leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
broadside (noun): One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
Example: Broadside! What fools to face our guns!
broadside (adv): Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
bile (noun): A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Synonyms: gall
bile (noun): Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
Synonyms: gall
bile (noun): Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
Synonyms: gall
firefighter (noun): A person who has been trained to put out fires.
Synonyms: smoke eater; fire people
delightful (adj): Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
Synonyms: delightfull
voiceless (adj): Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
roper (noun): Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
ovary (noun): A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Synonyms: ovarium
ovary (noun): The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Synonyms: ovarium
bennet (noun): The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet.
lofty (adj): high, tall, having great height or stature
Synonyms: honorable; noble
Antonyms: antonym(s) of; ignoble; mean
lofty (adj): idealistic, implying over-optimism
Synonyms: honorable; noble
Antonyms: antonym(s) of; ignoble; mean
Example: a lofty goal
lofty (adj): extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
Synonyms: honorable; noble
Antonyms: antonym(s) of; ignoble; mean
kosher (adj): Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
Antonyms: treyf
kosher (adj): In accordance with standards or usual practice.
Antonyms: treyf
kosher (verb): To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.
ecliptic (noun): The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
Synonyms: ecliptick
ecliptic (noun): The plane in which this great circle lies.
Synonyms: ecliptick
ecliptic (noun): A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
Synonyms: ecliptick
ecliptic (adj): Relating to an eclipse or the ecliptic.
Synonyms: ecliptick
fen (noun): A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
fen (noun): A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.
fen (noun): a plural of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
fen (intj): Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.
bower (noun): A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
Synonyms: boudoir; bowre
bower (noun): A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
Synonyms: boudoir; bowre
bower (noun): A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
Synonyms: boudoir; bowre
quirky (adj): Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute.
Example: She has a quirky laugh.
bailiff (noun): An officer of the court A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
Synonyms: bailly; bailie; warrant officer; consul; high bailiff
Hypernyms: district court bailiff; private bailiff; ground bailiff; farm bailiff; provincial bailiff
bailiff (noun): An officer of the court A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
Synonyms: bailly; bailie; warrant officer; consul; high bailiff
Hypernyms: district court bailiff; private bailiff; ground bailiff; farm bailiff; provincial bailiff
bailiff (noun): An officer of the court A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
Synonyms: bailly; bailie; warrant officer; consul; high bailiff
Hypernyms: district court bailiff; private bailiff; ground bailiff; farm bailiff; provincial bailiff
addictive (adj): Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Synonyms: habit-forming; moreish
Antonyms: nonaddictive
Example: These are addictive drugs.
addictive (adj): Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
Synonyms: habit-forming; moreish
Antonyms: nonaddictive
addictive (adj): Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Synonyms: habit-forming; moreish
Antonyms: nonaddictive
Example: He has an addictive personality.
comical (adj): Originally, relating to comedy.
Synonyms: comedic; comic
Example: It was a comical performance.
comical (adj): Funny, whimsically amusing.
Synonyms: comedic; comic
comical (adj): Laughable; ridiculous.
Synonyms: comedic; comic
naturalization (noun): The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
Synonyms: naturalisation
Antonyms: denaturalization
naturalization (noun): The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
Synonyms: naturalisation
Antonyms: denaturalization
naturalization (noun): The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.
Synonyms: naturalisation
Antonyms: denaturalization
secluded (adj): Hidden, isolated, remote.
Synonyms: isolated; off the grid
intensify (verb): To render more intense
Synonyms: intensen
Example: to intensify the heat or cold
intensify (verb): To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
Synonyms: intensen
conner (noun): The bergall or cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus).
inhibitory (adj): That inhibits.
Synonyms: inhibitive
Antonyms: excitatory
inhibitory (adj): Of, or relating to an inhibitor.
Synonyms: inhibitive
Antonyms: excitatory
chop (noun): A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
Synonyms: axe; pink slip; sack
Example: I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
chop (noun): A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
Synonyms: axe; pink slip; sack
chop (noun): A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
Synonyms: axe; pink slip; sack
Example: A karate chop.
chop (verb): To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
Example: chop wood; chop an onion
chop (verb): To sever with an axe or similar implement.
Example: Chop off his head.
chop (verb): to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
chop (noun): A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
Synonyms: chap
chop (noun): The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
Synonyms: chap
Example: East Chop
grind (verb): To shape with the force of friction.
Example: grind a lens; grind an axe
grind (noun): The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
grind (noun): A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
Example: This bag contains espresso grind.
grind (noun): A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Synonyms: grindadráp
degeneration (noun): The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
Synonyms: deterioration; nerf; degeneracy; debasement; decline
degeneration (noun): That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
Synonyms: deterioration; nerf; degeneracy; debasement; decline
Example: fatty degeneration of the liver
degeneration (noun): Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
Synonyms: deterioration; nerf; degeneracy; debasement; decline
tumultuous (adj): Characterized by loud, confused noise.
Antonyms: untumultuous; quiet; calm
tumultuous (adj): Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
Antonyms: untumultuous; quiet; calm
clough (noun): A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
Synonyms: cleuch; cleugh
Example: The day-sky glimmered on the dew[…]
clough (noun): A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
Synonyms: cleuch; cleugh
clough (noun): The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
Synonyms: cleuch; cleugh
clough (noun): Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”)
xxx (noun): An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs).
lute (noun): A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
Example: Coordinate term: guitar
lute (noun): Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
lute (noun): A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
lute (noun): A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
calypso (noun): A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.
calypso (noun): A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
expressionism (noun): A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
tinker (noun): An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
Synonyms: rascal; scoundrel; traveller; rapscallion; rogue
tinker (noun): A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups. A gypsy.
Synonyms: rascal; scoundrel; traveller; rapscallion; rogue
tinker (noun): A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
Synonyms: rascal; scoundrel; traveller; rapscallion; rogue
tinker (verb): To work as a tinker.
Synonyms: fudge; fiddle; hack
tinker (verb): To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
Synonyms: fudge; fiddle; hack
nang (noun): A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.
nang (adj): excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
Synonyms: splendid; fabulous
Example: That was well nang!
haze (noun): Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
Synonyms: hase
haze (noun): A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
Synonyms: hase
haze (noun): An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
Synonyms: hase
haze (verb): To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
Synonyms: hase
haze (verb): To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.
Synonyms: hase
haze (verb): To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
Synonyms: hase
haze (verb): In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
Synonyms: hase
wig (noun): A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
Synonyms: toupee; periwig; hairpiece; toupe; peruke
wig (noun): A bigwig
Synonyms: toupee; periwig; hairpiece; toupe; peruke
wig (noun): An old seal.
Synonyms: toupee; periwig; hairpiece; toupe; peruke
wig (verb): To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
wig (verb): To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.
mackintosh (noun): A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
Synonyms: Mackintosh; macintosh; mack; raincoat; Macintosh
mackintosh (noun): Any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Synonyms: Mackintosh; macintosh; mack; raincoat; Macintosh
mackintosh (noun): Waterproof rubberized cloth.
Synonyms: Mackintosh; macintosh; mack; raincoat; Macintosh
craftsmanship (noun): The quality of being a craftsman.
Synonyms: workmanship; craftmanship; craftwork; artisanship
craftsmanship (noun): An example of a craftsman's work.
Synonyms: workmanship; craftmanship; craftwork; artisanship
benthic (adj): Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
stag (noun): An adult male deer, especially a red deer.
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
stag (noun): A young horse (colt or filly).
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
stag (noun): A romping girl; a tomboy.
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
stag (verb): To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
stag (verb): To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
stag (adv): Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
Synonyms: stagge; stagg; staig; steg
kingfisher (noun): Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
Synonyms: king's fisher
kingfisher (noun): Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Synonyms: king's fisher
agha (noun): An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
Synonyms: aga; äga
calculator (noun): A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
Synonyms: person who performs mathematical calculations; tables; ready reckoner; scorer; plotter
calculator (noun): A person who performs mathematical calculation.
Synonyms: person who performs mathematical calculations; tables; ready reckoner; scorer; plotter
calculator (noun): A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
Synonyms: person who performs mathematical calculations; tables; ready reckoner; scorer; plotter
philologist (noun): A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
Synonyms: philologer; philologist; philologian
Hypernyms: humanities scholar; person
philologist (noun): A person devoted to general learning and literature.
Synonyms: philologer; philologist; philologian
Hypernyms: humanities scholar; person
philologist (noun): A person devoted to classical scholarship.
Synonyms: philologer; philologist; philologian
Hypernyms: humanities scholar; person
sycamore (noun): Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark which flakes off in large irregular masses.
Synonyms: sycomore
sycamore (noun): A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
Synonyms: sycomore
sycamore (noun): A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.
Synonyms: sycomore
nuisance (noun): A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
Synonyms: obstacle; palaver; vexation; offense; nuisance
Antonyms: enjoyment
nuisance (noun): A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
Synonyms: obstacle; palaver; vexation; offense; nuisance
Antonyms: enjoyment
nuisance (noun): Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
Synonyms: obstacle; palaver; vexation; offense; nuisance
Antonyms: enjoyment
Example: a public nuisance
waterman (noun): Someone who distributes or supplies water for a living; a water-carrier.
forceful (adj): Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
Synonyms: forcible; forcefull
Antonyms: gentle
latency (noun): Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
Synonyms: lag; invisibility; delay; hiddenness
latency (noun): Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
Synonyms: lag; invisibility; delay; hiddenness
latency (noun): A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
Synonyms: lag; invisibility; delay; hiddenness
counteract (verb): To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
Synonyms: counteract; counterwork; countervail; remedy
Antonyms: assist; help; sustain; abet; support
counteract (verb): To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.
Synonyms: counteract; counterwork; countervail; remedy
Antonyms: assist; help; sustain; abet; support
spicy (adj): Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
Synonyms: hot; spicey; spicy; pungent; spicy-hot
Antonyms: mild; unspicy; spiceless; bland
Hypernyms: gustable; burning; caustic
Example: He prepared a spicy casserole.
spicy (adj): Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin.
Synonyms: hot; spicey; spicy; pungent; spicy-hot
Antonyms: mild; unspicy; spiceless; bland
Hypernyms: gustable; burning; caustic
spicy (adj): Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
Synonyms: hot; spicey; spicy; pungent; spicy-hot
Antonyms: mild; unspicy; spiceless; bland
Hypernyms: gustable; burning; caustic
animosity (noun): Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Synonyms: enmity; acrimony; hatred; opposition
Antonyms: peace
enigmatic (adj): Pertaining to an enigma.
Synonyms: enigmatick; ænigmatic; ænigmatick
enigmatic (adj): Mysterious.
Synonyms: enigmatick; ænigmatic; ænigmatick
enigmatic (adj): Defying description.
Synonyms: enigmatick; ænigmatic; ænigmatick
unprotected (adj): Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.
Synonyms: improtected
Antonyms: protected
agnostic (adj): Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
agnostic (noun): A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
impromptu (adj): Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
Synonyms: extemporary; extemporaneous; spur-of-the-moment; improviso; improvised
Example: an impromptu speech
impromptu (noun): A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
impromptu (noun): Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
synchronous (adj): Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
chinook (noun): The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
chinook (noun): The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
cunning (adj): Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Example: cunning work
cunning (noun): Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Synonyms: list; art; beguilement; dodge; guile
Antonyms: innocence; bluntness; veracity; naïveté; honesty
Hypernyms: skill
cunning (noun): Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
Synonyms: list; art; beguilement; dodge; guile
Antonyms: innocence; bluntness; veracity; naïveté; honesty
Hypernyms: skill
cunning (noun): The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Synonyms: list; art; beguilement; dodge; guile
Antonyms: innocence; bluntness; veracity; naïveté; honesty
Hypernyms: skill
bleed (verb): To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
Example: If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
bleed (noun): A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
bleed (noun): A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
cloning (noun): The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.
fibrosis (noun): The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.
deflection (noun): The act of deflecting or something deflected.
Synonyms: deflexion
deflection (noun): The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
Synonyms: deflexion
deflection (noun): Refusing to address (questions, criticism, etc.).
Synonyms: deflexion
sickle (noun): An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
Synonyms: reaping hook; reap hook
sickle (noun): Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
Synonyms: reaping hook; reap hook
sickle (verb): To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
sickle (adj): Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
Example: a sickle moon
gino (noun): A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
stare (verb): To look fixedly (at something).
Synonyms: stare; gloar; glom; gaw
Hypernyms: look
stare (verb): To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
Synonyms: stare; gloar; glom; gaw
Hypernyms: look
Example: to stare a timid person into submission
stare (verb): To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
Synonyms: stare; gloar; glom; gaw
Hypernyms: look
Example: staring windows or colours
stare (noun): A persistent gaze.
Example: the stares of astonished passers-by
liquidity (noun): The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
Antonyms: illiquidity
liquidity (noun): The state or property of being liquid.
Antonyms: illiquidity
liquidity (noun): An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
Antonyms: illiquidity
atelier (noun): A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.
lesion (noun): An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.
Synonyms: læsion
lesion (noun): Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid.
Synonyms: læsion
lesion (verb): To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
Synonyms: læsion
blackwater (noun): Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
Synonyms: foul water; black water; sewage; brown water
blackwater (noun): Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Synonyms: foul water; black water; sewage; brown water
blackwater (noun): Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Synonyms: foul water; black water; sewage; brown water
intuition (noun): Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
Synonyms: intuïtion
intuition (noun): A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Synonyms: intuïtion
dewan (noun): A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.
Synonyms: duan; dewaun; diwan
clientele (noun): The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
Synonyms: clientèle
sanctum (noun): A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
cutoff (noun): The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
Synonyms: cut-off; cut off
cutoff (noun): The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
Synonyms: cut-off; cut off
cutoff (noun): A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
Synonyms: cut-off; cut off
cutoff (adj): Constituting a limit or ending.
Synonyms: cut-off; cut off
cutoff (adj): Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Synonyms: cut-off; cut off
neonatal (adj): Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.
Synonyms: neo-natal
kindred (noun): Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
Synonyms: brethren; kinship; kinred
kindred (noun): People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
Synonyms: brethren; kinship; kinred
kindred (noun): A grouping of relatives.
Synonyms: brethren; kinship; kinred
kindred (adj): Of the same nature, or of similar character.
Synonyms: kinred
kindred (adj): Connected, related, cognate, akin.
Synonyms: kinred
Example: kindred tongues
synaptic (adj): Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.
synaptic (adj): Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
lobbyist (noun): A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
spam (noun): Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
Example: I get far too much spam.
spam (noun): Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
spam (noun): Excessive, often unwanted and repeated online messages.
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
spam (verb): To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
spam (verb): To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
spam (verb): To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.
Synonyms: SPAM; Spam
reconsider (verb): To consider a matter again.
Synonyms: re-consider; think over; second-guess
reconsider (verb): To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again
Synonyms: re-consider; think over; second-guess
conformation (noun): The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Synonyms: conformance
conformation (noun): Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.
Synonyms: conformance
watercolour (noun): A water-soluble pigment.
Synonyms: watercolor
watercolour (noun): A painting made by using such pigment.
Synonyms: watercolor
watercolour (noun): This kind of painting as a genre.
Synonyms: watercolor
watercolour (adj): Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.
Synonyms: watercolor
gypsum (noun): A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
Synonyms: plaster-stone; gypse
Hypernyms: sulphate; mineral; calcium sulphate
determinant (noun): A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.
mortuary (noun): A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
mortuary (noun): A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
worldly (adj): Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
abode (noun): Act of waiting; delay.
Synonyms: home; quarters; residence; dwelling; domicile
abode (noun): Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
Synonyms: home; quarters; residence; dwelling; domicile
abode (noun): A residence, dwelling or habitation.
Synonyms: home; quarters; residence; dwelling; domicile
Example: of no fixed abode
abode (verb): simple past and past participle of abide
Synonyms: abood; aboad
abode (noun): An omen; a foretelling.
Synonyms: home; quarters; residence; dwelling; domicile
abode (verb): To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
Synonyms: abood; aboad
abode (verb): To be ominous.
Synonyms: abood; aboad
stardust (noun): Small fragments of dust-like material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
Example: We are all made of stardust.
stardust (noun): A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.
stardust (noun): Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust.
searchlight (noun): A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.
Hypernyms: light
disintegration (noun): The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
patrician (noun): A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
Synonyms: patritian
patrician (noun): A person of high birth; a nobleman.
Synonyms: patritian
patrician (noun): One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
Synonyms: patritian
patrician (adj): Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
Synonyms: patritian
patrician (adj): Of, or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
Synonyms: patritian
patrician (adj): Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
Synonyms: patritian
kiwi (noun): A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
Synonyms: kiwi fruit; apteryx; Chinese gooseberry
kiwi (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
Synonyms: kiwi fruit; apteryx; Chinese gooseberry
kiwi (noun): A New Zealand dollar.
Synonyms: kiwi fruit; apteryx; Chinese gooseberry
sari (noun): The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.
Synonyms: saree; shari
loaf (noun): A block of bread after baking.
Synonyms: bonce; nut; noddle
loaf (noun): Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
Synonyms: bonce; nut; noddle
loaf (noun): The brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
Synonyms: bonce; nut; noddle
loaf (verb): To assume or be in catloaf position (for cats or other animals)
loaf (verb): To do nothing, to be idle.
Synonyms: laze; idle; lounge
Example: loaf about, loaf around
turntable (noun): A circular rotating platform. The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player.
turntable (noun): A circular rotating platform. A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks.
turntable (verb): To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable.
turntable (verb): To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratch
ironclad (adj): Covered with iron, steel, or some metal; armor-plated.
ironclad (adj): Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.
ironclad (adj): Rigorous; severe; exacting.
Example: an ironclad oath or pledge
ironclad (noun): An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.
brant (noun): Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
brant (adj): smooth; unwrinkled
Synonyms: brent
Example: Your bonnie brow was brent.
aesthetically (adv): In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
Synonyms: esthetically; æsthetically
flamboyant (adj): Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
Synonyms: Flamboyant
flamboyant (adj): Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Synonyms: Flamboyant
flamboyant (adj): Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Synonyms: Flamboyant
flamboyant (noun): The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
Synonyms: Flamboyant
inertia (noun): The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
Synonyms: sloth; slothfulness; idleness; laziness
inertia (noun): In a person, unwillingness to take action.
Synonyms: sloth; slothfulness; idleness; laziness
inertia (noun): Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Synonyms: sloth; slothfulness; idleness; laziness
endogenous (adj): Produced, originating or growing from within.
Synonyms: autogenous; native
Antonyms: exogenous
endogenous (adj): Of a natural process: caused by factors within the body.
Synonyms: autogenous; native
Antonyms: exogenous
foyer (noun): A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
foyer (noun): The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
flaw (noun): A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
Example: There is a flaw in that knife.
flaw (verb): To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
flaw (noun): A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
Synonyms: flawe
pandora (noun): Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
Synonyms: porgy
homophobia (noun): Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.
Synonyms: gaycism; gay-hate; gayphobia; homophobism; heterosexism
Antonyms: homomania
homophobia (noun): Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals. Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against LGBTQ+ people in general.
Synonyms: gaycism; gay-hate; gayphobia; homophobism; heterosexism
Antonyms: homomania
homophobia (noun): A pathological fear of mankind.
Synonyms: anthropophobia
abbess (noun): A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
Synonyms: lady abbess; madam; abbotess; abbatess; bawd
abbess (noun): A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
Synonyms: lady abbess; madam; abbotess; abbatess; bawd
hurry (noun): Rushed action.
Example: Why are you in such a big hurry?
hurry (noun): Urgency.
Example: There is no hurry on that paperwork.
hurry (noun): an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
hurry (verb): To do things quickly.
Example: He's hurrying because he's late.
polygamy (noun): The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
Antonyms: monogamy
polygamy (noun): Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
Antonyms: monogamy
polygamy (noun): The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
Antonyms: monogamy
circulate (verb): to move in circles or through a circuit
Synonyms: put about; disseminate; spread
circulate (verb): to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
Synonyms: put about; disseminate; spread
circulate (verb): to move from person to person, as at a party
Synonyms: put about; disseminate; spread
shingle (noun): A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
Synonyms: shindle
shingle (noun): A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
Synonyms: shindle
shingle (noun): A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
Synonyms: shindle
Example: He [...] hung a shingle as a barber.
shingle (verb): To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
Synonyms: shindle
shingle (verb): To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
Synonyms: shindle
shingle (verb): To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
Synonyms: shindle
shingle (verb): To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
shingle (noun): Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
Example: And naked shingles of the world.
infidelity (noun): Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
Synonyms: Synonyms: adultery; faithlessness; cuckoldry; betrayal
Antonyms: loyalty; faithfulness; fidelity
infidelity (noun): Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
Synonyms: Synonyms: adultery; faithlessness; cuckoldry; betrayal
Antonyms: loyalty; faithfulness; fidelity
infidelity (noun): Lack of religious belief.
Synonyms: Synonyms: adultery; faithlessness; cuckoldry; betrayal
Antonyms: loyalty; faithfulness; fidelity
hybridization (noun): The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. The linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.
Synonyms: hybridisation
hybridization (noun): The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
Synonyms: hybridisation
hybridization (noun): The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. The formation of double-stranded nucleic acid by complementary base-pairing
Synonyms: hybridisation
cybersecurity (noun): Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.
Synonyms: cyber
chiral (adj): that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.
silvery (adj): Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
Synonyms: silvern
silvery (adj): Sprinkled or covered with silver.
Synonyms: silvern
silvery (adj): Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
Synonyms: silvern
Example: a silvery laugh
raspberry (noun): The plant Rubus idaeus.
Synonyms: raspis; hindberry
Hypernyms: berry
raspberry (noun): Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.
Synonyms: raspis; hindberry
Hypernyms: berry
raspberry (noun): The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
Synonyms: raspis; hindberry
Hypernyms: berry
raspberry (noun): A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.
sludge (noun): Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
Synonyms: ooze; mud; mire; slush
sludge (noun): A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
Synonyms: ooze; mud; mire; slush
sludge (noun): A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
Synonyms: ooze; mud; mire; slush
shaman (noun): A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.
huff (noun): One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
huff (verb): To breathe heavily.
Example: The run left him huffing and puffing.
huff (verb): To enlarge; to swell up.
Example: Bread huffs.
dielectric (noun): An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
Synonyms: insulator
detonation (noun): An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
Antonyms: deflagration
Hypernyms: decomposition; combustion
Example: the detonation of gun cotton
detonation (noun): An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
Antonyms: deflagration
Hypernyms: decomposition; combustion
Example: a nuclear detonation
detonation (noun): Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.
Antonyms: deflagration
Hypernyms: decomposition; combustion
multipurpose (adj): Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses.
encroachment (noun): An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
Synonyms: incroachment
encroachment (noun): An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
Synonyms: incroachment
encroachment (noun): That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
Synonyms: incroachment
overtly (adv): In an overt manner; publicly; openly.
Antonyms: covertly; in secret
tori (noun): A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).
ee (intj): Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
Example: Eee, so commercial some might say.
metamorphosis (noun): A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
indistinguishable (adj): Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
Antonyms: invisible; distinguishable; indistinct; ill-defined; undetectable
indistinguishable (adj): Not capable of being perceived or known.
Antonyms: invisible; distinguishable; indistinct; ill-defined; undetectable
tyrosine (noun): A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein
Synonyms: Tyr
redundancy (noun): The state of being redundant
Synonyms: backup; superfluousness; superfluity; redundance; dead wood
Antonyms: hiring; non-redundancy; employment
redundancy (noun): A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language
Synonyms: backup; superfluousness; superfluity; redundance; dead wood
Antonyms: hiring; non-redundancy; employment
redundancy (noun): Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
Synonyms: backup; superfluousness; superfluity; redundance; dead wood
Antonyms: hiring; non-redundancy; employment
dragonfly (noun): An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
Synonyms: horse-stinger; adderbolt; skeeter hawk; battimamselle; ear sewer
Hypernyms: odonate; sewing needle
blond (adj): Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
Synonyms: auricomous; fair-haired; platinum; blonde; flaxen
Example: blond hair
blond (adj): Having blond hair.
Synonyms: auricomous; fair-haired; platinum; blonde; flaxen
blond (adj): Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)
Synonyms: auricomous; fair-haired; platinum; blonde; flaxen
blond (noun): A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
Synonyms: tow-haired; Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired); fairheaded; blonde; and towhead(ed)
Example: blond:
blond (noun): A person with this hair color.
Synonyms: tow-haired; Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired); fairheaded; blonde; and towhead(ed)
retroactively (adv): Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
biscuit (noun): A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
biscuit (noun): A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
gsm (noun): Initialism of grams per square metre (unit for measuring the weight of paper)
destitute (adj): Lacking money: poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
dread (noun): Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
shellfish (noun): A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Hypernyms: seafood
shellfish (noun): A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
Hypernyms: seafood
uniformity (noun): The state of being uniform, alike and lacking variety.
Synonyms: conformity; uniformity; uniformness; regularity; homogeneousness
Antonyms: nonuniformity; variety
Example: The uniformity of the decor
uniformity (noun): The absence of alternatives or diversity; sameness.
Synonyms: conformity; uniformity; uniformness; regularity; homogeneousness
Antonyms: nonuniformity; variety
uniformity (noun): A collection of identical things
Synonyms: conformity; uniformity; uniformness; regularity; homogeneousness
Antonyms: nonuniformity; variety
Example: A uniformity is a kind of plurality
cyborg (noun): A being which is part machine and part organic.
Synonyms: cybernetic organism; bion; cyberman
cyborg (noun): A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.
Synonyms: cybernetic organism; bion; cyberman
skinny (adj): Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
skinny (adj): Having reduced fat or calories.
Example: ...into the skinny chocolate milk?
skinny (adj): Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
skinny (noun): The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
bookseller (noun): A person engaged in the business of selling books.
Synonyms: bookman; bibliopolist; bibliopole
bookseller (noun): A business that sells books.
Synonyms: bookman; bibliopolist; bibliopole
fruitful (adj): Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
Synonyms: fruitious; fruitfull
fruitful (adj): Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
Synonyms: fruitious; fruitfull
pugh (intj): Alternative form of pooh: an expression of contempt, disgust, etc.
Synonyms: uck; pht; pshaw; bleah; feh
hamza (noun): A sign (ء (ʔ) - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif - ا), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw - و (w)) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ - ى). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".
hydrology (noun): The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere
hydrology (noun): The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.
embezzlement (noun): The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
Synonyms: misappropriation
portmanteau (noun): A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
portmanteau (adj): Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
rein (noun): A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.