cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sand drag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand drags
Senses: examples: text: Sand drags are usually laid in as an extension of trap sidings or of lines from catch-points. The rails are boxed in for some distance on either side, and the box is filled with sand, or, preferably, coarse gravel, the intention being, as the name implies, that the sand will act as a drag, and help bring the runaway train or vehicles to rest before they derail and cause serious damage.
ref: 1941 August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Sand Drags”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
text: The brakes were applied immediately, but the engine ran into a sand drag at approximately 20 m.p.h., plunged down the embankment, and turned over on its side at the bottom.
ref: 1952 October, “Notes and News: Derailment near Shawford”, in Railway Magazine, page 710:
text: Should any driver attempt to pass the Belmont starter signals at danger, he would find his train in the sand drag.
ref: 1978, Alan A. Jackson, London's Local Railways, David & Charles, page 154:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A pile of sand or earth at the end of a siding or bay platform, intended to stop trains that overrun or pass through trap points set for a siding.
Related terms: buffer stop
acarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acarian
sand drags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand drag
Takashima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takashimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高島 (Takashima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Matsushima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Matsushimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松島 (Matsushima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
actopaxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A focal adhesion protein that binds paxillin
focal adhesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focal adhesions
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An assembly of protein that mediate signalling
adrenalinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adrenaline + -ergic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Activated by adrenaline
buffer stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffer stops
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further.
Related terms: sand drag
stopblock
buffer stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffer stop
side track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side tracks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sidetrack.
side tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side track
agaristine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of the noctuid moth subfamily Agaristinae.
agaristine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agaristines
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the subfamily Agaristinae.
agglomeratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From agglomerative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an agglomerative manner
allochotonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of allochthonous.
amaebocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of amoebocyte.
anatropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Anatropous.
hump yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hump yards
Senses: examples: text: New works in hand at and near Basle include a mechanised hump yard at Muttenz for outwards international freight to relieve Basle Wolf yard, which has been handling such traffic, [...].
ref: 1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland”, in Modern Railways, page 62:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a classification yard or marshalling yard which has a hump over which trains are shunted, the vehicles then running on their own by gravity into various sidings.
angiotension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of angiotensin.
anguloarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angulo- + articular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: angular and articular
anguloarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anguloarticulars
Etymology: From angulo- + articular.
Senses: glosses: Such a bone or other tissue
hump yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hump yard
classification yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classification yards
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a railroad yard where incoming freight trains are sorted into various sidings.
Synonyms: marshalling yard
classification yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classification yard
towerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towermen
Etymology: From tower + man.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a person employed in a railroad switch tower to control and direct the movement of cars and trains.
towermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towerman
death barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death barriers
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A (usually invisible) plane that causes the player character to die if touched or passed through.
antibactericidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bactericidal.
glosses: Misspelling of antibacterial.
antimicotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of antimycotic.
flat wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat wagons
Senses: examples: text: Two flat wagons carrying tanks were also seen here.
ref: 1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:
text: One train ferry wagon, with the inscription "On hire to L.N.E.R.," was carrying British prisoners; and another odd sight was an L.N.E.R. container on a German flat wagon, offering "Door to Door Transport."
ref: 1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Train Watching in a P.O.W. Camp”, in Railway Magazine, page 117:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: word: flatcar
english: American
translation: American
word: flatbed
word: truck
glosses: An open railway wagon without sides and roof, or with very low sides.
flat wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat wagon
container flat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: container flats
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: container wagon
container flat wagon
glosses: a flat wagon designed to carry international shipping containers.
container flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of container flat
container wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: container wagons
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a flat wagon designed to carry international shipping containers.
Synonyms: container flat
container wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of container wagon
topbilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topbill
monorepo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monorepos
Etymology: From mono- + repo or a blend of monolithic + repo.
Senses: examples: text: As with central deployments, we can look into two different scenarios here too: either using a monorepo as a code base or starting with individual repositories to have dedicated pipelines.
ref: 2021, Florian Rappl, The Art of Micro Frontends, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 40:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
antonyms: multirepo
glosses: A monolithic repository, where core code and its dependencies are included in the same repository.
phyllon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɒn/
/ˈfɪlən/
Forms: form: phylla
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phyllon, from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”). Doublet of phyllo, distantly also with foil, folio, and folium.
Senses: examples: text: In this following the analogy of phyton already appropriated for the integer of the axis plus the phyllon or phylla it bears.
ref: 1868, The American Journal of Science, page 272:
text: Phylloceras ptychoicum is one of the most interesting species of all those found in the Kutch Jura, [...] The lobes are most characteristic, and on them the external and first lateral saddle are the most important parts. The external saddle is beautifully symmetrical, finishing in four phylla, of which the two corresponding ones are equal; the first lateral saddle is also divided into four terminating phylla, which are, however, not quite symmetrical.
ref: 1875, Jurassic Fauna of Kutch, page 30:
text: Corona double; phylla of the outer row almost free, 1.8 to 2 mm. long, lanceolate, [...]
ref: 1912, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, page 99:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A leaf, or something (flat) resembling a leaf.
examples: text: It were to be wished true, and women would idolize him, could that be made out which he recordeth of phyllon, mercury, and other vegetables, that the juice of the male plant drunk, or the leaves but applied unto the genitals, determines their conceptions unto males.
ref: 1835, Thomas Browne, Religio medici; pseudodoxia epidemica, books 1-4, page 237:
text: The female phyllon plant ensures the conception of issue of the same sex, while the male plant, differing only in its seed, brings about […]
ref: 1922, Eugene S. McCartney, “Sex Determination and Sex Control in Antiquity”, in American Journal of Philology, page 65:
glosses: A specific herb which the ancient Greek Theophrastus asserted could influence the sex of a fetus.
Related terms: phyllo
filo
phylla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllon
cornerbacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The playing of the cornerback position.
proboscoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proboscoid
form: most proboscoid
Senses: examples: text: Abnormal leaves more oblong in outline, contracted toward apex in a proboscoid point bearing numerous fusiform, septate gemmae.
ref: 1939, Edwin Bunting Bartram, Mosses of the Philippines, page 94:
text: We aim to design a technique of umbilicoplasty for cases of proboscoid umbilical hernia in children that can be safe and easy with outcome resembling the normal-looking midline scar.
ref: 207, Melvin A. Shiffman, editor, Pediatric Umbilical Reconstruction: Principles and Techniques, page 69:
glosses: Shaped like a nose or proboscis.
photoboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoboard
Kenzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese けんぞう (Kenzō).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
photoboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoboards
Etymology: From photo + board.
Senses: glosses: A large photograph mounted on a board used for display purposes.
glosses: One of a sequence of photos to outline scenes in a film in analogy to storyboards
Junichi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese じゅんいち (Jun'ichi).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
landhold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landholds
Etymology: From land + hold.
Senses: examples: text: This was especially apparent in Galicia where, as a result of the increasing population, the number and proportion of "dwarf" landholds was increasing alarmingly. Ludkiewicz found that of the total rural landholds in 1859, 35.6 percent were ...
ref: 1977, Benjamin P. Murdzek, Emigration in Polish social-political thought, 1870-1914, East European Monographs:
text: Casting about for means to feed his family, Tacho, in some desperation, took a job running a ranch at San Carlos Viejo, ironically, once a landhold of Buenaventura Arce, and then in possession of another of his descendants, [...]
ref: 1981, Richard F. Pourade, Last of the Californios:
text: Consequently Cortes, Alvarado, and other principals of the conquest became owners of landholds larger than that of any noble in Spain. The crown, unwilling or unable to limit the claims of those ambitious captains, resorted to profit ...
ref: 1986, Nicholas N. Patricios, International Handbook on Land Use Planning, Greenwood Publishing Group:
glosses: A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
landholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landhold
Koji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese こうじ (Kōji).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
superheroics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of superhero + heroics.
Senses: examples: text: As the World Trade Center disaster changed global politics and the world's conception of America irrevocably, so The Authority had violently changed superheroics—and a lot of creative people with egos had their livelihood—or at least their relevancy—threatened as a result.
ref: 2007, Jeffery Klaehn, Inside the World of Comic Books, Black Rose Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 153:
text: That is to say, it's not supervillainy that's the opposite of superheroics[,] but pacifism. Thus, The Nail confirms the greatness of superheroics by having the greatest superhero of all explicitly repudiate nonviolence.
ref: 2017, Noah Berlatsky, Wonder Woman: New Edition with Full Color Illustrations, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: The actions (heroics) of a superhero.
desealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deseal
curubas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curuba
frizado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frizados
form: frizadoes
Senses: glosses: A kind of frieze-like fabric.
deseal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deseals
form: desealing
form: desealed
form: desealed
Etymology: From de- + seal.
Senses: glosses: to remove sealant.
glosses: to reverse a seal.
Synonyms: unseal
frizados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frizado
Jiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese じろう (Jirō).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
Saburo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さぶろう (Saburō).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
Shiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese しろう (Shirō).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
hexaaquaaluminium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + aqua + aluminium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aluminium cation with six water ligands Al(H₂O)₆³⁺
frailejones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frailejon
-misia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ-der.
Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos)der.
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)der.
Ancient Greek -υς (-us)?
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)
Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)
Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)der.
Latin -iader.
English -ia
English -misia
From Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + -ia. First attested in the 1950s, in iatromisia (“hatred of doctors”). Devised as an alternative to the suffix -phobia, which etymologically (and clinically) denotes fear, though it is also widely used in English to denote hatred. Compare -misic (“hating something”), -misiac (“one who hates something”).
Senses: antonyms: -philia
glosses: Hatred; dislike; aversion.
Derived terms: automisia
Islamisia
religiomisia
Related terms: miso-
mis-
PCRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PCR
PCRs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of PCR
Abd.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Aberdeen.
Ant.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Antrim.
Bucks.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Buckinghamshire.
Bdf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bedfordshire or Bedford.
Bnff.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Banff or Banffshire.
Brks.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Berkshire.
Berks.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Berkshire.
Cai.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Caithness.
Cdg.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cardigan.
Chs.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cheshire.
Cld.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Clydesdale.
Crl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Carlow.
Cth.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, or Commonwealth.
Cum.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cumberland.
Der.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Derbyshire or Derby.
Don.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Donegal.
Dur.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Durham.
Edb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Edinburgh.
Elgin.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Elginshire.
e.An.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: save (seft) e.An. (obs.); seek (soughted) w.Som.,
ref: 1905, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement, Bibliography, Grammar, page 79:
text: The addition e.An. means that the Promptorium word is only recorded in East Anglia; while e.An. + denotes that the word survives in the East Anglian and other dialects. [...]
balkyn balk, v., e.An. + [...]
ref: 1975, Early English Text Society: Extra series:
glosses: Abbreviation of east Anglia.
Ess.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Essex.
Yks.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Yorkshire.
Cmb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cambridgeshire.
synonyms: Cum.
glosses: Abbreviation of Cumberland.
Fif.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Fife.
Frf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Forfar.
Frm.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Fermanagh.
Glo.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Gloucestershire or Gloucester.
Gall.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Galloway.
Guer.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Guernsey.
Gow.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Gower.
Hnt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Huntingdonshire or Huntingdon.
Hrf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Herefordshire or Hereford.
Hrt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Hertfordshire or Hertford.
Irel.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ireland.
Ire.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ireland.
arylphorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylphorins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A larval storage protein
arylphorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylphorin
I.W.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Isle of Wight.
asterophryine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asterophryines
Senses: glosses: Any of the subfamily Asterophryinae of microhylid frogs.
asterophryines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asterophryine
Lei.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Leicestershire.
takid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takids
form: tuckeed
Etymology: From Hindi ताकीद (tākīd) / Urdu تَاکِیدْ (tākīd), from Arabic تَأْكِيد (taʔkīd).
Senses: glosses: An official reminder.
Lan.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lancashire.
astrocytogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astrocyte + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The creation and development of astrocytes
Kld.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kildare.
autoactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + activity.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of autoreactivity.
synonyms: word: autoreactivity
Knr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kinross.
autochoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autochorous.
Slg.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Stirlingshire or Stirling.
Clc.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Clackmannan.
Lnk.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lanarkshire or Lanark.
Lin.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lincolnshire or Lincoln.
Mid.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Midland or Midlands.
glosses: Abbreviation of Middlesex.
Nhp.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Northamptonshire or Northampton.
Ntp.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Northamptonshire or Northampton.
Kcb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kirkudbright.
Not.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Nottinghamshire or Nottingham.
Notts.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Nottinghamshire.
Nrf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Norfolk.
Oxf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Oxford.
glosses: Abbreviation of Oxfordshire.
Rxb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Roxburghshire or Roxburgh.
Per.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Perthshire.
Suf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Suffolk.
Stf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Staffordshire or Stafford.
Wal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Wales.
glosses: Abbreviation of Walloon.
thick origami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A materials science that studies applications of origami folding to thicker materials (other than the traditional thin sheets of paper).
glosses: A materials science technology where thick panel materials replace flat paper areas of conventional origami, and hinges or flexible materials connect the panels together and function as the folds and creases of conventional origami.
Dwn.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Down (“County Down”).
Ldd.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Londonderry.
Dub.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Dublin.
Uls.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ulster.
Crm.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cromarty.
Crn.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Caernarfon.
Carnavon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicization.
Senses: glosses: Caernarfon.
Carnarvon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation of Welsh caer + yn + ar Fôn, opposite Môn (Anglesey) .
Senses: glosses: Former spelling of Caernarfon.
glosses: A coastal town in Western Australia, north of Perth.
glosses: A small town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
glosses: A community in Minden Hills, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Sac County, Iowa, United States.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Austroaeschna muelleri
word: Carnarvon darner
Related terms: Caernarvon
Caernarvon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicisation, see Carnarvon.
Senses: glosses: Former spelling of Caernarfon.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: Two townships in Pennsylvania, United States, in Berks County and Lancaster County.
Related terms: Carnarvon
Caernarfon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑɹˈnɑɹvən/
ipa: /kəˈnɑːvən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Caernarfon; former Anglicised spellings were Carnarvon and Caernarvon.
Senses: glosses: A port town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales, the location of a castle and a high proportion of Welsh speakers (OS grid ref SH4862).
Dnb.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Denbighshire or Denbigh.
Dmf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Dumfries.
War.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Warwickshire or Warwick.
Warks.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Warwickshire.
Warks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Warwickshire.
Wgt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Wigtownshire or Wigtown.
Wkl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Wicklow.
Wor.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Worcestershire or Worcester.
Wxf.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Wexford.
Wigtown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
Denbigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Dinbych, a univerbation of din (“fort”) + bych, a variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Tenby.
Senses: glosses: A market town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0566).
glosses: A community in Addington Highlands township, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Newport News, Virginia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: Denbighshire
ordered rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordered ring
bacteriemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bacteremic.
basidiomycotans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basidiomycotan
basioccipitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basioccipital
beachflea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachfleas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beach flea.
white saviorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white saviourism
Etymology: From white savior + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: These strike me as pretty apparent examples of White savior mentality. Perhaps I'm being a bit sensitive about this. I admit that the Chao charcters link to white saviorism is a bit weak, but when this is coupled the character change of Harold Livotny to Harold (fill in asian name here).
ref: 1994 May 4, D TUng, “JOY LUCK CLUB: and Asian Women”, in soc.culture.asian.american (Usenet):
text: White saviorism is a form of false generosity; it maintains and embodies white supremacy; it frames the white outsider as the savior and hero and the people of color as too oppressed, too downtrodden, too powerless to help themselves.
ref: 2015, Keith M. Sturges, editor, Neoliberalizing Educational Reform, →ISBN, page 117:
text: White saviorism reinforces the goodness of whites by arguing that whites must lift up the Other from their state of savagery. […] In these cases, white saviorism seeks to rescue communities of color from themselves and their nonwhiteness.
ref: 2016, Lee Bebout, Whiteness on the Border: Mapping the US Racial Imagination in Brown and White, NYU Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The worldview that regards white people as saviors and other groups as needing to be saved by them.
Related terms: white man's burden
benzothiazolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzothiazolyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from benzothiazole
bioerosive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bioerosive
form: most bioerosive
Etymology: From bio- + erosive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing bioerosion
biofermentative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + fermentative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, causing, or caused by biofermentation
biofermentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biofermentations
Etymology: From bio- + fermentation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fermentation, especially that of waste biological material
synonyms: word: fermentation
extra: especially that of waste biological material
Related terms: biofermentative
biofermenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biofermenters
Etymology: From bio- + fermenter.
Senses: glosses: A vessel used for biofermentation
Maga
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The 17-year-old told a CBS affiliate the Maga hats - a staple of President Trump's campaign - are a "racist and hateful symbol." ¶ According to the sheriff's office, the student began verbally attacking her peer on Monday because of the Maga hat, before grabbing and hurling it to the ground.
ref: 2018 August 29, “California schoolgirl arrested in Trump hat classroom fracas”, in BBC News, BBC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018:
text: The millions that Willis says he stands to make from a Maga-endorsed YMCA presumably makes it easier for him and his associates to put on all the bells and whistles (well, fringe and leather) for an administration set on a scorched-earth approach to LGBTQ+ protections.
ref: 2025 January 26, Owen Myers, “From gay clubs to Maga anthem: the absurd, contested history of the Village People’s YMCA”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: For those used to her softer sensibilities, Taylor's current lifestyle is giving Maga energy. It's brazen, proud and 10-carat garish. It's Ralph Lauren and USA.
ref: 2025 August 30, Jo Ellison, “Taylor Swift is entering her conservative era”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 20:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of MAGA (“Make America Great Again”).
Maga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Magas
Senses: examples: text: In America today this takes at least two forms: tight-fitting clothes that display the shoulders, biceps and thighs (see the straining suit seams of Jeff Bezos and the younger Magas) […].
ref: 2025 April 12, Robert Armstrong, “Do these trousers make me look fascist?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of MAGA (“Make America Great Again”).
Maga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַגָּע (maga, “contact”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Krav Maga (“contact combat”).
Maga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of magazine.
Senses: examples: text: In 1817 he connected himself definitively with Blackwood's Magazine, or "Maga."
ref: 1862 November 29, All the Year Round, volume VIII, page 275:
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Abbreviation of Blackwood's Magazine (1817–1980).
caenopithecine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caenopithecines
Senses: glosses: Any extinct primate of the subfamily Caenopithecinae
caenopithecines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caenopithecine
calliphorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calliphorin
callitrichine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callitrichines
Senses: glosses: Any monkey of the subfamily Callithrichinae
calonymphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calonymphids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any multinucleate trichomonad
calonymphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calonymphid
caniniforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caniniform
cellfectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellfectins
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cationic lipid reagent used in transfection
ceratodontiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceratodontiforms
Senses: glosses: Any lungfish of the order Ceratodontiformes
cercamoniine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cercamoniines
Senses: glosses: Any extinct primate of the subfamily Cercamoniinae
cercamoniines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cercamoniine
cheirogaleiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheirogaleiids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheirogaleid.
cheirogaleiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheirogaleiid
chelex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A resin used in ion exchange chromatography
chelexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: purified using chelex
chitotetraose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chito- + tetraose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetraose composed of four N-acetylglucosamine residues
cimicomorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cimicomorphans
Senses: glosses: Any true bug of the infraorder Cimicomorpha
cimicomorphans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cimicomorphan
cladosporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The isocoumarin (3R)-6,8-dihydroxy-3-[[(2R,6S)-6-methyloxan-2-yl]methyl]-3,4-dihydroisochromen-1-one
clinimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to clinimetrics
Derived terms: clinimetrically
clinimetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: clinical measurement of a range of patient parameters
Related terms: clinimetric
clinimetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From clinimetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of clinimetrics
clinorotated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: rotated in a clinostat
well car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: well cars
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: an open low-sided freight car with a lowered body.
Synonyms: well wagon
well cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of well car
daira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dairas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daerah.
leading line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leading lines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An imaginary line between two objects that can be used to chart a safe course in a difficult situation.
coccinelid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccinelids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coccinellid.
conidiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of conidiate
contralateralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contralateralizes
form: contralateralizing
form: contralateralized
form: contralateralized
Senses: glosses: To move to, or develop in a contralateral direction
Related terms: contralateralization
contralateralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contralateralize
counterselective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + selective.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to counterselection
cristamonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chrysomonad.
cruciferins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruciferin
cryoconserve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryoconserves
form: cryoconserving
form: cryoconserved
form: cryoconserved
Etymology: From cryo- + conserved.
Senses: glosses: To conserve at low temperature
Related terms: cryoconservation
cryoconserved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryoconserve
cryoconserved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: conserved by means of cryoconservation
cryptophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to or composed of cryptophytes
Derived terms: hemicryptophytic
cyanoglucoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanoglucosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucoside in which the aglycone is a cyanide group
cystadenofibroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystadenofibromas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An ovarian adenofibroma
cytokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytokinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that activates cytokine
low-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: having low sides
devescovinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devescovinids
Senses: glosses: Any protist of the order Devescovinidae
devescovinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devescovinid
dinophysioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinophysioids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinophysoid.
dinophysioids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinophysioid
dioptine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dioptines
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Dioptinae
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the subfamily Dioptinae
dioptines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dioptine
drosokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A leucokinin present in Drosophila
dryolestoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dryolestoids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct mammal of the superorder Dryolestoidea
dryolestoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dryolestoid
ecotopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ecotopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of an ecotope
electivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being elective
electrodensity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrodensities
Etymology: From electro- + density.
Senses: glosses: The density of an electromicrograph image
Related terms: electron density
electroocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + ocular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electrooculography
ceebs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sēbz
ipa: /siːbz/
rhymes: -iːbz
Etymology: From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).
Senses: examples: text: "Okay I’m following on the extremely pricey Dyson with this cheapie – when I’m lazy and ceebs filling my entire eyebrows in with colour, I use this guy."
ref: 2018 June 26, Melissa Mason, “Beauty Products For Hot Messes With Zero Time For Looking After Themselves”, in Pedestrian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018:
glosses: Cannot be bothered.
ceebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sēbz
ipa: /siːbz/
rhymes: -iːbz
Etymology: From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).
Senses: examples: text: "Don't understand why people wear make up on holiday, it's such a ceebs"
ref: 2014 July 30, El♡ (@_ElyPheasant), “El♡ on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018:
glosses: An activity for which one has little or no enthusiasm. Often accompanied by a size qualifier to signify the magnitude of the apathy.
examples: text: "I've got a major case of the ceebs as regards making breakfast. If it was really that important I'd be bothered, right?"
ref: 2012 August 19, cam smith (@sexenheimer), “cam smith on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018:
qualifier: often preceded by "the"
glosses: A humorous, fictional "illness" caused by a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
ceebs
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: sēbz
ipa: /siːbz/
rhymes: -iːbz
Etymology: From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).
Senses: examples: text: "So, the essay's tomorrow… if you want to pass, you'll have to study tonight." "Ceebs!"
glosses: An expression of a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
ceebs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sēbz
ipa: /siːbz/
rhymes: -iːbz
Etymology: From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).
Senses: examples: text: It's so ceebs! Can't be bothered to do anything on a Monday!
ref: 2023, Christopher Bahng, Chan's Room, episode 205:
glosses: tedious.
eleutherognathine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a jaw that is free to move (not hinged to another bone)
enameloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any mineralized tissue similar to enamel
encapsulatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encapsulate + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be encapsulated
endoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoglycans
Etymology: From endo- + glycan.
Senses: glosses: Any endocytic glycan
endoresection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoresections
Etymology: From endo- + resection.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: resection within an organ
endotoxaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of endotoxemic.
enteroparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteroparasites
Etymology: From entero- + parasite.
Senses: glosses: Any intestinal parasite
enteroparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteroparasite
epitopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From epitopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of an epitope
clerestoried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clerestory + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a clerestory.
eucentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being eucentric
eucentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntɹɪk
Etymology: From eu- + centric.
Senses: glosses: centred in multiple dimensions
dename
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denames
form: denaming
form: denamed
form: denamed
Etymology: From de- + name.
Senses: examples: text: Shortly after its re-entry into traffic, it was named County Durham on October 1 that year, although it was denamed later.
ref: 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26:
glosses: To remove the name from.
glosses: To denominate.
Coordinate terms: rename
unname
Related terms: deadname
eudiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + diploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Both euploid and diploid
eudiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eudiploids
Etymology: From eu- + diploid.
Senses: glosses: Such a cell or organism
eudiploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eudiploid
euhaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + haploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Both euploid and haploid
laptime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laptimes
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The time taken to complete a lap of the circuit.
eulittoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + littoral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the area beneath a littoral zone
boxcab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxcabs
Senses: glosses: a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure
retransit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retransits
Senses: glosses: The act of transiting again
retransit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retransits
form: retransiting
form: retransited
form: retransited
Senses: glosses: To transit again
eupolyploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + polyploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: euploid and polyploid
eupolyploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eupolyploids
Etymology: From eu- + polyploid.
Senses: glosses: Such a cell or organism
Derived terms: aneupolyploid
Related terms: eupolyploidy
eupolyploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eupolyploid
eupolyploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eu- + polyploidy.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being eupolyploid
Derived terms: aneupolyploidy
eupolyploidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eu- + polyploidization.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Conversion to eupolyploid form
euprimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euprimates
Etymology: From eu- + primate.
Senses: glosses: Any true primate (member of the order Primates but not of the order Dermoptera)
euprimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euprimate
extrabacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + bacterial.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve a bacterium
extracondylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + condylar.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve a condyle
extrafibrillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + fibrillar.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve fibrils
extrahaustorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + haustorial.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve a haustorium
farnesals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farnesal
track circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: track circuits
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: an electrical circuit in a railway track used for signalling purposes.
Derived terms: track-circuited
track-circuiting
track circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of track circuit
farnesylethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farnesylethyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A farnesyl derivative of an ethyl radical