cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lymphadenoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪmfædəˈnoʊmə/
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from lymph- + adeno + -oma = lymph- + adenoma.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: lymphadenocarcinoma
qualifier: modern sense
glosses: A benign tumor (neoplasm) of lymphatic tissue.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any hyperplastic or neoplastic mass of lymphatic tissue.
Any pseudoleukaemia, especially Hodgkin's disease.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any hyperplastic or neoplastic mass of lymphatic tissue.
Any malignant lymphatic tumor, including lymphosarcoma or lymphadenocarcinoma.
Hypernyms: adenoma
Related terms: lymphadenopathy
appulse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.əls/
ipa: /əˈpʌls/
Forms: form: appulses
Etymology: From Latin appulsus.
Senses: examples: text: The remainder, […] thus retreats, that is, by the continual appulſe of the Sap, is in part carried off into the Cortical Body back again, the Sap vvhereof it novv tinctures into good Aliment: […]
ref: 1671 December 17 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1672), Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Root”, in The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun. […], London: […] Spencer Hickman, printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC, page 53:
text: [T]he vivacity of these trains of ideas, passing in the imagination, is greatly increased by […] their not being disturbed or dissevered either by the appluses of external bodies, as in surprize; or by our voluntary exertions in comparing them with our previous knowledge of things, as in reasoning upon them.
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 47:
glosses: An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A close approach of two heavenly bodies; a conjunction or occultation.
areographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From areo- + -graphic.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to areography
areographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: areographers
Etymology: From areography + -er.
Senses: glosses: An astronomer whose speciality is areography
astroballistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + ballistics.
Senses: glosses: The ballistics of high-velocity projectiles, especially of meteors etc
astrocompass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrocompasses
Etymology: From astro- + compass.
Senses: glosses: A form of compass in which direction is evaluated by sighting stars of known position
astrodome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrodomes
Etymology: From astro- + dome.
Senses: glosses: A transparent dome in the fuselage of an aircraft or spacecraft through which navigational observations may be made
astrogation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See astrogate.
Senses: examples: text: If astrogation were that simple any sophomore could pilot a rocket ship […]
ref: 1958, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 7, in Have Space Suit, Will Travel, New York: Del Rey:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Astronavigation (navigation through space).
Derived terms: astrogational
Related terms: astrogate
astrogator
astrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astrography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Shepard: The problem is the damn bureaucrats. They won't get me the latest astrographic data. You can't save the galaxy with star charts from 2183, right?
Marab: 2183? Why don't they just give you a slide rule and ask you to eyeball it?
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Saronis Applications, Citadel:
glosses: astrometric
astrotracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrotrackers
Etymology: From astro- + tracker.
Senses: glosses: star tracker
austausch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Austausch (“exchange”).
Senses: glosses: Only used in austausch coefficient
austausch coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: austausch coefficients
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A coefficient of turbulent flow in eddies.
Synonyms: exchange coefficient
autobarotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autobarotropic
form: most autobarotropic
Etymology: From auto- + barotropic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to autobarotropy
autobarotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + barotropy.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a fluid in which pressure and density surfaces coincide, as a result of a combination of barotropy and piezotropy
barotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baro- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a fluid in which density is directly proportional to pressure
Derived terms: autobarotropy
piezotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piezo- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a fluid in which there is a thermodynamic relationship between pressure and density
autoconvection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + convection.
Senses: glosses: spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoconvective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoconvective
form: most autoconvective
Etymology: From auto- + convective.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autoconvection
autoigniting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + igniting.
Senses: glosses: That undergoes autoignition.
autoigniting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From auto- + igniting.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoignite
autokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Moving by itself or automatically (especially of a fixed object, illusorily, when stared at); relating to autokinesis.
glosses: Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Derived terms: autokinetic effect
autosynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: auto-synchronous
Etymology: From auto- + synchronous.
Senses: glosses: Describing a motor whose speed is automatically synchronized by the motion of another
azran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azrans
form: AZRAN
Etymology: Blend of azimuth + range
Senses: glosses: A position, often in polar coordinates, of an object located by radar
backout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backouts
Etymology: Deverbal from back out.
Senses: glosses: A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
bakeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakeouts
form: bake-out
Senses: glosses: The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
Related terms: word: bake out
ballute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈluːt/
Forms: form: ballutes
Etymology: Blend of balloon + chute
Senses: glosses: A parachute that incorporates a toroidal balloon.
baralyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baralime
Etymology: From barium and lime.
Senses: glosses: A granular mixture of barium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide, used to absorb carbon dioxide in closed environments (such as spacecraft)
cyberespionage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + espionage.
Senses: examples: text: Major cyberpowers have engaged in cyberespionage on each other, and committed acts of disruption of information operations or degrading of stored information.
ref: 2014, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, page 45:
glosses: Espionage carried out by means of the Internet or in cyberspace.
Synonyms: cyberspying
cyberspy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberspies
Etymology: From cyber- + spy.
Senses: glosses: One who carries out cyberespionage.
Related terms: cyberspying
cyberspies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberspy
nonpolicy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpolicies
Etymology: From non- + policy.
Senses: glosses: A rule or convention that is not formal policy.
nonpolicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + policy.
Senses: examples: a nonpolicy issue
glosses: Not of or pertaining to policy.
nonpolicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpolicy
nonsufficient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃənt
Etymology: From non- + sufficient.
Senses: glosses: insufficient
nonsugary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sugary.
Senses: glosses: Not sugary.
nonpersonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + personally.
Senses: examples: nonpersonally identifying information
a nonpersonally guaranteed loan
glosses: Not personally.
nondrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + drama.
Senses: glosses: Works that are not dramas.
nondrama
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + drama.
Senses: examples: text: The channel boosted its nondrama broadcasting by commissioning more cookery shows.
glosses: Not of or pertaining to dramatic works.
nonmelodramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + melodramatic.
Senses: glosses: Not melodramatic.
liverlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liverlike
form: most liverlike
Etymology: From liver + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a liver (the organ) or its meat.
nonconsumerist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + consumerist.
Senses: examples: text: They dreamed of a nonconsumerist, postcapitalist society.
glosses: Not consumerist.
azodye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azodyes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of azo dye.
azodyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azodye
delayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From delay + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being delayed.
Synonyms: postponable
unpostponable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + postponable.
Senses: glosses: Not postponable.
undelayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + delayable.
Senses: glosses: Not delayable.
antiroll
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + roll.
Senses: glosses: antisway
antisway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sway.
Senses: glosses: Designed to stabilize the left and right suspension systems of a road vehicle so as reduce roll or sway when turning corners.
Synonyms: antiroll
Derived terms: anti-sway bar
dandruffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dandruffy
form: most dandruffy
Etymology: From dandruff + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like dandruff; scurfy.
examples: text: A man in shabby dinner clothes and sleeked-down dandruffy hair came forward, already disapproving.
ref: 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 33:
text: The place was dark and musty, and the same sullen guard lazed about in his dandruffy blazer.
ref: 2004, T R Pearson, True Cross:
glosses: Suffering from dandruff; marked by the presence of dandruff.
gullibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gullible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: gullibility
virality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viralities
Etymology: From viral + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The point is virality—content so outlandish that people can’t help but talk about it.
ref: 2020 April 7, Sophie Gilbert, “The Most-Watched Show in America Is a Moral Failure”, in The Atlantic:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: The state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth.
Derived terms: micro-virality
vendeuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendeuses
Etymology: French vendeuse (“saleswoman”).
Senses: glosses: A saleswoman in a fashionable clothing store.
vendeuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vendeuse
loverly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loverly
form: most loverly
Etymology: From lover + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Oftentimes Angelo would spend an hour with them in the lowly parlor of the quiet, whitewashed house. It had been his custom to do so often while the mother was at home; and even after distractions came upon his mind, and wrestled with him as an armed man, he did not forget these pastoral, or rather brotherly, or, perhaps still more to the point, these loverly visits.
ref: 1853, Caroline Chesebro, The Children of Light: A Theme for the Time, page 314:
glosses: Characteristic of lovers.
Derived terms: loverliness
unloverly
loverly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loverly
form: most loverly
Etymology: Possibly from My Fair Lady.
Senses: glosses: lovely
luvverly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more luvverly
form: most luvverly
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lovely.
lurvely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lurvely
form: most lurvely
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lovely.
sirohydrochlorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A porphyrin derivative related to heme
Derived terms: sirohydrochlorin cobaltochelatase
sirohydrochlorin ferrochelatase
sirrahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirrah
tentorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tentoria
form: tentoriums
Etymology: Early 19th century: from Latin tentorium, literally ‘tent’.
Senses: examples: text: In the female of Culex the tentoria arise in front of the border of the occipital foramen and ascend at an angle of twenty-five degrees with the floor of the head.
ref: 1906, Milett T. Thompson, Alimentary Canal of the Mosquito: (Anopheles Punctipennis):
glosses: The framework of internal supports (a false endoskeleton) within an arthropod head, formed by ingrowths of the exoskeleton called apophyses.
examples: text: Four dogs with intact tentoriums survived 6 weeks and 8 with sectioned tentoriums survived the same period of time.
ref: 1961, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, page 345:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The tentorium cerebelli, an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes.
Derived terms: tentorial
tentoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tentorium
noncomprehending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + comprehending.
Senses: examples: text: The stratagem of resorting to stealthiness in a non-comprehending, hostile environment is surely not peculiar to the homosexual sensibility, but it is an aspect of that sensibility.
ref: 1975 December 20, Rudy Kikel, “The Closed Closet Policy and the Poetry of Paul Monette”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 9:
text: He marries Priscilla; but her noncomprehending adoration adds to his suffering and self-deprecation rather than alleviating it […]
ref: 1990, Catherine H Zuckert, Natural right and the American imagination: political philosophy in novel form:
glosses: uncomprehending
successless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more successless
form: most successless
Etymology: From success + -less.
Senses: examples: text: “Belfield fired first, and missed; the Baronet was not so successless.”
ref: 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.ii.5:
text: How successless that expedient has been in regard to curing me of my passion for her, you know too well.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 296:
glosses: Without success; unsuccessful.
thuggee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θʌˈɡiː/
ipa: /ʈʰʌ.ɡiː/
ipa: /ʈʰɑ.ɡiː/
Forms: form: thuggees
form: thagi
form: thuggi
form: thugi
form: Thuggee
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi ठगी / Urdu ٿهگی (ṭhagī).
Senses: glosses: A thug (a member of band of assassins in India).
examples: text: ‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1070:
glosses: The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India.
Related terms: thug
thuggery
thuggism
Thuggees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thuggee
antiflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + flooding.
Senses: glosses: antiflood
antiflood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + flood.
Senses: glosses: Preventing or countering flooding.
Synonyms: antiflooding
stairwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stair + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a set of stairs; rising in discrete steps.
stairwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stair + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a set of stairs; rising in discrete steps.
unextinguishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unextinguishable
form: most unextinguishable
Etymology: From un- + extinguishable.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inextinguishable.
nondistinguishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + distinguishable.
Senses: glosses: indistinguishable
nonthoroughbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + thoroughbred.
Senses: glosses: Not thoroughbred.
nondistinguishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + distinguishing.
Senses: examples: a nondistinguishing characteristic
glosses: That does not distinguish.
grieflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grieflike
form: most grieflike
Etymology: From grief + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Grieflike responses may lead to a variety of behavioral patterns to which the team must be alert. Supportive strategies can then be developed...
ref: 1995, Rebecca A Eder, Craniofacial anomalies: psychological perspectives:
glosses: Resembling grief.
Godsakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: God's sakes (used only in the oath for Godsakes; see for God's sake).
miscoloration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscolorations
form: miscolouration
Etymology: From mis- + coloration.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect coloration.
miscodings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscoding
nonornamental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ornamental.
Senses: glosses: Not ornamental.
chromotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chromotherapeutic
form: most chromotherapeutic
Etymology: From chromo- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to chromotherapy.
chromotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromotherapists
Etymology: From chromo- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of chromotherapy.
chromotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromotherapist
balneotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balneotherapists
Etymology: From balneo- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of balneotherapy.
balneotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balneotherapist
balneotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more balneotherapeutic
form: most balneotherapeutic
Etymology: From balneo- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to balneotherapy.
balneotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balneotherapies
Etymology: From Latin balneum (“bath”) + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of disease by bathing.
Derived terms: balneotherapeutic
balneotherapist
balneotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balneotherapy
barber surgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barber surgeons
Senses: glosses: A medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.
miscolouration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of miscoloration.
sportsbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportsbooks
Etymology: From sports + book.
Senses: examples: text: There’s a common marketing slogan in sports betting: “Sweat the game, not the payout.” In other words, when dealing with legitimate sportsbooks and not some shady neighborhood bookie, gamblers shouldn’t have to worry about getting stiffed. Yet bettors say gaming operators aren’t always living up to that promise, and some industry officials agree. Bookmakers sometimes use a clause in their fine print as an “insurance plan,” as one top regulator put it, to get out of paying big winners — and multiple industry observers say the practice is increasing.
ref: 2024 January 17, Danny Funt, “He hit three monster bets — and then the sportsbook wouldn't pay. One bettor's big payout was delayed for months because of a practice sportsbooks increasingly use as an insurance policy, according to industry observers”, in Washington Post, retrieved 17 Jan 2024:
hypernyms: bookie
bookmaker
coordinate_terms: handbook
glosses: A place where a gambler can bet on various sports competitions; the company that runs it; the website that is its online presence. (Most such companies offer online betting, subject to geofencing by state.)
sportsbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportsbook
nonfussy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fussy.
Senses: examples: text: Through the baby years, we may consider we are doing very well to produce a relaxed, nonfussy eater.
ref: 1965, Louise Raymond, Good Housekeeping's book of today's etiquette, page 47:
glosses: Not fussy.
frontloader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontloaders
Etymology: From front + loader.
Senses: examples: text: The tractor was rigged with a frontloader.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 155:
glosses: front-end loader
frontloaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontloader
nonvacationing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vacationing.
Senses: examples: text: They were using the ancient practice of having nonvacationing employees carry the load for fellow workers...
ref: 1966, Ben B Seligman, Most notorious victory: man in an age of automation:
glosses: Not taking a vacation.
front loader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front loaders
Senses: glosses: An automatic washing machine in which the laundry is placed and retrieved through a (normally transparent) door in the front
glosses: A front-end loader
Related terms: top loader
popeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pope + -less.
Senses: examples: a popeless religion
glosses: Without a pope.
cheerleaderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheerleaderlike
form: most cheerleaderlike
Etymology: From cheerleader + -like.
Senses: examples: cheerleaderlike enthusiasm
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cheerleader.
cowboylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cowboylike
form: most cowboylike
Etymology: From cowboy + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cowboy.
cowboyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cowboyish
form: most cowboyish
Etymology: From cowboy + -ish.
Senses: glosses: cowboylike
leafbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leaf + bearing.
Senses: glosses: That bears leaves.
chiplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chiplike
form: most chiplike
Etymology: From chip + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The plaster itself was light gray in color and contained small, broken, or chiplike stones...
ref: 1982, Gordon Randolph Willey, Augustus Ledyard Smith, Jeremy A Sabloff, Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala:
text: The Morgana girls pulled the orphans′ hands and dragged them in, or pushed suddenly from behind, and finally the orphans took hold of one another and waded forward in a body, singing “Good Morning” with their stiff, chiplike lips.
ref: 1988, Eudora Welty, “Moon Lake”, in Morgana: Two Stories from “The Golden Apples”, page 97:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chip (fragment of stone etc.).
examples: text: Scratches, Nicks and Snags (Figs 2.26, 2.35, 2.36). Angular tears, notches, or chiplike injuries in the surface of the rubber caused by sharp objects such as wire, pointed tools, staples. or other similar sharp-edged hazards.
ref: 2000, John Cadick, Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Dennis Neitzel, Electrical Safety Handbook, page 2.35:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chip (damaged area of a surface where a small piece has broken off).
examples: text: Psyllie Snacks: I know these sound strange, but this chiplike snack made from psyllium fiber—the same fiber used in Metamucil—is remarkably good. Remember that they′re fiber, and go easy!
ref: 2003, Dana Carpender, chapter I, in How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds..and How You Can Too, page 226:
text: […]which broke whatever final layer of ice needed melting with these two strangers in front of us, their eyebrows pierced and their fingertips stained orange from some triangular chiplike snack they were sharing.
ref: 2004, Elinor Lipman, chapter I, in The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, page 55:
text: Puri is a soft, puffy bread, and papadam is round, crispy, and chiplike.
ref: 2008, Bill Goodwin, chapter I, in Frommer′s South Pacific, page 93:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chip (thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable).
examples: text: ...the chemical structure required for the generation of chiplike flavor during deep fat frying of methionine is specific.
ref: 1987, William F Talburt, Ora Smith, Science:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chip (wedge of fried potato).
examples: text: Workers have begun to grow cultured neurons on chiplike matrix structures.
ref: 1992, Daniel L Alkon, Memory′s voice: deciphering the brain-mind code:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chip (electronic circuit fabricated on substrate).
recipelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recipelike
form: most recipelike
Etymology: From recipe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a recipe; consisting of formulaic steps.
unlightened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lightened.
Senses: glosses: Not lightened (made lighter in tone or colour).
whiteprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whiteprints
Etymology: From white + print.
Senses: glosses: A reproduction of a document created by means of the diazo chemical process.
Derived terms: whiteprinting
whiteprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From white + printing.
Senses: glosses: Reproduction of documents by means of the diazo chemical process.
Related terms: whiteprint
whiteprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiteprint
Pancyprian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + Cyprian.
Senses: glosses: Inclusive of all Cypriots.
Cyprian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Cyprianus.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Saint Cyprian, a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage, theologian, martyr, and saint
topics: Christianity
glosses: Cyprian, a saint figure celebrated alongside Justina in the Coptic and Eastern Orthodox Churches (and formerly in the Roman Catholic Church)
Cyprian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cyprians
Etymology: From Cyprus + -ian. In the sense of a lewd woman: because Cyprus was the place where Aphrodite was worshipped.
Senses: glosses: Cypriot
glosses: A lewd woman; a harlot.
Cyprian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cyprian
form: most Cyprian
Etymology: From Cyprus + -ian. In the sense of a lewd woman: because Cyprus was the place where Aphrodite was worshipped.
Senses: glosses: Cypriot
glosses: lewd, licentious
Derived terms: Pancyprian
Cyprians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cyprian
superphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superphosphates
Etymology: From super- + phosphate.
Senses: glosses: A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock.
glosses: A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base.
superphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superphosphate
supersalesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersalesmen
Etymology: From super- + salesman.
Senses: glosses: An exceptionally talented or successful salesman.
Derived terms: supersalesmanship
supersalesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersalesman
superfemale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfemales
Etymology: From super- + female.
Senses: synonyms: metafemale
glosses: A female with an additional X chromosome in each cell (triple X syndrome).
superfemales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfemale
superplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superplanes
Etymology: From super- + plane.
Senses: examples: text: The exteriors of these superplanes will be made of glass. The plane will have a glass fuselage, glass wings, glass ailerons and glass stabilizers.
ref: 1954, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 165:
glosses: A very large or technologically sophisticated aeroplane.
examples: text: In this paper the authors reconsider the Dirac brackets for fermionic coordinates in the context of quantum deformations of the superplane.
ref: 1998, Mathematical Reviews, Mathematical Association of America:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: hyperplane
superplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superplane
superdeformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superdeformed
form: most superdeformed
Etymology: super- + deformed
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Very far from spherical, forming an ellipsoid with axes in ratios of approximately 2:1:1 (as opposed to the norm of approximately 1.3:1:1).
raw_tags: of a nucleus
Related terms: superdeformation
superdeformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
glosses: Alternative form of super deformed (“drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads”).
Related terms: chibi
hyperdeformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperdeformed
form: most hyperdeformed
Etymology: From hyper- + deformed.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Very far from spherical and even more than superdeformed, forming an ellipsoid with axes in ratios of approximately 3:1:1 (as opposed to the norm of approximately 1.3:1:1).
raw_tags: of a nucleus
Related terms: hyperdeformation
superfatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + fatting.
Senses: glosses: The use of excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.
Related terms: superfatted
superfatted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superfatted
form: most superfatted
Etymology: From super- + fatted.
Senses: glosses: Having been subjected to a superfatting treatment.
greengrocer's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greengrocers'
Etymology: From greengrocer + -'s, presumably abbreviation of greengrocer's shop or similar; compare butcher's etc.
Senses: examples: Pick up some kale for the coleslaw at the greengrocer(')s.
glosses: A shop where fresh fruit and vegetables are sold.
Synonyms: word: produce store
word: produce shop
word: greengrocery
supermasculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermasculine
form: most supermasculine
Etymology: From super- + masculine.
Senses: glosses: Having, or pertaining to, exaggeratedly masculine traits.
superlunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superlunar
form: most superlunar
Etymology: From super- + lunar.
Senses: examples: text: The head that turns at superlunar things
ref: 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
synonyms: superlunary
translunar
translunary
antonyms: sublunar
sublunary
cislunar
glosses: Above or beyond the Moon (from a vantage point on Earth).
ironmongeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironmongery
superluxurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superluxurious
form: most superluxurious
Etymology: From super- + luxurious.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally luxurious.
superluxury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superluxuries
Etymology: From super- + luxury.
Senses: glosses: An exceptional luxury available only to a very few.
superluxury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + luxury.
Senses: examples: a superluxury hotel
glosses: superluxurious
superluxuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superluxury
supernation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernations
Etymology: From super- + nation.
Senses: glosses: An alliance or union of several nations into a nationlike entity.
Synonyms: superstate
supernations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernation
nationlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nationlike
form: most nationlike
Etymology: From nation + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nation.
Synonyms: statelike
supernatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + natation.
Senses: glosses: flotation
superdoctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdoctors
Etymology: From super- + doctor.
Senses: glosses: An exceptionally talented or successful doctor.
superdoctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superdoctor
supersurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersurgeons
Etymology: From super- + surgeon.
Senses: glosses: An exceptionally talented or successful surgeon.
supersurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersurgeon
supernurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernurses
Etymology: From super- + nurse.
Senses: glosses: An exceptionally talented or successful medical nurse.
supernurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernurse
supertonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertonic
supertwist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertwists
Etymology: From super- + twist.
Senses: glosses: A supercoil of DNA.
glosses: A supertwisted liquid crystal display.
Derived terms: supertwisted
supertwisting
supertwists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supertwist
supertwisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + twisted.
Senses: glosses: supercoiled
raw_tags: of DNA
glosses: Whose molecules are twisted from 180 to 270 degrees, producing higher contrast.
raw_tags: of a liquid crystal display
superficials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superficial
nonsuperficial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃəl
Etymology: From non- + superficial.
Senses: glosses: Not superficial; not merely on the surface.
nonurothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + urothelial.
Senses: glosses: Not urothelial.
nonendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + endothelial.
Senses: glosses: Not endothelial.
nonoutlying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + outlying.
Senses: glosses: Not outlying.
superfoetation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfoetations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superfetation.
superfoetations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfoetation
superioress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superioresses
Etymology: From superior + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A mother superior.
superioresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superioress
supersecrecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + secrecy.
Senses: glosses: Great secrecy; the state or condition of being supersecret.
utricle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.tɹɪk.əl/
Forms: form: utricles
form: utriculus
Etymology: Borrowed from French utricule or Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), diminutive of ūter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”). Doublet of utriculus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
Clipping of prostatic utricle.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
A dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with thin membranous pericarp, similar to an achene and found in the beet and dock plants.
Hyponyms: prostatic utricle
Derived terms: word: utricular
word: utriculo-
Related terms: saccule
utricles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utricle
superinsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + insulated.
Senses: glosses: Having superinsulation.
raw_tags: of a building etc.
superinsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From super- + insulated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superinsulate
spongiose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spongiose
form: most spongiose
form: spongious
Etymology: From Latin spongiosus, spongeosus. Compare French spongieux. See sponge.
Senses: examples: text: spongious bones
glosses: Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities.
soporose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soporose
form: most soporose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soporous.
Down's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Down's syndrome.
gubernaculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡjuː.bəˈnak.jʊl.əm/
ipa: /ˌɡu.bɚˈnæk.jəl.əm/
Forms: form: gubernacula
form: gubernaculum testis
form: gubernaculum dentis
Etymology: From Latin gubernāculum (“a helm, rudder”).
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
(more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
The reproductive tract of an invertebrate, or part of it; especially the section containing the gonophores (in a hydrozoan); a sclerotized structure in the cloaca (in a nematode).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
(rare) A trailing flagellum in certain protists used for steering.
gubernacula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gubernaculum
supernaculum
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.kjə.ləm/
Etymology: Pseudo-Latinism from super- + naculum, nagulum, Latinized form of German Nagel, intended to mean “upon the nail”, after the German phrase auf den Nagel (trinken).
Senses: glosses: According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup and had to drink more if the remaining droplets spilled beyond the edge of his fingernail.
examples: text: A dream put Aristotle out of breath, / A meteor he said, ’twixt life and death. “An quid fit frustra? An datur vacuum? Fill the pot, Edy! Supernaculum.” A blazing star’s a rare spectaculum!
ref: 1816 December, “Fragmenta. Being Thoughts, Observations, Reflections, and Criticisms, with Anecdotes and Characters Ancient and Modern. No. XVI.”, in The European Magazine, and London Review, […], volume 70, London: […] James Asperne, […], page 508, column 1:
text: Nay, it shall be an overflowing bumper an you will; and I will drink it super naculum.
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 81:
glosses: To the last drop, to the bottom.
supernaculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈnæ.kjə.ləm/
Etymology: Pseudo-Latinism from super- + naculum, nagulum, Latinized form of German Nagel, intended to mean “upon the nail”, after the German phrase auf den Nagel (trinken).
Senses: examples: text: I've placed another flaggon on the table. Your worship knows it— number thirty-five:— the supernaculum.
ref: 1796, George Colman the Younger, The Iron Chest, act II, scene 4:
text: Between the mattings, or dangling from the arched awning, an experienced eye may detect little pet barrels of supernaculum; some racy wine sent as a present from the correrero of Malaga, to some old friend or patron in the metropolis.
ref: 1836, Madrid in 1835: Sketches of the Metropolis of Spain and its Inhabitants, and of Society and Manners in the Peninsula:
glosses: Excellent wine that one would wish to drink to the last drop.
supervisee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supervisees
Etymology: From supervise + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is supervised, who works under a supervisor.
supervisees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supervisee
superexpensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superexpensive
form: most superexpensive
Etymology: From super- + expensive.
Senses: examples: text: Meals range from simple to top-notch gourmet, priced accordingly. Most options fall into the budget or superexpensive categories […]
ref: 2006, David Thompson, Joan Conrow, Lesa M Griffith, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's Hawaii:
glosses: Highly expensive.
nonbudget
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + budget.
Senses: examples: nonbudget spending
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a budget.
nonbudgeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + budgeted.
Senses: glosses: unbudgeted
botrytized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of botrytize
botrytized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more botrytized
form: most botrytized
Senses: glosses: Affected with the noble rot (Botrytis cinerea).
raw_tags: of a grape
glosses: Produced from such grapes.
raw_tags: of a wine
nonephemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ephemeral.
Senses: glosses: Not ephemeral.
botrytize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: botrytizes
form: botrytizing
form: botrytized
form: botrytized
Etymology: Botrytis + -ize
Senses: glosses: To infect, or be infected, with noble rot (Botrytis cinerea).
Derived terms: botrytization
botrytized
nonpipelined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pipelined.
Senses: examples: text: The 80386 offers both pipelined and nonpipelined bus cycles.
ref: 1989, Penn Brumm, Don Brumm, 80386, a programming and design handbook:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not pipelined.
scoundrelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scoundrel + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The dishonest activities of a scoundrel.
noneffectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + effectual.
Senses: glosses: Not effectual.
barocline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barocline
form: most barocline
Senses: glosses: baroclinic
baroclinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being baroclinic.
Synonyms: baroclinicity
barocliny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: baroclinity
barosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barospheres
Etymology: From baro- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: The part of an atmosphere below the exosphere
baroswitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baroswitches
Etymology: From baro- + switch.
Senses: glosses: Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
baroswitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baroswitch
barotraumas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barotrauma
barotraumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From baro- + traumatic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to barotrauma.
noncontractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncontractors
Etymology: From non- + contractor.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a contractor.
noncontractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncontractor
barotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of barotropy.
beamwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beamwidths
form: beam width
Etymology: From beam + width.
Senses: glosses: The width (or the angle) of a beam of radiation
beamwidths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beamwidth
bediasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bediasites
Etymology: From Bedias + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A tektite found in the territory of the Bedias Native Americans in Texas.
beamier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of beamy: more beamy
beamiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of beamy: most beamy
bediasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bediasite
saltlick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltlicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salt lick.
deerlick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deerlicks
Etymology: From deer + lick.
Senses: examples: text: He'd hearn tell of deerlicks, and how they were sometimes made. So he started out one Sunday into the woods, with a bag of salt...
ref: 1854, Samuel H Hammond, Hills, lakes, and forest streams: or, A tramp in the Chateaugay woods:
text: Deerlicks, it is true, were known here long before the Revolution, and Captain Brady and other hunters from Fort Pitt frequently took advantage of them...
ref: 1908, John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan, A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people, Volume 1:
glosses: A salt lick used by deer.
saltlicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltlick