everywhere, the coffee table was glass-topped, the couches were lightest of tans with red roses sprinkled across them.
ref: 2004, Anthony Byars, Texas, in Fact:
glosses: In a modern manner or style.
examples: text: If our painters must clothe their portraits in idealities at all, let us at once return to the old taste in this beautiful branch of the fine arts, – as we have modernly done in our buildings, and partially in our statues […]
ref: 1836, Cornelius Webbe, Glances at Life in City and Suburb, page 225:
glosses: In modern times; recently.
modishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more modishly
form: most modishly
Etymology: From modish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a modish manner.
moistly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more moistly
form: most moistly
Etymology: From moist + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a moist manner.
monastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more monastically
form: most monastically
Etymology: From monastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monastic manner.
monetarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monetary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monetary sense; in terms of money
monstrously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more monstrously
form: most monstrously
Etymology: From monstrous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She went about the house in a state of real terror, and yet lied monstrously and wilfully, and invented many of the alarms she spread, and made many of the sounds we heard.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
text: This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves.
ref: 2007 June 4, Alastair Macaulay, “Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a monstrous manner.
Derived terms: supermonstrously
monumentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒnjʊˈmɛntəli/
Forms: form: more monumentally
form: most monumentally
Etymology: From monumental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Climbing this mountain naked was a monumentally stupid idea!
text: Einstein made some monumentally important scientific discoveries.
glosses: To a monumental extent; very greatly.
moralistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more moralistically
form: most moralistically
Etymology: From moralistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a moralistic manner.
morbidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔrbɪdli/
Forms: form: more morbidly
form: most morbidly
Etymology: From morbid + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In his reply he seemed less set against that plan than his past attitude would have led one to predict, but said he would like to hold off a little while longer—long enough to get his things in order and reconcile himself to the idea of leaving an almost morbidly cherished birthplace.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 4, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
text: Which raises an interesting question: Is Trump actually morbidly obese?
ref: 2020 May 19, Chris Cillizza, “Nancy Pelosi called President Trump ‘morbidly obese.’ Is he?”, in CNN:
glosses: In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree.
Derived terms: morbidly obese
nonmorbidly
premorbidly
mordantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/
Forms: form: more mordantly
form: most mordantly
Etymology: From mordant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Salman Rushdie, commenting on my book God Is Not Great, remarked rather mordantly that the chief problem with its title was a lack of economy: that it was in other words exactly one word too long.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 9:
glosses: In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply.
moronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more moronically
form: most moronically
Etymology: From moronic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a moronic manner.
motionlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more motionlessly
form: most motionlessly
Etymology: From motionless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Lying stark, dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: In a motionless manner; without moving.
movingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more movingly
form: most movingly
Etymology: From moving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a moving manner.
muddily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more muddily
form: most muddily
Etymology: From muddy + -ly.
Senses: examples: July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup. Even his voice, projected muddily though[sic] that steel mask, has the authority of a prison-camp megaphone.
glosses: In a muddy manner.
mulishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mulishly
form: most mulishly
Etymology: From mulish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Next to Emma Woodhouse, Elizabeth Bennet or even Anne Elliot[…], Fanny Price indeed looks a little wan and thin, a bit of a party-pooper, mulishly unwilling to join in the fun when the superego of the estate, Lord Bertram, is away on his property in Antigua and the young people of the household decide to put on a play.
ref: 2025 June 27, Lauren Groff, “Jane Austen’s Boldest Novel Is Also Her Least Understood”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: In a mulish manner.
multifariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multifariously
form: most multifariously
Etymology: From multifarious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Do you know the reason? It is because we Russians are too richly and multifariously gifted to be able at once to find the proper mode of expression.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter V, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/V):
glosses: In a multifarious manner.
multilaterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more multilaterally
form: most multilaterally
Etymology: From multilateral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a multilateral manner.
municipally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From municipal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a municipal manner.
munificently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more munificently
form: most munificently
Etymology: From munificent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a munificent manner.
murderously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more murderously
form: most murderously
Etymology: From murderous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They decided to stop arguing over which spelling was correct after she began glaring murderously at each person who participated.
glosses: In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
muscularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more muscularly
form: most muscularly
Etymology: From muscular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He cuddles and kisses Jesse and Owen muscularly, surprising Jesse by biting his lip.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 322:
glosses: In a muscular manner.
Derived terms: intermuscularly
musicianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more musicianly
form: most musicianly
Etymology: From musician + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a musician.
Derived terms: unmusicianly
musingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more musingly
form: most musingly
Etymology: From musing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was half-way through the morning, and he had not breakfasted; the slight litter of other breakfasts stood about on the table to remind him of his hunger; and adding a poached egg to his order, he proceeded musingly to shake some white sugar into his coffee, thinking all the time about Flambeau.
ref: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Blue Cross”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
glosses: In a musing manner.
mustily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mustily
form: most mustily
Etymology: From musty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, translated by John Florio, The Second Chapter, “Of Repenting,”
[…] nor are there any spirits, or very rare ones, which in growing old taste not sowrely and mustily.
text: All this is but a light-headed understanding now; I mean, why so melancholy? thou lookest mustily, methinks.
ref: 1620, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The World Tost at Tennis:
text: My little guide steered me up a filthy, crooked, crazy staircase to an upper floor so lighted, and into a room that smelt of sawdust, shavings, glue, shellac, rancidly-oiled metal, and all kinds of rankly or mustily malodorous muddle.
ref: 1871, Richard Rowe, chapter 30, in Episodes in an Obscure Life, New York: George Routledge & Sons, page 370:
text: He was no student mustily thinking in a dead language, but a gentleman in waiting to the king, knight of the Order of St. Michael, writing in fresh, poetic French, with all the captivation of charm, teaching the fundamental principles of doubt and uncertainty […]
ref: 1903, Henry Dwight Sedgwick, “Montaigne”, in Essays on Great Writers, Houghton, Mifflin & Co, page 101:
text: 1908, O. Henry, “The Shocks of Doom” in The Voice of The City: Further Stories of the Four Million, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914, pp. 96-7,
He was either young or old; cheap lodging-houses had flavored him mustily; razors and combs had passed him by; in him drink had been bottled and sealed in the devil’s bond.
text: The single window, square and mustily curtained, is so small that it cannot be imagined to admit much light on the brightest of days […]
ref: 1912, Booth Tarkington, Beauty and the Jacobin: an Interlude of the French Revolution, Harper & Bros., page 2:
text: He felt he was intruding, and hurried past the door with the coloured glass panes into the Book Room, which smelled mustily of old paper and worm-eaten wood.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 1:
glosses: In a musty manner.
mutably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mutably
form: most mutably
Etymology: From mutable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mutable manner.
mutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mutely
form: most mutely
Etymology: From mute + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She went in a wheelchair, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and dark glasses […] a costume that made her seem romantic and powerful. Mutely she commanded cars, arrangements, appointments, deference, respect.
ref: 1983, Robert Ferro, The Family of Max Desir, page 14:
glosses: In a mute manner.
mutinously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mutinously
form: most mutinously
Etymology: From mutinous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mutinous manner.
neglectfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more neglectfully
form: most neglectfully
Etymology: From neglectful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neglectful manner.
negligently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more negligently
form: most negligently
Etymology: From negligent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present mood, forbidding both in look and speech.
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 12.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 301:
text: "Ignorance!" Ser Perth murmured to himself. He sighed heavily. "Always ignorance. Well, then, listen." He sat down on the corner of the desk and took out a cigarette. At least it looked like a cigarette. He snapped his fingers and lighted it from a little flame that sprang up, blowing clouds of bright green smoke from his mouth. The smoke hung lazily, drifting into vague patterns and then began to coalesce into a green houri without costume. He swatted at it negligently.
ref: 1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling:
glosses: In a negligent manner: carelessly or inattentively.
nervelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nervelessly
form: most nervelessly
Etymology: From nerveless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nerveless manner.
neurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “And whatʼs more,” the voice went on triumphantly, “the patient is both physically and neurally whole.”
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 236:
glosses: With regard to nerves.
Derived terms: aneurally
epineurally
extraneurally
intraneurally
neurologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neurological manner.
examples: text: If it was neurologically possible not to think, she had no thoughts.
ref: 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 202:
glosses: With regard to neurology.
noncommittally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more noncommittally
form: most noncommittally
form: non-committally
Etymology: From noncommittal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Parameswaran, intent on puffing, raised one eyebrow and grimaced non-committally.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 440:
glosses: In a noncommittal manner.
nonphysically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + physically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonphysical manner.
nonsensically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nonsensically
form: most nonsensically
Etymology: From nonsensical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonsensical manner.
nonviolently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + violently.
Senses: glosses: In a nonviolent manner.
obediently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obediently
form: most obediently
Etymology: From obedient + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This at least Heidi could understand, and she followed her obediently into the dining-room.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 71:
glosses: In an obedient manner.
objectionably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more objectionably
form: most objectionably
Etymology: From objectionable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an objectionable manner.
obligatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obligatorily
form: most obligatorily
Etymology: From obligatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: necessarily; mandatorily; imperatively; (sometimes) by nature
text: In essence, we evolved defenses that rendered us nearly invincible and allowed us to become obligatorily social.
ref: 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 56:
synonyms: obligately
glosses: In an obligatory manner.
obligingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obligingly
form: most obligingly
Etymology: From obliging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'I'll see to that for you, Miss Clara,' he said obligingly.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 82:
text: Speaker obligingly changed the angle of his cutting.
ref: 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 252:
glosses: In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
obliviously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obliviously
form: most obliviously
Etymology: From oblivious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an oblivious manner
obnoxiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈnɑkʃəsli/
Forms: form: more obnoxiously
form: most obnoxiously
Etymology: From obnoxious + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: annoyingly
glosses: In an obnoxious manner.
observably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more observably
form: most observably
Etymology: From observable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As the planet orbits the star, it causes a wobble in the star's motion, which can be detected as a small but observably large Doppler effect.
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a detectable degree, sufficient to be observed.
examples: text: From the point of view of earth-based observatories, the effect of the planet's orbit around the star is that the star observably wobbles.
topics: manner
glosses: In an observable manner.
examples: text: Observably, the star wobbles.
glosses: Indicates that the proposition can be verified by observation.
observantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more observantly
form: most observantly
Etymology: From observant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an observant manner.
obsessively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obsessively
form: most obsessively
Etymology: From obsessive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obsessive manner.
examples: text: There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.
ref: 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
glosses: To an obsessive degree.
Coordinate terms: excessively
Derived terms: unobsessively
obstructively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obstructively
form: most obstructively
Etymology: From obstructive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obstructive manner.
obtrusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obtrusively
form: most obtrusively
Etymology: From obtrusive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obtrusive manner.
Derived terms: unobtrusively
obtusely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obtusely
form: most obtusely
Etymology: From obtuse + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obtuse manner.
Derived terms: obtusely umbonate
olo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊləʊ/
ipa: /ˈoʊloʊ/
Etymology: From the binary number 010, representing the activation of the middle-wavelength (m) cone cell type, colloquially known as the green cone cells, while not activating the short (s) blue cones or long (l) red cones. Converting the digits 0 and 1 to the letters "O" and "L"
Senses: examples: ref: 2025 April 18, Nicoletta Lanese, “Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.'”, in Live Science, retrieved 19 Apr 2025, Health > Mind > Neuroscience:
glosses: A highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below
Coordinate terms: sense: direct cone stimulation impossible colors
word: 001
sense: direct cone stimulation impossible colors
word: ool
sense: direct cone stimulation impossible colors
word: 100
sense: direct cone stimulation impossible colors
word: loo
artifices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artifice
unceasingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unceasing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: All concerned, more particularly those in charge of the depots, worked unceasingly for long hours.
ref: 1961 July, “Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 432:
glosses: without ceasing (stopping); continuously
Synonyms: ceaselessly
incessantly
nonstop
continuously
more'n
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Contraction of more than.
Related terms: better'n
glaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glaky
form: most glaky
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glaiky.
15 minutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifteen minutes
Senses: examples: text: That singer's second single didn't chart; I guess his 15 minutes are almost up.
glosses: Ellipsis of 15 minutes of fame.
tuile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
homophone: tweel
homophone: tuille
Forms: form: tuiles
Etymology: From French tuile (“tile”). Doublet of tile and tuille.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, there was a grilled rib of beef in an herb and pistachio crust that sat on […] a cylindrical garnish of layered sweet potato and red pepper purée, pearls of glazed garlic and a thin Parmesan tuile.
ref: 2009 January 28, Elaine Sciolino, “With Cowbells and Oxtails, Culinary Olympics Begin”, in New York Times:
text: Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.
ref: 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:
glosses: A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes
sabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of savin.
umbrella organisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella organizations
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella organisation
umbrella organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella organizations
form: umbrella organisation
Senses: glosses: An organization that coordinates the activities of a number of member organisations to promote a common goal.
umbrella organizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella organisations
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella organization
Afro-Caribbean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afro-Caribbeans
Etymology: From Afro- + Caribbean.
Senses: glosses: A person of African descent who was born in, or is a resident of, the Caribbean.
Afro-Caribbean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Afro- + Caribbean.
Senses: examples: text: Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more.
ref: 2025 August 15, Jon Pareles, “10 New Songs You Need to Hear: Khalid, Jay Som, Steve Lacy and More”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:
glosses: Of African descent via the Caribbean.
sub-Saharan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Sub-Saharan
form: Subsaharan
form: subsaharan
Etymology: From sub- + Saharan.
Senses: coordinate_terms: super-Saharan
glosses: Of or pertaining to that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara Desert.
Related terms: Subsahara
sub-Saharan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-Saharans
form: Sub-Saharan
form: Subsaharan
form: subsaharan
Etymology: From sub- + Saharan.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara.
incoronate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɒɹənət/
Etymology: First attested in 1855; either borrowed from Italian incoronato or Latin incorōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + coronate.
Senses: examples: text: I was a novice in this state, / When I saw hither come a Mighty One, / With sign of victory incoronate.
ref: 1867, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., The Divine Comedy, volume I (Inferno), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 22, lines 52–54:
glosses: Crowned.
maille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mail.
trucco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of lawn billiards.
dedicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dedicators
Senses: glosses: One who dedicates.
dedicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/
ipa: /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/
Senses: examples: text: a dedicatory letter; a dedicatory inscription
glosses: Of or pertaining to dedication.
Derived terms: dedicatorily
dedicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/
ipa: /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/
Forms: form: dedicatories
Senses: examples: text: […] I conceit him to be neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour.
ref: 1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: John Rothwell, page 7:
glosses: A dedication.
deducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈdjuːsɪbəɫ]
Forms: form: more deducible
form: most deducible
Etymology: From deduce + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being deduced.
Derived terms: deducibleness
deducibly
Related terms: deducibility
de-emphasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɛmfəsɪs/
Forms: form: de-emphases
form: deemphasis
form: deëmphasis
Etymology: From de- + emphasis.
Senses: glosses: A reduction in emphasis.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A signal distortion, carried out at a receiver, in order to undo the effects of pre-emphasis at the transmitter.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A reduction of the level of all bits except the first one after a transition.
deep-froze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of deep-freeze
deep-frozen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of deep-freeze
deep-frozen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: frozen in a deep freeze
deep-seated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deep-seated
form: deeper-seated
form: most deep-seated
form: deepest-seated
Etymology: From deep + seated.
Senses: examples: text: a deep-seated tumour
text: Weaknesses in the earth’s crust allow deep-seated heat to rise nearer to the surface.
text: […] the Ach in the Teeth of the upper Jaw occasions a gnawing Pain deep seated in the Bones of the Face,
ref: 1741, Alexander Monro, The Anatomy of the Human Nerves, Edinburgh: W. Monro and W. Drummond, page 46:
text: winking knowingly with his comical little deep-seated black eyes
ref: 1852, Susanna Moodie, chapter 4, in Roughing it in the Bush, volume 2, London: Richard Bentley, page 76:
text: He washed [the food] down with beer and produced a deep-seated belch.
ref: 1961, Leon Uris, Mila 18, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Part 3, Chapter 7, p. 328:
text: Some of the older people had started weeping, the kind of hemorrhaging, deep-seated sound that can only bring relief to the sufferer.
ref: 2010, Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story, New York: Random House, page 187:
text: Swindon: Deep-seated heavy corrosion in the cast-iron station canopy supports may force their replacement when funding is available.
ref: 2022 September 21, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Western”, in RAIL, number 966, page 26:
antonyms: superficial
surface-level
glosses: Physically located at a deep level.
examples: text: She has a deep-seated belief in the essential goodness of human nature.
text: […] instead of the bright beams that used to play in those eyes, there was now a dark deep-seated sorrow, almost despair.
ref: 1834, Maria Edgeworth, chapter 13, in Helen, volume 3, London: Richard Bentley, pages 261–262:
text: a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: Godmen are India’s major export of the last two decades […]. Once in a while, however, they also acquire a domestic following, by appealing to the deep-seated reverence in all Indians for spiritual wisdom and inner peace,
ref: 1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel, New York: Arcade Publishing, Book 18, p. 406:
text: Alice, his sister-in-law, he was sure, had meant her offer kindly, and William’s advice had not been ill-intentioned, but they both suffered from a need, he felt, so deep-seated as to be well beyond their understanding, to have him act on their advice.
ref: 2004, Colm Tóibín, chapter 11, in The Master, London: Picador, page 316:
text: However, little was done, and it was only following new skilled appointments to the Crossrail board that it got a firm grip, with daily meetings held to resolve many of the deep-seated issues.
ref: 2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Weak bosses and staff blamed for Crossrail overspend”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 20:
synonyms: bred-in-the-bone
deep-rooted
deep-lying
glosses: Firmly implanted or established in thought or behavior and difficult to change; deeply ingrained.
Synonyms: deeply seated
Related terms: alt: eggcorn
word: deep-seeded
deescalate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deescalates
form: deescalating
form: deescalated
form: deescalated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of de-escalate.
polities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polity
tumulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuːmjʊleɪt/
ipa: /ˈtumjəleɪt/
Forms: form: tumulates
form: tumulating
form: tumulated
form: tumulated
Senses: examples: text: But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
ref: 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
glosses: To swell.
glosses: To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.
Related terms: tumor
tumour
tumulus
painfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painfulnesses
Etymology: From Middle English peynfulnes, peynfulnesse, equivalent to painful + -ness.
Senses: antonyms: painlessness
glosses: The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
examples: Near-synonyms: tediousness, laboriousness
coordinate_terms: painstakingness
glosses: The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
painkilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pain + killing.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor prescribed a painkilling medication.
synonyms: pain-relieving
analgesic#Adjective
glosses: Reducing or eliminating pain.
Related terms: word: painkiller
word: analgesia
word: analgesic
palatalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: palatalizations
form: palatalisation
Etymology: From palatal + -ization or palatalize + -ation. First attested in 1863 in this spelling, 1862 in the spelling palatalisation.
Senses: examples: text: The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter t to sound like ch.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.
Derived terms: depalatalization
first palatalization
nonpalatalization
second palatalization
discovery informatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The computing tools and methods used in the drug discovery process, such as software that deals with chemical and biological structures.
palatalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpælətəlaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: palatalizes
form: palatalizing
form: palatalized
form: palatalized
form: palatalise
Etymology: From palatal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Most English speakers palatalize the letter t in the word "nature".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: palatize
glosses: To pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth when that sound normally would not be so pronounced.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To be pronounced with the tongue against the palate.
raw_tags: of a sound
Derived terms: depalatalize
palatalizable
palatalization
palatalized
prologomenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prologomena
Senses: examples: text: If one takes care to confine classical literary history to its role as an "indispensable" "auxiliary," as "prologomenon and restraint", one risks overlooking another history, more difficult to conceive: the history of the meaning of the work itself, of its operation.
ref: 1978, Jacques Derrida, Writing and Difference, page 14:
glosses: Misspelling of prolegomenon.
perspicuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perspicuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being perspicuous; perspicuity.
fin whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fin whales
Senses: examples: text: The fin whale is a fast swimmer (around 30km/h) and generally lives in small groups numbering around five.
ref: 2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7:
glosses: A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus).
Synonyms: finback
perspicaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perspicacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Perspicacity.
deescalation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deescalations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of de-escalation.
deescalations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deescalation
publicly held
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
antonyms: privately held
closely held
glosses: Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.
Related terms: initial public offering
public offering
privately held
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: closely held (sometimes hyponymous)
antonyms: publicly held
glosses: Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market.
Related terms: family business
S corporation
defamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfeɪmə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defamers
Etymology: From defame + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who defames.
defaulter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɒltə/
ipa: /dɪˈfɔːltə/
Forms: form: defaulters
Etymology: From default + -er.
Senses: glosses: one who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
defector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defectors
Etymology: From Latin dēfector.
Senses: glosses: One who defects.
Hypernyms: person
Derived terms: defector-in-place
Related terms: defect
defection
defective
deficiency
deficient
deficit
defiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈfaɪlə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defilers
Etymology: From defile + -er.
Senses: glosses: one who defiles.
definer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfaɪnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: definers
Etymology: From define + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It served as a key definer of national character, which was in Zelter's time emerging out of a combination of folk and elite traditions […]
ref: 2017, Celia Applegate, The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme, page 47:
text: Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7:
glosses: One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
deflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/
ipa: /dəˈfleɪ.ʃənˌɛɹ.i/
Etymology: From deflation + -ary.
Senses: antonyms: inflationary
glosses: Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Derived terms: antideflationary
deflationarily
nondeflationary
deflective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈflɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more deflective
form: most deflective
Etymology: From deflect + -ive.
Senses: glosses: capable of causing deflection.
defog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɒɡ/
ipa: /diːˈfɑɡ/
Forms: form: defogs
form: defogging
form: defogged
form: defogged
Etymology: From de- + fog.
Senses: glosses: To remove the moisture or fog from.
glosses: To make intelligible; to free from confusion.
Related terms: defogger
defogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɒɡə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: defoggers
Etymology: From defog + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something or someone that defogs.
defoliator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defoliators
Etymology: From defoliate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Leaf Tatterers and Defoliators
This group of pecan arthropods can cause damage to foliage from shortly after budbreak until about the time of pollination.
ref: 1983, Thomas E. Mittler, Annual Review of Entomology, page 305:
glosses: Something or someone that defoliates.
Derived terms: alt: Eligma narcissus
word: ailanthus defoliator)
alt: Rhesala imparata
word: albizia defoliator
taxonomic: Pryeria sinica
word: euonymus defoliator
alt: Arthroschista hilaralis
word: kadam defoliator
taxonomic: Glyphodes negatalis
word: karanj defoliator
taxonomic: Hypena laceratalis
word: lantana defoliator
taxonomic: Amata passalis
word: sandalwood defoliator
taxonomic: Cirina forda
word: shea defoliator
taxonomic: Paectes abrostoloides
word: sweetgum defoliator
taxonomic: Hyblaea puera
word: teak defoliator
defrauder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɹɔːdə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: defrauders
Etymology: From defraud + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who defrauds.
Synonyms: fraudster
defames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defame
defoliates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defoliate
defoliating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defoliate
defoliated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defoliate
Derived terms: nondefoliated
undefoliated
defoliators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defoliator