cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
two men and a dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: By present-day standards, of course, these count as just two men and a dog, but were a remarkable concentration for the day, certainly far beyond anything to be found in the private sector. In actual numbers the staff had not much changed since the amalgamation of 1850, but there had been a significant accretion in skills. And the improvement was to continue, both in numbers and quality.
ref: 2011, C. I. Hamilton, The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, →ISBN:
text: But Jay wouldn't let him help out, even when the business was just two men and a dog to begin with.
ref: 2014, Sophie Weston, The Bedroom Assignment, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of one man and his dog (“almost nobody; very few people”).
synonyms: word: one man and his dog
extra: almost nobody; very few people
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, men, dog.
Namboothiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Namboothiri
sniffliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sniffly: most sniffly
best of luck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: all the best
good luck
more power to your elbow
glosses: Used to express hopes that someone does well in an endeavor.
inkhornize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inkhornizes
form: inkhornizing
form: inkhornized
form: inkhornized
Etymology: From inkhorn + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: If you coyne words, as Cankerburie, Canterburines, &c. whie, I know a foole that shall so inkhornize you with straunge phrases, that you shall blush at your owne bodges.
ref: 1589, John Lyly, Pappe with an hatchet, London:
glosses: To address (someone) using obscure words.
propertization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From property + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Building on Section II's perspective on how property rights function and why we have them in the tangible world, Section III both defends propertization of intangible works in digital form and offers rebuttals to some of the most frequently propounded objections to it.
ref: 2004, Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jeffrey Paul, Freedom of Speech (volume 21, part 2, page 107)
glosses: The process of coming to treat something as if it were property under the law
inkhornized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inkhornize
inkhornizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inkhornize
inkhornizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inkhornize
well-wish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well-wishes
form: wellwish
Etymology: A back-formation from well-wisher.
Senses: examples: text: He greeted me always, the epitome of cheer, with some gnomic well-wish that half the time I could not make out.
ref: 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 245:
text: “Patrick Flannery?” Lilah grinned. “He is cute. Maybe you should take him some soup and well-wishes.”
ref: 2012, Tanya Michaels, Mistletoe Hero, →ISBN:
text: Select someone to whom you can at least pretend to send well-wishes.
ref: 2015, Robert A. Neimeyer, Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention, →ISBN:
text: Over the years there have been many well-wishes as a New Year dawns, certainties that this would be the year for our miracles.
ref: 2016, Natalia Hatton, Growth in the Wilderness, →ISBN:
glosses: An expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
well-wish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: well-wishes
form: well-wishing
form: well-wished
form: well-wished
form: wellwish
Etymology: A back-formation from well-wisher.
Senses: examples: text: She kept an eye on Nash as he shoved his hands deep into his pockets, as Barry well-wished other congregants outside the doors of the church.
ref: 2011, Nicole Conn, Elena Undone, →ISBN:
text: Then you are welcomed and well-wished by all present and ceremony is concluded.
ref: 2013, Dennis Wheatley, The Satanist, →ISBN:
text: We shook hands and well-wished.
ref: 2015, Calvin E. Sturdivant, A Railroad Ran Through It, →ISBN:
glosses: To express well-wishes; to wish someone well.
well-wishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well-wish
well-wishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of well-wish
well-wished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of well-wish
well-wished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-wished
form: most well-wished
Senses: examples: text: The general, subject to a well-wished king Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondness Crowd to his presence, where their untaught love Must needs appear offence.
ref: 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:
glosses: Held in positive regard; well liked.
wellwish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellwishes
Senses: examples: text: We have no part in the wellwish of the State power; our strength has its foundation in the people.
ref: 1891, Pemberston Dudley, Transactions of the Fourth Quinquennial Session of the International Homoeopathic Congress and of the Forty-fourth Session of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, page 981:
text: I should be sorry if your 20th anniversary issue (pronounced issue, not ishue) appeared without a wellwish word from one of your ancient collaborators.
ref: 1944, Bernard Augustine De Voto, Saturday Review - Volume 27, page liv:
text: Imon and Tev, it knows, have finally sequestered to breed; to their joy Seit gives fleeting wellwish.
ref: 1991, F. M. Busby, Slow freight, →ISBN, page 122:
text: Talbot never claimed to have invented that, but he considered that after inventing photography as such the whole generic negative-positive process was covered by his patent. In The Photographic Journal of June 27, 1854, Laroche wrote: "It is my intention to resist such application to the utmost of my power, and in so doing I trust that I may meet with the wellwishes and support of all who are interested in the art of photography."
ref: 1993, The Photographic Experience, 1839 - 1914: Images and Attitudes, →ISBN:
text: Imagine, inside, on the dais, the king, the Swedish king greets a provincial apothecary with his wellwishes; an apothecary whom I, from his first day as apothecary apprentice, know whom I helped triturate (grind) fish—and chicken bones.
ref: 2008, Aufoy B K Culeen, Man Without a Face: John F. Kennedy, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Alternative form of well-wish.
wellwish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wellwishes
form: wellwishing
form: wellwished
form: wellwished
Senses: examples: text: The characters in The Mayor of Casterbridge, where public opinion is so crucial, speak tolerantly, and wellwish more than they backbite.
ref: 1975, Barbara Nathan Hardy, Tellers and listeners: the narrative imagination, page 190:
text: Bells wake the morning with his age, Flares spell the evening with his name, Flags fly his praise on every roof, Crowds wellwish greetings in the streets.
ref: 1980, W. R. McAlpine, A Vesak Oratorio: The Birth, Enlightenment and Passing Away of the Buddha:
text: Last Christmas we called David's house and wellwished while Zach, bald from chemo and throwing up all day, cried in frustration in the background.
ref: 2001, Susanne Antonetta, Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir, page 239:
glosses: Alternative form of well-wish.
wellwishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellwish
wellwishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wellwish
wellwishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellwishing
wellwished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wellwish
wellwished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wellwished
form: most wellwished
Senses: examples: text: Somewhere bright. Somewhere away from the drizzle and depression, the never-ending run of wellwished afternoon teas.
ref: 1979, The Wall Reader: And Other Stories, page 51:
text: The opening words of the letter: “Very worthy and wellwished Friend .
ref: 1986, Recusant History - Volume 18, page 135:
glosses: Alternative form of well-wished.
capy.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation for capacity.
s-f
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of SF (science fiction)
boofish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boofish
form: most boofish
Etymology: From boofhead + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: In New Zealand, those drinking beer are no longer just the stereotypical, boofish young male, but include the discerning specialist and the female household shopper.
ref: 2000 May 29, J2jurado, “beer bits”, in rec.food.drink.beer (Usenet):
text: And, possibly, public displays of boofish behaviour with your mates — but maybe that's only Australian billionaires.
ref: 2014 May 10, Rod Chester, “How many hours does Mark Zuckerberg really work at Facebook?”, in News Corp Australia:
text: To call upon Aung San Suu Kyi’s adult sons to renounce their British citizenship, as U Ye Htut did, so that their Mother can become President is as unjust as the 2008 Constitution, which fails the test of good design and good process. Because of the circumstances of the country, her sons had their Burmese citizenship removed. These are innocent sons provoked to consider an invidious scenario by the boofish behaviour of a few.
ref: 2016 February 24, Janelle Saffin, “USDP Government & Presidential spokesperson’s silly and shocking statement on Section 59(f)”, in Mizzima:
glosses: Synonym of daft.
synonyms: word: daft
post-tension
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: post-tensions
form: post-tensioning
form: post-tensioned
form: post-tensioned
Senses: examples: text: This minimum amount and location of post-tensioning force should be noted on the structural drawings.
ref: 1977, Post-Tensioning Institute, Design of Post-tensioned Slabs, page 37:
text: Slab post-tensioned and/or reinforced with active pre-stress: These slabs are designed following the Post-Tension Institute's procedures using active prestress, which permits thinner slabs. They are reinforced with post-tensioning tendons and mild steel reinforcement
ref: 2007, American Institute of Architects, edited by Andy Pressman, Architectural Graphic Standards, page 37:
topics: business
construction
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To apply tension (to reinforcing tendons) after casting concrete.
Related terms: prestress
prestressed concrete
post-tensioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of post-tension
post-tensioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Application of tension to a structure after it has gained a specified strength or age, especially to steel tendons in concrete to reinforce the structure.
post-tensions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of post-tension
post-tensioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of post-tension
yogified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yogified
form: most yogified
Etymology: From yogi + -fy + -ed or yoga + -ify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: George Merrill also touched my backside—gently and just above the buttocks. […] The sensation […] was as much psychological as physical. It seemed to go straight through the small of my back into my ideas, without involving my thoughts. If it really did this, it would have acted in strict accordance with Carpenter’s yogified mysticism, and would prove that at that precise moment I had conceived.
ref: 1971, E. M. Forster, “Terminal note”, in Maurice, Penguin, published 1972, page 217:
glosses: Characteristic of yogis; influenced by yoga.
unaccelerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unaccelerates
form: unaccelerating
form: unaccelerated
form: unaccelerated
Etymology: From un- + accelerate.
Senses: examples: text: A class of claims or interests is impaired unless the plan does one of three things with respect to the claims or interests contained in the class?' “leaves unaltered the legal, equitable, and contractual rights” of the holders of claims or interests in the class; unaccelerates any acceleration by curing defaults, reinstating the original maturity of the claims contained in the class, compensating for any damages suffered as a result of the default, and not otherwise altering the claimants' legal, equitable or contractual rights.
ref: 1986, Robert Ames, William Kelly, Richard W. Havel, The impact of bankruptcy on real property transactions:
text: Can the bankruptcy judge undo this and "unaccelerate" the mortgage debt?
ref: 1993, Raymond J. Werner, Real Estate Law, page 355:
text: Once a loan is accelerated, it's almost impossible to get the lender to "unaccelerate" and reinstate your old loan.
ref: 1996, Robin Leonard, Money Troubles: Legal Strategies to Cope with Your Debts:
glosses: To undo or reverse the acceleration of
GTN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of glyceryl trinitrate (“nitroglycerine”).
unaccelerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unaccelerate
glycerol trinitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nitroglycerine.
synonyms: word: nitroglycerine
Synonyms: word: GTN
Derived terms: word: GTN
unaccelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accelerating.
Senses: glosses: Not accelerating
unaccelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unaccelerate + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unaccelerate
glyceryl trinitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: GTN
word: nitroglycerine
glosses: Synonym of nitroglycerine.
glycerine trinitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nitroglycerine.
synonyms: word: nitroglycerine
Synonyms: word: GTN
Derived terms: word: GTN
PETN reductase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A denitration enzyme which can break down penthrite (PETN) and nitroglycerine (GTN) by removing nitrite.
Hypernyms: oxidoreductase
thermocol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At the right temperature, the wire sliced through thermocol like a knife through soft butter.
ref: 2003, Uttara Chauhan, A Model House:
glosses: Synonym of polystyrene.
synonyms: word: polystyrene
densitometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: densitometrists
Senses: examples: text: The computer printouts were also signed by the densitometrist, indicating to the referring physician that the printouts had been reviewed by a physician.
ref: 2009, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice:
glosses: One who practices densitometry.
densitometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of densitometrist
do a Bradbury
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does a Bradbury
form: doing a Bradbury
form: did a Bradbury
form: done a Bradbury
Etymology: Inspired by Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury, who won a gold medal in the 1,000m short-track speed skating event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile-up.
Senses: glosses: To triumph unexpectedly in a sporting event, especially due to luck or the misfortune of others.
superselfish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + selfish.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:superselfish.
glosses: Very selfish.
all-fours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all fours.
cholanthrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholanthrenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 1,2-dihydrobenzo[j]aceanthrylene
cholecystagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystagogues
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any material that stimulates activity of the gallbladder
Related terms: cholecystagogic
cholecystagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cholecystagogic
form: most cholecystagogic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That stimulates activity of the gallbladder
Related terms: cholecystagogue
cholecystoduodenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cholecysto- + duodenal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the gallbladder and the duodenum
Derived terms: cholecystoduodenal fistula
Related terms: cholecystoduodenostomy
cholecystoduodenostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystoduodenostomies
Etymology: From cholecysto- + duodenostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: anastomosis of the gallbladder and the duodenum
cholecystogastrostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystogastrostomies
Etymology: From cholecysto- + gastrostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: anastomosis of the gallbladder and the stomach
anxietist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anxietists
Etymology: From anxiety + -ist.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:anxietist.
glosses: One who has anxiety or is often anxious, especially socially.
anxietists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anxietist
cholecystogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystograms
Etymology: From cholecysto- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A radiograph of the gallbladder
cholecystojejunostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholecysto- + jejunostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: anastomosis of the gallbladder and the jejunum
cholecystokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystokinases
Etymology: From cholecysto- + kinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cholecystokinin
Related terms: cholecystokinetic
cholecystokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cholecystokinetic
form: most cholecystokinetic
Etymology: From cholecysto- + kinetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: That stimulates emptying of the gallbladder.
cholecystokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystokinetics
Etymology: From cholecysto- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Any agent that increases the contractile power of the gallbladder.
Related terms: cholecystokinin
cholecystolithotripsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholecysto- + lithotripsy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: fragmentation of a gallstone, typically by means of ultrasound
cholecystomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision into the gallbladder
cholecystopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystopathies
Etymology: From cholecysto- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: disease of the gallbladder
DSGE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium.
cholecystosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystoses
Etymology: From cholecysto- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the gallbladder
cholecystosonography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholecysto- + -sonography.
Senses: glosses: examination of the gallbladder using ultrasound
choledoch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The common bile duct
Derived terms: choledocholithotomy
choledoch-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of choledocho- (before a vowel)
zomma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɒm.ə/
ipa: /ˈzɑ.mə/
rhymes: -ɒmə
Etymology: Made up to sound like a Greek letter.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vanna with respect to changes in the spot price, or equivalently the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
Synonyms: DgammaDvol
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
choledochectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: choledochectomies
Etymology: From choledoch- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of part of the common bile duct
vomma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɒm.ə/
ipa: /ˈvɑ.mə/
rhymes: -ɒmə
Etymology: Blend of volatility + gamma
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
Synonyms: DvegaDvol
vega convexity
volga
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
choledocholithotripsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledocholithotripsies
Etymology: From choledocho- + lithotripsy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: fragmentation of a gallstone in the common bile duct
choledochoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochoplasties
Etymology: From choledocho- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: repair of the common bile duct
choledochorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochorrhaphies
Etymology: From choledocho- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suture of the common bile duct
asinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Form as if from a Latin word asinarius (asinus + -ary).
Senses: examples: text: Even in societies, where reason in lovely fimplicity beckons for address, and learning offers her brightest treasures for the easy return of acceptance, this prejudice will be frequently found to derive its origin and power from presumptuous ignorance. In spite of the ridicule, or severe reproof, which it always incurs, in spite of its own asinary vanity, or fiend-like deformity, which are ever open to the eye of reflection, it still triumphantly prevails.
ref: 1804, David Phineas Adams, Samuel Cooper Thacher, The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, page 195:
text: Although my subject, that I might be strictly asinary, has led me to a grave and serious treatment, it is not unfertile in more trivial suggestions. In England, where cruelty to animals of all kinds has attained its maximum, this Paria of the quadrupeds endures so large a share of outrage that I have sometimes imagined there must be a special Tophet reserved for its drivers; and as I once fell into conversation with an individual of that class, I endeavoured to explain to him the doctrine ...
ref: 1822, The New Monthly Magazine, page 159:
text: The donkeys and mules are of diminutive sizes, but retain their asinary qualities in as great a degree as their patient brethren in the other parts of the world.
ref: 1844, Antigua and the Antiguans: a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants from the Time of the Caribs to the Present Day, Interspersed with Anecdotes and Legends: Also, an Impartial View of Slavery and the Free Labour Systems; the Statistics of the Island, and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families ..., page 225:
glosses: Synonym of asinine (“ass-like, donkey-like, in sutbbornness, foolishness, or other ways”).
synonyms: word: asinine
extra: ass-like, donkey-like, in sutbbornness, foolishness, or other ways
choledochostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochostomies
Etymology: From choledocho- + -stomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Creation of a fistula into the common bile duct
Related terms: choledochocholedochostomy
choledochotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochotomies
Etymology: From choledocho- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision into the common bile duct
Derived terms: duodenocholedochotomy
Tri-Delt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tri-Delts
form: Tri Delt
form: Tridelt
form: TriDelt
Senses: glosses: A member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Tri Delt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tri Delts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tri-Delt.
delta notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A notation for denoting the prevalence of an isotope, equal to the normalized ratio of one isotope to another in a sample relative to that same ratio in a standard.
cap carbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap carbonates
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A carbonate unit immediately overlaying a glacial diamictite, found only in sediments deposited immediately after a Snowball Earth episode.
choleglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chole- + globin.
Senses: glosses: A bile pigment that is a breakdown product of hemoglobin
choleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biliary.
synonyms: word: biliary
Derived terms: choleic acid
cholelithotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholelithotomies
Etymology: From chole- + lithotomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of a gallstone
cholelithotripsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholelithotripsies
Etymology: From chole- + lithotripsy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The crushing of a gallstone
cholelithotrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholelithotrities
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of cholelithotripsy.
choleragen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An endotoxin produced by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae
choleresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chole- (“bile”) + Ancient Greek ῥῆσις (rhêsis, “flow”) (compare cholestasis) or αἵρεσις (haíresis, “a taking”) or -uresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The secretion of bile (by the liver rather than the gallbladder)
Derived terms: hypercholeresis
Related terms: choleretic
cholestanetriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholestanetriols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sterol 5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triol
Derived terms: Cholestanetriol 26-monooxygenase
cholesteatomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cholesteatoma
top to tail
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of head to toe (“in reversed positions”).
synonyms: word: head to toe
extra: in reversed positions
cholesteraemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholesteremia
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of (excessive) cholesterol in the blood
Related terms: cholesteraemic
cholesteraemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to cholesteraemia
cholesteride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholesterides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cholesteryl ester of a fatty acid
Related terms: glyceride
cholesterinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cholesteraemia.
cholesterinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cholesterolosis.
synonyms: word: cholesterolosis
cholesterologenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of cholesterogenesis.
cholesterosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of abnormal amounts of cholesterol in tissues (especially in the gallbladder)
cholinester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholinesters
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester of choline
Related terms: acetylcholine
cholinoceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That is acted upon by cholinergic transmitters
raw_tags: of a site on an effector organ
cholinoreactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cholinoreactive
form: most cholinoreactive
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That responds to acetylcholine or related compounds
cholyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical 3α,7α,12α-trihydroxy-24-oxo-5β-cholan-24-yl derived from cholic acid
Derived terms: cholyl-coenzyme A
cholylglycine
cholyltaurine
chondrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: chondrectomies
Etymology: From chondro- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of cartilage
chondriosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondriosomes
Etymology: From chondrio- (Clipping of mitochondrion) + -some.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mitochondrion.
synonyms: word: mitochondrion
Related terms: chondriome
chondrocalcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrocalcins
Etymology: From chondro- + calcin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium-binding protein involved in the mineralization of bone
chondrocostal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chondro- + costal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of costochondral.
synonyms: word: costochondral
chondrodermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + dermatitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of cartilage and skin
Derived terms: chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis
chondrodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + -odynia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pain in cartilage
chondrodystrophia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrodystrophias
Etymology: From chondro- + dystrophia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder of cartilage formation
Synonyms: chondrodystrophy
chondrofibroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrofibromas
Etymology: From chondro- + fibroma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cartilaginous fibroma
Related terms: chondromyxoma
chondrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: disintegration of cartilage
chondromatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondroma + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of multiple chondromas
chondromyxoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondromyxomas
Etymology: From chondro- + myxoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: chondromyxoid fibroma
chondropharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
-ɪndʒəl
Etymology: From chondro- + pharyngeal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cartilaginous part (especially of the hyoid bone) of the pharynx
chondroplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chondro- + -plasia.
Senses: glosses: The formation of cartilage by chondrocytes
Derived terms: dyschondroplasia
chondroprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroproteins
Etymology: From chondro- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoprotein found in cartilage
chondrosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide, composed of glucuronic acid and galactosamine, present in the chondroitins
chondrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chondrogenesis.
synonyms: word: chondrogenesis
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cartilaginous tumor
Derived terms: osteochondrosis
secure by design
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: designed from the ground up to be secure
raw_tags: of software
Hypernyms: secure
chondroskeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroskeletons
Etymology: From chondro- + skeleton.
Senses: glosses: A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
Related terms: chondroskeletal
chondroskeletogenesis
chondrotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chondro- + trophic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the development and growth of cartilage
chondroxiphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chondro- + xiphoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cartilage of the xiphoid process
fault tolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fault tolerances
Senses: qualifier: system theory
glosses: Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.
Hypernyms: tolerance
Hyponyms: Byzantine fault tolerance
Related terms: fault-tolerant
fault tolerances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fault tolerance
Byzantine fault tolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Byzantine fault tolerances
Etymology: From an essay by American computer scientist Robert Shostak, who simplified the computing problem in a hypothetical siege by the Byzantine Empire. In the siege, a group of Byzantine generals, without central command and physically separated, need to vote to determine whether all troops should besiege the fortress or withdraw. Faults are metaphorized with traitors who could vote selectively and messengers delivering the votes, who could fail to deliver votes or forge them.
Senses: examples: text: Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT) came about since it represents a valid solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem. BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.
ref: 2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: BFT
glosses: The dependability of a fault-tolerant (distributed) computer system, where components may fail without perfect information about the state of the components.
wikipedia: Robert Shostak
Related terms: Byzantine attack
BFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.
ref: 2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121:
topics: mathematics
sciences
systems-theory
glosses: Initialism of Byzantine fault tolerance.
glosses: Initialism of biofeedback training.
Byzantine fault tolerances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Byzantine fault tolerance
fault-tolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fault-tolerant
form: most fault-tolerant
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
systems-theory
glosses: Tolerating a fault or faults such that no cessation to operation occurs.
Related terms: fault tolerance
fail-safe
Pangaea II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pangea II
Etymology: Pangaea + II (“two”)
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pangaea Ultima.
synonyms: word: Pangaea Ultima
Coordinate terms: sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Amasia
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Neopangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: New Pangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Novopangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Pangaea Proxima
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Pangaea Ultima
Pangaea Proxima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pangea Proxima
Etymology: Pangaea + Latin proxima (“nearest, next”). From being the next nearest mass supercontinent, the next result of the supercontinent cycle, the last being known as Pangaea
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pangaea Ultima.
synonyms: word: Pangaea Ultima
Coordinate terms: sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Amasia
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Neopangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: New Pangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Novopangaea
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Pangaea II
sense: other projected next future supercontinents
word: Pangaea Ultima
trinitarian formula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The phrase "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit", or words to that form and effect, referring to the three persons of the Christian Trinity.
Beast from the East
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Beast from the East
Senses: examples: text: Blizzards, strong winds, drifting snow and bitter cold have caused death and disruption as the weather system nicknamed the “Beast from the East” combined with storm Emma to create some of the most testing weather experienced in the UK for years.
ref: 2018 March 2, Steven Morris, Matthew Weaver, Nadia Khomami, “Beast from the East meets storm Emma, causing UK's worst weather in years”, in The Guardian:
text: Britain is facing a new Beast from the East in what could be one of the coldest winters in 30 years, climate experts say.
ref: 2019 September 8, Chiara Giordano, “UK weather forecast: Britain faces new Beast from the East in what could be one of coldest winters in 30 years”, in The Independent:
text: But today's weather is nothing compared to this time two years ago, when the Beast from the East hit.
ref: 2020 February 27, Rebecca Tuffin, “Snow falls exactly two years after the Beast from the East hit Kent”, in Kent Online:
glosses: A wave of unusually cold temperatures in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2018
rush defence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He [Finn Russell] fashioned the first try after 15 minutes, moments after Owen Farrell had equalised Greig Laidlaw’s opening penalty, with a chip in behind the rush defence.
ref: 2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2018:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: blitz defence
Calcutta Cup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calcutta Cups
Senses: examples: text: The match was only a few minutes old when the second-row Jonny Gray squared up to [Dylan] Hartley and invited Courtney Lawes to join in. The message was clear: a side that had not won the Calcutta Cup for 10 years were going to fight for everything.
ref: 2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2018:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A trophy won by the winner of the match between England and Scotland in the Six Nations competition.
fiscalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiscalists
Etymology: From fiscal + -ist.
Senses: antonyms: monetarist
glosses: An adherent of fiscalism, one who believes that fiscal policy should function as the macroeconomic stabiliser.
glosses: A tax expert.
fiscalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fiscal + -ist.
Senses: antonyms: monetarist
glosses: Pertaining to fiscalism or fiscalists.
Related terms: fiscalism
chorioamnionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chorio- + amnionic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the chorion and the amnion
Derived terms: chorioamnionic placenta
choriocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chorio- + capillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the capillaries of the choroidea of the eye
choriocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriocapillaries
Etymology: From chorio- + capillary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any capillary of the choroidea of the eye
chorioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorioids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of choroid.
chorioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriomas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A trophoblastic proliferation
choriomammotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hormone "human placental lactogen"
chorista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An aggregate of normal but ectopic tissue.
choroidoretinitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From choroido- + retinitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the choroid and the retina
Related terms: chorioretinopathy
choroidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of choroidopathy.
synonyms: word: choroidopathy
chromaffinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromaffinomas
Etymology: From chromaffin + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any tumor that contains chromaffin cells
Synonyms: pheochromocytoma
chromatometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatometers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of colorimeter.
synonyms: word: colorimeter
chromatophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatophils
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A chromatophilic cell or structure
chromatophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of a cell that readily stains with an appropriate dye
chromatophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: resistance to staining
chromatophorotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From chromatophore + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the attraction of a chromatophore to a tissue
chromatoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatoplasms
form: chromoplasm
Etymology: From chromato- + -plasm.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The part of cytoplasm that contains pigment.
chromenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound 6-hydroxychromene that is the basis of the tocopherolquinones
tocopherolquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tocopherolquinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of quinones that are oxidised forms of tocopherols
chromidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromidium
chromidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromidia
Etymology: From chromo- + -idium.
Senses: glosses: A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
Derived terms: chromidial
chromidial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chromidia
candy cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy caps
Senses: glosses: Any of various edible fungi in the genus Lactarius (the milk-caps), prized for their sweet taste.
milkcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milkcaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of milk-cap.
milk cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk caps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of milk-cap.
milk caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk cap
milk caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pogs, a game that was popular with children in the 1990s, originally played with the flat circular cardboard caps from packaged milk.
Related terms: bottle cap
milk bottle
cis-centric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cis-centric
form: most cis-centric
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cis-centric.
glosses: Alternative form of ciscentric.
ciscentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cis-centrism
Etymology: From cis- + -centrism.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ciscentrism.
glosses: The practice or quality of being ciscentric.
cis privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cis-privilege
form: cisprivilege
Etymology: From cis + privilege.
Senses: glosses: The social advantage enjoyed by those who are cisgender or cissexual.
Related terms: check your privilege
snowfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowfinches
Etymology: From snow + finch.
Senses: glosses: Any of the passerine bird genus Montifringilla.
Hypernyms: sense: bird in Montifringilla
word: Old World sparrow
sense: bird in Montifringilla
word: true sparrow
snowfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowfinch
bindhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bindhis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bindi.
bindhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bindhi
violin plot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violin plots
Etymology: From the visual resemblance to the musical instrument.
Senses: glosses: A form of box plot, but instead of boxes having layered shapes that indicate the probability density of the data at different values.
violin plots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violin plot
Bushi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Kibushi
Shibushi
glosses: A dialect of Malagasy spoken in Mayotte.
make a fist of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a fist of
form: making a fist of
form: made a fist of
form: made a fist of
form: make a good fist of
Senses: examples: text: He had a go at the restaurant business and made a fairly decent fist of it.
text: As Dodd – perhaps the only contemporary entertainer who might have made a fist of it – has discovered, in order to survive in a pitiless, hostile environment, you really can't beat a good drum.
ref: 2011, Stephen Griffin, Ken Dodd: The Biography:
glosses: To do (something) reasonably successfully.