cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mechanomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechano- + -omic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mechanomes
glosses: Relating to mechanomics
mechanomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + -omics.
Senses: glosses: The study or use of mechanomes
Related terms: mechanomic
metabolimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabolimeters
Senses: glosses: A device used to measure basal metabolism
metabolimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabolimeter
metasyntheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metasynthesis
metataxonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + taxonomics.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of metataxonomy.
synonyms: word: metataxonomy
Related terms: metataxonomic
punctum saliens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin punctum saliēns (“leaping point”), attributed to Volcher Coiter or Ulysses Aldrovandi, after a Latin translation of Aristotle's History of Animals (book 6, part 3).
Senses: examples: text: The rudiments of the brain, eyes, punctum saliens, spinal cord, six vertebrae, shades of ribs, a dark knob at the cephalic extremity of spine, and an oval expansion at the caudal extremity.
ref: 1846, The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News, page 382:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The primordial heart in an embryo, appearing as a throbbing point.
examples: text: In him we discover the punctum saliens of a principle which is the master spirit of animal and vegetable motion, the ruling power of chemical science, the governing influence of atmospheric composition, the presiding genius of respiration, […]
ref: 1830, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 67:
synonyms: word: bowels
word: brass tacks
word: core
word: crux
word: essence
word: gist
word: drift
word: guts
word: gravamen
word: heart
word: heart and soul
word: heartstring
word: heartstrings
word: inwardness
word: kernel
word: marrow
word: meat
word: moral of the story
word: nitty-gritty
word: nub
word: nuts and bolts
word: pith
word: punctum saliens
word: quintessence
word: soul
word: spirit
word: stuff
word: substance
word: tenor
glosses: Starting point, source; gist.
methanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: anaerobic digestion to produce methane from waste material
microblender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microblenders
Etymology: From micro- + blender.
Senses: glosses: A very small blender
microcensus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcensuses
Etymology: From micro- + census.
Senses: glosses: A census of a very small (hopefully representative) sample of a population
microcensuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcensus
microdynamical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microdynamic.
microshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microshells
Etymology: From micro- + shell.
Senses: examples: text: Third, the thickness of the microshell is limited by the thin film deposition step that generally is in the range of a few micrometers.
ref: 2004, Bharat Bhushan, Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, page 1118:
text: A horizontal lineout was taken along the central plane of the microshell.
ref: 2006, James Anthony King, Titanium K-alpha X-ray Imaging Radiography of Imploding Microshells Using a Spherically Bent Crystal, page 173:
text: A thermoplastic microshell provides tensile strenth to the helmet.
ref: 2007, Nigel Mills, Polymer Foams Handbook: Engineering and Biomechanics Applications and Design Guide, page 336:
glosses: An extremely thin shell or hard coating.
microshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microshell
microvascularized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + vascularized.
Senses: glosses: Modified by microvascularization
minicosm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicosms
Senses: glosses: A smaller system which is designed to be representative of a larger one
minicosms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicosm
missclassified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of misclassified.
cosmonuclides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmonuclide
Marsay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Mercer.
* Also a variant of the placename Mattersey, said to be from the Old English personal name Mǣþhere (compare mǣd (“meadow”), here (“army”)), suffixed with ieg (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Mattersey
coster-mongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coster-monger
costratifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costratification
cothes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cothe
cottonwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottonwick
couch surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couch surfer
coumaranones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coumaranone
araguaney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araguaneys
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish araguaney, itself borrowed from Kari'na arawone.
Senses: glosses: The tree Handroanthus chrysanthus.
Quorndon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Quorn: a village and civil parish of Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England.
apotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apotype
beer lever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer levers
Etymology: From the resemblance to the taps used to pull pints of beer in a public house.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The control column of an aircraft.
beer levers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer lever
bottom fell out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bottom fall out
monoesterify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monoesterifies
form: monoesterifying
form: monoesterified
form: monoesterified
Etymology: From mono- + esterify.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To form a monoester
Related terms: monoesterification
monoesterified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monoesterify
beyonsense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of beyond + nonsense, coined to translate Russian зáумь (záumʹ), from за- (za-, “trans-, beyond”) + ум (um, “mind, intellect”).
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Synonym of Zaum.
synonyms: word: Zaum
monohydroxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monohydroxylations
Etymology: From mono- + hydroxylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The introduction of a single hydroxyl group
bezanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bezant + -ed.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Synonym of bezanty.
synonyms: word: bezanty
monohydroxylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monohydroxylation
monosedative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + sedative.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to monosedation
monosedation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + sedation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: sedation by means of a single sedative
one that goes the other way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the one that goes the other way
form: ones that go the other way
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A doosra.
once more into the breach
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A misquotation of Shakespeare's Henry V, act III, scene I: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
Senses: glosses: Let's get back to work.
Related terms: step into the breach
multianalyser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multianalysers
Etymology: From multi- + analyser.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A device that analyses a sample for the presence of multiple compounds (typically in blood)
multiseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From multi- + septal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing multiple septa
multiseptation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + septation.
Senses: glosses: The formation of multiple septa or similar divisions
myeloproliferating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myeloproliferative.
synonyms: word: myeloproliferative
nanogeometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + geometry.
Senses: glosses: nanoscale geometry (topographical features)
nanopatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanopatches
Etymology: From nano- + patch.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale patch
nanopatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanopatch
nasointestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From naso- + intestinal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or connecting the nose and the intestines
nectandrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nectandrins
Senses: glosses: Any of a small group of lignans present in nutmeg
nectiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nectariferous.
negatoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negatoscopes
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A device used to display negatives, now only used to display x-ray images
neobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Human niche construction models offer further modes of inquiry in the study of eco-cultural dynamics, and relate to important concepts such as landscape domestication, novel ecosystems and neobiotic species.
ref: 2017, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong et al., “Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects”, in PLOS ONE:
glosses: A newly-created living organism.
neuromaturational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + maturational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuromaturation
neuromicrovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + microvascular.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of microneurovascular.
synonyms: word: microneurovascular
neuroticistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting neuroticism
nitrosoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosoproteins
Etymology: From nitroso- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein whose free -SH groups have been nitrosylated, typically by atmospheric NO
Related terms: nitrosoproteome
nitrosoproteome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosoproteomes
Etymology: From nitroso- + proteome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The proteome of nitrosoproteins of an organism
Derived terms: nitrosoproteomic
nitrosoproteomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitroso- + proteomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nitrosoproteomes
nonadoption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonadoptions
Etymology: From non- + adoption.
Senses: glosses: The failure or refusal to adopt
nonassortative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + assortative.
Senses: glosses: Not assortative
noncomplementarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + complementarity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being noncomplementary
nonconfocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + confocal.
Senses: glosses: Not confocal
nonextravasating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + extravasating.
Senses: glosses: Not extravasating
nonhypothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hypothermic.
Senses: glosses: Not hypothermic
nonmasked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + masked.
Senses: glosses: Not masked
Related terms: unmasked
normoinsulinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normo- + insulinemia.
Senses: glosses: The presence of a normal amount of insulin in the blood
normometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normo- + metabolism.
Senses: glosses: A normal (rate of) metabolism
Related terms: normometabolic
normometabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normo- + metabolic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a normometabolism
nucleocytoskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nucleo- + cytoskeletal.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the nucleus and cytoskeleton of a cell
fêting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fête
arsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: arsier
form: arsiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arsey.
millstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millsteads
Etymology: From mill + stead.
Senses: glosses: The site of a mill.
millsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millstead
business key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business keys
Etymology: Named from its relevance to the business domain being modelled.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of natural key.
synonyms: word: natural key
business keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business key
natural key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural keys
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: business key
glosses: A unique key formed from attributes that relate to the external world being modelled, rather than being an internally generated surrogate key.
natural keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natural key
rolling backup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolling backups
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of backup where newer data periodically overwrites older data.
rolling backups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolling backup
nolisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From no + list + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A technique for blocking spam (junk e-mail) by configuring a non-existent server as the primary MX record, so that initial contact always fails. A legitimate sender is likely to try the next server, which should succeed.
archivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archival
revocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From revocation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to revocation.
regrab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regrabs
form: regrabbing
form: regrabbed
form: regrabbed
Etymology: From re- + grab.
Senses: glosses: To grab again.
regrabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regrab
regrabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regrab
regrabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regrab
come calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes calling
form: coming calling
form: came calling
form: come calling
Senses: examples: text: The cook Sicon and slave Getas reprise the earlier scene where they came calling to ask for materials and were sent packing.
ref: 2014, Martin Revermann, The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy, page 219:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, calling.
examples: text: The stage came calling when a friend suggested he try out for a production of South Pacific. He got a part in the sailors' chorus and so began his acting career.
ref: 2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: To make one's presence felt (due to large numbers, strength, qualities etc).
pre-teenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre-teen + -hood.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preteenhood.
preteenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-teenhood
Etymology: From preteen + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a preteen.
supermast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermasts
Etymology: From super- + mast.
Senses: examples: text: Residents are protesting the construction of the new supermast.
glosses: A very tall or very powerful mast for telecommunication purposes.
supermasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermast
Stargardt disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Karl Stargardt (1875–1927), German ophthalmologist who wrote about the condition.
Senses: glosses: An inherited disease characterised by macular degeneration leading to progressive loss of vision.
wikipedia: Karl Stargardt
pretelevisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + televisual.
Senses: glosses: Before the introduction of television.
tetrabromobisphenol A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: TBBPA
glosses: A flame retardant produced by the reaction of bromine with bisphenol A.
TBBPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tetrabromobisphenol A.
brickscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brickscapes
Etymology: From brick + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A landscape dominated by brick buildings.
brickscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brickscape
dickites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickite
inverse-square laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inverse-square law
bastardizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastardizing
Bribri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bribris
form: Bribri
Senses: glosses: A member of an indigenous people of Costa Rica.
Bribri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Bribris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bribri
contemptus mundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin contemptus mundī (literally “contempt for the world”), as used in works such as Bernard of Cluny’s De contemptu mundi. First attested in the mid-19th century in English.
Senses: glosses: Contempt for worldly concerns or secular life.
wikipedia: Bernard of Cluny
De contemptu mundi
cremellos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cremello
fetterlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fetterless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Freedom from fetters.
antimilitancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + militancy.
Senses: glosses: Opposition to militancy.
antimilitants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimilitant
inventionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inventionists
Etymology: From invention + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of inventionism.
inventionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inventionist
inventionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From invention + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that elements of a culture developed within that culture rather than being absorbed through contact with other cultures.
Coordinate terms: diffusionism
Related terms: inventionist
migrationism
sitting volleyball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of volleyball played by disabled people, who sit on the court while playing.
kayak polo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of canoe polo.
synonyms: word: canoe polo
canoe polo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: kayak polo
glosses: A team game in which players in boats attempt to throw or flick a ball into the opposing team's goal, which is suspended above the water.
counterplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterplates
Etymology: From counter- + plate.
Senses: glosses: Any plate (flat piece of material) opposite to a primary one, such as an opposite engraved surface used in printing, or an opposite sheet of matrix rock from the one containing a fossil.
counterplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterplate
transit telescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transit telescopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transit instrument.
synonyms: word: transit instrument
transit telescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transit telescope
wigwam for a goose's bridle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whim-wham for a goose's bridle
Senses: examples: text: "Where you goin'?" he called.
"To git a wigwam for a goose's bridle!" yelled Smiley insolently, recalling one of the sayings of Granny McKinley, the oldest inhabitant.
ref: 1954, Moore Raymond, Smiley, page 41:
text: When he wasn't at work he was usually off to see a man about a horse or to buy a wigwam for a goose's bridle. But he never brought the horse home like I asked him to, though we had a big enough backyard.
ref: 1989, Di Brown, Angry Women: An Anthology of Australian Women's Writing, page 44:
text: A well known 'family saying' is the mysterious 'Wigwam for a goose's bridle', said by adults to curious children who ask once too often 'What are you making?'
ref: 2003, Gwenda Davey, Graham Seal, A Guide to Australian Folklore, page 62:
glosses: A notional object put forward as an explanation when asked about something one does not want to tell.
Related terms: a man
see a man about a dog
see a man about a horse
squawbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squawbushes
Etymology: From squaw + bush.
Senses: glosses: The deciduous shrub Cornus amomum.
glosses: The shrub Rhus trilobata.
squawbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squawbush
doughnut peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doughnut peaches
Senses: examples: text: Doughnut peaches burst on the food scene in the United States in the 1990s. It was love at first bite. We loved the steamrollered look of these flat peaches with their indented centers (they really do resemble doughnuts).
ref: 2002, Steven Raichlen, Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of donut peach.
doughnut peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doughnut peach
Saturn peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saturn peaches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flat peach.
synonyms: word: flat peach
Saturn peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saturn peach
fever-pitched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fever-pitched
form: most fever-pitched
Senses: glosses: At fever pitch; extremely excited.
carnation-grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sedge Carex flacca.
antidope
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidope
form: most antidope
Etymology: From anti- + dope.
Senses: glosses: antidrug
biological passport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biological passports
Senses: glosses: An electronic record of the biological profile of a professional athlete over a period of time, used to gauge the likelihood of illicit drug use.
biological passports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biological passport
grass pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass pinks
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Dianthus plumarius.
synonyms: Deptford pink
glosses: The flowering plant Dianthus armeria.
glosses: Any of various flowering plants in the genus Orchidaceae.
grass pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass pink
grasshopper green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasshopper greens
Senses: examples: text: Even with these limitations, an artist such as Tom Doyle will use exotic pinks and grasshopper greens.
ref: 1974, Julia M. Busch, A Decade of Sculpture: The 1960s, page 31:
glosses: A bright green colour, like that of some grasshoppers.
grasshopper greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasshopper green
short bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short bits
Etymology: With the adoption of decimal US currency in 1794, there was no longer a US coin worth one eighth of a dollar, but two bits retained the meaning of one quarter dollar. Because there was no one-bit coin, a dime (10¢) was sometimes called a short bit and 15¢ a long bit.
Senses: glosses: The monetary amount of ten cents.
Coordinate terms: long bit
long bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long bits
Etymology: See short bit.
Senses: glosses: The monetary amount of fifteen cents.
Coordinate terms: short bit
short bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short bit
long bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long bit
grass sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Equine dysautonomia: a rare but predominantly fatal polyneuropathy in horses and donkeys.
brickery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brickeries
Etymology: From brick + -ery.
Senses: synonyms: brickworks
glosses: A place where bricks are manufactured or stored.
brickeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brickery
excise glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excise glasses
Senses: glosses: A small decorative glass object, often hollow-stemmed, manufactured in the mid-1700s when glass was taxed by weight.
excise glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excise glass
bridey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bridey
form: most bridey
Etymology: From bride + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The bride, Wilma, is getting last-minute touch-ups to her traditional woven dress, and she runs around acting very bridey, darting in and out of a family tent, adjusting her hair and turquoise jewelry.
ref: 1993, Judith Lynn Fein, Indian Time:
synonyms: bridelike
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
hakari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hakaris
Etymology: From Maori hakari or hākari.
Senses: glosses: An elaborate feast in Maori culture.
hakaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hakari
paramilitaristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paramilitaristic
form: most paramilitaristic
Senses: glosses: Of or resembling a paramilitary.
paramilitarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paramilitarizes
form: paramilitarizing
form: paramilitarized
form: paramilitarized
Senses: glosses: To change to a paramilitary system.
paramilitarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of changing to a paramilitary system.
paramilitarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paramilitarize
paramilitarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of paramilitarize
paramilitarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paramilitarize
paramilitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramilitarists
Etymology: From paramilitary + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of paramilitarism.
paramilitarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paramilitary + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of a paramilitary force.
paramilitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramilitarist
deactivation energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deactivation energies
Senses: examples: text: If we disregard the deactivation energy, which can be done, except, perhaps, for the lowest vibrational levels, then, according to Bates' theoretical computations, the atom-exchange rate constant must be large, ~10⁻¹⁰ cm³sec⁻¹.
ref: 1971, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - Volume 11, page 427:
text: Activation energy is a measure of the minimum energy needed by the photosynthesis system to react and deactivation energy is the maximum energy the system can cope with before the reaction decreases (Brady 1990).
ref: 2004, Icelandic Agricultural Sciences - Volumes 16-20, page 46:
text: However, in the first case (deactivation energy << main reaction energy) there appears to be a uniform variation of activity throughout the bed.
ref: 2012, John Butt, Activation, Deactivation, and Poisoning of Catalysts, page 372:
text: The highest deactivation energy was obtained for hydrodenitrogenation of the nonbasic nitrogen (33.8 kcal/mol), while the deactivation energies for the other reactions were in the range of 20–27 kcal/mol.
ref: 2016, Jorge Ancheyta, Deactivation of Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Catalysts, page 267:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amount of energy needed to slow down or stop a reaction.
Johnsmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The feast of John the Baptist, celebrated on 24 June.
Related terms: Christmas
Michaelmas
Elean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Elean
form: most Elean
Senses: examples: text: This distribution has puzzled grammarians, but the Iliadic examples are all from Nestor's account of the Elean war. The aberrant spelling must date from after the alleged metagrammatism.
ref: 1980, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Greek language, page 96:
glosses: Of or relating to Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.
Elean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eleans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Elis or Eleia in Ancient Greece.
Eleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elean
balikbayan box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balikbayan boxes
Etymology: From Tagalog balikbayan + box.
Senses: glosses: A carton shipped or brought to the Philippines from another country by a Filipino who has been living overseas, a balikbayan, typically containing items such as foods, clothing, toys, and household products.
bluelining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blueline
bluelined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blueline
bluelined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bluelined
form: most bluelined
Senses: examples: text: Eighty percent of the bluelined snapper were infected with protozoa in the spleen.
ref: 2008, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States, page 6:
text: The battlefield resembled an open-topped, bluelined horseshoe some two kilometers in depth and a klick wide.
ref: 2009, Keith Nolan, The Magnificent Bastards:
text: The bluelined wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis, which is found on The Great Barrier Reef, maintains tuna-like cruising speed of up to 1 metre per second while using 40% less energy than expected for a fish of its size.
ref: 2013, John Campbell Gardiner, The Dawn Of Life And Other Australian Tales, page 70:
glosses: Alternative form of blue-lined.
blue-lined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blue-lined
form: most blue-lined
form: bluelined
Senses: examples: text: Graphs can be prepared on blue-lined graph paper and then photographed or traced.
ref: 2003, Robert Barrass, Writing at Work:
text: His blue-lined face pulsed with waves of pleasure.
ref: 2014, Eric C. Leuthardt, RedDevil 4:
glosses: Marked by blue lines.
quasi-planet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-planets
Senses: examples: text: I am not so sure that in order to make a comet a quasi-planet, and as such to deck it out in the attributes of other planets, it is sufficient for Sarsi or his teacher to regard it as one and so name it. If heir opinions and their voices have the power of calling into existence the things they name, then I beg them to do me the favor of naming a lot of the old hardware I have about my house, "gold." But, names aside, what attribute induced them to regard the comet as a quasi-planet for a time?
ref: 1957, [1623], Stillman Drake, Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, page 253:
text: Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, has a dense N₂–CH₄ atmosphere rich in organic compounds. ... This quasi planet appears as a natural laboratory to study chemical evolution toward organic systems in a planetary environment
ref: 1992, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, volume 45, page 257:
text: the tidal theory assumes that the Earth was first a gas, then a liquid, and that the quasi-planet finally cooled enough to develop a solid crust.
ref: 2004, The New Book of Popular Science: Earth sciences, energy, environmental sciences, Grolier, page 11:
text: the hotel exterior is ringed by a giant neon solar system. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and that goofy little outer quasi-planet, Pluto, shine luminescent red, blue, green, pink, white, and yellow.
ref: 2007, Carole Douglas, Cat in a Quicksilver Caper, page 46:
text: Pluto is the same guy in Roman myths. That's why the dark, distant quasi planet in our solar system bears his name.
ref: 2011, William Lazarus, Mark Sullivan, Comparative Religion For Dummies, Penguin, published 2013, page 287:
text: what might Pluto sound like? ... we will have to wait a little longer until scientists can do the same with the littlest quasi-planet in our solar system, or the biggest rock in the Kuiper belt, however you choose to define it.
ref: 2015 July 15, Tom Service, “Sounds of the solar system: probing Pluto's predicted score”, in The Guardian:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a body comparable to a planet, but not a planet, such as a dwarf planet or a planetary-mass moon
oleiferin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleiferins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of antifungal lignans present in Virola oleifera
oleiferins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oleiferin
oleogel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleogels
Senses: glosses: A thixotropic gel, composed of silica in linseed oil, used in oil painting
oleogels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oleogel
oligofraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligofractions
Etymology: From oligo- + fraction.
Senses: glosses: Anything composed of several fractions (in any of several contexts)
Related terms: oligofractionate
oligofractionation
oligofractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligofraction
oncoproteomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onco- + proteomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to oncoproteomes or to oncoproteomics.
Related terms: oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogenetic
oncogenetics
oncogenic
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncogenomics
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
oncoregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oncoregulators
Etymology: From onco- + regulator.
Senses: glosses: Any material, typically a protein, that regulates the onset and development of a cancer
oncoregulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncoregulator
onychopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onychopsins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of opsins present in velvet worms of the phylum Onychophora
onychopsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychopsin
ophthalmopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + pathological.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to ophthalmopathology
ophthalmopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ophthalmo- + pathology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pathology of the eyes
Related terms: ophthalmopathological
optoplasmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opto- + plasmonic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: optical and plasmonic
orbitostenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orbitostenoses
Etymology: From orbito- + stenosis.
Senses: glosses: stenosis of an orbit of the eye
phosphofluoridate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphofluoridates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fluorophosphate.
synonyms: word: fluorophosphate
Derived terms: organophosphofluoridate
phosphofluoridates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphofluoridate
organophosphofluoridate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organophosphofluoridates
Etymology: From organo- + phosphofluoridate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic phosphofluoridate
organophosphofluoridates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organophosphofluoridate
orthopair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthopairs
Etymology: From ortho- + pair.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A pair of orthogonal or disjoint subsets (of a given universe)
orthopairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthopair
orthopneumovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthopneumoviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Orthopneumovirus.
orthopneumoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthopneumovirus
osmophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmophores
Etymology: From osmo- + -phore.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An osmophoric grouping of atoms in a molecule
outgrouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outgroupers
Senses: glosses: A member of an outgroup
outgroupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outgrouper
paedodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pedodontic.
pedodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pedodontics
palaeolimnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleolimnology.
paleobiolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + biolinguistic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paleobiolinguistics
paleobiolinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + biolinguistics.
Senses: glosses: The study of the interaction of biology and ancient language
Related terms: paleobiolinguistic
paleovalleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleovalley
pancreaticojejunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pancreatico- + jejunal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pancreas and the jejunum
pancreatogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pancreato- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That is caused by a pancreatic function or condition
Derived terms: pancreatogenic diabetes
pancreatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreatologists
Senses: glosses: A clinician whose speciality is pancreatology
pancreatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreatologist
by name
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Senses: glosses: By the usage (uttering, mentioning, writing etc) of one’s name.
cut the cord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts the cord
form: cutting the cord
form: cut the cord
form: cut the cord
Etymology: Variant of cut the umbilical cord.
Senses: synonyms: cut the umbilical cord
glosses: To end a child's over-dependence on or over-attachment to their parents.
Related terms: cord-cutting
thud and blunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Spoonerism of blood and thunder.
Senses: examples: text: The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.
ref: 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps, page 2:
text: Though history could still be perilous, as the thud and blunder of Jean's own, lowercase, romance had proved.
ref: 2012, Lillian Stewart Carl, The Blue Hackle, page 5:
text: England manager Gareth Southgate will have struggled to decide whether his glass was half-full or half-empty as he reflected on a thud and blunder night against Kosovo at St Mary's
ref: 2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An adventure or active endeavor that is characterized by, often humorous, errors.
Shehu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shehus
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Shehu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Albanian.
uroplania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On poor orientation, the bladder wall may easily be perforated, resulting in uroplania.
ref: 1962, Ejner Pedersen, Spasticity and Neurological Bladder Disturbances: Proceedings:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The discharge of urine through an abnormal passage.
sea chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea chestnuts
Senses: glosses: A sea urchin.
sea chestnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea chestnut
sea hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea hounds
form: seahound
Etymology: From sea + hound. Compare formally similar Dutch zeehond (“seal”), German Seehund (“seal”), which are alterations of earlier Dutch zaalhond (literally “seal-hound”) (<Middle Dutch saelhont, seelhont), earlier German Seelhund (literally “seal-hound”).
Senses: glosses: A dogfish (kind of shark).
sea hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea hound
sea kidney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea kidneys
Etymology: From its habitat and shape.
Senses: glosses: A polyp of the genus Renilla.
sea kidneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea kidney
pincode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pincodes
Senses: glosses: Postal Index Number
pincodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pincode
ontotheologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ontotheological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of ontotheology.
ontotheologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontotheologists
Etymology: From onto- + theologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies ontotheology.
ontotheologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ontotheologist
panendoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panendoscopes
Etymology: From pan- + endoscope.
Senses: glosses: An endoscope used in panendoscopy
Related terms: panendoscopic
prephilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: Before the development of philosophical thought.
panendoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panendoscope
preontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ontological.
Senses: glosses: Before the development of ontological thought.
paratenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being paratenic
parvipelvians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvipelvian
pectobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectobacteria
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Pectobacterium
pectobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pectobacterium
pedabarography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pedobarography.
pedofeature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedofeatures
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + feature.
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A zone in a soil that is distinct from the surrounding soils.
pedofeatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedofeature
cross-vaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: cross vaults generally
pepperbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepperbushes
Etymology: From pepper + bush.
Senses: glosses: Any shrub of the genus Clethra.
Derived terms: sweet pepperbush
pepperbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pepperbush
unlegislate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unlegislates
form: unlegislating
form: unlegislated
form: unlegislated
Etymology: From un- + legislate.
Senses: examples: text: […] legislated it into being, and having done that, I do not know how to unlegislate it. People talk about doing away with some of this legislation. The time is 25 years past when we could have done away with much of the labor legislation.
ref: 1963, U.S. Congress, Hearings, volume 2, page 81:
text: Those who enjoyed that posture are now somewhat concerned that we might go the other route, maybe unlegislate by regulation which I think is not too bad.
ref: 1981, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Butler and Sheldon Nominations: Hearing Before the Committee:
text: "Let's unlegislate this. Let's let a woman do what she wants to with her own body."
ref: 1990, New Age Journal, volume 7, page 16:
text: Our governments are top-heavy; bureaucracies, laws, and tax codes are easier to legislate than to "unlegislate"; money is easier to spend than to collect; corruption, cronyism, even nepotism, is more a rule than an exception.
ref: 1997, William Knoke, Bold New World:
glosses: To undo or annul legislation.
unlegislates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unlegislate
unlegislating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlegislate
percussible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: detectable by means of percussion (tapping of the body)
delegislate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: delegislates
form: delegislating
form: delegislated
form: delegislated
Etymology: From de- + legislate.
Senses: synonyms: unlegislate
glosses: To undo or annul legislation.
Related terms: delegislation
delegislation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + legislation.
Senses: glosses: The undoing or annulment of legislation.
Related terms: delegislate
delegislated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delegislate
delegislates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of delegislate
delegislating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delegislate
relegislate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relegislates
form: relegislating
form: relegislated
form: relegislated
Etymology: From re- + legislate.
Senses: glosses: To legislate again.