cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
loofas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loofa
loofas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loofa
lonelily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lonelily
form: most lonelily
Etymology: From lonely + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1852, Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult, III. Iseult of Brittany, in Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems, London: B. Fellowes, pp. 151-152,
[…] and strong
The blackbird whistled from the dingles near,
And the light chipping of the woodpecker
Rang lonelily and sharp: […]
text: He often thought, when they passed each other in a clearing, of asking him to the cave for an occasional meal, but when he tried in sign language—pointing to his mouth with his finger—to convey an invitation that George return with him for a fruit-salad dessert plus a cup of banana beer, the wary great ape, his dark brown eyes lonelily observing Cohn, made mournful growling noises.
ref: 1982, Bernard Malamud, “Cohn’s Island”, in God’s Grace:
glosses: In a lonely manner.
lordlinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lordliness
lowes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowe
loutishnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loutishness
lovesicknesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovesickness
lovelornness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lovelorn + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lovelorn.
ludicrousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ludicrousness
luminances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luminance
lustrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lustrate
lustrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lustrate
lusciousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lusciousness
lustrousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lustrous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Property of being lustrous.
lyophilizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lyophilizer
luteinizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luteinization
marzpanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marzpanates
form: marzbanate
form: Marzbanate
form: Marzpanate
Etymology: From marzpan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: examples: text: The regions of Eastern Armenia: Artsakh, Utik, Paytakaran and Kambejan, dominated by Iran in 428, formed a marzpanate.
ref: 2002, Shahen Mkrtchyan, Treasures of Artsakh-Karabagh, page 11:
glosses: a border province of the Sassanian Empire ruled by the marzpan
examples: text: Xosrov gave him the marzpanate of the country of Hyrcania[…]
ref: 1960, Ararat, Armenian General Benevolent Union, v. 25, 48:
glosses: the office of the marzpan
examples: text: Byzantine expansion toward the east, which marked the last century of the Marzpan'''ate, extended the scope of the Justinianic reforms with their implicit threat against the very core of Armenian social and cultural institutions.
ref: 1997, Nina Garsoïan, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian people from ancient to modern times, volume I, page 107:
glosses: the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when the eastern part of Armenia was governed as a marzpanate by Sassanian-nominated marzpans
lacily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lacily
form: most lacily
Etymology: From lacy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] all are so daintily, lacily minute that they seem to have been woven by spiders, not carved by men; and yet all, like the leafy designs in relief which surround them, are cut with the freest, most spirited touch.
ref: 1893, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Handbook of English Cathedrals: Canterbury, Peterborough, Durham, Salisbury, Lichfield, Lincoln, Ely, Wells, Winchester, Gloucester, York, London:
glosses: In a lacy manner.
lactoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactose
laicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laicism
lamedhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamedh
lameds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamed
laminarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laminarian
lampooneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampoonery
lampshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampshell
lamp shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamp shell
lamsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamster
lancewoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancewood
landrails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landrail
langlaufer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: langlaufers
Etymology: From langlauf + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in langlauf, or cross-country skiing.
langlaufers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of langlaufer
langleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of langley
laparoscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laparoscopists
Etymology: From laparoscopy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out laparoscopy.
laparoscopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laparoscopist
lapsangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapsang
lawfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawfulness
lawlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawlessness
lawmakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawmaking
curranty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more curranty
form: most curranty
Etymology: From currant + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a curranty red wine
text: Up the smooth billows and over the crests
Of the cumbersome combers flew
The frivolous cake with a knife in the wake
Of herself and her curranty crew.
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of currants.
valencias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valencia
valentias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valentia
valetudinaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valetudinary
varnishy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more varnishy
form: most varnishy
Etymology: From varnish + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of varnish.
vauntages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vauntage
vascularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vascularity
veenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veena
veganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /viːˈɡæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: Blend of vegan + organic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a form of agriculture that uses no animal products.
glosses: Both vegan and organic
veneerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veneerer
venerablenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venerableness
venerabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venerability
ventriloquies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ventriloquy
ventriloquially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ventriloquial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of ventriloquism.
verbalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verbalism
verberated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of verberate
verberating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of verberate
vermined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vermined
form: most vermined
Etymology: From vermin + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Infested with vermin.
vertigoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertigo
vezirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vezir
vialful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vialfuls
form: vialsful
Etymology: From vial + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill a vial.
vialfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vialful
vialsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vialful
vibrioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibriosis
vibrionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vibrion + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to vibrions.
vicariousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicariousness
vinicultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viniculture
vinicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viniculture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to viniculture.
violability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violabilities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being violable.
violabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violability
violableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From violable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being violable.
viomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viomycin
virilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virility
virtuosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtuosity
vivaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivary
vivianites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivianite
vocalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocaliser
voluntarinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voluntariness
voluntaryisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voluntaryism
voluntarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voluntarism
volunteerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volunteerism
voteens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voteen
vorticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vorticism
vulturisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulturism
comma queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comma queens
Etymology: Blend of comma + drama queen.
Senses: synonyms: grammar Nazi
glosses: A person who is obsessed with fixing grammatical errors.
vacherins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacherin
vaccinias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaccinia
comma queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comma queen
vasodilatations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasodilatation
veiledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more veiledly
form: most veiledly
Etymology: From veiled + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is secretive or obscure.
Tyrode's solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Invented by Maurice Vejux Tyrode (1878–1930), American pharmacologist.
Senses: glosses: A solution that is roughly isotonic with interstitial fluid, used in physiological experiments and tissue culture.
Related terms: Ringer-Locke's solution
weedaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weedaholics
form: weedoholic
Etymology: From weed + -aholic.
Senses: glosses: A marijuana addict.
Synonyms: potaholic
potaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potaholics
form: potoholic
Etymology: From pot + -aholic.
Senses: glosses: A marijuana addict.
Synonyms: weedaholic
pharoahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pharaohs.
roller-coasterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roller-coasterish
form: most roller-coasterish
Etymology: From roller coaster + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: He had roller-coasterish mood swings and would disappear for a few days at a time, isolating himself, feeling suicidal.
ref: 1999 March, Elise Harris, “Writing The Book Of Matthew”, in Out, page 65:
text: Also, the age at which people first get married has had a roller-coasterish ride over the past 100 years or so.
ref: 2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 273:
text: The road starts out somewhat roller-coasterish from frost heaves, […]
ref: 2010, Don Pitcher, Moon Alaska, Avalon Travel, →ISBN, page 401:
glosses: Resembling a roller coaster; characterized by abrupt highs and lows.
uluit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulu
coolspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cool + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: The counterculture has become the lunch-counter culture. You can see this in ads that exhibit what one journalist has called "group coolspeak." Consumers are bombarded with countercultural commandments: Just do it! Be yourself! Be bold! Think different! Never blend in! Do exactly as we tell you!
ref: 2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Novelist Chuck Palahniuk's fans have crowned him a prince of edge for a style that is, according to one reviewer, “equal parts potent imagery, nihilistic coolspeak, and doped-out craziness.”
ref: 2007, Arthur Plotnik, Sound & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style, Random House, →ISBN:
text: These messages are written in a creative blend of coolspeak and text message language.
ref: 2008, David Buckingham, editor, Youth, Identity, and Digital Media, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: Language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be.
geektastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡiːkˈtæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more geektastic
form: most geektastic
Etymology: From geek + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: A man whose answer to questions about influences is a powerfully extended middle finger, a gesture of posturing bullshit because everyone in their inner circle knew his father was a geektastic Hendrix fan.
ref: 2011, Torrin N. Roberts, chapter 2, in The Immaculate Never, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 10:
text: At the big screen smorgasboard of consumer electronics you will be overwhelmed by the mortgage sized prices, candy shop selection, and various geektastic technologies competing for survival.
ref: 2012, Scott Shui, Speaking Computer: Learning the Foreign Language of Technology, Alephsphere Publishing, →ISBN, page 154:
text: […] while Jupe continued to chatter with geektastic movie factoids about The Exorcist.
ref: 2012, Jenn Bennett, Summoning the Night, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: Very geeky, especially in a positive or appealing way.
Synonyms: nerdtastic
Potterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Potter + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: What are we potty Potter fans going to do now that the story has come to an end? Do we throw up our hands and relent that ten years of Potterdom were great, but it's over now, and we should just get on with our lives?
ref: 2010, E. A. Pyne, chapter 25, in The Ultimate Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom, What the Flux Comics Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:
text: A first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is one of the most coveted collectibles in Potterdom.
ref: 2010, William Silvester, Harry Potter Collector's Handbook, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 62:
text: Is Harry Potter a Christ-Figure? In fact this question had been asked by sharp-minded readers since the early days of Potterdom.
ref: 2011, Derek Murphy, Jesus Potter Harry Christ: The Fascinating Parallels Between Two of the World's Most Popular Literary Characters, Holy Blasphemy, →ISBN:
glosses: The fandom or sphere of the Harry Potter series and the movies based on it.
entepicondylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ent- + epicondylar (or possibly via German).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Out of an epicondyle; related to an entepicondyle
eoenantiornithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eoenantiornithids
Senses: glosses: Any of the extinct family †Eoenantiornithidae of birds.
Related terms: enantiornithine
eucyclid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eucyclids
Senses: glosses: Any of the family †Eucyclidae of extinct gastropods.
eusauropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eusauropods
Senses: glosses: Any true sauropod dinosaur of the clade Eusauropoda
eusauropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eusauropod
faunally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From faunal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1949, Donald E. White, B: Antimony Deposits of Soyatal District, State of Queretaro, Mexico, in Bulletin 960: Geologic Investigations in the American Republics, 1947, US Geological Survey, page 190,
In the vicinity of Santa Rosalía, however, the Pliocene sediments may be divided lithologically and faunally into three formations, separated by unconformities and representing the lower, middle, and upper Pliocene respectively, and the relation of these formations to the type Salada is unknown.
text: The parallel development of the once-contiguous Cambro-Ordovician successions provides a framework in which to place the faunally barren strata of the Durness Group.
ref: 2002, R. G. Park, A. D. Stewart, D. T. Wright, “3: The Hebridean terrane”, in N. H. Trewin, editor, The Geology of Scotland, 4th edition, The Geological Society of London, page 80:
text: 2008, Emily Kristin Holmquist, Paleobiogeography of Devonian Bryozoa in Laurussia, Masters Thesis, Michigan State University, page 20,
Faunally, this biome is supported by the genus Ptilodictya, with a CI of 0.5, and Coelocaulis is endemic to the two Maryland localities.
glosses: With regard to the fauna of a region.
flagellicaudatan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagellicaudatans
Etymology: Flagellicaudata + -an
Senses: glosses: Any of the dinosaurs of the clade Flagellicaudata.
flagellicaudatans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagellicaudatan
epithelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epithelizes
form: epithelizing
form: epithelized
form: epithelized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epithelialize.
Derived terms: nonepithelized
reepithelize
epithelise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epithelises
form: epithelising
form: epithelised
form: epithelised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epithelialize.
Derived terms: reepithelise
raptivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæp.tɪ.vɪst/
Forms: form: raptivists
Etymology: Blend of rapper + activist.
Senses: examples: text: The participants (rhetors) included ”raptivist" Sister Souljah, as well as some older, more traditional male leaders from the African-American community and one white, female sociologist.
ref: 1995, Peter J. Caulfield, “Teaching Rhetoric as a Way of Knowing”, in Karen Fitts, Alan W. France, editors, Left Margins: Cultural Studies and Composition Pedagogy, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Born in a Peruvian military hospital and raised in Harlem, Immortal Tech is a fatigues-rocking raptivist who humanizes his left-wing-nut conspiracy spiels by filtering them through a past that includes time served at a Pennsylvania jail.
ref: 2004 March, Jon Dolan, “More New Music to Hear Now”, in Spin, page 35:
text: As legendary raptivist KRS-One remembers about the older generation's position on the emerging culture, “Our own people prevented our voices from being heard. And that's the real politics that need to be addressed.”
ref: 2009, M. K. Asante, Jr., It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:
glosses: A rapper who is involved in political and/or social activism.
raptivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raptivist
heterocoelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: heterocœlous
Etymology: From hetero- (“different”) + -coelous (“hollow”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of syconoid sponges of the taxonomic group Heterocoela.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to vertebrae with centra having saddle-shaped articulations.
holotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From holotype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a holotype
Wagogo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
Etymology: From Gogo Wagogo, from wa- (“class prefix”) + -gogo (“noun stem pertaining to the Gogo people”).
Senses: examples: text: The Wagogo think that if a person kills or eats the in effects animal which is the totem of his clan, he thereby endangers his relations, but not himself.
ref: 1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy:
glosses: The Gogo people of Tanzania.
Wagogo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
Etymology: From Gogo Wagogo, from wa- (“class prefix”) + -gogo (“noun stem pertaining to the Gogo people”).
Senses: examples: text: Hukwe Zawose, who has died aged 65, was the most prominent musician in the international appreciation of Tanzania's complex musical traditions; at home, he was renowned for championing traditional Wagogo musical culture.
ref: 2004 February 27, Ken Hunt, The Guardian:
glosses: Gogo.
hypodense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + dense.
Senses: glosses: less dense (than normal)
matrimania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: matri(mony) + -mania
Senses: examples: text: Another bride, another June . . . another season for matrimania.
ref: 2000 June 4, Ellen Tien, “Bridal Pulse”, in The New York Times:
text: If it hadn't been for Bonnie's matrimania, in which I was completely complicit, I'm not sure my panic would have been so intense.
ref: 2007, Erin Torneo, Valerie Cabrera Krause, The Bridal Wave: A Survival Guide to the Everyone-I-Know-Is-Getting-Married Years, Villard Books, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The “matrimania” in our culture that has bred over-the-top weddings, renewals of wedding vows, Valentine's Day splurges, and so forth, […]
ref: 2013, Carlin Flora, Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are, Doubleday, →ISBN:
glosses: Excessive enthusiasm for a wedding or weddings in general.
intertidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intertidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intertidal region
glosses: Between successive tides
intertrochlear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒkliə(ɹ)
Etymology: From inter- + trochlear.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between trochleae
intrarelationship
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + relationship.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, jealousy is actually an intrarelationship control mechanism, potentially providing power over one's partner's interactions with other people, the outside world, and oneself.
ref: 2010, Meg Barker, Darren Langdridge, Understanding Non-Monogamies:
glosses: Within a relationship.
intrarelationship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intrarelationships
Etymology: From intra- + relationship.
Senses: glosses: An intrafamilial relationship.
intrarelationships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrarelationship
laterodistal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: latero-distal
Etymology: From latero- + distal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: At the side and away from the body
lithostrotian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithostrotians
Etymology: From translingual Lithostrotia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any titanosaur of the taxon Lithostrotia
lithostrotians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithostrotian
technoangst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + angst.
Senses: examples: text: Communications with the dealer diminish as resignation sets in, but periods of relative quietude are punctuated with recurrent, painful spasms of technoangst. Intense desire to acquire what merchandisers so callously refer to as "product" alternates with hot flashes of guilt and shame over squandering $3,000 on a digital toy, really little more than an electronic game.
ref: 1984 December 31, Gary B. Palmer, “Whiplash”, in InfoWorld, page 8:
text: While it probably means nothing concrete, it's also intriguing that in the 1984 annual report—in his wonderfully overblown, often perilously meaningless prose—Ripley presaged the technoangst that many at the institution seem to experience contemplating the IBM on Adams's credenza: […]
ref: 1987 August, Howard Means, “The Quiet Revolutionary”, in The Washingtonian, page 147:
text: Newer and better models must replace the present ones. That is the logic of technology; that is its political economy. Between technofuturism and technoangst is just one short, fatal step.
ref: 1997, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Technobrat: Culture in a Cybernetic Classroom, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: Emotional distress caused by modern technology, especially computers.
Synonyms: technostress
moriscos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morisco
aspidistral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aspidistra + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or abounding in, aspidistras.
macronarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macronarian
mamenchisaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Mamenchisaurus + -ian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the sauropod dinosaurs of the genus Mamenchisaurus.
megatooth shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megatooth sharks
Etymology: From mega- + tooth.
Senses: glosses: Any extinct shark in the family †Otodontidae, especially megalodon.
mesoeucrocodyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoeucrocodyles
form: mesoeucrocodylia
Senses: glosses: Any crocodylian of the extinct clade †Mesoeucrocodylia.
mesoeucrocodylia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoeucrocodyle
microconglomeratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + conglomeratic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of microconglomerate
microconglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microconglomerates
Etymology: From micro- + conglomerate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary rock composed of relatively coarse sand grains in a very fine silt or clay matrix
Derived terms: microconglomeratic
microgeometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgeometries
Etymology: From micro- + geometry.
Senses: glosses: The geometry (structure) of a surface whose elements are measured in microns
fertil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fertil
form: most fertil
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fertile.
monognathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + gnathic.
Senses: glosses: Referring to, or affecting only one of a pair of jaws
Related terms: dignathic
dignathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + gnathic.
Senses: glosses: Referring to, or differing between each of a pair of jaws
Related terms: monognathic
neornithine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neornithines
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the feathered dinosaurs that evolved into modern birds
glosses: Any modern bird of the parvclass Neornithes
Related terms: neo-
ornitho-
neornithines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neornithine
opisthocline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opistho- + -cline.
Senses: glosses: leaning backwards
opisthocline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opisthoclines
Etymology: From opistho- + -cline.
Senses: glosses: The growth line of a helicocone shell
helicocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helicocones
Etymology: From helico- + cone.
Senses: glosses: A conelike spiral tube that is the form of most mollusc shells.
ornithothoracine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithothoracines
Etymology: From translingual Ornithothoraces + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Any avialan of the clade Ornithothoraces
Hypernyms: pygostylian
Hyponyms: enantiornithine
enantiornithean
euornithian
ornithuromorph
ornithothoracines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornithothoracine
ornithuromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithuromorphs
Etymology: From ornith- + uro- + -morph.
Senses: examples: text: The lineage that led to all living birds is known as the ornithuromorphs. […] Roughly three-quarters of all species on the planet were wiped out, including all feathered dinosaurs except the ornithuromorphs.
ref: 2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Any bird of the group Ornithuromorpha.
Synonyms: euornithian
Hypernyms: ornithothoracine
Hyponyms: ambiortiform
ornithurine
patagopterygiform
yanornithiform
ornithuromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornithuromorph
parasigmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɡmɔɪd
Etymology: From para- + sigmoid.
Senses: glosses: Across the ends of the sigmoid colon
parasigmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪɡmɔɪd
Etymology: From para- + sigmoid.
Senses: glosses: The fatty region each side of the sigmoid colon
pengornithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pengornithids
Senses: glosses: Any avialan of the family Pengornithidae.
pengornithids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pengornithid
articulated skeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: articulated skeletons
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A fossil skeleton found all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order.
make one's presence felt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes one's presence felt
form: making one's presence felt
form: made one's presence felt
form: made one's presence felt
Senses: examples: text: If Eniola Aluko was struggling in a rather thankless lone attacking role for England, at least Jill Scott was making her presence felt in central midfield.
ref: 2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London):
synonyms: make one's presence known
make one's presence heard
glosses: To be self-evidently visible, and having an effect.
Related terms: make oneself felt
postdentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dentary.
Senses: glosses: posterior to the dentary bone
posterodistal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postero-distal
Etymology: From postero- + distal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: away from, and behind (the main part)
Derived terms: posterodistally
posterodistally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From posterodistal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: An a posterodistal direction
primastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prismatic.
prosocline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proso- + -cline.
Senses: glosses: slanting forward
proximolaterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proximolateral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a proximolateral direction
pterodactyloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterodactyloids
Etymology: From pterodactyl + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any pterosaur of the suborder Pterodactyloidea
rostroventrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rostroventral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rostroventral direction
saltasaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltasaurines
Senses: glosses: Any titanosaurian sauropod of the subfamily Saltasaurinae.
sauropodous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sauropod + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of sauropod dinosaurs
seraphsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seraphsids
Senses: glosses: Any sea snail of the family Seraphsidae.
somphospondylan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somphospondylans
Etymology: Somphospondyli + -an
Senses: glosses: Any titanosauriform sauropod of the clade Somphospondyli
somphospondylans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somphospondylan
spirorbid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirorbids
Senses: glosses: Any polychaete worm of the genus Spirorbis.
subsutural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + sutural.
Senses: glosses: beneath a suture
ASTQB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of American Software Testing Qualifications Board.
Related terms: ISEB
ISTQB
ITB
Sequanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Sequani + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Sequani.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the upper Oxfordian stage.
glosses: Of or relating to the Seine river or the Seine and Parisian basin in general.
Sequani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Gallic people from north-east France
Derived terms: Sequanian
ISEB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of Information Systems Examination Board.
Related terms: ASTQB
ISTQB
ITB
ITB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: ASTQB
ISEB
ISTQB
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of Indian Testing Board.
ITB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ITBs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: ITBS
glosses: Initialism of iliotibial band.
topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: tugboat
coordinate_terms: ATB
glosses: Abbreviation of integrated tug and barge.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: TB
glosses: Abbreviation of individual throttle body: an engine configuration with an intake valve per cylinder.
turiasaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turiasaurians
Etymology: Turiasauria + -an
Senses: glosses: Any sauropod dinosaur of the clade Turiasauria.
turiasaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turiasaurian
unrecurved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + recurved.
Senses: glosses: Not recurved
upsloping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + sloping.
Senses: glosses: sloping upwards
xiphial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or in the region of the xiphoid process
Haredi Judaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
Gilman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An abandoned mining town in Eagle County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Iroquois County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marshall County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Benton County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Issaquah, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A village and municipality in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Derived terms: Gilmanian
Gilman reagent
Gilman test
Gilligan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Gilliganian
Yisrael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yisraels
Etymology: Variant of Israel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
examples: text: In a foreword, former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau unequivocally endorsed the validity of the historical links.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Klal Yisrael
French soles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French sole
Foxe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Foxean
Foxe Basin
ornative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)nətɪv/
Forms: form: ornatives
Etymology: From Latin ornō (“I equip, adorn”).
Senses: examples: text: The languages are ordered according to increasing number of sentences in which a comitative-like construction represents the ornative.
ref: 2008, Thomas Stolz, Sonja Kettler, Cornelia Stroh, Aina Urdze, Split Possession: An areal-linguistic study of the alienability correlation and related phenomena in the languages of Europe, John Benjamins Publishing, page 412:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A noun case that means "endowed with" or "supplied with".
ornative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)nətɪv/
Etymology: From Latin ornō (“I equip, adorn”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to such a case.
snubfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snubfins
Etymology: From snub + fin.
Senses: glosses: A dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni, that lives in northern Australian waters
pacta sunt servanda
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Latin plural of pactum (“pact”) + sunt servanda (“must be kept”), after pacta et promissa semperne servanda sint (“whether agreements and promises should always be kept”) in Cicero, De Oficiis 3.92.
Senses: examples: text: In the law of treaties, the most important manifestation of the principle of good faith is undoubtedly the rule of pacta sunt servanda.
ref: 2004, FA Engelen, Interpretation of Tax Treaties under International Law, page 125:
text: Painstakingly negotiated agreements governed many aspects of international relations; the doctrine of pacta sunt servanda dictated that those agreements be obeyed.
ref: 2015, Susan Pedersen, ‘At least we worried’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:
topics: law
glosses: Agreements must be kept.
wikipedia: Cicero
Synonyms: a promise is a promise
loogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loogies
Senses: examples: text: When Shawn spat a loogy across cracked concrete he looked satisfied to have reached the grass.
ref: 2003, John McManus, Born on a Train: 13 Stories, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative spelling of loogie.
batracian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batracians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of batrachian.
nuchal cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuchal cords
Senses: glosses: A condition in which the umbilical cord becomes wrapped around the fetus's neck.
nuchal cords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuchal cord
operating table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operating tables
Senses: synonyms: operating room table
glosses: A table on which a patient lies during a surgical operation.
operating room table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operating room tables
form: operating-room table
Senses: glosses: An operating table.
operating tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operating table
operating room tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operating room table
nuchal scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuchal scans
Senses: topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
synonyms: nuchal translucency scan
NT scan
glosses: An ultrasound performed to help determine the chances that the foetus may develop chromosomal conditions such as Down syndrome.
nuchal scans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuchal scan
nuchal translucency scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuchal translucency scans
Senses: glosses: A nuchal scan.
NT scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NT scans
Senses: glosses: A nuchal scan.
nuchal translucency scans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuchal translucency scan
NT scans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NT scan
kinesiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kinesio- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The therapeutic application of kinesiology.
silver ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: silver (suggesting the gray hair characteristic of advanced age) + ceiling (suggesting a barrier to upward advancement); modeled on glass ceiling, the first of such figurative ceiling terms.
Senses: examples: text: Although society won't change its negative impressions about aging overnight, we are beginning to see real cracks in the "silver ceiling," the point at which age becomes a serious obstacle to employment.
ref: 2007, Jeri Sedlar, Rick Miners, Don't Retire, Rewire!, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 239:
text: He notes that the consumption of hair-colouring and hair-loss products, along with moisturisers, pedicures, facials and even cosmetic surgery by middle-aged men has increased over recent decades in order to avoid the 'silver ceiling'.
ref: 2015, Matthew Hall, Metrosexual Masculinities, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 44:
text: A dramatic increase in age discrimination lawsuits and greatly increased visibility of the problem have done little to alleviate the effects of the perceived “silver ceiling.”
ref: 2015, Charles R. McConnell, The Effective Health Care Supervisor, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 503:
coordinate_terms: gray ceiling
;
more at glass ceiling § Coordinate terms
glosses: An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for middle-aged and elderly people.
Related terms: ageism
time thief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time thieves
Senses: examples: text: Genie is also an invaluable asset when gabbing on the telephone which can really be a time thief since it's so easy to lose track of time when lost in deep conversation with another.
ref: 2006, Don Boyer, The Power of Mentorship, Real Life Teaching/Publishing, →ISBN, page 137:
text: In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a time thief.
ref: 2008, Jan Silvious, Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 61:
text: Trying to change our basic nature is difficult at best, and struggling against it is a time thief.
ref: 2014, Ana Weber, 360 Degrees of Success: Money, Relationships, Energy, Time: The 4 Essential Ingredients to Create Personal and Professional Success in Your Life, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
Synonyms: time bandit
time burglar
time burglar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time burglars
Senses: examples: text: Hey, TV can be a great source of learning, information, and keeping your kids occupied, but if your priorities are shifting and you want to grow out of your current life and into a new one, it's a time burglar […]
ref: 2012, Nick O'Kelly, Patrick Schulte, Live on the Margin: Learn to Love Risk, Profit from Fear, and Retire Tomorrow, Two Old Goats Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Being a social climber was more of a time burglar than having a ghost twin sister.
ref: 2013, Sandra Thompson, The Ghostly Grammar Boy, →ISBN:
text: That's when it hits me that Brunswick is a time burglar.
Specifically, she's stealing my time with her inane questions and now she is my nemesis.
ref: 2015, Jen Lancaster, I Regret Nothing: A Memoir, New American Library, →ISBN:
glosses: Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
Synonyms: time bandit
time thief
time bandit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time bandits
Senses: examples: text: The telephone can be as much of a time bandit as the drop-in visitor.
ref: 1983, Mark Porter, The Time of Your Life, Victor Books, →ISBN, page 101:
text: Perfectionism is a time bandit that can rob you of extra time, lead you away from your priorities, and create emotional stress.
ref: 2005, J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen, The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan: Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 88:
text: Every member of the department can identify somebody inside or outside the department who is a time bandit: a person who is stealing their precious time.
ref: 2012, David Stam, Andrew Scott, Inside Magazine Publishing, Routledge, published 2014, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: Something or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.
Synonyms: time burglar
time thief
time bandits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time bandit
time burglars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time burglar
time thieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time thief
time porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The characters of "Seinfeld" wallow obscenely in unscheduled time, as did the characters on "Cheers," probably the mother of all time-porn shows.
ref: 1994 May 23, Colin McEnroe, “Time porn”, in The Spokesman-Review:
text: Why the immense popularity of TV shows like Cheers, Seinfeld, and Mad About You? Because the characters never seem to do anything but hang out. They lure us through "time porn," the tease of a life with enough time and leisure for the friendships that we all covet and know we need but don't seem to make a priority.
ref: 1996, Leonard I. Sweet, The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life, Abingdon Press, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Who wants to have other people comment on your obsessive fifteen-hour viewathons of time-porn TV shows (where you ogle people with free time like other generations ogled flesh); […]
ref: 1997, Matthew Branton, The Love Parade, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: Media, especially television shows, which depict people enjoying unrealistic amounts of free time.
hemocytoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemocytoblasts
Etymology: From hemo- + cytoblast.
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A hematopoietic stem cell.
hemocytoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemocytoblast
monopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + -poiesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The production of monocytes.