cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
taken it up the ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take it up the ass
denitration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denitrations
Etymology: From de- + nitration.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of nitrate or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water; denitrification
denitrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denitrators
Etymology: From de- + nitrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Any device used to remove nitrates or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water
deodourised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deodourise
deodourised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That has had its odour removed or diminished
deodourise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deodourises
form: deodourising
form: deodourised
form: deodourised
Etymology: From de- + odour + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deodorize.
deoxyribonucleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /di.ɒk.sɪˌɹaɪ.bəʊ.njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /di.ɑk.siˌɹaɪ.boʊ.nuˈkleɪ.ɪk/
Forms: form: desoxyribonucleic
Etymology: From deoxyribose + nucleic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
Derived terms: deoxyribonucleate
Related terms: ribonucleic
ribonucleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ribose + nucleic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid (RNA) or its derivatives
Derived terms: ribosomal ribonucleic acid
Related terms: deoxyribonucleic
depolymerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depolymerisations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of depolymerization.
come to light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to light
form: coming to light
form: came to light
form: come to light
Senses: synonyms: crop out
out#Verb
coordinate_terms: crop up
glosses: To become known; to be revealed.
depressuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depressure
depressure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depressures
form: depressuring
form: depressured
form: depressured
Etymology: From de- + pressure.
Senses: glosses: To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
deprotonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deprotonates
form: deprotonating
form: deprotonated
form: deprotonated
Etymology: From de- + protonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
Related terms: deprotonation
solar systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar system
dermatitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɜːməˈtɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more dermatitic
form: most dermatitic
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dermatitis
Derived terms: antidermatitic
deprotonates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprotonate
deprotonating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprotonate
depressures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depressure
depressurizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depressurize
depressurizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depressurize
depressurized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depressurize
eelgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eelgrasses
Etymology: From eel + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
Zostera spp. in marine environments
glosses: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
Zostera spp. in marine environments
especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere.
glosses: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.
Synonyms: sense: Zostera marina
word: common eelgrass
sense: Zostera marina
word: seawrack
Derived terms: eelgrass isopod
eyebolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyebolts
form: eye bolt
Etymology: From eye + bolt. Compare Icelandic augabolti (“ringbolt”).
Senses: glosses: A bolt with a looped head or an opening in the head.
Coordinate terms: eye hook
eyelet
eye screw
screw eye
eyebolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyebolt
gnocco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian gnocco.
Senses: examples: text: Shape the gnocchi mixture into small 1½-inch-long loaves or gnocchi. Dip each gnocco into the flour, shaking off excess.
ref: 1978, Nika Hazelton, The Regional Italian Kitchen, M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:
text: Lightly press each gnocco against the tines of a fork and then place them on a clean tea towel.
ref: 2011, Anna Del Conte, Classic Italian Recipes: 75 Signature Dishes, Hamlyn, →ISBN:
text: If you like, roll each gnocco across the back of the tines of a fork to make grooves.
ref: 2013, Isa Moskowitz, Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week, Sphere, →ISBN, page 223:
text: Cook one gnocco as a tester, to make sure they hold together. Use a small ice-cream scoop or a soup spoon to form the gnocchi into rough balls, and drop into the simmering water, in batches if necessary to keep from crowding.
ref: 2015, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, Lidia’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Great Italian Cook, Borzoi Books, →ISBN:
text: (If you have a gnocchi board, you can press each gnocco into its traditional shape by pressing it down with your thumb as you roll it over the lined surface.)
ref: 2017, Fritz Brand, Cook Like a Man: Master Your Kitchen with 78 Simple and Delicious Recipes, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Roll each gnocco over the tines of a fork to make ridges, then place on a tea towel.
ref: 2015, Marie Laforêt, Vegan Bible, Grub Street, published 2016, →ISBN:
text: Ioanna, Lucilla and Iuliana had nearly finished rolling and cutting the gnocchi. He helped them by placing each gnocco in neat lines. […] Judas showed everyone how to spear each gnocco with his fork.
ref: 2021, Vincent L. Di Paolo, Ishia and His Teacher: The Third Book of the Judas Trilogy, Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: She cuts the gnocchi into two-centimetre pieces and rolls each gnocco against the back of her fork.
ref: 2022, Margaux Vialleron, The Yellow Kitchen, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: singular of gnocchi
epopee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛpəpiː/
Forms: form: epopees
form: épopée
form: epopea
form: epopoeia
form: epopœia
Etymology: From French épopée.
Senses: glosses: an epic, saga
ineffability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ineffabilities
Etymology: From Latin ineffabilitas.
Senses: examples: text: To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 11, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
text: But recently, physiological studies of ritual have suggested that the ineffability of intense emotional, transformative states may be due to the dominance of right brain activity.
ref: 1990, Barbara Myerhoff, “The transformation of consciousness in ritual performances: some thoughts and questions”, in Richard Schechner, Willa Appel, editors, By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual, Cambridge University Press, page 245:
synonyms: ineffableness
;
indescribability
inexpressibility
unspeakability
unspeakableness
antonyms: effability
;
describability
expressibility
speakability
speakableness
glosses: The quality or state of being ineffable.
liberalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberalists
Etymology: From liberal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A liberal.
liberalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberalist
locomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.
ref: 2015 December 3, “Abnormal Motor Activity and Thermoregulation in a Schizophrenia Rat Model for Translational Science”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
Derived terms: hyperlocomotor
hypolocomotor
locomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: locomotors
Senses: glosses: Something that is capable of locomotion.
Related terms: locomotor ataxia
commissive mood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commissive moods
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical mood that indicates promises or threats.
line item
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: line items
Senses: glosses: An item appearing on a single line in any schedule of information.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report.
topics: government
glosses: A budget appropriation.
qualifier: logistics
glosses: One item on an order, regardless of quantity.
Derived terms: line-item veto
rheumaticky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːˈmætɪki/
rhymes: -ætɪki
Forms: form: more rheumaticky
form: most rheumaticky
Etymology: From rheumatic + -y.
Senses: examples: 2003, Peter Cook, William Cook, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 75,
Your spots are nothing compared to my ghastly rheumaticky pains behind the knees.
glosses: Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.
repetetive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of repetitive.
Europan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /jʊˈroʊpən/
Etymology: From Europa + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the princess Europa in Greek mythology.
examples: text: indications of Europan biology
text: The specifics of how an ocean and the Europan surface might interact, however, are far from agreed-upon.
ref: 2004, Pascale Ehrenfreund, “Mars, Europa, and Beyond”, in Astrobiology: Future Perspectives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 437:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to Europa, a moon of Jupiter named for the mythological figure, or any theoretical or fictional inhabitants of the moon Europa.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to (52) Europa, a minor planet in the Main Asteroid Belt.
Europan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /jʊˈroʊpən/
Forms: form: Europans
Etymology: From Europa + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An inhabitant of the astronomical body Europa (either the moon of Jupiter or the minor planet of the Main Asteroid Belt).
dioramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diorama
gentrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gentrify
gentrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gentrify
gentrified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gentrified
form: most gentrified
Derived terms: pregentrified
ungentrified
gentrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gentrify
globs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒbz
Senses: glosses: plural of glob
gestates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gestate
gestated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gestate
gimleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gimlet
gimleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gimlet
gewgaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gewgaw
giantesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giantess
garnishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garnish
garnishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of garnish
gazebos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazeboes
Senses: glosses: plural of gazebo
gazeboes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazebos
Senses: glosses: plural of gazebo
gleamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡliːmɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of gleaming
BLOB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BLOBs
form: blob
Etymology: Formed as a backronym. See Object storage#Origins.
Senses: examples: text: I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of binary large object.
wikipedia: Object storage#Origins
Related terms: CLOB
gonging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gong
gonging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gongings
Senses: examples: text: As the drums fade to a whisper, the flutes are replaced by a very deep, clean-toned trumpet that explores the opening theme above occasional gongings.
ref: 2004, David Ware Stowe, How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans:
glosses: The sounding of a gong.
gonged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gong
gnarlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gnarly: more gnarly
gnarliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gnarly: most gnarly
vilified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: On the 60th anniversary of its publication, it feels like a good time to open it up, dig through its pages, and understand why such a vilified document represented a critical, if imperfect, step in creating the modern railway system we have today.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:
glosses: simple past and past participle of vilify
vilifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vilify
vilifying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vilifyings
Senses: glosses: An act of vilification.
vilifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vilify
desensitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desensitises
form: desensitising
form: desensitised
form: desensitised
Etymology: From de- + sensitise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of desensitize.
Derived terms: desensitisation
desensitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desensitise
desensitises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desensitise
desensitising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desensitise
pastose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Christ's gesturing but rather shapeless hand is painted thinly in brown, wet-in-wet over the more pastose light paint of the architecture. The child's head is summarily indicated in thin brownish paint, with a pinkish touch to indicate[…]
ref: 2013 December 12, Ernst van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings V: The Small-Scale History Paintings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 601:
text: But in the (mainly light) passages executed in pastose paint they are much more primitive in quality and cruder in execution than one would expect of Rembrandt. Compare the two paintings, for example, with the equally small Abraham and[…]
ref: 2014 November 11, Ernst van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings VI: Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited - A Complete Survey, Springer, →ISBN, page 315:
glosses: Charged with paint or colour, especially if impastoed.
examples: text: Pastose writing [:] Literally, the word means “full of paint” and indicates a thick line of writing softly applied as if by a brush. It refers to simulated heavy pressure through the use of a broad nib lightly used.
ref: 1996 03, Chris Morgan, Handwriting Analysis: An Introduction to the Science of Graphology, Book Sales, →ISBN:
text: Pastose writing is produced by those who are physically oriented and very much in tune with their senses. ... The scent of a rose might drive a pastose writer wild, or the sound of the birds singing early in the morning.
ref: 2007 January 2, Sheila Lowe, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis, 2nd Edition: Discover The Hidden Messages in the Words People Write, Penguin, →ISBN, page 131:
text: In general, the pastose stroke is broad, such as that produced with a paintbrush. People who choose broad felt-tipped pens are more likely to produce pastose strokes. They choose such a pen because it reflects an inner wish to create[…]
ref: 2008 November 1, Marc Seifer, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis: The Complete Guide to Interpreting Personalities, Detecting Forgeries, and Revealing Brain Activity Through the Science of Graphology, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN:
text: Roman (1952) discusses the phenomenon of pastose script, writing: an ink saturated, pastose ductus produces an effect of warmth and color, and has a sensuous appeal. This is borne out by an analogous reaction quite commonly obtained in[…]
ref: 2012 June 1, Annette Poizner, CLINICAL GRAPHOLOGY: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners, Charles C Thomas Publisher, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Because the pastose stroke is produced without pressure and is made by a long hold on the pen (further back on the barrel), it suggests someone who wants to enjoy creature comforts without expending a lot of energy to get them.
ref: 2018 September 1, Sheila Lowe, Reading Between the Lines: Decoding Handwriting, Write Choice Ink, →ISBN, page 159:
qualifier: etc
glosses: Broad, and produced by light pressure, as if with a paintbrush.
raw_tags: of a penstroke
readd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: readds
form: readding
form: readded
form: readded
form: re-add
Etymology: From re- + add.
Senses: examples: text: Please readd me to your contact list; my username has changed.
glosses: To add again.
Related terms: reinsert
desensitiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desensitisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of desensitizer.
desensitizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desensitizers
Etymology: From desensitize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that desensitizes.
glosses: Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it.
desorbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desorb
desorbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Removed by desorption
desorb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desorbs
form: desorbing
form: desorbed
form: desorbed
Senses: glosses: To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed
raw_tags: of a substance
Derived terms: desorber
Related terms: desorbate
desorption
destabilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destabilisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of destabilization.
desulfurise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desulfurises
form: desulfurising
form: desulfurised
form: desulfurised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desulfurize.
detonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more detonable
form: most detonable
Etymology: From French détonable.
Senses: qualifier: or ordnance
glosses: That can be (or is liable to) detonate, detonatable.
raw_tags: of an explosive
detonative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more detonative
form: most detonative
Etymology: From detonate + -ive.
Senses: qualifier: or ordnance
glosses: That is liable to detonate spontaneously
raw_tags: of an explosive
diacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diacetates
Etymology: From di- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester having two acetate groups
Derived terms: etynodiol diacetate
linkmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linkman
diacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsɪd
Forms: form: diacids
Etymology: From di- + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dibasic acid
diacyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + acyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two acyl groups in a compound
Derived terms: diacylation
diacylglyercide
dialkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialkyls
Etymology: From di- + alkyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two alkyl groups in a compound
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two alkyl groups
Derived terms: aryldialkylphosphatase
dialkylammonium
dialkylaluminium
dialkylamine
dialkylamino
dialkylaminofluorosulfur
dialkylaminosulfinyl
dialkylcadmium
dialkylmagnesium
dialkylmetal
dialkylmethylamine
dialkylthiourea
dialkylzinc
and many
many others
diallyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diallyls
Etymology: From di- + allyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two allyl groups in a compound
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two allyl groups
Derived terms: diallylurea
diaryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaryls
Etymology: From di- + aryl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two aryl groups in a compound
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two aryl groups
Derived terms: diarylheptanoid
diaryliodonium
diarylquinoline
diamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /daɪˈeɪmaɪd/
/daɪˈæmaɪd/
/ˈdaɪəmaɪd/
Forms: form: diamides
Etymology: From di- + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having two amide groups
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrazine
Derived terms: hexanediamide
fertilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fertilises
form: fertilising
form: fertilised
form: fertilised
Etymology: From fertile + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fertilize.
Derived terms: cross-fertilise
fertilisable
fertilisation
underfertilise
unfertilised
fertilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fertilise
fertilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fertilise
fertilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fertilise
facetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faceting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of facet
facetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facettings
form: faceting
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faceting.
facetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more facetted
form: most facetted
form: faceted
Senses: glosses: Having facets.
facetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faceted
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of facet
flintlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɪntˌlɒks/
homophone: lox
Senses: glosses: plural of flintlock
femurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femora
Senses: glosses: plural of femur
fog line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog lines
form: fogline
Etymology: From fog + line.
Senses: glosses: The boundary of a body of air, contacting the earth's surface, that has fallen below the dew point and usually contains fog.
examples: text: Along the base of the Sierra, back of Pasadena, on eastward back of San Gabriel, past Cucamongo, with its noted vineyards, above Pomona and on beyond San Bernardino, growing warmer as it recedes eastward from the sea, is a belt of foothills above the fog line, facing out toward the noonday sun, looking down across the plains and the hills of the Coast Range upon the warm, southern sea, and yet fanned daily by an ocean breeze that has no harshness.
ref: 1884 June 24, The Overland Monthly, page 596:
text: Along the coast Sequoia sempervirens does not grow above the altitude to which the moist sea air generally rises — the fog-line, as it is often called.
ref: 1895, On the Various Stages of Development of Spermatobium, with Notes on Other Parasitic Sporozoa:
text: Up on the ridges above the valley, way above the fog line at between 400 and 700m (1300 and 2300ft), are some great old Zinfandel vineyards, their origins dating back to the sites that were first planted by Italian immigrants back in the closing decade of the 19th century.
ref: 2002, Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke's New Wine Atlas: Wines and Wine Regions of the World:
glosses: A division in altitude above which fog appears.
examples: text: As the driver of the vehicle reached into the glove box to obtain the insurance information another westbound vehicle crossed the fog line traveling onto the north shoulder of the roadway.
ref: 2003, Isaiah McKinnon, In the Line of Duty: A Tribute to Fallen Law Enforcement Officers from the State of Michigan:
text: The reference line is a straight line that runs the length of the accident site, such as a fog line on a straight road.
ref: 2006, Truck Accident Litigation, volume 978, page 45:
text: And I believe you commented somewhere about how the fog line broke at that point and then picked up on the other side of the entrance ramp.
ref: 2015, Robert L. Habush, Art of Advocacy Series: Cross Examination of Non-Medical Experts:
glosses: A line painted on a road (usually bright white) that marks the edge of the legally drivable portion.
fifes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fife
foreclosures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreclosure
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Chancellor[Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|elliptically]]>
hypernyms: chancellor
;
treasurer
finance minister
minister of finance
coordinate_terms: Secretary of the Treasury
glosses: The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury.
Related terms: exchequer
Lord Chancellor
city banker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city bankers
Senses: glosses: A banker, stockbroker or other financial worker in the City.
glosses: A wanker.
Synonyms: sense: A wanker
word: merchant banker
Northwest Passage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Northwest Passage
Senses: examples: text: Ah, for just one time / I would take the Northwest Passage / To find the hand of Franklin / Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
ref: 1981, Stan Rogers, “Northwest Passage”, in Northwest Passage, Fogarty's Cove Music, →OCLC:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
nautical
transport
glosses: The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.
Coordinate terms: Maritime Silk Road
Northeast Passage
Northern Sea Route
Silk Road
Spice Route
Derived terms: Northeast Passage
flagellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flagellate
flagellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flagellate
flagellated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flagellate
flagellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flagellated
form: most flagellated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flagellate.
Derived terms: aflagellated
deflagellated
diflagellated
hyperflagellated
hypoflagellated
monoflagellated
multiflagellated
nonflagellated
triflagellated
unflagellated
uniflagellated
filthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."
ref: 1957 May 24, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
text: Otherwise, overseas coking coal will be moved to the UK by bulk ocean carrier, which are among the filthiest polluting objects on the face of the Earth we seek to protect.
ref: 2022 November 16, Nigel Harris, “Endless news... little context”, in RAIL, number 970, page 3:
glosses: superlative form of filthy: most filthy
fossilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fossilise
flattest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Brunel designed a bridge to be constructed in brick, and embodying two of the flattest and largest arches that had ever been constructed; indeed, it would be difficult to find any bridge today of comparable proportions.
ref: 1949 March and April, “Maidenhead Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
glosses: superlative form of flat: most flat
have up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has up
form: having up
form: had up
form: had up
Senses: examples: text: In the police courts it is not uncommon to hear that such and such low persons have been "had up" for "cat and kitten sneaking," i.e., stealing quart and pint pots.
ref: 1867, Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten, The History of Signboards, page 177:
text: "He broke a dog's leg with a stone, and there was some talk of having him up for it, but the people were afraid of him, and no one would prosecute."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: 2007, Saturday October 27, Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family, by Anne Karpf in The Guardian
If Richard Dawkins had his way, a fair number of you and, as it happens, me, would be had up for child abuse. According to him, that's what religious indoctrination of children by their parents is.
glosses: To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.
flustering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌstəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: more flustering
form: most flustering
Etymology: From fluster + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: To me it seems, Mabel, that whenever a thing is really grand and potent, it has a quiet majesty about it, that is altogether unlike the frothy and flustering manner of smaller matters, and so it was with them rapids.
ref: 1840, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Pathfinder: Or, The Inland Sea. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, page 53:
text: There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a perturbation generally through the county when they come or go, […]
ref: 1875, Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now, London: Chapman and Hall, […]:
text: Although at times my prac experiences were flustering and frustrating, I have gained many new insights into catering for the individual needs of children.
ref: 1997, Rosemary Perry, Teaching Practice: A Guide for Early Childhood Students, Routledge, page 57:
text: There is nothing more flustering than to wrestle with an unfamiliar piece of equipment in the presence of a class!
ref: 2004, Geoffrey Petty, Teaching Today: A Practical Guide, page 361:
text: She almost forgot Toby while she was bathed in this flustering brilliance of light and noise.
ref: 2007, Frank Swinnerton, Coquette, READ BOOKS, page 39:
glosses: Agitated, confusing.
examples: text: And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]
ref: 1694 May 9 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1698, Robert South, “Christianity Mysterious, and the Wisdom of God in Making it so, Proved in a Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, April 29. 1694.”, in Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet […], →OCLC, page 263:
glosses: Boasting or bragging noisily; blustering, swaggering.
Derived terms: flusteringly
flustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflʌstəɹɪŋ/
Etymology: From fluster + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fluster
flusters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fluster
flusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluster
mammillary body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mammillary bodies
Etymology: From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.
Senses: examples: text: The mammillary body is the most posterior part of the hypothalamus; there exist medially large and small cell divisions.
ref: 2004, Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective, page 99:
text: The anterior column of the fornix extends inferiorly to converge upon the anterolateral aspect of the mammillary body.
ref: 2010, Thomas P. Naidich, Henri M. Duvernoy, Bradley N. Delman, Duvernoy's Atlas of the Human Brain Stem and Cerebellum, page 380:
text: Mair, Warrington, and Weiskrantz (1979) suggested that the mammillary body lesions (present in each of these patients) may account for the memory loss. Lesions restricted to the mammillary bodies have not been associated with deficits on DNMS^([delayed non-match to sample]) tasks in monkeys (Aggleton & Mishkin, 1985); however, deficits have been found on spatial memory tasks in monkeys (Parker & Gaffan, 1997) and in rats (Sziklas & Petrides, 1998).
ref: 2012, Kenneth M. Heilman, Edward Valenstein, Clinical Neuropsychology, page 521:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.
Derived terms: word: lateral mammillary nucleus
english: principal components
translation: principal components
word: medial mammillary nucleus
Related terms: diencephalon
hypothalamus
mammillary bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammillary body
razor-thin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: razor thin
Etymology: First use appears c. 1909, in the Washington Post.
Senses: synonyms: paper-thin
glosses: Extremely fine; so thin as to be almost invisible.
examples: text: The Socialists have a razor-thin majority.
glosses: A very small difference, or advantage, when comparing two items.
diamino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + amino.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two amino groups in a molecule
Derived terms: amdoxovir
diaminobenzidine
diaminocyclohexyl
diaminofluorescein
diaminonaphthalene
diaminonaphthotriazole
diaminophenol
diaminopimelic
diaminopimelic acid
diaminopyrimidine
diammoniate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diammoniates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two molecules of ammonia attached as ligands
Related terms: ammoniate
diammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + ammonium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two ammonium ions in a compound
dianion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dianions
Etymology: From di- + anion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any anion carrying two negative charges
Derived terms: dianionic
diarsenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diarsenides
Etymology: From di- + arsenide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any arsenide containing two atoms of arsenic per molecule
diaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + aza.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two aza groups in a molecule (especially two adjacent carbon atoms replaced with nitrogen)
Derived terms: dianicline
diazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazides
Etymology: From di- + azide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two azide groupe
Related terms: diazido
diazido
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + azido.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a compound containing two azide substituents
Related terms: diazide
diazirine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazirines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated heterocycle consisting of a three-membered ring containing one carbon atom and two nitrogen atoms connected by a double bond; it is isomeric with diazomethane
Derived terms: phenyldiazirine
diazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazoles
Etymology: From di- + azole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two unsaturated heterocycles consisting of a five-membered ring containing three carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and two double bonds - namely pyrazole and imidazole
Derived terms: alt: pyrazole
word: 1,2-diazole
alt: imidazole
word: 1,3-diazole
Related terms: di-
azole
oxadiazole
pyrazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrazoles
Etymology: From pyr- + azole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms next to each others in a five-membered ring, called 1,2-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A group of compounds containing that structure.
Hypernyms: diazole
Coordinate terms: imidazole
Derived terms: acylpyrazole
anthrapyrazole
arylpyrazole
benzopyrazole
bipyrazole
dihydropyrazole
hydroxypyrazole
phenylpyrazole
pyrazolate
pyrazoleamide
diazotisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazotisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diazotization.
space ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space ships
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spaceship.
dibenzoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + benzoyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two benzoyl groups in a molecule
Derived terms: dibenzoyl peroxide
wind back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /waɪnd ˈbæk/
Forms: form: winds back
form: winding back
form: wound back
form: wound back
Senses: glosses: To wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.
Derived terms: wind back the clock
dibenzyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibenzyls
Etymology: From di- + benzyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two benzyl groups in a molecule
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic hydrocarbon C₆H₅-CH₂-CH₂-C₆H₅ or any of its derivatives
Derived terms: dibenzyl disulfide
dibismuth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + bismuth.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two bismuth atoms in a molecule
wind back the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: winds back the clock
form: winding back the clock
form: wound back the clock
form: wound back the clock
form: wind the clock back
Senses: examples: text: But wind the clock back some 60 years, and you would find that away from the South East of England, the North West once had the most extensive and varied selection of electric routes in the country.
ref: 2021 February 24, John Crosse, “North West Electrics”, in RAIL, number 925, page 62:
glosses: To return in time to an earlier period of history.
Synonyms: sense: to return to an earlier time
word: turn back the clock
sense: to return to an earlier time
word: turn back time
diboron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + boron.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two boron atoms in a molecule
Derived terms: diboron hexahydride
dibromine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + bromine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two bromine atoms in a molecule; especially normal molecular bromine Br₂ or an ion or radical derived from it
diseminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of disseminate.
dibromo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + bromo.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two bromo groups in a molecule
Derived terms: dibromobutane
dibromoethane
dibromoterfluorene
mitobronitol
dibutyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [daɪˈbjuːtaɪɫ]
Etymology: From di- + butyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two butyl groups in a molecule
Derived terms: dibutyl amine
dibutyl oxalate
dibutylphthalate
dibutyl phthalate
dibutyltin
dicaesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈsiːzɪəm/
Etymology: From di- + caesium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two caesium atoms in a molecule
Derived terms: dicaesium dichloride
dicaesium monoxide
dicaesium telluride
dicarbide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈkɑː.baɪd/
ipa: /daɪˈkɑɹ.baɪd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)baɪd
Forms: form: dicarbides
Etymology: From di- + carbide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carbide containing two carbon atoms per molecule.
Derived terms: cerium dicarbide
dysprosium dicarbide
magnesium dicarbide
neodymium dicarbide
plutonium dicarbide
samarium dicarbide
tungsten dicarbide
uranium dicarbide
dicarbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈkɑː(ɹ)bəneɪt/
Forms: form: dicarbonates
Etymology: From di- + carbonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two carbonate groups per molecule
Derived terms: dimethyl dicarbonate
Related terms: bicarbonate
dicarbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicarbonyls
Etymology: From di- + carbonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metal carbonyl containing two carbonyl groups per molecule
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two carbonyl groups in a molecule
federates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of federate
federating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of federate
dichloramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈklɔːɹəmiːn/
Forms: form: dichloramines
Etymology: From di- + chloramine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloramine having two chlorine atoms linked to the nitrogen, but especially the simplest such compound NHCl₂
flophouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flophouse
flophouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flophouse
dichlorosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorosilanes
Etymology: From dichloro + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The gas SiH₂Cl₂ that is used to grow silicon nitride crystals for semiconductors
dichromium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + chromium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two chromium atoms in a molecule
Derived terms: dichromium sulfate
dichromium trioxide
dicobalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + cobalt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two cobalt atoms in a molecule
Derived terms: dicobalt edetate
dicobalt octacarbonyl
dicopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + copper.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two copper atoms in a molecule
Derived terms: dicopper acetylide
folksier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of folksy: more folksy
folksiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of folksy: most folksy
flyswatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyswatter
fungicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fungicide
open water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open waters
Senses: examples: text: Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 13, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.
examples: text: Willet sent the canoe through the open water between the tall reeds.
ref: 1916, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 1, in The Hunters of the Hills:
glosses: In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming.
examples: text: At the end of June, James Bay was generally open water except for loose ice persisting over its northwestern section.
ref: 2005, "Seasonal Summary for the Canadian Arctic, Summer 2005," Canadian Ice Service, Government of Canada, 6 Dec, p. 1 (retrieved 14 Mar. 2008)
glosses: An area of an ocean, sea, lake, or river which is not covered by ice.
Related terms: open sea