leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
knez (noun): A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
Synonyms: kniaz; knyaz
knez (noun): A leader of the Vlach (or Romanian) communities in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
Synonyms: kniaz; knyaz
myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
Synonyms: mynah; mina; mino
farmyard (noun): The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
Synonyms: barnyard; farm-yard
Hypernyms: farmland
chacha (noun): A type of cylindrical metal rattle, derived from an instrument in the Haitian musical tradition, and used to play rhythm in certain Cuban genres (and in other nearby countries).
casbah (noun): The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
Synonyms: cusbah; qasbah; kasbah
casbah (noun): The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
Synonyms: cusbah; qasbah; kasbah
casbah (noun): A person's house or flat/apartment.
Synonyms: cusbah; qasbah; kasbah
unitarianism (noun): The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.
quod (noun): A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.
Synonyms: quad
inoculum (noun): The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
bitterroot (noun): Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
Synonyms: Oregon bitterroot; bitter root; bitter-root
bitterroot (noun): Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane).
Synonyms: Oregon bitterroot; bitter root; bitter-root
bitterroot (noun): Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)
Synonyms: Oregon bitterroot; bitter root; bitter-root
bitterroot (adj): Having bitter roots.
Synonyms: bitter root; bitter-root
epicurean (adj): Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
Synonyms: hedonistic
epicurean (adj): Devoted to luxurious living.
Synonyms: hedonistic
epicurean (noun): One who is devoted to pleasure.
Synonyms: hedonist; glutton
trisomy (noun): The presence of three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome of an organism.
revivalism (noun): Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
Example: Art Deco revivalism
biomechanical (adj): Of or pertaining to biomechanics
Synonyms: bio-mechanical; biomechanic
adit (noun): A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
katsu (intj): A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
ponytail (noun): A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
Synonyms: pony-tail; pony tail
ponytail (verb): To form (the hair) into a ponytail.
Synonyms: pony-tail; pony tail
buka (noun): The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
buka (noun): A kangaroo-skin cloak traditionally worn by the Noongar people of southwestern Australia.
Synonyms: boka
buka (noun): an inexpensive, quick, road-side restaurant serving Nigerian food
Synonyms: bukka
burro (noun): A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.
clitic (noun): A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).
kadi (noun): Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.
millimetre (noun): An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm
Synonyms: millimètre; millimeter
autonym (noun): A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
qawwali (noun): A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.
chipper (adj): Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
chipper (noun): Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood). A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
Synonyms: greasy spoon; hole in the wall; chippy
chipper (noun): Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood). A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
Synonyms: greasy spoon; hole in the wall; chippy
chipper (noun): Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
Synonyms: greasy spoon; hole in the wall; chippy
demigod (noun): A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Synonyms: hero; idol; demi-god; icon; half-god
demigod (noun): Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
Synonyms: hero; idol; demi-god; icon; half-god
emanation (noun): The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
emanation (noun): That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
Example: Perfume is an emanation from a flower.
lic (noun): Abbreviation of license/licence.
Synonyms: lic.
hapkido (noun): An eclectic Korean martial art founded by Choi Young-sul, a student of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.
sigil (noun): A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
intentionality (noun): The quality of being intentional.
Antonyms: unintentionality
intentionality (noun): The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word.
Antonyms: unintentionality
flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
Synonyms: fly; fla; fleg; flee; flea
flay (verb): To frighten; scare; terrify.
Synonyms: fly; fla; fleg; flee; flea
flay (verb): To be fear-stricken.
Synonyms: fly; fla; fleg; flee; flea
flay (noun): A fright; a scare.
Synonyms: fly; fla; fleg; flee; flea
flay (noun): Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
Synonyms: fly; fla; fleg; flee; flea
flay (verb): To strip the skin off; to skin.
Synonyms: skin; fleece; flense
flay (verb): To lash or whip.
Synonyms: skin; fleece; flense
epiphyte (noun): A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.
Hypernyms: epibiont
epiphyte (noun): A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus); the science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.
Hypernyms: epibiont
ksar (noun): a granary, or village containing a granary, in the Maghreb (Berber countries).
homogenization (noun): The act of making something homogenous, or the same throughout; or the tendency of something to become homogenous.
Synonyms: homogenisation
homogenization (noun): Intensive mixing of mutually insoluble substances or groups of substances to obtain a soluble suspension or emulsion.
Synonyms: homogenisation
arethusa (noun): A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
Synonyms: bog orchid
pestle (noun): A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
pestle (noun): A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
pestle (noun): The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
Example: a pestle of pork
pestle (verb): To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.
butane (noun): A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀ n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
Synonyms: E943a
butane (noun): The n-butane isomer only.
Synonyms: E943a
gutsy (adj): Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
grindstone (noun): An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.
overburden (verb): To overload or overtax.
Synonyms: overburthen
overburden (noun): The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
Synonyms: overburthen
overburden (noun): A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
Synonyms: overburthen
principate (noun): The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period.
Synonyms: principality; primacy; princedom
principate (noun): The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being principal; preeminence.
Synonyms: principality; primacy; princedom
principate (noun): A state ruled by a prince; a principality.
Synonyms: principality; primacy; princedom
metformin (noun): A biguanide derivative, C₄H₁₁N₅, used, now chiefly as the hydrochloride, as an oral hypoglycemic agent in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus; 1,1-dimethylbiguanide.
tenno (noun): The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.
Synonyms: mikado; Tennou; God Emperor; Tenno
capsize (verb): To overturn.
Synonyms: keel over; turn turtle; capsise
capsize (verb): To cause (a ship) to overturn.
Synonyms: keel over; turn turtle; capsise
capsize (verb): To deform under stress.
Synonyms: keel over; turn turtle; capsise
capsize (noun): The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning.
Synonyms: capsise
freehand (verb): To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.
multilingualism (noun): the condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages
Synonyms: multilinguality
Antonyms: monolingualism; unilingualism
commodification (noun): The assignment of a commercial value to something previously valueless.
Synonyms: commercialization; commoditization
fava (noun): A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself.
Example: Add the favas and cook for 1 minute.
revulsion (noun): Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
revulsion (noun): The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
gerbil (noun): A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Synonyms: jerbil; gerbille; gerble
gerbil (verb): To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
Synonyms: jerbil; gerbille; gerble
gerbil (verb): To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
Synonyms: jerbil; gerbille; gerble
proteolysis (noun): The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids, especially as part of the digestion of food.
retiree (noun): Someone who has retired from active working.
Synonyms: pensioner; retirer
Example: He has been a retiree since 2001.
disorganization (noun): The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
Synonyms: disorganisation
disorganization (noun): The state of being disorganized
Synonyms: disorganisation
spironolactone (noun): A steroid drug which acts as an antimineralocorticoid (for which purpose it is used in the treatment of certain types of edema and hypertension) and an antiandrogen (for which purpose it is used as part of some types of hormone therapy, especially for transgender women).
ocelot (noun): An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
Synonyms: chati
misread (verb): To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
downstate (noun): The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downstate (noun): A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.
retard (verb): To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
Synonyms: decelerate; postpone; hinder; stay back; slow up
Antonyms: speed up; speed; come forward; accelerate
Example: retard the march of an army
retard (verb): To put off; to postpone.
Synonyms: decelerate; postpone; hinder; stay back; slow up
Antonyms: speed up; speed; come forward; accelerate
Example: to retard the attacks of old age
retard (verb): To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
Synonyms: decelerate; postpone; hinder; stay back; slow up
Antonyms: speed up; speed; come forward; accelerate
defibrillator (noun): An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.
sweatshirt (noun): A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.
Synonyms: sweat shirt
sweatshirt (noun): A shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat.
Synonyms: sweat shirt
broach (noun): A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
broach (verb): To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
broach (verb): To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
broach (verb): To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
glazier (noun): One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
terroir (noun): The complete set of local conditions in which a particular wine or family of wines is produced, including soil type, weather conditions, topography and wine-making savoir-faire.
Synonyms: somewhereness
pail (noun): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
appetizer (noun): A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
Synonyms: appetiser
appetizer (noun): Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
Synonyms: appetiser
busk (verb): To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
busk (noun): A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
backtracking (noun): The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
backtracking (noun): The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
backtracking (noun): The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
Example: backtracking algorithm
allosaurus (noun): A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.
geocentric (adj): Having the Earth at the center.
Synonyms: geocentrick
Example: a geocentric coordinate system
geocentric (adj): Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.
Synonyms: geocentrick
spanner (noun): A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts; a wrench.
Synonyms: wrench
spanner (noun): One who, or that which, spans.
Synonyms: wrench
spanner (noun): A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
Synonyms: wrench
carbene (noun): Any short-lived, reactive species R₂C:, especially the parent compound CH₂: (also called methylene).
piecewise (adv): In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.
creatine (noun): An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.
Synonyms: Cr
kingmaker (noun): A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.
mastaba (noun): A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.
Synonyms: mastabah
mastaba (noun): A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.
Synonyms: mastabah
holdover (noun): The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
debar (verb): To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
chateaubriand (noun): A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
Synonyms: châteaubriand
gangway (noun): A passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings.
gangway (noun): An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
gangway (verb): To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
unaffordable (adj): Too expensive to be afforded.
Antonyms: affordable
trine (adj): Triple; threefold.
Synonyms: treble; tern; triple
trine (adj): Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
Synonyms: treble; tern; triple
trine (noun): A group of three things.
Synonyms: triad; trio; threesome
trine (noun): An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
Synonyms: triad; trio; threesome
antisymmetric (adj): Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
Synonyms: skew-symmetric
antisymmetric (adj): Whose sign changes on the application of a matrix transpose or some generalisation thereof: Whose transpose equals its negative (i.e., Mᵀ = −M);
Synonyms: skew-symmetric
antisymmetric (adj): Whose sign changes on the application of a matrix transpose or some generalisation thereof: That changes sign when any two indices are interchanged (e.g., Tᵢⱼₖ = -Tⱼᵢₖ);
Synonyms: skew-symmetric
relent (verb): To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
shama (noun): Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.
psychoanalytical (adj): Of or pertaining to psychoanalysis.
Synonyms: psychoanalytic
perk (noun): A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.
Synonyms: perq
perk (verb): To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
Example: I’ll perk some coffee.
perk (verb): Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
Example: The coffee is perking.
perk (verb): To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
perk (verb): To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
neocortex (noun): The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.
Hypernyms: cerebral cortex
goli (noun): A traditional dance and masquerade of the Baoulé people of the Ivory Coast.
frankincense (noun): A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
Synonyms: olibanum
blackfish (noun): The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
blackfish (noun): Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
blackfish (noun): A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
blackfish (verb): To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
ubiquitination (noun): The modification of a protein by the covalent attachment of one or more ubiquitin molecules
Synonyms: ubiquitinylation
lusty (adj): Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
Synonyms: lustie
lusty (adj): Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
Synonyms: lustie
lusty (adj): Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
Synonyms: lustie
catheterization (noun): The procedure of introducing a catheter.
Synonyms: catheterisation
electroplating (noun): A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.
splatter (noun): A genre of gory horror.
Example: splatter film; splatter movie
splatter (noun): Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.
splatter (verb): To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
splatter (verb): To cause (something) to splatter.
Example: He splattered paint onto the wall.
oncogene (noun): Any gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell when mutated or expressed at high levels.
planer (noun): A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
Synonyms: plane; thickness planer
planer (noun): A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
Synonyms: plane; thickness planer
planer (noun): A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
Synonyms: plane; thickness planer
thiol (noun): A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical.
Synonyms: mercaptan
scutellum (noun): Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
scutellum (noun): Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum.
scutellum (noun): Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds.
teh (article): Deliberate misspelling of the, for humorous, sarcastic, or facetious effect.
Example: This is teh game for your new box!
subreddit (noun): Any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.
Synonyms: sub-reddit; sub-Reddit; subReddit
ded (noun): A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).
bodkin (noun): A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
Synonyms: bodikin; botkin; boidken; bodkine
bodkin (noun): A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
Synonyms: bodikin; botkin; boidken; bodkine
bodkin (noun): A hairpin.
Synonyms: bodikin; botkin; boidken; bodkine
bodkin (adv): Closely wedged between two people.
Synonyms: bodikin; botkin; boidken; bodkine
Example: to sit bodkin
phrenology (noun): The science or now discredited pseudo-science, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
Synonyms: cranioscopy
toolbar (noun): A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
Synonyms: tool bar
retrenchment (noun): A curtailment or reduction. An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
retrenchment (noun): A curtailment or reduction. An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
retrenchment (noun): A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.
retrenchment (noun): The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
eerily (adv): In an eerie manner.
Synonyms: strangely; uncannily; ominously
menudo (noun): A traditional stew from the Philippines, made with sliced pork and calf's liver in tomato sauce.
mex (noun): The mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from the whole set that does not belong to the subset.
shh (intj): Requesting silence.
Synonyms: hush; shush; sh; shhh; ssh
shh (noun): An utterance of shh.
Synonyms: sh; ssh; shhh
shh (verb): To utter shh.
Synonyms: sh; ssh; shhh
Example: ‘No!’ Matt shhes.
shh (noun): Alternative form of SHH (“sonic hedgehog”); Abbreviation of sonic hedgehog.
Synonyms: SHH; Shh
legato (adv): Smoothly, in a connected manner.
Example: Play this passage legato, not portato.
daad (noun): The letter ض in the Arabic script.
Synonyms: dad; zad
imitator (noun): A person who imitates or apes another.
Synonyms: imitatour
kingfish (noun): Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers.
kingfish (noun): Other Atlantic fish opah (Lampris guttatus), of the United Kingdom
kingfish (noun): Other Atlantic fish white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), of the United Kingdom
sapa (noun): A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.
sourdough (noun): A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
Synonyms: sour dough
sourdough (noun): An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
Synonyms: sour dough
sourdough (noun): A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
Synonyms: sour dough
lectotype (noun): A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
unrivaled (adj): beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.
Synonyms: unrivalled
scrubber (noun): A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
seahawk (noun): A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius.
Synonyms: jäger; jager; jaeger; skua
seahawk (noun): An osprey, Pandion haliaetus.
Synonyms: jäger; jager; jaeger; skua
ischium (noun): The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
switchback (noun): A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
switchback (noun): A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (British, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.
switchback (noun): A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
horsey (noun): Alternative spelling of horsy.
Synonyms: gee-gee
softcover (adj): Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback.
Synonyms: sc; softcovered; paperbound
tanto (noun): A knife blade shape/style comprising well-differentiated front and longitudinal edges, somewhat reminiscent of a chisel but with an angled front allowing for an acute-angle point.
Synonyms: tantō
mln (noun): Abbreviation of million.
Synonyms: mn; mln.; mn.
centripetal (adj): Directed or moving towards a centre.
Antonyms: centrifugal
centripetal (adj): Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
Antonyms: centrifugal
centripetal (adj): Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Antonyms: centrifugal
moron (noun): A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
joyride (noun): A ride in a vehicle taken for enjoyment.
Synonyms: joy ride
joyride (noun): An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.
Synonyms: joy ride
projectionist (noun): A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.
intercooler (noun): A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.
Hypernyms: heat exchanger
streetwise (adj): Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.
Synonyms: street-smart; street-wise
streetwise (adj): Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.
Synonyms: street-smart; street-wise
waddy (noun): A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.
Synonyms: waddie
waddy (noun): A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.
Synonyms: waddie
waddy (verb): To attack or beat with an Aboriginal war club.
Synonyms: waddie
janissary (noun): An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826); (by extension) any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller.
Synonyms: Janissar; janisary; janizary
janissary (noun): An elite, highly loyal supporter.
Synonyms: Janissar; janisary; janizary
intuitionistic (adj): Dealing strictly in constructive proofs, abstaining from proof by contradiction
intranet (noun): A private computer network, typically one that uses the protocols of the Internet.
anesthesiologist (noun): A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.
Synonyms: anaesthetist; anaesthesiologist; as distinct from a anesthesiologist; anesthetist may refer to a nurse anesthetist
preeminence (noun): The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
Synonyms: pre-eminence; preheminence; preëminence
preeminence (noun): High importance; superiority.
Synonyms: pre-eminence; preheminence; preëminence
patently (adv): In a clear and unambiguous manner.
Synonyms: patently absurd; expressly; patently unreasonable; patently offensive; explicitly
flotsam (noun): Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
Synonyms: flotson; floatsome; floatsam
legit (adj): Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid. Not using cheats.
legit (adv): Honestly; truly; seriously.
Example: That legit scared the hell out of me.
gizzard (noun): A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
unfashionable (adj): Not fashionable.
Synonyms: malformed; démodé; cringe; tacky; inelegant
Antonyms: fashionable
unfashionable (adj): That cannot be fashioned; unshapely, distorted.
Synonyms: malformed; démodé; cringe; tacky; inelegant
Antonyms: fashionable
maliciously (adv): in a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons
Synonyms: malitiously
puritanical (adj): Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
Synonyms: Puritanical
puritanical (adj): Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).
Synonyms: Puritanical
puritanical (noun): One who holds puritanical attitudes.
Synonyms: Puritanical
redden (verb): To make red or redder.
Example: God redden your pale blood!
penistone (noun): A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Synonyms: pennistone; peneston; pennystone; peniston
unspoiled (adj): Not spoiled or touched; pure.
Synonyms: unspoilt
bioremediation (noun): The use of biological organisms, usually microorganisms, to remove contaminants, especially from polluted water
ponderous (adj): Heavy, massive, weighty.
Synonyms: heavy; oppressive; serious; massive
ponderous (adj): Serious, onerous, oppressive.
Synonyms: heavy; oppressive; serious; massive
ponderous (adj): Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
Synonyms: heavy; oppressive; serious; massive
acrimony (noun): A sharp and bitter hatred.
Synonyms: opposition; hatred; enmity; animosity; bitterness
Antonyms: peace; friendship
overwrought (adj): Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
Synonyms: distraught; overdecorated; distressed; overwhelmed; ornate
Antonyms: laid-back; plain; bare; collected; uncovered
overwrought (adj): Elaborate; baroque; overdone.
Synonyms: distraught; overdecorated; distressed; overwhelmed; ornate
Antonyms: laid-back; plain; bare; collected; uncovered
reschedule (verb): To reclassify; to change the schedule (division into which something is classified) of.
wordmark (noun): A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique typographic or graphical treatment.
wordmark (noun): A bit in each memory location on some variable-word-length computers (e.g. IBM 1401, IBM 1620) used to mark the end of a word.
enema (noun): An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
Synonyms: clyster
enema (noun): A device for administering such an injection.
Synonyms: clyster
foregone (adj): previous, former
Synonyms: used-to-be; forepassed; former; inevitable; preceding
foregone (adj): bygone
Synonyms: used-to-be; forepassed; former; inevitable; preceding
foregone (adj): inevitable; settled
Synonyms: used-to-be; forepassed; former; inevitable; preceding
hox (verb): To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
Synonyms: hamstring; hough; hock
Hypernyms: disable
reenter (verb): To enter again; return into.
Synonyms: re-enter; re-entre; reentre; reënter
Example: The shuttle reentered the atmosphere.
reenter (verb): To enter again; retype, reinput.
Synonyms: re-enter; re-entre; reentre; reënter
reenter (verb): To cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.
Synonyms: re-enter; re-entre; reentre; reënter
soundsystem (noun): Alternative spelling of sound system (chiefly the Jamaican sense)
preterite (adj): Showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
Synonyms: preterit; præterite; past; foregone; pret.
preterite (adj): Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
Synonyms: preterit; præterite; past; foregone; pret.
preterite (noun): A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.
Synonyms: preterit; pret.; praeterite; præterite
strabismus (noun): A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
Synonyms: cast-eye
luscious (adj): Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
Synonyms: lushious
luscious (adj): Sexually appealing; seductive.
Synonyms: lushious
aphelion (noun): The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.
Hypernyms: apside; apsis; apoapsis
diazepam (noun): A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used chiefly to relieve anxiety.
rainmaker (noun): Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall. A medicine man, shaman, or the like, who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals, as in African or Native American cutlures.
rainmaker (noun): Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall. A person who seeks to induce rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.
videocassette (noun): A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.
Synonyms: video cassette
terahertz (noun): A unit of measurement based on one trillion hertz.
Synonyms: SI abbreviation
terahertz (noun): One trillion hertz, 10¹² Hz.
Synonyms: SI abbreviation
grrrl (noun): Elongated form of grr.
Synonyms: grrl
steerage (noun): The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
supercluster (noun): An extended group of clusters of galaxies
Synonyms: galaxy supercluster; SC; supercluster of galaxies
overage (adj): Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
Antonyms: underage
overage (adj): Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
Antonyms: underage
overage (noun): A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
overage (noun): Any additional sums payable following the purchase of land, calculated on a prearranged basis, on the occurrence of certain specified events that are deemed to increase the value of that land; usually in the context of the development and further sale of that land.
styrofoam (noun): Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
pinhead (noun): The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.)
Synonyms: pin head; pin-head
pinhead (noun): A foolish or stupid person.
Synonyms: pin head; pin-head
pinhead (noun): A telemark skier.
Synonyms: pin head; pin-head
hermeneutic (adj): That explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates.
compositor (noun): One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
Example: I work as an image compositor.
compositor (noun): A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
driveshaft (noun): A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.
Synonyms: cardan shaft; propeller shaft
lumberman (noun): A man involved in the production or sale of lumber; a lumberjack or logger.
clitoral (adj): Of, or relating to the clitoris.
Synonyms: clitoric
Example: a clitoral orgasm
goldfinch (noun): Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
goldfinch (noun): Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family An American goldfinch (Spinus tristis, syn. Carduelis tristis)
goldfinch (noun): Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family A Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei, syn. Carduelis lawrencei)
arr (intj): Used stereotypically in imitation of pirates.
Synonyms: ar
arr (verb): To say “arr” like a pirate.
Synonyms: ya; yep; yarr; ar; yeah
globulin (noun): Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat
Synonyms: globuline
emigre (noun): One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
Synonyms: émigré; emigré
emigre (noun): An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.
Synonyms: émigré; emigré
lor (particle): Used to convey a sense of resignation.
Example: OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.
lor (particle): Asserts that the answer to something is obvious or straightforward.
Example: You lor. ― It's obviously you then.
lor (particle): Used to emphasise one's opinion.
Example: Very dirty lor. ― It's so dirty!
canticle (noun): A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.
antifreeze (noun): A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water;
Synonyms: anti-freeze
antifreeze (noun): Automotive antifreeze, a solution of ethylene glycol, used as an additive to water or replacement for water, in the radiators of motorcars.
Synonyms: anti-freeze
antifreeze (noun): Deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of airplanes, and prevent icing while on the tarmac.
Synonyms: anti-freeze
caterer (noun): A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
Synonyms: steward; cater; manciple; obsonator
caterer (noun): A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
Synonyms: steward; cater; manciple; obsonator
transmissible (adj): Able to be transmitted. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
transmissible (adj): Able to be transmitted. Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
chibi (noun): A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.
gendarme (noun): A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
Synonyms: police officer
gendarme (noun): A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
Synonyms: police officer
freemium (adj): Offering basic services for free while charging a premium for advanced or special features.
freemium (noun): A product that is offered free of charge and supported by sales of a premium version.
Synonyms: freeconomics
freemium (noun): A business model that relies on offering a free version and charging for a premium version.
Synonyms: freeconomics
milken (adj): Consisting of milk.
Synonyms: milky; lacteous; lactescent
milken (adj): Milky; resembling milk.
Synonyms: milky; lacteous; lactescent
mazza (noun): Madness; something that is mad; a crazy situation.
Synonyms: mazzaleen
reactance (noun): The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.
reactance (noun): An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.
autoimmunity (noun): The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
insolation (noun): The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
Synonyms: sunbath
insolation (noun): The rate of delivery of such radiation.
Synonyms: sunbath
insolation (noun): The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
Synonyms: sunbath
capriccio (noun): A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick.
capriccio (noun): A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
travesty (noun): An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
Synonyms: caricature; feign
Antonyms: veracity
travesty (noun): A parody or stylistic imitation.
Synonyms: caricature; feign
Antonyms: veracity
travesty (noun): A grossly inferior imitation.
Synonyms: caricature; feign
Antonyms: veracity
fivefold (adj): Five times as much or as many.
Synonyms: five-fold
fivefold (adj): In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
Synonyms: five-fold
fivefold (adv): By a factor of five.
Synonyms: five-fold
tachometer (noun): A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.
Synonyms: rev counter; tach; tachometre
tachometer (noun): A device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.
Synonyms: rev counter; tach; tachometre
subarachnoid (adj): Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.
lunge (noun): A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
Synonyms: longe
lunge (noun): A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
Synonyms: longe
lunge (noun): An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
Synonyms: longe
lunge (verb): To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
Synonyms: longe
lunge (verb): To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Synonyms: longe
peptidase (noun): Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.
blanch (verb): To grow or become white.
Example: His cheek blanched with fear.
blanch (verb): To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
Example: to blanch linen
blanch (verb): To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
blanch (verb): To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
blanch (verb): To cause to turn aside or back.
Example: to blanch a deer
microsatellite (noun): A miniature satellite.
Synonyms: microsat
Hypernyms: satellite
microsatellite (noun): Any of a group of polymorphic loci in DNA that consist of repeat units of just a few base pairs.
Synonyms: microsat
Hypernyms: satellite
microsatellite (noun): An artificial satellite between 10 and 100 kilograms in mass.
Synonyms: microsat
Hypernyms: satellite
nitta (noun): A tropical tree of the genus Parkia, having edible pods and seeds, especially Parkia filicoidea or Parkia biglobosa.
offscreen (adj): Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen
Synonyms: off-screen
offscreen (adv): Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen
Synonyms: off-screen
Antonyms: onscreen
halve (verb): To reduce to half the original amount.
Synonyms: dichotomize; bisect; dimidiate
halve (verb): To divide into two halves.
Synonyms: dichotomize; bisect; dimidiate
halve (verb): To make up half of.
Synonyms: dichotomize; bisect; dimidiate
nagari (noun): A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
earache (noun): Annoyance or aggravation caused by noise, especially the sound of someone nagging, complaining, issuing orders, etc.
revitalise (verb): To give new life, energy, activity or success to something.
Synonyms: revitalize
revitalise (verb): To rouse from a state of inactivity or quiescence.
Synonyms: revitalize
ijtihad (noun): The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.
metaverse (noun): A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
springwood (noun): The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.
Synonyms: earlywood
spaceman (noun): An astronaut, often a male astronaut.
Synonyms: rocketman; astronaut
Hypernyms: rocketman; astronaut
Example: I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.
spaceman (noun): A humanoid extraterrestrial.
Synonyms: rocketman; astronaut
Hypernyms: rocketman; astronaut
bandana (noun): A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
Synonyms: bandannoe; bandanna; bandanno
bandana (noun): A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Synonyms: bandannoe; bandanna; bandanno
tallgrass (noun): Any of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water.
vasoconstriction (noun): Constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel.
Antonyms: vasodilation
armpit (noun): The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Synonyms: armhole; underarm; oxter; axilla
armpit (noun): Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
Synonyms: armhole; underarm; oxter; axilla
Example: the armpit of America
aromatase (noun): An enzyme responsible for aromatization of androgen hormones into estrogens.
Synonyms: estrogen synthase; estrogen synthetase
necktie (noun): A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. See also bowtie.
tricyclic (adj): Having three rings of atoms in the molecule.
Example: a tricyclic antidepressant
seventieth (adj): The ordinal form of the number seventy.
Synonyms: 70th