leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
epoxidation (noun): Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide
jamb (noun): Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
Synonyms: jaum; jambe
Hypernyms: frame
jamb (noun): Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Synonyms: jaum; jambe
Hypernyms: frame
jamb (noun): Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
Synonyms: jaum; jambe
Hypernyms: frame
jamb (verb): To fix or attach a jamb to.
Synonyms: jaum
floret (noun): A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
Synonyms: floweret; florette
batwing (noun): The wing of a bat, or its shape.
Synonyms: bat-wing; bat's wing; bat wing
batwing (noun): Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
Synonyms: bat-wing; bat's wing; bat wing
batwing (noun): An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
Synonyms: bat-wing; bat's wing; bat wing
shalwar (noun): Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
Synonyms: shulwaur; shalvar; salvar; salwar; shulwar
pragmatically (adv): In terms of pragmatics.
Example: a pragmatically irrelevant proposition
bashful (adj): Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
Synonyms: shy; bashfull
bashful (adj): Indicating bashfulness.
Synonyms: shy; bashfull
Example: a bashful look
thyroxine (noun): A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.
Synonyms: tetraiodothyronine
ponto (noun): A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
Synonyms: Portuguese point; point
circumspect (adj): Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
residuary (adj): Of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed.
residuary (adj): With respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out.
succour (noun): Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
Synonyms: succor
succour (noun): Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
Synonyms: succor
succour (noun): Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
Synonyms: succor
succour (verb): To give aid, assistance, or help.
Synonyms: succor
succour (verb): To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
Synonyms: succor
succour (verb): To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.
Synonyms: succor
sinter (noun): A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace.
dragstrip (noun): A paved straight racetrack used for automotive drag racing.
Synonyms: drag strip
dragstrip (noun): Any place for high-speed competitive activity.
Synonyms: drag strip
prematurity (noun): The condition of (a baby, etc.) being premature.
Synonyms: earliness; prematureness
prematurity (noun): Something that is premature or occurs prematurely.
Synonyms: earliness; prematureness
braver (noun): One who braves something.
Example: a reckless braver of dangers
assimilationist (noun): An advocate of the policy or practice of the assimilation of immigrant or other minority cultures into a mainstream culture.
Synonyms: integrationist
assimilationist (adj): Of or pertaining to assimilationism; promoting or advocating assimilationism.
Synonyms: integrationist
dybbuk (noun): A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
Synonyms: dibbuk
photoresist (noun): A light-sensitive film used in photolithography and photoengraving.
usufruct (noun): The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
Synonyms: liferent; usufruit
usufruct (verb): To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.
Synonyms: usufruit
pedunculate (adj): Having a peduncle or stalk
Example: a pedunculate flower
flit (noun): A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
Example: My computer just had a flit.
serenata (noun): A type of baroque cantata performed outdoors, in the evening, with mixed vocal and instrumental forces
splat (noun): The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
splat (noun): The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
splat (verb): To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
Example: The egg splatted onto the floor.
splat (verb): To splatter.
Example: She splatted the roach with her shoe.
splat (verb): To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
skein (noun): A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
Synonyms: skain; skean
Example: Coordinate term: hank
skein (noun): A web, a weave, a tangle.
Synonyms: skain; skean
skein (noun): The membrane of a fish ovary.
Synonyms: skain; skean
skein (verb): To wind or weave into a skein.
Synonyms: skain; skean
ajar (adv): Slightly turned or opened.
Synonyms: achar
Example: The door was standing ajar.
ajar (adj): Slightly turned or opened.
Synonyms: achar
Example: The door is ajar.
ajar (verb): To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
Synonyms: achar
ajar (verb): To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
salin (noun): A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash manufacture.
plurinational (adj): Describing a state containing large groups of people of different nationalities.
Example: the Plurinational State of Bolivia
sijo (noun): A classical Korean poetry form consisting of twelve accentual phrases divided in three lines.
Synonyms: shijo
sijo (noun): Non-Korean poetry written in imitation of this style.
Synonyms: shijo
sijo (noun): The musical mode to which these works were traditionally sung.
Synonyms: shijo
aminopeptidase (noun): Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein
cyproterone (noun): A synthetic steroid C₂₂H₂₇ClO₃ that inhibits the action and secretion of testosterone by blocking the activity of androgen receptors.
plasterboard (noun): A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.
Synonyms: drywall
duende (noun): A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
unsolvable (adj): Not solvable.
Synonyms: insolvable; insoluble
Antonyms: solvable
caprock (noun): A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
Synonyms: cap rock
infimum (noun): (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.
Synonyms: greatest lower bound
Antonyms: supremum
endotracheal (adj): Within, or through the trachea.
Example: endotracheal anesthesia
birthrate (noun): The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year
Synonyms: birth rate; natality
Antonyms: death rate
sedilia (noun): A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.
flyable (adj): Able to be flown; airworthy.
Synonyms: skyworthy; airworthy
Antonyms: unflyable
flyable (adj): Passable by flight.
Synonyms: skyworthy; airworthy
Antonyms: unflyable
unbearably (adv): In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne
serow (noun): Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
tripwire (noun): A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.
Synonyms: trip cord; trip wire; tripline
tripwire (noun): Any means of detecting intruders or attackers.
Synonyms: trip cord; trip wire; tripline
steelworker (noun): A person who manufactures or shapes steel.
Synonyms: steel worker; steelman; steelwright; steeler; steel-worker
steelworker (noun): A person employed to build steel structures, an ironworker.
Synonyms: steel worker; steelman; steelwright; steeler; steel-worker
swiftness (noun): The state of being swift.
Synonyms: celerity; rapidity; haste
hudud (noun): The maximum punishments for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.
Synonyms: hadood; hadud; hudood
isomerism (noun): the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
isomerism (noun): nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers.
samana (noun): An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
Synonyms: ascetic; sramana; samaṇa
samana (noun): An ascetic monk, a Buddhist hermit.
Synonyms: ascetic; sramana; samaṇa
whiteout (noun): A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
Synonyms: white-out
whiteout (noun): Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
Synonyms: white-out
whiteout (noun): Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
Synonyms: white-out
derailleur (noun): The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another.
Synonyms: derailer; dérailleur
derailleur (noun): The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.
Synonyms: derailer; dérailleur
prostomium (noun): The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
buttle (verb): To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
Synonyms: butle
improbably (adv): In an improbable manner; without probability.
Antonyms: probably
carbuncle (noun): A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
carbuncle (noun): A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
carbuncle (noun): An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
amputate (verb): To cut off, to prune. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–:Template:SAFESUBST: c.] To cut off, to prune.
amputate (verb): To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb.
lasagna (noun): An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).
Synonyms: lasagne
agamid (noun): Any of the family Agamidae of lizards, including many dragons.
centralise (verb): Alternative spelling of centralize
Synonyms: centralize
Antonyms: decentralise
caracara (noun): Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the family Falconidae.
brazenly (adv): In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.
Synonyms: intrepidly; audaciously
overstate (verb): To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
Synonyms: exaggerate; overdo
Antonyms: understate
rupicola (noun): Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus Rupicola, having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head.
forefinger (noun): The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
Synonyms: index finger
brontosaurus (noun): One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
Synonyms: thunder lizard; brontosaur
xylene (noun): Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar.
archosaur (noun): A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.
Synonyms: archosaur
Hypernyms: reptile
letterer (noun): A person who is professionally employed to add writing to something (as a sign, shop window, etc.)
letterer (noun): A particular profession in the production of comics, an artist specializing in neatly writing written material such as dialogue.
immanence (noun): The state of being immanent; inherency.
Synonyms: immanency
immanence (noun): The state of dwelling within and not extending beyond a given domain.
Synonyms: immanency
immanence (noun): The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence.
Synonyms: immanency
scribble (verb): To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
Synonyms: scrawl
scribble (verb): To write badly; to work as an inferior author or journalist.
Synonyms: scrawl
scribble (verb): To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.
webinar (noun): An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.
Synonyms: Webinar
dangle (verb): To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
Example: His feet would dangle in the water.
dangle (verb): The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
dangle (noun): An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
dangle (noun): The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
billard (noun): A coalfish, especially a young one.
Synonyms: billit; billet
hereinafter (adv): In the parts of this document, statement, or book that follow; after this
Synonyms: hereafter; henceforth
Antonyms: heretofore; hereinbefore
immeasurably (adv): In a manner that is not measurable, in a way that cannot be measured.
indent (noun): A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
indent (noun): A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
indent (verb): To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
Antonyms: unindent; outdent
Example: to indent the edge of paper
indent (verb): To be cut, notched, or dented.
Antonyms: unindent; outdent
indent (verb): To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
Antonyms: unindent; outdent
Example: indent a smooth surface with a hammer
crosscut (noun): An instance of filmic crosscutting.
Synonyms: cross-cut
crosscut (verb): To cut across something. To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
Synonyms: cross-cut
Example: Coordinate term: rip (verb)
crosscut (verb): To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
Synonyms: cross-cut
nonessential (adj): Not required; not essential.
Synonyms: non-essential
Antonyms: necessary; mandatory; required; essential
muhly (noun): Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.
reek (verb): To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
Synonyms: hum; honk; reek; niff; stink to high heaven
Antonyms: destinkify; deodorize; defunkify
Hypernyms: have a smell
Example: You reek of perfume.
reek (verb): To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
Synonyms: hum; honk; reek; niff; stink to high heaven
Antonyms: destinkify; deodorize; defunkify
Hypernyms: have a smell
reek (verb): To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
Synonyms: hum; honk; reek; niff; stink to high heaven
Antonyms: destinkify; deodorize; defunkify
Hypernyms: have a smell
ritonavir (noun): An antiretroviral drug C₃₇H₄₈N₆O₅S₂ of the protease inhibitor class that is administered orally to treat HIV-infected and AIDS patients.
treewidth (noun): The width (maximum number of nodes or leaves at any level) of a tree.
hardstyle (noun): A genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance, techno, and hardcore.
hardstyle (noun): In contrast to sports style, a specifically intensive workout exercise, such as a swing squat.
tabling (noun): The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
decimate (verb): To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
paracrine (adj): Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream
Synonyms: paracrinal
meatus (noun): Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.
nitrification (noun): The process of nitrifying
Antonyms: denitrification
pawl (noun): A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
Hypernyms: detent
pawl (noun): A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
Hypernyms: detent
kitschy (adj): Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
Synonyms: corny
binky (noun): A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.
binky (noun): A high hop that a rabbit may perform when happy, usually with a 180° turn while in the air and a bewildered expression upon landing.
arrowroot (noun): Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Synonyms: arrow-root
arrowroot (noun): Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
Synonyms: arrow-root
arrowroot (noun): A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
Synonyms: arrow-root
smarty (noun): An obnoxiously clever or quick-witted person.
Synonyms: smartie
wastebasket (noun): A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
mythopoeic (adj): Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
electrophile (noun): A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
mushy (adj): Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.
Example: I don't especially like mushy oatmeal.
mushy (adj): Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; maudlin.
regurgitate (verb): To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
Synonyms: regurgitate; sick up; regurge; disgorge; barf
Antonyms: ingest; defecate
regurgitate (verb): To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
Synonyms: regurgitate; sick up; regurge; disgorge; barf
Antonyms: ingest; defecate
regurgitate (verb): To repeat verbatim.
Synonyms: regurgitate; sick up; regurge; disgorge; barf
Antonyms: ingest; defecate
quoll (noun): Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.
Synonyms: native cat
dewberry (noun): Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground. European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
dewberry (noun): Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground. American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
trundle (noun): Ellipsis of trundle bed: A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.
trundle (verb): To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.
Example: to trundle a bed or a gun carriage
trundle (verb): To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
decussate (adj): Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
Synonyms: decussant
decussate (adj): Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles.
Synonyms: decussant
decussate (adj): Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles.
Synonyms: decussant
jor (noun): In Indian music, a formal section of composition in the long elaboration (alap) of a raga that forms the beginning of a performance.
bloat (verb): To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
bloat (verb): To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
bloat (noun): Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
buddhi (noun): A transpersonal faculty of mind higher than the rational mind that might be translated as ‘intuitive intelligence’ or simply ‘higher mind’. It is ‘that which knows’, ie. able to discern truth from falsehood.
soffit (noun): The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
soffit (noun): The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.
silicosis (noun): A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
Hypernyms: pneumoconiosis
saprobic (adj): Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
Synonyms: saprobiotic
saprobic (adj): That contains dead or decaying organic material (and therefore also saprobes).
Synonyms: saprobiotic
katun (noun): A medieval self-governing community in the Balkans, associated with cattle farming.
scramjet (noun): A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel/air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.
pantyhose (noun): Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.
Synonyms: pantie-hose; pantie hose; pantihose; panty hose; panty-hose
caulker (noun): A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
Synonyms: cauker
Example: He was one of the best caulkers around.
caulker (noun): A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
Synonyms: cauker
caulker (noun): An alcoholic drink; a dram.
Synonyms: cauker
brachytherapy (noun): Radiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.
Synonyms: internal radiotherapy; curietherapy; sealed course radiotherapy; endocurietherapy
sharky (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
Example: He smiled a sharky smile.
glatt (adj): Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
sukkah (noun): A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot).
Synonyms: succah
longsword (noun): Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applied to swords of the Bronze Age, Migration period, Viking Age and Renaissance era.
Synonyms: long sword; 14th–16th century sword
longsword (noun): A European sword with a long, straight double-edged blade, a cruciform hilt, and a grip for two-handed use; prevalent from the 14th to 16th centuries.
Synonyms: long sword; 14th–16th century sword
leaven (noun): Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
Synonyms: raising agent; leavening agent
Hypernyms: agent; substance
leaven (noun): Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
Synonyms: raising agent; leavening agent
Hypernyms: agent; substance
duology (noun): A series comprising two parts, particularly in genre fiction.
Synonyms: dilogy
oughta (contraction): Contraction of ought to.
Synonyms: orter
Example: There oughta be a law against that.
oughta (contraction): Contraction of ought to have.
Synonyms: orter
Example: You oughta been here an hour ago.
mausolea (noun): plural of mausoleum
Synonyms: mausoleums
graffito (noun): An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
Synonyms: graffitus
graffito (noun): A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
Synonyms: graffitus
tetrameter (noun): A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
Synonyms: tetrametre
tetrameter (noun): A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.
Synonyms: tetrametre
periglacial (adj): Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.
mutch (noun): A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.
bivariate (adj): Having or involving exactly two variables.
Synonyms: two-way
nappe (noun): The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
nappe (noun): A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
nappe (verb): To coat (a food) with liquid.
Example: to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze
jetsam (noun): Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress.
lysozyme (noun): A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.
Synonyms: E1105 when used as a preservative
cholinesterase (noun): An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine).
incongruent (adj): out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent
Synonyms: inappropriate; absurd; incongruous
incongruent (adj): of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number
Synonyms: inappropriate; absurd; incongruous
feverishly (adv): With excitement and determination.
Synonyms: energetically; speedily; rapidly; quickly; excitedly
feverishly (adv): With speed; rapidly.
Synonyms: energetically; speedily; rapidly; quickly; excitedly
chlorosis (noun): An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.
chlorosis (noun): A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.
nightwatchman (noun): Someone who guards a premises at night.
Synonyms: night watchman
nightwatchman (noun): A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.
Synonyms: night watchman
jot (noun): A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
Example: He didn’t care a jot for his work.
jot (noun): A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit. An instant, a moment.
jot (verb): Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).
Example: Coordinate term: scribble
jodo (noun): A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.
jodo (noun): Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.
Synonyms: Jodo
burpee (noun): A physical exercise performed by bending over, performing a squat thrust, returning to a standing position, and jumping once.
beedi (noun): A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.
Synonyms: beedie; bidi
lyonnaise (adj): Cooked with onions, especially caramelized onions.
congee (noun): Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (noun): Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): Formal permission to leave; a passport.
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (noun): Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (verb): To give congee, (particularly) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (verb): To give congee, (particularly) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (verb): To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.]; congé [from 18th c.]
congee (noun): A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
Synonyms: porridge; rice porridge; rice congee; conjee
salutary (adj): Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
Example: salutary advice
salutary (adj): Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
murid (noun): A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide.
fratricide (noun): The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
fratricide (noun): The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
fratricide (noun): A person who commits fratricide.
Synonyms: brother-slayer
hallucinate (verb): To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.
iatrogenic (adj): Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.
whitewood (noun): Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, as the tulip tree. Terminalia buceras (black olive, gregory wood), a Caribbean tree
whitewood (noun): Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, as the tulip tree. Coccoloba krugii (whitewood seagrape), of the neotropics
whitewood (noun): Any of several deciduous trees, some used for furniture, as the tulip tree. Petrobium atboreum (Saint Helena whitewood), an endemic tree of the island of St Helena
hagiographer (noun): Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).
feta (noun): A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
Synonyms: fetta cheese; fetta; feta cheese
glissando (noun): Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
glissando (noun): A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.
deflationary (adj): Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
obiter (noun): An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.
chelate (adj): having chelae, or in the form of a chela [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] having chelae, or in the form of a chela
chelate (adj): relating to chelation [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] relating to chelation
chelate (verb): to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA)
wrack (noun): Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
Synonyms: wrake
wrack (noun): Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items.
wrack (noun): Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
wrack (noun): Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
sipahi (noun): An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
Synonyms: spahee
sipahi (noun): A feudal cavalryman in the Ottoman Turkish army.
Synonyms: spahee
manship (noun): The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
insufferable (adj): Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
furan (noun): Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₄O.
twill (noun): A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
Synonyms: tweel
twill (noun): A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.
Synonyms: tweel
twill (verb): To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Synonyms: tweel
avulsion (noun): The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma.
avulsion (noun): An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another.
avulsion (noun): Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved.
yy (noun): year, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy
Synonyms: yyyy
tsaritsa (noun): a tsarina
Synonyms: czaritza; tzaritza; czaritsa
understeer (noun): The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.
understeer (verb): The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.
consol (noun): A perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century.
fabless (adj): Of a company: that does not make its own silicon wafers, and primarily concerns itself with research and design.
mangas (noun): A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
exactness (noun): The state of being exact.
Synonyms: exactitude
Antonyms: inexactness
darner (noun): Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a hawker.
ruggedness (noun): The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
adah (noun): a group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting
shorebird (noun): A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
Synonyms: shorebird; wader; shore bird
Hypernyms: vertebrate; animal; bird
vizard (noun): A mask (cover for the face, used for disguise, protection, etc.)
Synonyms: vizzard
vizard (noun): A visor (part of a helmet covering the face).
Synonyms: vizzard
vizard (noun): Outward appearance; pretense.
Synonyms: vizzard
stoma (noun): One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
stoma (noun): A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.
stoma (noun): A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
witless (adj): Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
Antonyms: witful
witless (adj): Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
Antonyms: witful
witless (adj): Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.
Antonyms: witful
legendarium (noun): A literary collection of legends, particularly those detailing the life of a saint.
legendarium (noun): The collected high fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien relating to the fictional realm of Middle-earth and the universe in which it is set.
deathless (adj): Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.
fibro (noun): Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
runny (adj): Fluid; readily flowing.
Synonyms: liquid; thin; flowy; fluent; free-flowing
Antonyms: viscous; gelatinous; pulpy; lacteous; resinous
Hypernyms: fluidic
Example: runny honey
runny (adj): Liable to run or drip.
Synonyms: liquid; thin; flowy; fluent; free-flowing
Antonyms: viscous; gelatinous; pulpy; lacteous; resinous
Hypernyms: fluidic
Example: a runny nose
rolly (adj): Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.
rolly (noun): Alternative form of rolley (“horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used in a mine”).
cush (adj): Excellent, very good.
Example: That car owwer there is propa cush!
cush (noun): The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.
pyrene (noun): A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
pyrene (noun): A pyrena; a nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel/stone of a drupe.
golly (noun): Abbreviation of golliwog: A type of black rag doll.
golly (noun): Saliva or phlegm.
Example: hack up a golly
redfin (noun): A small North American dace, Luxilus cornutus.
Synonyms: shiner
rng (noun): An algebraic structure satisfying the same properties as a ring, except that multiplication need not have an identity element.
mineralocorticoid (noun): Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
snailfish (noun): Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.
Synonyms: seasnail
lof (noun): Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
uninterruptedly (adv): Without interruption.
Synonyms: continuously; incessantly; nonstop; ceaselessly
trigon (noun): An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
ducat (noun): A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
underfoot (adv): Under one's foot or feet.
Example: The green turf was velvet underfoot.
underfoot (verb): To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.
republish (verb): To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.
rejoinder (noun): A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
energizer (noun): A person who, or a thing which, energizes.
Synonyms: energiser
warez (noun): Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.
Synonyms: juarez
warez (verb): To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
Synonyms: juarez
darkwave (noun): A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.
Synonyms: dark wave
tinny (adj): Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
Example: The object had a tinny appearance.
tinny (adj): Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.
tinny (adj): Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.
shamisen (noun): A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.
Synonyms: jabisen; samisen; jamisen; syamisen; sangen
mesmerism (noun): The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
mesmerism (noun): The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).
threadbare (adj): Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
threadbare (adj): In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
Example: (poorly equipped):
threadbare (adj): Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
neoregelia (noun): Any of the genus Neoregelia of flowering plants in the bromeliad family.
copal (noun): A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
goer (noun): Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully.
pichi (noun): A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the only armadillo known to hibernate.
Synonyms: pichey
quicklime (noun): Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
Synonyms: anhydrous lime; burnt lime; unhydrated lime; caustic lime; lime
sunbelt (noun): An area or belt of land that receives a lot of sun; specifically, a zone comprising the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny, characterised by an influx of population from the north and often typified as having conservative political views.
Synonyms: Sun Belt; Sunbelt
chippy (noun): A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Synonyms: chippie
chippy (noun): A fish-and-chip shop.
Synonyms: chippie
chippy (adj): Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
Synonyms: chippie
chippy (adj): Involving violence or unfair play.
Synonyms: chippie
chippy (adj): Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
Synonyms: chippie
chippy (verb): To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.
Synonyms: chippie
anecdotally (adv): In an anecdotal manner; by means of a recounted incident.
hypersensitive (adj): Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
myopic (adj): Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
Synonyms: short-sighted; near-sighted
Antonyms: hyperopic
myopic (adj): Shortsighted; improvident.
Synonyms: short-sighted; near-sighted
Antonyms: hyperopic
myopic (adj): Narrow-minded.
Synonyms: short-sighted; near-sighted
Antonyms: hyperopic
monohydrate (noun): A hydrate whose solid contains a single molecule of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell
lifesaver (noun): Someone or something that saves lives.
Synonyms: lifeguard; life preserver; rescuer; life ring; life-saver
lifesaver (noun): Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.
Synonyms: lifeguard; life preserver; rescuer; life ring; life-saver
harbourside (noun): An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
tarkhan (noun): An ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominently among the successors of the Mongol Empire; it generally conferred exemption from taxation.
Synonyms: Tarkhan
lichenicolous (adj): Living or growing on lichen.
Example: a lichenicolous fungus
oversteer (noun): The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.
Antonyms: understeer
oversteer (verb): to lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels
Antonyms: understeer
superego (noun): The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
Synonyms: super-ego
facetious (adj): Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
facetious (adj): humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
throb (verb): To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
Example: I have a throbbing headache.
leukotriene (noun): Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
saron (noun): A percussion idiophone with bronze bars, of Indonesian origin, used in gamelan music.
vavasour (noun): a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly
Synonyms: valvassor; vavassor
calandra (noun): A calandra lark (Melanocorypha spp., especially Melanocorypha calandra).
cuarteto (noun): An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
chikungunya (noun): A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
corynebacterium (noun): Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
weal (noun): A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt.
goop (verb): To apply a thick, slimy, or goo-like substance.
strafe (verb): To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
strafe (verb): To sidestep; to move sideways without turning (a core mechanic of most first-person shooters).
strafe (noun): An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
catabolic (adj): Of, or relating to catabolism.
Antonyms: metabolic
kafir (noun): A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.
Synonyms: kâfir; kāfir
kafir (noun): Short for kafir corn.
Synonyms: kâfir; kāfir
probationer (noun): One who is licensed to preach, but not ordained to a pastorate.
probationer (noun): A chorister in their training period before full admission to a choir, whether or not that period is probationary.
multisensory (adj): Pertaining to the integration of information from different sensory modalities
navicular (adj): Shaped like a boat.
Synonyms: scaphoid; cymbiform
navicular (adj): Relating to boats.
Synonyms: scaphoid; cymbiform
wheatgrass (noun): Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
wheatgrass (noun): A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass.
turgid (adj): Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
Example: I have a turgid limb.
turgid (adj): Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
turgid (adj): Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
amoxicillin (noun): A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S closely related to ampicillin and with similar properties, but more readily absorbed when taken orally. It is used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms.
Synonyms: amoxycillin
metronidazole (noun): An antibiotic of the nitroimidazole group, used to treat vaginal trichomoniasis, amebiasis, and infections by anaerobic bacteria.
contradistinction (noun): Distinction by contrast; the provision of one example against which another example may be defined.
spadix (noun): A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
spadix (noun): A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
nosebleed (noun): A haemorrhage from the nose; usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity.
Synonyms: epistaxis; nose bleed; bloody nose; blood nose
nosebleed (noun): A nerd or geek; a dork.
Synonyms: epistaxis; nose bleed; bloody nose; blood nose
nosebleed (noun): mental overload (usually attained as a result of having to comprehend new and/or complex concepts or languages that one is not particularly skilled with).
Synonyms: epistaxis; nose bleed; bloody nose; blood nose
sipa (noun): A traditional Filipino team sport in which players kick a soft ball over a net in the middle of the court.
amplexus (noun): A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
tetrahydrofuran (noun): A heterocyclic ether having a five-membered ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen; it is a colourless liquid with an ether-like smell, and is used as a polar solvent.
Synonyms: oxolane; oxacyclopentane; THF
cadherin (noun): Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
supercenter (noun): A big-box store, especially one that is even larger than normal
Synonyms: supercentre
chokehold (noun): A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.
Synonyms: choke hold; choke-hold
Example: He put his opponent in a chokehold.
chokehold (noun): A strong and powerful grasp on something
Synonyms: choke hold; choke-hold
chokehold (verb): To put in a chokehold
Synonyms: choke hold; choke-hold