cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reckoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkənə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: reckoners
Etymology: From Middle English reknere, rekenere. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare. By surface analysis, reckon + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “No. Not quite a month.—It is only four weeks to-morrow since I left Mansfield.”
“You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I should call that a month.”
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XLII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner
ref: 1959 [1901], “middle-aged”, in William Geddie, editor, Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, revised edition, page 672:
text: Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.
ref: 1970 July 25, Anthony Lewis, “The Charm of Mr. Buckley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: One who reckons.
glosses: An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
glosses: An ordinator.
Derived terms: ready reckoner
stepped reckoner
brookside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From brook + side.
Senses: glosses: On the side of a brook.
brookside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brooksides
Etymology: From brook + side.
Senses: examples: text: […] it may be a little seat in a nooky place, a spring under a tree, a bit of walk by the brookside or a vista amongst the trees.
ref: 1901, Modern Cemetery, volumes 10-11, page 164:
glosses: The side of a brook.
righten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rightens
form: rightening
form: rightened
form: rightened
Etymology: From Middle English rightenen, equivalent to right + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make right; correct.
glosses: To set right or upright; right.
kepe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of keep.
flighten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of frighten.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of frightened.
Related terms: catchee
debbil
evely
likee
makee
shootée
velly
ready reckoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ready reckoners
form: ready-reckoner
Etymology: Coined by English grammarian and textbook writer Daniel Fenning in 1757.
Senses: examples: text: Nor did he trouble his borrowers with abstract calculations of figures, or references to ready-reckoners; his simple rule of interest being all comprised in the one golden sentence, ‘two-pence for every half-penny,’ which greatly simplified the accounts[…]
ref: 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
text: Instead of allowing the peasants to manage their own affairs, and, if they happen to believe that five and four make eleven, to unlearn the prejudice by their own experience in calculation, so that they may gradually understand processes, and not merely see results, bureaucracy comes with its “Ready Reckoner” and works all the peasant's sums for him—the surest way of maintaining him in his stupidity, however it may shake his prejudice.
ref: 1883, George Eliot, “Natural History of German Life”, in Nathan Sheppard, editor, The Essays of George Eliot:
text: Captain Brazenhead, a sword to the good, listened and learned. To the ready reckoner he was, the accounts were soon cast up.
ref: 1908, Maurice Hewlett, chapter 1, in Brazenhead in Milan:
glosses: A printed book or table containing precalculated values, often multiples of given amounts.
glosses: A computer program which calculates values; an online calculator.
Related terms: Ready Reckoners
Noo Yawk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: New Yawk
form: Nu Yawk
form: N'Yawk
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New York, representing New York City English.
N'Yawk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: New Yawk
form: Nu Yawk
form: Noo Yawk
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New York, representing New York City English.
New Yawk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Noo Yawk
form: Nu Yawk
form: N'Yawk
Senses: examples: text: These New Yawk publishers hem and haw and say like well we’d LOVE to publish yer great friends but would it sell and I’m overloaded and this and that — everything but that they really don’t want to publish the writing; […]
ref: 1959 February 5, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Lawrence Ferlinghetti in San Francisco to Allen Ginsberg in New York”, in Bill Morgan, editor, I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997, San Francisco, Calif.: City Lights Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 88:
text: “Well, everything in this building, everything in the criminal justice system in New York”—New Yawk—“operates on favors.[…]
ref: 1987, Tom Wolfe, “The Favor Bank”, in The Bonfire of the Vanities, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, →ISBN, page 384:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of New York, representing New York City English.
reclinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reclinable
form: most reclinable
Etymology: From recline + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be tilted so as to recline.
reclineable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reclineable
form: most reclineable
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of reclinable.
awamori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awamoris
Etymology: From Japanese 泡盛 (awamori).
Senses: examples: text: Awamori, distilled only on Okinawa from ground Thai long-grain rice, is considered to be the best shochu. […] Good awamoris are stored in underground clay vessels for several years.
ref: 2008, André Dominé, Barbara E. Euler, Wolfgang Faßbender, Matthias Stelzig, translated by Ann Drummond, Rosemary Lawrey, and Katherine Taylor, “Shochu is everything”, in The Ultimate Bar Book: The World of Spirits and Cocktails, [Königswinter]: h.f.ullmann, →ISBN, […], page 431, column 1:
glosses: A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice via distillation.
chassepot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chassepots
Etymology: Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
corporatist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corporatist
form: most corporatist
Etymology: From corporate + -ist. [1885–90] Late 19th century.
Senses: glosses: Having the principles, doctrine, or system of corporative organization of a political unit, as a city or state.
Derived terms: word: corporativism
word: corporatism
corporatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporatists
Etymology: From corporate + -ist. [1885–90] Late 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: This may be because, for Democrats in the Bush era, accepting changes in the workplace is considered tantamount to siding with Bushian corporatists.
ref: 2007 November 4, Matt Bai, “Home-Office Politics”, in New York Times:
glosses: A proponent of corporatism.
Related terms: anti-globalization
antitrust
capitalism
collectivism
corporate nationalism 1
corporate police state 1
corporatization
corporatocracy 1
crony capitalism 1
economic fascism 1
globalization
national syndicalism 1
neoconservatism
neofeudalism 1
plutocracy
quango
jimp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: jimper
form: jimpest
Etymology: Of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee?
ref: 1899, Neil Munro, Gilian the Dreamer, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2007:
text: … Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
ref: 1994, George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, Reprint edition, HarperCollins, published 2011, →ISBN:
synonyms: slender
handsome
spruce
elegant
glosses: neat; trim; delicate
glosses: scant; barely sufficient.
jimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jimps
Etymology: Of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping).
glosses: Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness).
Derived terms: jimply
jimpness
jimpy
Related terms: alt: Etymology 3
word: gimp
rice malt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice malts
Senses: glosses: The lees produced while sake brewing. It is often used in Japanese cuisine.
Related terms: sake
rice wine
delegee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delegees
Etymology: From delegate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: ....his obligation to exercise due diligence by delegating that duty to another, whatever may be the established reputation of the delegee for competence.
ref: 1967, Henry N Longley, Common carriage of cargo:
text: "His philosophy," said General William Wannamaker, "was to delegate wherever he could, and then put the screws to the delegees.
ref: 1988, William Lawren, The general and the bomb:
text: ...any comparable effort by Congress to retain summary authority over the delegees of its authority is similarly infirm.
ref: 1996, Alan B Morrison, Fundamentals of American law:
glosses: A delegate.
redispose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redisposes
form: redisposing
form: redisposed
form: redisposed
Etymology: From re- + dispose.
Senses: glosses: To dispose again; to sell on.
glosses: To readjust.
snowlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snow + light.
Senses: glosses: The light reflected by snow.
vaunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt
vaunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaunt
koris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kori
house cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house cats
form: housecat
Senses: glosses: A domestic cat, Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, commonly kept as a pet animal.
glosses: A pet cat that is confined to, or almost permanently resides, inside of a house.
Related terms: Felis silvestris catus
recognized component
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recognized components
Senses: examples: text: By themselves, recognized components are not to be field-installed. They are intended for use in end-use products or systems that would ultimately be tested and listed […]
ref: 2004, Ray C. Mullin, Electrical Wiring Residential: Based on the 2005 National Electric Code, →ISBN, page 19:
topics: business
insurance
glosses: An item to be used as a subcomponent and tested for safety by Underwriters Laboratories ("UL"); the item will have a special trademark of UL.
Apaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Apache
brandying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brandy
brandied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brandy
brandied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Strengthened or flavoured with brandy.
Derived terms: unbrandied
breviaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breviary
giftedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giftednesses
Etymology: From gifted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being gifted.
examples: text: Yet, a century later, what constitutes giftedness is still being debated. Some educators deny its existence entirely or say, with a roll of the eyes, that it is no more than a fantasy of pushy parents. Some take the view that all children have a particular gift of their own. Others conflate giftedness with talent when the two are often discrete: a gifted child may have been born with great potential but not have explored or displayed it. (Canadian psychologist Francoys Gagne is often cited for his theory that distinguishes giftedness from talent, offering explanations on how natural abilities can be developed into specific skills.)
ref: 2023 November 3, Angus Holland, “‘I don’t think of it at all as a gift’: Why it’s complicated being a gifted child”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A psychological state associated with great intellectual ability and emotional sensitivity. There isn't a consensus over the characteristics of a gifted person or if it is a neurodivergence, with some completely denying its existence.
giftedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more giftedly
form: most giftedly
Etymology: From gifted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He played the violin giftedly. The music was so beautiful, especially by one so young.
glosses: In a gifted manner; with talent.
globules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
ref: 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
glosses: plural of globule
bogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /boʊɡ/
Forms: form: bogues
Etymology: Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.
Senses: glosses: A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
bogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /boʊɡ/
Forms: form: bogues
Etymology: From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.
Senses: glosses: A bayou or waterway.
bogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /boʊɡ/
Forms: form: bogues
form: boguing
form: bogued
form: bogued
Etymology: Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
Ukrainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ukrainers
Etymology: From Ukraine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If the Ukrainer possessed the art of pleasing, Potemkin knew how to render himself useful; his talents, more analogous to the genius of Catherine, uninterruptedly preserved their ascendant.
ref: 1803, Mary Hays, “Catherine II. (Concluded.)”, in Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. […], volume III, London: […] Richard Phillips, […] [b]y Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, page 130:
glosses: A Ukrainian.
kano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɐˈnoʔ/
Forms: form: kanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Kano, initial clipping of Amerikano, ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).
Senses: glosses: A male American.
glosses: A Western foreigner
umbilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbilicate
form: most umbilicate
form: umbilicated
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin umbilicātus, from umbilicus (“navel”) + -ātus. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Having a navel.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a small umbo in a central depression, or a depression in the center of the cap.
raw_tags: of a mushroom etc.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Supported by a central stalk.
Derived terms: umbilication
umbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbonate
form: most umbonate
Etymology: From New Latin umbōnātus, from Latin umbō.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having an umbo
raw_tags: of a mushroom etc
Synonyms: umbonated
Derived terms: obtusely umbonate
umbrinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbrinous
form: most umbrinous
Etymology: From umb(e)r + -in- + -ous. The use of the interfix -in- here is irregular.
Senses: glosses: umber in color
uncincate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncincate
form: most uncincate
Senses: glosses: Bent in the form of a hook
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing a type of notched gill attachment where the gill edge is abruptly concave near the point where it contacts the stipe and the gill is attached by a narrow decurrent extension.
vaginatoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vaginate + -oid?
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a mushroom: having free or finely adnexed gills and a volva, and without an annulus.
perisporium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perisporiums
form: perisporia
Etymology: From peri- + spore + -ium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: the outer part of a spore wall which often disappears in older spores.
peronate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peronate
form: most peronate
Etymology: From Latin peronātus (“wearing low boots”)
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: sheathed with a covering
tix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tics (plural of tic (“ticket”)) with -x replacing the /ks/ sound.
Senses: examples: text: $7.50, tix avail at New Words after xmas or at OASIS on Sat night only, or send money orders only w/SASE to Amazon Productions
ref: 1983 February 5, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 14:
text: Go to FatLens.com, a new site that scours the Web for the cheapest concert tix.
ref: 2005 May 29, Jeremy Caplan, “The Sweet Sounds of Summer”, in Time:
text: Space Exploration Extravaganza: Examine Texas Space Expo: Tix Here
ref: 2017 August 12, “The Extreme Excursion to Planet X”, in Wandering Wenda:
glosses: Tickets (passes entitling the holder to admission).
replayability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From replay + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: This new game is reported to have excellent replayability, with many features that draw players into the game's engaging world.
topics: video-games
glosses: replay value
examples: text: The language should be designed to achieve replayability and a high-level of scriptability.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capability of being played back as from a recording (replayable).
dynamical system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamical systems
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A system which is time-dependent.
Synonyms: dynamic system
dynamic system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic systems
Senses: glosses: A dynamical system.
replay value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: replayability
glosses: The design of a computer game to reinforce its repetitive consumption in spite of inherent completion.
bylina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈliːnə/
Forms: form: bylinas
form: bylini
form: byliny
Etymology: From Russian были́на (bylína).
Senses: examples: text: We may compare the above notions with the categories of A. M. Astahova in her analysis of Russian epics, the bylina.
ref: 2003, Lauri Harvilahti, The holy mountain: studies on Upper Altay Oral poetry, page 66:
glosses: A traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem.
odda
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Contraction of out of.
Gly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glys
form: GLY
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of gigalightyear; a unit of a billion lightyears.
Related terms: Mly
kly
ly
Gpc
Thr
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: thrombin.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: threonine.
Derived terms: sense: thrombin
word: PThr
sense: thrombin
word: ThrR
sense: thrombin
word: αThr
sense: thrombin
word: βThr
sense: threonine
word: D-Thr
sense: threonine
word: L-Thr
sense: threonine
word: pThr
bookcross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bookcrosses
form: bookcrossing
form: bookcrossed
form: bookcrossed
Etymology: From book + cross, after the name of a Web site for this purpose, bookcrossing.com.
Senses: glosses: To leave a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do likewise.
methylome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylomes
Etymology: From methyl + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: The reprogramming of parental methylomes is essential for embryonic development.
ref: 2019, He-Feng Huan et al., “16: The Intergenerational Effects on Fetal Programming”, in Peter C. K. Leung, Jie Qiao, editors, Human Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 372:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The set of nucleic acid methylation modifications in an organism's genome or in a particular cell.
Derived terms: hydroxymethylome
hypermethylome
methylomic
methylomics
Related terms: epigenome
genome
metabolome
proteome
transcriptome
methylation
huanglongbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 黃龍病／黄龙病 (huánglóngbìng), literally "yellow dragon disease".
Senses: examples: text: Eventually Halbert got to the bottom of her list to the most devastating disease of citrus plants in the world—huanglongbing, Chinese for “yellow dragon disease.”
Huanglongbing, which is also called HLB or citrus greening, had been spreading slowly through India, China, Indonesia and South Africa.[...]
Researchers began injecting antibiotics into tree trunks and looking for resistant genes to splice into orange trees. But huanglongbing continues to spread.
ref: 2013 March, Anna Kuchment, “The End of Orange Juice”, in Scientific American, volume 308, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54, columns 1, 2:
synonyms: word: HLB
glosses: A bacterial infection of citrus trees.
Synonyms: citrus dieback
citrus vein phloem degeneration
CVPD
citrus greening
citrus greening disease
immediate withering disease
leaf mottle yellows
likubin
yellow shoot disease
yellow dragon disease
HLB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of huanglongbing.
HLB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HLBs
Senses: glosses: A homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual person.
metacommunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛt.əˌkə.mjʊn.ɪt.i/
Forms: form: metacommunities
Etymology: From meta- + community.
Senses: glosses: A set of intercommunicating communities
clostridial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clostridial
form: most clostridial
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr, “spindle”) + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium
Derived terms: anticlostridial
monodelphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the Monodelphia.
Related terms: didelphous
insulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insulous
form: most insulous
Etymology: Latin insula (“island”) + suffix -ous.
Senses: glosses: Abounding in islands.
disquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disquettes
form: diskette
Etymology: Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from disquette, corresponding to diskette.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diskette.
nectary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛk.t(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈnɛk.təɹi/
Forms: form: nectaries
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A gland that secretes nectar
Derived terms: nectarial
nectaried
nectariless
scrumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹʌm.pi/
Forms: form: scrumpies
Etymology: From scrump + -y.
Senses: glosses: A rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.
Derived terms: scrumpy and western
mixen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixens
Etymology: From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen, myxen, from meohx, meox (“dung, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīgan, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą (“to urinate”); akin to German Mist (“manure”).
Senses: examples: text: [I]f we have fish at all / Let them be gold; and charge the gardeners now / To pick the faded creature from the pool, / And cast it on the mixen that it die.
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 36:
text: Something of this occurred to him even in his wrath with me, for he spoke very softly to the filly, who now could scarce subdue herself; but she drew in her nostrils, and breathed to his breath and did all she could to answer him.
'Not too hard, my dear,' he said: 'led him gently down on the mixen. That will be quite enough.' Then he turned the saddle off, and I was up in a moment.
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:
text: "I reckon that's the size o't," said Coggan, working along without looking up.
"Well, better wed over the mixen than over the moor," said Laban Tall, turning his sheep.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXII, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: =To the chest they came, for the keys asked; manifest was their grudge, when therein they looked. Of those children he the heads cut off, and under the prison's mixen laid their bodies.
ref: 1907, Benjamin Thorpe(translator), Sæmundr Sigfússon (original), The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson and the Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson, The Lay of Volund:
text: Close by the door stood the mixen, a collection of every abomination streams from which, in rainy weather, fertilized the lower meadows, generally the lord's pasture, and polluted the stream.
ref: 1933, David Marshall Brooks, The Necessity of Atheism (Brooks)/Chapter XVI, Chapter XVI:
glosses: A compost heap or dunghill.
Derived terms: dungmixen
baskimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baskimos
Etymology: Blend of basset hound + Eskimo
Senses: glosses: A mix between an American Eskimo Dog and a basset hound.
kidnaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kidnap
glosses: Alternative spelling of kidnapping.
kidnaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidnapings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kidnapping.
kidnaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kidnap
glosses: Alternative spelling of kidnapped.
nervature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervatures
Etymology: By surface analysis, nervate + -ure.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The arrangement of nerves.
dihalide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈheɪlaɪd/
Forms: form: dihalides
Etymology: From di- + halide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: halide
<
salt
<
compound
<
substance#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: halide
pseudohalide
glosses: A two-halogen-atom salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, or hydroiodic acid).
diketene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈkiːtiːn/
Forms: form: diketenes
Etymology: From di- + ketene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acetyl ketene CH₃CO-CH=C=O
dilead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + lead.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two lead atoms in a molecule
dimanganese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + manganese.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two manganese atoms in a molecule
dimercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + mercury.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two mercury atoms in a molecule
leme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: lemes
form: leam
form: leem
Etymology: From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.
Senses: examples: text: Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world.
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
glosses: A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
leme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: lemes
form: leming
form: lemed
form: lemed
form: leam
form: leem
Etymology: From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.
Senses: glosses: To shine.
dimerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimerization.
onça
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onças
form: onca
Etymology: From Portuguese onça, from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia
Senses: glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of mass
word: grao (1⁄576 onça)
sense: unit of mass
word: vintem (1⁄256 onça)
sense: unit of mass
word: quilate (1⁄144 onça)
sense: unit of mass
word: escropulo (1⁄24 onça)
sense: unit of mass
word: oitava (1⁄8 onça)
sense: unit of mass
word: quarta (4 onças)
sense: unit of mass
word: marco (8 onças)
sense: unit of mass
alt: usually 12 onças
word: libra
sense: unit of mass
word: arratel (16 onças)
dimerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dimerise
dimerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dimerises
form: dimerising
form: dimerised
form: dimerised
Etymology: From dimer + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimerize.
Derived terms: homodimerise
redimerise
dimerises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dimerise
dimerising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dimerise
dimerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dimerizes
form: dimerizing
form: dimerized
form: dimerized
Etymology: From dimer + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To produce, or to undergo dimerization
Derived terms: dimerizable
dimerizer
predimerize
redimerize
retrodimerize
dimetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + metal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Involving two metals; especially involving a bond between two metal atoms.
dimethylacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The amide CH₃CON(CH₃)₂, commonly used as a polar solvent.
dimethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The secondary amine (CH₃)₂NH, which has a number of industrial uses.
dimethylamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylaminos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical (CH₃)₂N- derived from dimethylamine
Derived terms: dimenoxadol
dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde
dimethylaminohydrolase
dimethylamino-parthenolide
dimethylamino parthenolide
methadone
alloying elements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloying element
dossards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dossard
dimethylaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylanilines
Etymology: From di- + methyl + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tertiary amine C₆H₅N(CH₃)₂ used in the manufacture of the explosive tetryl
débutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of débutant
décollages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of décollage
tetryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetryls
Etymology: From tetra- (“four”) + -yl (“radical”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: trinitrophenylmethylnitramine
glosses: The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-N-methylnitramine produced by the nitration of dimethylaniline.
dimethylbutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylbutanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two aliphatic hydrocarbons, 2,2-dimethylbutane and 2,3-dimethylbutane, that are isomers of hexane
détournements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of détournement
emballages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emballage
dimethylformamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylformamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: DMF
glosses: The methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent
dimethylglyoxime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylglyoximes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium
financescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: financescapes
form: finanscape
Etymology: From finance + -scape.
Senses: glosses: Figuratively, the financial landscape; financial markets
glosses: The culture associated with financial markets.
dimethylmercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organometallic compound of mercury, (CH₃)₂Hg, that is a dangerous neurotoxin
OB-GYN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ.bi.dʒi.waɪˈɛn/
ipa: /oʊ.bi.dʒi.waɪˈɛn/
ipa: /ɒbˈɡaɪn/
ipa: /ɑbˈɡaɪn/
ipa: /oʊ.biˈdʒɪn/
Forms: form: OB-GYNs
form: ob-gyn
form: obgyn
form: ob/gyn
form: ObGyn
form: Ob-Gyn
form: Ob/Gyn
form: OBGYN
form: OB/GYN
form: OB-Gyne
Etymology: Blend of obstetrics + gynecology.
Senses: examples: text: He was a doctor; she was a nurse. She assumed he was the authority on this part of the body. “I never worked in OB-GYN before,” said Gillian, who asked to be identified by her first name to protect her privacy. “I was pretty clueless.”
ref: 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Obstetrics and gynecology.
glosses: A physician in these specialties; an obstetrician-gynecologist.
glosses: (prefixed with the) A clinic or doctor's office with these specialties.
Synonyms: word: obs and gynae
english: not Canada
translation: not Canada
word: O&G
word: obstetrician-gynecologist
Related terms: OB
O.B.
o.b.
ob
dimethylsulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
enjambements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enjambement
entiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entier
dimethyl sulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethyl sulphide
Senses: examples: text: By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.
ref: 2025 April 18, “Scientists detect strong evidence of life on an alien planet”, in France 24, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organic sulfur compound (CH₃)₂S that is a breakdown product of many biological sulfur compounds; it has a number of industrial uses
Synonyms: DMS
Derived terms: DMS
Related terms: dimethyl disulfide
DMDS
dimethylsulfoniopropionate
DMSP
escaladers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escalader
dimethylzinc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organometallic compound of zinc (CH₃)₂Zn that is used in organic synthesis
espadons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of espadon
examens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of examen
exposés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exposé
diminishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diminish
fabricants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fabricant
dinickel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + nickel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two nickel atoms in a compound
fauteuils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fauteuil
dinitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈnaɪtɹeɪt/
Forms: form: dinitrates
Etymology: From di- + nitrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having two nitrate groups
Derived terms: isosorbide dinitrate
feutres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feutre
feutres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feutre
dinitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinitrides
Etymology: From di- + nitride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitride having two nitrogen atoms per molecule
dinitrobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˌnaɪtɹə(ʊ)ˈbɛnziːn/
Forms: form: dinitrobenzenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric aromatic nitro compounds C₆H₄(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of benzene; they are used in the manufacture of dyes etc
dinitrophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinitrophenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of six isomeric aromatic compounds C₆H₃OH(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of phenol; they are metabolic poisons
Derived terms: dinitrophenyl
dinitrophenylhydrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinitrophenylhydrazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones
in the clear
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Offshore sports betting . . .is judged illegal in the U.S. under laws originally drawn up in the '60s; sites offering casino-style virtual gaming claimed they were in the clear.
ref: 2006 July 23, “Risky Business”, in Time:
glosses: Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.
examples: text: FM radio stations are broadcast in the clear.
qualifier: radio or data transmission
glosses: Transmitted without encryption or scrambling.
raw_tags: of a television
examples: text: “Think we're in the clear?” Leif asked, still studying the rooftops and doorways for new threats. Before Nick could answer, the whole world exploded in fire and smoke.
ref: 2013, Alexis Morgan, A Soldier's Heart: A Snowberry Creek Novella (A Penguin Special from Signet Eclipse), Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: No longer in danger.
green mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green mustards
Senses: examples: text: We went into the Sushi Garage, a former plumbing supply warehouse, and ordered some sushi rolls and saki. He talked about some action movie I would never see while I dipped my sushi pieces in a blend of green mustard and soy sauce […]
ref: 2000, Arthur Nersesian, Dogrun:
glosses: Synonym of wasabi.
synonyms: word: wasabi
fouets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fouet
fromages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fromage
frontispices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontispice
frotteurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frotteur
galets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galet
garçons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garçon
gentilhommes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentilhomme
Roth IRA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roth IRAs
Etymology: After William V. Roth Jr., who pushed for legislation that would allow for such IRAs; and IRA, initialism of individual retirement account.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A particular kind of IRA (individual retirement account), used for its tax-related benefits.
Related terms: word: IRA
word: Roth 401(k)
word: 401(k)
word: 403(b)
word: RRSP
brachycephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachycephalies
Etymology: From brachy- + -cephaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.
Derived terms: acrobrachycephaly
brachycephalic
brachycephalism
brachycephalize
brachycephalous
hyperbrachycephaly
turribrachycephaly
ultrabrachycephaly
Related terms: cephalic index
plagiocephaly
scaphocephaly
scaphocephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scapho- + -cephaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened side-to-side.
Related terms: brachycephaly
plagiocephaly
in the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: There is something in the wind, that we cannot get in.
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 3, scene 1:
text: There's trouble in the wind, my boys.
ref: 1892, Rudyard Kipling, “Tommy”, in Barrack-room Ballads, line 31:
text: A grand strategic bargain between Russia and the US could be in the wind, after years of deteriorating relations.
ref: 2008 March 19, Fred Weir, “In Moscow, Rice signals warmer US-Russia ties”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 21 Oct 2010:
text: In this period, road building continued unabated, but change was in the wind as the UK government recognised it had to make more use of the rail network and increase investment on a scale that it could not afford, and which would require private sector participation.
ref: 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:
glosses: Impending or in the offing; imminent.
glosses: At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location.
Synonyms: sense: imminent
word: afoot
word: imminent
word: in the works
word: proximate
word: impending
sense: at whereabouts unknown
word: at large
sense: at whereabouts unknown
word: on the lam
sense: at whereabouts unknown
word: on the loose
sense: at whereabouts unknown
word: on the run
sense: at whereabouts unknown
word: untraceable
guichets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guichet
guignols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guignol
insubordinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insubordination
haricots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haricot
jabots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jabot
jargons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jargon
marteaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marteau
marteaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: After he had supped the King had him brought immediately to the Queen's own chamber, where she and her ladies were playing at the marteaux; and some of her ladies were playing at closheys of ivory, and dancing , and some at divers other games: the which sight was full pleasant to them.
ref: 1845, John Allen Giles, The chronicles of the white rose of York, page 147:
text: In another part of the room three or four middle-aged dames, who acted as governesses to the young princesses, were seated at a table playing at marteaux — a game in which little ivory balls were placed in the holes of a board — with the two tutors of the young princes .
ref: 1875, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Goldsmith's Wife, page 13:
text: Louis, the Governor of Holland, was led to Queen Elizabeth's rooms where he found her and her ladies-in-waiting playing marteaux ― a game like bowls ― and throwing balls at ivory pins.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 40:
text: The queen is playing now with her ladies at a courtly game called the marteaux, while others are amusing themselves as best befits them, according to the fashion of the times.
ref: 2022, Mary Roberts, Ruins and Old Trees:
glosses: A game played at court in the 15th and 16th centuries, involving marble-sized variously colored ivory balls and a board with holes.
jougs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuːɡz/
rhymes: -uːɡz
Forms: form: jougs
form: juggs
form: joggs
Etymology: From Latin iugum (“yoke”), possibly via French jougs.
Senses: examples: text: Fornication and adultery were crimes punishable in case of confession in various ways […] standing in the jougs at the door of the kirk barefoot and in sackcloth […]
Blasphemy, swearing, drunkenness, " flyting and scolding," slander, " the abuse of husbands by their wives," and other suchlike offences were punishable with exposure to public scorn in the " jougs," […] The "jougs" (from jugum, a yoke) consisted of an iron collar in two halves fastened by a clasp, and suspended by a chain about six feet from the ground, which was generally hung on the wall at the entrance gate of the Church.
ref: 1898, William Baird, Annals of Duddingston and Portobello, pages 193–194:
text: Also attached to the pillar were the jougs - an iron collar used to immobilise petty offenders in the same way as the pillory was used in England.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 280, about Meikleour, Scotland:
synonyms: joug
glosses: A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn.
jougs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuːɡz/
rhymes: -uːɡz
Forms: form: juggs
form: joggs
Etymology: From Latin iugum (“yoke”), possibly via French jougs.
Senses: glosses: plural of joug
jugements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugement
jupons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jupon
leviers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levier
lingots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lingot
lits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lit
loirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loir
loups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loup
lycées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lycée
fungicolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fungicolous
form: most fungicolous
Etymology: From fungi + -colous.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: growing on other fungi