leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
hunch (verb): To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
Example: […] the figure hunched up the road.
thicken (verb): To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
Synonyms: widen; reduce; inspissate; broaden; strengthen
Antonyms: water down; dilute; thin
thicken (verb): To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
Synonyms: widen; reduce; inspissate; broaden; strengthen
Antonyms: water down; dilute; thin
Example: to thicken a sauce
thicken (verb): To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
Synonyms: widen; reduce; inspissate; broaden; strengthen
Antonyms: water down; dilute; thin
switchgear (noun): A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
Synonyms: switch gear
coeliac (adj): Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
Synonyms: cœliac; celiac
coeliac (adj): Abbreviation of coeliac disease; used attributively.
Synonyms: cœliac; celiac
coeliac (noun): Someone who has coeliac disease.
Synonyms: cœliac; celiac
playroom (noun): A room, allocated as a children's play area, in which noisy or boisterous activities are tolerated.
Synonyms: play-room
playroom (noun): A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Synonyms: play-room
disjunctive (adj): Not connected; separated.
Antonyms: conjunctive
disjunctive (adj): Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
Antonyms: conjunctive
disjunctive (adj): Tending to disjoin; separating.
Antonyms: conjunctive
spheroid (adj): Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
Synonyms: sphæroid
spheroid (noun): A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
Synonyms: sphæroid
neoconservative (noun): A supporter of neoconservatism.
Example: Coordinate term: paleoconservative
neoconservative (adj): Of or relating to neoconservatism.
Example: Coordinate term: paleoconservative
crackling (noun): Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
Synonyms: cracklin(s)
crackling (noun): The crispy rind of roast pork.
Synonyms: cracklin(s)
crackling (noun): A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
Synonyms: cracklin(s)
wimp (noun): Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
Synonyms: whimp
Example: (see title)
adjourn (verb): To postpone.
Example: The trial was adjourned for a week.
adjourn (verb): To end or suspend an event.
Example: The court will adjourn for lunch.
beatbox (verb): To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and rhythms for music.
credibly (adv): In a credible manner; believably.
Antonyms: incredibly
credibly (adv): Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement
Antonyms: incredibly
ceanothus (noun): Any of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
maidservant (noun): A female servant; a maid.
Synonyms: servingwoman; maid-servant; maid servant; servitrix; servingmaid
helter (noun): Alternative spelling of halter (rope, cord, or similar thing that fastens around the neck).
concho (noun): A silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone.
outlast (verb): To live, last or remain longer than.
Example: The tool outlasted its need.
injunctive (noun): A verbal mood in Sanskrit characterized by secondary endings but no augment, and usually resembling an augmentless aorist or imperfect.
backbeat (noun): The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.
Synonyms: back beat
womenswear (noun): Women's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.
Synonyms: womens wear; ladieswear; women's wear; women’s wear
standardise (verb): To establish a standard consisting of regulations for how something is to be done across an organization.
Synonyms: standardize
standardise (verb): To check for conformance with a standard.
Synonyms: standardize
vaccinate (verb): To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
interlace (noun): A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
Example: Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns
interlace (noun): A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
interlace (verb): To cross one with another.
Example: to interlace wires
interlace (verb): To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.
Example: interlacing branches
loanee (noun): Someone who is being loaned, someone playing for another club on loan.
cotangent (noun): In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn
neorealism (noun): A movement in art, literature and (especially in Italy) cinema, shortly after the Second World War, that concentrated on real life.
neorealism (noun): A theory of international relations based on the idea that power is the most important factor.
transubstantiation (noun): The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
drumline (noun): A group of percussionists in a marching band.
Synonyms: drum line
beekeeper (noun): A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
Synonyms: apiator; beemaster; apiculturist; apiarist; bee master
luminary (noun): One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.
Synonyms: guiding light
luminary (noun): A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.
Synonyms: guiding light
luminary (noun): An artificial light; an illumination.
Synonyms: guiding light
tariqa (noun): a Sufi method of discipline, meditation and mystical insight, or a religious order based on this.
Synonyms: tarekat; tariqat; tariqah
lanthanide (noun): Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.
Synonyms: rare-earth element; lanthanoid; lanthanate; lanthanon
lanthanide (noun): Any of the 14 rare earth elements from lanthanum to ytterbium (lutetium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
Synonyms: rare-earth element; lanthanoid; lanthanate; lanthanon
lanthanide (noun): Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium to lutetium (lanthanum having been excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).
Synonyms: rare-earth element; lanthanoid; lanthanate; lanthanon
neoprene (noun): A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.
antiparallel (adj): (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions. Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
antiparallel (adj): (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions. Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
antiparallel (noun): A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
allylic (adj): Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂-
microcredit (noun): The practice of making very small loans, especially to poor people to promote self-employment; microlending.
myocarditis (noun): Inflammation of the myocardium.
Synonyms: inflammatory cardiomyopathy
Hypernyms: cardiomyopathy
agroforestry (noun): An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
unreadable (adj): That cannot be read or is not easy to read.
Synonyms: dull; indecipherable; unclear; boring; tedious
Antonyms: readable
Example: unreadable handwriting
unreadable (adj): Not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading.
Synonyms: dull; indecipherable; unclear; boring; tedious
Antonyms: readable
Example: unreadable books
unreadable (adj): Not able to be read—i.e. accessed or played—by some technical device.
Synonyms: dull; indecipherable; unclear; boring; tedious
Antonyms: readable
Example: The scratched CD is unreadable.
conversant (adj): Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
Synonyms: conversaunt
conversant (adj): Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
Synonyms: conversaunt
flugelhorn (noun): A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
Synonyms: fluegelhorn; flügelhorn
pulsation (noun): The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
polecat (noun): A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela. notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
imperious (adj): Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
Synonyms: bossy; domineering; authoritarian; overbearing; dictatorial
imperious (adj): Urgent.
Synonyms: bossy; domineering; authoritarian; overbearing; dictatorial
imperious (adj): Imperial or regal.
Synonyms: bossy; domineering; authoritarian; overbearing; dictatorial
oncogenic (adj): Causing the formation of tumors.
Synonyms: oncogenous
Example: oncogenic viruses
oncogenic (adj): Caused by tumors: tumor-induced.
Synonyms: oncogenous
Example: oncogenic osteomalacia
lockjaw (noun): A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
beholden (adj): Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
Synonyms: beholding
obturator (noun): An object used to obstruct a hole, such as a fissure of the palate.
obturator (noun): The membrane vessels, etc. that close the obturator foramen, or thyroid foramen, a large opening or fenestra in the anterior part of the hip bone.
amateurism (noun): The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
milagro (noun): A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
filbert (noun): The hazelnut.
Synonyms: hazelnut; filberd
filbert (noun): The hazel tree.
Synonyms: hazelnut; filberd
filbert (noun): A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
Synonyms: hazelnut; filberd
apsara (noun): A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
Synonyms: upsara
disparagingly (adv): Insultingly
Synonyms: insultingly; degradingly
bugler (noun): Someone who plays a bugle.
Synonyms: bugle-player
skinning (noun): The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat, hides, and furs.
podesta (noun): A municipal office (variously denoting a mayor, councilor, etc.) in some Italian-speaking towns
consequentially (adv): In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
Antonyms: inconsequentially
casebook (noun): A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.
Synonyms: case-book; case book
casebook (noun): A kind of book, used predominantly in United States law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
Synonyms: case-book; case book
cirri (noun): plural of cirrus Grouped cilia that function as "legs" in certain species of protists.
tumorigenesis (noun): Production of a new tumor or tumors.
Synonyms: tumorgenesis; tumourigenesis
tumorigenesis (noun): The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors.
Synonyms: tumorgenesis; tumourigenesis
buckthorn (noun): Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family, especially genus Rhamnus,
buckthorn (noun): Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family, especially genus Rhamnus, especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buckthorn (noun): Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family, also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
carvel (noun): Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
Synonyms: karvel
carvel (noun): The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata).
Synonyms: karvel
carvel (noun): A jellyfish (Medusozoa).
Synonyms: karvel
untouchability (noun): The state or condition of being untouchable.
Synonyms: untouchableness
lepton (noun): A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
Synonyms: lepton
Hypernyms: subatomic particle; fermion; elementary particle
lepton (noun): A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
Synonyms: lepton
Hypernyms: subatomic particle; fermion; elementary particle
lepton (noun): An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.
Synonyms: lepton
Hypernyms: subatomic particle; fermion; elementary particle
cornett (noun): An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.
Synonyms: cornetto
douce (adj): Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
goel (noun): A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.
nitrogenous (adj): of, relating to, or containing nitrogen
Synonyms: nitrogenic
unaccustomed (adj): Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
Example: He is unaccustomed to the cold.
hansom (noun): A Hansom cab; a carriage
Synonyms: hanson
unsavory (adj): Not savory; without flavor.
Synonyms: unsavoury
unsavory (adj): Of bad taste; distasteful.
Synonyms: unsavoury
unsavory (adj): Making an activity undesirable.
Synonyms: unsavoury
crusty (adj): Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
crusty (noun): A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
Synonyms: crustie
crusty (noun): A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
Synonyms: crustie
virago (noun): A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
virago (noun): A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
mico (noun): A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.
Synonyms: black-tailed marmoset
jackrabbit (noun): any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus
Hypernyms: rabbit
boreas (noun): The north wind.
Synonyms: northerly
Antonyms: auster; southerly
tollbooth (noun): (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
Synonyms: tolbooth
dowse (verb): To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
beka (noun): an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel
Synonyms: bekah
kundalini (noun): An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine and to be released by yoga.
adenoma (noun): A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
outlive (verb): To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
Synonyms: survive
Antonyms: predecease
outlive (verb): To live through or past (a given time).
Synonyms: survive
Antonyms: predecease
outlive (verb): To surpass in duration; outlast.
Synonyms: survive
Antonyms: predecease
satirize (verb): To make a satire of; to mock.
Synonyms: satirise
megamix (noun): A remix taking the form of a medley, with radical alterations and many constituent pieces of music.
astrometry (noun): The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies, particularly stars.
arbitrariness (noun): The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.
Synonyms: arbitraryness; arbitrarity
insipid (adj): Unappetizingly flavorless.
Synonyms: smackless; intastable; sapidless; cardboard; insipid
Antonyms: gustable
Hypernyms: imperceptible
insipid (adj): Flat; lacking character or definition.
Synonyms: smackless; intastable; sapidless; cardboard; insipid
Antonyms: gustable
Hypernyms: imperceptible
runt (noun): The smallest child in the family.
Example: the runt of the family
doody (noun): Excrement, poop.
Synonyms: dooty; doodie
doody (verb): To defecate, poop.
Synonyms: dooty; doodie
sandesh (noun): a dessert originating from Bengal.
Synonyms: shondesh; sondesh
casse (noun): A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
ricker (noun): A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
feedwater (noun): Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation.
Synonyms: feed water
invariable (adj): Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
Example: Physical laws which are invariable.
brack (noun): An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
meddle (verb): To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
Synonyms: medle
meddle (verb): To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
Synonyms: medle
meddle (verb): To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
Synonyms: medle
catatonia (noun): A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
Synonyms: catatony
catatonia (noun): A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.
Synonyms: catatony
volcanology (noun): The study of volcanoes.
Synonyms: vulcanology
herpetology (noun): The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians.
Hypernyms: zoology
swoon (verb): To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
Synonyms: swound
swoon (verb): To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
Synonyms: swound
longlist (noun): An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
longlist (verb): To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower shortlist.
quackery (noun): The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
eme (noun): An uncle.
Synonyms: neam; eame; neme; neame; eem
eme (noun): Friend.
Synonyms: neam; eame; neme; neame; eem
syllogism (noun): An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.
Example: Meronyms: major premise, minor premise
syllogism (noun): A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.
myocardium (noun): The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.
Synonyms: heart muscle; cardiac muscle
Hypernyms: muscular substance of the heart
cassis (noun): The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries
cassis (noun): A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.
Example: Cassis and soda is a popular drink.
cassis (noun): A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit; mostly referred to as simply blackcurrant in the UK, where the fruit is common.
awl (noun): A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
malu (noun): A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.
periodontitis (noun): A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth.
Synonyms: parodontitis
growler (noun): A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
rugose (adj): Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
Synonyms: coarse; wrinkly; harsh; rough; purfly
rugose (adj): Rugged, rough, unrefined.
Synonyms: coarse; wrinkly; harsh; rough; purfly
rugose (adj): Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".
Synonyms: coarse; wrinkly; harsh; rough; purfly
blogosphere (noun): The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.
sweatshop (noun): A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
Synonyms: sweat factory; sweat shop
devolve (verb): To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
devolve (verb): To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
langar (noun): A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
ern (verb): To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
Synonyms: earn
glabella (noun): The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
Synonyms: mesophryon
glabella (noun): The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).
Synonyms: mesophryon
shola (noun): A wild plant found in Bengal and Assam, Aeschynomene aspera, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artefacts.
Synonyms: sola; solah
cair (verb): To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
caatinga (noun): A sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
pietism (noun): A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
malle (noun): A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
Synonyms: mawle; maul; mall
nationalize (verb): To make into, or to become, a nation.
Synonyms: nationalise
nationalize (verb): To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.
Synonyms: nationalise
nationalize (verb): To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
Synonyms: nationalise
tragicomedy (noun): The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
Synonyms: comitragedy; comicotragedy
tragicomedy (noun): A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
Synonyms: comitragedy; comicotragedy
souq (noun): A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.
Synonyms: sooq; suk; souk; sook; sukh
faqir (noun): A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
Synonyms: faquir; fakir; faqueer
abugida (noun): A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include.
Synonyms: alphasyllabary
Hypernyms: signary
abugida (noun): A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol.
Synonyms: alphasyllabary
Hypernyms: signary
maser (noun): a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems
sporophyte (noun): A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
triglyceride (noun): A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
unfamiliarity (noun): Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.
wireline (noun): A wire that runs from a drill rig down into the drill hole to support a dead load or other downhole tool.
Synonyms: landline
arguable (adj): That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
milkvetch (noun): Any member of most species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus.
Synonyms: milk vetch; milk-vetch; astragalus; astragal
malacologist (noun): A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.
knapsack (noun): A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
Synonyms: rucksack; backpack
knapsack (noun): A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
Synonyms: rucksack; backpack
knapsack (verb): To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
Synonyms: backpack
unwind (verb): To separate (something that is wound up)
Example: to unwind a ball of yarn
unwind (verb): To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
brannigan (noun): binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk)
Synonyms: branigan
revelry (noun): Joyful or riotous merry-making.
Synonyms: celebration; festivity; revelment
ceramicist (noun): A person who makes ceramics, such as pottery.
Synonyms: ceramist
sandgrouse (noun): Any of several species of birds in the family Pteroclididae.
Synonyms: sand-grouse; sand grouse
insolent (adj): Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
monotherapy (noun): A therapy which is administered by itself
Synonyms: monotreatment
loverboy (noun): A male lover, especially a young one.
Synonyms: lover boy
Example: Coordinate term: lovergirl
urinal (noun): A device or fixture used for urination A glass vial used for examining or storing urine.
Synonyms: chamber pot; toilet; bathroom
urinal (noun): A device or fixture used for urination A chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.
Synonyms: chamber pot; toilet; bathroom
urinal (noun): A device or fixture used for urination A device for urination worn by patients suffering incontinence.
Synonyms: chamber pot; toilet; bathroom
hydroxylation (noun): The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom
teleprinter (noun): Synonym of teletype, a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols.
crowfoot (noun): Any of many plants, mostly of subgenus Ranunculus subg. Batrachium, that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups
mardy (adj): Sulky or whining.
Example: He's a mardy child.
mardy (adj): Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
privet (noun): Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.
pharaonic (adj): Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
Synonyms: Pharaonic
pharaonic (adj): Impressively large or luxurious.
Synonyms: Pharaonic
pharaonic (adj): Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
Synonyms: Pharaonic
hooch (noun): An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
Synonyms: hootch
Example: Bring on the free hooch!
hooch (noun): A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
Synonyms: hootch
Example: Burn the hooches.
hypervisor (noun): A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.
thet (det): Pronunciation spelling of that, representing dialectal English.
Example: Would ye believe thet?
sibilant (adj): Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
Synonyms: sibilous; sibilant; sibilatory; hissing; hissy
sibilant (noun): A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
toffee (noun): A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
Synonyms: taffy; toffy
toffee (noun): A small, individual piece of toffee.
Synonyms: taffy; toffy
Example: a box of toffees
toffee (noun): Any kind of sweets; candy.
Synonyms: taffy; toffy
toffee (verb): To coat in toffee.
Synonyms: taffy; toffy
corporatist (adj): Having the principles, doctrine, or system of corporative organization of a political unit, as a city or state.
mudslide (noun): A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline.
Synonyms: mudflow
mudslide (noun): A mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlúa and Baileys.
Synonyms: mudflow
garish (adj): Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
saccharine (adj): Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
saccharine (adj): Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
korona (noun): The replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian krone in Hungary after World War I.
propionate (noun): Any salt or ester of propionic acid.
Synonyms: propanoate
exceptionalism (noun): The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm.
plage (noun): A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
blabbermouth (noun): A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
imperfectly (adv): In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
Antonyms: perfectly
shul (noun): An Ashkenazi synagogue.
Synonyms: schul; schule; shule; shool
grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
woodcraft (noun): Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
cienega (noun): A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the surface.
Synonyms: cienaga
anteater (noun): Any of several animals of South and Central America, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
anteater (noun): Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).
rasp (noun): A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
Hypernyms: file
rasp (noun): The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
Hypernyms: file
Example: the rasp of her perpetual cough
rasp (verb): To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
dramaturge (noun): Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
dramaturge (noun): A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.
isopropyl (noun): The univalent organic radical (CH₃)₂CH-.
specular (adj): Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.
Example: a specular examination
pipistrelle (noun): Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
vipassana (noun): Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of nonself.
griot (noun): A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
uncooked (adj): Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked.
retrace (verb): To go back over something, usually in an attempt at rediscovery.
retrace (noun): The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
collinear (adj): Lying on the same straight line.
Synonyms: colinear
speckle (noun): A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
carignan (noun): A grape variety, originally from the Cariñena district of Spain but widely grown in France
Synonyms: carignane
carignan (noun): The red wine made from this type of grape
Synonyms: carignane
inhaler (noun): A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
takeout (adj): (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
Synonyms: take-out; grab and go; takeaways; takeaway; carryout
takeout (noun): Food purchased from a takeaway.
Synonyms: take-out; takeaway; carryout
takeout (noun): A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play.
Synonyms: take-out; takeaway; carryout
takeout (noun): A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
Synonyms: take-out; takeaway; carryout
hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
hypo (noun): Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.
hypo (verb): To stimulate or boost, as if by administering a hypodermic injection. (Compare hype.)
silkscreen (noun): A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such as on T-shirts.
hydrofoil (noun): A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
Synonyms: hydroplane
hydrofoil (noun): A vessel equipped with such a device.
Synonyms: hydroplane
Example: Coordinate term: hovercraft
hydrofoil (verb): To operate or use or ride atop a hydrofoil wing on a hull so equipped.
nonproliferation (noun): Involving the prevention of proliferation; Opposed to the spread (of something).
Synonyms: non-proliferation
Example: Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
flagstone (noun): A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
flagstone (noun): One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
exude (verb): To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
capitalistic (adj): Of or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists.
Synonyms: capitalist
Antonyms: socialistic; Socialist; anticapitalist; noncapitalist; anti-capitalistic
capitalistic (adj): Organised on a capitalist basis.
Synonyms: capitalist
Antonyms: socialistic; Socialist; anticapitalist; noncapitalist; anti-capitalistic
kra (noun): The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.
kra (noun): A long-tailed macaque of India and Sumatra, reddish-olive in colour with black spots and tail.
virile (adj): Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
Antonyms: muliebrile; nonvirile; muliebral
virile (adj): Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
Antonyms: muliebrile; nonvirile; muliebral
virile (adj): Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
Antonyms: muliebrile; nonvirile; muliebral
falsify (verb): To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
Example: to falsify a record or document
tikka (noun): A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.
stargazer (noun): Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
interconnector (noun): That which interconnects. A structure that allows energy to flow between networks, especially electricity and natural gas between international energy networks.
taonga (noun): In Maori culture, any treasured thing, whether tangible or intangible.
cheeseman (noun): A man who makes cheese.
Synonyms: cheesemaker
linnet (noun): A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
Synonyms: lintwhite
linnet (noun): A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
Synonyms: lintwhite
testable (adj): Susceptible to being tested.
Antonyms: intestable; untestable
testable (adj): With respect to the scientific method, capable of being proven true or false.
Antonyms: intestable; untestable
testable (adj): Capable of being devised, or given by will.
Antonyms: intestable; untestable
hypergraph (noun): A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices.
mainshock (noun): The largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.
ulidiid (noun): Any species of the family Ulidiidae, picture-winged flies.
Synonyms: otitid; ortalid
Example: Two orbital setae distinguish ulidiids.
signpost (noun): A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.
Synonyms: sign-post
signpost (noun): A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
Synonyms: sign-post
signpost (verb): To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
Synonyms: sign-post
signpost (verb): To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
Synonyms: sign-post
snob (noun): A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
marz (noun): A first-level administrative entity in Armenia; usually translated as region in English.
eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
schizoid (adj): Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
schizoid (adj): Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
waver (verb): To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
Example: Flowers wavered in the breeze.
waver (verb): To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
waver (verb): To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
hern (noun): Corner, nook.
Synonyms: hirn; hirne; hurn; hon; herne
hern (noun): A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside.
Synonyms: hirn; hirne; hurn; hon; herne
hern (noun): A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field.
Synonyms: hirn; hirne; hurn; hon; herne
hern (pron): Hers; her own.
Synonyms: her'n
brusque (adj): Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
Synonyms: brusk
brusque (verb): To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.
intertwine (verb): To become twined together; to become mutually involved.
Synonyms: entwine
wastage (noun): The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
wastage (noun): The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
warthog (noun): A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.
warthog (noun): A nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane
palindromic (adj): Beginning and ending in a similar way.
Example: palindromic rheumatism
palindrome (noun): A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
palindrome (noun): A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
wampum (noun): Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.
Synonyms: wompam
Example: (uncountable):
wampum (noun): Short for wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”)
Synonyms: wompam
simony (noun): The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.
Synonyms: Simonism
kebaya (noun): A traditional blouse worn by women in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Synonyms: kabaya; kebayah; kabayah
jettison (noun): Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
jettison (verb): To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
Example: The jettisoning of fuel tanks.
jettison (verb): To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
brakeman (noun): A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Synonyms: brakesman
brakeman (noun): A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
Synonyms: brakesman
brakeman (noun): A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
Synonyms: brakesman
copulate (verb): To engage in sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: pipe down; bump uglies; jig-jig; cohabit; bonk
Antonyms: abstain; keep it in one's pants; wouldn't touch with yours
Hypernyms: act sexually
hilariously (adv): In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.
Example: a hilariously funny joke
corpsman (noun): An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
vigilantism (noun): The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Synonyms: vigilanteism
reconnection (noun): A connection of things that have been previously severed.
Synonyms: reconnexion
swash (noun): A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
flatbread (noun): A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
Synonyms: flat bread
manticore (noun): A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.
wintry (adj): Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
Synonyms: hibernal; wintery; brumal; hiemal
Example: wintry weather
wintry (adj): Containing sleet or snow.
Synonyms: hibernal; wintery; brumal; hiemal
wintry (adj): Aged, white-haired.
Synonyms: hibernal; wintery; brumal; hiemal
moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
Example: let out a deep moan
moan (verb): To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
cinquefoil (noun): A potentilla (flower).
Synonyms: T(5,2); fiveleaf; cinqfoil; cinquefoil knot; quinquefoil
cinquefoil (noun): A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
Synonyms: T(5,2); fiveleaf; cinqfoil; cinquefoil knot; quinquefoil
cinquefoil (noun): A particular knot of five crossings.
Synonyms: T(5,2); fiveleaf; cinqfoil; cinquefoil knot; quinquefoil
poleward (adv): Towards a pole of a planet
Antonyms: antipoleward; equatorward
fug (noun): A heavy, musty, stuffy or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area.
fug (noun): A state of chaos or confusion.
Example: There was a fug of fear in the room.
fug (intj): Euphemistic form of fuck.
Example: Oh fug. Whad a mess.
fug (noun): Euphemistic form of fuck. Used as an intensifier.
Example: I mean, who the fug cares?
fug (noun): Euphemistic form of fuck. A contemptible person.
Example: Look at those fugs!
schistosomiasis (noun): Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.
ecclesiology (noun): The branch of theology concerned with the doctrines, role etc. of a church.
microbrewery (noun): A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.
Synonyms: micro-brewery
maudlin (noun): Either of two aromatic plants, costmary or sweet yarrow.
maudlin (adj): Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
maudlin (adj): Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
essentialism (noun): The view that all members of certain groups of people (such as those with the same race, gender, age, or sexual orientation) have common, essential traits inherent to the defining feature of the group; (also) behavior or statement(s) that reflect such a view.
essentialism (noun): The doctrine that there are certain traditional concepts, values, and skills that are essential to society and should be taught to all students.
helianthus (noun): Any plant, of the genus Helianthus, having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays; the sunflowers
tuque (noun): a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
stressor (noun): An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
verifier (noun): A device used to verify that a punched card had been punched correctly.
smokescreen (noun): Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
Synonyms: smoke screen; smoke-screen
smokescreen (noun): Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
Synonyms: smoke screen; smoke-screen
envelopment (noun): An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
outrageously (adv): In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
slideshow (noun): A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a spoken or recorded explanation.
Synonyms: slide show
slideshow (noun): Any sequence of images, shown one after the other (not simultaneously).
Synonyms: slide show
celadon (noun): A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
Example: celadon:
subsequence (noun): A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
Synonyms: posteriority
manji (noun): A captain or skipper of a boat.
Synonyms: manjee; mangee
postulator (noun): A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint.
superfly (noun): An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer.
superfly (noun): A fly (insect) with remarkable properties, such as resistance to insecticide.
adjoin (verb): To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
prefab (noun): A prefabricated section of a building.
Synonyms: pre-fab
prefab (noun): A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
Synonyms: pre-fab
blithe (adj): Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
Synonyms: blythe
blithe (adj): Cheerful, happy.
Synonyms: blythe
Example: I was feeling blithe, almost jocund.
zun (noun): A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal.
eurypterid (noun): A large, prehistoric, carnivorous arthropod, of the class †Eurypterida, thought to be one of the first animals to venture onto land.
Synonyms: sea scorpion