This page gathers the 399 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Specifically” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 1 of 4: from “-oma” to “deontology”.
- -oma suffix Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or…
- 3D printing noun Such manufacture that uses thermoplastics.
- ableness noun The degree to which one is abled or disabled.
- accessible adj Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
- acknowledging adj Expressing esteem or gratitude.
- active adj Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- adermatoglyphia noun An autosomal dominant genetic disorder, caused by mutations in the SMARCAD1 gene, resulting in the absence of epidermal ridges.
- adjustable spanner noun The open-end type of such a tool with a worm-drive thumbwheel.
- adumbration noun The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade…
- Afrasian adj Synonym of Afroasiatic (“of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber…
- agglutinin noun A protein found in cow's milk.
- all-nighter noun An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep.
- alpine adj Alternative letter-case form of Alpine: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a large mountain range in Europe.
- amalgamation noun The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- anarcho-fascism noun National-anarchism.
- angel mom noun A mother whose child was killed by an illegal immigrant.
- Anishinaabe noun An Ojibwe person.
- answer song noun A type of popular song in 1980s hip-hop, composed by one artist as a satirical response to a specific song by another artist.
- antinomy noun In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.
- appendical adj Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
- apple juice noun Filtered and pasteurized juice of apples, as opposed to apple cider (which is unfiltered) and hard cider (which is fermented and alcoholic).
- apprise verb To put a price on (something) for the purpose of sale; to appraise.
- argonaut noun A 49er, a person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
- armed adj Equipped with a gun.
- artificial intelligence noun Synonym of generative artificial intelligence.
- ascesis noun The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.
- aubade noun A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
- audient noun A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
- autarky noun (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy.
- authorless adj Without a known author.
- autogenic adj Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
- baffle verb Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
- bailable adj For which bail must be granted unless in special circumstances.
- bald adj Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
- bandog noun A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
- bannock noun This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and…
- baragouin noun A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
- barrel noun A waste receptacle.
- batten noun A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long…
- befoul verb To defecate on, to soil with excrement.
- berth verb To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.
- bestow verb To apply (money) for some purpose; to expend, to spend.
- binary file noun Synonym of executable.
- birthday cake noun Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.
- black swan noun A rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences.
- blag verb To obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential…
- blight noun A rundown and unsightly condition of an urban area; also, such an area.
- bloodlusted adj In the context of characters fighting: being a version of the character who tries to kill their opponent in the fastest and most efficient…
- bog noun An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)
- bonkler noun A member of a group of idiots, especially a member of a Three Stooges type group of eccentrics.
- booze noun Any hard liquor.
- borderization noun The gradual and nefarious encroachment of one state's control into a disputed or neighboring territory by means of erecting illegitimate…
- bounden verb To be obliged; to be under a duty or obligation (to do something).
- bounty noun A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar…
- bovine noun An animal of the subfamily Bovinae.
- break verb To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- breather noun A heavy breather.
- brethren noun Members of the Church of the Brethren.
- bringer noun Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment.
- broadcast verb To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- bug noun A bedbug.
- bum noun The anus.
- burn up verb To experience a high fever.
- canvass noun A seeking or solicitation, or determination, of support or favourable votes in a forthcoming election or poll.
- Cape buffalo noun of the subspecies Syncerus caffer caffer found in southern and eastern Africa.
- caprine adj Of or relating to Capra (goats).
- carol noun A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.
- carp noun The common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
- cartload noun A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
- caveat verb To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
- Celto-Germanic adj Of, being, or pertaining to an artistic style developed in northern and western Europe between the fifth and ninth centuries characterised…
- centi- prefix In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻². Symbol: c
- centroid noun The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the…
- cerement noun Cerecloth.
- cervix noun The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
- chandelier noun One lit by candles.
- chaplet noun The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
- child noun A female child, a girl.
- chub noun An overweight gay man who is part of the chubby subculture.
- circumcision noun Pharisaic circumcision.
- command module noun Ellipsis of command and service module.
- consecrate verb To ordain as a bishop.
- consociation noun A voluntary, permanent council made up of representatives of neighbouring Congregational churches for mutual advice and co-operation in…
- cook verb To apply heat to food in the course of preparing it, particularly in a way that transforms it rather than simply making it warmer.
- coronation noun An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or…
- corpus noun Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- counsel of perfection noun Any of the virtues of obedience, chastity, and charity, or other ascetic practices, especially in monastic vows.
- country park noun one designated as such by the former Countryside Commission.
- county court noun An intermediate court; a district court.
- cousin noun Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations…
- coyote time noun A brief period after walking off a ledge or platform during which a character is still able to jump.
- creed noun A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is…
- crimp noun One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages…
- curlies noun Pubic hair
- cycle noun A bicycle.
- cyclone noun A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
- dairy adj Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.
- deadfall noun A fallen tree.
- Dehn surgery noun The same, but with the manifold in question being the 3-dimensional sphere.
- deontology noun The normative ethical theory that the morality of an action is based on whether the action follows certain obligations or rules, rather…