cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
match-maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match-makers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matchmaker (“someone who seeks a romantic partner for another”).
Related terms: matchmaking
play cupid
outsizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outsize
outsized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an unusually large size.
Synonyms: outsize
outsized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outsize
sloshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slosh
dodgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dodgy: more dodgy
dodgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dodgy: most dodgy
bird colonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird colonels
Etymology: From the insignia of rank, which bears a depiction of an eagle.
Senses: examples: text: This month at 47, Colonel Polich retires after 20 years of service; as a reservist and an engineer, bird colonel is about the highest peacetime rank he can achieve.
ref: 1960 July 4, “Pink Is for Learning”, in Time:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: chicken colonel
full bird colonel
full eagle colonel
full eagle
glosses: A member of the United States armed forces having the rank of full colonel, as distinct from a lieutenant colonel.
Related terms: iron eagle
chinaberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinaberries
Etymology: From China + berry.
Senses: glosses: The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
examples: text: ‘The toilet is out back directly behind the chinaberry tree.’
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
glosses: The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
glosses: Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
Synonyms: sense: Melia azedarach
word: azedarach
sense: Melia azedarach
word: bakain
sense: Melia azedarach
word: Persian lilac
sense: Melia azedarach
word: Pride of India tree
sense: Melia azedarach
word: white cedar
sense: Melia azedarach
word: Cape lilac
sense: Melia azedarach
word: syringa
sense: Melia azedarach
word: bead tree
sense: Actaea rubra
word: red baneberry
sense: Actaea rubra
word: doll's eye
chinaberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinaberry
dysregulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dysregulate
dysregulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dysregulate
zeroize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zeroizes
form: zeroizing
form: zeroized
form: zeroized
form: zeroise
Etymology: From zero + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The ENCRYPT switches located on panel O7 control the integrity of the Y-code key within each receiver. In NORM, the key is kept intact such that it can be used to decode the Y-code signals being sent by the NAVSTAR satellites. If this switch is moved to the ZEROIZE position, the key will be erased from the memory of the receiver and the receiver will only be able to make measurements using the civilian codes. This is a procedure that would be used in the event of a non-U.S. landing to protect the key from being obtained by unauthorized users. A permanent switch guard prevents accidental movement of this switch.
ref: 2008 December 15, NASA, “2.13 Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)”, in Shuttle Crew Operations Manual (PDF), archived from the original on 02 Jan 2023, Global Positioning System, pages 2.13-21:
glosses: To set, reset, or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.
Synonyms: zero
zirconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zirconites
Etymology: From zircon + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A light brown variety of zircon.
rooves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːvz/
rhymes: -uːvz
Forms: form: roofs
Etymology: From Middle English rooves, roves, from Old English hrōfas (nominative and accusative plural of hrōf (“roof”)); equivalent to roof + -s.
Senses: examples: text: However, helicopter engines are on their rooves, and depending on the sea conditions and how badly they crashed, they can overturn easily.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 39:
glosses: plural of roof
linear system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linear systems
Senses: glosses: A mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator.
enseam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enseams
form: enseaming
form: enseamed
form: enseamed
Etymology: From en- + seam.
Senses: examples: text: She was not clene ensaymed,
She was not wel reclaymed;
But the fawconer unfayned
Was moch more febler brayned.
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 79–83:
text: If you shall giue her this water with her meate, you shall finde admirable profit therein: It is very good wherewith to ensayme a hawke of any kinde, for a long-winged hawke that is in summer flowne to the field, there neuer was or can be vsed any thing better, […]
ref: 1619, Edmund Bert, An approued treatise of hawkes and hawking, book 3, page 102:
glosses: To remove the surplus fat from a horse or (in falconry) a bird.
glosses: To sew or stitch up in a covering
catastalsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the muscle of the intestines. It resembles ordinary peristalsis but is not preceded by a zone of inhibition.
chasubles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chasuble
wheelset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwiːlsɛt/
/ˈhwiːlsɛt/
Forms: form: wheelsets
Etymology: From wheel + set.
Senses: examples: text: One (37419 [...]) has moved to LORAM Derby by road, having suffered major wheelset damage on a recent West Highlander charter.
ref: 2019 November 20, “Fleet News”, in Rail, page 32:
glosses: A wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of railroad wheels.
clagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clag
head scratcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head scratchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of head-scratcher.
crossfader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossfaders
Etymology: From cross- + fader.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.
Related terms: fader
Zambezi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /zæmˈbeɪzi/
ipa: /zæmˈbiːzi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
rhymes: -iːzi
Forms: form: Zambesi
Senses: glosses: A river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through east Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
Derived terms: Zambezian
Zambesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zambeze
form: Zambezi
Senses: glosses: A river in Southern Africa that has its source in Zambia and flows into the Indian Ocean.
optical switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical switches
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A switch that can selectively change signals between optical fibers or integrated optical circuits.
Handwerk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Handwerks
Etymology: Borrowed from South German Handwerk.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
integrated optical circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integrated optical circuits
Senses: glosses: A photonic device that integrates multiple information signals which are composed of light of various wavelengths.
namest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: name + -est.
Senses: examples: thou namest
And as thou namest them, I will describe them (Shakespeare)
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of name
notest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: note + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of note
nurseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: nurse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nurse
overlive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈlɪv/
Forms: form: overlives
form: overliving
form: overlived
form: overlived
Etymology: From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).
Senses: glosses: To survive; to live past.
examples: text: [M]y disease cannot survive me, I may overlive it.
ref: 1624, John Donne, Meditation VII:
text: "Her Majesty's life will never be safe for a moment while she lives; and what would become of us all did she overlive the Queen!"
ref: 1891, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 31, in Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland:
glosses: To outlive; live longer than.
examples: text: Why do I overlive?
Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out
to deathless pain?
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.
ref: 1909, “"How Can He Do It?"”, in Notions and Fancy Goods, volume 43, page 30:
glosses: To live too long.
glosses: To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.
Derived terms: overliver
payest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pay + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of pay
peereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: peer + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peer
perceiveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: perceive + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perceive
perishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: perish + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of perish
affirmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affirmers
Etymology: From late Middle English affermour; equivalent to affirm + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who affirms.
manorexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of man + anorexia.
Senses: examples: text: Preparing for the role— taking in only 900 calories a day and running 5 miles — he [Dennis Quiad] says he developed "manorexia."
ref: 2006 April, David A. Keeps, “Dennis Quiad”, in Best Life, page 74:
text: He's getting too flaquito, nena, all scrawny like Marc Anthony with his manorexia chiseling up his face.
ref: 2008, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Dirty Girls on Top, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
text: Manorexia has taken the younger gay community by storm, and gay hearts weep for the scrawny skin-and-bones younger gay hearts who look like they are on an emo hunger strike […]
ref: 2010, Freeman Hall, Stuff That Makes a Gay Heart Weep: A Definitive Guide to the Loud & Proud Dislikes of Millions, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Anorexia nervosa (or any similar eating disorder) when occurring in a male.
Related terms: manorexic
adherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adherers
Etymology: From adhere + -er.
Senses: glosses: An adherent, one who practices or follows a belief.
Derived terms: nonadherer
plucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌkə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pluckers
Etymology: From pluck + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours.
ref: 2007 December, “Festive facts at Christmas”, in Cambridge News:
text: Thou setter up and plucker down of kings.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: One who plucks.
glosses: A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
salad dodger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salad dodgers
Etymology: From the idea that such a person avoids salads in favor of unhealthy or fattening foods.
Senses: examples: text: And then some salad dodger on the construction crew stuck his gut in the way trying to make peace.
ref: 2011, Jordan Gray, Submerged: A Blackpool Mystery, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 205:
glosses: An overweight person.
examples: text: Whether you’re a salad-dodger or suffering from orthorexia (an extreme desire to eat only health foods), eating gluten-free nutritiously is simple but not plain.
ref: 2006, Danna Korn, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: One who does not normally eat salad.
Synonyms: sense: overweight person
word: fat person
popedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popedoms
Etymology: From Middle English popedome, papdome, from Old English pāpdōm, equivalent to pope + -dom. Cognate with Dutch pausdom (“popedom”), German Papsttum (“papacy; popedom”), Old Norse páfadómr (“popedom; papacy”), Swedish påvedöme (“papacy”).
Senses: glosses: The jurisdiction of the pope.
glosses: The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.
pappadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pappadoms
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of poppadom.
popadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popadoms
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of poppadom.
grave robber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grave robbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of graverobber.
princedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: princedoms
Etymology: From prince + -dom.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: princeship
coordinate_terms: princessdom#Noun
princessship#Noun
kingdom#Noun
kingship#Noun
queendom#Noun
queenship#Noun
glosses: The rule, rank, estate etc. of a prince.
full bird colonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full bird colonels
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of bird colonel.
synonyms: word: bird colonel
accordeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accordeons
Senses: glosses: Dated form of accordion.
chicken colonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken colonels
Senses: examples: text: In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.
ref: 1951 May 14, “The Face Is Familiar”, in Time:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of bird colonel.
synonyms: word: bird colonel
arraying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of array
arraying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrayings
Senses: examples: text: The oratory closed, the dormitory became the scene of ablutions, arrayings and bedizenings curiously elaborate. To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little.
ref: 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:
glosses: The act of clothing or adorning.
grunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹʌntə/
rhymes: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: grunters
Etymology: From grunt + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Dalton, the winner of nine grand slam doubles titles, claims she would have been prepared to forfeit a match against the grunter par excellence, Maria Sharapova — and has urged the current generation of tennis players to do so.
ref: 2007 December 19, Linda Pearce, “Tennis grunters told to stop the racket”, in The Age:
glosses: One who grunts.
glosses: Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
examples: text: We did but keep you surety for our son, / If this be he, — or a draggled mawkin, thou, / That tends her bristled grunters in the sludge[.]
ref: 1849, Tennyson, Poems, volume 2, page 224:
text: A pig fight on board ship has always amused me very much: stand on the bridge, and look down into the crowded pen of grunters […]
ref: 1875, W. R. Ancketill, The Adventures of Mick Callighin, M.P.:
glosses: A pig.
qualifier: brass founding
glosses: A hook used in lifting a crucible.
Synonyms: topics: fish
ichthyology
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: tiger perch
Derived terms: half a grunter
Adamson's grunter
barred grunter
black-blotch grunter
Drysdale grunter
Fortescue grunter
Gilbert's grunter
Greenway's grunter
Jamur Lake grunter
Kimberley grunter
lake grunter
large-scale grunter
leathery grunter
long-nosed sooty grunter
Lorentz's grunter
mountain grunter
Raymond's grunter
Röemer's grunter
Sepik grunter
silver grunter
small-headed grunter
sooty grunter
tapiroid grunter
threespot grunter
tiger grunter
fmr
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of former.
thimbleberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thimbleberries
Etymology: From thimble + berry.
Senses: glosses: Rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska east to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico.
glosses: The fruit of the above plant.
glosses: The black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
thimbleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thimbleberry
unexpended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + expended.
Senses: examples: text: The [wind] tunnel will be of the return flow type which enables use to be made of the unexpended velocity of the air as it returns.
ref: 1952 November, “Notes and News: Wind Tunnel for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:
glosses: Not expended.
used up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of use up
used up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more used up
form: most used up
Senses: examples: text: That used up old man is no good in a fight.
text: 1840, A chant opposing then-presidential candidate Martin Van Buren: "And with them we'll beat Van, Van, Van/Van is a used up man".
ref: 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 304:
synonyms: word: expended
word: spent
word: consumed
word: depleted
word: done up
word: effete
word: exhausted
word: expended
word: gone
word: finished
word: forworn
word: low
word: spent
word: used up
glosses: Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
visible minority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visible minorities
Senses: examples: text: Almost 4 million Canadians identified themselves as a visible minority in the 2001 Census, accounting for 13.4% of the total population.
ref: 2007, "Visible Minorities Making Canada Increasingly Diverse," Ministry of Finance, Government of Ontario (retrieved 12 June 2008)
glosses: A visually recognizable racial group, excluding aboriginal peoples, whose members constitute less than half of a population; an individual member of such a group.
Related terms: invisible minority
person of color
bipedalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bipedal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The habit of standing and walking on two feet; the state of being bipedal
dinitroaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinitroanilines
Etymology: From dinitro + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric derivatives of aniline having two nitro groups replacing hydrogen atoms in the ring, but especially 2,4-dinitroaniline
glosses: Any of several herbicides derived from this compound (attributive use)
dinitro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + nitro.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two nitro groups in a chemical compound
Derived terms: dinitroaniline
dismantlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dismantlements
Etymology: * dismantle + -ment
Senses: glosses: The act of dismantling; disassembly.
embryotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more embryotic
form: most embryotic
Senses: glosses: embryonic
Derived terms: embryotically
fluridone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aquatic herbicide, 1-methyl-3-phenyl-5-(α,α,α-trifluoro-m-tolyl)-4-pyridone, derived from pyridone.
pyridone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyridones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric derivatives of pyridine having a carbonyl group either ortho- or para- to the nitrogen atom; in its tautomeric form, it is the pyridine analogue of phenol.
Derived terms: aspyridone
thiopyridone
fosmidomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + (a)mido + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antibiotic, similar to fosfomycin, obtained from Streptomyces bacteria.
fosfomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally phosphomycin, from phospho- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.
move the deckchairs on the Titanic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves the deckchairs on the Titanic
form: moving the deckchairs on the Titanic
form: moved the deckchairs on the Titanic
form: moved the deckchairs on the Titanic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
playeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: play + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play
glomalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein found in soil, important in the storage of carbon
pourest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pour + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of pour
glutony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of gluttony.
praisest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: praise + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of praise
preferreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prefer + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefer
gravitometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravitometers
Senses: glosses: gravimeter
glosses: hydrometer
glosses: densitometer
presageth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: presage + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presage
prevaileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prevail + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prevail
proclaimeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: proclaim + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of proclaim
neglectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neglectable
form: most neglectable
Etymology: From neglect + -able.
Senses: glosses: Small enough or unimportant enough to be neglected; negligible.
Derived terms: unneglectable
purchaseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: purchase + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of purchase
plasmodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plazˈməʊdɪəm/
Forms: form: plasmodia
form: plasmodiums
Etymology: From German Plasmodium, from Latin plasma.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.
Derived terms: protoplasmodium
pseudoplasmodium
Related terms: macroplasmodium
meroplasmodium
microplasmodium
purposeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: purpose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of purpose
pursuest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pursue + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of pursue
murkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of murky: most murky
mounteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mount + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mount
trifluralin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fluorinated derivative of dinitroaniline, 2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-aniline, used as a herbicide
Synonyms: trefanocide
mistaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mistake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistake
ambery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambery
form: most ambery
Etymology: From amber + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The beer was ambery gold in color.
text: an ambery aspect
glosses: Like or resembling amber.
ambery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amberies
Senses: examples: text: Every monastery had an ambery for the relief of the poor.
glosses: Obsolete form of ambry.
trypanosomatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trypanosomatids
Senses: glosses: Any protozoan of the order Trypanosomatida.
amazons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amazon
meetest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: meet + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of meet
meetest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: meet + -est
Senses: examples: text: Antonio:
I am a tainted wether of the flock,
Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit
Drops earliest to the ground; and so let me;
You cannot better be employ'd, Bassanio,
Than to live still, and write mine epitaph.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: superlative form of meet: most meet
matcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: match + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of match
masterest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: master + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of master
marcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: march + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of march
amens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amen
amens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amen
marrowless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marrowless
form: most marrowless
Etymology: From marrow + -less.
Senses: examples: a marrowless bone
glosses: Without marrow.
annuluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annulus
lurketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lurk + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lurk
loureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lour + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lour
losest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From lose + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of lose
losest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of loosest.
affusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affusions
Etymology: From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).
Senses: glosses: The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
glosses: A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
likest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: like + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of like
likest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: like + -est.
Senses: examples: text: Like neuer yet did liuing eie detect; / But likeſt it to an Hyena was, / That feeds on wemens flesh, as others feede on gras.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 500:
text: Then forthwith to him takes a choſen band / Of Spirits likeſt to himſelf in guile / To be at hand, and at his beck appear,[…].
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 40:
text: Surely, estates be then best, when they are likest minds that be worst: I mean, neither hot, nor cold: neither distended with too much, nor narrowly pent […]
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: superlative form of like: most like
lanceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lance + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lance
importeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: import + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of import
inferreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: infer + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infer
insinuateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: insinuate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insinuate
intendeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: intend + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intend
interruptest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: interrupt + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of interrupt
joineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: join + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of join
jumpeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: jump + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump
discontinuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discontinue
knitteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: knit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knit
kneweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: knew + -eth
Senses: qualifier: pseudo-archaic
glosses: alternative third-person singular past of know
knewest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knew'st
form: knewst
Etymology: knew + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of know
muckology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muck + -logy.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The "science" of mucking around in cow manure.
gazeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gaze + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gaze
getter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛtə/
ipa: /ˈɡɛtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /-ɾə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛtə
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: getters
Etymology: From get + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.
ref: 1838, William Evans, Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library:
text: Laird won a four-year city council term and was the top vote-getter in the 1981 election, which for the first time seated a progressive city council and a socialist mayor.
ref: 1983 December 10, Scott Brookie, “Santa Cruz Elects A Gay Mayor”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 3:
text: In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.
ref: 2009, Jodi Newbern, Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously, page 15:
glosses: One who, or that which, gets.
examples: text: A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.
ref: 2002, James Steven Perry, chapter 2, in Java Management Extensions, →ISBN, page 47:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
examples: text: Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.
ref: 1979, G. L. Weissler, Robert Warner Carlson, chapter 5, in Vacuum Physics and Technology, →ISBN, pages 194–195:
topics: sciences
glosses: A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: accessor
Derived terms: attention getter
gettering
getter-up
go-getter
placegetter
timbergetter
vote-getter
Related terms: setter
getter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛtə/
ipa: /ˈɡɛtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /-ɾə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛtə
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: getters
form: gettering
form: gettered
form: gettered
Etymology: From get + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.
ref: 2003, John F. O'Hanlon, chapter 14, in A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology, →ISBN, page 247:
topics: sciences
glosses: To remove gas by sorption.
Synonyms: get
glideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: glide + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glide
autocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocracy
Oto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Iowa.
Oto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Otoe
Senses: glosses: A Midwestern Native American tribe who speak the Chiwere language.
Related terms: Oto-Manguean
anhydrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anhydride
anklebones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anklebone
Aneta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in North Dakota.
absentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absentation
Gita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gitas
form: Geeta
Etymology: From Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.
examples: ref: 2005, Lata Jagtiani, Bhagavad Gita in 365 Days: The Spiritual Essence of the Gita, New Age Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Ellipsis of Bhagavad Gita.
Related terms: Geeta
Geta
lakmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lacmus.
absey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abseys
Etymology: From Middle English abce, abcy, abse, apsy, equivalent to A + B + C.
Senses: glosses: ABC; alphabet.
glosses: Absey book; abecedary.
glosses: An alphabetical acrostic list.
Derived terms: absey-book
abseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absey
absey book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absey books
form: absey-book
Senses: examples: text: 'I shall beseech you' — that is question now / And then comes answer like an Absey book: / 'O sir,' says answer, 'at your best command; / At your employment; at your service, sir:'
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: An ABC book; abecedary; a primer.
absey books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absey book
Prokop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prokops
Etymology: From the Czech, Polish, Ukrainian and Belarusian personal name Prokop.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bohuslav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boguslav
Etymology: From Ukrainian Богусла́в (Bohusláv), equivalent to бо́гу (bóhu, “to God”) + -слав (-slav, “glory”), literally “glory to God”.
Senses: glosses: A city in Kyiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine.
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Богусла́в (Bohusláv), equivalent to Bohuslav.
Oleg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: -s
Etymology: Borrowed from Old East Slavic Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Related terms: word: Olga
gnawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ſee the hell of hauing a false woman : my bed ſhall be abus'd, my Coffers ranſack'd, my reputation gnawne at, and I ſhall only receiue this villanous wrong, but ſtand vnder the adoption of abhominable termes […]
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 47:
glosses: past participle of gnaw
Synonyms: gnawed
grievest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grieve + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of grieve
toches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tocheses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuchus.
hangmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hangman
discontinues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discontinue
mutual will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutual wills
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A pair of identical documents executed by a married couple, one signed by the husband, the other by the wife, intended to create an irrevocable contract insuring identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.
Related terms: joint will
mirror will
will contract
mutual wills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutual will
honourest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honorest
Etymology: honour + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of honour
hopest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hope + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of hope
housewifery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊswɪf(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈhʌzɪfɹi/
Forms: form: housewiferies
form: housewifry
form: huswifery
form: housewivery
Etymology: From Middle English huswyfery, huswyffrye, howswyfry, equivalent to housewife + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Meronym: housework
text: 1653, Margaret Cavendish, Poems and Fancies, London: J. Martin & J. Allestrye, “To the Reader,”
[…] I have no Children to imploy my Care, and Attendance on; And my Lords Estate being taken away, had nothing for Huswifery, or thrifty Industry to imploy my selfe in; having no Stock to work on. For Housewifery is a discreet Management, and ordering all in Private, and Household Affaires, seeing nothing spoil’d, or Profusely spent, that every thing has its proper Place, and every Servant his proper Work, and every Work to be done in its proper Time; to be Neat, and Cleanly, to have their House quiet from all disturbing Noise. But Thriftiness is something stricter; for good Housewifery may be used in great Expenses; but Thriftiness signifies a Saving, or a getting; as to increase their Stock, or Estate.
text: When the schoolmaster got back Sue was making a pretence of doing some housewifery as if she lived there.
ref: 1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, chapter V, in Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1896, →OCLC:
text: "How you've forgotten," she cried, and ran up to him, rattling her keys and looking grave with housewifery, and I was left alone with the dusk and the familiar things.
ref: 1918 March, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], chapter II, in The Return of the Soldier, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 47:
text: […] drafted by circumstance at too soon an age into a pinch-penny housewifery which might have existed just as well upon a lighthouse rock […]
ref: 1936, William Faulkner, chapter 5, in Absalom, Absalom!, New York: Modern Library, published 1951, page 156:
synonyms: housewifeship
hypernyms: householdry
household arts
homemaking
;
domestic arts
domestic science
domestic sciences
home economics
glosses: The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
examples: Holonym: householdry
synonyms: word: houseware
word: household goods
glosses: Synonym of household goods.
Related terms: word: housewifey
joint wills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joint will
speed cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed cushions
Senses: glosses: A form of speed bump, often one of a series, that allows larger (especially emergency) vehicles to straddle them without slowing down
Galina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).
Related terms: Galen
Galene
hunteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hunt + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hunt
huntest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hunt + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of hunt
mirror will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirror wills
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A pair of identical documents executed by two people in order to ensure identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.
Related terms: joint will
mutual will
will contract
daintier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dainty: more dainty
daintiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dainty: most dainty
dealest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deal + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of deal
debateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: debate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debate
debatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: debate + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of debate
deceivest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deceive + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of deceive
deniest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of deny
departest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: depart + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of depart
will contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: will contracts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An agreement entered into between two parties for the exchange of a current performance by one for a future bequest by the other.
Related terms: joint will
mirror will
mutual will
will contracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of will contract
deservest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deserve + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of deserve
mirror wills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirror will
despiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: despisers
Etymology: From despise + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Be gone, thou impudent VVretch, to Hell, thy proper Place: thou art a Deſpiſer of my glorious Majeſty, and your Frame of Spirit ſavours of Blaſphemy.
ref: 1750, Joseph Bellamy, “Discourse I. Shewing the Nature of the Divine Law, and wherein Consists a Real Conformity to It.”, in True Religion Delineated; or, Experimental Religion, […], Boston, Mass.: […] S. Kneeland, […], →OCLC, section II (Shewing from what Motives True Love to God Takes Its Rise), pages 53–54:
glosses: One who despises.
diest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of die
Berliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɚˈlɪnɚ/
ipa: /bəˈlɪnə/
Forms: form: Berliners
Etymology: The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin + -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
glosses: A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.
topics: journalism
media
synonyms: midi
glosses: A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.
Synonyms: word: Berlinian
word: Berlinese
sense: filled doughnut
word: bismarck
sense: filled doughnut
word: Burlington bun
sense: filled doughnut
word: jambuster
sense: filled doughnut
word: jelly doughnut
devastations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devastation
disarmeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disarm + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disarm
disarmest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disarm + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of disarm
disdaineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disdain + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disdain
divinest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of divine: most divine
doteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dote + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dote
dotest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dote + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of dote
droopeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: droop + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of droop