cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
disassent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disassents
form: disassenting
form: disassented
form: disassented
Etymology: From dis- + assent.
Senses: glosses: To dissent.
disassents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disassent
globulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globulets
Etymology: From globule + -et.
Senses: examples: text: one globulet of sheep-dung
ref: 1809, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal:
glosses: A little globule.
globulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globulet
lipogrammatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος (lipográmmatos, “missing a letter”), from λείπω (leípō) + γράμμα (grámma). Compare French lipogrammatique.
Senses: examples: text: lipogrammatic writings/novels
glosses: Of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.
Related terms: lipogrammatism
immartial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immartial
form: most immartial
Etymology: From im- + martial.
Senses: examples: text: Thy monſtrous forces, to oppoſe their leaſt, / Againſt a man immartiall, and a gueſt
ref: 1614–1615, Homer, “The Ninth Booke of Homers Odysses”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: Not martial; unwarlike.
nunu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nunus
Senses: glosses: A true bug (or a similar other bug).
glosses: Urine.
glosses: A penis.
glosses: Testicles.
glosses: A vulva or vagina.
girlygirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girlygirl
geochrony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Geochronology.
kunai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kunai
Etymology: From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai.
Related terms: shuriken
kunai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), from Tolai kunəi (“long grass”).
Senses: glosses: A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.
vadimonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vadimonia
Etymology: From Latin vadimōnium.
Senses: glosses: In Ancient Rome, a court settlement; a promise secured by bail.
vadimonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vadimonium
intuitionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intuitionalists
Etymology: From intuitional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.
intuitionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intuitionalist
Bumfuck, Nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumfuck nowhere.
bumfuck nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: buttfuck nowhere
form: bumfuck-nowhere
Senses: examples: text: All nine passengers and crew died yesterday when a twelve-seater Sikorsky helicopter operated by Doom Air crashed in a really big ball of flames shortly after takeoff from Bumfuck Nowhere regional airport.
ref: 2007, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs, page 53
text: It's bad enough to be in jail, in a middle of bum fuck nowhere, the last thing he wants to find out is what the prison population is like.
ref: 2010, Richard Smith, Freezer Burn, page 225
text: Please, please, please let me have cell phone service. I was in the middle of bumfuck nowhere
ref: 2010, Bianca D'Arc, Brotherhood of Blood, page 144
text: “How the fuck you take a nigga from bum-fuck nowhere and let him live in your spot.
ref: 2011, Terrance Dean, Mogul, page 123
text: I can't believe we're lost in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with a broken-down car!
related: word: Bumfuck, Nowhere
word: Bumfuck Nowhere
word: bum-fuck nowhere
word: bum fuck nowhere
synonyms: Nowheresville
nowheresville
glosses: The middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to ascertain.
Derived terms: bumfuck middle of nowhere
Related terms: Bumblefuck
bumfuck
Bumfuck, Egypt
Bumfuck, Idaho
Bumfuck, Ohio
Buttfuck
bum fuck nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumfuck nowhere.
bum-fuck nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumfuck nowhere.
Bumfuck Nowhere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumfuck nowhere.
Ziegler's water rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ziegler's water rats
form: Ziegler's Water Rat
Etymology: Named after Dr. Alan C. Ziegler.
Senses: glosses: Hydromys ziegleri, a species of water rat native to the mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Ziegler's Water Rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ziegler's Water Rat
cap refill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap refills
Senses: glosses: Clipping of capillary refill.
barma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barmy
form: barmas
Etymology: From Russian барма (barma).
Senses: examples: text: The tsar kissed the regalia, and covering the cross and the barma, gave them on the dish to the protopope, and the crown he gave to Lucian Stepan.
ref: 1873, William Palmer, editor, Testimonies Concerning the Patriarch Nicon, the Tsar, and the Boyars, from the Travels of the Patriarch Macarius of Antioch, London: Trübner and Co., […], page 390:
text: Half-length figure of Peter, three-quarters, in full regalia, with barmas, Cap of State, sceptre and orb.
ref: 1974, Medals and Coins of the Age of Peter the Great, page 46:
text: The barmy consisted of panels of lace fastened together to form a circular fabric, which when laid on the tsar’s shoulders over his robe looked like a broad collar.
ref: 1991, Paul D. Steeves, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union: Apocrypha-Basilians, Academic International Press, →ISBN, page 221:
text: Barmy were official attributes of the authority of the grand duke and later the tsar.
ref: 2001, Barry Shifman, Guy Walton, editors, Gifts to the Tzars 1500-1700: Treasures from the Kremlin, Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 148:
text: In 1831 the Armory got a welcome addition in what was described as “the Ryazan treasure”, the gold princely pendants and barmas, the small shoulder mantles of precious décor worn by Moscovite princes.
ref: 2006, Science in Russia, page 81:
glosses: A regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems.
ganam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganams
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A kind of syllable group used in certain Indian poetry.
Related terms: upaganam
kerplop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒp
Forms: form: kerplops
Etymology: From ker- + plop.
Senses: glosses: The sound of something falling, especially when hitting water.
glosses: A sudden drop in interest.
kerplop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -ɒp
Etymology: From ker- + plop.
Senses: glosses: The sound of something falling, especially when hitting water.
melam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare French mélam.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A condensation product of melamine, originally found in the residue of heating ammonium thiocyanate.
Related terms: melem
melon
ogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of og
entwin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: entwins
form: entwinning
form: entwinned
form: entwinned
Etymology: From en- + twin.
Senses: glosses: To separate; divide.
entwite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: entwites
form: entwiting
form: entwited
form: entwited
Etymology: From en- + twite. Compare atwite.
Senses: glosses: To twit; blame; chide.
intwist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intwists
form: intwisting
form: intwisted
form: intwisted
Etymology: From in- + twist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entwist.
allodially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From allodial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By allodial tenure; according to allodial rule.
caducibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin caducus (“falling”) (from cadere (“to fall”)) + English branchiate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians (most amphibians do this) in which the gills do not remain in adult life, but generally turn into legs.
enactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Etymology: From enact + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: […] the case is as clear as the light, that this very statute is declarative of old fundamental law, not enactive of new law.
ref: 1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism:
glosses: Having power to enact or establish as a law.
Derived terms: enactively
Hudsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌdˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /hʌdˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Hudson + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: the Hudsonian curlew
glosses: Of or pertaining to Hudson Bay.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hudson River.
Derived terms: Hudsonian chickadee
Hudsonian curlew
Hudsonian godwit
Hudsonian whimbrel
Hudsonian whiteface
Hudsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌdˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /hʌdˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Hudsonians
Etymology: From Hudson + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: A Hudsonian godwit cries out in flight over the bog. The black areas under the wings help distinguish Hudsonians from other godwit species. [image caption]
ref: 2022 January, Jim Robbins, “This Wonder Bird Flies Thousands of Miles, Non-Stop, as Part of an Epic Migration”, in Smithsonian:
glosses: The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica).
examples: text: It was September 1947 when the J. L. Hudson Co. erected a large silver-toned plaque to honor its employees — its "Hudsonians" — who served their country in the military during World War II.
ref: 2015 January 23, JC Reindl, “Macy's to save forgotten WWII plaque for Hudson's vets”, in Detroit Free Press:
glosses: An employee of the J. L. Hudson Company (or Hudson's), a department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan.
nasturtion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasturtions
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of nasturtium.
nasturtions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasturtion
nondusty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dusty.
Senses: glosses: Not dusty.
multiramose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiramose
form: most multiramose
Etymology: From multi- + ramose.
Senses: examples: text: multiramose canals
glosses: Having many branches.
sweetmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetmakers
Etymology: From sweet + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of confectionery.
sweetmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweetmaker
e-car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-cars
Etymology: From e- + car, as with e-bike and various other such terms.
Senses: examples: text: Registrations of new electric vehicles collapsed in Germany following cuts in buyers' premiums at the beginning of the year. Registrations for battery electric vehicles dropped about 83 percent to 18,100 in January from 104,300 in December, when many people rushed to receive the full subsidy, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). The share of e-cars fell to 15 percent in January from more than 55 percent in December, while total car registrations dropped three percent, car industry association VDA said. The government decided in mid-2022 to reduce support payments for new e-cars, arguing they had become increasingly attractive for buyers even without support payments. Last year, e-car buyers received up 6,000 euros from the state when buying a new vehicle, plus up to 3,000 euros from the car manufacturers themselves.
ref: 2023 February 3, Benjamin Wehrmann, “E-car sales plummet in Germany following subsidy cut”, in Clean Energy Wire, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, retrieved 03 May 2023:
text: My bet is that, in cities at least, the e-car won’t be the vehicle of the future. I suspect it will keep falling further behind e-bikes, e-mopeds and e-scooters.
ref: 2024 January 18, Simon Kuper, “Electric cars are not the future”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
glosses: Abbreviation of electric car.
Hypernyms: english: electric vehicle
translation: electric vehicle
word: EV
Coordinate terms: e-truck
e-van
e-cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-car
minigunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minigunners
Etymology: From minigun + -er.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: One who operates a minigun.
minigunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minigunner
unpassableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpassable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unpassable.
soapland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soaplands
Etymology: Japanese ソープランド, equivalent to soap + land.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Japanese brothel, ostensibly for bathing.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The world of soap operas.
soaplands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapland
inconsolableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inconsolable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inconsolability.
synonyms: word: inconsolability
churnalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churnalists
Etymology: Blend of churn + journalist
Senses: glosses: A lazy journalist who produces articles based on press releases.
Related terms: churnalism
churnalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churnalist
enforcedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enforced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is enforced.
multiobservation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + observation.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one observation.
Synonyms: multiobservational
multiobservational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + observational.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multiobservation.
multimilitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + military.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one military.
multistudy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + study.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one academic study.
multiweapon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + weapon.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one weapon.
Son of Sam law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Son of Sam laws
Etymology: The first such law was created in New York after the "Son of Sam" murders committed by serial killer David Berkowitz.
Senses: glosses: Any law designed to prevent criminals from profiting from the publicity around their crimes, as for example allowing the state to seize profits and distribute them to victims.
Son of Sam laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Son of Sam law
gladfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gladfully
form: most gladfully
Etymology: From Middle English gladfulli, equivalent to gladful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gladful manner.
gladfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gladful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being gladful.
indistinctiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indistinctive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being indistinctive.
neurohypnotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hypnotism
Related terms: neurohypnosis
neurohypnotic
revaccination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revaccinations
Etymology: From re- + vaccination.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent vaccination.
inturn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inturns
form: inturning
form: inturned
form: inturned
Etymology: From Middle English inturnen, equivalent to in- + turn.
Senses: examples: text: A machine of the class described, comprising in combination with a suitably-actuated needle, a driving-shaft, means actuated from said shaft for carrying two or more plies of material through the machine, and similarly-actuated means working alternately with the needle to inturn the edges of said plies.
ref: 1904, United States Patent Office, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: To turn in or inward.
Derived terms: inturned
inturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inturns
Etymology: From Middle English inturn, intorn, equivalent to in- + turn.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of turning in.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A move where the wrestler puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lifts him up.
revaccinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revaccination
illaudably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more illaudably
form: most illaudably
Etymology: From illaudable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not laudable, or praiseworthy.
dejecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈdʒɛktʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dejectures
Senses: examples: text: Perspiration , Sweat , Urine , liquid Dejectures , Leanness , Weakness , and Thirst
ref: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: That which is voided; excrement.
dejectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dejecture
epistolizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistolizers
Etymology: From epistolize + -er.
Senses: synonyms: epistoler
epistler
epistolist
glosses: A writer of epistles.
epistolizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epistolizer
on-hanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: on-hangers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of onhanger.
on-hangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of on-hanger
proseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosemen
Etymology: From prose + -man.
Senses: synonyms: prosaist
glosses: A male writer of prose.
prosemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proseman
idolatrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idolatrical
form: most idolatrical
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of idolatrous.
perfectibilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfectibilians
Senses: examples: text: There is, nevertheless, a definite sense in which he [Karl Marx] remained both a rationalist and a perfectibilian to the end of his life.
ref: 1996, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, Karl Marx: His Life and Environment:
text: The quartette in the mail coach consists of Mr. Foster, the perfectibilian[…]
ref: 1875, “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock”, in The Edinburgh Review:
glosses: A perfectionist.
invalidhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From invalid (noun) + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: The Study group on Social Security (1958) recommended the conversion of the Employees Provident Funds Scheme into an old-age, invalidhood and survivorship pension-cum-gratuity scheme.
ref: 1978, B. R. Patil, B. R. Patil, Economics of social welfare in India:
glosses: The state of being an invalid; invalidism.
perfectibilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfectibilian
scorny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: more scorny
form: most scorny
Etymology: From scorn + -y.
Senses: examples: text: [H]er teeth were small, bespeaking a selfish disposition: indeed the whole of her features were what her husband would sometimes call scorney, particularly in their latter days during their little fracas […].
ref: 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 12:
glosses: Expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.
ellwand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ellwands
Etymology: From ell + wand.
Senses: glosses: An measuring rod, one ell in length.
ellwands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ellwand
oxalantin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Near-anagram of alloxantin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nitrogenous substance, C₆H₄N₄O₅, obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid.
Synonyms: leucoturic acid
leucoturic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leuco- + allantoic + uric.
Senses: glosses: oxalantin
Lappic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lappic
form: most Lappic
Etymology: From Lapp + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Lapp
glosses: Of or pertaining to Lapland or its inhabitants, the Lapps.
Lappic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lapp + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Lapp
Lappish
Sami
glosses: The language of the Lapps.
nobilitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nobilitations
Etymology: Compare Old French nobilitation.
Senses: examples: text: For both the prerogatives and Rights of the Divine Majesty himself are concerned, and also the Perfection, Nobilitation and Salation of the Souls of men
ref: 1672, Henry More, A brief Reply to a late Answer to Dr. Henry More his antidote against Idolatry:
synonyms: ennoblement
glosses: The act of making noble.
nobilitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nobilitation
noctambulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nɒkˌtæmbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Forms: form: noctambulations
Etymology: First attested in 1721; from noct- + ambulation. Compare French noctambulation.
Senses: glosses: sleepwalking
Related terms: noctambulant
noctambulate
noctambulism
noctambulist
noctambulo
noctambulous
noctambulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noctambulation
slavedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slavedoms
Etymology: From slave + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The puny and selfish potentates of earth may sue for slavedoms and win them, but emancipators and benefactors like these will live in perpetually augmented glory, […]
ref: 1849, Elias Lyman Magoon, Republican Christianity:
glosses: A region or realm where slavery exists.
examples: text: My concern however, is to break those chains of slavedom.
ref: 1976, W. Abraham Jerome, W. Abraham Jerome, National Agrarianism:
text: The supposed equality of the South, he argued, was "not the equality of citizens, but of so many masterships or slavedoms. […]"
ref: 2000, Susan-Mary Grant, North over South:
text: "[…] But we offer you equality: at least equality in slavedom; if you are to be slaves, at least you can be slaves to your own color and race and religion.”
ref: 2004, William Faulkner, James B. Meriwether, Essays, speeches, and public letters:
glosses: The condition or state of being a slave; slavery.
examples: text: But this is not the new meaning of the word chaos that we are driving up to. There exists an infinitely strong and fast vibration in the soul—a kind of ultra-hyper-chaos—that lets it resonate in love and in the overcoming of slavedom.
ref: 2000, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien, American studies:
glosses: Enslavement; bondage.
white marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white marriage
incomposite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin incompositus. By surface analysis, in- + composite.
Senses: synonyms: uncomposite
glosses: Not composite; simple or single.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Prime.
titanitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: titanitic material
glosses: Archaic form of titanic (“Pertaining to, or containing, titanium”).
gastroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: gastroscopic diagnosis
text: gastroscopic photography
glosses: Of or pertaining to gastroscopy; using a gastroscope.
unsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsitting
form: most unsitting
Etymology: From un- + sitting.
Senses: examples: text: unsitting demeanor
ref: a. 1535, Sir Thomas More, History of King Richard III:
text: but with Tirone and Odoynall as they are there is little to fear, and the writer has not greatly busied himself, except by ltters, to agree them, lest, being in amity as in times past, the French king might persuide them to "do somethings unsitting."
ref: 1920, John Sherren Brewer, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, page 115:
text: According to More's English text, when she heard of his relationship with Elizabeth Woodville, Edward IV's mother begged him 'to refrain you from her mariage, sit it is an unsitting thing, and a veri blemish, and highe disparagement to the sacred magesty of a prince.
ref: 2011, John Ashdown-Hill, The Secret Queen, page 163:
glosses: Not sitting well; unbecoming.
examples: text: Alternatively, with feet beyond the bar, relaxed 'unsitting' muscle and sinew complexes savor the unaccustomed energy flow which accompanies my intentional consciousness, moving to precisely the points needing and receiving energy healing.
ref: 2007, Llan Starkweather, Pranic Self-Healing - Intention Not in Tension, page 47:
text: Her belly feathers were all ruffled, unlike the straight black waiscoat stripe of her unsitting mate.
ref: 2021, Mike Tomkies, A Last Wild Place: Seasons in the Wilderness:
text: The word itself, from Greek, means "an unsitting prayer ” ; that is, it is traditionally prayed while standing, or while moving in procession.
ref: 2023, Donald Sheehan, Xenia Sheehan, In the House of My Pilgrimage:
glosses: Not in a seated position.
urtical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urtical
form: most urtical
Senses: glosses: resembling, or relate to, nettles.
Related terms: urticaceous
slavedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavedom
irritancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irritancy
irritancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: irritancies
Etymology: From irritant + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being irritant or irritating.
topics: law
glosses: The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity
Derived terms: photoirritancy
ricinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: Latin ricinus (“castor-oil plant”).
Senses: examples: text: ricinic poisoning
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil.
Derived terms: ricinic acid
unatonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnəˈtəʊnəbəl/
Forms: form: more unatonable
form: most unatonable
Etymology: From un- + atonable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.
examples: text: unatonable matrimony
ref: 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
glosses: irreconcilable.
unattemptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unattemptable
form: most unattemptable
Etymology: From un- + attemptable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be attempted.
celibatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celibatists
Etymology: From celibate + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who lives unmarried.
Synonyms: word: bachelor
word: bachelorette
word: spinster
celibatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celibatist
epizoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epizoon
epizoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epizoan
glosses: plural of epizoon
epizoön
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epizoöns
form: epizoa
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of epizoon.
oppletion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of filling up.
glosses: fullness (especially of an organ)
Related terms: opplete
vetust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vetust
form: most vetust
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“old, ancient”).
Senses: glosses: antique; ancient; old, in a positive way
Related terms: vetusty
humorsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more humorsome
form: most humorsome
Etymology: From humor + -some.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humoursome.
Derived terms: humorsomely
humorsomeness
foreseize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foreseizes
form: foreseizing
form: foreseized
form: foreseized
Etymology: From fore- + seize.
Senses: glosses: To seize beforehand.
foreseized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foreseize
foreseizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foreseize
espousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of espouser
heterauxesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis). Compare auxesis.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a plant.
Related terms: heterauxetic
tormentries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tormentry
tormentry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tormentries
form: tormentrye
Etymology: From torment + -ry.
Senses: glosses: Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
foreappointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore- + appointment.
Senses: examples: text: The kingdome of God is in nation that is to say: his foreappointment his purpose and workes of euery Angell and man […]
ref: 1599, Henry Finch, The Sacred Doctrine of Divinitie, Gathered Out of the Worde of God: Togither with an Explication of the Lordes Prayer:
glosses: Previous appointment; preordination.
subconstellation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subconstellations
Etymology: From sub- + constellation.
Senses: examples: text: the Pleiades, or subconstellation upon the back of Taurus
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A subordinate constellation.
subconstellations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subconstellation
institutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: institutists
Etymology: From institute + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.
institutists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of institutist
reexaminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: reëxaminable
form: re-examinable
Senses: examples: text: the judgments of one colony were deemed reexaminable in another, not only as to the jurisdiction of the court which pronounced them, but also as to the merits of the controversy to the extent in which they were then understood
ref: 1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:
glosses: Capable of being reexamined or reconsidered.
lorel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lorels
form: lorrel
Etymology: From Middle English lorel, losel, equivalent to lose + -le.
Senses: examples: text: But lurco, I apprehend, signifies only a glutton, which falls very short of our idea of a lorel; and besides I do not believe that the word was ever sufficiently common in Latin to give rise to a derivative in English.
ref: 1810, Alexander Chalmers, The works of the English poets:
text: I refer to the sinister glossaries appended to sixteenth-century accounts of criminals and vagabonds. "Here I set before the good reader the lewd, lousy language of these loitering lusks and lazy lorels," announces Thomas Harman as he introduces [...]
ref: 1988, Stephen Jay Greenblatt, Shakespearean Negotiations:
text: Just as a simian – be it a monkey or a marmoset, an ape or cercopithecus – may play the scholar or abuse the book, so the lorel can only look upon the Bible or play-act as lord.
ref: 2010, Kent Cartwright, A Companion to Tudor Literature:
glosses: A good-for-nothing: a vagabond, waster or losel.
lorels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorel
navelwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navelworts
Etymology: From navel + wort.
Senses: examples: text: Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 115:
glosses: Certain plants with features reminiscent of a human navel.
Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
glosses: Certain plants with features reminiscent of a human navel.
Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
glosses: Certain plants with features reminiscent of a human navel.
Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Omphalodes verna
word: blue navelwort
taxonomic: Omphalodes cappadocica
word: Cappadocian navelwort
taxonomic: Omphalodes verna
word: creeping navelwort
taxonomic: Androsace spp.
word: sea navelwort
taxonomic: Umbilicus rupestris
alt: syn. Cotyledon umbilicus; Omphalodes linifolia
word: Venus's navelwort
taxonomic: Hydrocotyle umbellata
word: water navelwort
taxonomic: Omphalodes linifolia
word: white navelwort
navelworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navelwort
organoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From organo- + plastic.
Senses: examples: the organoplastic cells
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants.
organoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organoplastics
Etymology: From organo- + plastic.
Senses: examples: text: Organoplastics are multipurpose materials . Depending upon the composition and the structure of the initial components , organoplastics may be used for manufacturing parts and units of various purposes: structural, electrical and radiotechnical, thermal and sound insulation, protection from mechanical and ballistic damage, action of aggressive media, etc.
ref: 2012, R.E. Shalin, Polymer Matrix Composites, page 422:
glosses: A synthetic plastic that is partially or completely made of organic components.
perfecting presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfecting press
perfecting press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfecting presses
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
synonyms: duplex press
glosses: A press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
hexagonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexagony
hexagony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexagonies
Senses: examples: text: I read of their "hexagonies" or sexangular cells
ref: 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty:
glosses: A hexagon.
hypostatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypostatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: In the vision of Ezekiel, God is described as descending upon the combined forms of the eagle, the bull, and the lion, the emblems of the ætherial spirit, the creative and destructive powers, which were all united in the true God, though hypostatically divided in the Syrian trinity.
ref: 1786, Richard Payne Knight, On the Worship of Priapus, section X:
glosses: In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance.
hydrosulphuret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulphurets
Etymology: From hydro- + sulphuret.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrosulfide.
hydrosulphurets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrosulphuret
mydaleine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυδαλέος (mudaléos, “mouldy”) + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Two other alkaloids — mydaleine, and another not yet named — which Brieger isolated from putrefying livers and spleens, have a still more powerful purgative action, producing almost continuous and fatal diarrhoea.
ref: 1892, Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, An Introduction to Modern Therapeutics:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ptomaine obtained from putrid flesh and herring brines.
obfirmation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin obfirmatio.
Senses: examples: text: obfirmation and obstinacy of mind
ref: 1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium:
glosses: stubbornness; obduracy.
inconvertibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inconvertible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inconvertible manner.
wehrwolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wehrwolves
Senses: examples: text: Nice, imagining that Jean had heard—who knows? perhaps seen, the ghouls and wehrwolves who were calling him from without, clasped her horny hands round the neck of her young master […]
ref: 1896, Good Words and Sunday Magazine, volume 37, page 262:
glosses: Archaic form of werewolf.
wehrwolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wehrwolf
planching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planchings
Senses: glosses: The laying of floors in a building; flooring.
synonyms: planking
glosses: A floor of boards or planks.
Related terms: plank
planchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planching
marikina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marikinas
Etymology: From the native name: compare mariquinha.
Senses: glosses: A small marmoset, the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia.
marikinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marikina
enveil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enveils
form: enveiling
form: enveiled
form: enveiled
Etymology: From en- + veil.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inveil.
Acheronian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækəˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌækəˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Acheronian
form: most Acheronian
Etymology: From Acheron + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Acheron.
benedictional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benedictionals
Etymology: From benediction + -al.
Senses: examples: text: little children are very frequently demoniacally possessed for the same reason that women are; on this account the old diocesan benedictionals contained a special exorcismus parvulorum a dæmone infestatorum, which has now been in a great measure superseded by the equally effective formula benedictio puerorum ægroiantium of the Romish benedictional.
ref: 1895 October 24, Edward Payson Evans, “Recent Recrudescence of Superstition I”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 47:
synonyms: benedictionary
glosses: a book of benedictions.
benedictionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benedictional
monopoler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monopolers
Senses: examples: 1664, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Philosophical Letters
I cannot perceive that man is a monopoler of all reason, or animals of all sense; but that sense and reason are in other creatures as well as in man and animals […]
glosses: A monopolist.
monopolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monopoler
neckland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necklands
Etymology: From neck + land.
Senses: glosses: A neck (strip) of land.
necklands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckland
runningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more runningly
form: most runningly
Etymology: From Middle English runningly, renningli, equivalent to running + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Unless it is read runningly, the metrical movement will not be felt. For the meaning, it is enough to have the class simply get the main idea in each stanza. Then the poem may be memorized.
ref: 1924, Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Everyday Classics, Third and Fourth Readers: Teachers' Manual:
glosses: In a running manner; so as to run.
onstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onsteads
Etymology: With loss of original w-, due to Scandinavian una (“to reside, dwell”), from *wonstead, from won (“to reside, dwell”) + stead. More at wone, stead.
Alternatively, possibly a corruption of homestead.
Senses: examples: text: The farm onsteads on many properties are old, and afford too little accommodation
ref: 1737, Mr David Wilson, “on the Present State of the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire”, in Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland:
text: The onstead, which is nearly the same as when inhabited by the poet, lies about seven miles from the town, on the right hand side of the road, surrounded by a few trees.
ref: 1828, Robert Chambers, The Picture of Scotland, volume 1, page 232:
text: We then did a house at Mowhaugh, and a farm-house at Stodrig, and a part of an onstead. I did the wrightwork of a house at Bemersyde, and an onstead at Butchercote.
ref: 1875, Rev. John Thomson, Life and Times of William Thomson:
glosses: A single farmhouse; a steading.
onsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onstead
ungown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungowns
form: ungowning
form: ungowned
form: ungowned
Etymology: From un- + gown.
Senses: synonyms: disrobe
glosses: To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
ungowning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungown
ungowns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungown
oxidabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxidability
oxidability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxidabilities
Etymology: From oxide + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Capability of being converted into an oxide.
pericellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + cellular.
Senses: examples: text: the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells
text: the pericellular matrix
text: the pericellular staining
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a cell.
Derived terms: pericellularly
semination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seminations
Etymology: Latin seminatio: compare French sémination.
Senses: glosses: The act of sowing or spreading.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The natural dispersion of seeds.
seminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semination
forestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foresticks
Etymology: From fore- + stick.
Senses: glosses: The stick at the front of a fire in a hearth.
foresticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forestick
woolhall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woolhalls
Etymology: From wool + hall.
Senses: glosses: A trade market in the wool districts.
woolhalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woolhall
weepful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weepful
form: most weepful
Etymology: From weep + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: "Really, Hubert, you have grown most terribly weepful lately. You are getting quite old enough to control yourself[…]"
ref: 1878, E. A. W, Hubert's Two Anchors:
glosses: Full of weeping or lamentation.
disinvigorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disinvigorates
form: disinvigorating
form: disinvigorated
form: disinvigorated
Etymology: From dis- + invigorate.
Senses: examples: text: I doubt whether to attribute this to old-age, and to consider it as inevitable, or to blame this soft, and warm, and disinvigorating climate.
ref: 1844, Sydney Smith, letter to Mrs. Holland:
glosses: To enervate; to weaken.
disinvigorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disinvigorate
disinvigorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disinvigorate
disinvigorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disinvigorate
bemoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bemoils
form: bemoiling
form: bemoiled
form: bemoiled
Etymology: From be- + moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole.
Senses: examples: text: Tell thou the tale: –but hadst thou not crossed me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou shouldst have heard, in how miry a place; how she was bemoiled; […].
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: To soil or dirty
bemoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bemoil
bemoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bemoil
bemoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bemoil
wenchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wench + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full of / gallants. We lost too much money this mart by being too / wenchless.
ref: c. 1606–1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act 4, scene 2:
glosses: Without women or a woman.
Synonyms: womanless
womenless
inwood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inwoods
form: inwooding
form: inwooded
form: inwooded
Etymology: From in- + wood.
Senses: examples: text: One of the company knew a respectable young couple inwooded far enough from the ravine to make it improbable that the unwelcome spirit should take a stroll that way; and he proposed that they should forthwith proceed thither.
ref: 1844, The Columbian Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 232:
glosses: To hide in the woods.
triflingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trifling + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being trifling.
horsecollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsecollar
keeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːlə/
ipa: /ˈkilɚ/
Forms: form: keelers
Etymology: From Middle English keler, equivalent to keel (noun) + -er.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: One who works on a barge or keel.
glosses: One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.
Synonyms: keelman
keeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːlə/
ipa: /ˈkilɚ/
Forms: form: keelers
Etymology: From Middle English kelere, kelare (“a vessel for cooling liquids, a tub”, literally “a cooler”), equivalent to keel (“to cool”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a keeler of water/butter/eggs
glosses: A small or shallow tub.
Synonyms: keelfat
Derived terms: keelerful
keeler-tub
keelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keeler
angelophanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelophany