cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rudy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rudies
Senses: topics: aerial-freestyle
hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.
Related terms: sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: randy
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: daffy
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: full
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: double-full
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: triple-full
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: lay
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: back
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: hurricane
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: slap-back
sense: freestyle aerial skiing
word: stretch
word: nudy rudy
postsermon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + sermon.
Senses: glosses: After a sermon.
transhistoricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + historic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of an entity or concept that has always existed and is not merely confined to one particular stage of human history.
Derived terms: transhistorical
preconsumerist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + consumerist.
Senses: glosses: Before the advent of consumerism.
postconsumer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + consumer.
Senses: examples: postconsumer waste
glosses: After use by a consumer.
transhistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + historical.
Senses: examples: text: An assumption made in much translation pedagogy is that... students are always and everywhere the same. In other words, the student is an invariant, transhistorical subject who is, to all intents and purposes, indistinguishable from his or her counterpart in the seventeenth, eighteenth or nineteenth century.
ref: 2005, Michael Cronin, edited by Martha Tennent, Training For The New Millennium, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 259:
glosses: Outside the bounds of history; universal; permanent.
Related terms: transhistoricity
reinfiltrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinfiltrates
form: reinfiltrating
form: reinfiltrated
form: reinfiltrated
Etymology: From re- + infiltrate.
Senses: glosses: To infiltrate again.
reinfiltrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinfiltrate
reinfiltrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinfiltrate
reinfiltrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinfiltrate
retailor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retailors
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of retailer.
retailor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retailors
form: retailoring
form: retailored
form: retailored
Etymology: From re- + tailor.
Senses: glosses: To tailor again or anew.
retailors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retailor
retailoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retailor
retailored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retailor
scamperings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scampering
semimythic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + mythic.
Senses: glosses: Almost mythic; having certain qualities of a myth or legend.
Synonyms: semimythical
semimythical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + mythical.
Senses: glosses: Almost mythical; having certain qualities of a myth or legend.
Synonyms: semimythic
sextravaganza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextravaganzas
Etymology: Blend of sex + extravaganza
Senses: glosses: An event, production, etc. involving plenty of sex or erotic imagery.
Synonyms: sexfest
sextravaganzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextravaganza
shukas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuka
svelteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From svelte + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being svelte; slim litheness.
millenarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.lɪˈnɛə.ɹɪ.əˌnɪz.əm/
ipa: /ˌmɪl.əˈnɛɹ.i.ənˌɪz.əm/
Forms: form: millenarianisms
Etymology: From millenarian + -ism. Compare millenarism, millennianism, millennialism.
Senses: examples: text: It is hard to say for certain just why this brief but notable shift from passive to active millenarianism should have occurred during the Interregnum.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 139:
text: When Herman Melvilled visited , he was fascinated yet repulsed by the 'contagion' of American Christian millenarianism – 'this preposterous Jewmania', he called it, 'half-melancholy, half-farcical'.
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 406:
glosses: A belief in a coming religious millennium, especially (Christianity) the belief in a coming thousand-year reign of peace heralded by the Second Coming of Christ; utopianism, belief in a coming era of peace and prosperity.
Synonyms: chiliasm
tafelspitz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: German Tafelspitz, literally "tip (of meat) for the table".
Senses: glosses: An Austrian dish of beef boiled in broth with root vegetables and spices.
telerobotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tele- + robotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to telerobotics
telerobotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + robotics.
Senses: glosses: The remote control of robotic systems
Related terms: telerobotic
millenarianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millenarianism
cartonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cartonlike
form: most cartonlike
Etymology: From carton + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a carton.
traylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more traylike
form: most traylike
Etymology: From tray + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tray.
unliving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + living.
Senses: glosses: Not living; unalive, dead, inanimate.
unlive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈlaɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: unlives
form: unliving
form: unlived
form: unlived
Etymology: From un- + live, as in alive.
Senses: glosses: To bereave or deprive of life; make unalive.
unlive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈlaɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
ipa: /ʌnˈlɪv/
rhymes: -ɪv
ipa: /ʌnˈlaɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: unlives
form: unliving
form: unlived
form: unlived
Etymology: From un- + live.
Senses: examples: text: I wish I could unlive the last ten years.
coordinate_terms: unbe
undo
unmake
glosses: To undo having lived (a period of time) (for example, by living it in reverse), so that it ceases to have happened.
unlives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unlive
sparadrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparadraps
Etymology: Borrowed from French sparadrap.
Senses: glosses: A cerecloth.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any adhesive plaster.
sparadraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparadrap
JLB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JLBs
Etymology: Named after Jean-Luc Brassard
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: moguls freestyle skiing
glosses: "cossack—iron cross—cossack" – an acrobatic maneuver in moguls skiing, whereby taking a ski jump off a kicker, the skier performs a sequence of three acrobatic maneuvers, starting with a cossack, followed by an iron cross, and ending with a cossack, before landing on course again.
wikipedia: Jean-Luc Brassard
Related terms: sense: freestyle moguls skiing
word: twister
sense: freestyle moguls skiing
word: spread
sense: freestyle moguls skiing
word: daffy
sense: freestyle moguls skiing
word: iron cross
sovkhozes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sovkhoz
sovkhoz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sovkhozes
form: sovkhozy
Etymology: From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).
Senses: examples: text: The average size of a sovkhoz was 15,300 hectares (153 km²), nearly three times the average kolkhoz (5,900 hectares or 59 km² in 1990.)
glosses: A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
Iron Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iron Crosses
Senses: examples: text: Germans marked booby-trapped areas with black-and-white signs, bearing an Iron Cross symbol or a death's-head.
ref: 2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 56:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: (formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.
Derived terms: Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Grand Cross to the Iron Cross
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Star of the Grand Cross to the Iron Cross
Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Related terms: Knight's Cross
Grand Cross
Blue Max
Medal of Honor
Victoria Cross
double-double-double
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-double-doubles
Senses: examples: text: Lamar Odom had a double-double-double tonight with 22 points and 22 rebounds.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The achievement of twenty or more of any two of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game; most often achieved with points and rebounds.
Goldwater Republican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goldwater Republicans
Etymology: Dating from 1964 in the United States, the year Barry Goldwater tried unsuccessfully for the office of president.
Senses: examples: text: For months he insisted that he did not want the nomination, would not seek it, and would only reluctantly accept a genuine draft. Despite Scranton's repeated statements, it was behind him that anti-Goldwater Republican leaders late last week tried to rally—and Scranton showed signs of acquiescence.
ref: 1964 July 12, “Republicans: The Man on the Bandwagon”, in Time:
text: "A lot of people who think of themselves as Goldwater Republicans do not know what it really means to be a Goldwater Republican," said Tom Paniccia, a former Air Force sergeant who was discharged from the military last year after he had proclaimed his homosexuality. "He has always had a near libertarian stance on keeping government out of people's lives."
ref: 1994 March 24, Timothy Egan, quoting Tom Paniccia, “Goldwater Defending Clinton; Conservatives Feeling Faint”, in The New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of Barry Goldwater, including support for the smallest government possible at the federal level, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, an internationalist, neoconservative, and anti-communist foreign policy, as well as social libertarianism.
Coordinate terms: Goldwaterian
Moral Majority
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Moral Majority
Etymology: Coined by conservative activist Paul Weyrich in 1979 and later popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.
wikipedia: Jerry Falwell
Paul Weyrich
Related terms: Moral Majoritarian
Christian right
Tea Party
sudan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 수단(水團) (sudan).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays.
self-pollution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + pollution.
Senses: examples: text: SELF-POLLUTION is that unnatural Practice by which Perſons, of either Sex, may defile their own Bodies without the Aſſiſtance of others, whilſt yielding to filthy Imaginations they endeavour to imitate, and procure to themſelves, that Senſation which God has ordered to attend the carnal Commerce of the two Sexes, for the Continuance of our Species.
ref: 1756, Onania: or, the heinous sin of self-pollution and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) […] , London: H. Cooke, page 1:
text: The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.
ref: [1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young:
glosses: Masturbation, seen as sinful according to religious dogma.
Hypernyms: pollution
self-abuser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-abusers
Senses: glosses: One who self-abuses; masturbator.
Synonyms: jerk-off
self-polluter
wanker
fingerer
self-polluter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-polluters
Senses: glosses: One who self-pollutes.
Synonyms: self-abuser
self-abusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-abuser
self-polluters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-polluter
trustability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trust + -ability.
Senses: synonyms: trustworthiness
glosses: The quality or state of being trustable.
trustable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trustable
form: most trustable
Etymology: From trust + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And Sixteen Moonrise wasn’t a trustable ally, not with her transparent power play of a challenge via concerned letter.
ref: 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 69:
glosses: Capable of being trusted; trustworthy.
Derived terms: trustability
nanocones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocone
nanospheroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanospheroid
polytropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytrope
self-pollute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-pollutes
form: self-polluting
form: self-polluted
form: self-polluted
Etymology: From self- + pollute.
Senses: glosses: To masturbate.
self-pollutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-pollute
self-polluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-pollute
self-polluted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-pollute
drug abuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: drug use
substance abuse
glosses: Misuse of, or overindulgence in, drugs; substance abuse.
Derived terms: drug abuser
gelast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelasts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laugher”).
Senses: examples: text: Even if we grant that the "gelasts" are getting reduced to the dimensions of a petty sect, the consideration need not deter us from choosing laughter as our theme.
ref: 1902, James Sully, An Essay on Laughter: Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and Its Value, London; […]: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 2:
text: The phenomena presented by the misogelast, or laughter-hater; the agelast, or non-laugher; the gelast, who is the laugher himself, and the hypergelast, who is the laugher gone intemperate, are looked into, and as far as possible accounted for, by Dr. Sully.
ref: 1903 March, “Views and Reviews”, in The Catholic World, volume LXXVI, number 456, New York, N.Y.: The Paulist Fathers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 839:
text: So it might well be the other way round; not the agelast or misolgeast is "somewhat insensitive" to the ways of his fellows but the gelast or hypergelast.
ref: 1980 Fall, Gert Raeithel, “American Humor as an Experience of Growth”, in American Humor: An Interdisciplinary Newsletter, number 2, American Humor Studies Association, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 4:
text: A personality profjle of the gelast or agelast has not so far been convincingly established, nor has a pattern of humor been consistently demonstrated in individuals with different personality types.
ref: 1988, Robin Andrew Haig, “Personal Attributes and Humor”, in The Anatomy of Humor: Biopsychosocial and Therapeutic Perspectives, Springfield, I.L.: Charles C Thomas, →ISBN, page 79:
antonyms: agelast
nonlaugher
glosses: One who tends to laugh; a laugher.
Related terms: agelast
agelastic
gelastic
hypergelast
hypergelastic
misogelast
misogelastic
hats off
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: hăts′ ôf′
enpr: hăts′ ŏf′
ipa: /hæts‿ˈɒf/
ipa: /hæts‿ˈɔf/
ipa: /-ˈɑf/
Etymology: Ellipsis of take one’s hat off to.
Senses: examples: text: Soh! ſtand clear gentlemen.—Novv you knovv there vvill be a cry of dovvn!—dovvn!—hats off! ſilence!—Then up curtain,—and let us ſee vvhat our painters have done for us.
ref: 1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic: Or A Tragedy Rehearsed […], London: […] T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 51:
text: "Hats off to the King!" shouted the Captain of the King's Own Guards.
ref: 1938 September 1, Dr. Seuss [pseudonym; Theodor Seuss Geisel], The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, New York, N.Y.: Vanguard Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Used as an instruction for people to remove their hats out of respect, generally towards someone of importance.
raw_tags: as an imperative
examples: text: Hats off to the Jamaican bobsled team for their able representation of their country in the Olympics against serious obstacles.
text: Hats off to Avanti West Coast staff at Crewe station, who found a simple but highly effective way to raise money for charity during the Coronavirus epidemic.
ref: 2020 December 6, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71:
info_templates: extra_data: words: to
expansion: [with to]
synonyms: word: bravissimo
word: bravo
word: bully
word: cock on
word: congrats
word: congratulations
word: encore
word: fair fucks
word: full marks
word: get you
word: good for someone
word: good for you
word: good going
word: good job
word: good on you
word: good show
word: good work
word: hats off
word: hon
word: hoorah
word: hooray
word: hurrah
word: hurray
word: huzza
word: huzzah
word: jolly good show
word: keep it up
word: kudos
word: mazal tov
word: mazel tov
word: nice one
word: proper job
word: right on
word: shabash
word: there you go
word: way to go
word: well done
word: well said
glosses: Used to express approval or praise: congratulations, kudos, well done!
raw_tags: as an imperative
Related terms: doff one's hat to
hat tip
take one's hat off to
tip of the hat
tip of the Stetson
tip one's hat
nanocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocones
Etymology: From nano- + cone.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale cone
nanospheroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanospheroids
Etymology: From nano- + spheroid.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale spheroid
polytrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytropes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular solution to an equation concerning self-gravitating, polytropic fluid
achronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + chronal.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a set of points in a spacetime, no two of which have timelike separation
Derived terms: achronality
chronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chronal
form: most chronal
Etymology: From chrono- + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to time.
Derived terms: achronal
chronally
metachronal
compander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: companders
form: compandor
Etymology: Blend of compressor + expander
Senses: glosses: Any device used for companding.
companders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compander
MFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MFCs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of microbial fuel cell.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multifunction centre, a printer-scanner combination, sometimes with a fax machine included.
MFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Foundation Classes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of IBM Music Feature Card.
endohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + -hedral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a fullerene (or similar molecule) that has additional atoms, ions, or clusters enclosed within their inner spheres
Derived terms: endohedral fullerene
endohedrally
Related terms: exohedral
endohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endohedrals
Etymology: From endo- + -hedral.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Such a compound
hydrostaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydrostatic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being hydrostatic.
banker's lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banker's lamps
form: bankers' lamps
form: banker lamp
Senses: glosses: A distinctive type of desklamp, usually with a solid ornate base and a single stem leading to a horizontal (usually green) cover.
Synonyms: accountant's lamp
inflatino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inflatinos
Etymology: From inflate + -ino. Change of suffix from -on on the inflaton. From the practice of using -ino suffixes for superpartners of particles under supersymmetry and string theory. Those initial particles usually having the suffix -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical particle, the superpartner of the inflaton.
minispiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minispirals
Etymology: From mini- + spiral.
Senses: glosses: A relatively small spiral, especially of a spiral galaxy.
orthopositronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + positronium.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have parallel spins
Related terms: parapositronium
parapositronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + positronium.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a positronium exotic atom in which the positron and electron have antiparallel spins
Related terms: orthopositronium
inflatinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inflatino
pixelized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pixelized
form: most pixelized
Senses: glosses: Modified by pixelization
preconditioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconditioners
Etymology: From pre- + conditioner.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.
ref: 2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A matrix that has a smaller condition number than another.
Ind Est
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ind Ests
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of industrial estate.
raw_tags: in addresses
preconditioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconditioner
litho
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθə/
Senses: examples: text: litho paper
text: In the mid-80s, most British newspapers were still produced using hot metal, despite the widespread use elsewhere of modern offset litho technology.
ref: 2011 July 27, Jon Henley, “Rupert Murdoch and the battle of Wapping: 25 years on”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Clipping of lithographic.
litho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθə/
Forms: form: lithos
form: lithoes
Senses: glosses: Clipping of lithograph.
litho
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪθə/
Forms: form: lithos
form: lithoing
form: lithoed
form: lithoed
Senses: glosses: To lithograph.
preexponential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-exponential
form: preëxponential
Etymology: From pre- + exponential.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing any factor that multiplies an exponential function
Related terms: preexponent
plainclothed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plain + clothed.
Senses: glosses: plainclothes; wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform in order to avoid detection.
semiformally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semiformal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They dressed semiformally for the lunchtime meeting.
glosses: In a semiformal manner.
interior point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interior points
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A point in a set S that has a neighbourhood which is contained in S.
Related terms: interior
strapwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strapworks
Etymology: From strap + work.
Senses: examples: text: It has a geometrical strapwork interlace of linked octograms with central eight-pointed stars.
ref: 1981, Gulnar Kheirallah Bosch, Islamic Bindings & Bookmaking:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
strapworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strapwork
nonrandomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + randomized.
Senses: examples: a nonrandomized clinical trial
glosses: unrandomized
uneagerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uneagerly
form: most uneagerly
Etymology: From uneager + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I agreed uneagerly with Father that a man should earn his keep […]
ref: 1973, William Alexander Percy, Lanterns on the levee; recollections of a planter's son:
glosses: Without eagerness.
dansyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dansyls
Etymology: Shortened from the chemical name.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sulfonyl radical 5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonyl
Derived terms: monodansyl
Related terms: dansyl amide
dansylated
dansylation
dansylate
raviolini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: Small ravioli.
banker lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banker lamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banker's lamp.
superdedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superdedicated
form: most superdedicated
Etymology: From super- + dedicated.
Senses: examples: text: They were both superdedicated to the military, willing to take orders without thinking.
ref: 1991, Patricia St. John, The secret language of dolphins:
text: While there are those, the superdedicated, who can take off the extra pounds all on their own, it is a lot easier, more fun, less lonely to find a group...
ref: 1991, James Thomas Noland, Laugh it off:
glosses: Thoroughly dedicated; committed.
decanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanoates
Etymology: From decanoic + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of decanoic acid
Synonyms: caprate
Derived terms: monodecanoate
perfluorodecanoate
caprate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caprates
Etymology: From capric + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of capric acid
Synonyms: decanoate
decene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many isomeric monoalkenes derived from a decane
monoalkene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoalkenes
Etymology: From mono- + alkene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkene that has a single double bond
monoalkenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoalkene
dechlorinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklɔːɹɪneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dechlorinate
dechlorinating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklɔːɹɪneɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: more dechlorinating
form: most dechlorinating
Senses: glosses: That leads to dechlorination
dechlorinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklɔːɹɪneɪt/
Forms: form: dechlorinates
form: dechlorinating
form: dechlorinated
form: dechlorinated
Etymology: From de- + chlorine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To remove chlorine from something.
dechlorinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dechlorinate
dechlorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dechlorinate
Derived terms: decloxizine
declogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklɒɡɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of declog
declogging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklɒɡɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: That removes clogs (blockages).
dendrigraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dendrigrafts
Etymology: Blend of dendrimer + graft
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer, having the form of a dendrimer, that is constructed in stages by grafting pieces onto an existing structure.
dendrigrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dendrigraft
desat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desats
form: desatting
form: desatted
form: desatted
Etymology: Clipping of desaturate.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: (of the oxygen saturation level in one's haemoglobin) To decrease.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To undergo a decrease in the oxygen saturation level in the haemoglobin).
raw_tags: of a person
topics: arts
visual-arts
qualifier: visual effects
glosses: To remove colour saturation.
desat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desats
Etymology: Clipping of desaturate.
Senses: examples: text: I had some desats and bradys last night.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Desaturation.
Related terms: sat
desatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desat
desats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desat
desatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desat
measures of central tendency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of measure of central tendency
loially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loially
form: most loially
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of loyally.
desilylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desilylates
form: desilylating
form: desilylated
form: desilylated
Etymology: From de- + silylate.
Senses: glosses: To remove one or more silyl groups from a molecule.
silylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: silylates
form: silylating
form: silylated
form: silylated
Etymology: From silyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To add one or more silyl groups to a molecule.
Related terms: silylation
diactivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + activated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Activated in two places.
glosses: Misspelling of deactivated.
dialkylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialkylations
Etymology: From di- + alkylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkylation reaction that adds two alkyl groups.
didendron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didendrons
Etymology: From di- + dendron.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dendrimer containing two dendrons
dimensionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimensionalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimensionalization.
Derived terms: nondimensionalisation
Blanch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?
ref: , Scene 1
glosses: A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.
fortressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fortress
fortressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fortress
downflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more downflowing
form: most downflowing
form: down-flowing
Etymology: From down- + flowing.
Senses: glosses: flowing downward
Earl Grey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Earl Greys
Etymology: Reputed to be named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. A “Grey's Tea” is known from the 1850s, but the first known published references to an “Earl Grey” tea are advertisements by Charlton & Co. of Jermyn Street in London in the 1880s.
Senses: examples: text: I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
ref: 2012, Skyfall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: A blend of black tea flavoured with oil from the rind of the bergamot orange.
examples: text: Two Earl Greys, please.
glosses: A serving of this kind of tea.
dynorphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynorphins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin
Derived terms: dynorphinergic
Marilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An American fanciful variant of Maria.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, Marilla, it was heartrending. Mr. Phillips made such a beautiful farewell speech beginning, ‘The time has come for us to part.’ It was very affecting. And he had tears in his eyes too, Marilla.
ref: 1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC:
text: She had been named after Aunt Marilla of Green Gables, but Aunt Marilla had died before Rilla was old enough to know her very well, and Rilla detested the name as being horribly old-fashioned and prim.
ref: 1921, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, Echo Library, published 2006, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria.
Rilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: His pet name for her was Rilla-my-Rilla - a little pun on her real name, Marilla. She had been named after Aunt Marilla of Green Gables, but Aunt Marilla had died before Rilla was old enough to know her very well, and Rilla detested the name as being horribly old-fashioned and prim.
ref: 1921, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, Echo Library, published 2006, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Marilla.
electrocoating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrocoatings
Etymology: From electro- + coating.
Senses: glosses: The electrophoretic deposition of material that acts as an electrode.
emmisivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of emissivity.
epimerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: epimerizes
form: epimerizing
form: epimerized
form: epimerized
Etymology: From epimer + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To convert, or be converted, into an epimer
Derived terms: epimerizable
Related terms: epimerization
ethynylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethynylations
Etymology: From ethynyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any addition reaction in which acetylene (ethyne) is added across a double bond
geotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to geotaxis
Derived terms: antigeotactic
Steenie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
ref: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
text: And now the murder is out, and I stand before you as Stephen Broadfoot, or "Little Steenie", as I used to be called when attending Edinburgh College.
ref: 1852, William Harrison Ainsworth, “Tale of a Carpet-Bag”, in Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 21, page 17:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Stephen.
germanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germane
Miletus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /maɪˈliːtəs/
Forms: form: Miletos
Etymology: From Latin Mīlētus, from Ancient Greek Μίλητος (Mílētos).
Senses: glosses: ancient Greek city on the west coast of Caria, Anatolia
Derived terms: Milesian
gyrophototactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌdʒaɪɹəʊˌfəʊtəʊˈtæktɪk/
Forms: form: more gyrophototactic
form: most gyrophototactic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gyrophototaxis
gyrophototaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gyro- + phototaxis.
Senses: glosses: The combined effects of gyrotaxis and phototaxis.
Related terms: gyrophototactic
stock promoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock promoters
Senses: glosses: A person who encourages others to purchase shares in publicly traded companies, often dealing with penny stocks and associated with unethical schemes.
Related terms: penny stock
pump and dump
hemiellipsoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiellipsoids
Etymology: From hemi- + ellipsoid.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of the halves into which an ellipsoid is divided by a plane of symmetry
homofunctionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + functionalized.
Senses: glosses: functionalized by the addition of the same type of functional group throughout.
hydrochlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrochlorinations
Etymology: By surface analysis, hydro + chlorination, or, by surface analysis, hydro- + chlorinate + -ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with hydrogen chloride (HCl) or hydrochloric acid, HCl(aq).
Related terms: chlorate
chloride
chlorinate
chlorination
dichloride
bichloride
hydrobromination
hydrochloride
hydrochlorate
hydrochlorinate
hydrofluorate
hydrofluoride
hydrofluorinate
hydrofluorination
hydrohalogenation
hydroiodination
fluorinate
fluorination
hydrometallations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrometallation
hydrostannation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrostannations
Etymology: From hydro- + stannation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrometallation reaction involving a tin hydride
government cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A poor quality processed cheese, similar to regular American cheese, produced and stored in the 1970s and 1980s from excess dairy milk production from dairy subsidies, created by the U.S. government to support the milk industry, and for long term storage.
topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Processed cheese provided to welfare and food stamp recipients in the United States during the 1980s and early 1990s (coming from such stocks).
examples: text: Eww, no. Don't be putting that government cheese on my sandwich! Give me the havarti!
synonyms: rat-trap cheese
rat cheese
glosses: Any inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
examples: Near-synonym: largesse
topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: Welfare in general.
Related terms: EBT
food stamp
government issue
Uncle Sugar
ethynylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethynylation
wheelman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelmen
form: wheel-man
form: wheel man
Etymology: From wheel + -man.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the wheelman in a robbery; he doesn't intend for anyone to get killed when he pulls up in front of a liquor store so that his armed complice can rob the store.
ref: 2012, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Bad Faith, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The steersman on a ship.
examples: text: Many wheelmen and wheelwomen, riding safeties, tandems and tricycles, stopped there during the evening and we had good opportunity for comparing American and English bicycles […]
ref: 1897, American Architect and Architecture, volumes 57-58, page 51:
text: Old fashioned folks, for whom the horseless vehicle came to late, can but envy wheelmen and wheelwomen as they skim through vista after vista, outstripping one's horse and carriage as a greyhound outstrips a decrepit poodle.
ref: 1902, Matilda Betham-Edwards, East of Paris, London: Hurst and Blackett, pages 33–34:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: wheelwoman
glosses: A cyclist.
wheelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelman
iminophosphorane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iminophosphoranes
Etymology: From imino + phosphorane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any imino derivative of a phosphorane, having general formula R₃P=N-R
iminophosphoranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iminophosphorane
immunodiagnostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + diagnostics.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of several diagnostic techniques that make use of an immune response
Related terms: immunodiagnostic
indoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indoxyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroxyl derivative of indole produced by bacterial degradation of indoleacetic acid
Derived terms: azoindoxyl
indoxylic
interdendrimer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + dendrimer.
Senses: glosses: Between dendrimers
isobutyraldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + butyraldehyde.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldehyde 2-methylpropanal derived from isobutanol
isobutyronitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isobutyronitriles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitrile (CH₃)₂CH-CN derived from isobutyric acid - isopropyl cyanide
indoxyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indoxyl
isocyanoacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocyanoacetates
Etymology: From iso- + cyanoacetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester of general formula C⁻≡N⁺-CH₂-COO-R isomeric with cyanoacetate
isocyanoacetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isocyanoacetate
kryptopyrrole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kryptopyrroles
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The derivative of pyrrole 2,4-dimethyl, 3-ethylpyrrole whose presence in the urine is diagnostic of various disorders
leinamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leinamycins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A macrolide polyketide, produced by several species of Streptomyces atroolivaceus, that has antitumour activity.
unmanlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unmanly: more unmanly
unmanliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unmanly: most unmanly
macrofibre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrofibres
Etymology: From macro- + fibre.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a series of highly-ordered multicellular structures, on the surface of some bacteria, that undergo twisting and writhing motions
voteless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vote + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a voteless decision
glosses: Without a vote or votes.
examples: text: By the mid-19th century, the typical village was sharply divided between the landowning class and the landless, voteless and largely illiterate labourers.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 392:
glosses: Not allowed a vote.
macrofibres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrofibre
Pædion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: pēʹdĭŏn
ipa: /ˈpiːdɪɒn/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεδίον (pedíon, “field, plain”).
Senses: examples: text: We ſet out early in the morning, and croſſed the Pædion, or country of Athens, of which Laſthenia pointed out the beauties.
ref: 1799, Étienne-François de Lantier, The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia, page 341:
glosses: The Athenian plain.
herostratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɪəɹəʊˈstɹætɪk/
ipa: /ˌhɪɹoʊˈstɹætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: more herostratic
form: most herostratic
form: Herostratic
Etymology: From Herostratus + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Herostratus is a learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos), from Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Greek goddess of marriage, women, and family”) + στρᾰτός (strătós, “army, military force; band or body of men; common people”). Herostratus (died c. 356 B.C.E.) was a Greek arsonist who sought fame by destroying the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (now in Izmir Province, Turkey), according to tradition by setting fire to it on 21 July 356 B.C.E., the birth date of Alexander the Great.
Senses: glosses: Seeking infamy.
wikipedia: Alexander the Great
Herostratus
Temple of Artemis
Derived terms: herostratically
herostratic fame
Related terms: Herostratus
replait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: replaits
form: replaiting
form: replaited
form: replaited
Etymology: From re- + plait.
Senses: glosses: To plait again.
glosses: To interweave.
replaits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of replait
replaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of replait
replaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of replait
nonphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + phobic.
Senses: glosses: Not phobic.
nonphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonphobics
Etymology: From non- + phobic.
Senses: glosses: One who does not have a phobia.