cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
primly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more primly
form: most primly
Etymology: From prim + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]
ref: 1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister:
glosses: In a prim manner.
Synonyms: sense: in a prim manner
word: precisely
sense: in a prim manner
word: properly
extramarital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkstɹəˈmæɹɪtəl/
Forms: form: extra-marital
Etymology: From extra- + marital.
Senses: glosses: Occurring outside marriage.
examples: text: David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America’s most decorated four-star generals, resigned on Friday after an F.B.I. investigation uncovered evidence that he had been involved in an extramarital affair.
ref: 2012 November 9, Michael D. Shear, “Petraeus Quits; Evidence of Affair Was Found by F.B.I.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Adulterous.
raw_tags: of a relationship or sex
Synonyms: sense: occurring outside marriage
english: of a child or birth
translation: of a child or birth
word: illegitimate
sense: occurring outside marriage
word: extraconjugal
sense: occurring outside marriage
word: extramarriage
sense: occurring outside marriage
word: extracurricular
Derived terms: extramaritally
couched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -aʊtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of couch
couched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -aʊtʃt
Senses: examples: text: Holmes gives us the Arms of the Name of TOURNEY, Or, a Cheveron couched Gules, Fig. 15. IF it be turned to the other Side, says he, it is termed couched sinister;[…]
ref: 1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 160:
text: Argent, on a fesse sable, three chevronels couched sinister of the field. - TRENOWITH, Corn.
ref: 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 111:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Of a chevron, issuing from the side rather than from the bottom or top of the shield; couché.
Derived terms: couchedness
uncouched
inoxidizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inoxidizable
form: most inoxidizable
Etymology: From in- + oxidizable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be readily oxidized.
glosses: Incapable of rusting.
sea fret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea frets
Senses: examples: text: An extraordinary combination of mist and sea fret made the rails of the Scarborough-Whitby line so greasy on January 19 that the service came virtually to a standstill; [...]
ref: 1959 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 224:
text: A sea-fret had blurred the far dunes and clouds of wood-smoke were piling up from the horizon, and as we watched, two thick, butter-coloured pillars of sunlight stepped slowly over the far, unmoving waves; sometimes even Dame Nature overdoes her effects.
ref: 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
text: When, finally, he left the pub, he discovered that a sea fret had blown in across the island, and the sand dunes were half hidden in drifting veils of vapour.
ref: 2007, Pat Barker, Border Crossing: A Novel:
text: There is a thing called sea fret and it's when the mist comes off the sea; it's the water that comes off the sea. And we used to have a lot of that.
ref: 2016, Would I Lie to You?, season 10, episode 5, Lee Mack (actor):
glosses: A fog that comes from the sea.
Synonyms: haar
prolifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prolifically
form: most prolifically
Etymology: From prolific + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a prolific manner, or to a prolific extent; abundantly.
nose to tail
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nose-to-tail
Senses: glosses: Arranged in close formation, one behind the other.
raw_tags: of traffic
nose to tail
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: nose-to-tail
Senses: glosses: Moving slowly in this manner.
raw_tags: of traffic
examples: 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text
A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.
glosses: Entirely, from head to toe.
nose to tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose to tails
form: nose-to-tail
Senses: glosses: A minor traffic accident where one vehicle runs in to the back of another.
Synonyms: bumper-to-bumper
unexplainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.ɛksˈpleɪ.nə.bl̩/
Forms: form: more unexplainable
form: most unexplainable
Etymology: From un- + explainable. from explain + -able. from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).
Senses: glosses: That doesn't have a known or readily available explanation.
Synonyms: inexplicable
integrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more integrally
form: most integrally
Etymology: From integral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an integral manner
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: By means of integration
Derived terms: integrally closed
maneuverability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maneuverabilities
Etymology: From maneuver + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: These thin, flexible fins contribute to the blue shark's extraordinary maneuverability in the water.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Alternative spelling of manoeuvrability.
Derived terms: supermaneuverability
unmaneuverability
manoeuvred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manoeuvre
cuckooing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckooings
Etymology: The UK sense is by analogy from the bird's practice of brood parasitism.
Senses: examples: text: […] the mistaken idea that wagtails and hedge-warblers feed the young cuckoos they bring up, long after they leave the nest, whenever they hear their cuckooing, […]
ref: 1882, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal:
glosses: The call of a cuckoo.
examples: text: The specified criminal activity includes the types of criminal activity that cuckooing is typically used to facilitate, for example, drugs offences, sexual offences and offensive weapons offences.
ref: 2025 February 25, “Crime and Policing Bill: Child criminal exploitation and 'cuckooing' factsheet”, in Home Office, Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom):
glosses: A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used as a base for their activities.
cuckooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: The UK sense is by analogy from the bird's practice of brood parasitism.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cuckoo
standoffishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand-offishness
Etymology: From standoffish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Many of the seemingly bizarre courtship practices of English males—the cautiousness, reserve and apparent stand-offishness that foreign females complain about—are characteristic features of ‘negative politeness’.
ref: 2004, Kate Fox, “Rules of Sex”, in Watching the English, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 336:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being standoffish or aloof and unsociable; aloofness.
integrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integrators
Etymology: From integrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or a device which, integrates.
glosses: A device that calculates definite integrals.
glosses: Any electronic device that sums a measurement over time.
unfavourably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfavourably
form: most unfavourably
form: unfavorably
Etymology: From unfavourable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Neither the Type 2 nor the Type 3 locomotives have so far reached a satisfactory standard of performance. [...] The number of miles per failure is still too low and therefore compares unfavourably with steam engine performance.
ref: 1962 June, Rupert Shervington, “The planning and execution of the Kent coast electrification”, in Modern Railways, page 390:
glosses: In an unfavourable manner.
inauspiciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inauspiciously
form: most inauspiciously
Etymology: From inauspicious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inauspicious manner.
brandable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brandable
form: most brandable
Etymology: From brand + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Far too confidently, we assume that perpetrators are human beings radically different from ourselves, brandable as totally evil or as fanatical or deranged, that we are in no moral respects like them and they in no moral respects like us.
ref: 2011, Trudy Govier, Forgiveness and Revenge, page 118:
glosses: Able to be branded or stigmatized.
glosses: Which may be marketed under a brand name.
raw_tags: of a product
Related terms: rebranded
inauspiciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inauspicious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.
Synonyms: unpropitiousness
unfavorableness
unluckiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unluckinesses
Etymology: From unlucky + -ness or un- + luckiness.
Senses: synonyms: word: adversity
word: mischance
word: adverseness
word: adversity
word: bad luck
word: hard luck
word: ill luck
word: mischance
word: misfortune
word: mishap
word: misluck
word: tough luck
word: unfortunateness
word: unluck
word: unluckiness
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
incipience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incipiences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incipientia.
Senses: glosses: A beginning, or first stage.
Related terms: incipient
unfavorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfavorably
form: most unfavorably
form: unfavourably
Etymology: From unfavorable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unfavorable manner.
ill-timed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-timed
form: most ill-timed
Senses: glosses: Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely
Synonyms: inopportune
mistimed
untimely
puerility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puerilities
Etymology: From puerile + -ity, from Middle French puérilité, from Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis (“childish, juvenile”), from puer (“boy”).
Senses: examples: text: This classification should have led to the discovery and study of remedies which act specifically upon the various textures and tissues of the body, such as the cellular, serous, mucous, parenchymatous, fibrous, gelatinous, &c., but it did not, except in the most imperfect manner—so imperfect, in fact, that most pathologists, despairing of finding such remedies, at one time sank into all the peurilities^([sic – meaning puerilities]) of the "expectant mode" of the French, or the nihilisms of the German.
ref: 1863, John C. Peters, F[rederick] G. Snelling, “Section I. Of Medicine as a Science and as an Art; Its Objects and Its Extent.”, in Principles and Practice of Medicine, New York, N.Y.: William Radde, […], →OCLC, page 124:
hypernyms: juvenility
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
examples: text: You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.
ref: 1857, Charles Kingsley, “The Way to Win Them”, in Two Years Ago, volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
Related terms: puerilism
iron fist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron fists
Senses: examples: text: Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.
glosses: Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.
glosses: An army's tank or cavalry branch.
Synonyms: sense: ruthless control
word: iron hand
sense: ruthless control
word: iron heel
sense: ruthless control
word: despotism
sense: ruthless control
word: totalitarianism
sense: ruthless control
word: autocracy
sense: ruthless control
word: monocracy
sense: ruthless control
word: fascism
sense: ruthless control
word: dictatorship
sense: tank or cavalry branch
word: armoured fist
sense: tank or cavalry branch
word: armored fist
sense: tank or cavalry branch
word: mailed fist
Derived terms: rule with an iron fist
Related terms: ironfisted
iron-fisted
importunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of importunity
ironfisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ironfisted
form: most ironfisted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of iron-fisted.
iron-fisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iron-fisted
form: most iron-fisted
Etymology: From the idea of having an iron fist.
Senses: examples: text: In his book, The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution," David Carter offers a detailed and important overview of the iron-fisted state repression during the Cold War.
ref: 2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World:
glosses: Characterized by ruthless control.
Synonyms: iron-handed
bossy for others
Related terms: hard-handed
heavy-handed
iron fist
iron-hearted
wantons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wanton
wantons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wanton
wantoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wanton
wantoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wantonings
Senses: examples: the wantonings of a spoiled child
glosses: wanton behaviour
phalanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalangers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φαλάγγιον (phalángion, “spider's web”), from φάλαγξ (phálanx, “spider”), referring to the webbed toes on the hind feet.
Senses: glosses: An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
Derived terms: flying phalanger
Related terms: opossum
wantoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wanton
imbibing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of imbibe
imbibing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imbibings
Senses: examples: text: Many women neglected the daily herbal baths and imbibings which helped pelvic dilation.
ref: 2001, Moses Isegawa, Abyssinian chronicles, page 73:
synonyms: imbibition
glosses: The act by which something is imbibed.
terrorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of terrorise
enchantress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/
ipa: /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/
ipa: /-ɹəs/
ipa: /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/
ipa: /ɛnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/
ipa: /-ɹəs/
Forms: form: enchantresses
form: enchauntress
form: inchantress
Etymology: From Middle English enchaunteresse, from Old French enchanteresse; equivalent to enchanter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe)
 To come, where vile Acraſia does wonne [live],
 Acraſia a falſe enchauntereſſe,
 That many errant knightes hath fowle fordonne: […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 51, page 201:
text: The tablets upon which the events of the day were recorded refer to enchantresses, and we can conclude that they were by no means restricted to ancient beldames.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 25:
text: For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 175:
glosses: A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.
examples: text: She was the enchantress of men’s hearts.
glosses: A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.
examples: text: His desire for that enchantress led him to financial ruin.
glosses: A femme fatale.
Synonyms: sense: alluring witch
word: siren
sense: alluring witch
word: sorceress
sense: beautiful woman
word: beautiful woman
sense: femme fatale
word: vamp
terrorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terrorise
wheedling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wheedle + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wheedle
wheedling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wheedling
form: most wheedling
Etymology: From wheedle + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."
ref: 1888, Howard Pyle, “ch. 9”, in Otto of the Silver Hand:
text: ESTRAGON: That would be too bad, really too bad. [Pause.] Wouldn't it, Didi, be really too bad? [Pause.] When you think of the beauty of the way. [Pause.] And the goodness of the wayfarers. [Pause. Wheedling.] Wouldn't it, Didi?
ref: 1954, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
Derived terms: wheedlingly
wheedling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheedlings
Etymology: From wheedle + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of one who wheedles.
terrorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of terrorise
terrorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of terrorize
enchantresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enchantress
terrorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terrorize
incapacitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incapacitate
incapacitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incapacitating
form: most incapacitating
Senses: glosses: To make incapable (of doing something).
raw_tags: of an injury etc
homograft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homografts
Etymology: From homo- + graft.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Synonym of allograft.
synonyms: word: allograft
terrorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of terrorize
sicklier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of sickly: more sickly
heart-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heart-breaking
form: most heart-breaking
Senses: glosses: That causes extreme sorrow or grief.
Derived terms: heart-breakingly
heart-breakingness
Related terms: break someone's heart
phalangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalanger
pot pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pot pies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of potpie.
fantasmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fantasmal
form: most fantasmal
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phantasmal.
sickliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sickly: most sickly
high technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high technologies
Senses: glosses: Any highly technical or specialized technological application or equipment, especially one that involves complex electronics or computing
Related terms: high tech
temptresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temptress
ligates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ligate
flakey pastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flakey pastries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flaky pastry.
pharisaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪˌseɪjɪk/
Forms: form: more pharisaic
form: most pharisaic
form: Pharisaic
Etymology: From Latin Pharisaicus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαϊκός (Pharisaïkós), equivalent to Pharisee + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
examples: text: The church clock strikes the second quarter. / higgins [hearing in it the voice of God, rebuking him for his Pharisaic want of charity for the poor girl] A reminder.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act I, page 115:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning.
glosses: Self-righteous.
glosses: Involving the total excision of the foreskin (posthetomy), including all or most of the penile frenulum, in addition to milah, periah, and occasionally metzitza.
raw_tags: of circumcision
Synonyms: pharisaical
Derived terms: antipharisaic
Related terms: Pharisee
pharisaically
pharisaicalness
pharisaism
ligating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ligate
pharisaical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /faɹɪˈseɪk(ə)l/
Forms: form: more pharisaical
form: most pharisaical
form: Pharisaical
Etymology: From Late Latin Pharisaicus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Pharisees.
examples: text: Perhaps no man in the world had less than Douglas the pharisaical precision of Methodism; he was totally averse to their sudden and evanescent flights of enthusiasm, their frantic ravings of intemperate zeal in devotion, as if invoking a vindictive and implacable Deity;[…]
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 235:
text: Thus Aurobindo Ghose stated that the puritanical, pharisaical British conquered in the name of liberty and usurped under the cloak of altruism.
ref: 2012, Piers Brendon, ‘Beginning the Dissent’, Literary Review, volume 401:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Emphasizing the observance of ritual or practice over the meaning; self-righteous, hypocritical.
Synonyms: pharisaic
Derived terms: unpharisaical
Related terms: pharisaically
pharisaicalness
pharisaism
Pharisee
disemburden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disemburdens
form: disemburdening
form: disemburdened
form: disemburdened
Etymology: From dis- + emburden.
Senses: glosses: To disburden.
ligated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ligated
form: most ligated
Derived terms: heteroligated
monoligated
nonligated
polyligated
religated
unligated
ligated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ligate
amazingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amazing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality, of being amazing.
flakey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: flakier
form: flakiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flaky.
amazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amaze
fewness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fewnesses
Etymology: From few + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
ref: 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England; from the first traditional Beginning, continued to the Norman Conquest. Collected out of the antientest and best Authours thereof, The Second Book:
text: There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As an Ulsterman I would agree.
ref: 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, page 625:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being few.
Synonyms: word: fewness
word: paucity
word: scantiness
turnabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnabouts
form: turn-about
form: turn about
Etymology: From turn + about.
Senses: examples: text: It is a fine dance, fast and intricate, with many turnabouts. The women's long black hair swirls as they turn; […]
ref: 1975, National Geographic, volume 148, page 380:
glosses: The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
examples: text: Any idea of how many transsexuals there are in America? About 10,000, some 1500 of whom have changed their sex by surgery. The male-to-female turnabout costs $3000-$5000, while the female-to-male process runs up to $12,000.
ref: 1974 April 7, “People”, in Boston Globe:
glosses: A change from one thing to its opposite, or from a situation to the reverse.
glosses: A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.
glosses: A merry-go-round.
Derived terms: turnabout dance
turnabout is fair play
subitaneousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From subitaneous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being subitaneous or sudden; suddenness.
Synonyms: abruptness
spontaneity
suddenness
Pharisee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛɹɪsiː/
ipa: /ˈfɛɹɪsi/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪsi
Forms: form: Pharisees
Etymology: From Latin Pharisaeus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos), a transliteration of Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərîšayyâ’), emphatic plural of פְּרִישׁ (pərîš, “separatist”, literally “separated”), related to Hebrew פרוש (parush), qal passive participle of the verb פָּרַשׁ (pāraš), meaning one who is separated for a life of purity.
Senses: examples: text: Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
text: I cannot tell. They [Jews]are always doing it. The Pharisees, for instance, say that there are angels, and the Sadducees declare that angels do not exist.
ref: 1904, Oscar Wilde, Salomé:
glosses: A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 B.C.E.–70 C.E.). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.
examples: text: He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours.
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], “chapter III”, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
text: The spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape.
ref: c. 1870, Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening:
glosses: A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.
Coordinate terms: Sadducee
Essene
Derived terms: Pharisaic
pharisaic
pharisaical
pharisaically
pharisaicalness
pharisaism
Pharisaism
Phariseeism
Pharisee-like
Pharisees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pharisee
Coordinate terms: Sadducees
Essenes
tempter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tempters
Etymology: From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that tempts.
examples: text: He is a tempter of married women.
glosses: A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
Related terms: temptress
bludgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bludgeon
bludgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bludgeon
seducement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seducements
Etymology: From seduce + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Seduction.
examples: text: ‘Begin again where you left off, and endeavour to avoid the seducements that prevailed over you before.’
ref: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 337:
glosses: Something that seduces one away; a temptation.
bludgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bludgeon
bludgeoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bludgeonings
Senses: examples: text: In the fell clutch of circumstance / I have not winced nor cried aloud. / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.
ref: 1888, William Ernest Henley, “Invictus”, in A Book of Verses:
text: There was a motor car behind them now and it blasted into the truck noise and the dust with its klaxon again and again; then flashed on lights that showed the dust like a solid yellow cloud and surged past them in a whining rise of gears and a demanding, threatening, bludgeoning of klaxoning.
ref: 1940 October 21, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 42, in For Whom the Bell Tolls, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC; republished London: Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, 1949 (13th printing), →OCLC, page 386:
glosses: An assault with a club or similar weapon.
bludgeoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bludgeon
phonetician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌfɒn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌfɑ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌfɔn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: phoneticians
Etymology: From phonetics + -ician.
Senses: glosses: A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
Derived terms: sociophonetician
Related terms: phoneme
phonetic
phonetically
phonetics
phonologist
phoneticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonetician
dialectologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialectologists
Etymology: From dialectology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
Synonyms: dialectician
Hypernyms: linguist
orthoepist
phonetician
Related terms: dialect
dialectologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialectologist
tempters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tempter
demoness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demonesses
form: daemoness
form: dæmoness
Etymology: From demon + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: In Judaism, Lilith abandoned heaven and became the first demoness on Earth.
glosses: A female demon.
Related terms: demonette
reflexive pronouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflexive pronoun
ameliorated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ameliorate
ameliorated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ameliorated
form: most ameliorated
Senses: synonyms: word: meliorated
word: ameliorated
word: bettered
word: enhanced
word: improved
word: meliorated
word: potentiated
glosses: Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
Derived terms: unameliorated
ameliorates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ameliorate
anonymities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonymity
anonymized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anonymize
anonymized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: claims or statements
glosses: Having had identifying information stripped, such that it cannot be linked to the person who owned or made it
raw_tags: of data
Derived terms: deanonymized
pseudoanonymized
unanonymized
anonymizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anonymize
anonymizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anonymize
appropriates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of appropriate
appropriating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of appropriate
death knells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death knell
classing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classings
Senses: examples: text: Grades 41 and higher comprised 76 percent of classings.
ref: 1989, United States Department of Agriculture, Cotton Quality Crop of 1988, page 1:
glosses: Synonym of classification.
synonyms: word: classification
Derived terms: woolclassing
classing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of class
conduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conduce
conduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of conduce
conducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conduce
conducing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conducing
form: most conducing
Senses: glosses: That conduces to a given purpose or end result.
examples: text: As it is acceptable and conducing to most, so especially to a melancholy man […]
ref: , II.2.6.iii
glosses: That conduces to a desired purpose; beneficial, helpful.
Derived terms: unconducing
conduciveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conducivenesses
Etymology: From conducive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conspiratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conspiratory
form: most conspiratory
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to a conspiracy.
Synonyms: conspiratorial
Derived terms: conspiratorily
larcenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larceny
death knell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛθ nɛl/
Forms: form: death knells
form: death-knell
Senses: examples: text: The sound was the stroke of a bell from the tower of East Endelstow Church. […] The death-knell of an inhabitant of the eastern parish was being tolled.
ref: 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘25’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC:
text: Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death-knell.
ref: 1890, Ambrose Bierce, chapter 1, in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge:
glosses: The tolling of a bell announcing death.
examples: text: The thought was a death-knell to Helen's last hope, and she sank down, quite overcome;[…]
ref: 1901, Upton Sinclair, chapter 10, in King Midas:
text: "It is the death knell of an orchestra if it doesn't have its own home," he says.
ref: 2004 June 28, Jamie James, “The Rise of a Musical Superpower”, in Time:
text: The dirty little secret at the heart of Sex Box, in fact, was that it was a well-meaning and thoughtful anthropological experiment dressed up as a tawdry, tabloid-bating death knell for standards of common decency.
ref: 2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:
text: A rupture would represent a death knell for the West and would harm the US worker.
ref: 2018, Michael Cottakis – LSE, “Colliding worlds: Donald Trump and the European Union”, in LSE's blog:
text: One day in the not too distant future, we may look back on Donald Trump’s return to power as the death knell of “liberal internationalism.”
ref: 2025 January 23, Ned Temko, “Is the West’s liberal template broken?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: A marker, sign or omen foretelling the imminent end, death or destruction of something.
fourty
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: [I]t is also voted and hereby to be understood that we have concluded to pay yearly or per annum one hundred and fourty pounds Salary[…]
ref: 1719—1762, George Waldo Browne, editor, Early Records of Londonderry, Windham, and Derry, N. H., published 1908:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of forty.
examples: text: This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
ref: 2014 January 24, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30:
glosses: Misspelling of forty.
confesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛsɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of confess
phlegmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phlegmatically
form: most phlegmatically
Etymology: From phlegmatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is sluggish, without enthusiasm.
Synonyms: sluggishly
philological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From philology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to historical linguistics.
Synonyms: philologic
Derived terms: nonphilological
philologically
unphilological
Related terms: philologist
philology
phenomenally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phenomenally
form: most phenomenally
form: phænomenally
Etymology: From phenomenal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The tennis player's serve was phenomenally fast.
text: The police department lobbies phenomenally strongly against any civilian review board.
ref: 1991 February 11, Ed Boyce, quoting David Scondras, “Bashers With Badges”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 6:
text: Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost.
ref: 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40:
glosses: In a manner that is extraordinary or amazing.
examples: text: The 'old-look' and the 'bald-pink-and-wrinkled-look' are, in this context at least, one and the same. Phenomenally speaking, that is, the predicates 'old' and 'bald, pink, and wrinkled' here are equivalent […]
ref: 2014, Berit Brogard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 97:
glosses: In terms of phenomena.
Synonyms: extraordinarily
prodigiously
remarkably
Derived terms: superphenomenally
Related terms: phenomenal
phenomenalism
phenomenalistic
phenomenology
phenomenon
hexology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕk-sŏʹlə-jē
ipa: /hɛkˈsɒlədʒi/
enpr: hĕk-säʹlə-jē
ipa: /hɛkˈsɑləd͡ʒi/
homophone: hexalogy
Etymology: From hex + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: When Pow-Wow and hexology were separate practices, the Pow-Wow would recommend that clients seek the assistance of a hexologist on particular matters, such as protecting barns, homes, etc.
ref: 1999, American Folk Magick: Charms, Spells & Herbals:
glosses: The study of hex signs.
Related terms: hexologist
unilingualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unilingual + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Condition of being able to speak only a single language.
Synonyms: monoglottism
monolingualism
Related terms: bilingualism
trilingualism
multilingualism
sister-wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sister-wife
hexologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexology
shot-glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shot-glass
corannulene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corannulenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The parent compound of this group
buckybowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckybowls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A corannulene
England and Wales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: England & Wales
form: E&W
form: E+W
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two constituent countries of the United Kingdom, which share a single legal system and are treated as a single country for various purposes.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see England, Wales.
Related terms: English and Welsh
English and Welsh law
purple hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purple heart
modified Newtonian dynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOND
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A proposed extension to Newtonian dynamics that would obviate the need to assume the presence of dark matter.
MOND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of modified Newtonian dynamics.
total synthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total syntheses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The synthesis of a complex organic compound (especially a naturally occurring one) from simple, readily available compounds.
hapalindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hapalindoles
Etymology: From Hapal(osiphon) + indole.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of antibacterial, antimycotic and antialgal alkaloids isolated from the blue-green alga Hapalosiphon fontinalis.
antimycotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimycotic
form: most antimycotic
Etymology: From anti- + mycotic.
Senses: synonyms: antifungal#Adjective
hypernyms: antimicrobial#Adjective
coordinate_terms: mycostatic#Adjective
fungistatic#Adjective
;
antibiotic#Adjective
antiviral#Adjective
glosses: That inhibits the growth of fungi.
Related terms: nonmycotic
antimycotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimycotics
Etymology: From anti- + mycotic.
Senses: synonyms: antifungal#Noun
hypernyms: antimicrobial#Noun
coordinate_terms: mycostatic#Noun
fungistatic#Noun
;
antibiotic#Noun
antiviral#Noun
glosses: An antimycotic agent, especially a medication.
antifungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifungal
form: most antifungal
Etymology: From anti- + fungal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.
Derived terms: antifungally
nonantifungal
postantifungal
antifungal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifungals
Etymology: From anti- + fungal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi.
antialgal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antialgal
form: most antialgal
Etymology: From anti- + algal.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the growth of algae
Calexico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of California + Mexico
Senses: glosses: A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
pertuse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pertuse
form: most pertuse
Etymology: From Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere (“to beat or thrust through, to bore through”).
Senses: glosses: pierced or punched with holes
Synonyms: pertused
fischerindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fischerindoles
Etymology: From Fischer(ella) + indole.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several antimicrobial alkaloids, obtained from a blue-green alga of the genus Fischerella, having a structure similar to hapalindole.
Fischer indole synthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fischer indole syntheses
Etymology: For Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A class of chemical reaction in which a phenylhydrazine is reacted with an aldehyde or ketone to form an indole.
wikipedia: Hermann Emil Fischer
phonologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: phonologists
Etymology: From phonology + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A person who specializes in phonology, the functional use of sounds in language.
Related terms: phonology
phonetician
phonologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonologist
phonologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phonologically
form: most phonologically
Etymology: From phonological + -ly.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In accordance with phonology.
Derived terms: nonphonologically
Related terms: phonological
phonologist
phonology
phoneme
phonemically
phonetically
pharmacopoeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːməkəˈpiːə/
ipa: /ˌfɑɹ.mə.kəˈpi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: pharmacopoeias
form: pharmacopoeiae
form: pharmacopœia
form: pharmacopeia
Etymology: From French pharmacopée and post-classical Latin pharmacopoeia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek φαρμακοποιία (pharmakopoiía, “preparation of drugs”).
Senses: examples: text: [K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries' lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 155:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A text describing medicines and pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A collection of drugs.
Derived terms: pharmacopoeial
pharmacopoeic
pharmacopoeist
Related terms: sense: an official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation
word: codex
sense: an official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation
word: dispensatory
sense: an official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation
word: formulary
topics: medicine
sciences
sense: an official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation
word: materia medica
phaseout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaseouts
form: phase-out
Etymology: Deverbal from phase out.
Senses: coordinate_terms: phasedown#Noun
glosses: The action of phasing out; an incremental removal or reduction.
phaseouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaseout