leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
holdout (noun): One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
holdout (noun): A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.
definable (adj): Able to be defined.
Antonyms: indefinable; undefinable
fennel (noun): A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
Synonyms: sweet anise
fennel (noun): The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Synonyms: sweet anise
fennel (noun): The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
Synonyms: sweet anise
tenuis (adj): Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k] Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t],
tenuis (adj): Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).
tenuis (noun): A tenuis consonant.
Antonyms: media; aspirate
rectus (noun): Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
rectus (noun): Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
persecute (verb): To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
Synonyms: distress; oppress; annoy; harass
persecute (verb): To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
Synonyms: distress; oppress; annoy; harass
persecute (verb): To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
Synonyms: distress; oppress; annoy; harass
fescue (noun): A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
fescue (noun): A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
fescue (verb): To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
gigolo (noun): A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
artifice (noun): A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
artifice (noun): A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
brainstorm (verb): To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
Synonyms: brain-storm; brain storm
brainstorm (verb): To participate in a brainstorming session.
Synonyms: brain-storm; brain storm
brainstorm (noun): A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
Synonyms: brain-storm; brain storm
brainstorm (noun): A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
Synonyms: brain-storm; brain storm
brainstorm (noun): An unexpected mental error.
Synonyms: brain-storm; brain storm
longhouse (noun): A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
Synonyms: long-house; long house
Hypernyms: house
Example: We met in Council at the Long House.
longhouse (noun): An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
Synonyms: long-house; long house
Hypernyms: house
longhouse (noun): In certain strains of far-right thought: the modern society, perceived as matriarchal, and therefore stifling non-conformity and masculine values.
Synonyms: long-house; long house
Hypernyms: house
kaito (noun): A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
Synonyms: kai-to; kaido
dystonia (noun): A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.
Synonyms: neurodystonia
tessellation (noun): The property or fact of tessellating.
Example: Squares can be used for tessellation.
tessellation (noun): A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
urinate (verb): To pass urine from the body.
Synonyms: break the seal; pass water; hit the head; widdle; shake hands with the unemployed
stench (noun): a strong foul smell; a stink.
Synonyms: reek; niff; nosesore; fetor; stench
Antonyms: perfume; aroma; fragrance
Hypernyms: smell
stench (noun): A foul quality.
Synonyms: reek; niff; nosesore; fetor; stench
Antonyms: perfume; aroma; fragrance
Hypernyms: smell
Example: the stench of political corruption
stench (noun): A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
Synonyms: reek; niff; nosesore; fetor; stench
Antonyms: perfume; aroma; fragrance
Hypernyms: smell
stench (verb): To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
Example: Dead bards stench every coast
sain (verb): To bless, to keep from evil influence.
Example: Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.
parallelogram (noun): A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
Synonyms: parallelogramme
Hypernyms: polygon; tetragon; quadrangle; quadrilateral
parallelogram (noun): either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the large rectangle and small rectangle, though the older names are still occasionally used.)
Synonyms: parallelogramme
Hypernyms: polygon; tetragon; quadrangle; quadrilateral
tsp (noun): Abbreviation of teaspoon. in the context of measurement, i.e. five milliliters.
Synonyms: tsp.
hurtful (adj): Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
Synonyms: pernicious; baneful; mischievous; harmful; hurtfull
hurtful (adj): Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
Synonyms: pernicious; baneful; mischievous; harmful; hurtfull
livable (adj): Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.
Synonyms: liveable
Antonyms: unlivable
glyphosate (noun): N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.
neuropsychiatric (adj): Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
skillion (noun): A room built against the back of another building, having a separate roof.
Synonyms: lean-to
hyperplane (noun): An n-dimensional generalization of a plane; an affine subspace of dimension n − 1 that splits an n-dimensional space. (In a one-dimensional space, it is a point; in two-dimensional space it is a line; in three-dimensional space, it is an ordinary plane.)
chlorination (noun): The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
arty (adj): Inclined towards the arts.
Synonyms: artsie; artsy
arty (adj): Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.
Synonyms: artsie; artsy
pillbox (noun): A small box in which pills are kept.
Synonyms: pill-box
pillbox (noun): A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
Synonyms: pill-box
glasnost (noun): 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
beroe (noun): A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.
fain (adj): Well-pleased, glad.
Synonyms: faine; keen; eager; raring; lief
Antonyms: reluctant; disinclined; unwilling; averse; loath
fain (adj): Satisfied, contented.
Synonyms: faine; keen; eager; raring; lief
Antonyms: reluctant; disinclined; unwilling; averse; loath
Example: O love, of my death my life is fain,
fain (adj): Eager, willing or inclined to.
Synonyms: faine; keen; eager; raring; lief
Antonyms: reluctant; disinclined; unwilling; averse; loath
fain (adv): With joy; gladly.
Synonyms: faine; lief
fain (adv): By will or choice.
Synonyms: faine; lief
fain (verb): To be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
Synonyms: faine
fain (verb): to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót.
Synonyms: faine
anciently (adv): In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
Synonyms: aunciently; auntiently; oldly; antiently
anciently (adv): Done long ago.
Synonyms: aunciently; auntiently; oldly; antiently
spook (noun): A scare or fright.
Example: The big spider gave me a spook.
contessa (noun): A countess, often specifically an Italian countess
Example: Coordinate term: conte
scrapyard (noun): A junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.
Synonyms: scrap yard; scrap-yard
thrifty (adj): Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.
clave (noun): A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
tapir (noun): Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
Synonyms: mountain cow; bush cow
machi (noun): A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina.
masterfully (adv): In a masterful manner; in an extremely confident and competent manner.
Antonyms: unmasterfully
reverie (noun): A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
Synonyms: rêverie; revery
reverie (noun): An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
Synonyms: rêverie; revery
reverie (noun): A caper, a frolic; merriment.
Synonyms: rêverie; revery
denier (noun): A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
poltergeist (noun): An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
hob (noun): A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
Synonyms: cooktop; stovetop
hob (noun): The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
Synonyms: cooktop; stovetop
hob (noun): The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
Synonyms: cooktop; stovetop
hob (noun): A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
Synonyms: goblin
hob (noun): A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
Synonyms: goblin
Example: More fitter for the Country Hobs.
baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
vesicular (adj): Of or pertaining to vesicles (vesiculae).
Synonyms: vesiculated; vesiculose
vesicular (adj): Having vesicles.
Synonyms: vesiculated; vesiculose
earthworm (noun): A worm that lives in the ground.
Synonyms: red worm; rainworm; red wiggler; nightcrawler; dew worm
earthworm (noun): A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
Synonyms: red worm; rainworm; red wiggler; nightcrawler; dew worm
earthworm (noun): A contemptible person; a groveller.
Synonyms: red worm; rainworm; red wiggler; nightcrawler; dew worm
neem (noun): Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.
Synonyms: peelu; nim; white cedar; azedarach; margosa
decal (noun): A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
bicker (verb): To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
Synonyms: wrangle
bicker (verb): To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
Synonyms: wrangle
replaceable (adj): Capable of being replaced.
Synonyms: substitutable
Antonyms: irreplaceable
popish (adj): of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
Synonyms: Roman Catholic § Synonyms
popish (adj): acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope.
Synonyms: Roman Catholic § Synonyms
insignis (noun): The Monterey pine (Pinus radiata, syn. Pinus insignis).
palatalization (noun): The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
Synonyms: palatalisation
palatalization (noun): An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.
Synonyms: palatalisation
straightaway (noun): A straight section of a racetrack.
Synonyms: straightway
familiarize (verb): To make or become familiar with something or someone.
Synonyms: familiarise
sambar (noun): A Southeast Asian deer (Cervus unicolor).
Synonyms: sambre; sambhar; sambhur; Rusa unicolor; sambur
sambar (noun): A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of vegetables and lentils (usually pigeon peas, also called toor dal) in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup base.
abattoir (noun): A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.
groundnut (noun): A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
leman (noun): One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress).
Synonyms: lemman (13th–17th centuries); leaman; lemon (15th–16th centuries)
leman (noun): A paramour.
Synonyms: lemman (13th–17th centuries); leaman; lemon (15th–16th centuries)
babysitting (verb): present participle and gerund of babysit
Synonyms: baby sitting; baby-sitting
babysitting (noun): The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.
Synonyms: baby sitting; baby-sitting
awkwardness (noun): The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
Synonyms: ineptitude; clunkiness; aukwardness; discomfiture; clumsiness
awkwardness (noun): The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Synonyms: ineptitude; clunkiness; aukwardness; discomfiture; clumsiness
rhombic (adj): Having the characteristics of a rhombus.
Synonyms: rhombical; rhombick
camerawork (noun): Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
gynecological (adj): Of or pertaining to gynecology.
Synonyms: gynæcological; gynaecological
skillet (noun): A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
Synonyms: frying pan
skillet (noun): A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
Synonyms: frying pan
Example: Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
tympanic (adj): Relating to the tympanum, eardrum or middle ear.
hypoplasia (noun): underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells
affable (adj): Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
Antonyms: inaffable; unaffable
affable (adj): Mild; benign.
Antonyms: inaffable; unaffable
biomedicine (noun): The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
manhole (noun): A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
thresher (noun): A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
thresher (noun): A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
falconry (noun): The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
symphysis (noun): The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
symphysis (noun): A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw). A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
symphysis (noun): A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming an immovable joint (as between the pubic bones in the center of the pelvis) or completely fused (as at the midline of the lower jaw). The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
scabbard (verb): To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
Example: Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
adductor (noun): A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
repressor (noun): Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.
unoriginal (adj): Lacking originality.
Synonyms: clichéd; predictable; uninventive; derivative; uncreative
unoriginal (adj): Not being the first or earliest version of something, not original.
Synonyms: clichéd; predictable; uninventive; derivative; uncreative
unoriginal (adj): Without an origin or source.
Synonyms: clichéd; predictable; uninventive; derivative; uncreative
unconcerned (adj): Having no involvement.
Example: unconcerned in the business
hominin (noun): Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives.
trigonal (adj): Of or pertaining to a crystal system with three equal and equally inclined but not perpendicular axes.
diable (noun): An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.
Synonyms: diablo
diable (adj): Flavored with hot spices.
Synonyms: diablo
Example: sauce diable
deform (adj): Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
deform (verb): To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
deform (verb): To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape. To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
deform (verb): To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
Example: a face deformed by bitterness
pipefish (noun): A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
Synonyms: pipe-fish
outland (adj): Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
Synonyms: expatriate
outland (adj): Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
Synonyms: expatriate
outland (adj): Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
Synonyms: expatriate
outland (noun): Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
Hypernyms: land
metacarpal (noun): Any of the bones of the metacarpus.
Synonyms: metacarpal bone
regrettable (adj): Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.
celebrant (noun): A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
celebrant (noun): A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals.
quicken (verb): Senses relating to life or states of activity. To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.
quicken (verb): Senses relating to life or states of activity. To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).
quicken (verb): Senses relating to life or states of activity. To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).
quicken (verb): To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.
quicken (noun): In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
quicken (noun): (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses. Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
terminalia (noun): The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
Synonyms: hypopygium; postabdomen
clematis (noun): Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
trioxide (noun): any organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R', derived from trioxidane
hieroglyph (noun): An element of a hieroglyphic writing system, an individual sign or glyph.
dermis (noun): The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
Synonyms: cutis vera; derma; cutis; true skin; derm
bowsprit (noun): A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
Synonyms: boltsprit
gardenia (noun): Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
spasm (noun): A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
ilk (noun): A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
Synonyms: type; ilke; sort; likes; kind
avoidable (adj): Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
Synonyms: preventible; evadable; voidable; escapable; optional
Antonyms: unbreakable; unbreachable; inevitable; inavoidable; unavoidable
Hypernyms: possible
avoidable (adj): Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Synonyms: preventible; evadable; voidable; escapable; optional
Antonyms: unbreakable; unbreachable; inevitable; inavoidable; unavoidable
Hypernyms: possible
eraser (noun): A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
eraser (noun): A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
archrival (noun): A chief rival.
Synonyms: arch-rival; arch rival
chiller (noun): Something that chills a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
chiller (noun): Something that chills a heat exchanger between a coolant and a refrigerant, to transfer heat from the coolant loop into the refrigeration system
chiller (noun): Something that chills A machine that removes heat from the working fluid in a refrigeration cycle
discordant (adj): Not in harmony or accord.
Synonyms: discordaunt
Antonyms: concordant
discordant (adj): Harsh or dissonant-sounding.
Synonyms: discordaunt
Antonyms: concordant
discordant (adj): Serodiscordant.
Synonyms: discordaunt
Antonyms: concordant
longshore (adj): Of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.
Example: a longshore fisherman
longshore (adj): Flowing parallel to the shoreline, or diagonal to it, rather than perpendicular to it. (of a current)
Example: a dangerous longshore current
yojana (noun): A Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be approximately 6 to 15 kilometers (4 to 9 miles).
Synonyms: yojan
betta (noun): Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
Synonyms: beta fish; Siamese fighting fish
boogaloo (noun): A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.
boogaloo (noun): A style of dance to this music, popular in the 1960s.
boogaloo (noun): A piece of music, or an instance of dancing, in or of this style.
corregimiento (noun): A historical administrative subdivision of a country in certain parts of Spain and Latin America
telex (noun): A teletype message sent through such a network.
Synonyms: Telex
telex (noun): A teletype device connected to such a network.
Synonyms: Telex
telex (verb): To send a message over a telex network.
Synonyms: Telex
hyperbola (noun): A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
bannock (noun): An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
Synonyms: bannik
bannock (noun): A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
Synonyms: bannik
beamer (noun): A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but reaches the batsman above the waist.
stile (noun): A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
Synonyms: style
stile (noun): A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.
Synonyms: style
syllabary (noun): A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables.
Hypernyms: signary
syllabary (noun): A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.
Hypernyms: signary
shearman (noun): One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
Synonyms: shearsman
shearman (noun): One whose occupation is to shear sheep.
Synonyms: shearsman
makushita (noun): The third highest division of professional sumo wrestling, below juryo; the lowest division at which a salary is paid.
vaidya (noun): A practitioner of ayurvedic medicine.
Synonyms: baidya
manifestly (adv): In a manifest manner; obviously.
Synonyms: clearly; evidently; obviously; plainly
agitate (verb): To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
Synonyms: discuss; revolve; excite; move; canvass
Antonyms: calm; quieten; appease
Example: He was greatly agitated by the news.
agitate (verb): To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
Synonyms: discuss; revolve; excite; move; canvass
Antonyms: calm; quieten; appease
Example: the wind agitates the sea
agitate (verb): To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
Synonyms: discuss; revolve; excite; move; canvass
Antonyms: calm; quieten; appease
extramural (adj): Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university.
Synonyms: extra-mural
Antonyms: intramural
extramural (adj): Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.
Synonyms: extra-mural
Antonyms: intramural
galvanic (adj): Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
Synonyms: galvanical
galvanic (adj): Energetic; vigorous.
Synonyms: galvanical
galvanic (adj): Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.
Synonyms: galvanical
photoreceptor (noun): A specialized neuron or other structure able to detect and react to light.
wapentake (noun): An administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
machinima (noun): The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
wrinkle (noun): A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
Synonyms: wrincle
wrinkle (noun): A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
Synonyms: wrincle
wrinkle (noun): A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
Synonyms: wrincle
wrinkle (verb): To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
Synonyms: wrincle
wrinkle (verb): To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
Synonyms: wrincle
wrinkle (verb): To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
Synonyms: wrincle
weta (noun): Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
subantarctic (adj): Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.
barbette (noun): A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
barbette (noun): The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.
wimpy (adj): Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
middleman (noun): An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
Synonyms: middle man; grocer; intermediary; middle-man; mediator
middleman (noun): An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer.
Synonyms: middle man; grocer; intermediary; middle-man; mediator
middleman (noun): One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.
Synonyms: middle man; grocer; intermediary; middle-man; mediator
middleman (verb): To act as a middleman or intermediary.
Synonyms: middle man; middle-man
leghorn (noun): A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
Synonyms: Leghorn
leghorn (noun): A type of hat made from Leghorn straw.
Synonyms: Leghorn
leghorn (noun): A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
Synonyms: Leghorn
opportune (adj): Suitable for some particular purpose.
Synonyms: proper; appropriate; suitable; timesome; seasonable
Antonyms: inopportune; unseasonable; untime; inappropriate; untimely
opportune (adj): At a convenient or advantageous time.
Synonyms: proper; appropriate; suitable; timesome; seasonable
Antonyms: inopportune; unseasonable; untime; inappropriate; untimely
fledge (verb): To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
Synonyms: flidge; flig; flitch; flush; flish
fledge (verb): To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.
Synonyms: flidge; flig; flitch; flush; flish
fledge (verb): To decorate with feathers.
Synonyms: flidge; flig; flitch; flush; flish
fledge (adj): Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Synonyms: flidge; flig; flitch; flush; flish
backlot (noun): The area of a movie studio where outdoor scenes were filmed. It typically served as a generic "town", for example in westerns.
terrorize (verb): To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
Synonyms: hector; bully; terrorise; petrify; terrify
terrorize (verb): To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
Synonyms: hector; bully; terrorise; petrify; terrify
trawl (noun): A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
trawl (verb): To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.
jolt (verb): To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
Example: I jolted her out of complacency.
koro (noun): A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.
kalpa (noun): A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
infidel (adj): Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
infidel (noun): One who does not believe in a certain religion.
Synonyms: unbeliever; nonbeliever; atheist; disbeliever; non-believer
infidel (noun): One who does not believe in a certain principle.
Synonyms: unbeliever; nonbeliever; atheist; disbeliever; non-believer
infidel (noun): One with no religious beliefs.
Synonyms: unbeliever; nonbeliever; atheist; disbeliever; non-believer
sharpen (verb): To make sharp.
Synonyms: hone; whet
Antonyms: blur; blunt
sharpen (verb): To become sharp.
Synonyms: hone; whet
Antonyms: blur; blunt
microfluidic (adj): Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics or a microfluid
ultramafic (adj): Describing igneous rocks that contain magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica, such as are found in the Earth’s mantle.
Synonyms: ultrabasic
expat (noun): An expatriate; a person who lives outside their own country.
Synonyms: ex-pat
maven (noun): An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.
Synonyms: mayvin; mayven; mavin
basketry (noun): The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
Synonyms: basket weaving; basketmaking; basketwork
basketry (noun): Baskets collectively.
Synonyms: basket weaving; basketmaking; basketwork
dismount (verb): To (cause to) get off (something).
Synonyms: umount; unmount
Antonyms: mount; get on
Example: She carefully dismounted the horse.
dismount (verb): To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
Synonyms: umount; unmount
Antonyms: mount; get on
dismount (verb): To come down; to descend.
Synonyms: umount; unmount
Antonyms: mount; get on
dismount (noun): The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
Example: Nice dismount!
dismount (noun): The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
contrastive (adj): Contrasting.
Example: Vowel length is contrastive.
hairstreak (noun): Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
exothermic (adj): That releases energy in the form of heat.
Synonyms: exothermal
Antonyms: endothermic
exothermic (adj): That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
Synonyms: exothermal
Antonyms: endothermic
exothermic (adj): Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
Synonyms: exothermal
Antonyms: endothermic
swerve (verb): To stray; to wander; to rove.
Synonyms: swarve
swerve (verb): To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
Synonyms: swarve
swerve (verb): To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
Synonyms: swarve
Example: I swerve not from thy commandments.
swerve (noun): A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
Synonyms: swarve
swerve (noun): A deviation from duty or custom.
Synonyms: swarve
mainsail (noun): The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.
Synonyms: main
endocarditis (noun): An inflammation of the endocardium and possibly the heart valves.
lactobacillus (noun): Any of many rod-shaped, nonmotile, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Lactobacillus, that ferment sugars to form lactic acid
muffin (noun): A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.
muffin (noun): A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).
muffin (noun): A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.
dop (verb): To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
Example: I dopped my exams.
dop (noun): . A drink.
Synonyms: doop; dopp
Example: Let's go to the bar for a dop.
dop (noun): An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
Synonyms: doop; dopp
Example: Give me a dop of brandy.
dop (noun): A dip; a low courtesy.
Synonyms: doop; dopp
cephalic (adj): Of or relating to the head. Of or relating to the brain.
Synonyms: cephalick
cephalic (adj): Of or relating to the head. Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
Synonyms: cephalick
cephalic (adj): Of or relating to the head.
Synonyms: cephalick
bozo (noun): A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.
Example: ‘What’s the big bozo up to?’
unfavourably (adv): In an unfavourable manner.
Synonyms: unfavorably
rubidium (noun): The chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal.
lugger (noun): One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
lugger (noun): A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
Example: pearling lugger
lugger (noun): An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
switchblade (noun): A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
Synonyms: switch-blade; switch blade
switchblade (verb): To attack or cut with a switchblade.
Synonyms: switch-blade; switch blade
switchblade (verb): To spring open or up.
Synonyms: switch-blade; switch blade
switchblade (verb): To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
Synonyms: switch-blade; switch blade
snowmelt (noun): Runoff from melting snow
Synonyms: snow melt
Example: The snowmelt causes the river to flood.
hypothesize (verb): To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
Synonyms: hypothesise
abyssal (adj): Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
abyssal (adj): Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone.
abyssal (adj): Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic.
dogfish (noun): Any of various small sharks especially those from the family Squalidae
Synonyms: dog-fish; seadog
dogfish (noun): Any of various small sharks a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
Synonyms: dog-fish; seadog
dogfish (noun): Any of various small sharks a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
Synonyms: dog-fish; seadog
glasshouse (noun): A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
Synonyms: greenhouse
glasshouse (noun): A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
Synonyms: greenhouse
hella (det): Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
Synonyms: bare; mad
Example: There are hella people here.
hella (pron): A lot; very much.
Example: We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
hella (adv): Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.
Synonyms: wicked
hella (adv): Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Synonyms: wicked
hella (intj): For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
hella (contraction): Contraction of Hell have.
Example: Where the hella you been?
polysaccharide (noun): A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
Synonyms: polysaccharide
Hypernyms: carbohydrate
auteur (noun): A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
phylloxera (noun): An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect.
Synonyms: Phylloxera vastatrix
honeydew (noun): A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
honeydew (noun): A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
honeydew (noun): A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
honeydew (adj): Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
gammon (noun): A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
gammon (noun): A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
trite (adj): Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
trite (noun): A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
choppy (adj): Discontinuous, intermittent.
Example: The sound is choppy in this video.
fibroblast (noun): A cell found in connective tissue that produces fibers, such as collagen.
sagittal (adj): Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
sagittal (adj): Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Of or in a plane parallel to the median plane, especially that dividing the body into left and right halves.
sagittal (adj): Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
lunette (noun): A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
lunette (noun): A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
roop (verb): To roar; make a great noise.
Synonyms: roup
roop (verb): To make hoarse.
Synonyms: roup
Example: I am rooped up.
homonym (noun): A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both), technically called a homophone (same sound, different spelling) or a homograph (same spelling, different sound), or if both are the same, a homonym.
homonym (noun): A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
housemaid (noun): A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
Synonyms: house maid; house-maid
housemaid (noun): A housewife.
Synonyms: house maid; house-maid
housemaid (verb): To be a housemaid.
Synonyms: house maid; house-maid
housemaid (verb): To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
Synonyms: house maid; house-maid
needlessly (adv): to a degree or extent beyond what is needed
Synonyms: unnecessarily
needlessly (adv): without need
Synonyms: unnecessarily
Example: He worried needlessly about his dog.
whirling (adj): That whirls or whirl.
Example: a whirling carousel; whirling dancers
uncontrollably (adv): In an uncontrollable manner; without being subject to control.
Antonyms: controllably
supp (noun): A support (in a competitive video game, a player or character who supports or heals their team's players rather than directly engaging enemies).
monism (noun): The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
monism (noun): The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
ferrite (noun): Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.
ferrite (noun): The anion FeO₂²⁻, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.
ellipsis (noun): A mark consisting of multiple periods (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
ellipsis (noun): The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
ellipsis (noun): The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
subdivide (verb): To divide into smaller sections. To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
thespian (adj): Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
Synonyms: Thespian
scratchy (adj): Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
prick (noun): A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
prick (verb): To pierce or puncture slightly. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
reniform (adj): Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”)
reniform (adj): Synonym of kidney-shaped (“having an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side”) Of a leaf: kidney-shaped, with the petiole attached at the notch.
unrecognizable (adj): that cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes
Synonyms: unrecognisable
fibrinogen (noun): A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
slowness (noun): A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
snag (noun): A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
snag (noun): A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
snag (verb): To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
snag (verb): To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
snag (verb): To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
snag (noun): A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
snag (noun): Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
Synonyms: SNAG
transitway (noun): A route designed for use by public transport, such as a busway or light rail.
witcher (contraction): Pronunciation spelling of with your.
Example: ... an' t'hell witcher ponies I says
ringtone (noun): The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
Synonyms: ring-tone; ring tone
ringtone (noun): A customizable tone used to indicate an incoming call on a telephone, especially a mobile phone.
Synonyms: ring-tone; ring tone
ringtone (verb): Of a telephone: to play a ringtone.
Synonyms: ring-tone; ring tone
stang (noun): Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
effusion (noun): Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
postgame (adj): Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.
Example: Stay tuned for the postgame show.
postgame (adj): Occurring after the main storyline of the game.
Example: postgame credits
complacent (adj): Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
Synonyms: smug; self-satisfied
complacent (adj): Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Synonyms: smug; self-satisfied
omnidirectional (adj): In every direction, especially of a radio system capable of transmitting or receiving signals in all directions, or of a microphone capable of detecting sound from all directions.
Antonyms: unidirectional
Example: An omnidirectional radio beacon.
omnidirectional (adj): Having a ring-shaped radiation pattern, with equal radiation in all azimuthal directions.
Antonyms: unidirectional
omnidirectional (adj): Of such an attack or effect that encompasses all directions.
Antonyms: unidirectional
posttraumatic (adj): After, or as a result of, a trauma.
Synonyms: post-traumatic
leprechaun (noun): One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
Synonyms: lepracaun
toddy (noun): Ellipsis of hot toddy.
Synonyms: alcoholic beverage
toddy (noun): The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
Synonyms: alcoholic beverage
wert (verb): second-person singular simple past indicative of be
Example: Why wert thou there?
inaccessibility (noun): The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
insee (verb): To have or gain insight into; to empathise with or come to fully understand one's point of view.
newlywed (noun): A recently married person.
Synonyms: newly-wed; newly wed
newlywed (adj): Recently married.
Synonyms: newlywedded; newly-wed; newly wed
rinse (verb): To remove soap from (something) using water.
Example: Rinse the dishes after you wash them.
rinse (verb): To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
Example: You got rinsed.
rinse (noun): The action of rinsing.
Synonyms: wash; lavatory
rinse (noun): A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
Synonyms: wash; lavatory
Example: I had a henna rinse yesterday.
ergodic (adj): Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
ergodic (adj): Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
ergodic (adj): Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
intubation (noun): The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.
Synonyms: entubation
pluripotent (adj): Having much or unlimited potential to develop in a certain way, especially in a desirable fashion.
Synonyms: pluripotential
pluripotent (adj): Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
Synonyms: pluripotential
plausibly (adv): In a plausible manner.
Antonyms: implausibly
plausibly (adv): Probably; not falsifiably, based on available facts and general knowledge.
Antonyms: implausibly