cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rostov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Росто́в (Rostóv). The surname comes from Russian рост (rost, “growth”). The etymology of the city's name is unclear.
Senses: synonyms: Rostov Veliky
glosses: A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
glosses: Synonym of Rostov-on-Don.
synonyms: word: Rostov-on-Don
glosses: An oblast of Russia.
glosses: A surname from Russian.
Related terms: Don
Cossack
bit the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bite the dust
alambres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Alambres — Authentic Mexican fare including alambres—chicken or steak with chopped onions wrapped in a soft corn tortilla.
ref: 1999, San Diego Magazine, page 138:
text: We serve it with our ribeye alambres (Filete de Lomo al Alambres).
ref: 2013, Ivy Stark, Dos Caminos Mexican Street Food: 120 Authentic Recipes to Make at Home, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of alambre
macedonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macedonia
simpled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of simple
simplers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simpler
simplist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simplists
Etymology: From simple + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: simpler
glosses: One who gathers medicinal herbs; one who simples.
simplist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simplists
Senses: examples: text: The chief simplist, Donald Trump, speaks at the level of a fourth-grader.
ref: 2023 October 21, Simon Kuper, “The end of reading and the rise of simplism”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17:
glosses: A proponent of simplism.
simplists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simplist
dogbanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogbane
Kyūshū
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kyushu.
bannerettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bannerette
bargemasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bargemaster
demagogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demagogy
Yekaterinodar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Krasnodar.
Tsaritsyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Russian city which was renamed Stalingrad in 1925 and then Volgograd in 1961.
leather-lunged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leather-lunged
form: most leather-lunged
form: leather lunged
Senses: examples: text: He would like to know how she was getting along—and the baby, too. . . . It was a leather-lunged, red-faced, squirming little mite.
ref: 1918, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in Cabin Fever:
text: One of the notable effects of technical change has been the obsolescence of leather-lunged oratory of the William Jennings Bryan school, in favor of the "fireside chat" of Franklin Roosevelt; with electrical amplification, a speaker could use conversational style and still be understood in a large auditorium.
ref: 1980, Raven I. McDavid Jr., American English: Essays, →ISBN, page 313:
text: Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation.
ref: 2007 April 4, James Poniewozik, “Why American Idol Keeps Soaring”, in Time:
glosses: Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.
Synonyms: stentorian
vociferous
leather lunged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leather lunged
form: most leather lunged
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leather-lunged.
Hokkaidō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hokkaido.
provedores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provedore
glosses: plural of provedor
major premises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major premise
minor premises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minor premise
pine nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pine nut
Novaya Zemlya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Novaia Zemlia
form: Nova Zembla
Etymology: From Russian Но́вая Земля́ (Nóvaja Zemljá, literally “New Land”).
Senses: glosses: An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, administered by Arkhangelsk oblast.
Derived terms: Novaya Zemlya effect
Related terms: Arkhangelsk
Nova Zembla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Novaya Zemlya.
bean-counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bean-counters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bean counter.
pie hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piehole.
pie-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie-holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piehole.
SXT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SXTs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of soft X-ray transient.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of soft X-ray telescope.
Related terms: sense: telescope
word: HXT
HXT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HXTs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of hard X-ray telescope.
Related terms: sense: telescope
word: SXT
soft X-ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft X-rays
Senses: glosses: The lowest energy, lowest frequency, longest wavelength end of the X-ray EM band, overlapping with EUV (extreme ultraviolet).
Related terms: hard X-ray
soft gamma ray
collaret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collarets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of collarette (small collar)
collarets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaret
Evadne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐάδνη (Euádnē).
Senses: examples: text: A noble gentleman of Rhodes, on his marriage with Evadne, discovers' that the marriage had been brought about by the king, her paramour...
ref: 1837, Sir Richard Phillips, The Monthly Magazine, or, British Register, page 215:
text: "My dear boy," said Lady Adeline, "You mustn't call Mrs. Colquhoun by her Christian name." "Christian!" jeered Diavolo. "Now, that is a good one! There's nothing Christian about Evadne. - - - Evadne - classical Evadne - was noted for her devotion to her husband, and distinguished herself finally on his funeral pyre - she ex-pyred there."
ref: 1893, Sarah Grand, The Heavenly Twins, University of Michigan Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 603:
text: 'Unusual name, Evadne Platt.' 'You think so?' Barnaby could afford to sound superior.
ref: 1999, Caroline Graham, A Place of Safety, G. K. Hall, published 2000, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
pergal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pergals
Senses: glosses: A box containing a plastic bladder of milk (most commonly with three Imperial gallons of milk), used commercially in a refrigerated machine that dispenses the milk as needed for customers.
sonars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonar
subclades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subclade
sublayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublayers
Etymology: From sub- + layer.
Senses: glosses: A layer underneath another.
glosses: A subunit of a layer.
sublayer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sublayers
form: sublayering
form: sublayered
form: sublayered
Etymology: From sub- + layer.
Senses: glosses: To divide into sublayers.
subnivean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + nivean.
Senses: glosses: Occurring beneath a layer of snow; subnival.
Related terms: subnival
subniveal
subnivian
subnivium
topdown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of top-down.
transpositionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more transpositionally
form: most transpositionally
Etymology: From transpositional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With respect to transposition
uncompacted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + compacted.
Senses: examples: text: Embankments made with uncompacted clay fill have no safe slope angles, Mair reports.
ref: 2021 April 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Forecasting and monitoring key to preventing landslips”, in RAIL, number 928, page 9:
glosses: Not compacted.
uncompacted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncompact
undermatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undermatches
Etymology: From under- + match.
Senses: glosses: A match that is less than optimal.
glosses: One unequal or inferior to someone else.
undermatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undermatches
form: undermatching
form: undermatched
form: undermatched
Etymology: From under- + match.
Senses: glosses: To match less than optimal or intended.
Related terms: undermatching
undermatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
education
sciences
glosses: The practice of accepting a match that is less than optimal, especially when accepting a slot at a college or university when a superior one is available.
undermatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of undermatch
palaeoshoreline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoshorelines
form: paleoshoreline
Etymology: From palaeo- + shoreline.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A shoreline that existed in the geologic past.
pentasil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentasils
Etymology: From penta- and a shortening of silicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal arrangements of atoms
polyadenosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyadenosines
Etymology: From poly- + adenosine.
Senses: glosses: A polymeric form of adenosine
polyphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphosphate
polyribosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyribosomal
form: most polyribosomal
Etymology: From polyribosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or composed of polyribosome
pontin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ATPase that is a component of telomerase
Related terms: reptin
reptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ATPase that is a component of telomerase
Related terms: pontin
postinitiation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + initiation.
Senses: glosses: Occurring after initiation
postmagma
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + magma.
Senses: glosses: postmagmatic
postmagmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + magmatic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring after magmatic activity
preaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + axial.
Senses: glosses: Located in front of an axis
Derived terms: preaxial polydactyly
Related terms: postaxial
proplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From proplasm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to proplasm
proplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proplasms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of plasm (“matrix, mould”).
pyrophosphorylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrophosphorylases
Etymology: From pyrophosphoryl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any pyrophosphate transferase
ACLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ACL
reemission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reemissions
form: re-emission
Etymology: From re- + emission.
Senses: glosses: a second or subsequent emission
Related terms: remission
LCDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LCD
reinitiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinitiations
Etymology: From re- + initiation.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent initiation
rephase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rephases
form: rephasing
form: rephased
form: rephased
Etymology: From re- + phase.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To return to being in phase.
examples: text: The traffic lights have been rephased.
text: The Government's intention to rephase construction of the megaproject is likely to increase costs in the longer term.
ref: 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “AI driving HS2 innovations to improve efficiency”, in RAIL, number 979, page 57, photo caption:
glosses: To revise the phasing of something.
in phase
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Mutually synchronized
resequenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resequence
resequence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resequences
form: resequencing
form: resequenced
form: resequenced
Etymology: From re- + sequence.
Senses: glosses: To sequence again.
glosses: To arrange in a different sequence; to reorder.
Derived terms: resequencer
sensilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: sensillae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sensillum.
sensilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Senses: glosses: plural of sensillum
sensorchip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensorchips
Etymology: From sensor + chip.
Senses: glosses: Any of several semiconductor devices used to detect or image forms of radiation
sensorchips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensorchip
spermatozoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermatozoid
spermatozoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɜː(ɹ)ˈmætəˌzəʊ.ɪd/
Forms: form: spermatozoids
Etymology: From spermatozoon + -id.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.
subchromosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subchromosomal
form: most subchromosomal
Etymology: From sub- + chromosomal.
Senses: glosses: Describing any structure that is a small part of a chromosome
subcompartment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcompartments
Etymology: From sub- + compartment.
Senses: glosses: A compartment that is part of a larger one
subcompartmentalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcompartmentalizations
Etymology: From sub- + compartmentalization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of subcompartments.
subcompartments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcompartment
superlubricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + lubricity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A regime of motion in which friction vanishes or very nearly vanishes.
tetraethylorthosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraethylorthosilicates
form: tetraethyl orthosilicate
Etymology: From tetraethyl + orthosilicate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tetraethyl ester of orthosilicic acid, Si(O-CH₂CH₃)₄
tetramutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetramutants
Etymology: From tetra- + mutant.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene that has four mutations (often of the same type at different locations)
thalassaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalassaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thalassemia.
thalassaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassaemia
topophotomap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topophotomaps
Etymology: From topo- + photomap.
Senses: glosses: A map created by superimposing topographic features (especially contours) onto a series of photographs
triphalangeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + phalangeal.
Senses: glosses: Having three phalanges (especially when the usual number is two)
ultraconserved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + conserved.
Senses: glosses: Highly conserved
unadenylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + adenylated.
Senses: glosses: Not adenylated
unpoetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpoetic
form: most unpoetic
Etymology: From un- + poetic.
Senses: examples: text: “I get good reception in the neighborhoods,” Mr. Menino said, summing up his popularity in his signature unpoetic style.
ref: 2009 September 22, Abby Goodnough, “Boston’s Mayor Faces Foes but Is Still a Favorite”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not poetic
unrestrictive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrestrictive
form: most unrestrictive
Etymology: From un- + restrictive.
Senses: glosses: Not restrictive
vacuolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vacuole + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having vacuoles
vortexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vortex + -ed.
Senses: glosses: mixed using a vortex mixer
Derived terms: revortexed
zeotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeotypes
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of artificial materials based on the structure of zeolites
Related terms: zeotypic
underplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underplates
Etymology: From under- + plate.
Senses: glosses: An armoured plate that forms part of a mortice lock.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tectonic plate that forms or moves under another.
glosses: A charger plate
underplate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underplates
form: underplating
form: underplated
form: underplated
Etymology: From under- + plate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To act as an underplate.
underplated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underplate
underplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underplate
underplates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underplate
underplating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underplate
underplating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underplatings
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: the formation of an underplate
underthrust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underthrusts
form: underthrusting
form: underthrusted
form: underthrusted
form: underthrust
form: underthrust
Etymology: From Middle English underthristen, underthresten, equivalent to under- + thrust.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To thrust under another
raw_tags: of a tectonic plate
underthrusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underthrust
underthrusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underthrust
vergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Forms: form: vergences
Etymology: From verge (“tend, incline”, from Latin vergere) + -ence, synonym of earlier (1660s) vergency (the equivalent of French vergence). Coined as a technical term in ophthalmology, as a hypernym of convergence and divergence, in 1902. The sense of the numeric quantity in geometric optics was introduced, from use of the term in physiological optics, in the 1920s.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The simultaneous turning of both eyes when focusing.
examples: text: a special vertex trial case computed for an object vergence of 4.00.
ref: 1921, The Optician and Scientific Instrument Maker, volume 62, page 1
text: 1947 Benjamin King Johnson, Optics and Optical Instruments: An Introduction with Special Reference to Practical Applications, Courier Corporation (1960 [1947]), p. 152.
"Ample movement between the source and condenser should be available in order to allow for a variation in the vergence of the light leaving the condenser"
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of convergence or divergence of rays.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The direction of the overturned component of an asymmetric fold.
moegoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moegoe
List 99
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Those subject to a disqualification order, and those permanently included on the Protection of Children Act List, are also included on List 99 automatically.
ref: 2006, Great Britain Department of Health, Working together to safeguard children:
text: As changes are being made to List 99 (by including new offences that will merit automatic disqualification), additional individuals will be barred from working in daycare settings and as childminders.
ref: 2006, Ann-Marie McAuliffe, Alison Linsey, John Fowler, Childcare Act 2006: the essential guide:
text: Mr Hudson was placed on List 99, which bars dubious characters from teaching jobs.
ref: 2006, The Economist:
text: The management of the registration of people considered to be unsuitable to work with children and placed on List 99 became increasingly complex […]
ref: 2007, Joyce Lishman, Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care:
glosses: A confidential register of people forbidden to work with children, maintained by the Department of Education and Skills.
vergences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vergence
underthrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underthrust
overtip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overtips
form: overtipping
form: overtipped
form: overtipped
Etymology: From over- + tip.
Senses: examples: text: She had been overtipping for as long as she’d had money. These small compensations for how fortunate she’d been.
ref: 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 205:
glosses: To leave a tip that is too large.
glosses: To tip over.
overtips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtip
overtipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overtip
overtipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overtip
untiredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untiredly
form: most untiredly
Etymology: From untired + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untired manner; not having tired.
draper's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drapers'
Senses: glosses: A shop that sells drapery
clepto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: klepto-
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clepto-, a combining form of Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”), κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *klep- (“to steal”). Doublet of klepto-.
Senses: glosses: stealing, theft
clino-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”).
Senses: glosses: slope or angle
glosses: bed; reclining
chloroborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroborates
Etymology: From chloroboric acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of chloroboric acid
pointcut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pointcuts
Etymology: From point + cut.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In aspect-oriented programming, a set of join points specifying when advice should run during execution.
pointcuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointcut
gamesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: gām'səm
ipa: /ˈɡeɪmsəm/
rhymes: -eɪmsəm
Forms: form: more gamesome
form: most gamesome
Etymology: From Middle English gamsome, gamsum, equivalent to game + -some.
Senses: examples: text: A pretty young Kitty, / She had that could Purr; / 'Tvvas gameſome and handſome, / And had a rare Furr; […]
ref: a. 1708 (date written), [Henry Playford], “Puss in a Corner: A New Song, to a Pretty New Tune Made by a Man of Quality”, in Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […], volume II, London: […] W. Pearson, for J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1719, →OCLC, page 82:
text: In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other—“Jack, he’s robbed a widow;” or, “Joe, do you mark him; he’s a bigamist;” ...
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter IX, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: She stepped upon Sicilian grass, / Demeter's daughter, fresh and fair, / A child of light, a radiant lass, / And gamesome as the morning air.
ref: 1862, Jean Ingelow, “Persephone”, in Poems:
text: Yet it was some time before Teddy would admit him into anything like what one might call intimacy, and premature attempts at gamesome familiarity were checked by the gathering thunder of a lazy growl that unmistakably bade the youngster keep his place.
ref: 1915, Richard Le Gallienne, Vanishing Roads and Other Essays:
text: Tom Stoppard secured his place on the theatrical map in 1967 with this wordy curiosity, a highly philosophical but stage-smart play crafted by a gamesome wordsmith enamored of the power of language.
ref: 2001 January 26, Erik Piepenburg, “Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Full of sport; playful.
Synonyms: frisky
frolicky
frolicsome
playful
spritely
Derived terms: gamesomely
gamesomeness
impersonalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impersonalizes
form: impersonalizing
form: impersonalized
form: impersonalized
Etymology: From impersonal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make impersonal.
glosses: To dehumanize.
Derived terms: impersonalization
Related terms: depersonalize
spherize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spherizes
form: spherizing
form: spherized
form: spherized
form: spherise
Etymology: From sphere + -ize.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.
examples: text: The particles were spherized by flame-spraying.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: To form or force into a spherical shape.
Derived terms: spherization
Related terms: spheroidize
moloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɔɪ/
ipa: /mɔˈlɔɪ/
ipa: /məˈlɔɪ/
Forms: form: molois
form: baloi
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana moloi, from loa (“to enchant”).
Senses: examples: text: At dead of night the baloi issue forth from their homes.
ref: 1846, Missionary Register, page 35:
text: He dared not use violent means, and the only course that suggested itself was to call in the aid of the molois; but neither did the operation of magic prove effectual, nor did he succeed in getting some poison, […]
ref: 1881, Emil Holub, Seven Years in South Africa, page 386:
text: Sometimes the moloi conceals a bundle of rags containing "doctored" roots and other substances in the eaves of his victim's hut […]
ref: 1934, Edward Evans-Pritchard, Essays presented to CG Seligman, page 295:
text: The graves of Basuto chiefs are kept secret lest certain more or less imaginary witches and wizards called Baloi, who haunt tombs, should get possession of the bones and work magic with them.
ref: 1906, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Book III, p. 104:
text: And time and again they have told me one thing – this woman is not a moloi.
ref: 1994, Bret Galloway, Balck Papyrus, Unlimited Publishing, published 2003, page 66:
glosses: A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.
baloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moloi
archimage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːkɪmeɪdʒ/
Forms: form: archimages
Etymology: From archi- + mage, by analogy with Latin archimagus.
Senses: examples: text: He felt, for a moment, as the daring archimage whose spells, too potent for their master's safety, have evoked and unchained a spirit that defies their guidance.
ref: 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2):
text: The learned Marsilio Ficino translated Plotinus, that great archimage of platonic mysticism.
ref: 1881, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3):
text: The secrets of the old archimage are known today only to the initiated, and they discourage all attempts to spread their fame, for certain very definite reasons.
ref: 1935, Robert Bloch, The Shambler from the Stars:
glosses: Alternative form of archmage.
impersonalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impersonalize
impersonalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impersonalize
impersonalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impersonalize
boomerang kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boomerang kid
mokoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɔːɹəʊ/
Forms: form: mokoros
form: mekoro
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana mokôrô.
Senses: examples: text: The mokoro owner I hired happily piled us all into a single, rather small craft and we set off over a flooded meadow, covered with barely half a metre of water.
ref: 1987, Michael Main, Kalahari, page 74:
text: Several companies offer trips by mokoro, lasting from one to three days, although almost all these trips are run by the same community trust.
ref: 2007, Chris McIntyre, Botswana, Bradt Travel Guides, page 165:
glosses: A dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps of Botswana.
polysurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + surgical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to polysurgery.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a polysurgical addiction; repeatedly and deceptively setting up situations where he or she will receive medical attention.
raw_tags: of a patient
arousings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arousing
arousingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more arousingly
form: most arousingly
Etymology: From arousing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an arousing manner.
unfashioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fashioned.
Senses: glosses: Not fashioned; unmade, unformed.
unfashioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfashion
supernet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernets
Etymology: From super- + net.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An IP network formed from two or more networks (or subnets) with a common CIDR routing prefix.
Derived terms: supernetted
supernetting
Related terms: subnet
supernetwork
supernets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernet
statelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stateless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stateless manner.
statefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stateful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stateful manner.
statefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stateful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being stateful.
stateful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From state + -ful. In the computing sense it is intended as an opposite for stateless.
Senses: examples: text: CORBA and DCOM are both stateful protocols. A user establishes a connection with the server and that connection remains in place during the entire session.
ref: 2001, John Mueller, Special edition using SOAP:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
examples: text: [T]o haue a generall timerous reſpect, obſerue a man, a ſtatefull ſcilence in his preſence: […]
ref: c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene v:
glosses: Full of state; stately.
Derived terms: statefully
statefulness
Waughesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Waughesque
form: most Waughesque
Etymology: From Waugh + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the writings or themes of Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), English writer and satirist.
Related terms: Waughian
myomectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: myomectomies
Etymology: From myoma + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of the uterine myomas.
Synonyms: fibroidectomy
Derived terms: adenomyomectomy
myomectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myomectomy
leukodystrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: leucodystrophic
Etymology: From leukodystrophy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
leukodystrophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukodystrophies
form: leucodystrophy
Etymology: From leuko- + dystrophy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
Derived terms: leukodystrophic
metachromatic leukodystrophy
rampartless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rampart + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without ramparts.
3NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3NFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of third normal form.
2NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of second normal form.
1NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of first normal form.
5NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 5NFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fifth normal form.
4NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4NFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fourth normal form.
6NF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6NFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of sixth normal form.
polysemousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polysemous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Polysemy.
dicone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicones
Etymology: From di- + cone.
Senses: glosses: A bicone.
Derived terms: diconical
dicones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicone
diconical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + conical.
Senses: glosses: Biconical.
biconically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more biconically
form: most biconically
Etymology: From biconical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a biconical manner.
muconic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muconic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, C₆H₆O₄, with two double bonds.
bicone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicones
Etymology: From bi- + cone.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The three-dimensional shape swept by revolving an isosceles triangle around its edge of unequal length, or by joining two identical right circular cones, base to base.
Synonyms: dicone
bicones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicone
secretarylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more secretarylike
form: most secretarylike
Etymology: From secretary + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They may be further stereotyped by being assigned secretarylike functions in groups or by being given jobs that reflect their presumed feminine capabilities […]
ref: 1988, Gary N Powell, Women and men in management:
text: The secretarylike job bored him, and he immediately requested a transfer to the gunnery division...
ref: 2004, Neal Thompson, Light this candle: the life and times of Alan Shepard, America's first spaceman:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a secretary.
Related terms: clerklike
secretarial
buffoonishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more buffoonishly
form: most buffoonishly
Etymology: From buffoonish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a buffoonish manner.
Græcian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Grecian.
Græcian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Græcians
Senses: examples: text: AChilles transformation: Palimed / Accuſd of Treaſon and condemnd to die: / After long battaile, honor Hector led / The boldest Argiue Champion to defie: / The Græcians ſtorme to be ſo chalenged, / Hector and Aiax the fierce Combat try: / A Truce, a Banquet: at this pompous feaſt, / Queene Hellen is inuited a chiefe gueſt.
ref: 1609, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Canto. 12.”, in Troia Britanica: Or, Great Britaines Troy. […], London: […] W[illiam] Iaggard, →OCLC, argumentum, page 303:
glosses: Archaic spelling of Grecian.
Græcians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […]I thinke it not amiſſe , by way of diſcourſe , to give you a ſhort account of the five Moods uſed by the ancient Græcians in their ſeverall varieties of their Muſick[…]
ref: 1655, John Playford, chapter VII, in An Introduction to the Skill of Musick, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2011, page 31:
glosses: plural of Græcian
mixite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixites
Etymology: Anton Mixa, mine engineer and its discoverer + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare hexagonal copper bismuth arsenate mineral.
mixites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixite
antimonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antimony + -al.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to antimony.
Derived terms: antimonial powder
antimonial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonials
Etymology: From antimony + -al.
Senses: glosses: Any drug or medical preparation containing antimony.
smaltites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smaltite
cerebrohepatorenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebro- + hepatorenal.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the brain, liver, and kidneys; applied to Zellweger syndrome.
Derived terms: cerebrohepatorenal syndrome
Latinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lăʹtĭnət
ipa: /ˈlætɪnət/
enpr: lăʹtǐnət
ipa: /ˈlætɪnət/
ipa: [ˈlæʔənəʔ]
Forms: form: more Latinate
form: most Latinate
Etymology: From Latin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Of or derived from Latin.
glosses: Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.
Derived terms: unlatinate
erythrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrites
Etymology: From erythr- + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Red cobalt, a secondary hydrated arsenate of cobalt minerals with the formula (Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O).
Derived terms: erythritic
erythrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrite
cybercast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercasts
Etymology: From cyber- + broadcast.
Senses: glosses: A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
cybercast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cybercasts
form: cybercasting
form: cybercast
form: cybercast
form: cybercasted
form: cybercasted
Etymology: From cyber- + broadcast.
Senses: glosses: To broadcast such material.
Derived terms: cybercaster
cybercasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybercast
cybercasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cybercast
cyberhealth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + health.
Senses: glosses: Telehealth involving the Internet.
businessmanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more businessmanlike
form: most businessmanlike
Etymology: From businessman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Under the businessmanlike exterior, however, beat a heart just as dashing as that of a movie star.
ref: 1986, Penina Spiegel, McQueen: the untold story of a bad boy in Hollywood:
text: A materialistic, businessmanlike attitude toward the creation of manuscripts or even a maternalistic concern for the fate of his books past the publication phase are conspicuously absent from the diary records.
ref: 1992, Andrew Lawrence Markus, The willow in autumn: Ryūtei Tanehiko, 1783-1842:
text: The opening Memo (an appropriately businessmanlike touch) is followed by sections labelled according to the day, like an appointments-diary...
ref: 1996, Sue Kossew, Pen and power: a post-colonial reading of J.M. Coetzee and André Brink:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a businessman.
phallicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallicisms
Etymology: From phallic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Phallicism was, therefore, at the root of all religion, and was definitely the opponent of evil and darkness.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
text: The study of phallicism is the study of religion. In this lies its importance. So true is this, it may safely be stated that no one who neglects the study of phallic worship can hope to secure any adequate understanding of the origin of religion.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page v:
glosses: The worship of the penis or phallus, especially connected with fertility.
Derived terms: phallicist
rhonchisonant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhonchisonant
form: most rhonchisonant
Etymology: From Latin rhonchus, and sonans, the past participial of Latin sonare.
Senses: glosses: Making a snorting noise; snorting.
squeaky bum time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Attributed to Sir Alex Ferguson, famed Scottish association football manager and former player, it implies the sound made by moving around in a plastic seat while squirming under pressure. Ferguson had said "squeeze your bum time" (that is, clenching one's buttocks under pressure) but it was misheard by journalist Kevin McCarra and the misquote stuck.
Senses: examples: text: "It's getting tickly now - squeaky-bum time, I call it."
ref: 2003 March 18, “Fergie just can't stop playing his mind games”, in Daily Express, page 62:
glosses: Chiefly, an exciting part of a sporting event, particularly the final moments of a close game or season.
wikipedia: association football
overwind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwaɪnd/
Forms: form: overwinds
form: overwinding
form: overwound
form: overwound
Etymology: From over- + wind.
Senses: examples: text: People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.
ref: 1989 July 4, Jacquin Sanders, “What makes a watchmaker tick?”, in St. Petersburg Times:
text: In a typical Morris cock-snook at classical technique, tutu-ed dancers prance Bambi-like across the stage. On and off, on and off, with fixed smiles like overwound clockwork dolls: it should have been charming and funny, but despite stylish individual efforts, the ragged ensemble meant the joke fell flat.
ref: 1996 April 21, Jenny Gilbert, “Golden oldies reveal the three faces of Ashton”, in The Independent:
text: I met him 10 years ago in a hallway in Harrisburg and departed with the image of a man whose psyche approximated a badly overwound clock: Everything is tight and in place, but nothing's moving.
ref: 2000 December 16, Dennis Roddy, “The unbearable lightness of being Al Gore”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
glosses: To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.
examples: text: DNA's helical structure implies that twisting and stretching should be coupled, hence the prediction that DNA should unwind when stretched […] That is why it was such surprise when we directly measured twist-stretch coupling to find instead DNA overwinds when stretched.
ref: 2006 August 7, “Surprise Finding for Stretched DNA. [summary]”, in Ascribe Higher Education News Service:
glosses: To twist (itself) more tightly.
overwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwaɪnd/
Forms: form: overwinds
Etymology: From over- + wind.
Senses: examples: text: They are intended to prevent the cage falling back in case the rope breaks or in case an overwind occurs.
ref: 1892, Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, page 55:
glosses: Synonym of overwinding.
synonyms: word: overwinding
overwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwaɪnd/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌwɪnd/
ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwaɪnd/
Forms: form: overwinds
Etymology: From over- + wind.
Senses: glosses: Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure.
glosses: A wind that moves over or above an object.
Related terms: overwinded
overwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwind
overwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overwind
overwinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwind
overwinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overwindings
Senses: glosses: The act of winding something too far or too tightly.
dodecadactylum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dō'dĕkədăkʹtĭləm
ipa: /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈdæktɪləm/
Forms: form: dodecadactyla
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλον (dōdekadáktulon), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) ≅ “twelve-fingers[-long thing]”; compare English duodenum and German Zwölffingerdarm; cognate with Greek δωδεκαδάκτυλο (dodekadáktylo) and Italian dodecadattilo.
Senses: glosses: duodenum
overwound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology: From over- + wound.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overwind