leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
valerian (noun): The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.
Synonyms: allheal; cat thyme
gemstone (noun): A gem, usually made of minerals.
Synonyms: gem; gemstone; jewel
itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
Synonyms: yuik; yuck; yeuk
itch (noun): A constant teasing desire or want.
Synonyms: yuik; yuck; yeuk
itch (verb): To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
hourglass (noun): A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
Example: Meronym: pinch
hourglass (noun): A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
Example: Coordinate term: (Apple) beach ball
reprimand (noun): A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
heartache (noun): Very sincere and difficult emotional problems or stress.
Synonyms: heart-ach; heart-ache
shrinkage (noun): The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
shrinkage (noun): The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
shrinkage (noun): The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
Example: Do women know about shrinkage?
pragmatism (noun): The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
Antonyms: idealism; contemplation
pragmatism (noun): The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
Antonyms: idealism; contemplation
pragmatism (noun): The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
Antonyms: idealism; contemplation
supra (adv): Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one.
enamored (adj): In love, amorous.
Synonyms: head over heels; enamour’d; inamor’d; enamor’d; twitterpated
enamored (verb): simple past and past participle of enamor
Synonyms: enamour’d; inamor’d; enamor’d; inamoured; inamored
eclecticism (noun): An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena
pertain (verb): To belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory of.
Synonyms: affect; impact; bear on; refer; relate
Antonyms: have no business; be irrelevant; not concern
Example: That spare wheel pertains to this car.
pertain (verb): To relate, to refer, be relevant to.
Synonyms: affect; impact; bear on; refer; relate
Antonyms: have no business; be irrelevant; not concern
pertain (verb): To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.
Synonyms: affect; impact; bear on; refer; relate
Antonyms: have no business; be irrelevant; not concern
fealty (noun): Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
Synonyms: fielty
fealty (noun): The oath by which this obligation was assumed.
Synonyms: fielty
boyar (noun): A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
Synonyms: bolyard; boyard; barin
schist (noun): Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
newsreader (noun): An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.
reachable (adj): (of a node) That may be reached from another node in a graph by passing along one or more lines
Antonyms: unreachable
whitewash (noun): A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
whitewash (noun): A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements; (everyday life) pretense.
Example: Coordinate term: eyewash
whitewash (verb): To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
ber (noun): A fruit-bearing tree (Ziziphus mauritiana); the jujube.
Synonyms: bair; bèr; bër; bher; bér
metaphorically (adv): In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.
Antonyms: literally
metaphorically (adv): Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally
Antonyms: literally
Example: Metaphorically, he was crushed.
tetra (noun): Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.
secondhand (adj): Not new; previously owned and used by another.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
secondhand (adj): Dealing in such merchandise.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
secondhand (adj): Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
secondhand (noun): Secondhand goods (especially clothes) collectively.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
secondhand (adv): In a used or previously-owned condition.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
secondhand (adv): Indirectly.
Synonyms: secondhanded; second-handed; second-hand; second hand
hyperactivity (noun): The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness
rejuvenation (noun): The process of producing beneficial changes.
Example: the rejuvenation of the city center
latch (noun): A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
Synonyms: letch; lech
latch (noun): An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
Synonyms: letch; lech
chaste (adj): Austere, simple, undecorative.
Example: a chaste style in composition or art
grower (noun): A farmer; one who grows things.
Example: He was an orange grower from Florida.
amide (noun): Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
amide (noun): Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH⁻ or R₂N⁻)
chimera (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
Synonyms: chimere; chimæra; ghost shark; chemera; rabbitfish
Antonyms: monolith
chimera (noun): Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
Synonyms: chimere; chimæra; ghost shark; chemera; rabbitfish
Antonyms: monolith
chimera (noun): A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
Synonyms: chimere; chimæra; ghost shark; chemera; rabbitfish
Antonyms: monolith
puna (noun): An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.
Synonyms: Puna
checkmate (intj): Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
Synonyms: check and mate; mate
checkmate (intj): Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
Synonyms: check and mate; mate
checkmate (noun): The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
checkmate (verb): To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
Example: That jerk checkmated me in four moves!
yarborough (noun): A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.
fireproof (adj): Resistant to damage from fire.
Synonyms: fire-proof
crap (noun): The husk of grain; chaff.
Synonyms: or minced form of; poop; shit in all its senses; dump; shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for
crap (noun): Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
Synonyms: or minced form of; poop; shit in all its senses; dump; shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for
crap (noun): Nonsense; something untrue.
Synonyms: or minced form of; poop; shit in all its senses; dump; shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for
crap (verb): To defecate.
Synonyms: bullshit; defecate
crap (verb): To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
Synonyms: bullshit; defecate
crap (verb): To bullshit.
Synonyms: bullshit; defecate
crap (adj): Of poor quality.
Synonyms: bollocks; shit; shite; crappy; lousy
crap (intj): Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.
Example: Crap! I lost the game.
crap (noun): A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
hydrophilic (adj): Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.
dingo (noun): A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
dingo (verb): To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.
Hypernyms: dog
dingo (verb): To renege on an agreement or situation.
Hypernyms: dog
moksha (noun): In Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
Example: Coordinate term: dharma
prismatic (adj): Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
Synonyms: polychromatic; multicolored; prismatick; motley
prismatic (adj): Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.
Synonyms: polychromatic; multicolored; prismatick; motley
wholesaler (noun): A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.
upwelling (noun): An upward movement from a lower source.
Antonyms: downwelling
upwelling (noun): the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface
Antonyms: downwelling
sportsperson (noun): Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.
Hypernyms: person
resettle (verb): to force someone to settle in a different place
Synonyms: re-settle
tumble (verb): To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
thirsty (adj): Needing to drink.
Synonyms: horny; adry; droughty; thursty; athirst
Antonyms: slaked; nonthirsty; sated; satiated; unthirsty
Hypernyms: appetited; desirous
thirsty (adj): Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink (informal).
Synonyms: horny; adry; droughty; thursty; athirst
Antonyms: slaked; nonthirsty; sated; satiated; unthirsty
Hypernyms: appetited; desirous
thirsty (adj): Craving something.
Synonyms: horny; adry; droughty; thursty; athirst
Antonyms: slaked; nonthirsty; sated; satiated; unthirsty
Hypernyms: appetited; desirous
Example: thirsty for knowledge
thirsty (noun): One who is thirsty (for a drink, sex, alcohol, etc.).
Synonyms: thursty
wt (prep): Abbreviation of with.
Synonyms: wth; w; wͭ; w/
hearsay (noun): Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
Synonyms: report; gossip; rumor
hearsay (noun): Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
Synonyms: report; gossip; rumor
hearsay (noun): An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
Synonyms: report; gossip; rumor
curative (adj): of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
kaluga (noun): Huso dauricus, a sturgeon of the Amur river basin in northeast China and southeast Russia.
hobo (noun): A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
amazingly (adv): In an amazing manner; in a way that causes amazement; wonderfully.
Example: That violin solo was played amazingly.
homonymous (adj): Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
Antonyms: heteronymous
homonymous (adj): Of or pertaining to a homonym.
Antonyms: heteronymous
homonymous (adj): Homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)
Antonyms: heteronymous
tumblr (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Tumblr (“a microblog on Tumblr”).
sidecar (noun): A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
Example: Coordinate term: forecar
sidecar (noun): A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice.
murky (adj): Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Synonyms: dark; mirky
murky (adj): Dark, dim, gloomy.
Synonyms: dark; mirky
murky (adj): Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.
Synonyms: dark; mirky
Example: murky waters
capstone (noun): Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
Synonyms: copestone; capestane
capstone (noun): A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
Synonyms: copestone; capestane
counterweight (noun): A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
tamarind (noun): The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
tamarind (noun): Other similar species: Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
reappearance (noun): The act of appearing again following absence.
Synonyms: re-appearance
sensuality (noun): The state of being sensual or sensuous.
Antonyms: asceticism
sensuality (noun): A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
Antonyms: asceticism
awry (adj): Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
Example: The frame was awry.
elitist (adj): Of or relating to elitism.
Synonyms: élitist
elitist (noun): Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
Synonyms: élitist
hallucination (noun): A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
hallucination (noun): The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
pomp (noun): A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
yuga (noun): In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
Synonyms: Yuga; yug
wallaby (noun): Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos
manitou (noun): A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
antithesis (noun): A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
Synonyms: obverse; inverse; antithesis; converse; contrary
Antonyms: epitome
Hypernyms: difference
antithesis (noun): A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
Synonyms: obverse; inverse; antithesis; converse; contrary
Antonyms: epitome
Hypernyms: difference
antithesis (noun): The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.
Synonyms: obverse; inverse; antithesis; converse; contrary
Antonyms: epitome
Hypernyms: difference
undeniably (adv): In an undeniable manner, or to an undeniable extent.
undeniably (adv): Used as a modal adverb to assert that that the indicated statement is undeniable.
handset (noun): The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
indio (noun): A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.
sew (verb): To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
Synonyms: stitch
sew (verb): To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
Synonyms: stitch
sew (verb): Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
Synonyms: stitch
Example: to sew money into a bag
mug (noun): A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
mug (verb): To exaggerate a facial expression for communicative emphasis; to make a face, to pose, as for photographs or in a performance, in an exaggerated or affected manner.
mug (noun): Motherfucker (usually in similes, e.g. "like a mug" or "as a mug")
trapeze (noun): A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by gymnasts.
defensible (adj): capable of being defended against armed attack
Synonyms: defendable
Antonyms: indefensible
defensible (adj): capable of being justified
Synonyms: defendable
Antonyms: indefensible
thalamus (noun): Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
Example: Holonym: diencephalon
chime (noun): A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
Synonyms: toll; ding-dong; vesper; bell; curfew
chime (noun): An individual ringing component of such a set.
Synonyms: toll; ding-dong; vesper; bell; curfew
chime (noun): A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
Synonyms: toll; ding-dong; vesper; bell; curfew
chime (verb): To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
chime (verb): To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Example: Chime his childish verse.
chime (noun): Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”)
greasy (adj): Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
Example: a greasy mineral
greasy (adj): Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
mower (noun): A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
mower (noun): A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
contagion (noun): The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease. The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
lenticular (adj): Relating to a lenticular image.
Example: lenticular photography
effector (noun): Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a stimulus from a nerve.
Synonyms: effectour
effector (noun): The part of a nerve that carries a stimulus to a muscle etc.
Synonyms: effectour
effector (noun): Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric site.
Synonyms: effectour
resection (noun): The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
resection (noun): A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
alluvium (noun): soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
thruster (noun): A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
taha (noun): The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
protoconch (noun): The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods
emplacement (noun): A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
emplacement (noun): The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
castration (noun): The act of removing the testicles.
Synonyms: orchiectomy
castration (noun): Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
Synonyms: orchiectomy
ballon (noun): The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
levan (noun): A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.
numb (adj): Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
Antonyms: sensitive; sensible
Example: fingers numb with cold
numb (adj): Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
Antonyms: sensitive; sensible
Example: numb with shock; numb with boredom
numb (adj): Dumb or stupid.
Antonyms: sensitive; sensible
numb (verb): To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
Example: He turned to alcohol to numb his pain.
numb (verb): To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
ineffectual (adj): Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
Synonyms: feckless; ineffectuall
Antonyms: effectual
ineffectual (adj): Worthless; ineffective.
Synonyms: feckless; ineffectuall
Antonyms: effectual
ineffectual (adj): Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Synonyms: feckless; ineffectuall
Antonyms: effectual
stocky (adj): Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
Synonyms: thickset; buirdly; fubsy; eurysome; nuggety
Antonyms: scrawny; slender
Hypernyms: bulky; stout; physique; heavy; short
narrate (verb): To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
Example: narrate a story
hippopotamus (noun): A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus).
Synonyms: hippotamus; hippopotamos
hippopotamus (noun): Any similar animal of the family Hippopotamidae.
Synonyms: hippotamus; hippopotamos
corregidor (noun): The chief magistrate of a Spanish town or one in the Spanish Empre.
leaguer (noun): A siege.
Example: We must break the leaguer of the city.
arouse (verb): To stimulate or induce (feelings).
Synonyms: wake up; sex up; animate; sexually stimulate; energize
arouse (verb): To sexually stimulate.
Synonyms: wake up; sex up; animate; sexually stimulate; energize
arouse (verb): To sexually stimulate. To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion.
Synonyms: wake up; sex up; animate; sexually stimulate; energize
reassure (verb): To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
Synonyms: re-assure
soca (noun): A genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles during the 1980s and after which primarily includes influences of African and Indian rhythms.
Example: —Carnival? With soca music?
hereby (adv): Near this place; nearby.
Synonyms: heere; heereby
hereby (adv): By this means, action or process.
Synonyms: heere; heereby
Example: I hereby declare you husband and wife.
contactless (adj): Conducted without human-to-human contact to improve ease of use or reduce the potential spread of a contagious disease; contact-free.
contactless (noun): A technology for paying for goods etc. while physically present at the point of interaction but without the need for physical contact.
upmarket (adv): Towards the more expensive end of the market.
Antonyms: downmarket
bata (noun): A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
Synonyms: bàtá; batá
webcam (noun): A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
Hypernyms: netcam
webcam (verb): To film and broadcast with a webcam.
Example: We should webcam it.
drugstore (noun): Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.
Synonyms: drug store
connoisseur (noun): A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.
Synonyms: connaisseur; maven; cognoscente
Example: beer connoisseur
erupt (verb): To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
Synonyms: burst
erupt (verb): To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
Synonyms: burst
Example: The crowd erupted in anger.
gantry (noun): A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
Synonyms: gauntry; gauntree; gawntree
gantry (noun): A supporting framework for a barrel.
Synonyms: gauntry; gauntree; gawntree
gantry (noun): A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
Synonyms: gauntry; gauntree; gawntree
abscess (noun): A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
arg (noun): An argument; a value passed as a parameter.
Example: The first arg needs to be an int.
disintegrate (verb): To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
Synonyms: compost; dismember; decay; dissolve
Antonyms: integrate
disintegrate (verb): To undo the integrity of, break into parts. To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
Synonyms: compost; dismember; decay; dissolve
Antonyms: integrate
disintegrate (verb): To fall apart, break up into parts.
Synonyms: compost; dismember; decay; dissolve
Antonyms: integrate
prokaryotic (adj): Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
Synonyms: bacterial
Antonyms: eukaryotic
prokaryotic (adj): Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
Synonyms: bacterial
Antonyms: eukaryotic
puss (noun): A girl or young woman, or any child.
Synonyms: moggy; moggie
puss (noun): The mouth.
Synonyms: gob; mush; trap; cakehole
puss (noun): The face.
Synonyms: gob; mush; trap; cakehole
Example: She gave him a slap in the puss.
backstretch (noun): Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
Synonyms: back straight; back stretch; back-stretch
Antonyms: homestretch; frontstretch; home stretch
backstretch (noun): An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
Synonyms: back straight; back stretch; back-stretch
Antonyms: homestretch; frontstretch; home stretch
backstretch (noun): The middle part of an event.
Synonyms: back straight; back stretch; back-stretch
Antonyms: homestretch; frontstretch; home stretch
mislead (verb): To lead astray, in a false direction.
Synonyms: misinform; misguide; beguile; delude; forlead
Antonyms: guide; direct; lead
mislead (verb): To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
Synonyms: misinform; misguide; beguile; delude; forlead
Antonyms: guide; direct; lead
mislead (verb): To deceptively trick into something wrong.
Synonyms: misinform; misguide; beguile; delude; forlead
Antonyms: guide; direct; lead
mislead (noun): That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse).
unresponsive (adj): Not responsive; unreactive.
Synonyms: nonresponsive
Antonyms: responsive
unresponsive (adj): Indifferent or apathetic; emotionless.
Synonyms: nonresponsive
Antonyms: responsive
superannuation (noun): A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one′s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.
Synonyms: pension; retirement; super
superannuation (noun): The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.
Synonyms: pension; retirement; super
factorial (noun): The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.
blower (noun): A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
blower (noun): Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
expansionist (adj): Of or pertaining to expansionism.
Synonyms: expansionistic
controllable (adj): Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
Antonyms: uncontrollable
counterinsurgency (noun): Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
Synonyms: COIN; antiinsurgency; pacification
silversmith (noun): A person who makes articles out of silver usually larger than jewellery.
Hypernyms: smith; metalsmith
ferrous (adj): Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2.
Antonyms: nonferrous
domus (noun): A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
domus (noun): In the UK a college (or collectively its fellows) in Cambridge or Oxford.
infatuation (noun): The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
chitty (noun): A small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit.
phenomenological (adj): Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.
phenomenological (adj): Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines data and other subjective effects without trying to provide a pathophysiological explanation of them, especially in diagnosing disease states and in nosology and other forms of taxonomy.
earthy (adj): Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
Synonyms: terreous
earthy (adj): Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
Synonyms: terreous
earthy (adj): Coarse and unrefined, crude.
Synonyms: terreous
Example: earthy humour
workable (adj): Capable of functioning.
Antonyms: unworkable; nonworkable; non-workable
workable (adj): Able to be worked or fashioned
Antonyms: unworkable; nonworkable; non-workable
eremophila (noun): Any of the genus Eremophila of Australian desert shrubs and trees.
yuba (noun): Dried tofu skin; the film that forms on top of a vat of boiling soy milk.
hollander (noun): Alternative form of Hollander (“Hollander beater, machine for producing paper pulp”)
skylab (noun): A motorcycle taxi with extension seats on the sides, configured by placing a wooden beam across the pillion.
caper (noun): The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
grapple (verb): To seize something and hold it firmly.
Synonyms: graple
grapple (verb): To wrestle or tussle.
Synonyms: graple
grapple (verb): To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
Synonyms: graple
Example: to grapple with one's conscience
grapple (noun): A close hand-to-hand struggle.
Synonyms: graple
grapple (noun): The act of grappling. (uncountable)
Synonyms: graple
grapple (noun): A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something. A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
Synonyms: graple
grapple (noun): A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something. A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
Synonyms: graple
grapple (verb): To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
Synonyms: graple
grapple (verb): To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
Synonyms: graple
grapple (verb): To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
Synonyms: graple
grapple (noun): A combination of grape and apple flavors.
Synonyms: graple
invisibility (noun): The state of being invisible.
Synonyms: latency; hiddenness
Antonyms: visibility
invisibility (noun): That which is invisible.
Synonyms: latency; hiddenness
Antonyms: visibility
terai (noun): A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
Synonyms: tarai
rollercoaster (noun): An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
Synonyms: big dipper; seesaw; saga; yo-yo; roller coaster
rollercoaster (noun): Any situation in which there are ups and downs, or violent changes.
Synonyms: big dipper; seesaw; saga; yo-yo; roller coaster
shrike (noun): Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.
Synonyms: butcherbird
profess (verb): To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
Synonyms: pawpaw; common term for papaya; but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree; fruit
papaya (noun): The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: pawpaw; common term for papaya; but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree; fruit
papaya (noun): An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
Synonyms: pawpaw; common term for papaya; but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree; fruit
Example: papaya:
misogynistic (adj): Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny.
Synonyms: misogynic; misogynist; misogynous
Antonyms: nonmisogynistic; unmisogynistic
quin (noun): A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
homogeneity (noun): The condition of being homogeneous: having uniformity of constituent content.
ambivalence (noun): The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
gatsby (noun): A snack consisting of a baguette filled with french fries, sauce, and other ingredients.
iridium (noun): A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
pseudo (noun): An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
Synonyms: pseud
brownie (noun): A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
bulldozer (noun): A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
Synonyms: blade; regulator
bulldozer (noun): One who bulldozes.
Synonyms: blade; regulator
bulldozer (noun): A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.
Synonyms: blade; regulator
bulldozer (verb): To bulldoze (push through forcefully).
Example: They bulldozered through the crowd.
deathmatch (noun): A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.
cheesy (adj): Of or relating to cheese.
Synonyms: corny; tacky; cheeseball; cheesey
cheesy (adj): Resembling or containing cheese.
Synonyms: corny; tacky; cheeseball; cheesey
Example: a cheesy flavor; cheesy nachos
cheesy (adj): Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
Synonyms: corny; tacky; cheeseball; cheesey
Example: a cheesy song; a cheesy movie
fulfilment (noun): The act of fulfilling.
Synonyms: fulfillment
Example: To achieve fulfilment of one's hopes.
fulfilment (noun): The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
Synonyms: fulfillment
fulfilment (noun): The act of consummating a desire or promise.
Synonyms: fulfillment
bridegroom (noun): A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Synonyms: bridegoom; groom
acetone (noun): A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.
dreamland (noun): An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.
Synonyms: slumberland
dreamland (noun): An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.
Synonyms: slumberland
aggressiveness (noun): The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
sie (verb): To sink; fall; drop.
Synonyms: sye; sey; sigh
sie (verb): To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
Synonyms: sye; sey; sigh
sie (verb): To drop, as water; trickle.
Synonyms: sye; sey; sigh
sie (pron): Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she
Synonyms: shi
anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
anima (noun): The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
amrita (noun): The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.
Synonyms: amrit; amreeta
cardinality (noun): The number of terms that can inhabit a type; the possible values of a type.
cardinality (noun): The property of a relationship between a database table and another one, specifying whether it is one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
counterbalance (noun): A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
Synonyms: counterweight; counterpoise
counterbalance (noun): A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
Synonyms: counterweight; counterpoise
indecisive (adj): Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
Antonyms: decisive
millstone (noun): A large round stone used for grinding grain.
Synonyms: mill-stone
millstone (noun): A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit.
Synonyms: mill-stone
millstone (noun): Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.
Synonyms: mill-stone
homeport (noun): The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
Synonyms: home port
homeport (verb): To assign a vessel a port to act as its home.
Synonyms: home port
kurgan (noun): A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
Synonyms: burial mound § Synonyms
jeweler (noun): A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.
Synonyms: jeweller
paraphrase (noun): A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
paraphrase (noun): One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
paraphrase (verb): To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
alleviation (noun): the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
fano (noun): A non-singular complete algebraic variety whose anticanonical bundle is ample.
twinkle (verb): To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
Synonyms: scintillate; wink; glimmer
twinkle (verb): To be bright with delight.
Synonyms: scintillate; wink; glimmer
twinkle (verb): To bat, blink or wink the eyes.
Synonyms: scintillate; wink; glimmer
twinkle (noun): A flitting movement.
Example: I saw the twinkle of white feet,
practicality (noun): The state of being practical or feasible.
Synonyms: practicalness
Antonyms: impracticality
practicality (noun): The practical aspect of something.
Synonyms: practicalness
Antonyms: impracticality
frantically (adv): In a frantic way.
Synonyms: frantickly; franticly
bolero (noun): A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
bolero (noun): A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
luft (noun): Space made for a castled king to give it a flight square to prevent a back-rank mate.
cwm (noun): A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
wheelwright (noun): A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
Synonyms: wheelsmith; wheelmaker
socialize (verb): To instruct somebody, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
Synonyms: socialise
deactivation (noun): The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm.
fairground (noun): An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
Synonyms: fairgrounds
Hypernyms: ground
fairground (noun): A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
Synonyms: fairgrounds
Hypernyms: ground
equidistant (adj): Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
Synonyms: æquidistant
equidistant (adj): Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).
Synonyms: æquidistant
equidistant (adj): Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant.
Synonyms: æquidistant
moline (noun): The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
lubricant (noun): A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.
Synonyms: lube
implicate (verb): To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
venereal (adj): Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: venereall
venereal (adj): Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
Synonyms: venereall
Example: a venereal medicine
venereal (adj): Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
Synonyms: venereall
landline (noun): A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.
Synonyms: wireline; land line
landline (noun): A telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile.
Synonyms: wireline; land line
landline (noun): That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.).
Synonyms: wireline; land line
mistletoe (noun): Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
Synonyms: misletoe; miseleden; misseltoe; mistle-toe; misleto
mistletoe (noun): A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.
Synonyms: misletoe; miseleden; misseltoe; mistle-toe; misleto
percentile (noun): Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
Synonyms: centile; %ile
Hypernyms: quantile
percentile (noun): Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
Synonyms: centile; %ile
Hypernyms: quantile
pom (noun): An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
Synonyms: Pom; Briton and Englishman
pom (noun): A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.
Synonyms: Pom; Briton and Englishman
receptacle (noun): The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.
Synonyms: torus; thalamus
receptacle (noun): The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus. In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached.
Synonyms: torus; thalamus
countrywide (adv): Throughout a country; nationwide.
Synonyms: country-wide
vihara (noun): A Buddhist monastery.
Synonyms: vihare; wihara; wihare
baile (noun): A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
shortness (noun): The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
Example: the shortness of a stubby pencil
eternally (adv): For eternity; forever.
Synonyms: forever; ever; nonstop; forevermore; incessantly
eternally (adv): Unceasingly, recurringly.
Synonyms: forever; ever; nonstop; forevermore; incessantly
homolog (noun): Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.
Synonyms: homologue; homologon
homolog (noun): A word shared by two languages or dialects.
Synonyms: homologue; homologon
homolog (noun): One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
Synonyms: homologue; homologon
frosty (adj): Cold, chilly; icy.
Example: I'd like a frosty milkshake.
harpist (noun): Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.
Synonyms: harper; harp-player
walkover (noun): An easy victory; a walkaway.
Synonyms: walk-over; easy thing
walkover (noun): A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
Synonyms: walk-over; easy thing
walkover (noun): A horse race with only one entrant.
Synonyms: walk-over; easy thing
inflexible (adj): Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
Synonyms: unflexible
Antonyms: flexible
inflexible (adj): Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
Synonyms: unflexible
Antonyms: flexible
inflexible (adj): Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.
Synonyms: unflexible
Antonyms: flexible
cashew (noun): A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
grin (noun): A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
Synonyms: gren
grin (verb): To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
Synonyms: gren
grin (verb): To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
Synonyms: gren
mihrab (noun): A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
bouncy (adj): Lively, exuberant, energetic.
Example: She's a very bouncy character.
herbicide (noun): A substance used to kill plants.
Synonyms: phytocide
positivism (noun): A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
positivism (noun): A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
endo (noun): A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.
endo (noun): A crash in which the back wheel of the bicycle lifts off the ground and the cyclist is hurtled over the handlebars.
endo (noun): A labor contracting system where workers are hired by employment agencies to work for a specific period of time until being replaced and prohibited from being re-hired.
telstar (noun): A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.
telstar (noun): A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design. A ball with one of these design patterns.
lactose (noun): The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
Synonyms: milk sugar; lactobiose
gorgon (noun): A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
gorgon (noun): An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
merciful (adj): Showing mercy.
Synonyms: ruthful
Antonyms: merciless; cruel
honeyeater (noun): Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.
Synonyms: meliphagid
pleasantly (adv): In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
Synonyms: pleasauntly; plesantlie; plesantly; plesauntly; pleasauntlie
Example: He smiled pleasantly at passersby.
pleasantly (adv): Lightly
Synonyms: pleasauntly; plesantlie; plesantly; plesauntly; pleasauntlie
pleasantly (adv): Ludicrously; facetiously.
Synonyms: pleasauntly; plesantlie; plesantly; plesauntly; pleasauntlie
heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
Synonyms: haeme; haem
faw (prep): Pronunciation spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
oxbow (noun): A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.