leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
hitchhiker (noun): An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
Synonyms: hitch-hiker
hitchhiker (noun): A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
Synonyms: hitch-hiker
vicarious (adj): Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
deejay (verb): To play music as a disc jockey.
Synonyms: DJ
ciliary (adj): Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
Example: ciliary movement
chalky (adj): Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
nacelle (noun): The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
nacelle (noun): A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
subfield (noun): A subring of a field, containing the multiplicative identity and closed under inversion.
shockingly (adv): To a shocking degree.
Example: Their efforts were shockingly slipshod.
nostril (noun): Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
Synonyms: nosethirl
radish (noun): A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
Synonyms: raddish
radish (noun): The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.
Synonyms: raddish
radish (noun): With a distinguishing word: some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
Synonyms: raddish
tokusatsu (noun): A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.
storeroom (noun): A room used for storage.
Synonyms: store-room
Hypernyms: room
asexually (adv): In an asexual manner; without having sex.
Example: Amoebas reproduce asexually.
luminescence (noun): Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
unproduced (adj): Recording the music directly, with a minimum of overdubs, effects and other processing.
tasteful (adj): Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
Synonyms: trendy; chic; delicious; tasty; fashionable
Antonyms: unfashionable; unpalatable; gaudy; distasteful; untrendy
tasteful (adj): Having a high relish; savoury.
Synonyms: trendy; chic; delicious; tasty; fashionable
Antonyms: unfashionable; unpalatable; gaudy; distasteful; untrendy
tasteful (adj): Gay; fashionable.
Synonyms: trendy; chic; delicious; tasty; fashionable
Antonyms: unfashionable; unpalatable; gaudy; distasteful; untrendy
kuna (noun): The former (until 2023) currency of Croatia, divided into 100 lipa.
lymphocyte (noun): Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.
Synonyms: lymphocyte
Hypernyms: blood cell; white blood cell; leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte
ostensible (adj): Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
Antonyms: ulterior
ostensible (adj): Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
Antonyms: ulterior
inflectional (adj): Of or pertaining to inflection.
Synonyms: flectional; inflexional
inflectional (adj): Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.
Synonyms: flectional; inflexional
downgrade (noun): A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
Example: Coordinate term: comedown
downgrade (verb): To place lower in position.
Synonyms: reduce; revert; defame; demote; ruin
downgrade (verb): To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
Synonyms: reduce; revert; defame; demote; ruin
downgrade (verb): To disparage.
Synonyms: reduce; revert; defame; demote; ruin
perigee (noun): The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.
Antonyms: apogee
perigee (noun): The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.
Antonyms: apogee
perigee (noun): The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
Antonyms: apogee
checkerboard (noun): A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
Synonyms: chequerboard; draughtboard
checkerboard (noun): A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
Synonyms: chequerboard; draughtboard
checkerboard (noun): A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
Synonyms: chequerboard; draughtboard
checkerboard (verb): To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
Synonyms: chequerboard
juju (noun): A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
Synonyms: jou-jou; ju-ju
juju (noun): The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
Synonyms: jou-jou; ju-ju
juju (noun): The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.
Synonyms: jou-jou; ju-ju
Example: That's some bad juju.
juju (noun): A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
Synonyms: jou-jou; ju-ju
juju (noun): Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”)
Synonyms: jou-jou; ju-ju
ascendant (adj): Moving upward; ascending, rising.
Synonyms: ascendent
ascendant (adj): Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
Synonyms: ascendent
ascendant (adj): In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
Synonyms: ascendent
ascendant (noun): The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
Synonyms: ascendent
ascendant (noun): Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.
Synonyms: ascendent
ascendant (noun): Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”)
Synonyms: ascendent
Example: One man has the ascendant over another.
nestle (verb): To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
Synonyms: settle; cuddle; snuggle
nestle (verb): To press oneself against another affectionately.
Synonyms: settle; cuddle; snuggle
nestle (verb): To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
Synonyms: settle; cuddle; snuggle
marauder (noun): Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
Example: a band of marauders
pandan (noun): A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).
pandan (noun): A traditional Malay food flavouring derived from the leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius.
charade (noun): A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
charade (noun): A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
charade (verb): To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
vegetal (adj): Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
semitone (noun): A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used
Synonyms: halftone; half step
semitone (noun): Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale
Synonyms: halftone; half step
midwinter (noun): The middle of winter.
Synonyms: mid-winter
Antonyms: midsummer
midwinter (noun): The winter solstice; about December 21st or 22nd.
Synonyms: mid-winter
Antonyms: midsummer
ulcerative (adj): Composed of, or causing ulcers
Synonyms: ulcerating; ulceratory
chirality (noun): The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
Synonyms: handedness
downtrodden (adj): Trodden down.
Example: a patch of downtrodden soil
codeine (noun): An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.
climatology (noun): The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.
dud (noun): A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
Synonyms: blank
dud (noun): A failure of any kind. A loser; an unlucky person.
Synonyms: blank
dud (noun): A failure of any kind. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
Synonyms: blank
raff (noun): A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
Example: A raff of errors.
raff (verb): To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
raff (noun): A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.
Synonyms: raffe; raffie
glycosylation (noun): The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
mandapa (noun): A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
Synonyms: mantapa; mandapam; mandap
mandapa (noun): A temporary platform or sacred tent used for a wedding or other religious ceremony.
Synonyms: mantapa; mandapam; mandap
sleuth (verb): To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
Synonyms: shadow
acceptability (noun): The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
Synonyms: acceptableness
Antonyms: inacceptability; unacceptability
Example: Acceptability of repentance
acceptability (noun): Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
Synonyms: acceptableness
Antonyms: inacceptability; unacceptability
shoddy (noun): A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
creditable (adj): Credible or believable.
Synonyms: credible; commendable; assignable; believable; respectable
Antonyms: incredible; increditable; unbelievable
creditable (adj): That brings credit or honour; respectable.
Synonyms: credible; commendable; assignable; believable; respectable
Antonyms: incredible; increditable; unbelievable
creditable (adj): That can be assigned; assignable.
Synonyms: credible; commendable; assignable; believable; respectable
Antonyms: incredible; increditable; unbelievable
thermoplastic (adj): softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded
bawdy (adj): Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
ignimbrite (noun): A deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.
bruise (verb): To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
Synonyms: brise; bruize
bruise (verb): To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
Synonyms: brise; bruize
bruise (verb): Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
Synonyms: brise; bruize
Example: Bananas bruise easily.
bruise (noun): A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
Synonyms: brise; contusion; ecchymosis; bruize
Hypernyms: hematoma
bruise (noun): A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
Synonyms: brise; contusion; ecchymosis; bruize
Hypernyms: hematoma
procreation (noun): The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
Synonyms: reproduction
procreation (noun): The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Synonyms: reproduction
bravado (noun): A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
Synonyms: bravade
bravado (noun): A swaggerer; a braggart.
Synonyms: bravade
bravado (verb): To swagger; to brag.
Synonyms: bravade
backbencher (noun): A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
Synonyms: back-bencher
backbencher (noun): A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
Synonyms: back-bencher
backbencher (noun): A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
Synonyms: back-bencher
arak (noun): A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
Synonyms: arrack; araq; rack
arak (noun): Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers or sugar cane)
Synonyms: arrack; araq; rack
merman (noun): A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
Synonyms: merguy
Hypernyms: merperson
conflagration (noun): A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
supple (adj): Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
Example: supple joints
supple (adj): Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
Example: a supple horse
desperado (noun): A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
desperado (noun): A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
linearity (noun): A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.
frustrate (verb): To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
buckler (noun): A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
buckler (noun): A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
bellarmine (noun): A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
Synonyms: greybeard; Bartmann jug; graybeard; longbeard
signalman (noun): Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
Synonyms: signaller
signalman (noun): A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling.
Synonyms: signaller
signalman (noun): Somebody employed to direct rigging or crane operations by providing a different point of view.
Synonyms: signaller
animism (noun): A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
quaternion (noun): A group or set of four people or things.
Synonyms: foursome; tetrad; quartet
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
quaternion (noun): A word of four syllables.
Synonyms: foursome; tetrad; quartet
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
quaternion (noun): A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
Synonyms: foursome; tetrad; quartet
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
bustard (noun): Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
penitent (adj): Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
Synonyms: pænitent; penitant; pœnitent
penitent (adj): Doing penance.
Synonyms: pænitent; penitant; pœnitent
penitent (noun): One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.
Synonyms: pænitent; penitant; pœnitent
penitent (noun): One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
Synonyms: pænitent; penitant; pœnitent
penitent (noun): One under the direction of a confessor.
Synonyms: pænitent; penitant; pœnitent
minigame (noun): A small and simple game, especially an incidental game within a larger video game.
Synonyms: mini-game; microgame; subgame
sup (verb): To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
Synonyms: soup
sup (noun): A sip; a small amount of food or drink.
Synonyms: soup
sup (intj): what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)
Synonyms: s'up; ssup; zup; sup
Example: — Sup? — Not much.
sup (adj): Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of an up quark.
topmost (adj): At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.
Synonyms: top-most
Antonyms: bottommost; bottom-most
mudra (noun): Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
Synonyms: mudrā
mudra (noun): Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
Synonyms: mudrā
subcontractor (noun): A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.
outflank (verb): To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
Synonyms: out-flank
outflank (verb): To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
Synonyms: out-flank
dominus (noun): master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor or an academic master
showmanship (noun): The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
hoke (verb): To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
inari (noun): A type of sushi with rice wrapped in a pouch of fried tofu (aburaage).
skinhead (noun): Someone with a shaved head.
Synonyms: slaphead; boot boy; baldie; bovver boy; skin
skinhead (noun): A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.
Synonyms: slaphead; boot boy; baldie; bovver boy; skin
degeneracy (noun): The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
carelessness (noun): Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
Synonyms: negligence; inattention
Antonyms: carefulness
adjuvant (adj): Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.] Helping; helpful; assisting.
Synonyms: ancillary; complementary; supporting; contributory; extra
adjuvant (adj): Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.] Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour.
Synonyms: ancillary; complementary; supporting; contributory; extra
adjuvant (noun): Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.] Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
Synonyms: secondary; assistant; subordinate; subservient; subsidiary
adjuvant (noun): Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.] Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
Synonyms: secondary; assistant; subordinate; subservient; subsidiary
adjuvant (noun): An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.] An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
Synonyms: secondary; assistant; subordinate; subservient; subsidiary
anta (noun): A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
inasmuch (adv): In like degree; in like manner; to the same or similar degree; likewise.
iconoclastic (adj): Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
Antonyms: iconodulic
labrum (noun): The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
labrum (noun): A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath.
deviance (noun): Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
entrust (verb): To trust to the care of.
Synonyms: intrust
Example: Can I entrust you with a secret?
undercurrent (noun): A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
maul (noun): A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
Synonyms: club; mace
maul (noun): A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
Synonyms: club; mace
maul (verb): To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
Example: The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
boatman (noun): A man in charge of a small boat.
Synonyms: boater; boatsman
khedive (noun): The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
uncomplicated (adj): Simple; not complicated; basic.
Synonyms: uncomplex
Antonyms: complicated
regularization (noun): a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.
screech (noun): A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
screech (noun): A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
screech (verb): To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
suffect (noun): An additional Roman consul elected during the official year, especially in order to replace a retiring one
antifascist (adj): Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.
Synonyms: anti-fascist
antifascist (noun): A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.
Synonyms: anti-fascist
playbook (noun): A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
galea (noun): A part of a flower or plant that is shaped like a helmet or hood.
galea (noun): A mouthpart found in some species of insect; a flap that is part of the maxilla, so-called after the flaps attached to the sides of a Roman helmet.
custos (noun): A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.
custos (noun): In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
varietal (noun): A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape.
opacity (noun): The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
Synonyms: opaqueness
opacity (noun): The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
Synonyms: opaqueness
opacity (noun): A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
Synonyms: opaqueness
churn (verb): To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
Example: no-churn ice cream
churn (verb): To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
churn (verb): To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
churn (noun): A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Example: a butter churn
lacuna (noun): A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
Synonyms: gap; hiatus
Example: Coordinate term: fovea
lacuna (noun): A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone. A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
Synonyms: gap; hiatus
lacuna (noun): A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
Synonyms: gap; hiatus
wayang (noun): Traditional Indonesian arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originating from Java island.
Synonyms: wajang
wayang (noun): A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general.
Synonyms: wajang
trilobite (noun): An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.
malachite (noun): A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
malachite (noun): A mild green colour, like that of the mineral.
Example: malachite:
malachite (adj): Of a colour ranging from olive-taupe to a mild to deeply-rich (at times seemingly translucent) green, like that of the mineral which is present on oxidized copper.
schoolroom (noun): A classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.
Synonyms: school-room
linea (noun): Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
Synonyms: line; Spanish line; línea
linea (noun): A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.
Synonyms: line; Spanish line; línea
tapas (noun): A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.
Hypernyms: small plates
antisense (noun): A molecule which interacts with a complementary strand of nucleic acids, so as to suppress its transcription.
Antonyms: sense
fireside (noun): The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
Synonyms: fire-side
postoperative (adj): Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
Synonyms: post-operative
Example: Coordinate term: preoperative
postoperative (noun): A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.
Synonyms: post-operative
biogenesis (noun): The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms.
Antonyms: abiogenesis
biogenesis (noun): Biosynthesis.
Antonyms: abiogenesis
suspiciously (adv): In a way that arouses suspicion.
Example: She was behaving very suspiciously.
chama (noun): Any of several types of informal cooperative society. Such a group for pooling and investing savings.
rubric (noun): A heading in a book highlighted in red.
Synonyms: paraph; rubrick
rubric (noun): A title of a category or a class.
Synonyms: paraph; rubrick
rubric (noun): The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
Synonyms: paraph; rubrick
rubric (adj): Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
Synonyms: rubrick
rubric (adj): Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Synonyms: rubrick
rubric (verb): To adorn with red; to redden.
Synonyms: rubrick
incubus (noun): An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
Example: Coordinate term: succubus
incubus (noun): A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
hummer (noun): An arrest on false pretexts.
Example: The conspiracy rap was a hummer.
stopper (noun): Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
Synonyms: stopping train; plug; local
Antonyms: express; fast
stopper (noun): A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
Synonyms: stopping train; plug; local
Antonyms: express; fast
Example: Put a stopper in the knot.
stopper (noun): A bung or cork.
Synonyms: stopping train; plug; local
Antonyms: express; fast
foghorn (noun): A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
Synonyms: fog horn
foghorn (verb): To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
Synonyms: fog horn
untamed (adj): Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
vid (noun): Clipping of video.
Example: Check out my cool new vids on YouTube!
thon (pron): they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Synonyms: they; them; shi; co; ey
thon (pron): them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Synonyms: they; them; shi; co; ey
hibernate (verb): To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
Synonyms: hivernate; hybernate
Example: Coordinate term: estivate
hibernate (verb): To live in seclusion.
Synonyms: hivernate; hybernate
hibernate (verb): To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
Synonyms: hivernate; hybernate
homologation (noun): Any reaction that converts a compound into the next member of a homologous series, usually by lengthening a carbon chain
rightist (noun): One who supports the rights of a specified group.
Example: an animal rightist
payer (noun): One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
Synonyms: payor
Antonyms: payee
payer (noun): A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.
Synonyms: payor
Antonyms: payee
rationalization (noun): The process or result of rationalizing.
Synonyms: rationalisation
Example: Coordinate term: casuistry
rationalization (noun): A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
Synonyms: rationalisation
rationalization (noun): A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
Synonyms: rationalisation
faubourg (noun): An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
detract (verb): To take away; to withdraw or remove.
Synonyms: defame; decry
detract (verb): To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
Synonyms: defame; decry
amateurish (adj): Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
criticality (noun): A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
satchel (noun): A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
refrigerant (noun): A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
refrigerant (noun): That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.
fetishism (noun): The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
Synonyms: fetichism
fetishism (noun): A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
Synonyms: fetichism
fetishism (noun): An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.
Synonyms: fetichism
reproducible (adj): Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.
reproducible (noun): Something that can be reproduced.
Example: transparencies and other reproducibles
exarch (noun): In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
exarch (noun): In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.
objectification (noun): The process of objectifying something.
Synonyms: reification; objectivization; thingification
firecracker (noun): A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
Synonyms: fire-cracker
firecracker (noun): A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
Synonyms: fire-cracker
firecracker (noun): A individual who is quick-tempered, rambunctious, or unpredictable.
Synonyms: fire-cracker
inkjet (noun): A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper.
Synonyms: ink-jet; ink jet
inkjet (noun): An inkjet printer.
Synonyms: ink-jet; ink jet
aback (adv): By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
raceme (noun): An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
scree (noun): Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
scree (noun): A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
scree (verb): To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.
circumflex (noun): A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
circumflex (adj): Having a circumflex mark.
Example: ê is e circumflex.
circumflex (adj): Curving around.
Example: The circumflex coronary artery
circumflex (verb): To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
Example: to circumflex a syllable
oke (noun): Man; guy; bloke.
Example: When that oke talked, I listened.
mascara (noun): A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
Example: apply mascara
jagir (noun): An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
Synonyms: dorp; hamlet; jagheer; village; community
jagir (noun): A district.
Synonyms: dorp; hamlet; jagheer; village; community
joule (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J
sez (verb): Eye dialect spelling of says.
Example: Sez who? – Sez me!
bilbo (noun): A device for punishment. See bilboes.
Synonyms: bilboe
bilbo (noun): A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao.
Synonyms: bilboe
fingerboard (noun): A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
backfire (verb): To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
backfire (verb): To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
backfire (verb): To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
Example: Her plan backfired on her.
backfire (noun): A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
Synonyms: knock; ping
backfire (noun): An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
Synonyms: knock; ping
cavernous (adj): Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere. Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
Example: cavernous eyes
cavernous (adj): Having many caverns. Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
foxtrot (noun): A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
foxtrot (noun): A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
foxtrot (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
cytosine (noun): A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
pato (noun): The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.
mistrial (noun): A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of hung jury.
showgirl (noun): A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine.
ish (adv): somewhat, reasonably, fairly
Synonyms: loosely; nearly; round about; rather; around
Example: The exam went well... mostly... ish.
ish (adv): about, approximately
Synonyms: loosely; nearly; round about; rather; around
ish (noun): The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
hypoxic (adj): Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
festivity (noun): An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
Antonyms: infestivity
halfpenny (noun): (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
Synonyms: halfepeny; halfepenye; hapenny; happenny; ha’penny
halfpenny (noun): A quantity of money worth half a penny.
Synonyms: halfepeny; halfepenye; hapenny; happenny; ha’penny
halfpenny (adj): Costing or worth one halfpenny.
Synonyms: halfepeny; halfepenye; hapenny; happenny; ha’penny
scuttle (noun): A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (noun): A dish, platter or a trencher.
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (noun): A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
Synonyms: roof hatch; skuttle
scuttle (noun): A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Synonyms: roof hatch; skuttle
scuttle (verb): To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (verb): To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (verb): To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (verb): To move hastily, to scurry.
Synonyms: skuttle
scuttle (noun): A quick pace; a short run.
Synonyms: skuttle
apologist (noun): One who makes an apology.
Synonyms: apologiser; apologizer
apologist (noun): One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
Synonyms: apologiser; apologizer
depravity (noun): The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
Synonyms: wickedness
depravity (noun): A particular depraved act or trait.
Synonyms: wickedness
depravity (noun): Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
Synonyms: wickedness
bloodbath (noun): Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
Synonyms: blood bath
bloodbath (noun): An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
Synonyms: blood bath
bloodbath (noun): An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
Synonyms: blood bath
hashemite (noun): An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.
oscillate (verb): To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
Synonyms: vacillate
oscillate (verb): To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
Synonyms: vacillate
oscillate (verb): To vary above and below a mean value.
Synonyms: vacillate
ameliorate (verb): To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
Antonyms: worsen; deteriorate
ameliorate (verb): To become better; improve.
Antonyms: worsen; deteriorate
polycyclic (noun): A polycyclic compound.
Synonyms: polycyclic compound
drawdown (noun): The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
drawdown (noun): The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
drawdown (noun): The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
crunchy (adj): Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
crunchy (adj): Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome.
Example: San Francisco was a very crunchy town.
crunchy (noun): An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).
horsemanship (noun): The skill of riding a horse, and sometimes of training and managing horses.
albinism (noun): Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
Antonyms: melanism
ess (noun): The name of the Latin-script letter S.
Synonyms: es
ess (noun): Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)
Synonyms: es
ess (verb): To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.
Synonyms: es
Hypernyms: wind
lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
circuitous (adj): Not direct or to the point.
Synonyms: indirect; tortuous; roundabout
circuitous (adj): Of a long and winding route.
Synonyms: indirect; tortuous; roundabout
hobbyist (noun): A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.
presynaptic (adj): In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.
Synonyms: pre-synaptic
alcove (noun): The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded.
locator (noun): One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
ointment (noun): A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
Synonyms: unguent; salve; pomatum; pomade; pomate
ointment (noun): A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.
Synonyms: unguent; salve; pomatum; pomade; pomate
preposterous (adj): Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
Synonyms: absurd; foolish; irrational; nonsensical; præposterous
hemi (noun): A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
Synonyms: hemi head; hemi engine
hemi (noun): A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
Synonyms: hemi head; hemi engine
hemi (noun): A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
Synonyms: hemi head; hemi engine
polycarbonate (noun): Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC
negus (noun): A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
negus (noun): A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.
candela (noun): In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
Synonyms: cd
numerator (noun): The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).
angiotensin (noun): Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
Hypernyms: hormone
analogously (adv): In an analogous manner; in a manner which evokes analogy.
egress (noun): The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.
egress (verb): To exit or leave; to go or come out.
Synonyms: depart; go out; come out; leave; exit
Antonyms: enter; come in; go in
metronome (noun): A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.
homebrew (noun): Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
homebrew (verb): To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.
Synonyms: craft beer
homebrew (verb): To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
Synonyms: craft beer
yank (noun): A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
Synonyms: fap; tug; jerk
Example: He unjammed the rope with a short yank.
yank (noun): A masturbation session.
Synonyms: fap; tug; jerk
yank (verb): To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
Synonyms: recall; pull; tug; jerk
yank (verb): To remove from distribution.
Synonyms: recall; pull; tug; jerk
tenfold (adj): Ten times as much or as many.
Synonyms: denary; decuple; ten-fold
tenfold (adj): Containing ten parts.
Synonyms: denary; decuple; ten-fold
tenfold (adv): By ten times as much.
Synonyms: ten-fold
tenfold (verb): To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Synonyms: ten-fold
breviary (noun): A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
intravenously (adv): In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
postnatal (adj): after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby)
Synonyms: postpartum
Antonyms: postpartum; prenatal
postnatal (adj): (of a mother) after giving birth
Synonyms: postpartum
Antonyms: postpartum; prenatal
disconnection (noun): Severance of a physical connection.
Synonyms: dysconnection; disconnexion; disconnect
disconnection (noun): Unexpected termination of a telephone connection.
Synonyms: dysconnection; disconnexion; disconnect
disconnection (noun): Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication.
Synonyms: dysconnection; disconnexion; disconnect
peculiarly (adv): Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally. To greater degree than is usual.
Synonyms: oddly; strangely; queerly; in particular; specifically
Example: He has a peculiarly strong accent.
peculiarly (adv): Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally. In a manner that is greater than usual.
Synonyms: oddly; strangely; queerly; in particular; specifically
peculiarly (adv): Such as to be strange or odd. Strangely, oddly.
Synonyms: oddly; strangely; queerly; in particular; specifically
Example: His nose is peculiarly bent.
pox (noun): A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
bourse (noun): A stock exchange. Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
bourse (noun): A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
minion (noun): A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
Example: God's disciple and his dearest minion
darken (verb): To make dark or darker by reducing light.
Synonyms: swarten; blacken
darken (verb): To become dark or darker (having less light).
Synonyms: swarten; blacken
darken (verb): To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
Synonyms: swarten; blacken
roselle (noun): Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea.
Synonyms: rosella
amoral (adj): Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
Synonyms: non-moral
amoral (adj): Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.
Synonyms: non-moral
ostentatious (adj): Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Synonyms: gaudy
escrow (noun): A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.
cartoonish (adj): Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon
anatomic (adj): Of or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.
Synonyms: anatomical
speculum (noun): A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
serf (noun): A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
serf (noun): A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.