leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
pultenaea (noun): Any of the genus Pultenaea of Australian flowering plants; the bush peas.
tetragonal (adj): Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.
contrarily (adv): In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
Synonyms: contrarily; reversedly; counter; backwards; contrastedly
Antonyms: similarly; identically
Hypernyms: dissimilarly
kashrut (noun): The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat (kosher).
Synonyms: kashrus; kashruth
unsightly (adj): Displeasing to the eye.
Synonyms: disgusting; ugly
Antonyms: sightly; beautiful
noninvasive (adj): Of a surgical or other medical procedure, not requiring an incision.
Synonyms: non-invasive
thymine (noun): A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
lucidity (noun): The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.
histopathology (noun): The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.
Synonyms: pathohistology
Hypernyms: histology; pathology
uhlan (noun): A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian/German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
Synonyms: ulan
penitence (noun): The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
Synonyms: contrition; atonement; penance; pænitence; compunction
backlit (adj): Lit or illuminated from behind.
Example: a backlit computer keyboard
coolly (adv): At a moderately low temperature.
Example: The wind blew coolly.
gavel (noun): An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.
gavel (noun): A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
absurdly (adv): In an absurd fashion.
Example: He orated absurdly.
violator (noun): One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
Synonyms: violater
violator (noun): In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.
Synonyms: violater
devastate (verb): To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
Synonyms: destroy; decimate; raze; ruin
devastate (verb): To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
Synonyms: destroy; decimate; raze; ruin
devastate (verb): To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
Synonyms: destroy; decimate; raze; ruin
bunkhouse (noun): A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
Synonyms: bunk house
fart (verb): To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
fart (noun): An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
Synonyms: flatus
Example: Silent farts are often the smelliest.
fart (noun): (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
Synonyms: flatus
granodiorite (noun): An intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar.
hypnotize (verb): To induce a state of hypnosis in.
Synonyms: hypnotise; mesmerize
dray (noun): Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
engender (verb): To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
Synonyms: copulate; invent; make; manufacture; engendre [14th–16th c.]
engender (verb): To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
Synonyms: copulate; invent; make; manufacture; engendre [14th–16th c.]
engender (verb): To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
Synonyms: copulate; invent; make; manufacture; engendre [14th–16th c.]
engender (verb): To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
ephedrine (noun): A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.
wagtail (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
cassock (noun): An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
cassock (noun): A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.
cassock (noun): A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
hearthstone (noun): A flat stone used to form a hearth.
Synonyms: hearth-stone
hearthstone (noun): The fireside, home life.
Synonyms: hearth-stone
hearthstone (noun): A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.
Synonyms: hearth-stone
hearthstone (verb): To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.
Synonyms: hearth-stone
bodyline (adj): Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
proturan (noun): Any of many primitive insects, of the order Protura, that lack eyes and wings.
huia (noun): A wattlebird (†Heteralocha acutirostris), endemic to New Zealand's North Island but extinct since the early twentieth century.
preceptory (noun): A community of the Knights Templar, or the physical buildings or estate of such a community.
stoa (noun): In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
Synonyms: porch
impoverishment (noun): The action of impoverishing someone.
Synonyms: immiseration
impoverishment (noun): The state of being impoverished.
Synonyms: immiseration
hexameter (noun): A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
Synonyms: hexametre; sexameter
hexameter (noun): A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.
Synonyms: hexametre; sexameter
lightsaber (noun): A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.
Synonyms: light saber; lightsabre
lightsaber (noun): A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.
Synonyms: light saber; lightsabre
frat (noun): Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)
Example: frat party
astringent (noun): A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
Synonyms: adstringent
astringent (adj): Extremely sour, bitter.
Synonyms: smectic; adstringent
astringent (adj): Sharp, caustic, severe.
Synonyms: smectic; adstringent
astringent (adj): Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
Synonyms: smectic; adstringent
melange (noun): A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
Synonyms: mélange; omnium-gatherum; farrago; hodgepodge; assortment
melange (noun): A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
Synonyms: mélange; omnium-gatherum; farrago; hodgepodge; assortment
melange (noun): A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Synonyms: mélange; omnium-gatherum; farrago; hodgepodge; assortment
droll (adj): Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
augur (noun): A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
augur (verb): To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
Example: to augur well or ill
torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
Synonyms: torpour
torpor (noun): A state of apathy or lethargy.
Synonyms: torpour
torpor (noun): A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
Synonyms: torpour
drover (noun): A person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.
Synonyms: drovier
afoot (adv): In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
portcullis (noun): A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
Synonyms: portclose; percullice; portculleis; portecullis; porte-cullis
portcullis (noun): An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
Synonyms: portclose; percullice; portculleis; portecullis; porte-cullis
portcullis (verb): To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
Synonyms: portclose; percullice; portculleis; portecullis; porte-cullis
ealdorman (noun): The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Synonyms: eolderman; ealderman
sanguine (adj): Having the colour of blood; blood red.
Synonyms: animated; cheerful; cheery; red; vivificated
Antonyms: blue; pessimistic; gloomy
sanguine (adj): Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.
Synonyms: animated; cheerful; cheery; red; vivificated
Antonyms: blue; pessimistic; gloomy
sanguine (adj): Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
Synonyms: animated; cheerful; cheery; red; vivificated
Antonyms: blue; pessimistic; gloomy
Example: a sanguine bodily temperament
sanguine (noun): A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
sanguine (verb): To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
abbacy (noun): The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
Synonyms: abbatie
thump (noun): Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
Example: Where the thump have you been?!
thump (verb): To cause to make a thumping sound.
Example: The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
unquestionable (adj): Undeniable, obvious.
Synonyms: unquæstionable
listenable (adj): Pleasant or easy to listen to.
Synonyms: euphonious; sonorous; mellifluous
determinative (noun): A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
determinative (adj): Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
Example: Coordinate term: dispositive
enumerate (verb): To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
Synonyms: tally; tick off; count; number
enumerate (verb): To determine the amount of.
Synonyms: tally; tick off; count; number
futhark (noun): The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
Synonyms: Fuþark; Futhark; Futharc; fuþark; futharc
neutropenia (noun): A hematological disorder characterized by an abnormally low neutrophil count.
Antonyms: neutrophilia
undertone (noun): An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.
Synonyms: underhue
undertone (noun): An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.
Synonyms: underhue
undertone (noun): A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.
Synonyms: underhue
undertone (verb): To accompany as an undertone.
Synonyms: de-emphasize; downplay
Antonyms: accent; accentuate
undertone (verb): To say or speak in an undertone.
Synonyms: de-emphasize; downplay
Antonyms: accent; accentuate
undertone (verb): To present as less important, noticeable or prominent.
Synonyms: de-emphasize; downplay
Antonyms: accent; accentuate
gopuram (noun): A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
Synonyms: gopura
granuloma (noun): an inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
mandamus (noun): A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
legibility (noun): The property of being legible or easily readable.
Antonyms: illegibility
bouton (noun): A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon
ductility (noun): Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
polycrystalline (adj): Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
remount (noun): The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with its equipment.
Example: to give somebody a remount
lessor (noun): The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.
Synonyms: lessour
bringer (noun): Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment.
labyrinthine (adj): Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
labyrinthine (adj): Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
chivalrous (adj): Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
Antonyms: unchivalrous
chivalrous (adj): involving chivalry.
Antonyms: unchivalrous
excrete (verb): To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Synonyms: urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
Example: Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.
undecidable (adj): Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a computer (even one with infinite memory) to determine whether or not specified strings are included.
Antonyms: decidable
undecidable (adj): (of a WFF) logically independent from the axioms of a given theory; i.e., that it can never be either proved or disproved (i.e., have its negation proved) on the basis of the axioms of the given theory. (Note: this latter definition is independent of any time bounds or computability issues, i.e., more Platonic.)
Antonyms: decidable
headspace (noun): The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
Synonyms: head-space; head space
headspace (noun): One's mental state.
Synonyms: head-space; head space
headspace (noun): Unscheduled time for reflection and thinking.
Synonyms: head-space; head space
headspace (verb): To occupy a headspace.
Synonyms: head-space; head space
sinecure (noun): A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
triste (adj): Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
Synonyms: trist
hydrangea (noun): Any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea, having large clusters of white, pink or blue flowers
gimp (noun): A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
gimp (noun): Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
gimp (noun): The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
gimp (verb): To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
gimp (verb): To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
gimp (noun): A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
Example: (person)
gimp (verb): To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
gimp (adj): Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
frill (noun): A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
frill (verb): To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
biryani (noun): A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Synonyms: baryani; biriani
copepod (noun): Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important.
trenchant (adj): Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
Synonyms: trenchaunt
trenchant (adj): Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. Adapted for tearing into flesh.
Synonyms: trenchaunt
trenchant (adj): Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.
Synonyms: trenchaunt
Example: trenchant wit
oystercatcher (noun): Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
headcount (noun): More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)
patentee (noun): One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent; a person, group, company etc. that has been granted a patent.
Synonyms: patentholder; patenter
progestin (noun): A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
punky (adj): Of or pertaining to the punk subculture.
Example: a punky hairstyle
punky (noun): Alternative spelling of punkie (“small two-winged fly or midge; lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern”)
craw (noun): The stomach of an animal.
Synonyms: gullet; crag; crop
craw (noun): The crop of a bird.
Synonyms: gullet; crag; crop
suboptimal (adj): Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality.
Synonyms: nonoptimal; sub-optimal; inoptimal
quadriplegic (noun): One who suffers from quadriplegia.
Synonyms: tetraplegic
shaper (noun): A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
mandelbrot (noun): A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.
Synonyms: mandel bread; mandelbread
acetaminophen (noun): A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
Synonyms: para-acetylaminophenol; tylenol; paracetamol
disassociate (verb): To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
Antonyms: associate
Example: Coordinate term: disestablish
disassociate (verb): To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
Antonyms: associate
Example: Coordinate term: granularize
disassociate (verb): To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.
Antonyms: associate
handedness (noun): The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
Synonyms: chirality
Hypernyms: laterality
handedness (noun): A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
Synonyms: chirality
Hypernyms: laterality
whomever (pron): Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition).
Synonyms: whomsoever
listeria (noun): Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis.
escapade (noun): A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
workgroup (noun): A group of workers engaged in a series of collaborative tasks who usually work together.
issuant (adj): Issuing or emerging from something, especially from the bottom (or a division) of the field or chief, or from an ordinary.
Synonyms: issant
issuant (adj): Having only the upper half depicted, especially if because it is issuing from something (such as a division of the field). (Compare naissant.)
Synonyms: issant
oceanfront (adj): Of property or real estate: adjacent to the ocean.
Synonyms: ocean front
elden (verb): To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age.
Synonyms: to age; eld; olden
safehouse (noun): A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
Synonyms: safe house
Hypernyms: house
holdfast (noun): A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
zink (noun): A type of cornett.
Synonyms: zinke; zincke; zinck
quinte (noun): The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
negotiable (adj): Able to be traversed; navigable.
Antonyms: non-negotiable
negotiable (adj): Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.
Antonyms: non-negotiable
negotiable (adj): Open to negotiation or bargaining.
Antonyms: non-negotiable
riband (noun): A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet.
redeemable (adj): Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
Antonyms: irredeemable
redeemable (adj): Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
Antonyms: irredeemable
Example: a redeemable annuity
redeemable (adj): Susceptible to correction or reform.
Antonyms: irredeemable
fume (noun): A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Example: the fumes of new-shorn hay
fume (noun): A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
fume (verb): To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
kmc (noun): Abbreviation of kilomegacycle.
Synonyms: kMc
angioplasty (noun): The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
uptick (noun): A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining.
Antonyms: downtick
uptick (noun): A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one.
Antonyms: downtick
sarangi (noun): A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
fibromyalgia (noun): A condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
methotrexate (noun): An antimetabolite and antifolate drug used in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and ectopic pregnancies.
Synonyms: amethopterin
seesaw (noun): A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
Synonyms: see-saw
seesaw (noun): A series of up-and-down movements.
Synonyms: see-saw
seesaw (noun): A series of alternating movements or feelings.
Synonyms: see-saw
seesaw (verb): To use a seesaw.
Synonyms: see-saw
seesaw (verb): To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
Synonyms: see-saw
Example: He see-saws himself to and fro.
yesteryear (noun): Past years; time gone by; yore.
Synonyms: the past; foretime; yester-year; yestertide
yesteryear (noun): Last year.
Synonyms: the past; foretime; yester-year; yestertide
snitch (verb): To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
Synonyms: drop a dime; pilfer; pocket; rat out; nick
snitch (verb): To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
Synonyms: drop a dime; pilfer; pocket; rat out; nick
snitch (verb): To steal, quickly and quietly.
Synonyms: drop a dime; pilfer; pocket; rat out; nick
snitch (noun): A thief.
Synonyms: sneck; grass; snap; bite; schnozz
snitch (noun): An informer, one who betrays their group.
Synonyms: sneck; grass; snap; bite; schnozz
snitch (noun): A nose.
Synonyms: sneck; grass; snap; bite; schnozz
derisive (adj): Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Synonyms: scornful; mocking; disdainful; ridiculing; ridiculous
derisive (adj): Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
Synonyms: scornful; mocking; disdainful; ridiculing; ridiculous
electromagnet (noun): A magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated
Synonyms: electro-magnet
underarm (noun): Old-fashioned and now outlawed style of bowling in which the arm is not swung over the shoulder.
heartwood (noun): The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
Example: Coordinate term: sapwood
purusha (noun): In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
Synonyms: purusa
purusha (noun): In the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world.
Synonyms: purusa
ducky (noun): A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.
Synonyms: duckie
ducky (adj): Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
minbar (noun): A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.
Synonyms: mimbar; mimber
borscht (noun): A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
Synonyms: borsch; barszcz; bortsch; borschtsch; borshch
borscht (noun): Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed
Synonyms: borsch; barszcz; bortsch; borschtsch; borshch
femicide (noun): The killing of a woman or girl because of her sex, especially when motivated by misogyny.
Synonyms: womanslaughter; feminicide
tamarisk (noun): Any of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
Synonyms: salt cedar
pressurization (noun): The act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space.
Synonyms: pressurisation
washout (noun): An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
Synonyms: wash-out
washout (noun): An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
Synonyms: wash-out
washout (noun): The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.
Synonyms: wash-out
chemotaxis (noun): The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
Synonyms: chemiotaxis
diatribe (noun): An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
Synonyms: slanging match; impugnation; jeremiad; polemic; dithyramb
Hypernyms: speech
diatribe (noun): A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.
Synonyms: slanging match; impugnation; jeremiad; polemic; dithyramb
Hypernyms: speech
cassowary (noun): A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
cereus (noun): Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
brighten (verb): To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
scantily (adv): Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
tramcar (noun): A streetcar.
Synonyms: ore car; mine car
Hypernyms: rolling stock
tramcar (noun): A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram.
Synonyms: ore car; mine car
Hypernyms: rolling stock
wila (noun): Bryoria fremontii, a dark-brown, hair-like lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America.
Synonyms: Byoria fremontii; wile
coto (noun): A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.
pharmacopoeia (noun): An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.
Synonyms: pharmacopœia; pharmacopeia
pharmacopoeia (noun): A collection of drugs.
Synonyms: pharmacopœia; pharmacopeia
vivisection (noun): The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
coir (noun): The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
Synonyms: caire
eardrum (noun): A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
Synonyms: ear drum; tympanum; myrinx; myringa; tympanic membrane
pager (noun): A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
pager (noun): Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.
gadolinium (noun): A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
bandgap (noun): The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in a solid; especially the difference between the energies of the valence band and the conduction band.
Synonyms: band gap
bandgap (noun): A gap in a frequency range in which waves cannot propagate.
Synonyms: band gap
chock (noun): Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
chock (noun): Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
chock (verb): To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
gob (noun): The mouth.
Example: Oi, you, shut your gob!
lascivious (adj): Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
Synonyms: lewd; lustful; wanton
paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
Synonyms: pæan; pean
paean (noun): Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
Synonyms: pæan; pean
paean (noun): An enthusiastic expression of praise.
Synonyms: pæan; pean
pend (verb): To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
pend (noun): An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
Synonyms: alley
guidon (noun): A small pennant or banner carried by infantry soldiers to direct troop movement.
favouritism (noun): The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Synonyms: favoritism
selflessness (noun): The quality or state of being selfless.
Antonyms: selfishness
balti (noun): A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.
skydome (noun): A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
anyhow (adv): In any way or manner whatever.
Synonyms: anyhoo; anyway; regardless; anywho
anyhow (adv): In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
Synonyms: anyhoo; anyway; regardless; anywho
Example: Anyhow, he is dead now.
truant (adj): Shirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
truant (adj): Having no real substance; unimportant, vain, worthless.
truant (noun): A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative), a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.
truant (noun): Synonym of sturdy beggar (“a person who was fit and able to work, but lived as a beggar or vagrant instead”); hence, a worthless person; a rogue, a scoundrel.
truant (verb): Also used with the impersonal pronoun it (dated): to shirk or wander from business or duty; (specifically) of a student: to be absent from school without permission; to play truant.
preferment (noun): Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
Synonyms: perferment
preferment (noun): The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
Synonyms: perferment
preferment (noun): Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
Synonyms: perferment
preferment (noun): A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process
fourche (adj): Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
Synonyms: fourché; fourchee; fourchée; fourchy
heft (noun): Weight.
Synonyms: haft
Example: a man of his age and heft
heft (noun): Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.
Synonyms: haft
heft (verb): To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
Synonyms: haft; hoist
heft (verb): To test the weight of something by lifting it.
Synonyms: haft; hoist
heft (verb): past participle of heave
Synonyms: haft; hoist
heft (noun): A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
heft (verb): To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
vitriolic (adj): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.
Example: a vitriolic taste
vitriolic (adj): Bitterly scathing, caustic.
Example: vitriolic criticism
impeller (noun): Something which or someone who impels. A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
Example: screw impeller
impeller (noun): Something which or someone who impels. A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate. Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.)
Example: Coordinate term: propeller
oxycodone (noun): An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C₁₈H₂₁NO₄.
nasheed (noun): A song, often Islamic, consisting of vocals either sung a cappella or accompanied by percussion instruments.
cist (noun): A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
cist (noun): A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
Synonyms: kist
immunosuppression (noun): The suppression of the immune response, especially its active medical suppression by human agency (via immunosuppressant drugs) to treat autoimmune diseases or to prevent allograft rejection after transplant.
Synonyms: immunodeficiency; immunocompromise
Antonyms: immunocompetence; immunocompetency
quip (noun): A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
Example: Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
hacksaw (noun): A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
Synonyms: hack saw
nudge (noun): A gentle push.
Synonyms: nug
Example: give someone a nudge
nudge (noun): A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound.
Synonyms: nug
nudge (noun): The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice.
Synonyms: nug
nudge (verb): To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
Synonyms: nug
demarcate (verb): To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
Synonyms: delimit; demark; delineate
demarcate (verb): To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
Synonyms: delimit; demark; delineate
inheritor (noun): Someone who inherits something; an heir.
Synonyms: inheritour; enheritour
inheritor (noun): A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Synonyms: inheritour; enheritour
zealot (noun): One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
Synonyms: fanatic; enthusiast
zealot (noun): A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
Synonyms: fanatic; enthusiast
zealot (noun): A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Synonyms: fanatic; enthusiast
dismember (verb): To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
Synonyms: dismembre
surficial (adj): Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.
Synonyms: superficial
asthmatic (adj): Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".
Synonyms: asthmatical; asthmatick
asthmatic (noun): A person who suffers from asthma.
Synonyms: asthmatical; asthmatick
kwaito (noun): A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
twisty (adj): Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
Example: lost in a twisty labyrinth
twisty (noun): A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.
ayahuasca (noun): A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
ayahuasca (noun): Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
chetty (noun): A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.
Synonyms: chitty
shipper (noun): A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
shipper (noun): A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
ooo (phrase): hugs (usually placed at the end of a letter or in text messaging, sometimes alongside xxx meaning kisses)
socialistic (adj): Of or relating to socialism.
Synonyms: socialist; Socialist
Antonyms: capitalistic; capitalist
socialistic (adj): Having socialist tendencies.
Synonyms: socialist; Socialist
Antonyms: capitalistic; capitalist
amsl (adv): Initialism of above mean sea level.
Example: Alternative form: AMSL
neoplasm (noun): An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
Synonyms: tumour
rebut (verb): To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
tipper (noun): Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
Synonyms: tipper truck; tip truck; dump truck; dumper truck
Antonyms: nontipper
tipper (noun): A small moustache.
Synonyms: tipper truck; tip truck; dump truck; dumper truck
Antonyms: nontipper
tipper (noun): A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry.
Synonyms: tipper truck; tip truck; dump truck; dumper truck
Antonyms: nontipper
tipper (noun): A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
smelly (adj): Having a bad smell.
Synonyms: stinky; foul-smelling; dubious; suspect; rank
Antonyms: aromatic; above board; sweet-smelling; clean; fragrant
smelly (adj): Having a quality that arouses suspicion.
Synonyms: stinky; foul-smelling; dubious; suspect; rank
Antonyms: aromatic; above board; sweet-smelling; clean; fragrant
smelly (adj): Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.
Synonyms: stinky; foul-smelling; dubious; suspect; rank
Antonyms: aromatic; above board; sweet-smelling; clean; fragrant
biohazard (noun): A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.
mastic (noun): An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
Synonyms: mastich; mastick; mastiche
mastic (noun): A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
Synonyms: mastich; mastick; mastiche
mastic (noun): An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
Synonyms: mastich; mastick; mastiche
olfaction (noun): The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
Synonyms: olfaction; flair; smell; olfactories
Antonyms: anosmia
Hypernyms: sense
esh (noun): The letter Ʃ/ʃ, used by some African languages.
gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
gouge (verb): To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
gouge (verb): To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
gouge (verb): To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
spittal (noun): a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
spittal (noun): a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks
statecraft (noun): Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”)
Synonyms: statescraft
naively (adv): In a naive manner.
Synonyms: naïfly; naïvely
webmaster (noun): A person responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a website or websites.
Synonyms: Web master; Webmaster; web master
backstop (noun): A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
Synonyms: back-stop
Example: Coordinate term: backup
backstop (noun): A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
Synonyms: back-stop
Example: Coordinate term: backup
backstop (noun): A wall or fence behind home plate.
Synonyms: back-stop
sigmoid (adj): Semi-circular, like the uncial or lunar sigma (similar to English C).
sigmoid (adj): Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape.
sigmoid (adj): Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape. Exhibiting logistic growth; having a graph that accelerates until it reaches a carrying capacity.
powerlessness (noun): The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
spendthrift (adj): Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
Antonyms: frugal; thrifty
spendthrift (adj): Extravagant or lavish.
Antonyms: frugal; thrifty
spendthrift (noun): Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
Synonyms: slipstring; scattergood; splurger; spend-all; unthrift
Antonyms: niggard; cheapskate; tightwad; skinflint; frugalist
Hypernyms: spender; wanton
spendthrift (noun): Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint.
Synonyms: slipstring; scattergood; splurger; spend-all; unthrift
Antonyms: niggard; cheapskate; tightwad; skinflint; frugalist
Hypernyms: spender; wanton
consonance (noun): The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
Antonyms: discordance; dissonance
consonance (noun): Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.
Antonyms: discordance; dissonance
tsarina (noun): An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.
Synonyms: czaritza; tzarina; czarina; tsaritsa
pmo (phrase): Initialism of put/puts/putting me on (to) (“to show; to draw someone's attention to something useful or interesting”).
parrotfish (noun): Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
Synonyms: parrot-fish
lettice (noun): A kind of whitish-grey fur from the winter coat of the least weasel.
innocently (adv): In an innocent manner.
Synonyms: guiltlessly; unblameably; purely; cleanly; blamelessly
Antonyms: nocently; blameworthily; guiltily
listenership (noun): The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio), an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).
addressable (adj): Able to be addressed.
Antonyms: unaddressable
polyandry (noun): The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
Antonyms: monogamy; polygyny; monandry
Hypernyms: polygamy
polyandry (noun): The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
Antonyms: monogamy; polygyny; monandry
Hypernyms: polygamy
polyandry (noun): Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.
Antonyms: monogamy; polygyny; monandry
Hypernyms: polygamy
nuchal (noun): The back of the neck.
Synonyms: nucha; nape
nuchal (noun): Short for nuchal translucency scan.
Synonyms: nucha; nape
nuchal (noun): A neck scale, especially of a lizard.
Synonyms: nucha; nape
dovetail (noun): The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
Synonyms: dufftail; dove-tail
dovetail (noun): In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
Synonyms: dufftail; dove-tail
dovetail (noun): A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
Synonyms: dufftail; dove-tail
dovetail (verb): To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
Synonyms: dove-tail
dovetail (verb): To combine or fit (things) together well.
Synonyms: dove-tail
dovetail (verb): To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
Synonyms: dove-tail
geld (noun): Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
geld (noun): A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.
meridional (adj): located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
meridional (adj): along a north-south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian
meridional (adj): of or characteristic of southern areas or people, especially those in the southern parts of Europe
peaty (adj): Of whisky, having a complex smoky flavour imparted by compounds released by peat fires used to dry the malted barley.
ceramist (noun): A person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
Synonyms: ceramicist
ephemeris (noun): A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.
ribonuclease (noun): Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
hawksbill (noun): A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
Synonyms: hawkbill
volante (noun): A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
murr (noun): A purr (produced by any animal).
Example: Raion let out a contented murr, […]
murr (adj): Having sexual appeal, sexy.
Example: Great pics, very murr :)
fro (noun): Clipping of afro (hairstyle).
Synonyms: fro
atresia (noun): A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.
Synonyms: imperforation; impatency
incentivize (verb): To provide incentives for; to encourage.
Synonyms: incentivise
Antonyms: disincentivize
incentivize (verb): To provide incentives to.
Synonyms: incentivise
Antonyms: disincentivize
nitrile (noun): Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
nitrile (noun): A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
egocentric (adj): Selfish, self-centered.
Synonyms: egocentrical; self-minded
Antonyms: allocentric
egocentric (adj): Egotistical.
Synonyms: egocentrical; self-minded
Antonyms: allocentric