cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hand of glory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hands of glory
Etymology: Perhaps from a confused reference to the mandrake plant, which is mandragore in French, while hand of glory would be main de gloire.
Senses: examples: text: Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:
glosses: A charm made from the hand of a man executed by hanging, supposed to be able to unlock doors, render other people motionless, etc.
hands of glory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand of glory
twin screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin screws
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel with two propellers on separate shafts.
twin screws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twin screw
TSMVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TSMV
Jhelum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jailam
form: Jelum
form: Jhilam
form: Jilam
form: Jélam
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu جھیلم (jhelam), a dated form of جِہْلَم (jihlam).
Senses: glosses: A city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the right bank of that river.
synonyms: Hydaspes
Bihat
glosses: A river in Jammu and Kashmir union territory of India and eastern Pakistan, a tributary of the Indus.
analgeses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of analgese
analgesing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of analgese
analgesed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of analgese
Rosol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosols
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Rosol or Polish Rosół.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hepatograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatogram
zarbis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zarbi
fail upwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails upwards
form: failing upwards
form: failed upwards
form: failed upwards
form: fail upward
form: fail up
Senses: examples: text: I got trapped in an absurd, "failing upwards" trajectory. Heathers got me work on a bigger film called Ford Fairlane. When that movie failed, I was given a post on an even bigger film, Hudson Hawk. After that one really, really failed, I was rewarded with the assignment of Batman Returns.
ref: 1994, Gail O'Donnell, Michele Travolta, Making it in Hollywood: behind the success of 50 of today's favorite actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 139:
text: In Hollywood, as in many industries, there are countless tales of people who fail upwards. It means that no matter how poorly someone performs with one project, the next one he or she will be given will be significantly greater. If a director makes a flop for $15 million, you can bet the ranch that his next picture deal will be for $25 million.
ref: 1997, Robert A. Berman, Fade in: The Screenwriting Process, M. Wiese Productions, →ISBN, page 216:
text: He was your standard show business example of failing upwards, and the Postman had no doubts that eventually Goldstone would be running a major Hollywood film studio into receivership.
ref: 2008, William Goldman, Magic: A Novel, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 107:
text: Gates himself would move to the White House as deputy national security adviser—in effect, failing upwards.
ref: 2010, Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas S. Blanton, Vladislav Martinovich Zubok, Masterpieces of History: The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe, Central European University Press, →ISBN, page 261:
synonyms: fail up the ladder
glosses: To advance in one's career despite failure or incompetence.
Related terms: fall up
kick upstairs
Peter principle
Batfleck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Batman + Affleck, from the actor Ben Affleck.
Senses: examples: text: The man under the batsuit in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice is actor Ben Affleck, a casting decision that had been loudly critiqued as out of step with Batman's character. With reservations about “Batfleck” already resonant, Snyder's photo was an apt target for a flurry of memetic reappropriation.
ref: 2016, Ryan M. Milner, The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Chloe holds up her cell, showing me the text I'd sent of Ben Affleck in the Batman costume. “You sent us Batfleck.”
ref: 2018, Elyssa Patrick, With Me Boxed Set Books 1 - 4, page 1711:
text: Sure, in the early 1960s, Superman was lean and toned, but at that time he lacked the hyperbolic, indeed, comic musculature that came to mark so many other entries into the superhero genre. (Yes, I'm talking about you, Batfleck.)
ref: 2019, Douglas E. Cowan, Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 11:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A nickname for the version of Batman interpreted by Ben Affleck, which debuted in the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) from the DC Extended Universe.
wikipedia: Ben Affleck
Hypernyms: Batman
Coordinate terms: Battinson
Hospital Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hospital Sundays
Senses: glosses: A Sunday set apart for the collection of money to benefit hospitals.
Related terms: Hospital Saturday
Hospital Saturday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hospital Saturdays
Senses: glosses: A Saturday set apart for the collection of money to benefit hospitals.
Related terms: Hospital Sunday
Hospital Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hospital Sunday
Hospital Saturdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hospital Saturday
successionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: successional
glosses: Relating to succession.
king's brief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A royal mandate ordering collections to be made in chapels for building churches, etc.
tow ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tow rings
Senses: examples: text: In the tow ring, a girl was walking a blanketed horse. She and Eddie avoided each other, the girl tending to her horse while Eddie stared at the dust he was kicking up with his foot.
ref: 2013, John Dunning, Looking for Ginger North:
glosses: An oval area where racehorses are walked.
tow rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tow ring
whoa back
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: ho back
Senses: glosses: Called when riding an animal to warn anybody following behind that one is about to come to a stop.
ho back
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whoa back.
mental reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mental reservations
Senses: glosses: The act of holding back some word or clause which is necessary to convey fully the meaning really intended by the speaker, distinct from equivocation.
mental reservations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mental reservation
good-brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-brothers
Senses: glosses: brother-in-law
good-brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good-brother
uninjectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + injectability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being uninjectable
valeranone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sesquiterpenoid ketone (4aR,7S,8aS)-4a,8a-dimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one present in the roots of valerian
valtrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valtrates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of valepotriate sedatives
valtrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valtrate
vasculotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vasculo- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: toxic to the vascular system
Related terms: vasculotoxicity
vasculotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vasculo- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being vasculotoxic
lymphatic vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphatic vessel
vandykings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vandyking
double-stop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double-stops
form: double-stopping
form: double-stopped
form: double-stopped
Senses: examples: text: Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing.
ref: 1957, Clifford A. Cook, String teaching and some related topics, page 39:
text: Some Greek musicians have used open tunings on the violin and double-stopped the strings to produce a drone.
ref: 2003, Aline Scott-Maxwell, John Whiteoak, Currency companion to music and dance in Australia, page 69:
text: The whole movement gives the soloist an opportunity for hair-raising virtuosity, from rapid arpeggios and spectral harmonics to languid parallel sixths, double-stopped trills and, in the trio, a stratospheric cantabile, again on harmonics.
ref: 2008, Paolo Petrocelli, William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between 1900 and 1940:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
double-stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-stops
Senses: examples: text: There has been some question concerning whether the downbeat of m. 19 should be a triple-stop with the open D string as the bottom note or a double-stop with the open A string as the bottom note.
ref: 1999, Joel Lester, Bach's Works for Solo Violin: Style, Structure, Performance, →ISBN:
text: You can play a double-stop on adjacent strings or on nonadjacent strings (by skipping strings).
ref: 2012, Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell, Guitar For Dummies, →ISBN, page 96:
text: If you're a beginner player, you can always choose not to play a double-stop and instead play just the top note.
ref: 2014, Michael John Sanchez, Fiddle For Dummies, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a chord or combination composed of two notes played on separate strings simultaneously.
double-stopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double-stop
double-stopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-stop
double-stops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-stop
double-stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-stop
proof house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proof houses
Senses: glosses: A building fitted for proving the barrels of firearms.
proof houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proof house
secundum artem
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin secundum artem.
Senses: glosses: Artificially.
glosses: Skilfully; professionally.
secundum naturam
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin secundum naturam.
Senses: glosses: Naturally.
secundum quid
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin secundum quid.
Senses: glosses: In certain respects only.
Related terms: tertium quid
pegtop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pegtops
form: peg-top
Etymology: From peg + top.
Senses: examples: text: How often have I seen him, intent upon a match at marbles or pegtop, looking on with a face of unutterable interest, and hardly breathing at the critical times!
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “Somebody Turns Up”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: A spinning top.
Related terms: pegtops
pegtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peg-tops
Senses: glosses: plural of pegtop
pegtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peg-tops
Senses: glosses: A kind of trousers, wide at the top and narrow at the ankles; peg-top trousers.
Iveson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ivesons
Etymology: From the personal name Ives + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
nickelless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nickel + -less.
Senses: examples: corrosion-resistant nickelless steel
glosses: Without the metal nickel.
garnieritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From garnierite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral garnierite.
pentlanditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pentlandite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral pentlandite.
parched up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parched up
form: most parched up
Senses: glosses: Utterly dry; completely lacking water or moisture.
screech martin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screech martins
Senses: glosses: A bird, the swift.
screech martins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screech martin
Akina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Akinas
Etymology: A Hawaiian surname of unclear origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hawaiian.
trail net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trail nets
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A dragnet.
trail nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trail net
biprime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + prime.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having exactly two prime factors.
biprime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biprimes
Etymology: From bi- + prime.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A semiprime.
Derived terms: biprimality
biprimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biprime
priming powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priming powders
Senses: glosses: A train of powder connecting a fuse with a charge for detonation.
Related terms: percussion cap
prime
primer
priming powders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priming powder
repasture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repastures
form: repasturing
form: repastured
form: repastured
Etymology: From re- + pasture.
Senses: glosses: To turn (land) into pasture again.
glosses: To return (an animal) to a pasture.
repainter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repainters
Etymology: From repaint + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who repaints something.
repastured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repasture
repastures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repasture
repasturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repasture
repainters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repainter
Werber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werbers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Werber.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
comb someone's hair the wrong way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: combs someone's hair the wrong way
form: combing someone's hair the wrong way
form: combed someone's hair the wrong way
form: combed someone's hair the wrong way
Senses: synonyms: stroke someone's hair the wrong way
glosses: To irritate or provoke someone.
Related terms: ruffle someone's feathers
rattlesnake weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants used in folk medicine to treat snakebites.
Daucus pusillus.
glosses: Any of several plants used in folk medicine to treat snakebites.
Euphorbia albomarginata.
glosses: Any of several plants used in folk medicine to treat snakebites.
Hieracium venosum.
glosses: Any of several plants used in folk medicine to treat snakebites.
Stachys floridana.
frailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frailer
plunky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: plunkier
form: plunkiest
Etymology: From plunk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In order to try to hear these qualities in your mind's ear, try to re-create in your mind the plunky sound of a banjo and to differentiate it from the more singing sound of an acoustic guitar.
ref: 2000, Larry Sandberg, The Acoustic Guitar Guide:
glosses: Making a plunking sound.
plunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of plunky: more plunky
plunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of plunky: most plunky
diaphonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diaphonically
form: most diaphonically
Etymology: From diaphonic + -ally.
Senses: examples: For a phonetic transcription of RP, we would generally transcribe GB[hə.ˈləʊ̯.ˈwɜːld] instead, to show that the diphthong diaphonically transcribed as [oʊ̯] has a more unrounded, central starting point, hence GB[əʊ̯]
glosses: In a diaphonic manner.
dunny budgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunny budgies
Etymology: From their prevalence around outdoor toilets (dunnies) and supposed large size (exaggeratedly, as big as a budgerigar).
Senses: glosses: A blowfly.
dunny budgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunny budgie
infantryperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infantrypersons
form: infantrypeople
Etymology: From infantry + person.
Senses: glosses: An infantryman or infantrywoman.
infantrypeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infantryperson
infantrypersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infantryperson
Whatman paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whatman papers
Etymology: The paper was created by papermaker James Whatman the Elder (1702–1759).
Senses: glosses: A fine quality of English paper, with fine or coarse grain, used for etchings, engravings, etc.
wikipedia: James Whatman (papermaker)
Whatman papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whatman paper
Whatman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Whatman paper
paper enamel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper enamels
Senses: glosses: An enamel for cards and fine notepaper.
paper enamels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper enamel
paper-cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fabric traditionally prepared in many of the Pacific islands from the inner bark of the mulberry, etc.
you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you kiss your mother with that mouth.
synonyms: word: you kiss your mother with that mouth
you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you kiss your mother with that mouth.
synonyms: word: you kiss your mother with that mouth
Upper Voltaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Upper Volta + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: Upper Voltan
Upper Voltese
glosses: From Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso).
spitters are quitters
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: “I'm going to come. You need to stop unless you want me to do it in your mouth.” His voice was ragged and he was coming undone and I was thinking maybe I wasn't so bad at this after all and then his hand tightened on the back of my head and it was too late. I swallowed and then grinned up at him. “Spitters are quitters.” I rose to my feet as he collapsed on the bed again.
ref: 2013, Chelsea M. Cameron, Sweet Surrendering, →ISBN:
text: She takes it in her mouth almost reflexively. She sucks and jerks simultaneously. There's no way I can hold back. Ninety seconds of this and I've exploded all up in her throat. She swallows. Like a champion. Spitters are quitters.
ref: 2015, Caspar Vega, The Sexorcism of Amber Holloway:
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: It is better to swallow a sexual partner's semen after oral sex than to spit it out.
cry on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cries on
form: crying on
form: cried on
form: cried on
Senses: glosses: To call on; to invoke.
dyothelitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: dyothelism
dyothelete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyotheletes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dyothelite.
dyotheletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyothelete
nomadic furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lightweight portable furniture that can be easily stored, transported, and reassembled.
law of nations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Latin iūs gentium, originally meaning legal principles that are general to humanity. The sense “international law” became standard in the 17th–18th centuries, partly from reanalysis as referring to the law that pertains to nations as distinct entities, and partly from the supposition that any law governing relations between states must transcend the states themselves. See also English jus gentium, directly borrowed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of international law.
synonyms: word: international law
examples: text: And this is the Law, not of the Persians alone (which yet was the Law of a hundred twentie seven Provinces;) nor ours alone (and so may seeme to be the Law of Nations) but, that which strikes it home, by vertue of this enrolement here, is the Law of God; […]
ref: 1616 August 5, Lancelot Andrewes, “A Sermon Preached Before the Kings Maiestie at Burleigh neere Okeham […]”, in XCVI. Sermons, 2nd edition, published 1632, page 848:
text: But this is monstrous, and unchristian, to say, That servants are wholly at their Masters command; and that by the Law of Nations: What? to murder, steal, lye at their commands? So they must, if this assertion of his be generally true; Is there no difference between the servant, and the asse, by the Law of Nations, or Nature?
ref: 1652, Daniel Cawdrey, Herbert Palmer, Sabbatum Redivivum: Or the Christian Sabbath Vindicated […], volume 2, page 146:
text: But for the most part the Law of Nations is nothing else but Equity, and the Law of Nature and Reason, which standeth as the common Rule among men, appointed of God, by which they may know; and crave each from other their Rights […]
ref: 1693, James Dalrymple Stair, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland […], 2nd edition, page 6:
glosses: The shared set of legal principles said to be recognized by most peoples in the world; natural law.
zetabetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of zeta + alphabetical
Senses: examples: text: Whether the reader wants to know what a googol is (it's an extremely large number, written out in full: one, followed by one hundred zeros); something about game theory; about serendipity; series; stochastic processes; Z charts or zetabetical sequences (in reverse alphabetical order) - or countless useful bits of statistical and business mathematical information, they are all to be found here.
ref: 1974, Accountancy - Volume 85, page 120:
text: The stories might be arranged in alphabetical (or zetabetical!) order.
ref: 1989, Virginia A. Arnold, Connections: language arts/reading - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 32:
text: I'd cleaned the bathroom and washed the kitchen floor, taken out the recycling and arranged all the tins in the cupboard so that the labels were facing forwards in zetabetical order.
ref: 2017, Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: In reverse alphabetical order.
parallel ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel rulers
Senses: glosses: A geometrical instrument for drawing parallel lines.
parallel rulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parallel ruler
Bachelardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bachelardian
form: most Bachelardian
Etymology: From French Bachelard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher.
topoanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topoanalyses
Etymology: From topo- + analysis.
Senses: glosses: The study of human identity as it relates to the places in people's lives.
topoanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topoanalysis
topoanalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more topoanalytical
form: most topoanalytical
Etymology: From topo- + analytical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to topoanalysis.
topoanalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more topoanalytic
form: most topoanalytic
Etymology: From topo- + analytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to topoanalysis.
topoanalytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From topoanalytical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of topoanalysis.
topocentrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From topocentric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a topocentric manner.
topochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From topochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of topochemistry.
topobiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From topobiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of topobiology.
NODIS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of no distribution: a document classification level.
Coordinate terms: EXDIS
LIMDIS
LIMDIS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of limited distribution: a document classification level.
Coordinate terms: EXDIS
NODIS
EXDIS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of exclusive distribution: a document classification level.
Coordinate terms: LIMDIS
NODIS
thealogian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thealogians
Etymology: From thealogy + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who studies the or a goddess, or the feminine divine, e.g. from a feminist viewpoint.
Related terms: thealogy
theologian
theology
thealogians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thealogian
total digestible nutrients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDN
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The total fiber, protein, lipid, and carbohydrate in a feed which can be converted into energy for an animal.
day-over-day
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: day-on-day
Senses: glosses: Compared to the same time period in the previous day.
deesterifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deesterify
deesterifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deesterify
sulfenylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sulfenylate
three-quarter time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-quarter times
form: three quarter time
form: three quarter-time
form: three-quarter-time
form: three quartertime
form: three-quartertime
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: three-four time
waltz time
glosses: A time signature of a composition indicating three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.
examples: 2019 Ben Guthrie, AFL to enact heat policy for JLT this weekend Australian Football League, 1 March 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019.
The quarter-time and three-quarter time breaks will run for eight minutes (increased from six minutes), while the half-time changeover period has been extended to 22 minutes rather than the usual 20 minutes.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The interval between the third and fourth quarters of a sports match.
three quarter time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three quarter times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
three quarter-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three quarter-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
three-quarter-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-quarter-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
three quartertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three quartertimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
three-quartertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-quartertimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-quarter time.
three-quarter times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-quarter time
three quarter times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three quarter time
three quarter-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three quarter-time
three-quarter-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-quarter-time
three quartertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three quartertime
three-quartertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-quartertime.
Xicanx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Xicano. The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o..
Senses: glosses: Chicano or Chicana (and of any gender).
Xicanx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xicanxs
Etymology: From Xicano. The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o..
Senses: glosses: A Chicano or Chicana (of any gender).
venipunctured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of venipuncture
vertexal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vertexial
form: verticial
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or positioned at, a vertex.
videomicrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videomicrometers
Etymology: From video- + micrometer.
Senses: glosses: A micrometer equipped with a video camera
videourethroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videourethroscopies
Etymology: From video- + urethroscopy.
Senses: glosses: urethroscopy using a urethroscope equipped with a video camera
videourethroscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videourethroscopy
woodcrete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of wood + concrete
Senses: glosses: A building material made from sawdust and lime, typically used to make nestboxes
xerochastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to xerochasy
yalkaparidontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yalkaparidontids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct marsupial of the family †Yalkaparidontidae
zoochorously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a zoochorous manner
zygnematophycean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygnematophyceans
Senses: glosses: Any of the class Zygnematophyceae of green algae.
Synonyms: zygnematophyte
zygnematophyceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zygnematophycean
low-octane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-octane
form: lowest-octane
Senses: examples: text: Low-octane fuel can be a cause of preignition and detonation. If combustion begins before the spark, for example, combustion pressures may try to push the piston backwards at the end of the compression stroke.
ref: 2004, Elisabeth H. Dorries, TechOne: Automotive Engine Repair, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 58:
antonyms: high-octane
glosses: Having a low octane number.
raw_tags: of fuel
examples: text: A low-octane French attempt to channel the spirit of Play It Again Sam. Alice Taglioni is a single thirtysomething holding out for Mr Right, while looking to a Woody Allen poster for advice.
ref: 2013 July 4, Andrew Pulver, “Paris-Manhattan – review”, in The Guardian:
antonyms: high-octane
glosses: Slow; weak.
plectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Relating to a plectrum.
amplection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amplections
form: amplexion
Etymology: From Middle English amplection, amplexion, from Latin amplexiō (“act of embracing”), from amplex-, past participial stem of amplector (“surround; embrace”), + -iō. In this form, with remodelling after Latin amplector. By surface analysis, amplect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Here let us cross the river Taw to Instow, on the left hand, which some call Yonestow, stands as a witness to the marriage of Taw and Torridge, which with their close amplections have demi-insulated this parish.
ref: a. 1636, Thomas Westcote, A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, published 1845, page 310:
text: Yet such are the Authors whom M.N. followeth and adoreth, witness his wise amplexion of Helmont's Archoeus […].
ref: 1665, Robert Sprackling, Medela ignorantiae, page 81:
text: The amplection of the ruddy goose, the swan’s accolade, mongoose embrace, and the interlacing of pigeons .... she has all these gracious gestures at command.
ref: 1927, Edward Powys Mathers, transl., The lessons of a bawd, translation of the Kuṭṭanīmata of Dāmodaragupta, page 70:
glosses: An embrace.
examples: text: The mating amplexion in this species is axillary, as described for other species of the Bufonidae.
ref: 1927, Tracy Storer, A Synopsis of the Amphibia of California, University Of California Press, page 177:
text: The first two pairs of legs are chelate or sub- chelate, better developed in males and useful for prehension primarily in copulatory amplexion.
ref: 1961, J Laurens Barnard, “Amphipoda”, in Peter Gray, editor, The Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences, Reinhold Pub. Corp, page 28:
text: The most commonly observed amplection in the laboratory is one in which the left second gnathopod is reversed and hooked under the posterior portion of the fifth peraeon segment of the female.
ref: 1988, C. Lavett Smith, editor, Fisheries Research in the Hudson River, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 262:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs; amplexus.
Related terms: amplect
amplex
amplexation
amplexus
amplexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amplexions
Etymology: From Middle English amplexion, from Latin amplexiō. By surface analysis, amplex + -ion.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amplection.
uncontrivedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncontrivedly
form: most uncontrivedly
Etymology: From uncontrived + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncontrived manner.
contrivedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contrived + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being contrived.
Noddy cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æp
Forms: form: Noddy caps
Etymology: Named after a character who wore a pointed hat in children's books by Enid Blyton.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A rubber cap protecting the nose cone of a missile.
wikipedia: Enid Blyton
Noddy (character)
Noddy caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Noddy cap
no-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a sportsman's clause or contract: guaranteeing that they will not be taken off the team during a designated period.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a sporting activity (in a school, etc.): allowing an unlimited number of participants, rather than members of a fixed-size team who must "make the cut".
topics: business
glosses: Of any clause or contract: remaining in force until it expires, without the possibility of earlier cancellation.
quarter time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter times
form: quarter-time
form: quartertime
Senses: examples: 2019 Cameron Newbold and Tim Edmunds, Third quarter blitz guides Tigers to upset win Albany Advertiser, 12 May 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019.
Banks was sent off for the remainder of the game and Barrow received a yellow card for wrestling as the Kangas led by a solidarity point at quarter time.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The interval between the first and second quarters of a sports match.
quarter-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quarter time.
quartertime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartertimes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quarter time.
quarter times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter time.
quarter-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-time.
quartertimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartertime.
3QT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of three-quarter time.
abieslactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triterpenoid lactone (2R)-2-[(2R)-2-[(3R,5R,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-3-methoxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]propyl]-4-methyl-2H-furan-5-one present in Abies plants
abietatriene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The diterpene (4aS,10aS)-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthrene related to abietane
acromelanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acro- + melanic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to acromelanism
acromelanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acro- + melanism.
Senses: glosses: A form of pigmentation that is only present on the limbs, ears and tails of some cats or rabbits
Related terms: acromelanic
agroexpress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: agroexpresses
form: agroexpressing
form: agroexpressed
form: agroexpressed
Etymology: From agro- + express.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To express a gene by means of agroinfiltration
Related terms: agroexpression
agroexpressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of agroexpress
agroexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agroexpressions
Etymology: From agro- + expression.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: expression of a gene by means of agroinfiltration
Related terms: agroexpress
aminodextran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amino- + dextran.
Senses: glosses: An aminoglycan related to dextran
amoeboidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ameboid.
anaerophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + aerophilic.
Senses: glosses: Not aerophilic
anastomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anastomizes
form: anastomizing
form: anastomized
form: anastomized
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To carry out an anastomosis
anastomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anastomize
angioresonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + resonance.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of magnetic resonance angiography.
synonyms: word: magnetic resonance angiography
magnetic resonance angiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The application of magnetic resonance imaging to blood vessels
aldosteronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to aldosteronism
Related terms: antialdosteronic
antialdosteronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + aldosteronic.
Senses: glosses: That counters aldosteronism
antiepidermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + epidermal.
Senses: glosses: That counters an epidermal condition
Derived terms: antiepidermal growth factor
antilegionella
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + legionella.
Senses: glosses: That counters, or prevents legionella
antilipemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilipemic
antimetalloproteinase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + metalloproteinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That counters the action of a metalloproteinase
antiurease
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + urease.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That counters the action of urease
aphidomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphidomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the infraorder Aphidomorpha
aphidomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphidomorph
arborviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arborvirus
archaeognathan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeognathans
Etymology: From translingual Archaeognatha + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the order Archaeognatha
archaeognathans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeognathan
autovasoregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + vasoregulation.
Senses: glosses: The autoregulation of vascular tension
Related terms: autovasoregulatory
autovasoregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + vasoregulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to autovasoregulation
baropodometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baro- + podo- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of pressure between the foot and surface during walking
Related terms: baropodometer
baropodometric
baropodometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baropodometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument used in baropodometry
Related terms: baropodometric
bathyscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathyscopes
Etymology: From bathy- + scope.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aquascope.
synonyms: word: aquascope
aquascope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquascopes
Etymology: From aqua- + scope.
Senses: glosses: A device used to view beneath the surface of water
biocontaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biocontaminates
form: biocontaminating
form: biocontaminated
form: biocontaminated
Etymology: From bio- + contaminate.
Senses: glosses: To contaminate biologically or biochemically
Related terms: biocontaminant
biocontamination
biocontaminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biocontaminate
biocontaminant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocontaminants
Etymology: From bio- + contaminant.
Senses: glosses: A biological or biochemical contaminant
Related terms: biocontaminate
biocontamination
biocontaminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocontaminant
bioflocculants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioflocculant
biohalogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biohalogenations
Etymology: From bio- + halogenation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: biochemical halogenation
calyptope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calyptopes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The planktonic larval stage of a euphausiid crustacean
calyptopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calyptope
campylophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campylophages
Etymology: From campylo- + phage.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: A virus that is parasitic on bacteria of the genus Campylobacter.
campylophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campylophage
G.O.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of General Order.
exhibitionistly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exhibitionistly
form: most exhibitionistly
Etymology: From exhibitionist + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: exhibitionistically
glosses: In an exhibitionist manner.
criming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crime
crimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crime
life-changing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪfˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/
Forms: form: more life-changing
form: most life-changing
form: lifechanging
Etymology: From life + changing.
Senses: examples: text: My trek across the Amazon was a life-changing event.
text: Those people who eventually become millionaires typically don't get there through sheer luck or by making one life-changing investment.
ref: 2017 May 16, Maurie Backman, “Here's how to become a millionaire on $56,000 a year”, in CNN Money:
text: His life-changing injuries gave him bleak chances of employment, and he was told that he was unable to have the operation he needed for his injured leg until he was 55 - a 15-year wait.
ref: 2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 62:
glosses: Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.
Derived terms: life-changingly
no-crime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: no-crimes
form: no-criming
form: no-crimed
form: no-crimed
form: no crime
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, if the recommendations of the Working Party had been strictly observed, no reported cases in 1986 should have been 'no-crimed' on the basis of the victim withdrawing her complaint.
ref: 1989, Lorna J. F. Smith, Great Britain. Home Office. Research and Planning Unit, Concerns about rape, HMSO Books
text: Gregory and Lees (1999) suggest that, in contrast, the high rates of 'no criming' for rape and sexual assault demonstrate the low priority attached by the police to these offences.
ref: 2004, J. Jordan, The Word of a Woman?: Police, Rape and Belief, Springer, →ISBN, page 63:
text: According to these figures, in Lincolnshire, for example, 26% of all reported rapes were no-crimed in 2012–13 and 20% were no-crimed in 2011–12. This contrasts with Merseyside, where 4% reported rape crimes were no-crimed in 2012–13 ...
ref: 2014, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee, Caught Red Handed: Why We can't Count on Police Recorded Crime Statistics - HC 760, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Of cases reported, half to two-thirds are “no-crimed” or, in US parlance, “unfounded” or determined to be “baseless” by the police (Brown, 2010; Kelly et al., 2010).
ref: 2014, Karen Rich, Interviewing Rape Victims: Practice and Policy Issues in an International Context, Springer, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: unfound
glosses: To determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).