leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
tutelary (noun): A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.
Synonyms: tutelarie; tutelar; tutelary deity
ghastly (adj): Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
Synonyms: lurid
ghastly (adj): Extremely bad.
Synonyms: lurid
Example: The play was simply ghastly.
infuse (verb): To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
qigong (noun): A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation.
Synonyms: qi gong; chi kung
rigour (noun): Harshness, as of climate.
Synonyms: rigor
rigour (noun): A trembling or shivering response.
Synonyms: rigor
councilwoman (noun): A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
Hypernyms: councilmember
wildebeest (noun): The gnu.
Example: Coordinate term: hartebeest
gooseberry (noun): A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
gooseberry (noun): Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
gooseberry (noun): Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
cardiopulmonary (adj): Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
cardinalate (noun): The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
Synonyms: cardinalship
cardinalate (noun): Collective term for the cardinals
Synonyms: cardinalship
taskmaster (noun): Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
kava (noun): A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
Synonyms: ava; yava
kava (noun): An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
Synonyms: ava; yava
wain (noun): A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
Synonyms: wayn
krautrock (noun): A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
Synonyms: Krautrock
malia (noun): A passerine bird endemic to Sulawesi, of species Malia grata.
prolapse (verb): To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.
prolapse (noun): A moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ
Synonyms: prolapsus
baji (noun): Synonym of chiura (beaten rice, a common Nepali food).
recklessness (noun): The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
Synonyms: retchlessness; rechlessness
superoxide (noun): The univalent anion, O₂⁻, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
warfarin (noun): A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: Manufactured as a pharmaceutical drug and used in low dosage, with regular monitoring, for the prevention of thrombosis and embolism.
warfarin (noun): A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation: Manufactured as a chemical, used in high dosage as a pesticide.
sympathetically (adv): Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences, whether occult or physiological.
sympathetically (adv): In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately.
operon (noun): A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.
mycological (adj): Of or pertaining to mycology or to fungi
Synonyms: mycologic
overgrowth (noun): A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
Synonyms: hypertrophy; hyperplasia; gigantism
Antonyms: undergrowth
overgrowth (noun): An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
Synonyms: hypertrophy; hyperplasia; gigantism
Antonyms: undergrowth
overgrowth (noun): Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
Synonyms: hypertrophy; hyperplasia; gigantism
Antonyms: undergrowth
muslin (noun): Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
Synonyms: muselin
muslin (noun): Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
Synonyms: muselin
muslin (noun): Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
Synonyms: muselin
dipterocarp (noun): any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits
ayu (noun): A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
Synonyms: ai
slipstream (noun): The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
slipstream (noun): A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
Example: Coordinate term: New Weird
slipstream (verb): To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
azide (noun): the univalent N₃ radical or functional group or any ester containing this group
azide (noun): the N₃⁻ anion or any salt containing this anion (^-N=\overset{+}N=N^-)
decarboxylase (noun): Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
slush (noun): Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
Synonyms: slushie; slush puppy; Slush Puppie; slushy; slush ice
slush (noun): Liquid mud or mire.
Synonyms: slushie; slush puppy; Slush Puppie; slushy; slush ice
slush (noun): Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.
Synonyms: slushie; slush puppy; Slush Puppie; slushy; slush ice
slush (verb): To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance.
tola (noun): A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
Synonyms: tole; tolah
tola (noun): A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia.
caraway (noun): A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
Synonyms: Persian cumin
caraway (noun): The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
Synonyms: Persian cumin
caraway (noun): A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
Synonyms: Persian cumin
Example: I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways
incompressible (adj): Not compressible.
Synonyms: uncompressible; uncompressable; incompressable
incompressible (adj): Having a divergence equal to zero.
Synonyms: uncompressible; uncompressable; incompressable
disputation (noun): A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
cynic (noun): A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
Synonyms: cynick
cynic (noun): A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
Synonyms: cynick
cynic (adj): Relating to the Dog Star.
Synonyms: cynick
Example: the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle
flaky (adj): Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
Synonyms: flakey
flaky (adj): Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
Synonyms: flakey
flaky (adj): Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
Synonyms: flakey
hoodie (noun): A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
Synonyms: hoody
hoodie (noun): A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
Synonyms: hoody
patina (noun): The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
patina (noun): A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
Example: patina:
patina (adj): Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
shoah (verb): To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.
jugal (noun): A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals.
pando (noun): A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
dumbledore (noun): A bumblebee.
Synonyms: drumbledore; dumbledor; dumble-dor
dumbledore (noun): A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle.
Synonyms: drumbledore; dumbledor; dumble-dor
dumbledore (noun): A dandelion.
Synonyms: drumbledore; dumbledor; dumble-dor
stoichiometric (adj): Of, or relating to stoichiometry.
Synonyms: stœchiometric; stoicheiometric
stoichiometric (adj): Existing in a ratio of small integers.
Synonyms: stœchiometric; stoicheiometric
disobey (verb): To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
Synonyms: ignore; disobey; balk; refuse; disregard
Antonyms: comply; obey; conform; submit; acquiesce
Hypernyms: react; respond
Example: disobey the rules
disobey (verb): To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
Synonyms: ignore; disobey; balk; refuse; disregard
Antonyms: comply; obey; conform; submit; acquiesce
Hypernyms: react; respond
espouse (verb): To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
Example: Those that espoused this ideology […]
lapa (noun): An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.
lapa (noun): A metal wind instrument of 19th-century China, resembling the oboe.
spiller (noun): A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
spiller (noun): A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
phagocytosis (noun): A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
approbation (noun): The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
zydeco (noun): A form of Louisiana Creole music, characteristically performed by accordion and washboard bands, that combines Cajun and Creole roots music with elements of African American music.
Synonyms: zarico; zodico
applaud (verb): To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
Synonyms: beclap
applaud (verb): To praise, or express approval for something or someone.
Synonyms: beclap
fluff (noun): Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
Synonyms: all talk; fault; cruft; blooper; blunder
fluff (noun): Anything inconsequential or superficial.
Synonyms: all talk; fault; cruft; blooper; blunder
fluff (noun): A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
Synonyms: all talk; fault; cruft; blooper; blunder
fluff (verb): To make something fluffy.
Example: The cat fluffed its tail.
apotheosis (noun): The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
apotheosis (noun): Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
apotheosis (noun): A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
tiresome (adj): Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Synonyms: dull; wearisome; irksome; exhausting; boring
Antonyms: interesting; exciting; fresh; energizing
uneconomic (adj): Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.
opuntia (noun): Opuntia, a genus of cactus that includes such cacti as the prickly pear and xoconostle.
gnat (noun): Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
photochemical (adj): Of, relating to, or produced by photochemistry or by photochemical reactions
unsteady (adj): Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
Synonyms: irregular; rocky; rickety; shaky; instable
Antonyms: steady
Hypernyms: disorderly
Example: A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
unsteady (adj): Lacking regularity or uniformity.
Synonyms: irregular; rocky; rickety; shaky; instable
Antonyms: steady
Hypernyms: disorderly
unsteady (adj): Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
Synonyms: irregular; rocky; rickety; shaky; instable
Antonyms: steady
Hypernyms: disorderly
sheepshead (noun): A fish of the species Archosargus probatocephalus.
Synonyms: sheep's head
sheepshead (noun): A trick-taking card game.
Synonyms: sheep's head
mele (noun): A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.
micron (noun): The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
Synonyms: micrometre; micrometer
micron (noun): A very tiny amount.
Synonyms: micrometre; micrometer
micron (noun): Synonym of breve
Synonyms: breve
Antonyms: macron
subside (verb): To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
subside (verb): To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
Example: The sea subsides.
glimmer (noun): A faint light; a dim glow.
Synonyms: sparkle; shimmer
glimmer (noun): A flash of light.
Synonyms: sparkle; shimmer
glimmer (noun): A faint or remote possibility.
Synonyms: sparkle; shimmer
Example: a glimmer of hope
glimmer (verb): To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
Synonyms: twinkle; flicker; shimmer
Example: The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
regress (noun): The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
Synonyms: retrogress
regress (noun): The power or liberty of passing back.
Synonyms: retrogress
regress (noun): The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
Synonyms: retrogress
regress (verb): To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
Synonyms: backslide
Antonyms: proceed; advance; progress
regress (verb): To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. To re-develop behavior one had previously grown out of, particularly a behavior left behind in childhood.
Synonyms: backslide
Antonyms: proceed; advance; progress
regress (verb): To move in the retrograde direction.
Synonyms: backslide
Antonyms: proceed; advance; progress
miser (noun): A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
Synonyms: last of the big spenders; tightwad; nipfarthing; skinflint; pickpenny
Antonyms: spendthrift
miser (noun): A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
Synonyms: last of the big spenders; tightwad; nipfarthing; skinflint; pickpenny
Antonyms: spendthrift
acetyl (noun): The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
allis (contraction): Contraction of all this
Example: I ain't readin' allis garbage.
humbly (adv): In a humble manner.
Example: I humbly accept this award.
polarisation (noun): Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarization.
Synonyms: polarization
subcamp (noun): A camp (such as a labour camp or concentration camp) that makes up part of a larger camp or complex.
basilisk (noun): A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
Synonyms: basilisc
Example: the deadly look of the basilisk
basilisk (noun): An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
Synonyms: basilisc
basilisk (noun): A type of dragon used in heraldry.
Synonyms: basilisc
basilisk (adj): Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
Synonyms: basilisc
heritability (noun): The condition of being inheritable
Synonyms: inheritability
Antonyms: environmentability
heritability (noun): The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin
Synonyms: inheritability
Antonyms: environmentability
pratique (noun): Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
tromp (noun): A blowing apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.
Synonyms: trompe; trombe
beeswax (noun): A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
Synonyms: E901
beeswax (noun): “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
Synonyms: E901
permeate (verb): To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
Example: water permeates sand
nori (noun): A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
nori (noun): The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.
amok (adv): Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
Synonyms: amuck; amock
amok (adv): In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Synonyms: amuck; amock
amok (noun): One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
Synonyms: amuck; amock
amok (noun): The act of running amok.
Synonyms: amuck; amock
amok (verb): Synonym of run amok
Synonyms: amuck; amock
paternalistic (adj): the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings
spellbound (adj): Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell.
Example: The story left the children spellbound.
gunslinger (noun): A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
gunslinger (noun): A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
knorr (noun): Alternative form of knarr (“large merchant ship used in mediaeval Scandinavia”)
granule (noun): A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
amphora (noun): A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
Synonyms: quadrantal; amphora quadrantal; Roman amphora
amphora (noun): A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
Synonyms: quadrantal; amphora quadrantal; Roman amphora
amphora (noun): A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
Synonyms: quadrantal; amphora quadrantal; Roman amphora
digipak (noun): A form of jewel case for holding one or more CDs or DVDs whose outer cover is made of card rather than plastic.
flatten (verb): To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
parapsychology (noun): The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.
chanter (noun): A priest who sings in a chantry.
Synonyms: chantor
chanter (noun): The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
Synonyms: chantor
dace (noun): A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
Synonyms: dart; dare
dace (noun): Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
Synonyms: dart; dare
breve (noun): A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
breve (noun): A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.
electrochemistry (noun): The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode.
burthen (noun): The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
hic (intj): An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
Example: This wine - hic! - tasted good.
dwt (noun): Deadweight ton; deadweight tonnage.
Synonyms: DWT; D. W. T.; D.W.T.; d. w. t.; d.w.t.
dwt (noun): pennyweight
Synonyms: DWT; D. W. T.; D.W.T.; d. w. t.; d.w.t.
hake (noun): (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
hake (noun): One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
Synonyms: codling; squirrel hake; haak
pompadour (noun): A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
Synonyms: ducktail; pompador; do; quiff
pompadour (noun): A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
Synonyms: ducktail; pompador; do; quiff
pompadour (noun): A crimson or pink colour.
Synonyms: ducktail; pompador; do; quiff
pompadour (verb): To style hair into a pompadour
Synonyms: pompador
outfall (noun): The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
recompense (noun): An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
Synonyms: recompence; meed; restitution; payback
recompense (noun): That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
Synonyms: recompence; meed; restitution; payback
recompense (verb): To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
Synonyms: recompensate; recompence
recompense (verb): To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
Synonyms: recompensate; recompence
recompense (verb): To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
Synonyms: recompensate; recompence
anise (noun): An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
Synonyms: anix
anise (noun): Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
Synonyms: anix
collectivity (noun): A body of people considered as a whole.
Synonyms: collectiveness
monoclinic (adj): Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
interbank (adj): Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).
affricate (noun): A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
crowbar (noun): An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
crowbar (noun): A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
crowbar (verb): To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
Example: He crowbarred the door open.
casein (noun): A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants
Synonyms: caseine; legumine
sidereal (adj): Of or relating to the stars.
Synonyms: sidaereal; sideral
sidereal (adj): Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars.
Synonyms: sidaereal; sideral
sidereal (adj): Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox.
Synonyms: sidaereal; sideral
uncooperative (adj): Not cooperative.
Synonyms: unco-operative; uncoöperative
balla (noun): Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")
mononymously (adv): Using a one-word name, in a mononymous manner.
paralegal (noun): One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.
deplete (verb): To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Antonyms: replenish
Example: The ink depletes too quickly.
deplete (verb): To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
Antonyms: replenish
catchweight (adv): Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
Example: to ride catchweight
catchweight (adj): Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
catchweight (noun): A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
catchweight (noun): The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
angelfish (noun): A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
Synonyms: angel-fish; angel fish
angelfish (noun): A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
Synonyms: angel-fish; angel fish
unworkable (adj): Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
elucidation (noun): A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration
debugger (noun): A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
glutamine (noun): A nonessential amino acid C₅H₁₀N₂O₃ found in most animal and plant proteins.
Synonyms: Gln
nontraditional (adj): Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional
Synonyms: non-traditional
nontraditional (adj): Innovative; new; daring
Synonyms: non-traditional
hominid (noun): Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
Synonyms: hominid
Hypernyms: primate
canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
canna (contraction): Contraction of can not: cannot.
Example: I canna' change the laws of physics.
bract (noun): A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
Synonyms: bractea; bracte
fervour (noun): An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
Synonyms: fervor
bibliophile (noun): One who loves books.
Synonyms: booklover; bibliophil
Antonyms: bibliophobe
bibliophile (noun): One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
Synonyms: booklover; bibliophil
Antonyms: bibliophobe
perpetuation (noun): The act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active.
Synonyms: continuance; preservation
alopecia (noun): Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
Synonyms: alopecy
alopecia (noun): Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
Synonyms: alopecy
pogue (noun): Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”)
Example: Alternative form: POGUE
equerry (noun): An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
equerry (noun): A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.
interrogator (noun): One who interrogates; a person who asks questions; a questioner.
Synonyms: questioner; inquirer; inquisitor
Antonyms: interrogatee
interrogator (noun): A device that requests data from another device.
Synonyms: questioner; inquirer; inquisitor
Antonyms: interrogatee
percolation (noun): The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
korfball (noun): A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
mensch (noun): A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion.
Synonyms: mentsch; mentch; mentsh; mench; mensh
mensch (noun): A gentleman.
Synonyms: mentsch; mentch; mentsh; mench; mensh
hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
Synonyms: oldness; oldhood; ancientness; agedness
Example: hoar:
hoar (noun): Hoariness; antiquity.
Synonyms: oldness; oldhood; ancientness; agedness
ender (noun): A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.
yachtsman (noun): A man who sails a yacht.
Synonyms: yachtman
Hypernyms: yachtsperson; yachtist
legalise (verb): Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legalize.
Synonyms: legalize
vide (verb): Divide (ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes)
vide (verb): See; consult; refer to. A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis.
Synonyms: vid.; v.; vidê
Example: (For comments, vide page 151).
overwork (verb): To make (someone or something) work too hard.
Example: to overwork a horse
overwork (verb): To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
Example: My days with toil are overwrought.
milecastle (noun): One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.
congenial (adj): Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
Antonyms: uncongenial
congenial (adj): Friendly or sociable.
Antonyms: uncongenial
congenial (adj): Suitable to one’s needs.
Antonyms: uncongenial
ket (noun): A column vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate transpose of a bra (a row vector); a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.
Antonyms: bra
grisly (adj): Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
Synonyms: grislie; griesly
grisly (adj): Misspelling of gristly.
Synonyms: grislie; griesly
grisly (adv): In a horrible or terrible manner; in a terrifying way.
Synonyms: grimly; horribly; terribly
tumult (noun): Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
Synonyms: uproar; ruckus
tumult (noun): Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
Synonyms: uproar; ruckus
Example: the tumult of the elements
tumult (noun): A riot or uprising.
Synonyms: uproar; ruckus
personage (noun): A person, especially one who is famous or important.
Example: Coordinate term: very important person
amaranth (noun): An imaginary flower that does not wither.
Synonyms: amarant
amaranth (noun): Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
Synonyms: amarant
amaranth (noun): The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
Synonyms: amarant
Example: amaranth:
bauhinia (noun): Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.
Synonyms: purple orchid tree; mountain ebony
seta (noun): The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
seismicity (noun): A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.
televise (verb): To broadcast, or be broadcast, by television.
Synonyms: televize
arabica (noun): A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia.
peony (noun): A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
Synonyms: piony; paeony; pioney
peony (noun): A dark red colour.
Synonyms: piony; paeony; pioney
superfinal (noun): A deciding match in a situation in which a final takes the form of a group of matches
chandu (noun): Opium prepared for smoking.
Synonyms: chandoo; chandul
bibliographer (noun): A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
Synonyms: bibliographist
delicatessen (noun): A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
Synonyms: delikatessen
delicatessen (noun): Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.
Synonyms: delikatessen
hamon (noun): A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
fuelling (verb): (Canadian spelling, common) present participle and gerund of fuel
Synonyms: fueling
trucker (noun): One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
Synonyms: trukker; treukour; trucour; truiker; truker
trucker (noun): A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.
Synonyms: trukker; treukour; trucour; truiker; truker
trucker (adj): Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.
Synonyms: trukker; treukour; trucour; truiker; truker
trucker (noun): One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.
dau (noun): Abbreviation of daughter. (often with implied 'of')
Synonyms: dau.
Example: Jane, dau John
jammer (noun): A kind of form-fitting swimwear used by athletes, resembling shorts.
soko (noun): A species of African ape, supposedly a variety of the chimpanzee.
spurt (verb): To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
Synonyms: spout; spirt
spurt (verb): To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
Synonyms: spout; spirt
spurt (noun): A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
Synonyms: spirt
Example: a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
spurt (noun): A moment, a short period of time.
Synonyms: spirt
spurt (noun): A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
Synonyms: spirt
spurt (noun): The act of spurting, or something spurted
Synonyms: spirt
spurt (verb): To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
Synonyms: spirt
Example: The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
medullary (adj): Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla
Synonyms: medullar; oblongatal; bulbar
medullary (adj): Relating to the medulla oblongata
Synonyms: medullar; oblongatal; bulbar
medullary (adj): Filled with spongy pith; pithy
Synonyms: medullar; oblongatal; bulbar
cag (noun): A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
Synonyms: kyag; kag
cag (noun): The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
Synonyms: kyag; kag
cag (noun): An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
Synonyms: kyag; kag
cag (verb): To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
racemic (adj): Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active
restlessness (noun): The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
tamper (noun): A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
tamper (verb): To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
Example: tamper detection
tamper (verb): To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
tamper (verb): To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
involution (noun): An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
byelection (noun): Alternative form of by-election
Synonyms: byeelection; by-election
zany (adj): Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
Synonyms: wacky
zany (adj): Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
Synonyms: wacky
zany (noun): A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
ugliness (noun): The condition of being ugly.
Synonyms: homeliness; uglinesse; ugliness; repulsiveness
Antonyms: beauty
Hypernyms: guise
ugliness (noun): An unsightly or frightful object.
Synonyms: homeliness; uglinesse; ugliness; repulsiveness
Antonyms: beauty
Hypernyms: guise
ugliness (noun): Unpleasant behaviour.
Synonyms: homeliness; uglinesse; ugliness; repulsiveness
Antonyms: beauty
Hypernyms: guise
dibble (noun): A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
Synonyms: dib; dibber
dibble (verb): To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
dibble (noun): A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
Synonyms: police; police officer
dibble (noun): Preceded by the: the police.
Synonyms: police; police officer
Example: Watch out, lads! Here comes the dibble!
gomer (noun): Alternative form of omer: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
gomer (noun): A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
gomer (noun): A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.
Synonyms: idiot
gomer (noun): An inept trainee or serviceperson.
Synonyms: idiot
gomer (noun): An undesirable hospital patient, or a patient who does not need medical care.
Synonyms: gomere; GOMER
gomer (noun): A dirty, senile, or otherwise unpleasant patient.
Synonyms: gomere; GOMER
gomer (noun): A patient who does not respond to medical treatment.
Synonyms: gomere; GOMER
nonesuch (noun): A person or thing with no equal.
Synonyms: nonsuch
nonesuch (noun): A caryophyllaceous plant, Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica), with bright red flowers, native to Eurasia.
Synonyms: nonsuch
sarabande (noun): A 16th-century Spanish dance.
Synonyms: saraband; zarabanda; sarabrand
sarabande (noun): A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time.
Synonyms: saraband; zarabanda; sarabrand
sarabande (noun): The music for either dance of the same name.
Synonyms: saraband; zarabanda; sarabrand
aji (noun): A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
aji (noun): A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
aji (noun): The ‘flavour’ of a position, i.e. the extent to which it has lingering possibilities such as bad aji which may not be exploitable when they first arise yet still influence further play; good aji generally means there are few weaknesses.
tumbler (noun): One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body.
tumbler (noun): A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
tumbler (noun): A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
reverberation (noun): A violent oscillation or vibration.
Synonyms: reverbation
reverberation (noun): An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.
Synonyms: reverbation
reverberation (noun): The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.
Synonyms: reverbation
illuminator (noun): agent noun of illuminate: One who illuminates; an explainer.
Synonyms: illuminatour
illuminator (noun): agent noun of illuminate: An artist who adds illustrations and decorations to illuminated manuscriptsᵂ.
Synonyms: illuminatour
ejector (noun): ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
cochlea (noun): The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
earthbound (adj): Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
Synonyms: Earthbound; earth-bound
earthbound (adj): Heading towards Earth.
Synonyms: Earthbound; earth-bound
earthbound (adj): Unimaginative or mundane.
Synonyms: Earthbound; earth-bound
gambrel (noun): A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
gambrel (noun): A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
dulcimer (noun): A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
Example: Coordinate term: zither
stowage (noun): The act or practice of stowing.
Example: the stowage of cargo
dogger (noun): A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
sidearm (noun): A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc., for rapid access.
eir (det): Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.
putty (noun): A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
putty (noun): Any of a range of similar substances. An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
putty (noun): Any of a range of similar substances. A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
soundboard (noun): A wide, flat board placed within, or forming part of the body of, a musical instrument in order to improve vibrations and increase volume.
soundboard (noun): A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
phaeton (noun): a light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
Synonyms: phæton
phaeton (noun): a large open touring motorcar with a folding top
Synonyms: phæton
cookware (noun): The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
Synonyms: cookware; cookingware
Hypernyms: kitchenware
nightcrawler (noun): An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawler (noun): More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
incongruous (adj): Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
Synonyms: incongruitous
incongruous (adj): Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
Synonyms: incongruitous
halter (noun): A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
Synonyms: headcollar; helter; headpiece; headstall
halter (noun): A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
Synonyms: headcollar; helter; headpiece; headstall
halter (noun): A halter top.
Synonyms: headcollar; helter; headpiece; headstall
holler (noun): A yell, shout.
Synonyms: scream; hollering; howl; shout; outcry
Example: I heard a holler from over the fence.
holler (noun): Any communication to get somebody's attention.
Synonyms: scream; hollering; howl; shout; outcry
holler (noun): A field holler.
Synonyms: scream; hollering; howl; shout; outcry
ladybird (noun): Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
Synonyms: lady-bird
mesic (adj): Adapted to a moist habitat.
Antonyms: xeric
bahu (noun): A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.
radioisotope (noun): a radioactive isotope of an element
Synonyms: radio-isotope; radionuclide
presbyterianism (noun): That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
kovil (noun): A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
Synonyms: koil; koyil
sparrowhawk (noun): A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
Synonyms: sparrow hawk; sparrow-hawk; spar-hawk; sparhawk
sparrowhawk (noun): A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds. A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Synonyms: sparrow hawk; sparrow-hawk; spar-hawk; sparhawk
sparrowhawk (noun): Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
Synonyms: sparrow hawk; sparrow-hawk; spar-hawk; sparhawk
memorialize (verb): To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
Synonyms: memorialise
memorialize (verb): To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook).
Synonyms: memorialise
memorialize (verb): To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
Synonyms: memorialise
quash (verb): To defeat decisively, to suppress.
Example: The army quashed the rebellion.
noncommercial (adj): Not engaged in commerce.
Synonyms: non-commercial
Example: a noncommercial organization
noncommercial (noun): A noncommercial trader.
Synonyms: non-commercial
viceregal (adj): Of, or pertaining to, a viceroy or viceroyalty.
Synonyms: vice-regal; viceroyal
viceregal (adj): Of, or pertaining to, a viceregent or viceregency.
Synonyms: vice-regal; viceroyal
viceregal (noun): a viceroy or vicereine
Synonyms: vice-regal
opportunist (noun): Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
Synonyms: chancer
irritability (noun): The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability
Synonyms: petulance; fretfulness
Example: irritability of temper
irritability (noun): A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
Synonyms: petulance; fretfulness
irritability (noun): A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
Synonyms: petulance; fretfulness
hedonism (noun): The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.
Synonyms: Cyrenaicism
Antonyms: asceticism
Hypernyms: selfishness
hedonism (noun): A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
Synonyms: Cyrenaicism
Antonyms: asceticism
Hypernyms: selfishness
blah (noun): Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
Synonyms: hooey; blaa; malaise; fustian; bla
blah (noun): (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
Synonyms: hooey; blaa; malaise; fustian; bla
blah (adj): Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
blah (adj): Low in spirit or health; down.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
blah (intj): An expression of mild frustration.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
blah (intj): Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
blah (intj): Representing the sound of vomiting.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
blah (verb): To utter idle, meaningless talk.
Synonyms: bla; blaa
penitential (adj): Pertaining to penance or penitence
Synonyms: pœnitential
penitential (noun): a book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance
Synonyms: pœnitential
columbarium (noun): A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
columbarium (noun): A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
ghostwriter (noun): A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Synonyms: ghost writer
communally (adv): Affecting, by, or on behalf of, a community or group of people,
unplayable (adj): That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. That cannot be played, that is too hard too play.
unplayable (adj): That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. That cannot be played, or is so tedious, complicated, buggy, etc., as to discourage or preclude playing.
unplayable (adj): That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play. Unable to be played on specified equipment, or at all.
sisu (noun): Strength of will in the face of adversity; grit; perseverance; regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture.
ginkgo (noun): Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
Synonyms: maidenhair tree; gingko
ginkgo (noun): The seed of a ginkgo tree.
Synonyms: maidenhair tree; gingko
Example: I swear the gingko's working in reverse
irreligious (adj): Having no relation to religion.
Example: Coordinate term: agnostic
irreligious (adj): Contrary to religious beliefs and practices. In conscious rejection of religion.
Example: Coordinate term: agnostic
oddball (noun): An eccentric or unusual person.
Synonyms: weirdo; odd duck; kook; strange fish; strange person
oddball (noun): A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
Synonyms: weirdo; odd duck; kook; strange fish; strange person
gon (contraction): Alternative form of gonna
Example: I’m gon be there around four.