leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
trice (verb): To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
Synonyms: trise
trice (verb): To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
Synonyms: trise
trice (noun): Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
trice (noun): A pulley, a windlass (“form of winch for lifting heavy weights, comprising a cable or rope wound around a cylinder”).
avarice (noun): Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Synonyms: avariciousness
avarice (noun): Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Synonyms: avariciousness
togetherness (noun): The state or quality of being together.
Synonyms: collectedness; community; unity
Antonyms: aloneness; untogetherness; disarray; disunity; uncollectedness
togetherness (noun): The result or product of being together.
Synonyms: collectedness; community; unity
Antonyms: aloneness; untogetherness; disarray; disunity; uncollectedness
dieback (noun): The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
dieback (noun): The withering of a plant, especially the cyclical withering in autumn and winter; distal parts die off but core parts stay alive (and semidormant or dormant).
persoonia (noun): A plant of the genus Persoonia.
Synonyms: geebung; snottygobble
leishmaniasis (noun): Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.
Synonyms: leishmaniosis
ibuprofen (noun): A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.
ibuprofen (verb): To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to someone.
allophone (noun): A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
allophone (adj): Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
flail (noun): A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
Example: Coordinate term: nunchaku
haroun (noun): The headquarters or government of a post-medieval Horn African state, particularly the Daraawiish. The leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors, representatives, judges etc.) considered collectively.
haroun (noun): The headquarters or government of a post-medieval Horn African state, particularly the Daraawiish. The Daraawiish government.
enantiomer (noun): One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.
Synonyms: enantiomorph; optical isomer
legionnaire (noun): A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
Synonyms: legionary
legionnaire (noun): A member of a legion, especially the French Foreign Legion.
Synonyms: legionary
smug (adj): Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
Synonyms: complacent; self-satisfied; gloaty
smug (adj): Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
Synonyms: complacent; self-satisfied; gloaty
Example: a smug look on her face
smug (adj): Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
Synonyms: complacent; self-satisfied; gloaty
Example: They be so smug and smooth.
ambidextrous (adj): Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
Synonyms: both-handed; either-handed
Antonyms: ambisinistrous; ambilevous
ambidextrous (adj): Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Synonyms: both-handed; either-handed
Antonyms: ambisinistrous; ambilevous
ambidextrous (adj): Practising or siding with both parties.
Synonyms: both-handed; either-handed
Antonyms: ambisinistrous; ambilevous
fae (pron): A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
sauerkraut (noun): A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
Synonyms: sourkraut
sauerkraut (noun): A German person.
Synonyms: sourkraut
hydroxylase (noun): Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.
bando (noun): A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
anticholinergic (adj): That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
anticholinergic (noun): Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
sarge (verb): To go out and engage women in order to pick them up.
Synonyms: Sarge
dissect (verb): To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
bushel (noun): A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
bushel (noun): A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
bushel (noun): A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
Example: a heap containing ten bushels of apples
isomerization (noun): the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form
Synonyms: isomerisation
swindler (noun): A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
homeobox (noun): A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms.
carabus (noun): An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
ultramarine (adj): Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).
Example: ultramarine:
ultramarine (noun): In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
ultramarine (noun): A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.
rhenium (noun): A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
odious (adj): Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Synonyms: hated; reviled; detestable; contemptible; despicable
syncopation (noun): The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
syncopation (noun): The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
patter (noun): A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
patter (verb): To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
patter (noun): Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
patter (verb): To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
bodice (noun): A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
Synonyms: boddice
bodice (noun): Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
Synonyms: boddice
bodice (noun): The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
Synonyms: boddice
proa (noun): A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
Synonyms: prahu; prau; perahu; parao; prow
lustful (adj): Full of lust; driven by lust.
Synonyms: concupiscent; lustfull; amorous
quintessence (noun): A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
vampiric (adj): Having the traits of a vampire.
Synonyms: vampirine; vampirical; vampirey
amala (noun): A thick paste made from yam or cassava flour, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine.
tamoxifen (noun): A nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer and infertility in women.
muff (noun): A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
Synonyms: whiskers; muff and beard:; beard
muff (noun): Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muffin. See vagina.
Synonyms: whiskers; muff and beard:; beard
muff (noun): A woman or girl.
Synonyms: whiskers; muff and beard:; beard
muff (noun): An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
muff (verb): To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
scrupulously (adv): In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
Synonyms: carefully; meticulously; conscientiously
pseudorandom (adj): Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.
Synonyms: pseudo-random
antivenom (noun): A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
Synonyms: antivenin; antivenene
Hypernyms: serum; antiserum; antidote; antitoxin
budgie (noun): A budgerigar.
Example: She keeps a ton of budgies in her home.
asphyxia (noun): Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
asphyxia (noun): Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
asphyxia (noun): A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
peroxidase (noun): Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
Synonyms: Px; PX
isoelectric (adj): Having equal electric potential, or the same number of positive and negative charges.
cero (noun): A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
palfrey (noun): A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
fellatio (noun): The stimulation of the penis using the mouth.
Synonyms: fellation
handrail (noun): A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
handrail (noun): A moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support.
herringbone (noun): A bone of a herring.
Synonyms: herring-bone
herringbone (noun): A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
Synonyms: herring-bone
herringbone (noun): A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
Synonyms: herring-bone
herringbone (verb): To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
Synonyms: herring-bone
herringbone (verb): To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
Synonyms: herring-bone
devilish (adj): Resembling a devil.
Synonyms: nefarious; deuced; diabolic; wicked; hellish
devilish (adj): Characteristic of a devil.
Synonyms: nefarious; deuced; diabolic; wicked; hellish
Example: a devilish grin
devilish (adj): Extreme, excessive.
Synonyms: nefarious; deuced; diabolic; wicked; hellish
devilish (adv): Devilishly; very; exceedingly.
Example: It was devilish hot outside today.
unabashedly (adv): In an unabashed manner; without embarrassment or hesitation.
microenvironment (noun): A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings.
windshaft (noun): The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
erlang (noun): A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.
crepuscular (adj): Of or resembling twilight; dim.
Synonyms: twilightish; crepuscular; crepusculine
Antonyms: noncrepuscular
crepuscular (adj): Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
Synonyms: twilightish; crepuscular; crepusculine
Antonyms: noncrepuscular
pericardial (adj): Of, or relating to the pericardium.
Synonyms: pericardian; pericardic; pericardiac
pericardial (adj): Surrounding or next to the heart.
Synonyms: pericardian; pericardic; pericardiac
bussy (noun): transmasculine vulva and/or vagina
Synonyms: boosay
meritocracy (noun): A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
apatite (noun): A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth.
echocardiography (noun): The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.
tetracycline (noun): A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically.
tetracycline (noun): Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.
evensong (noun): A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
unnerved (adj): Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
pacifico (noun): A peaceful native in Cuba or the Philippines who did not oppose Spanish colonization.
interconnectedness (noun): According to some worldviews, a oneness in all things, with no true separation deeper than appearances.
highline (noun): An elevated slackline; a slackline which is mounted across a deep drop; a slackline that is strung up high.
cellophane (noun): Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
praiseworthy (adj): Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
Synonyms: commendable; laudable; praise-worthy; applaudable
Antonyms: blameworthy
sheepskin (noun): The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
Hypernyms: leather; skin; hide
sheepskin (noun): The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
Hypernyms: leather; skin; hide
crier (noun): An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.
Synonyms: cryer
ayuntamiento (noun): A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
fib (noun): A liar.
Example: "Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora.
fib (verb): To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.
Synonyms: pummel
fib (noun): A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
tetragrammaton (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Tetragrammaton.
celesta (noun): A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
Synonyms: celeste
narrowness (noun): the state of being narrow
Antonyms: broadness; wideness
nitrocellulose (noun): A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.
Synonyms: gun cotton; pyrocellulose; nitrocotton; pyroxylin; cellulose nitrate
camelback (noun): A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
litigant (noun): A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.
litigant (adj): Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.
Example: the parties litigant
pry (verb): To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
pry (verb): To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
pry (noun): A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
pry (verb): To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
pry (verb): Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
comber (noun): A person who combs wool, etc.
Synonyms: breaker
comber (noun): A machine that combs wool, etc.
Synonyms: breaker
comber (noun): A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
Synonyms: breaker
comber (noun): Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.
hyperthermia (noun): The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment.
hyperthermia (noun): The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
guideway (noun): A track along which something is guided, such as a component in a machine, or an automated transit vehicle.
laika (noun): A type of hunting dog from Russia.
Synonyms: Laika
exhalation (noun): The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
Example: short exhalations of breath
exhalation (noun): That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
Example: exhalations from the earth or flowers
ipomoea (noun): Any of various twining plants of the genus Ipomoea with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.
Synonyms: ipomæa
chiton (noun): A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Synonyms: khiton
chiton (noun): Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
Synonyms: loricate; coat-of-mail shell; sea bug; polyplacophore; sea cradle
intravascular (adj): Pertaining to anything inside blood vessels, including the internal surface of veins and arteries.
guardhouse (noun): A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
Synonyms: guard station; porter's lodge; barbican
guardhouse (noun): Synonym of military prison.
Synonyms: guard station; porter's lodge; barbican
guardrail (noun): A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.
Synonyms: guard rail
guardrail (noun): Any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes.
Synonyms: guard rail
interspace (noun): A space or interval between two things; an interstice
Synonyms: opening; break; interstitium; separation; gap
Hypernyms: interval
interspace (verb): To sow or seed (an area) with things spaced out between other things.
penalize (verb): To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
Synonyms: penalise
baffle (verb): To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
Synonyms: bafful; baffol
baffle (verb): To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
Synonyms: bafful; baffol
baffle (verb): To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil. Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
Synonyms: bafful; baffol
baffle (noun): A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
Example: sound baffle
baffle (noun): Bewilderment, confusion; bafflement; (countable) an instance of this.
baffle (verb): To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
baffle (noun): Intentional insult; affront; also, disgrace; (countable) an instance of this.
maypole (noun): A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
Synonyms: may-pole
maypole (noun): A very tall girl or young lady.
Synonyms: may-pole
maypole (noun): A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
Synonyms: may-pole
maypole (verb): To dance or spin in a circle around something.
Synonyms: may-pole
bushmeat (noun): Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
aversive (noun): A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
aversive (noun): An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
nuke (noun): A nuclear power station.
Example: Nukes Don't Pollute
nuke (verb): To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
nuke (noun): Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”)
nuke (noun): Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”)
vaporization (noun): A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
Synonyms: vapourization; vapourisation; vaporisation
vaporization (noun): A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.
Synonyms: vapourization; vapourisation; vaporisation
pickpocket (noun): One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
Synonyms: nip; cutpurse; foist; footpad; dip
Hypernyms: criminal; thief
Example: Coordinate term: putpocket
pickpocket (verb): To pick pockets; to steal.
Synonyms: pick-pocket
narcolepsy (noun): A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
splint (verb): To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
wheelbarrow (noun): A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
wheelbarrow (verb): To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.
baryon (noun): A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
Synonyms: baryon
Hypernyms: hadron; subatomic particle; fermion
ivermectin (noun): A compound of the avermectin group, used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness.
sonorous (adj): Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
Synonyms: resonant; sonorous; sonourous; remugient; reverberant
Antonyms: high-pitched; nonsonorous; unsonorous; whistling; piping
Hypernyms: euphonious; deep; low-pitched; low
sonorous (adj): Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
Synonyms: resonant; sonorous; sonourous; remugient; reverberant
Antonyms: high-pitched; nonsonorous; unsonorous; whistling; piping
Hypernyms: euphonious; deep; low-pitched; low
sonorous (adj): Wordy or grandiloquent.
Synonyms: resonant; sonorous; sonourous; remugient; reverberant
Antonyms: high-pitched; nonsonorous; unsonorous; whistling; piping
Hypernyms: euphonious; deep; low-pitched; low
whodunit (noun): A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
Synonyms: whodunnit
supercilium (noun): The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). The region of the eyebrows.
supercilium (noun): The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). The overhanging margin of a bony cavity (as of the acetabulum).
supercilium (noun): The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye). A superciliary marking or structure, especially in a bird.
phacelia (noun): Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas.
Synonyms: scorpionweed
illegitimacy (noun): The state or condition of being illegitimate
Synonyms: bastardy
chimaera (noun): Alternative spelling of chimera
Synonyms: chimera; Chimaera; chimæra
chimaera (noun): A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
Synonyms: chimera; Chimaera; chimæra
dichloride (noun): any chloride containing two chlorine atoms bound to a single element or radical
seismological (adj): Relating to seismology.
Synonyms: seismologic
gour (noun): A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.
quatrefoil (noun): A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
Synonyms: quaterfoil; quadrefoil; quarterfoil
quatrefoil (noun): A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
Synonyms: quaterfoil; quadrefoil; quarterfoil
mesenteric (adj): Relating to the mesentery.
Synonyms: mesenterick
stationmaster (noun): The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.
tig (noun): A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Synonyms: tyg
ume (noun): Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.
forebrain (noun): The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
Synonyms: prosencephalon
Antonyms: afterbrain
lethargic (adj): sluggish, slow
Synonyms: unmoving; lethargick; lazy; torpid
lethargic (adj): indifferent, apathetic
Synonyms: unmoving; lethargick; lazy; torpid
sledding (noun): The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.
berberis (noun): Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Berberis.
Synonyms: pepperidge bush; barberry
cyclogenesis (noun): The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.
Antonyms: anticyclogenesis; cyclolysis
ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
shriek (noun): A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
Synonyms: shreek
shriek (verb): To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
Synonyms: shreek
shriek (verb): To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
Synonyms: shreek
coevolution (noun): The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
Synonyms: co-evolution
justiciary (noun): A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Synonyms: judgeship; justiciar; judiciary; judiciar; judge
justiciary (noun): The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
Synonyms: judgeship; justiciar; judiciary; judiciar; judge
justiciary (noun): One who administers justice A judge or justice.
Synonyms: judgeship; justiciar; judiciary; judiciar; judge
justiciary (adj): Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
Synonyms: legalist; judicial
justiciary (adj): Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Synonyms: legalist; judicial
justiciary (adj): Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
Synonyms: legalist; judicial
lebensraum (noun): Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.
Synonyms: Often spelt with an initial capital; following German orthography in capitalising common noun
mongrel (noun): A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
mongrel (adj): Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
theodicy (noun): A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.
Synonyms: theodicity
sweaty (adj): Having a tendency to sweat.
Example: She had never met someone so sweaty.
sweaty (adj): Likely to cause one to sweat.
Example: It was a hot and sweaty day.
sweaty (noun): Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit.
sweaty (noun): Deliberate misspelling of sweetie: a term of familiar address.
burin (noun): A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
boxy (adj): Box-shaped, box-like, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).
Synonyms: squared off
bungle (verb): To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
bungle (noun): A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.
bridesmaid (noun): A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
Synonyms: bridemaid; bride's maid
bridesmaid (noun): A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
Synonyms: bridemaid; bride's maid
bridesmaid (verb): To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
Synonyms: bridemaid; bride's maid
Example: Still they bridesmaided for her.
synodal (noun): A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
idiotic (adj): Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
Synonyms: idiotish; idiotick
idiotic (adj): Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
Synonyms: idiotish; idiotick
polonaise (noun): A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
Synonyms: polonese
polonaise (noun): A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt.
Synonyms: polonese
beatnik (noun): A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beatnik (noun): A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
coif (noun): A hairdo.
Synonyms: quiff; quaff; coiffe
coif (noun): A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
Synonyms: quiff; quaff; coiffe
coif (noun): A similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.
Synonyms: quiff; quaff; coiffe
coif (verb): To style or arrange hair.
Synonyms: quiff; quaff; coiffe
monocle (noun): A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
mosh (verb): To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.
Synonyms: slam; slam-dance; thrash
mosh (verb): To intentionally jump into and collide with another, similarly behaving dancer at a concert.
Synonyms: slam; slam-dance; thrash
mosh (noun): The moshing style of dancing.
Example: We had a great mosh at the gig.
rez (noun): Clipping of reservation (“tract of land set apart for native people”).
Synonyms: rezzy; res
rez (noun): Clipping of residence; dormitory.
Synonyms: rezzy; res
druggist (noun): A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
Synonyms: apothecary; chemist; pharmacist
Example: For sale by all druggists
cliffside (noun): The side of a cliff.
Example: We strolled along the cliffside.
preorder (noun): An order for goods or services placed in advance.
Synonyms: quasiorder
preorder (noun): A binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.
Synonyms: quasiorder
preorder (adj): Such that, recursively, the root is visited before the left and right subtrees.
Hypernyms: depth-first
traitorous (adj): Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
Synonyms: traiterous; traitourous; treacherous; traitorsome
traitorous (adj): Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious.
Synonyms: traiterous; traitourous; treacherous; traitorsome
unmanageable (adj): Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed
Synonyms: unmanagable; uncontrollable
Antonyms: manageable
monotonic (adj): Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
Antonyms: antonym(s) of
monotonic (adj): Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.
Antonyms: antonym(s) of
monotonic (adj): Uttered in a monotone; monotonous.
Antonyms: antonym(s) of
vastness (noun): The quality of being vast.
Synonyms: immensity; enormity
fraudster (noun): a person who practices fraud; a swindler.
Synonyms: slicker; goldbrick; pickpenny; scammer; charlatan
Hypernyms: criminal; thief; deceiver
isotherm (noun): A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.
interlocutor (noun): A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
Synonyms: interlocutour
interlocutor (noun): A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
Synonyms: interlocutour
interlocutor (noun): An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
Synonyms: interlocutour
interlocutor (noun): A decree of a court.
Synonyms: interlocutour
philander (noun): A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).
philander (noun): A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis).
philander (verb): To woo women; to play the male flirt.
Synonyms: womanize; womanise
hither (adv): To this place, to here.
Antonyms: hence
Example: He went hither and thither.
imu (noun): A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
precovery (noun): The use of previously gathered data (especially photographic images) to recover a recently discovered object (typically a small solar system body).
precovery (noun): The act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking.
comparator (noun): Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
Synonyms: dial indicator; dial gauge; indicator
comparator (noun): An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
Synonyms: dial indicator; dial gauge; indicator
comparator (noun): anything that serves comparison
Synonyms: dial indicator; dial gauge; indicator
sear (adj): Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
Synonyms: sere; sare
sear (verb): To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
Synonyms: sere; sare
sear (verb): To wither; to dry up.
Synonyms: sere; sare
sear (verb): To make callous or insensible.
Synonyms: sere; sare
sear (noun): A scar produced by searing
Synonyms: sere; sare
sear (noun): Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
Synonyms: sere; sare
billabong (noun): An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely.
loyally (adv): In a loyal manner, faithfully.
Synonyms: loially
appendectomy (noun): The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
Synonyms: appendicectomy
parsa (noun): A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
fistfight (noun): A fight using bare fists.
Synonyms: bare-knuckled boxing; bare-hand boxing; hand-to-hand combat; fist fight; fist-fight
fistfight (verb): To fight using bare fists.
Synonyms: fist fight; fist-fight; duke it out
cornmeal (noun): Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a coarse meal.
flatulence (noun): The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
acolyte (noun): One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
Synonyms: sidekick
acolyte (noun): An attendant, assistant or follower.
Synonyms: sidekick
dexamethasone (noun): A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid-class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₂₉FO₅, and used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Hypernyms: glucocorticoid; hormone; steroid; corticosteroid; corticoid
voyeurism (noun): The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, flashing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.
voyeurism (noun): The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects.
kittel (noun): A white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home when leading the Passover seder.
breakneck (adj): Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
Example: breakneck pace
europium (noun): A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
nicotinamide (noun): The amide of nicotinic acid (or niacin).
Synonyms: niacinamide; nicotinic acid amide; E375
mure (noun): husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh
mure (verb): To enclose or imprison within walls.
Example: The five kings are mured in a cave.
allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
Synonyms: alay
Example: to allay popular excitement
allay (verb): To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
Synonyms: alay
allay (verb): To subside, abate, become peaceful.
Synonyms: alay
allay (noun): Alleviation; abatement; check.
Synonyms: alay
canker (noun): A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
Synonyms: roup; water canker; avian trichomoniasis; frounce; noma
canker (noun): A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
Synonyms: roup; water canker; avian trichomoniasis; frounce; noma
canker (noun): A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
Synonyms: roup; water canker; avian trichomoniasis; frounce; noma
canker (verb): To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
canker (verb): To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
oligonucleotide (noun): a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs
suffocate (verb): To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
Synonyms: smother; asphyxiate; choke; drown; stifle
suffocate (verb): To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
Synonyms: smother; asphyxiate; choke; drown; stifle
suffocate (verb): To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
Synonyms: smother; asphyxiate; choke; drown; stifle
donjon (noun): The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.
febrile (adj): Feverish, or having a high temperature.
Synonyms: hot; energetic; excited; flushed
febrile (adj): Involving fever as a symptom or cause.
Synonyms: hot; energetic; excited; flushed
febrile (adj): Full of nervous energy.
Synonyms: hot; energetic; excited; flushed
compressible (adj): Containing a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.
Antonyms: incompressible
froggy (adj): Froglike.
Synonyms: froglike; ranine; froggish; frogly
froggy (adj): Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
Synonyms: froglike; ranine; froggish; frogly
froggy (adj): Inclined to fight; aggressive.
Synonyms: froglike; ranine; froggish; frogly
Example: Now jump, if you still feel froggy.
entrainment (noun): Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid. The carrying away of droplets of liquid during violent boiling
entrainment (noun): Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid. The movement of sediment in a stream of water or in a glacier
entrainment (noun): Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid. The mixing of air currents
plater (noun): Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
miter (verb): Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”)
Synonyms: mitre
biwa (noun): A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.
ream (noun): Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Synonyms: raim; reem
ream (verb): To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
Synonyms: raim; reem
ream (verb): To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
Synonyms: root; reem; rim; copulate with; nail
ream (verb): To remove (material) by reaming.
Synonyms: root; reem; rim; copulate with; nail
ream (verb): To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
Synonyms: root; reem; rim; copulate with; nail
ream (noun): A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
Synonyms: reme
ladybug (noun): Synonym of ladybird.
Synonyms: lady-bug
logbook (noun): A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.
Synonyms: log-book
logbook (noun): A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
Synonyms: log-book
logbook (noun): A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car
Synonyms: log-book
brawler (noun): One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
Synonyms: rooster
brawler (noun): A beat 'em up game.
Synonyms: rooster
scenography (noun): A representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.
juggle (verb): To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.
Example: She can juggle flaming torches.
juggle (noun): The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
juggle (noun): The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
Example: Quit the juggle and monotask.
tantalus (noun): A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
tantalus (noun): A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
tantalus (noun): Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.
doh (noun): A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Synonyms: do
naturalness (noun): The state or quality of being natural.
Synonyms: naturality
Antonyms: artificiality
naturalness (noun): Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original.
Synonyms: naturality
Antonyms: artificiality
froth (noun): Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
parterre (noun): A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra. The part of the ground-floor section nearest the orchestra and the stage; the stalls.
sylph (noun): A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
yellowfin (noun): Any of various fish with yellow fins. especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
yellowfin (noun): Any of various fish with yellow fins. yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
yellowfin (noun): Any of various fish with yellow fins. yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
lask (verb): To have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.
Synonyms: laske
lask (adj): Lax, weak; specifically of the bowels: affected by diarrhoea; loose.
lask (noun): Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout of this ailment.
Synonyms: laske
bist (verb): Used to form the second person singular of be.
Example: Where bist goin'. Where are you going?
contrabassoon (noun): A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.
Synonyms: double bassoon; contrafagotto
brag (noun): A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
brag (verb): To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
Synonyms: boast
brag (adj): Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
Example: a woundy, brag young fellow
meaty (adj): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
Synonyms: substantial; bulky; solid; brothy; meaty
Hypernyms: gustable
meaty (adj): Resembling meat in flavour, etc.
Synonyms: substantial; bulky; solid; brothy; meaty
Hypernyms: gustable
meaty (adj): Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
Synonyms: substantial; bulky; solid; brothy; meaty
Hypernyms: gustable
canny (adv): Very, considerably; quite, rather.
Example: That's a canny big horse, man!
canny (adv): Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
Example: he sits very canny
exhale (verb): To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
Synonyms: expire; breathe out; outbreathe
Antonyms: inhale; inbreathe; inspire; breathe in
exhale (verb): To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
Synonyms: expire; breathe out; outbreathe
Antonyms: inhale; inbreathe; inspire; breathe in
exhale (verb): To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
Synonyms: expire; breathe out; outbreathe
Antonyms: inhale; inbreathe; inspire; breathe in
neurotrophic (adj): Of or relating to neurotrophy.
Synonyms: neurotrophical
mien (noun): Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
madder (noun): A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
Synonyms: common madder; dyer's madder
madder (noun): The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
Synonyms: common madder; dyer's madder
madder (noun): A dye made from the plant.
Synonyms: common madder; dyer's madder
madder (adj): Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
transmigration (noun): The movement of a soul from one body to another after death; metempsychosis.
pincher (noun): A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.
pincher (noun): A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac.
lilting (adj): Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful.
lilting (noun): A type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung, often to nonsense syllables.
cachet (noun): A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
cachet (verb): To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.
junco (noun): Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
junco (noun): The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.
clypeus (noun): The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
estriol (noun): A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main estrogen secreted by the placenta during pregnancy, and is the estrogen typically found in the urine of pregnant women.
Synonyms: oestriol
asshole (noun): The anus.
Synonyms: jerk; dick; anus; arsehole; or Thesaurus:antonyms of pleasant
asshole (noun): A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, and/or rude person.
Synonyms: jerk; dick; anus; arsehole; or Thesaurus:antonyms of pleasant