cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
HMSAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of His or Her Majesty's South African Ship, a ship prefix for the South African Naval Forces or its predecessor South African Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, of the Dominion of South Africa, used from WWI through WWII.
Coordinate terms: english: His/Her Britannic Majesty's Ship; dated American English
translation: His/Her Britannic Majesty's Ship; dated American English
word: HBMS
english: His/Her Danish Majesty's Ship
translation: His/Her Danish Majesty's Ship
word: HDMS
english: His/Her Dutch Majesty's Ship
translation: His/Her Dutch Majesty's Ship
word: HNLMS
english: His/Her "N" Majesty's Ship; Netherlands or Norway
translation: His/Her "N" Majesty's Ship; Netherlands or Norway
word: HNMS
english: His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship
translation: His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship
word: HNoMS
english: His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship
translation: His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship
word: HSwMS
english: His/Her Thai Majesty's Ship
translation: His/Her Thai Majesty's Ship
word: HTMS
english: His/Her Majesty's Ship; non-specific use
translation: His/Her Majesty's Ship; non-specific use
word: HMS
english: His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship
translation: His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship
word: HMAS
english: His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
translation: His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
word: HMCS
english: His/Her Majesty's Indian Ship
translation: His/Her Majesty's Indian Ship
word: HMIS
english: His/Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship
translation: His/Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship
word: HMNZS
word: HMS
english: Imperial Japanese Navy; WWII and before
translation: Imperial Japanese Navy; WWII and before
word: IJN
english: Republic of Singapore Ship
translation: Republic of Singapore Ship
word: RSS
english: South African Ship; post WWII prefix
translation: South African Ship; post WWII prefix
word: SAS
english: United States Ship
translation: United States Ship
word: USS
diuretin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Theobromine sodium salicylate, used as a diuretic.
distortor oris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The zygomaticus minor muscle.
Fermat number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fermat numbers
Etymology: Named after French lawyer and amateur mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665).
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: An integer which is one more than two raised to a power which is itself a power of two (i.e., is expressible in the form 2^(2ⁿ)+1 for some n>0); equivalently, a number that is one more than two raised to some power (is expressible as 2ⁿ+1) and is prime.
dioscorein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Dioscorea + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A resinoid obtained from Dioscorea villosa and used as a diaphoretic, antispasmodic, and expectorant.
Smannell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3849).
YMMD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: LOLROTFL, YMMD!!!
May I quote those words occasionally?
ref: 2007 November 21, Jürgen Exner, “Re: Calling a SQL Server Stored Procedure from within Perl”, in comp.lang.perl.misc (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of you made my day.
examples: text: I made my own Kindle case. (I make bags: it's just something I do. Some people make jam: I make cases.) It's simply a padded slip case (made from rather exciting fabric, though!) to contain it and protect it from knocks and scratches. When I want to use it, I take it, and clip my light to it. It's perfect for me, but YMMD.
ref: 2012 May 28, a l l y, “Re: Ask Umra: Kindles”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of your mileage may differ.
Related terms: sense: your mileage may differ
word: YMMV
Fermat numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fermat number
dermad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From derm- + -ad.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
hypernyms: ectad
glosses: Toward the skin, from the inside of the body.
entally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ental + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In figure 3 the inner elastic membrane is thickened at places, with denser laminae bounding ectally and entally a finer network of elastic fibrils.
ref: 1914, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 19, page 142:
glosses: In an ental manner or direction.
ectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ectal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In figure 3 the inner elastic membrane is thickened at places, with denser laminae bounding ectally and entally a finer network of elastic fibrils.
ref: 1914, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 19, page 142:
glosses: In an ectal manner or direction.
your mileage may differ
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of your mileage may vary.
synonyms: word: your mileage may vary
LOLROTFL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: LOLROTFL, YMMD!!!
May I quote those words occasionally?
ref: 2007 November 21, Jürgen Exner, “Re: Calling a SQL Server Stored Procedure from within Perl”, in comp.lang.perl.misc (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of laughing out loud, rolling on the floor laughing; also LOLROFL.
Related terms: LOL
ROTFL
LOLROFL
ROTFLOL
LOLROFL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing out loud, rolling on the floor laughing; also LOLROTFL.
Related terms: LOL
ROFL
ROFLOL
diachoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διαχώρησις (diakhṓrēsis, “a passing through”), from χωρέω (khōréō).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The excretion or passage of feces.
ROTFC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Based on ROTFL.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of rolling on the floor crying.
reverse palming off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The act of reselling a genuine product under one's own trade name rather than that of the true manufacturer.
macellicephalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macellicephalins
Senses: glosses: Any polychaete worm of the subfamily Macellicephalinae
macellicephalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macellicephalin
macrocontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocontrols
Etymology: From macro- + control.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: macroeconomic control
macrocormic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk (of a tree)”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having a long torso in relation to the length of the lower limbs.
Coordinate terms: brachycormic
metriocormic
macrogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + genomics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of macrogenomes
Related terms: macrogenomic
macrovacuoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrovacuole
magnesuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magnesium + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of magnesium salts in the urine
marasmioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to fungi of the genus Marasmius.
mediorostral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From medio- + rostral.
Senses: glosses: medial and rostral
meliponary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meliponaries
Senses: examples: text: Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.
ref: 2018 October 15, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 2, Food & Agriculture Org., →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: A collection of meliponine beehives.
timpana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably related to timballo.
Senses: glosses: A Maltese dish of parboiled macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce with beef, egg, cheese, etc. and baked in a pastry case.
timpana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timpanum
mesocurtic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mesokurtic.
micrographitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + graphitic.
Senses: glosses: Composed of very small crystals of graphite
microinvasiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + invasiveness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being microinvasive
micromelerpetid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromelerpetids
Senses: glosses: Any temnospondyl of the genus Micromelerpeton
micromelerpetids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromelerpetid
misaggregation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misaggregations
Etymology: From mis- + aggregation.
Senses: glosses: An invalid aggregation (of data)
mobilisational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mobilisation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mobilizational.
multicollineated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + collineated.
Senses: glosses: multiply collineated
Related terms: multicollinear
IPPV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of intermittent positive pressure ventilation.
Hypernyms: english: positive pressure ventilation
translation: positive pressure ventilation
word: PPV
Related terms: english: intermittent positive pressure breathing
translation: intermittent positive pressure breathing
word: IPPB
english: positive pressure ventilation
translation: positive pressure ventilation
word: PPV
english: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NiPPV
english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NIPPV
nanocomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocompositions
Etymology: From nano- + composition.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a nanocomposite material
nanowrinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanowrinkles
Etymology: From nano- + wrinkle.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale wrinkle
nanowrinkles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanowrinkle
nanowrinkled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + wrinkled.
Senses: glosses: Having nanowrinkles
nasoendoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasoendoscopies
form: nasendoscopy
Etymology: From naso- + endoscopy; by surface analysis, naso- + endo- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: especially otolaryngology
glosses: Nasal endoscopy.
Related terms: nasendoscope
nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
laryngoscopy
pharyngoscopy
nasoendoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasoendoscopy
LMAOOL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From LMAO and LOL.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my ass/arse off out loud.
nephrolithometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nephro- + lithometry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement and classification of kidney stones
LMFAOOL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Blend of LMFAO + LOL.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laughing my fucking ass/arse off out loud.
neurohistogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + histogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of neurons and neural tissue
iPPV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iPPVs
Etymology: From i- + PPV.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of internet pay-per-view.
Hypernyms: sense: PPV (“pay-per-view”)
word: internet PPV
niverapine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nevirapine.
nonchlamydial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chlamydial.
Senses: glosses: Not chlamydial
nonexertional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exertional.
Senses: glosses: Not exertional
nonhematogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hematogenous.
Senses: glosses: Not hematogenous
nonmasculinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + masculinizing.
Senses: glosses: Not masculinizing
nonpenetrability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + penetrability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonpenetrable
nonpenetrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + penetrable.
Senses: glosses: Not penetrable
normofrequent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normo- + frequent.
Senses: glosses: Having a normal frequency
kit-cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kit-cats
form: kitcat
form: kitkat
form: kit-kat
Etymology: So called because the size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of London's 18th-century Kit-Cat Club, said to have been named after innkeeper Christopher Catt.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A short portrait, measuring 28 or 29 by 36 inches, less than half-length, but including the hands.
wikipedia: + portrait
Godfrey Kneller
John Vanbrugh
Kit-Cat Club
kit-cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kit-cat
kit-kat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kit-kats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kit-cat.
occipitopontine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From occipito- + pontine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: occipital and pontine
Kit Kat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kit Kats
Etymology: Brand name. Originally trademarked by the Rowntree's company in 1911. Apparently named after the Kit-Cat Club, which got its name from a local pastry chef, Christopher Catt/Catling (sources differ on the surname), who was nicknamed “Kit” and supplied the club with meat pies that he called “Kit-Cats”.
Senses: examples: text: I looked around, visited a few more booths, and filled the free laminated folder I got from Scholastic with pencil erasers and tiny Kit Kats. Heavy with “gifts,” I decided to head home.
ref: 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey.
wikipedia: Kit Kat
Kit-Cat Club
Rowntree's
Kit Kats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kit Kat
kit-kats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kit-kat
VALI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VALIs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ventilator-associated lung injury.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of vaping-associated lung injury.
Hyponyms: sense: ventilator-associated lung injury
english: ventilator-induced lung injury
translation: ventilator-induced lung injury
word: VILI
Related terms: sense: ventilator-associated lung injury
english: ventilator-associated pneumonia
translation: ventilator-associated pneumonia
word: VAP
sense: ventilator-associated lung injury
english: ventilator-induced lung injury
translation: ventilator-induced lung injury
word: VILI
sense: ventilator-associated lung injury
english: ventilator-induced pneumonia
translation: ventilator-induced pneumonia
word: VIP
oosporein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dibenzoquinone that is a toxic metabolite of the fungus Cochliobolus kusanoi
opsonophagocytosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: infected with opsonophagocytosis
osmophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmophore
ostechondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of osteochondral.
VILI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VILIs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ventilator-induced lung injury.
Hypernyms: sense: ventilator-induced lung injury
english: ventilator-associated lung injury
translation: ventilator-associated lung injury
word: VALI
Related terms: sense: ventilator-induced lung injury
english: ventilator-associated lung injury
translation: ventilator-associated lung injury
word: VALI
sense: ventilator-induced lung injury
english: ventilator-associated pneumonia
translation: ventilator-associated pneumonia
word: VAP
sense: ventilator-induced lung injury
english: ventilator-induced pneumonia
translation: ventilator-induced pneumonia
word: VIP
oversplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversplit
Kornbluthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kornbluthian
form: most Kornbluthian
Etymology: From Kornbluth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958), American author of science fiction.
tebam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A dais or rostrum for the reader in a synagogue.
pulmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pulmonology.
underseason
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underseasons
form: underseasoning
form: underseasoned
form: underseasoned
form: under-season
Etymology: From under- + season.
Senses: examples: text: The Captain watched as I set the bowl down on my coffee table. “Do you think it needs pepper?” I asked, worried I under-seasoned it.
ref: 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: To season (flavour) insufficiently.
underseasons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underseason
underseasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underseason
VAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VAPs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of visiting assistant professor.
Hypernyms: english: healthcare-associated pneumonia
translation: healthcare-associated pneumonia
word: HCAP
english: hospital-acquired pneumonia
translation: hospital-acquired pneumonia
word: HAP
word: pneumonia
Hyponyms: sense: ventilator-associated pneumonia
english: ventilator-induced pneumonia
translation: ventilator-induced pneumonia
word: VIP
Related terms: sense: ventilator-associated pneumonia
english: ventilator-associated lung injury
translation: ventilator-associated lung injury
word: VALI
sense: ventilator-associated pneumonia
english: ventilator-induced lung injury
translation: ventilator-induced lung injury
word: VILI
sense: ventilator-associated pneumonia
english: ventilator-induced pneumonia
translation: ventilator-induced pneumonia
word: VIP
rollering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roller
rollerskated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rollerskate
Stallingborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2011).
dermatergosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermatergoses
Etymology: From dermato- + ergo- + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: The applicators generally used a combination of 2 or 3 types of pesticides, which was considered the major cause of the frequent incidence of dermatergosis.
ref: 1976, Pesticides Abstracts, page 715:
glosses: occupational skin disease
dermatergoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatergosis
VAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAP
HCAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HCAPs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of healthcare associated pneumonia.
Hypernyms: sense: healthcare associated pneumonia
word: pneumonia
Hyponyms: english: hospital-acquired pneumonia
translation: hospital-acquired pneumonia
word: HAP
english: ventilator-associated pneumonia
translation: ventilator-associated pneumonia
word: VAP
english: ventilator-induced pneumonia
translation: ventilator-induced pneumonia
word: VIP
Munslow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnzləʊ/
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5287).
glosses: A surname.
cholecystokininergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cholecystokinin + -ergic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Produced or activated by cholecystokinin.
Synonyms: CCKergic
CCKergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From CCK + -ergic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Cholecystokininergic.
Oakhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ashwick parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6347).
glosses: A surname.
anticholecystokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + cholecystokinin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That counters the effect of cholecystokinin.
undeputized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + deputized.
Senses: glosses: Not deputized.
unresilient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unresilient
form: most unresilient
Etymology: From un- + resilient.
Senses: glosses: Not resilient.
unresilience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being resilient.
unresistable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unresistable
form: most unresistable
Etymology: From un- + resistable.
Senses: synonyms: irresistible
glosses: That cannot be resisted.
deric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
dentinomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dentinoma
cementomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a cementoma.
Levico Terme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
diacrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diacrisis
Ashwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæʃwɪk/
Etymology: From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + wīc (“farm dwelling”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6348).
glosses: A hamlet in Dulverton parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS8830).
diaphragma pelvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The levatores ani and the coccygei on either side of the inner surface of the pelvis.
levatores ani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levator ani
diaphragma sellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The tentorium of the hypophysis, a fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella and roofing over the hypophysis or pituitary body; it is perforated in its center for the passage of the infundibulum.
diaphragma urogenitale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The urogenital trigone, a musculomembranous structure filling the space under the pubic arch not closed by the pelvic diaphragm.
musculomembranous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From musculo- + membranous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Consisting of muscle and membrane.
Carcoforo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First attested 1383 as Italian Alpe Carchoffeni, founded by Walser settlers.
Senses: glosses: A village in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy.
Corpusty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Corpusty and Saxthorpe parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1130).
Saxthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Corpusty and Saxthorpe parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1130).
karotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of karyotype.
karotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of karyotype.
karogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of karyogram.
Pamber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English penn (“fold, enclosure”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England.
Related terms: Pember
Pemberton
sodium sulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium sulphide
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The inorganic compound Na₂S.
sodium sulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sodium sulfide.
RCPO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RCPOs
Senses: examples: text: Several of the recruits had special leadership responsibilities within the Company, the most significant being the Recruit Chief Petty Officer (RCPO) and the Recruit Master at Arms (RMA). The RCPO was the senior recruit and was responsible for just about everything; he reported directly to the CC.
ref: 2013, David Banagis, Twenty-Three Days at Sea: A Sailor's Story, Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 12:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of recruit chief petty officer.
LTJG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Proving that there was no such thing as complete relaxation during recruit training a sudden, “attention on deck!” was barked out by the compartment Fire Watch. The attention on deck was to announce the presence of the Battalion Commander, LTJG Walker.
ref: 2013, David Banagis, Twenty-Three Days at Sea: A Sailor's Story, Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 14:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of lieutenant junior grade.
CHINFO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Back at the bed-and-breakfast, there was a message from Steve Stafford.
 She dialed the number: CHINFO at the Pentagon.
ref: 1996, William Martin, Annapolis, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 343:
text: That was not going to happen, because the Navy's Chief of Information (CHINFO) had placed some age restrictions in my way that meant YN School it would be.
ref: 2013, David Banagis, Twenty-Three Days at Sea: A Sailor's Story, Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 18:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Navy Chief of Information.
cavorteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cavort + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cavort
snake tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake tails
Senses: glosses: Ophiopsammus maculata - a reddish-brown starfish with five smooth, rounded, jointed arms, each tapered towards the tip growing up to 300 mm across. Commonly found amongst seaweed from low-tide to about 20 m depth throughout New Zealand.
Snodland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsnɒdlənd/
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7061).
Formazza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Formazza, Piedmontese Formassa, and Alemannic German (Walser German) Pomatt, of Germanic origin.
Senses: glosses: A village in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy.
wikipedia: Walser German
PSGN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.
South Croydon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England, between Croydon town centre and Purley (OS grid ref TQ3263).
chemoreceptor trigger zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
neuroscience
physiology
sciences
glosses: An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.
wikipedia: chemoreceptor trigger zone
Synonyms: word: CTZ
specular iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Woollen cloth is strongly vitreous with zinc and bismuth, moderately so with silver, copper, lead, and specular iron.
ref: 1821, Andrew Ure, Robert Hare, Franklin Bache, A Dictionary of Chemistry:
text: This species includes the old species, specular iron and red iron ore, which are identical in chemical composition, and differ only in the state of aggregation of the particles. Specular iron includes the varieties of a perfect metallic lustre; if the structure is micaceous, it is the micaceous specular iron.
ref: 1850, James Dwight Dana, A System of Mineralogy:
text: The whole variety is in close connection with the micaceous specular iron, between which and the crystallized oxide of iron is an uninterrupted transition.
ref: 1854, Frederick Overman, The manufacture of iron, in all its various branches, page 20:
glosses: Iron ore that contains a small amount of sulfer and which appears to have shiny or reflective facets.
side-loader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side-loaders
form: sideloader
Senses: examples: text: The tank is designed to withstand all the stresses of handling by side-loader, which are less than with other methods of handling.
ref: 1964 August, “Oil transport by demountable tank”, in Modern Railways, page 101:
glosses: A forklift truck which has its forks mounted on one side.
side-loaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side-loader
acute abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acute abdomen
specular stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specular stones
Senses: examples: text: Specular Stones were a shining kind of Substance, and (according to Basil ) transparent like the Air.
ref: 1715, Guido Panciroli, Henricus Salmuth, The History of Many Memorable Things Lost, which Were in Use Among the Ancients:
text: One use of mica or of selenite that especially merits notice is mentioned by Pliny, when, speaking of the material of which bee-hives should be formed, he says many had made them of the specular stone, that they might see the bees at work within.
ref: 1859, Nathaniel Fish Moore, Ancient Mineralogy, page 166:
text: The servants removed all the first tables, brought in others, then strewed the floor with saw-dust tinged with crocus and vermilion, and (what I had never seen before) with specular stone beaten to powder.
ref: 1883, Sextus Propertius, Aristaenetus, Walter Keating Kelly, The Elegies of Propertius: The Satyricon of Petronius, page 267:
text: It were but madnes now t'impart The skill of specular stone, When he which can have learn'd the art To cut it, can finde none.
ref: 1956, John Donne, “The undertaking”, in The Songs and Sonets of John Donne:
text: He also mentions the property of cleavage of the specular stone (lapis specularis): 'The specular stone, which deserves also to be called a stone, is sectile (sectilis) and can be cut into slices as thin as can be desired....
ref: 2013, André Authier, Pliny the Elder and 'Natural History' (Naturalis Historia), 77 AD:
glosses: A type of transparent stone (lapides speculares) that was used in classical times for glazing, adding sparkle to floor coverings, etc. Various modern authors have identified this stone as selenite, talc, or mica.
examples: text: They were furnished with wooden sashes in which were placed transparent or specular stones. These were of various kinds:
ref: 1845, The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review:
text: The glass (ϋαλοϛ), in coffins of which Herodotus (iii., 24) says the Ethiopians called μακροϐίοι inclosed their dead, which was dug among them in great abundance and easily worked, was, of course, one or other of these specular stones.
ref: 1859, Nathaniel Fish Moore, Ancient Mineralogy, page 166:
text: Specular stones were minerals such as selenite (gypsum) or micas that could be cut into thin and transparent sheets, which Roman craftsmen used to seal windows with or in greenhouses.
ref: 2014, Albert Russell Ascoli, Early Days of X-ray Crystallography, page 177:
glosses: Any transparent or translucent stone.
specular stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specular stone
kadarka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kadarkas
Etymology: From Hungarian kadarka, from Serbo-Croatian kadarka. Compare Romanian cadarcă.
Senses: glosses: A dark-skinned variety of grape grown primarily in Hungary.
examples: text: The first night, I did nothing more than have a glass of wine at Faust Wine Cellar, located under the Dominican cloister that houses the Hilton Budapest Hotel in the Buda Castle complex. But my 1,050-forint glass of kadarka (a Hungarian red grape) came with the one-on-one services of Gabor Nagy, an owner and the sommelier, who practically wouldn’t leave the table.
ref: 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A variety of red wine made from this grape.
kadarkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kadarka
meekish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meekish
form: most meekish
Etymology: From meek + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: He came in afterwards, a meekish, mildish sort of person, who looked as if all the cheerfulness of existence had been washed out of him by the weak tea of Bloomsbury and Kensington afternoons, and the lemonade and claret of higher cult, the millinery modish literary soirées.
ref: 1890 December 17, “Chance Acquaintances”, in Judy: the London Serio-Comic Journal, page 291:
text: You were left with only the word, the delightful playword itself, the sonic prankishness of the two syllabic pops and the closing click encasing those peepingly meekish, unobtrusively shlemielish twin vowels.
ref: 1993, Philip Roth, Operation Shylock:
text: Akorth and Fulton exchanged a meekish glance.
ref: 2013, Morgan Rice, A Cry of Honor:
glosses: Synonym of meek.
synonyms: word: meek
Derived terms: meekishly
meekishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more meekishly
form: most meekishly
Etymology: From meekish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Chinese meekishly apologized for what they were doing by saying there was no alternative except to lose home and business.
ref: 1934, The Quill, page xi:
text: "I have to go to the bathroom," she said meekishly, bowing her head in the process.
ref: 2007, Frank V. Arcilesi, Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly, page 247:
text: I do remember, however, if someone was not interested in buying our snacks, we would meekishly plead for a handout of some money.
ref: 2019, Dr. S.M. Ghazanfar, Lost Life Recovered: an Odyssey:
glosses: Synonym of meekly.
synonyms: word: meekly
Heeley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in south Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, formerly a cluster of villages (OS grid ref SK3584).
glosses: A surname.
playstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playsteads
Etymology: From Middle English *playstede, playstude, from Old English plæġstede (“playplace”), equivalent to play + stead.
Senses: examples: text: The number of parks and playsteads has been greatly increased during the last several years which have seen the acquisition of the Michael E. Howard playstead at Lawrence and Arlington Streets, a little over four and one-half acres; […]
ref: 1924, Maurice B. Dorgan, History of Lawrence, Massachusetts, page 105:
synonyms: playplace
glosses: An area designated for recreation and play; a park.
playsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playstead
smithwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smithwrights
form: smith-wright
Etymology: From smith + wright.
Senses: examples: text: A smithwright and tailor are, also, good trades ; but spirits being so cheap, too many fall into the drink.
ref: 1831, William Cattermole, Emigration, page 205:
text: Amongst the local craftsmen in the building and iron-workers' trades, carriage builders, smithwrights, mill hands, signwriters, painters and decorators, &c., are many former students.
ref: 1906, Victorian Year-book, page 240:
text: Richard Davis of Dorchester was a smith-wright, whatever that may have been, and in the inventory of his probate record appears "ye Shoppe" with two cast anvils, bellows, and other tools for a smithwright.
ref: 1932, Samuel Forbes Rockwell, Davis Families of Early Roxbury and Boston, page 39:
glosses: A blacksmith.
smithwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smithwright
smith-wright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smith-wrights
Senses: examples: text: These were barbers, smith-wrights, tapsters, coopers, ship-yard lads, white-faced millers, Fort Hillers, and others, all "Mohawks" who As all at once the full-grown imps Light on the deck together,
ref: 1886, A.A. Graham, “Francis C. Sessions”, in Magazine of Western History, page 103:
text: One of the smith-wrights was called Eckebrecht, Amongst the twelve companions starkest there. Now one day as he wrought came Sigurd in To the great smithy with a lordly air, Bidding him move his tools and give him room ;
ref: 1924, Katherine Margaret Buck, The Wayland-Dietrich Saga:
text: Richard Davis of Dorchester was a smith-wright, whatever that may have been, and in the inventory of his probate record appears "ye Shoppe" with two cast anvils, bellows, and other tools for a smithwright.
ref: 1932, Samuel Forbes Rockwell, Davis Families of Early Roxbury and Boston, page 39:
glosses: Alternative form of smithwright.
smith-wrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smith-wright
stretch the envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stretches the envelope
form: stretching the envelope
form: stretched the envelope
form: stretched the envelope
Senses: examples: text: We gratefully acknowledge the contributors whose courage and commitment to a multicultural education not only bring hope and possibility to the multicultural terrain but continue to stretch the envelope of praxis in that terrain.
ref: 1998, Rudolfo Chavez Chavez, James O'Donnell, Speaking the Unpleasant:
text: Throughout the 1980s, advanced latex special effects processes allowed directors like David Cronenberg, Brian Yuzna, and Clive Barker to stretch the envelope of onscreen surrealism with a previously impossible ease.
ref: 2006, Henry Jenkins, The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture:
text: In a private physician's office, doctors stretch the envelope (although this can become a concern to the state medical board, since that is the only oversight).
ref: 2006, Michael H. Cohen, Mary Ruggie, Marc S. Micozzi, The Practice of Integrative Medicine, page 75:
text: NPD programs that stretch the envelope are fraught with questions and unknowns. However, the NPD process includes mechanisms for converting unknowns and issues into reliable information and data, and resolvable situations.
ref: 2008, David L. Rainey, Product Innovation, page 534:
glosses: Synonym of push the envelope.
synonyms: word: push the envelope
stretches the envolope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch the envelope
stretching the envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stretch the envelope
stretched the envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stretch the envelope
stick in someone's gullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks in someone's gullet
form: sticking in someone's gullet
form: stuck in someone's gullet
form: stuck in someone's gullet
Senses: examples: text: What began to stick in the gullet was the growing belief during our years in opposition (1974– 79) that the only thing that really mattered was the control of the money supply.
ref: 1986, Jim Prior, A Balance of Power:
text: If there are things in it that stick in your gullet why ignore them?
ref: 1996, The Middle Way - Volumes 71-72, page 255:
text: Some days I wake up and — would you know it? l've done exactly what she's wanted after all but it doesn't seem to stick in my gullet like at school.
ref: 2013, Rosanne Hawke, The Keeper, page 3:
text: It was a stance that he knew would stick in the gullet of many in his audience in January 1917.
ref: 2014, Adam Tooze, The Deluge:
glosses: Alternative form of stick in someone's craw.
sticks in someone's gullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stick in someone's gullet
sticking in someone's gullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stick in someone's gullet
stuck in someone's gullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stick in someone's gullet
sticks in someone's throat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stick in someone's throat
sticking in someone's throat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stick in someone's throat
stuck in someone's throat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stick in someone's throat
busts a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bust a gut
busting a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bust a gut
busted a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bust a gut
split a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splits a gut
form: splitting a gut
form: split a gut
form: split a gut
Senses: examples: text: Even if Truman splits his gut, he won't get a majority of electoral votes.
ref: 1960, Alexander Fedoroff, The Side of the Angels, page 329:
text: “I like to split a gut laughing the first time I saw a bride in a miniskirt,” Mrs. Fenniman cackled.
ref: 2006, Donna Andrews, Murder With Peacocks:
text: "...Daddy looks so happy, look at him with that golf club,“ she points to a picture of Matthew the senior showing John how to hold it, both of them about to split a gut.
ref: 2012, Gwendolyn Hoff, The Life and Times of a Black Southern Doctor, page 222:
text: Disgustingly vulgar trash to her; trash that her half-brother and others in hilarious laughter split a gut over.
ref: 2014, J L Daniels, Mirror Opposites, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of bust a gut (any sense)
examples: text: The customer would split a gut and threaten to haul us into court.
ref: 1966, Louis-Ferdinand C'Line, Louis Ferdinand Destouches, Ralph Manheim, Death on the Installment Plan, page 131:
text: Don't split a gut over them and create a super frustration such as a fight or series of fights that may lead to a divorce.
ref: 1974, Paul A. Hauck, Overcoming Frustration and Anger, page 32:
text: The thing is Personal didn't know about Tohilda's membership in the society and would probably split a gut if he found out she gave a portion of his profits to help the less fortunate.
ref: 2009, Joyce Magnin, The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow:
glosses: To lose one's temper.
splits a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of split a gut
splitting a gut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of split a gut
Bois Caïman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Bois Caïman (“Alligator Forest”); compare Haitian Creole Bwa Kayiman.
Senses: glosses: A place in northern Haiti near Le Cap, site of a vodou ceremony in which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned on August 14, 1791.
Bois Caiman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bois Caïman.
Grindeldore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Grindelwald + Dumbledore.
Senses: examples: text: The day after the release of Deathly Hallows, the community Grindeldore appeared on Livejournal.com. Dedicated to "[f]anworks and discussion on Grindelwald/Dumbledore," the community became a locus for fanfiction, fan art, and fan essays ("meta") on the relationship.
ref: 2008, Catherine Tosenberger, "'Oh my God, the Fanfiction!': Dumbledore's Outing and the Online Harry Potter Fandom", Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2008, page 201:
text: After all, it was immediately after the seventh book release at Prophecy, a fan convention in Toronto, that I first encountered the idea of a "Grindeldore" pairing.
ref: 2010, Joel Meredith, “Our Business: Why I'm Glad J. K. Rowling Outed Albus Dumbledore”, in Sharon K. Goetz, editor, Terminus: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 7-11 August 2008, page 137:
text: The circle on the front poster of the calendar binds Grindeldore together.
ref: 2018 September, S. P. Sipal, “Did Dumbledore And Grindelwald Make An Unbreakable Vow As Teens?”, in The Rowling Library Magazine, number 21, page 24:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises.
wikipedia: Albus Dumbledore
Gellert Grindelwald
Malfoycest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Malfoy + -cest.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike Weasleycest, which has spread across the fandom like kudzu, Malfoycest has always been more difficult to find, and its writers a bit more secretive.
ref: 2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 151
text: The most popular pairing within Malfoycest is Lucius/Draco.
ref: 2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 93
text: Further, it is striking that with the exception of Malfoycest (Draco/Lucius, Draco/Narcissa, Draco/Scorpius) and the Pottercest pairings involving Harry and his future children (23 out of 62), the majority of incest stories take place between siblings (875 out of 1,065—82 percent).
ref: 2014, Vera Cuntz-Leng, “Twinship, incest, and twincest in the Harry Potter universe”, in Transformative Works and Cultures, volume 17:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Any ship involving members of the Malfoy family from the Harry Potter series in an incestuous relationship.
VIIth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: VIIth International Colloquium on Amphipoda
ref: 1991, VIIth International Colloquium on Amphipoda: Proceedings of the VIIth International Colloquium on Amphipoda, Held in Walpole, Maine, USA, September 14-16, 1990:
glosses: Abbreviation of seventh; 7th.
Synonyms: 7th
seventh
Related terms: sense: Previous
word: VIth
sense: Next
word: VIIIth