leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
buttonhole (noun): A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
Synonyms: button hole; button-hole
buttonhole (verb): To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
Synonyms: button hole; button-hole
Example: Coordinate term: grab by the lapels
buttonhole (verb): To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
Synonyms: button hole; button-hole
buttonhole (verb): To sew by buttonhole stitch.
Synonyms: button hole; button-hole
chrominance (noun): The signal used in video systems to convey the picture's colour information, separately from the accompanying luma signal.
frigatebird (noun): Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
Synonyms: frigate bird
recombinase (noun): Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes
transvestism (noun): The condition of being a transvestite.
Synonyms: transvestitism
transvestism (noun): A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
Synonyms: transvestitism
bandha (noun): any of the various "body locks" in Hatha Yoga, treated under the heading of mudra
phyllite (noun): A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.
converso (noun): A Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
ardian (noun): A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.
kahikatea (noun): Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.
hypertrichosis (noun): A medical condition of excessive body hair, either affecting most of the torso and limbs, or localized to an area of skin. It may be mild or severe.
Synonyms: werewolf syndrome
drivable (adj): Capable of being driven (as a vehicle).
Synonyms: driveable
drivable (adj): Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).
Synonyms: driveable
spaciousness (noun): The state or quality of being spacious.
Synonyms: spaciosity
meshwork (noun): A net; an assembly of meshes.
Synonyms: network
Example: A dense meshwork structure is formed.
vermis (noun): A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
kudurru (noun): A boundary stone used by the Kassites in ancient Babylonia, bearing a written record of the ownership of the land on which it stood.
sabaton (noun): A mediaeval armour (usually steel) covering for the foot; a flexible armour shoe.
Synonyms: sabbaton
crisply (adv): In a crisp manner.
Example: `Off you go then,' she said crisply.
sannyasi (noun): A man in the stage of sannyasa; a wandering ascetic, a religious mendicant.
Synonyms: sunyasee; sunnyasi; sunyasi; sanyasi; sunnyasee
zelkova (noun): A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova).
Synonyms: Japanese elm; zelcoua; kiaki; keyaki; keaki
afterimage (noun): An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
Synonyms: photogene; after-image
porticus (noun): A small room in a church, commonly forming extensions to the north and south sides of it, giving the building a cruciform plan, which may function as a chapel, rudimentary transept or burial place.
misapplication (noun): The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.
conceptualisation (noun): The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
Synonyms: conceptualization
jingoistic (adj): Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
Synonyms: hawkish
Antonyms: unjingoistic; dovish
Hypernyms: hostile; chauvinistic; nationalistic; combative; patriotic
curettage (noun): The removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.
gavotte (noun): A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
perplexity (noun): A measure of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
rollerball (noun): A kind of ballpoint pen with a spherical nib that uses water-based liquid or gelled ink.
longy (noun): A Manx cat with a long tail, that therefore cannot be shown at a Manx show.
overhung (adj): Suspended from above or from the top.
Example: an overhung door
referendary (noun): An officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.
mudang (noun): A Korean shaman, usually female, who acts as intercessor between a god or gods and human beings.
quia (adj): Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.
synanon (noun): A group meeting of the Synanon organization, a drug rehabilitation program that developed into a criminal cult and was disbanded in 1991.
coomer (noun): A man who indulges in masturbation; by extension, anyone who is excessively horny.
Hypernyms: tosser; jerkoff; wanker
trigraph (noun): A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme.
tragedian (noun): An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
Synonyms: tragedist
tragedian (noun): A playwright who writes tragedies.
Synonyms: tragedist
closedown (noun): The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight.
iaido (noun): A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.
counterstrike (noun): The tactic of counterattacking
Synonyms: counterattack
impracticality (noun): The state or quality of being impractical.
Synonyms: unrealizability; infeasibility
impracticality (noun): Something which is impractical.
Synonyms: unrealizability; infeasibility
electropositive (adj): tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond
Antonyms: electronegative
tyrannosaur (noun): Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.
Synonyms: tyrannosaurus
arioso (noun): A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria
engram (noun): A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
Synonyms: engramme
engram (noun): A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.
Synonyms: engramme
vadm (noun): Abbreviation of vice-admiral.
Synonyms: VAdm; Vadm; VAdm.; VADM; V.Adm.
semion (noun): A kind of anyon with statistical properties between those of fermions and bosons.
wunna (pron): You (plural); y'all, you guys, you all.
gunnel (noun): Alternative spelling of gunwale
Synonyms: butterfish; gunnel fish; rock eel
gunnel (noun): A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.
Synonyms: butterfish; gunnel fish; rock eel
squander (verb): To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
Synonyms: ducks and drakes; waste; splurge; throw away
squander (verb): To scatter; to disperse.
Synonyms: ducks and drakes; waste; splurge; throw away
squander (verb): To wander at random; to scatter.
Synonyms: ducks and drakes; waste; splurge; throw away
pyrex (noun): A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
pyrex (noun): Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking
excitotoxicity (noun): The continuous stimulation of a nerve cell by a neurotransmitter, especially by glutamates
gyration (noun): The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
gyration (noun): The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation. A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
pone (noun): A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.
pone (noun): A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
teratoma (noun): A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.
leam (verb): To gleam; shine; glow.
Synonyms: leme; leem
leam (noun): A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
Synonyms: leme; leem
leam (noun): A cord or strap for leading a dog.
Synonyms: leme; leem
opprobrium (noun): Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy.
opprobrium (noun): Scornful contempt or reproach; (countable) an instance of this.
cryptococcus (noun): Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic
linocut (noun): A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block.
proselytization (noun): The act or process of proselytizing.
Synonyms: proselytisation
decouple (verb): To unlink; to take or come apart.
Example: Coordinate term: (economics) derisk
decouple (verb): To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
epitomize (verb): To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
Synonyms: epitomise; sum up
epitomize (verb): To be an epitome of.
Synonyms: epitomise; sum up
obstruent (adj): Causing obstruction; blocking up.
Example: an obstruent medicine
obstruent (noun): A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
obstruent (noun): Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.
ethnoreligious (adj): Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
Example: The Jews are an ethnoreligious group.
whitetip (noun): Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on its body. The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus.
whitetip (noun): Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on its body. The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
whitetip (noun): Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on its body. Any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices.
grantmaking (noun): The discretionary awarding of grants (especially by a large foundation or other organization as a form or organized philanthropy).
feasibly (adv): In a feasible manner
Synonyms: practicably
Antonyms: impracticably; infeasibly; unrealizably
oestrus (noun): A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
Synonyms: estrus; œstrus
oestrus (noun): A bite or sting.
Synonyms: estrus; œstrus
oestrus (noun): A passion or frenzy.
Synonyms: estrus; œstrus
decidua (noun): A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy
cornstalk (noun): The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstalk (noun): A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
pickpocketing (noun): The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
pibroch (noun): A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
Synonyms: piobaireachd
mosquitofish (noun): Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
Synonyms: mosquito fish
missiology (noun): The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary.
bromo (noun): A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer).
mantissa (noun): The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
mantissa (noun): The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
helianthemum (noun): Any member of species of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
nuraghe (noun): A dry-stone round megalithic tower found in Sardinia.
lightvessel (noun): Synonym of lightship.
Synonyms: lightship; lightboat
kanban (noun): A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components.
Synonyms: Kanban
kanban (noun): A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards.
Synonyms: Kanban
kanban (noun): A system to manage, visualise, and improve work across teams, often as part of an agile methodology.
Synonyms: Kanban
Example: kanban board
glycosyl (noun): Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
supercargo (noun): An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
gerygone (noun): Any of several species of Australasian warblers (family Acanthizidae) in the genus Gerygone.
Synonyms: peep-warbler
gadwall (noun): A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).
userspace (noun): The area of memory used for a user's applications, etc., as opposed to that reserved for the operating system kernel.
Synonyms: userland
lycaenid (noun): A member of the taxonomic family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies.
styrax (noun): Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
eyot (noun): A little island, especially in a river or lake.
Synonyms: islet; holm; eight; ait; eyet
shiitake (noun): A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
Synonyms: shitake; Chinese mushroom
baklava (noun): A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s] A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
Synonyms: boclava; bocklava; baclava; paklava; baklawah
derivable (adj): able to be derived, deducible
Antonyms: underivable; non-derivable
teleomorph (noun): The final, sexually reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
kisaeng (noun): A member of a traditional Korean caste of female entertainers, whose work often included prostitution.
Synonyms: gisaeng
picon (noun): A caramel-coloured flavoured bitters made from oranges, gentian, and quinquina, traditionally accompanying beer in the east and north of France.
backwash (noun): The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
backwash (verb): To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
axolotl (noun): A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
Synonyms: water monster; Mexican salamander; Mexican walking fish
rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
slaveowner (noun): Someone who has control or ownership over another human being; the owner of a slave.
Synonyms: slave owner
clew (noun): Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
clew (verb): (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
meadowsweet (noun): A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Synonyms: bridewort; meadow queen; meadwort; dollof; meadowwort
meadowsweet (noun): Any plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80–100 species of shrubs.
Synonyms: bridewort; meadow queen; meadwort; dollof; meadowwort
ringwork (noun): A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte.
skybox (noun): A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
mattock (noun): An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
nase (noun): Any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.
ferm (noun): rent for a farm
Synonyms: ferme
Example: He let his land to ferm.
phosphite (noun): the anion PO₃³⁻, or the trivalent radical PO₃
bokeh (noun): A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
microdata (noun): A WHATWG standard for embedding metadata in HTML documents; data encoded in such a way.
hypocenter (noun): Alternative spelling of hypocentre
Antonyms: epicenter
adulterer (noun): One who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex with a non-spouse
adulterer (noun): A male adulterer specifically, opposite adulteress referring to female ones.
longship (noun): A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.
Synonyms: long-ship
akashic (adj): Of or pertaining to akasa.
Synonyms: akasic
corbeau (noun): A very dark shade of green, almost black.
Example: corbeau:
chomp (noun): The act of chomping (see below)
Synonyms: chump
chomp (noun): A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
Synonyms: chump
chomp (verb): To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
Synonyms: chump
chomp (verb): To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
Synonyms: chump
Example: Coordinate term: chop
redoubtable (adj): Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
swamphen (noun): Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
Synonyms: gallinule
intrada (noun): A piece of music that serves as an introduction.
Synonyms: intrata
sorbet (noun): Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
Synonyms: Italian ice; ice
rendang (noun): An Indonesian dish of beef (or sometimes other meat) slowly cooked in coconut milk.
antediluvian (adj): Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
Synonyms: antedeluvian
antediluvian (adj): Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
Synonyms: antedeluvian
antediluvian (adj): Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
Synonyms: antedeluvian
antediluvian (noun): A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
antediluvian (noun): A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
eryngium (noun): Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
hosta (noun): Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
quadripartite (adj): Divided into four parts.
Synonyms: quadrupartite; quadrapartite
quadripartite (adj): Involving four parties or participants; four-party.
Synonyms: quadrupartite; quadrapartite
quadripartite (noun): A treatise divided into four parts.
Synonyms: quadrupartite; quadrapartite
pomposity (noun): The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
Synonyms: ostentatiousness; pompousness; bombast
homeodomain (noun): A folded protein domain that binds to DNA and has a function in transcription
listserv (noun): A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.
Synonyms: listserve
macrolide (noun): a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms
sensitize (verb): To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
Synonyms: sensitise; familiarize
sensitize (verb): To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
Synonyms: sensitise; familiarize
sensitize (verb): To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
Synonyms: sensitise; familiarize
cloudburst (noun): A sudden heavy rainstorm.
Synonyms: cloud-burst; cloudbust
microraptor (noun): A small, four-winged paravian dinosaur of the genus Microraptor.
ansatz (noun): A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem.
Synonyms: Ansatz
turtleneck (noun): A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
Synonyms: turtle-neck; turtle neck
turtleneck (noun): Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.
Synonyms: turtle-neck; turtle neck
turtleneck (noun): A foreskin.
Synonyms: turtle-neck; turtle neck
barleycorn (noun): The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
retinaculum (noun): One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
retinaculum (noun): One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
monofilament (noun): A single strand of man-made fiber
Synonyms: monofil
dastur (noun): A Zoroastrian high priest ranking above a mobad or herbad.
Synonyms: dustoor; dastoor; destoor
pitiable (adj): That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
homogenic (adj): Of, or related to homogeny; exhibiting similarity throughout its different parts.
homogenic (adj): (of a gamete or a population) Having only one allele of a gene or genes.
ciclosporin (noun): An immunosuppressive drug C₆₂H₁₁₁N₁₁O₁₂ that is a cyclic polypeptide obtained as a metabolite from a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum) and is used especially to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Synonyms: cyclosporine; cyclosporin
nixie (noun): A female nix, a water-spirit.
Synonyms: nixy; nixe
imprudence (noun): The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
felonious (adj): Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony
Synonyms: perfidious; malignant; malicious; traitorous; villainous
felonious (adj): Done with intent to commit a crime.
Synonyms: perfidious; malignant; malicious; traitorous; villainous
Example: felonious homicide
blat (noun): The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
clenbuterol (noun): The decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.
jennet (noun): A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
Synonyms: genet; ginnet; jinnet; gennet
jennet (noun): A small Spanish horse.
Synonyms: genet; ginnet; jinnet; gennet
shab (verb): To scratch; to rub.
Example: I have shabbed him off purely
crosshead (noun): A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
crosshead (noun): Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.
crosshead (noun): A screw with a cross-shaped indentation for gripping and turning, as opposed to a flathead.
homotopic (adj): Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.
Example: f and g are homotopic.
homotopic (adj): Having to do with or being a part of the correspondent region in the other brain hemisphere.
hypoplastic (adj): of, or pertaining to hypoplasia or hypoplasty.
applique (noun): A decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.
Synonyms: appliqué
applique (verb): To decorate something in this way.
Synonyms: appliqué
baraat (noun): A wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in North India, West India, and Pakistan.
deontic (adj): Pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
gatha (noun): A poem or mantra, especially one recited mentally as part of meditation or mindfulness practice.
leporello (noun): A style of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back; concertina fold.
leporello (noun): Any printed material (book, leaflet etc.) having such folds; a concertina.
odalisque (noun): A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
Synonyms: odalisk
Antonyms: virago
odalisque (noun): A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
Synonyms: odalisk
Antonyms: virago
diwata (noun): In Filipino folklore, a spirit, usually a lesser god or goddess, believed to guard natural features such as forests.
haz (verb): Alternative spelling of have.
Example: Kenzie can haz some purrs? Please?
mephedrone (noun): The recreational drug 4-methylmethcathinone, related to cathinone.
tulou (noun): A fortified Chinese rural dwelling made from earth, unique to the Hakka in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian.
swidden (noun): An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
leukoplakia (noun): Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking.
ethnos (noun): An ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.
quiche (noun): A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
leaper (noun): A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
dotterel (noun): A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
Synonyms: fool; dote; dotard
dotterel (noun): A small brown-and-black bird, Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
Synonyms: fool; dote; dotard
dotterel (noun): Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.
Synonyms: fool; dote; dotard
magistral (adj): Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
magistral (noun): Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
barquentine (noun): A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
Synonyms: barkentine
uncool (adj): Not in accord with the current fashion, standards, or mores of a particular group; not cool.
sisterly (adv): In the manner of a sister, behaving as one would expect of a sister; as a sister, as sisters.
troubleshoot (verb): To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.
Synonyms: diagnose; debug; check
fluconazole (noun): An antifungal agent C₁₃H₁₂F₂N₆O used orally to treat cryptococcal meningitis and local or systemic candida infections.
glum (verb): To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
moralism (noun): The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).
Synonyms: moralizing; the English vice
moralism (noun): A maxim or saying believed by the speaker to embody a moral truth; an instance of moralizing.
Synonyms: moralizing; the English vice
moralism (noun): Religious practice that focuses on morality while placing little emphasis on doctrine or the metaphysical; adherence to a system of morality with little or no reference to religion.
Synonyms: moralizing; the English vice
cuckold (noun): A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
Synonyms: cuckold; cuck; Acteon; cornuto; hoddy-peak
Hypernyms: husband; cuckoldee
cuckold (noun): A man who is paraphilically attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
Synonyms: cuckold; cuck; Acteon; cornuto; hoddy-peak
Hypernyms: husband; cuckoldee
cuckold (noun): A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
Synonyms: cuckold; cuck; Acteon; cornuto; hoddy-peak
Hypernyms: husband; cuckoldee
cuckold (verb): To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
Synonyms: cuckhold
cacophonous (adj): Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
Synonyms: horrisonous; unmelodic; uneuphonious; cacophonious; unharmonious
Antonyms: harmonious; musical; euphonious
Hypernyms: unpleasant; audible
kulintang (noun): An ancient form of instrumental music of Southeast Asia, played on a row of small, horizontally-laid melodic gongs accompanied by larger suspended gongs and drums.
bema (noun): Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah.
literalism (noun): Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.
denialist (adj): Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
Synonyms: negationist
emulsifier (noun): A substance that helps an emulsion form, or helps keep an emulsion from separating.
Antonyms: de-emulsifier
ultrafiltration (noun): Filtration through a semipermeable membrane that only allows small molecules through.
biter (noun): Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
Example: Not all dogs are biters.
biter (noun): Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
doula (noun): A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
doula (noun): A trained person who provides similar support to someone who is diagnosed with an incurable condition and is receiving end-of-life care.
sportsmanlike (adj): Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.
quintette (noun): Alternative spelling of quintet A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
explicate (verb): To explain meticulously or in great detail.
Example: My homework is to explicate a poem.
gilo (noun): Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
neurasthenia (noun): An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
fluidic (adj): Of or pertaining to a fluid.
Synonyms: fluidic; fluidical; liquid; fluent; fluid
Antonyms: nonfluidic; solid; gaseous
fluidic (adj): Of or pertaining to fluidics.
Synonyms: fluidic; fluidical; liquid; fluent; fluid
Antonyms: nonfluidic; solid; gaseous
antiparticle (noun): A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.
Synonyms: anti-particle
overflight (noun): The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.
overthrust (adj): Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
holey (adj): Having, or being full of, holes.
Example: Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
nonequilibrium (noun): The condition of not being in equilibrium
Synonyms: non-equilibrium
glycation (noun): non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar and an amine group of a protein to form a glycoprotein
vinyasa (noun): The transition between poses executed in succession, often timed with regular breathing.
vinyasa (noun): A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing.
slapdash (adj): Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
slapdash (adv): In a hasty or careless manner.
Synonyms: carelessly; haphazardly; directly; hastily
slapdash (adv): Directly, right there; slap-bang.
Synonyms: carelessly; haphazardly; directly; hastily
slapdash (adv): With a slap; all at once; slap.
Synonyms: carelessly; haphazardly; directly; hastily
slapdash (verb): To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
Example: to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
osmanthus (noun): Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.
kelpie (noun): A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
Synonyms: kelpy
kelpie (noun): An Australian breed of sheepdog.
Synonyms: kelpy
carborundum (noun): Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
purgative (noun): something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
calamine (noun): Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
Synonyms: lapis calaminaris; calaminaris
calamine (noun): Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.
Synonyms: lapis calaminaris; calaminaris
cheongsam (noun): A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
cheongsam (noun): A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls.
cheongsam (noun): A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.
impost (noun): The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.
impost (noun): The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
shibboleth (noun): A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.
shibboleth (noun): A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.
shaitan (noun): a demon/devil; or evil jinn.
Synonyms: shaytan; sheitan; sheytân
shaitan (noun): A dust storm.
Synonyms: shaytan; sheitan; sheytân
collude (verb): to act in concert with; to conspire
Synonyms: conspire; scheme; to be in cahoots; plot
charango (noun): A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
dehydroepiandrosterone (noun): An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement
rosefinch (noun): Any of the birds in the genus Carpodacus of the finch family.
phosphoprotein (noun): any protein containing bound phosphate or complexed with a phospholipid
allocator (noun): A utility that allocates and deallocates a dynamic resource (usually memory).
batin (noun): The internal or hidden meaning of the Qur'an
Antonyms: zahir
windjammer (noun): One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
windjammer (noun): A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.
impish (adj): mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
Synonyms: mischievous; puckish; implike; pixilated; prankish
gelignite (noun): An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
butterfat (noun): The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
Synonyms: butter-fat; butter fat
amelanchier (noun): Any tree or shrub in the genus Amelanchier of the pome fruit subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae, with edible, blueberry-like fruit.
multidirectional (adj): Involving or moving in multiple directions.
Synonyms: multi-directional
screed (noun): A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred.
screed (verb): To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
screed (verb): To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
screed (noun): A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
screed (verb): To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
screed (adj): Strewn with scree.
Example: We clambered up a screed slope.
seminiferous (adj): conveying, containing, bearing, or producing semen or seminal fluid
gwan (intj): Pronunciation spelling of going.
Example: I need to get to gwan.
gwan (noun): A hybrid between a goose and a swan, especially the offspring of a gander (male goose) and a pen (female swan).
tactless (adj): having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
Synonyms: untactful
Antonyms: tactful
aesthete (noun): Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.
Synonyms: æsthete; esthete
bairam (noun): Eid, either of two Muslim festivals held after Ramadan.
autoregressive (adj): Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
Synonyms: autogressive
Example: An autoregressive model was used.
fluorspar (noun): A halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride.
Synonyms: fluor spar; fluorite
mesosphere (noun): The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
mesosphere (noun): The part of the Earth's mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core.
titmouse (noun): Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
Synonyms: tit
abatis (noun): A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
Synonyms: abattis
abatis (noun): In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
Synonyms: abattis
abatis (noun): In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
Synonyms: abattis
formant (noun): A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
formant (noun): A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem.
aerogel (noun): A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.
dogbane (noun): Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae
Synonyms: colchica; dogs-bane
tibiotarsus (noun): The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird, formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
satguru (noun): In Hinduism and Buddhism, a great teacher; a supremely wise guide.
Synonyms: sadguru
satguru (noun): In Sikhism, God.
Synonyms: sadguru
koru (noun): A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art.
tandoor (noun): A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
cathinone (noun): The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone, the active ingredient of khat.
arteritis (noun): The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
hemangioma (noun): A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells.
Synonyms: haemangioma; hæmangioma
colorism (noun): Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
Synonyms: colourism
colorism (noun): A style of painting characterised by the use of intense color.
Synonyms: colourism
unfurl (verb): To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
Antonyms: furl; roll
unfurl (verb): To roll out or debut anything.
Antonyms: furl; roll
unfurl (verb): To open up by unrolling.
Antonyms: furl; roll
performativity (noun): The capacity of language and expressive actions to perform a type of being.
thorin (noun): A highly toxic indicator used in the determination of barium, beryllium, lithium, uranium and thorium compounds.
Synonyms: APNS; naphtharson; apans; 7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid disodium salt; naphtharsen
doko (noun): a kind of basket made from bamboo, used by porters in Nepal, Bhutan and northern India.
powerslam (noun): A bodyslam move in which the wrestler falls face-down on top of the opponent.
doubler (noun): An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
doubler (noun): A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
chappe (noun): A piece, typically of leather, fitted to the crossguard of European swords of the later medieval period, attested mainly in art, of uncertain purpose.
chappe (noun): Alternative form of chape (“metal at the bottom of a scabbard”)
chappe (noun): Alternative form of schappe (“silk”)
Example: chappes and spun silks
hyperelliptic (adj): Describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.
Synonyms: hyperelliptical
hyperelliptic (adj): Pertaining to a hyperellipse.
Synonyms: hyperelliptical
fixative (noun): The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
annexin (noun): Any of a group of cellular proteins found in all kingdoms (animal, plant and fungi) with the exception of the bacteria.
carenum (noun): A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume.
Synonyms: carene
uncorrupted (adj): Not corrupted; pure, whole
Synonyms: incorrupted
dominical (adj): Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year. Of printed text: in a large size.
dominical (noun): A person who keeps Sunday as a day of rest, but does not regard it as representing the Sabbath of the Old Testament of the Bible.
dominical (noun): A payment legally due from a parishioner to the parish, because the parishioner's house was built on land, ownership of which would have originally obliged the landowner to pay a tithe to the parish.
lunule (noun): Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
lunule (noun): A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.
funda (noun): Basics or fundamentals, considered as a unit.
Example: What is the funda behind relativity?
antrum (noun): A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
kente (noun): A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana.
Synonyms: kente cloth
ministerialis (noun): A non-noble (originally unfree) official or retainer under certain feudal systems, especially in the Holy Roman Empire, who had specific military duties to his lord.
gullibility (noun): The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
Synonyms: credulity
permanency (noun): The state or quality of permanence.
Synonyms: permanence; perdurance; remanence
permanency (noun): A person or thing permanently in residence.
Synonyms: permanence; perdurance; remanence
ambuscade (verb): To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
otorhinolaryngology (noun): Otolaryngology.
Synonyms: ear, nose and throat; ENT
nunchaku (noun): A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord.
Hypernyms: weapon
nunchaku (noun): The skill of using this weapon in martial arts.
Hypernyms: weapon
schematically (adv): In the manner of a schematic. Drawn or described rather than an example.
sodden (adj): Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
Synonyms: waterlogged; wet; dopping; stonefaced; drunk
sodden (adj): Boiled.
Synonyms: waterlogged; wet; dopping; stonefaced; drunk
sodden (adj): Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
Synonyms: waterlogged; wet; dopping; stonefaced; drunk
incus (noun): A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
Synonyms: thunderhead; anvil
incus (noun): an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Synonyms: thunderhead; anvil
undersheriff (noun): In certain jurisdictions, a deputy sheriff; second in command to a sheriff.
macassar (noun): A form of ebony from the tree Diospyros celebica
pewee (noun): The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus).
revascularization (noun): The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb, as: Vascular surgery or vascular interventional radiology, such as coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary intervention (coronary angioplasty).
revascularization (noun): The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb, as: Neovascularization forming a collateral circulation (eg, neoangiogenesis, angiogenesis, vasculogenesis).
windowsill (noun): The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.
Synonyms: window sill
cullis (noun): A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for someone who is ill or infirm; also, a savoury jelly.
avoirdupois (noun): The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
Synonyms: averdupois
avoirdupois (noun): The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
Synonyms: averdupois
avoirdupois (noun): Weight; heaviness.
Synonyms: averdupois
canonize (verb): To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
Synonyms: canonise
Example: Thomas Becket was canonized in 1173.
canonize (verb): To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
Synonyms: canonise
canonize (verb): To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
Synonyms: canonise
roke (noun): Mist; smoke; damp.
Synonyms: rouk; rook; roak
roke (noun): A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale.
Synonyms: rouk; rook; roak
roke (noun): A measurement of coal ore.
Synonyms: rouk; rook; roak
kevork (noun): A suicide or a homicide that has been made to look like a suicide.
pottage (noun): A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
pottage (noun): A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato and pepper based sauce.
nebulosus (noun): a cloud species which consists of a veil of cloud, showing no distinct details. Associated with cirrostratus, and stratus genera.
rosebush (noun): The shrub that roses grow on; a rose plant.
Synonyms: rosier
aracari (noun): Any of a number of species of toucan in the genus Pteroglossus.
Synonyms: araçari
miniver (noun): A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.
Synonyms: meniver; menyvere
thangka (noun): A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag.
Synonyms: tanka; thanka; tangka
voile (noun): A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
vespertine (adj): Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening.
Hypernyms: crepuscular
vespertine (adj): That sets after the sun.
Hypernyms: crepuscular
vespertine (adj): That is principally active at dusk.
Hypernyms: crepuscular
thill (noun): One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
Synonyms: fill
thill (noun): The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam.
Synonyms: fill
resound (verb): To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly.
resound (verb): Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo.
resound (verb): To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.
resound (verb): To echo or repeat (a sound).
Synonyms: re-sound
twistor (noun): Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
Example: Holonym: amplituhedron
testacea (noun): Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata.
testacea (noun): A testaceous substance, something made of shell or shell-like material.