leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
selegiline (noun): The levorotatory form of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor deprenyl that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₁₇N·HCl as an adjuvant to therapy using the combination of ʟ-dopa and carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and is sometimes used alone to treat endogenous depression or to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease.
nullo (noun): A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any tricks.
nullo (noun): A person who has their genitals (and sometimes nipples) surgically removed (nullification) as a form of body modification.
babesiosis (noun): Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa
Synonyms: babesiasis
dunnock (noun): A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
halobacterium (noun): Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
septuagenarian (noun): Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.
septuagenarian (adj): Of or related to seventysomethings.
Synonyms: septuagenary
liwan (noun): A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes, often open to the outside.
racerunner (noun): Any of a group of lizards, of the family Teiidae, native to the Americas.
hilsa (noun): Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
Synonyms: ilish; hilsa shad
harang (verb): Alternative spelling of harangue To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone
corf (noun): A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
corf (noun): A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
calcarenite (noun): A form of limestone (or dolomite) composed of sand-sized grains derived from the erosion of older rocks.
propiska (noun): a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration
propiska (noun): the stamp in the Soviet internal passport (serving as a personal ID) with the registered address.
mylohyoid (adj): Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle.
Example: the mylohyoid nerve
freakbeat (noun): A genre of hard-driving British rock music, often from the 1960s and associated with a mod following.
cancellous (adj): Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
Synonyms: trabecular
matcher (noun): One who who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages or relationships for others; a matchmaker.
photorespiration (noun): The light-dependent release of carbon dioxide and uptake of oxygen in photosynthetic organisms as an unavoidable side reaction of photosynthesis.
catarrh (noun): Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
dogecoin (noun): A cryptocurrency featuring the Shiba Inu from the "doge" meme as its logo.
Synonyms: Dogecoin
dogecoin (noun): A unit of this currency. Symbols: Ð, DOGE.
Synonyms: Dogecoin
deontology (noun): The normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules or obligations rather than either the inherent goodness or the consequences of those actions.
hemoglobinuria (noun): The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
Synonyms: haemoglobinuria
akh (noun): In Egyptian mythology, (roughly) a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife.
akh (noun): Brother; a close male friend or associate.
Synonyms: akhi
metacarpophalangeal (adj): Of or pertaining to the metacarpus and the phalange
Example: metacarpophalangeal articulation
propraetor (noun): A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.
Synonyms: proprætor
diskos (noun): A small plate used to hold eucharistic bread which is to be consecrated; a paten.
keystream (noun): A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.
statant (adj): Standing on all four feet or paws.
Example: a lion statant
chlordiazepoxide (noun): A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug; trade name Librium among others.
nominalization (noun): A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.
Synonyms: nominalisation; substantivation; substantivisation; nounification
nominalization (noun): The act or process of nominalizing; the use of such a noun.
Synonyms: nominalisation; substantivation; substantivisation; nounification
triumphalism (noun): The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.
petrification (noun): Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
Synonyms: petrifaction
petrification (noun): obduracy; callousness.
Synonyms: petrifaction
petrification (noun): Sheer terror; great fright.
Synonyms: petrifaction
snowdrift (noun): A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
Synonyms: snow drift
pithead (noun): The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
Synonyms: pit head
pithead (noun): A hoverfly of the genus Pipiza.
Synonyms: pit head
oubliette (noun): A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
Hypernyms: dungeon
chironomid (noun): Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
ekphrasis (noun): A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
Synonyms: ecphrasis
masker (verb): To render giddy or senseless
Synonyms: stupefy; confuse; bewilder
masker (verb): To be bewildered.
Synonyms: stupefy; confuse; bewilder
masker (verb): To choke; stifle.
Synonyms: stupefy; confuse; bewilder
masker (noun): One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
masker (noun): That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).
Example: Coordinate term: maskee
steelmaker (noun): A person who works with steel.
Synonyms: steel-maker
flaxseed (noun): The seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
Synonyms: flax seed; linseed
choleric (adj): Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.
Synonyms: irate; irascible; wrathful; indignant; temperamental
choleric (adj): Showing or expressing anger.
Synonyms: irate; irascible; wrathful; indignant; temperamental
choleric (adj): Of or relating to cholera (infectious disease).
Synonyms: irate; irascible; wrathful; indignant; temperamental
pocketknife (noun): A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
Synonyms: penknife; jack-knife; pocket knife; pocket-knife
frontoparietal (adj): frontal and parietal (relating to such bones or lobes)
nodosaurid (noun): Any of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs of the family Nodosauridae.
forbear (verb): To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
Synonyms: forebear
forbear (verb): To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Synonyms: forebear
forbear (verb): To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
Synonyms: forebear
spicebush (noun): A common spicebush (Lindera benzoin), whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma.
Synonyms: Benjamin bush; sweetshrub; common spicebush; northern spicebush; spicewood
spicebush (noun): Any plant in the genus Calycanthus
Synonyms: Benjamin bush; sweetshrub; common spicebush; northern spicebush; spicewood
lippy (adj): Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
lippy (noun): Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
Synonyms: lippie
lippy (noun): An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.
Synonyms: lippie
gyne (noun): The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
balderdash (noun): Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Synonyms: drivel; piffle; nonsense; poppycock; bunk
balderdash (noun): A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Synonyms: drivel; piffle; nonsense; poppycock; bunk
balderdash (noun): Obscene language or writing.
Synonyms: drivel; piffle; nonsense; poppycock; bunk
gradin (noun): Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar.
colimit (noun): The cocone of a diagram through which any other cocone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
Hypernyms: cocone
calyptra (noun): In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
calyptra (noun): any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers
calyptra (noun): Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
daymark (noun): A mark (such as a tower) designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours.
Synonyms: day marker
barye (noun): A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar.
Synonyms: barie; baryd; barad; bary; baryed
hemerocallis (noun): Any member of the genus Hemerocallis of daylilies.
crucifer (noun): A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
crucifer (noun): A member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
mateship (noun): A type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition.
arctangent (noun): Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
Synonyms: inverse tangent; antitangent
rheumatologist (noun): A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
koban (noun): An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
Synonyms: cobang; kobang; coebang
muehlenbeckia (noun): Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
xanthan (noun): A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris
intriguer (noun): One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.
bosal (noun): Alternative form of bozal or bossale (slave born in Africa and recently brought to a colony).
snowblind (adj): Affected by snow blindness; temporarily blinded by light reflected off snow.
Synonyms: snow-blind
aldose (noun): Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
dubnium (noun): A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.
Synonyms: joliotium; nielsbohrium; unnilpentium; hahnium; eka-tantalum
dubnium (noun): A rejected name for rutherfordium.
Synonyms: joliotium; nielsbohrium; unnilpentium; hahnium; eka-tantalum
sheave (noun): A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
postclassical (adj): After the classical era (but sometimes before the medieval).
Synonyms: post-classical
Antonyms: anteclassical
storax (noun): The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.
circumscribe (verb): To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
freeloader (noun): One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
Synonyms: free-loader
freeloader (noun): An individual who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises.
Synonyms: free-loader
stollen (noun): A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.
tristimulus (noun): A set of three stimuli, especially the red, green and blue components of colour vision.
ethene (noun): The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄
Synonyms: ethylene; olefiant gas
ethene (noun): Any alkene derived from ethylene
Synonyms: ethylene; olefiant gas
methemoglobin (noun): An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot transport oxygen.
Synonyms: methaemoglobin; methæmoglobin
antimonopoly (adj): Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly.
Synonyms: anti-monopoly
maoli (noun): A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh.
taqueria (noun): A restaurant specializing in tacos and other Mexican food.
Synonyms: taquería
yellowface (noun): A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
hirs (pron): That which belongs to hir, theirs (singular). Possessive case of hir, used in place of a noun. Coordinate with his and hers.
Synonyms: eirs; theirs
excoriation (noun): The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
xerography (noun): A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.
fluorene (noun): A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
teiid (adj): Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.
pellucid (adj): Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
pellucid (noun): Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object.
mintmark (noun): An inscription stamped on a coin indicating the mint of origin.
Synonyms: MM
floodwall (noun): A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
Synonyms: flood wall
bezoar (noun): A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
Synonyms: bezoar stone
hyperthermophilic (adj): of or relating to a hyperthermophile; living and thriving in an extremely hot environment
vaginally (adv): Via the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
Synonyms: per vaginam; per vagina
jinghu (noun): A two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
manometer (noun): An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.
Synonyms: manometre
plunk (verb): To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
zopiclone (noun): A nonbenzodiazepine sedative used to treat insomnia.
diaphone (noun): A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diaphone (noun): A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
laryngology (noun): The branch of physiology dealing with the larynx and its disorders.
wakizashi (noun): A Japanese short sword, often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.
buttercream (noun): A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.
radiotelephony (noun): the transmission of sound (in both directions) using modulated radio waves rather than wires
subwavelength (adj): (of an optical component) Having dimensions less than the wavelength of the light employed.
Synonyms: sub-wavelength
subwavelength (noun): A wavelength that is a fraction of another
Synonyms: sub-wavelength
subproblem (noun): A problem whose solution contributes to the solution of a larger problem.
Synonyms: sub-problem
kickstand (noun): A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
kickstand (noun): A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
periphyton (noun): A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
classwork (noun): That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
Hypernyms: schoolwork
anicut (noun): A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
Synonyms: annicut; anaicut
quasiparticle (noun): Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
chapati (noun): A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
Synonyms: chapatti; chupatti; chupati
caber (noun): A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
heterodont (adj): Of bivalves or their hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the centre near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins.
heterodont (noun): A snake of the genus Heterodon which is native to North America.
benna (noun): A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
Synonyms: bennah; ditti
lect (noun): A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
unreason (noun): Lack of reason or rationality; unreasonableness; irrationality.
warily (adv): In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
measly (adj): Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).
autobiographer (noun): One who writes his or her own life or biography.
Synonyms: autobiographist
revanchism (noun): The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
Synonyms: revanchisme; revanche
revanchism (noun): Metaphorical endeavouring to regain lost political or cultural territory.
Synonyms: revanchisme; revanche
cower (verb): To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
snick (verb): To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
snick (noun): A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
primordium (noun): An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.
thymol (noun): a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming
enunciate (verb): To articulate, pronounce.
Example: You must enunciate all the syllables.
waterbed (noun): A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.
Synonyms: water bed
variadic (adj): Taking a variable number of arguments; especially, taking arbitrarily many arguments.
milord (noun): An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
Synonyms: milor
hatchetfish (noun): Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
Synonyms: sternoptychid; gasteropelecid; marine hatchetfish
hatchetfish (noun): Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae
Synonyms: sternoptychid; gasteropelecid; marine hatchetfish
cognitivism (noun): The view that ethical sentences express propositions and are therefore capable of being true or false.
cognitivism (noun): The view that a work of art is valuable if it contributes to knowledge.
cognitivism (noun): The view that mental function can be understood as the internal manipulation of symbols according to a set of rules.
venality (noun): The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
hyperaldosteronism (noun): A condition in which too much aldosterone is produced by the adrenal glands, potentially leading to lowered levels of potassium in the blood.
Synonyms: aldosteronism
staithe (noun): A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
Synonyms: wharf
staithe (noun): An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons.
Synonyms: wharf
freebase (noun): The purified, dry form of an amine, especially an alkaloid natural product, that is normally used in solution.
Synonyms: free base
freebase (noun): The purified, dry form of certain illegal drugs, especially cocaine.
Synonyms: free base
freebase (verb): To purify a drug by crystallization.
Synonyms: free base
freebase (verb): To use a purified drug, especially cocaine, by heating it and inhaling the fumes produced.
Synonyms: free base
overcharge (verb): To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
Antonyms: undercharge
overcharge (verb): To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
Antonyms: undercharge
overcharge (verb): To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
Antonyms: undercharge
overcharge (noun): Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
hussy (noun): A housewife or housekeeper.
Synonyms: hussif; hussiv
hussy (noun): A sexually immoral woman.
Synonyms: hussif; hussiv
hussy (noun): A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior.
Synonyms: hussif; hussiv
tripinnate (adj): Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
boatload (noun): Cargo or passengers that fill a boat.
Example: a boatload of ferry passengers
alterity (noun): Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
Synonyms: otherness
nonviable (adj): Not viable: not capable of independent life; not practicable.
Synonyms: non-viable US
bopomofo (name): Name for Zhuyin Fuhao used by ISO and Unicode.
Synonyms: Bopomofo
siderophore (noun): Any medium-sized molecule that has a high specificity for binding or chelating iron; they are employed by microorganisms to obtain iron from the environment
frizzy (adj): Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.
cogon (noun): Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
Synonyms: cotton wool grass; blady grass; silver spike; cogon grass; illuk
absorptivity (noun): The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
Synonyms: absorption coefficient; absorption factor
absorptivity (noun): The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
Synonyms: absorption coefficient; absorption factor
absorptivity (noun): The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
Synonyms: absorption coefficient; absorption factor
maquiladora (noun): An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
mirasol (noun): A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos.
calandria (noun): A form of heat exchanger in which steam is forced past tubes which contain water to be boiled.
steeve (noun): The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
steeve (noun): A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
steeve (verb): To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
steeve (verb): To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
concertato (noun): An early Baroque genre or style of music in which groups of instruments or voices share a melody, usually in alternation, and almost always over a basso continuo.
angklung (noun): A percussion instrument, originally from Indonesia, made of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame.
exclosure (noun): A limited area from which unwanted animals, such as domestic cattle or wildlife, are excluded by fencing or other means.
jenever (noun): A Dutch and Flemish alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin.
Synonyms: genever; Dutch gin
hikikomori (noun): A Japanese phenomenon whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically remaining isolated in a single room at home for a very long period.
mebendazole (noun): A benzimidazole drug used to treat infestations by worms.
furfural (noun): A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses.
sunglass (noun): attributive form of sunglasses; used chiefly in phrases
Example: a sunglass holder
sunglass (noun): A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
fellah (noun): A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.
triquetra (noun): A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.
netizen (noun): A member of the community of Internet users.
Synonyms: Netizen
uraninite (noun): Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO₂, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.
pannekoek (noun): A form of Dutch pancake, being thin and wide and optionally made with apples or a variety of other ingredients
Synonyms: pannenkoek
cataloguer (noun): A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.
Synonyms: cataloger
emolument (noun): Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
bendable (adj): Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
Synonyms: flexible; pliable; pliant
Antonyms: rigid
eschaton (noun): The apocalypse; the arrival and the era of God’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
kilim (noun): A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
Synonyms: khilim; kelim; kylym
calender (noun): A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
Synonyms: calendrer
calender (noun): One who pursues the business of calendering.
Synonyms: calendrer
calender (verb): To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender.
calender (noun): One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
dacoity (noun): Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
Synonyms: dacoitee; dacoiti; dacoitage
silkmoth (noun): Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).
lightkeeper (noun): The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
Synonyms: lighthouse keeper; light-keeper
transhuman (adj): Involving something beyond the merely human; transcending human limitations or boundaries.
transhuman (noun): An enhanced human; An individual having characteristics transitional between a human and a posthuman species.
firetail (noun): Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.
Synonyms: fireflirt
pyrokinesis (noun): The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic power.
overspend (verb): To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.
abada (noun): A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
whiggish (adj): Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
Synonyms: Whiggish
whiggish (adj): of history, characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see "Whig history".
Synonyms: Whiggish
adinkra (noun): Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
adinkra (noun): A graphical representation of supersymmetric algebras, consisting of coloured finite connected simple graphs that are bipartite and n-regular.
ephod (noun): A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.
jackshaft (noun): A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
jackshaft (verb): To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
unchristian (adj): Not of the Christian faith.
Synonyms: un-Christian
unchristian (adj): Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.
Synonyms: un-Christian
nympha (noun): Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.
virgate (noun): The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¹⁄₄ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Synonyms: yard; yardland; yard of land
Hypernyms: hundred; carucate
virgate (adj): Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
mensuration (noun): The study of measurement, especially the derivation and use of algebraic formulae to measure the areas, volumes and different parameters of geometric figures.
mensuration (noun): A 13th century system for governing rhythmic relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time signatures; The use of mensural notation.
sagala (noun): A girl taking part in the Santacruzan pageant on the last day of the Flores de Mayo festival.
fencepost (noun): A post which helps hold up a fence.
Synonyms: fence-post; fence post
ollamh (noun): In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor.
Synonyms: ollam; ollave; ollav
tardigrade (noun): A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).
isnad (noun): a Muslim tradition, specifying the chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of a hadith (a report of sayings and acts of the prophet)
titch (noun): A very small person; a small child.
Example: I ain't afraid of a titch like you.
titch (noun): A small amount of something.
Example: I'll have just a titch more cake.
rippy (adj): Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
Example: a rippy noise
wimple (noun): A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
wimple (verb): To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.
Example: The wind wimples the surface of water.
borewell (noun): A well constructed by boring a vertical hole (often subsequently fitted with a casing).
indistinguishability (noun): The state of being indistinguishable
Antonyms: distinguishability
billman (noun): A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.
planisphere (noun): Any of several charts of the celestial sphere having an overlay or window that may be adjusted to show the stars visible at a particular time, or from a particular place
curmudgeonly (adj): Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.
tetrahydrobiopterin (noun): A naturally-occurring nutrient and essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin, melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, and nitric oxide.
Synonyms: sapropterin
countrypolitan (noun): A subgenre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music, including string sections and background vocals.
countrypolitan (adj): Of or sounding like countrypolitan music, or country music produced during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
filmstrip (noun): A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
antisymmetry (noun): A theory of syntactic linearization, proposing that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order.
impulsion (noun): The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
impulsion (noun): Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
vanadate (noun): any of the corresponding anions, VO₃, VO₄, or V₂O₇
prefigure (verb): To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
Synonyms: portend; forereckon; presage; foreshadow; announce
prefigure (verb): To predict or foresee.
Synonyms: portend; forereckon; presage; foreshadow; announce
sandplain (noun): An area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.
unschooled (adj): Inexperienced; not having developed skill or knowledge in some area.
nibong (noun): The Asian palm tree Oncosperma tigillarium.
Synonyms: nibung
kirtle (noun): A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
kirtle (verb): To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
medicolegal (adj): Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop attempting resuscitation, or when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery.
isoflavone (noun): Any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.
welkin (noun): The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
dunnage (noun): Scrap material, often wood, used to fill spaces to prevent the shifting of more valuable items during transport, or underneath large or heavy items to raise them slightly above the ground, in order to protect from chafing and wet.
sectile (adj): Capable of being cut. Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
abscisic (adj): Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives.
noncovalent (adj): Describing a form of bonding between large molecules that does not involve discrete bonds between pairs of atoms
podar (noun): A cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.
Synonyms: poddar
simp (noun): A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal.
Synonyms: white knight; doormat
simp (noun): Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal.
Synonyms: white knight; doormat
Example: “Trump simp”.
simp (noun): An advocate for an ideology or cause.
Synonyms: white knight; doormat
simp (verb): To be especially deferential to and emotionally vulnerable with a woman, often with the intent of receiving sexual gratification.
simp (verb): To reminisce melancholically; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover.
squamulose (adj): Having small scales.
Example: The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
gibbous (adj): Curved or bulged outward.
Antonyms: crescent
gibbous (adj): Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated.
Antonyms: crescent
sawshark (noun): Any of the order Pristiophoriformes of sharks with long, blade-like snouts edged with teeth.
agarwood (noun): Heartwood from trees of genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. A. agallocha), infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produce an aromatic resin in response to this infestation.
Synonyms: aquilawood; eaglewood; gaharu; oud; agilawood
woodrush (noun): Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Luzula, that have grass-like leaves.
Synonyms: wood-rush; wood rush
lawrencium (noun): A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
Synonyms: unniltrium
mereological (adj): Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
amapiano (noun): A house music subgenre that emerged in South Africa, often incorporating jazz piano and lounge music.
Example: Coordinate term: kwaito
nilutamide (noun): An antiandrogen medication used in the treatment of advanced-stage prostate cancer.
lindane (noun): The organochlorine insecticide 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane
Synonyms: gammaxene; BHC; benzene hexachloride; γ-hexachlorocyclohexane; gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane
gnash (verb): To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
Example: gnashing your teeth
gnash (verb): To grind between the teeth.
Example: to gnash the air in fury
chuba (noun): a long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
joypad (noun): A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.
Synonyms: gamepad
Hypernyms: pad
dysbiosis (noun): A medical condition caused by microbial imbalances within the body
Antonyms: eubiosis
autochrome (noun): An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
howdah (noun): A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
Synonyms: houdah; howder
howdah (noun): An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant.
Synonyms: houdah; howder
antispasmodic (adj): Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
precursory (adj): Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
Synonyms: precursive; precursory; introductory; preliminary; preambulatory
Hypernyms: former
Example: precursory symptoms of a fever
macroglobulinemia (noun): The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in the blood
lettable (adj): Able to be let (that is, rented or leased).
Synonyms: letable
roadworthy (adj): Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.
Synonyms: street-legal
Example: Coordinate term: unroadworthy
tanpura (noun): Alternative spelling of tambura
Synonyms: tanpuri; tambura
tanpura (noun): A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
skittle (verb): (sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.
interstitium (noun): Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream.
angularity (noun): A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
countertransference (noun): The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to his or her patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
Synonyms: counter-transference
flumazenil (noun): A benzodiazepine antagonist used to counter drowsiness caused by benzodiazepines.
Synonyms: flumazepil
infoshop (noun): A storefront or social centre that serves as a node for the distribution of political information and resources for local activists.
piezoelectricity (noun): A voltage generated by certain crystals in response to an applied mechanical stress.
nanofabrication (noun): Fabrication, such as building or sculpting, at the nanoscale, on the level of individual molecules.
dispositive (adj): Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).
Example: Coordinate term: determinative
dispositive (adj): Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum.
luncheonette (noun): A small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.
Example: Coordinate term: bruncheonette
mousy (adj): Resembling a mouse. Quiet; stealthy.
Synonyms: mousey
mousy (adj): Resembling a mouse. Timid.
Synonyms: mousey
mousy (adj): Resembling a mouse. Of a greyish-brown colour.
Synonyms: mousey
Example: mousy:
mousy (noun): Diminutive of mouse.
Synonyms: mousie; mousey
spatiality (noun): The effect of spatial position on a system
Synonyms: spaciality
dieldrin (noun): A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant.
razzia (noun): A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
saltiness (noun): The property of being, or tasting, salty.
Synonyms: salinity; saltiness; salineness
Hypernyms: flavour
samovar (noun): A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
ferrocyanide (noun): The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
dockland (noun): The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
betony (noun): Any plant of the genus Stachys.
Synonyms: bishop's wort; self-heal; bishopwort; heal-all; lamb's ears
betony (noun): Any plant of the genus Stachys. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
Synonyms: bishop's wort; self-heal; bishopwort; heal-all; lamb's ears
betony (noun): Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts).
Synonyms: bishop's wort; self-heal; bishopwort; heal-all; lamb's ears
ironweed (noun): Any of certain species of the genus Vernonia of forbs and shrubs.
equant (adj): Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.
Synonyms: equidimensional
winnow (verb): To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
winnow (verb): To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
Example: They winnowed the field to twelve.
winnow (verb): To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
winnow (noun): That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
dieselization (noun): The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
Synonyms: dieselisation
dieselization (noun): The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines
Synonyms: dieselisation
dieselization (noun): The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.
Synonyms: dieselisation
razzmatazz (noun): Ambiguous or meaningless language.
Synonyms: razmataz; razzamatazz
razzmatazz (noun): Empty and tiresome speculation.
Synonyms: razmataz; razzamatazz
razzmatazz (noun): Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse.
Synonyms: razmataz; razzamatazz
vituperative (adj): Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.
Synonyms: vituperating; abusive; scolding; censorious; ranting
duodecimal (adj): Of a number, expressed in base twelve.
Synonyms: base twelve; dozenal
goldwork (noun): Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
Synonyms: gold-work; gold work
dvornik (noun): A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household
metaphysician (noun): A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics.
Synonyms: metaphysicist
flinty (adj): Siliceous (including basanite).
Example: flinty rock
pyrimethamine (noun): A synthetic compound derived from pyrimidine, acting as a folic acid antagonist and used in the chemoprophylaxis or treatment of malaria and in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
matronymic (adj): Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother.
Synonyms: metronymic
matronymic (adj): By extension; of, relating to, or derived from the given name of a female ancestor.
Synonyms: metronymic
matronymic (noun): A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother.
Synonyms: metronym; matronym; metronymic
matronymic (noun): By extension, a surname or byname acquired from the given name from a female ancestor.
Synonyms: metronym; matronym; metronymic
obb (noun): Abbreviation of obbligato.
Synonyms: obb
charkha (noun): A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
Synonyms: churka
passman (noun): One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
Synonyms: pollman; poll
whacking (adj): Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
whicker (verb): Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.
kex (noun): The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
Synonyms: kix
kex (noun): A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
Synonyms: kix
washhouse (noun): A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
Synonyms: wash house
washhouse (noun): A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
Synonyms: wash house
bipropellant (noun): A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber
Synonyms: biprop
Hypernyms: propellant
abandonware (noun): A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
shrievalty (noun): The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff
Synonyms: sheriffalty; sheriffdom
glenohumeral (adj): Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
muckraker (noun): One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
muckraker (noun): One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
muckraker (noun): A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
chernozem (noun): A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
Synonyms: chernosem; tchornozem; tchernozem; tschernosem; black earth
corrugation (noun): The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
corrugation (noun): washboarding (the appearance of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road)
furigana (noun): Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.
Synonyms: ruby character; rubi character
strikebreaking (verb): present participle and gerund of strikebreak
Synonyms: strike-breaking; strike breaking
strikebreaking (noun): Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.
Synonyms: strike-breaking; strike breaking
strikebreaking (adj): Of or pertaining to such activity.
Synonyms: strike-breaking; strike breaking
einherjar (noun): The warriors who died fighting bravely and were brought by valkyries to Valhalla, where they feast and prepare for Ragnarok.
floorboard (noun): Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
Synonyms: floor-board
floorboard (verb): To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed.
Synonyms: floor-board
goniometer (noun): A device used to measure angles. A device used to measure the angles of joints commonly used in orthopedics and physical therapy.
goniometer (noun): A device used to measure angles. A device used to measure the angles of crystals.
goniometer (noun): A device used to measure angles. An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).
antinomy (noun): A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.