cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
exopassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + passive.
Senses: examples: text: Exopassive verbs are viewed as directed towards the passive subject: 'to be beaten' naitake, 'to be fed' naimusa, 'to be given something' naitula.
ref: 2002 February 10, Kala Tunu, “Tunu verbal system LONG”, in Conlang Mailing List, retrieved 14 Sep 2016:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to the passive voice of certain verbs.
Affecting the subject of the passive voice construction.
raw_tags: of a verb
examples: text: An ‘exopassive’ of a transitive verb, according to Schuessler, may be a noun meaning "the thing that has been verb-ed", so that since *suk means ‘to lodge’, *sukh means ‘what is lodged in’—or, we may say, ‘a lodge’ (Schuessler 2007: 45).
ref: 2011, Christopher Cullen, “Translating 宿 *sukh/xiu and 舍 *lhah/she—'lunar lodges', or just plain 'lodges'?”, in East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, volume 33, page 88:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to the passive voice of certain verbs.
Derived from a transitive verb, indicating the object affected.
raw_tags: of a noun
examples: text: When powder materials with conductive exopassive admixtures (graphite) are used the double peak around 250°C may be convenient for the main dose read out and the double peak around 450°C for dose information storage only.
ref: 1971, G. Holzapfel, E. Cryssou, “Exoelectronic Properties of Al₂O₃-Solids”, in Vagn Mejdahl, editor, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Luminescence Dosimetry, Risø, →ISBN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Allowing exoelectron emission.
exopassive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exopassives
Etymology: From exo- + passive.
Senses: examples: text: [For endopassives,] unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available
ref: 2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb with passive form, indicating the state of or action toward the subject of the passive voice construction.
Related terms: endoactive
endopassive
exoactive
potato radius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato radii
Etymology: From the appearance of smaller bodies looking like potatoes, + radius.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The radius of a celestial body when it is long enough to allow gravity to transform the body into a globe, typically estimated at approximately 300 kilometres.
dairous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dairous
form: most dairous
form: darous
Etymology: From dair (“dare”) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: “Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”
ref: 1867, Jim and Nell: a dramatic poem in the dialect of North Devon
glosses: bold; daring
gastroenterectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastroenterectomy
abventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ab- + ventricular.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas only 1 of the 7 ventricular-most nuclei (14%) of the Tbr2–/Tbr2– daughter cell pairs in the control was found in an abventricular location, 7 of the 15 nuclei (47%) analyzed upon conditional Pax6 expression were abventricular ( Fig 4I ).
ref: 2015 August 7, Fong Kuan Wong et al., “Sustained Pax6 Expression Generates Primate-like Basal Radial Glia in Developing Mouse Neocortex”, in PLoS Biology, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Oriented or positioned away from a ventricle.
apicoposterior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Etymology: From apico- + posterior.
Senses: examples: text: The frequency of #11 involvement was 1.89-fold higher in the anterior segment (12.5%, 15/120) than that in the apicoposterior segment (6.6%, 15/228), but the difference was not significant ( p = 0.06).
ref: 2015 August 6, Hiroaki Kuroda et al., “Lymph Node Metastases and Prognosis in Left Upper Division Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: The Impact of Interlobar Lymph Node Metastasis”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: apical and posterior
centroider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centroiders
Etymology: From centroid + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Input data should be centroided with one of the many available file converters such as ProteoWizard[ 25 ] or by using the implemented wavelet-based centroider.
ref: 2014 April 22, Stephan Beisken et al., “MassCascade: Visual Programming for LC-MS Data Processing in Metabolomics”, in Molecular Informatics, volume 33, →DOI:
glosses: A device that generates the centroid of an image
chemosensitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chemosensitizes
form: chemosensitizing
form: chemosensitized
form: chemosensitized
Etymology: From chemo- + sensitize.
Senses: examples: text: An mTOR inhibitor could not chemosensitize apoptosis incompetent esophageal cancer cells, whereas lithium could.
ref: 2015 August 6, Tracey R. O’Donovan et al., “Lithium Modulates Autophagy in Esophageal and Colorectal Cancer Cells and Enhances the Efficacy of Therapeutic Agents In Vitro and In Vivo”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: To sensitize chemically
Related terms: chemosensitization
choledochoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledochoscopies
Etymology: From choledocho- + -scopy.
Senses: examples: text: Two weeks after the procedure, choledochoscopy indicated that RFA was able to induce some destruction of local tumor tissue.
ref: 2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: endoscopy of the common bile duct
Related terms: choledochoscope
choledochoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choledochoscopy
cholothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholo- + thorax.
Senses: examples: text: No patient suffered intraoperative discomfort or postoperative complications such as liver failure, pancreatitis, biliary hemorrhage, biliary fistula formation, biliary infection, hemothorax, pneumothorax, cholothorax, penetrating liver wounds or biliary peritonitis.
ref: 2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of bile in the pleural cavity
corneometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corneometers
Etymology: from German trademark Corneometer
Senses: examples: text: Table 2 Groups of the patients participating in the clinical trials Skin moisture content was measured from the skin of test subjects who used the test formulation for 0–4 weeks with a corneometer (Courage + Khazaka electronic GmbH, Cologne, Germany) (Yu et al. 2004 ) by placing the corneometer probe into contact with the skin, and the average value of five measurements was used.
ref: 2015 August 12, Nam Young Kim, Jeong Sub Cho, Hyeon Yong Lee, “Evaluation of clinical trial of atopic dermatitis by a topical cream containing the extracts from photosynthetic bacteria, Rhodobacter sphaeroides”, in AMB Express, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: A device that measures the hydration of skin
Related terms: corneometry
endobiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + biliary.
Senses: examples: text: To date, there is no reported case that compared advantages and disadvantages of the application of percutaneous or endobiliary RFA for malignant biliary obstruction or clearance of occluded stents.
ref: 2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Within the bile duct
Gort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short for Gort Inse Guaire, Gort is from Irish gort.
Senses: glosses: A town in County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 4402).
Gow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
homophone: gau
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Umfolosi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /uːmfɒˈlɔːsɪ/
Senses: glosses: Either of two rivers in South Africa:
the Black Umfolosi.
glosses: Either of two rivers in South Africa:
the White Umfolosi.
late nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of late night
overtwists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtwist
andromimetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of andromimetic
slap happy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slap happy
form: most slap happy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slaphappy.
Abbot's Priory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Charles Abbott, Lord Chief Justice from 1818 to 1832.
Senses: examples: text: […] after this lady’s retirement to enjoy the otium cum dignitate [leisure with dignity] in Abbot’s Priory, she was visited by a gentleman who had previously and subsequently rendered her the most unequivocal and disinterested assistance, by frequent pecuniary supplies.
ref: 1822, Benchiana; or, Sketches of Life and Character in St. George’s Fields […], page 18:
text: Upon inquiring after George Charteris, Esq. he finds that he has bolted from Palace-yard, and taken refuge in “Abbot’s Priory;” and, to comfort him, the person who has received the 200l. bill, informs him “that Charteris is a notorious swindler.”
ref: 1824, “An Accommodating Customer ‘Queered’”, in The Spirit of the Public Journals, for the Year M.DCCC.XXIII […], page 65:
text: Ned and Tom were soon outside of the King’s Bench, (or Abbot’s Priory, as it was called by the prisoners,) they had not walked far before they fell in with Little Kiam […]
ref: 1825, The Dialogists; or, the Circuit of Banco Regis, page 93:
glosses: King's Bench Prison, a former prison in the south of London.
wikipedia: Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
way too
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪ tu/
Senses: examples: text: Like one day when I was just a shorty my mother was drinking a beer and a policeman told her to pour it out. He was way too little to be saying that to my mother. No way I was going to let him put handcuffs on her.
ref: 1997, William Ayers, A kind and just parent: the children of juvenile court, Beacon Pr:
text: What can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years.
ref: 2005, Matt Kloskowski, Extreme Photoshop CS, page 132:
text: Our girls are growing up way too fast. (title of the article)
ref: 2007 January 2, “Our Girls Are Growing Up Way Too Fast (3 Letters)”, in New York Times:
text: That's taking things way too far in my book.
ref: 2007, Ralph A. Gessner, Deep in My Heart, page 105:
text: Everyone will have to guess who I want to dance with tonight, I thought. I'm not giving myself away to this bunch of gomers. That would be way too embarrassing.
ref: 2008, Julie Johnson Oliver, I've Been 16 for 34 Years, Groveland Branch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 72:
text: This was one flirty dress. Way too sultry for a first date, especially with someone she might have no real interest in.
ref: 2011, Trish Perry, Tea for Two, page 47:
synonyms: much too
far too
glosses: To a degree that is very excessive emphatic and strengthened form of too.
abandoned habits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Pun on abandoned (“immoral”) habit and riding habit (“woman's garment for horseback riding”).
Senses: glosses: The clothing worn for horseback riding by the prostitutes on Lady's Mile in Hyde Park (the carriageway along the northern bank of the Serpentine).
abacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abacters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abactor.
abacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abacter
Year Without a Summer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The year 1816, in which the severe climate abnormalities of a volcanic winter caused average global temperatures to decrease.
odds are
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: the odds are
Senses: glosses: it is very likely; there is a strong chance
werekitten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werekittens
Etymology: From were- + kitten.
Senses: glosses: A young werecat.
werekittens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werekitten
werepuppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werepuppies
Etymology: From were- + puppy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of werepup.
synonyms: word: werepup
werepuppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werepuppy
unlinearized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + linearized.
Senses: glosses: Not linearized.
nonlinearize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nonlinearizes
form: nonlinearizing
form: nonlinearized
form: nonlinearized
Etymology: From nonlinear + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make nonlinear.
Related terms: nonlinearization
nonlinearizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nonlinearize
nonlinearizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nonlinearize
nonlinearizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlinearization
over nine thousand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: over 9000
Etymology: From episode 28 of the anime TV series Dragon Ball Z ("The Return of Goku", 1997), referring to Goku's increase in power level. It should be noted that this phrase is a mistranslation from the first English dub produced by Funimation Productions and Saban Entertainment, whereas the line in the original Japanese script was 「8000以上だ！」 (lit. "Over eight thousand!"). Popularized by a 2006 YouTube Poop uploaded by user Kajetokun.
Senses: examples: text: Nappa (Michael Dobson): Vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level? / Vegeta (Brian Drummond): It's over nine thousand!
ref: 1997 April 19, Terry Klassen, “「サイヤ人の猛威！神様もピッコロも死んだ」 ["The Return of Goku"]”, in Minoru Okazaki, director, 「ドラゴンボールZ」 [Dragon Ball Z] (animated television production), spoken by Nappa and Vegeta (Michael Dobson and Brian Drummond):
english: Dragon Ball Z
translation: Dragon Ball Z
glosses: Off the charts; through the roof (beyond expectations).
wikipedia: BVS Entertainment
Crunchyroll, LLC
Dragon Ball Z
List of Dragon Ball Z episodes (season 1)
shekerbura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Azerbaijani şəkərbura.
Senses: glosses: An Azerbaijani sweet pastry filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts.
basbousa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basbousas
Etymology: From Arabic بَسْبُوسَة (basbūsa).
Senses: synonyms: revani
glosses: A traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake, made from cooked semolina or farina soaked in simple syrup which may also contain orange flower water or rose water.
sambali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A semolina cake very similar to basbousa, made with milk or yogurt, molasses, sugar, almonds, lemon juice, etc.
chip fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip forks
Senses: glosses: A small, flat, wooden or plastic fork-like utensil available from chip shops.
chip forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip fork
Rosser's trick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by J. Barkley Rosser in 1936.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method for proving Gödel's incompleteness theorems without the assumption that the theory being considered is ω-consistent. While Gödel's original proof uses a sentence that states (informally) "This sentence is not provable", Rosser's trick uses a formula that says "If this sentence is provable, there is a shorter proof of its negation".
unconditionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + conditionable.
Senses: glosses: Not conditionable.
zap 'em up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zap 'em ups
Senses: examples: text: This is not your average 'zap 'em up' game. The alien craft all have different characteristics, and judging a spaceship's speed as you home in for the kill is something you'll get the hang of only after much experience.
ref: 1986, Luke C, Battle Of The Planets (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 3
text: Conversation and camaraderie at the foosball table won out over solo, zap-em-up video games in 1994, according to industry experts.
ref: 1994, Night Club & Bar, volume 10, page 388:
text: You can totally be yourself without worrying if your guy is impressed or embarrassed! You don't have to sit through rough war flicks, or shoot 'em up or zap 'em up movies.
ref: 2003, Andrea Stephens, Stuff a Girl’s Gotta Know: Little Hints for Big Things in A Teen's Life:
topics: video-games
glosses: A shoot 'em up involving energy weapons.
zap 'em ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zap 'em up
revolutionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revolutionaire
roomly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more roomly
form: most roomly
Etymology: From room + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] the second Ward H was cover'd with a flat roof at the height of the rampart F, which made the area there very roomly and convenient for numbers […]
ref: 1754, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall:
text: […] the common men be disposed in cantonments open and extensive enough for air and exercise, and lodged in barracks as roomly and good as are provided by the party in whose power they are for their own troops […]
ref: 1796, United States. Congress, Acts passed at the first session of the 1st Congress:
glosses: roomy; spacious
wagon jobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagon jobbers
Senses: examples: text: See also General Foods Corp., FTC Dkt 6018 (February 15, 1956) wherein respondent claimed that wagon jobbers, who purchased bulk-packaged grocery products at lower prices and resold them to public feeding establishments, […]
ref: 1958, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, volume 9, page 179:
glosses: A small-scale foodservice distributor.
wagon jobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagon jobber
Corsicanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Corsican + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Corsican.
Sicilianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sicilian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Sicilian.
wwoofing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woofing (“volunteering on an organic farm”).
WWOOFing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woofing.
woofings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woofing
string attached
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strings attached
Etymology: From no strings attached.
Senses: examples: text: I'll get you that new video game that you want so badly, but there's a string attached; you must also clean your room at least once a week.
text: They were advertising free television sets, but there were a lot of strings attached.
text: As I write this, drivers' union ASLEF has announced yet another series of one-day strikes, because ministers are stupidly insisting that the modest below-inflation pay rise they have offered drivers still comes with strings attached over working conditions.
ref: 2024 January 24, Christian Wolmar, “What could Labour do to reverse the rail reform agenda?”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 47:
glosses: A condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement
froth up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: froths up
form: frothing up
form: frothed up
form: frothed up
Senses: examples: text: The Spirit mourn'd "Adieu!"—dissolv’d, and left / The atom darkness in a slow turmoil; / As when of healthful midnight sleep bereft, / Thinking on rugged hours and fruitless toil, / We put our eyes into a pillowy cleft, / And see the spangly gloom froth up and boil: / It made sad Isabella’s eyelids ache, / And in the dawn she started up awake; [...]
ref: 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XLI, page 69:
text: ‘Then fetch me some,’ said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail.
ref: 1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Whale Got His Throat”, in Just So Stories:
text: As I passed along the edge of the meadow the cow-parsnip was as tall as I, frothing up to the top of the hedge, putting the faded hawthorn to a wan blush.
ref: 1911, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 8, in The White Peacock:
text: It was “soperlallie”, or soap berry. It grows in the woods; when you beat the berry it froths up and has a queer bitter taste.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 20, in Klee Wyck:
glosses: To become frothy; to rise with a frothy surface or covered with something resembling froth.
Synonyms: foam up
frothed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of froth up
frothing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of froth up
froths up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of froth up
physas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physa
baby formulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby formula
Rani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “a queen, princess, the wife of a king”), through Hindi रानी (rānī).
Senses: examples: text: On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani.
ref: 2019, Jessica Rusick, Kate Hudson: Fashionable Fitness Co-Founder, ABDO, page 26:
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
exestuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exestuate
exestuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exestuate
exestuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exestuate
endopassive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endopassives
Etymology: From endo- + passive.
Senses: examples: text: Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available
ref: 2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.
endopassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + passive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having passive form while predicating about something other than the subject of the passive voice construction.
raw_tags: of verbs
examples: text: 4.6 Voicing of the initial consonant: endopassive derivation
ref: 2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to an endopassive.
Related terms: exopassive
endoactive
pseudopassive
pipfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipfruits
form: pipfruit
Etymology: From pip + fruit.
Senses: examples: text: It was noted that direct monetary benefits from the biological control programme would accrue to pipfruit growers and the pipfruit industry.
ref: 2006, Franz Bigler, Dirk Babendreier, Ulli Kuhlmann, Environmental Impact of Invertebrates for Biological Control of Arthropods, →ISBN:
text: Pipfruits differ from other plant models used to study bud dormancy, such as peach and poplar, at the physiological level because the most important environmental trigger for dormancy induction is low-temperature exposure (Heide and Prestrud 2005), instead of photoperiodic changes.
ref: 2015, James V. Anderson, Advances in Plant Dormancy, →ISBN, page 115:
text: It has been an important pest of pipfruit (the term “pipfruit” refers to apples and pears, because of the small hard seeds (pips) in the centre of the fruit) in Hawke's Bay for at least 50 years (Charles 1989).
ref: 2016, M. Mani, C. Shivaraju, Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of pome.
synonyms: word: pome
pipfruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipfruit
transhumanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transhumanism
Hispania Tarraconensis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Hispānia Tarracōnēnsis.
Senses: glosses: one of three provinces of the Roman Empire in Hispania, which is now Spain.
posthumanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posthumanities
Etymology: From post- + humanity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or condition of being a posthuman.
examples: text: In much the same vein I must thank Stefan Sorgner, Jelena Juga, Jaime del Val, Milivoje Misha Pantovic, Francesca Ferrando, and all at the Beyond Humanism Network for mixing the exploration of posthumanity with warmth, friendship and fun; […]
ref: 2014, David Roden, Posthuman Life: Philosophy at the Edge of the Human:
glosses: Posthumans as a group; mankind populated by posthumans.
posthumanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posthumanity
post-humanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-humanisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of posthumanism.
post-humanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post-humanism
technoromanticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + romanticism, coined by Stéphan Barron between 1991 and 1996.
Senses: glosses: The theory of links between art and new technologies, within the context of the threats posed to nature by technoscience and economic development.
wikipedia: Stéphan Barron
technoself
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technoselves
Etymology: From techno- + self.
Senses: glosses: The interdisciplinary concept which deals with all aspects of human identity in a technological society.
examples: text: This is also how the role of technoselves in contemporary life becomes intelligible.
ref: 2012, Rocci Luppicini, editor, Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society:
glosses: Self in the context of the technologically developed society.
Related terms: cyberself
technoselves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technoself
Kentish plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kentish plovers
Senses: glosses: Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.
gubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gubbers
Senses: glosses: A gold ducat or sequin.
put the bottom rail on top
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the bottom rail on top
form: putting the bottom rail on top
form: put the bottom rail on top
form: put the bottom rail on top
Senses: examples: text: “The nigger Professor” they called me, “with a plan to educate the blacks and to put them above the whites”; “to put the bottom rail on top”; “to subvert Anglo‐Saxon civilization.”
ref: 1906–1909, Walter Hines Page, The Southerner, a Novel, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 253:
glosses: To reverse a hierarchy.
yellow beet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow beets
Senses: glosses: A yellow variety of beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. lutea)
Synonyms: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. lutea
Furano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 富良野 (Furano).
Senses: glosses: A city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the southern reaches of Kamikawa Subprefecture.
Lotharingia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˌloʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒi.ə/
ipa: /ˌloʊ.θəɹˈɪn.dʒi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiə
Etymology: Named for Lothair II, who ruled it, a name of Germanic origin, from Old High German Lothari, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd (“loud, famous”) + *hari (“commander, warrior”). Doublet of Lorraine. More at Chlothar.
Senses: glosses: A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
wikipedia: Chlothar
Lothair II
Derived terms: Lotharingian
Related terms: Lothringia
Lorraine
pre-AIDS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + AIDS.
Senses: glosses: Before an individual contracted AIDS.
glosses: Before the discovery or the historical importance of AIDS.
normalphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normal + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Hatred for those who are cisgender and heterosexual.
Related terms: normalphobic
normalphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more normalphobic
form: most normalphobic
Etymology: From normal + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Hating those who are cisgender and heterosexual.
Related terms: normalphobia
Covent Garden abbess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Covent Garden abbesses
Etymology: A reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London.
Senses: glosses: A procuress; a woman who procures customers for prostitutes.
wikipedia: Covent Garden
Related terms: english: brothel madam
translation: brothel madam
word: abbess
word: Covent Garden ague
word: Covent Garden nun
Covent Garden ague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Covent Garden agues
Etymology: A reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London.
Senses: glosses: A venereal disease; a sexually transmitted disease.
wikipedia: Covent Garden
Synonyms: Barnwell ague
Kentish ague
ladies' fever
Related terms: Covent Garden abbess
Covent Garden nun
Covent Garden nun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Covent Garden nuns
Etymology: A reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London.
Senses: glosses: A prostitute.
wikipedia: Covent Garden
Synonyms: english: prostitute
translation: prostitute
word: nun
word: prostitute
Related terms: Covent Garden abbess
Covent Garden ague
Covent Gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Covent Garden
Covent Garden abbesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Covent Garden abbess
Covent Garden agues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Covent Garden ague
Covent Garden nuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Covent Garden nun
Rosenberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosenbergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rosenberg.
Senses: examples: text: After Rosenberg and Goldberg tweeted about changing their names, dozens of other people on Twitter followed suit.
ref: 2016 June 3, Jason Koebler, “Jews Are Taking Back (((Echoes))) from the Neo-Nazis”, in Motherboard, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2016:
glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A town in Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
glosses: A town in Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg.
glosses: A town, part of Sulzbach-Rosenberg municipality, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, named after Henry Rosenberg.
Related terms: Red Hill
Redhill
Redhills
Rose Hill
Rosehill
Rose Hills
Rosenberry
Rotenberg
Rotenberry
Rothenberg
Rothenburg
afterthoughting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of afterthought
Herodotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient historian Herodotus.
abelwhackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of able whackets.
ablewhackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of able whackets.
ablewackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Three sailors, clutching their cards like fans, were preoccupied with able[-]wackets, the winner administering the forfeit of mighty thwacks across the loser's palm with a knotted handkerchief.
ref: 2011, Desiree Jury, Two Shadows, Wellington: Naki Press, →ISBN, page 85:
glosses: Alternative spelling of able whackets.
cheeky chappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeky chappies
Senses: examples: text: One reply given to the foregoing question was that "men do not go to church because they do not want to, and, in spite of Mr. Wade, this is still a partly free country." After firing this little squib off, the perpetrator of it must have felt relieved. He is the cheerful, cheeky chappie whom Evangelist Alexander would have fired at with his own dum-dum bullet, '"Two-Timothy-two-fifteen."
ref: 1909 August 17, T. O. B., “In and Around Sydney”, in Cootamundra Herald, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, retrieved 15 Sep 2016, page 2:
glosses: A cheeky, likeable man or boy.
black ewe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black ewes
Senses: examples: text: He shook his head mournfully, and frowned, as he contemplated this embarrassing gaffe of the black ewe of the family.
ref: 1964, Eric Forbes-Boyd, In Crusader Greece: A Tour of the Castles of the Morea, page 117:
glosses: A female black sheep.
about east
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east.
ref: 1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198:
glosses: OK; all right; in a proper manner.
Bedlington Terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bedlington Terrier
semipermeably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semipermeable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a semipermeable fashion.
weakier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of weaky: more weaky
weakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of weaky: most weaky
mixes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mix up
mixing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mix up
boom-booms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boom-boom
boom-booms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boom-boom
boom-booming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boom-boom
boom-boomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boom-boom
infant formulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infant formula
black ewes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black ewe
cheeky chappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheeky chappie
Montagu's harrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montagu's harriers
Etymology: After George Montagu, British naturalist.
Senses: glosses: A migratory bird of prey of the harrier family, Circus pygargus.
wikipedia: George Montagu (naturalist)
retrozygomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Etymology: From retro- + zygomatic.
Senses: examples: text: Upward extension of infection from the infratemporal space may involve either the retrozygomatic or the temporal space or both.
ref: 1945, Charles Goodliffe Darlington, George W. Wilson, The Year Book of Dentistry, Year Book Medical Publishers - The California University Press, page 342:
text: When the retrozygomatic approach is used, a part of the mandible or zygoma may be removed or the zygoma may be outfractured to provide for an adequate tunnel.
ref: 1980, James Byron Snow, Controversy in Otolaryngology, W. B. Saunders Publishing - The Michigan University Press, page 508:
text: Trim these areas to conform to the approximate function of the coronoid process and to the height and width of the retrozygomatic area.
ref: 1988, Alexander R. Halperin, Mastering the Art of Complete Dentures, Quintessence Publications - The Michigan University Press, page 41:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to Aesculapian operation or the space behind the zygomatic bone.
anti-aging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antiaging
Etymology: From anti- + aging.
Senses: glosses: Related to the lessening or halting of the aging process.
Related terms: age-reversal
Mendel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mendels
Etymology: * As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein.
* As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mendels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mendel
Vavilovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Vavilov + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It is sufficient to emphasise how strongly the Vavilovian concept, and geographical pattern, of centres of origin constrained research on the beginnings of agriculture in the second half of the twentieth century.
ref: 2006, Robert Layton, Stephen Shennan, Peter G. Stone, A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present:
topics: biology
botany
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.
foam up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foams up
form: foaming up
form: foamed up
form: foamed up
Senses: examples: text: In a chastened mood, Helen returned to her own room and lit her spirit-lamp, in order to re-boil the coffee. She was watching the brown bubbles foam up in the saucepan, when she heard the front-door bell.
ref: 1933, Ethel Lina White, chapter 12, in Some Must Watch:
text: […] valleys deep in a milk-white mist where a continual drip-drip allowed one to hear, rather than see, the enormous soft, and feathery leafage of the tree-ferns as it foamed up from the living fossils of the trunks.
ref: 1961, Claude Lévi-Strauss, “Tristes Tropiques”, in John Russell, transl., Criterion, New York, published 1955, Part I, Chapter 3, p. 35:
text: When the first rain hits […] that big pipe carries a lot of water that blasts the algae and sediment, which then foams up.
ref: 2010 November 12, Rob Davis, “Solving the Mystery of Point Loma’s Sewer Foam”, in Voice of San Diego:
glosses: To become foamy, create a foam; to rise with a foamy surface or covered with something resembling foam
examples: text: A tide of Republican scandal foamed up last week and engulfed Germany's greatest post-War soldier, Hans von Seeckt, “The Man with the Iron Monocle.”
ref: 1926 October 18, “Portent Hatched”, in Time:
text: […] Traveler had shown up looking for some suppositories to cure his bronchitis, and out of the explanation he had got from Talita love had foamed up like shampoo in a showerbath.
ref: 1966, Julio Cortázar, chapter 37, in Gregory Rabassa, transl., Hopscotch, Pantheon, published 2014:
glosses: To take place, arise, erupt, develop.
examples: text: As I routinely foamed up his grand lattes, he’d share details about his homicide cases (not to mention his rocky marriage, which was still bordering on divorce).
ref: 2006, Cleo Coyle, chapter 2, in Murder Most Frothy, Penguin, page 22:
text: Face foamed up, I flicked on the shaver before lowering it to my face, and allowed the blades to fizz and chug against my skin.
ref: 2010 October 4, Oliver Pickup, “A Cut Above”, in The Daily Mail:
text: After working the rotating brush gently over my face, she begins foaming up the facial’s star product, Cor soap, between her palms.
ref: 2012 August 29, Si Si Penaloza, “Leave Las Vegas looking luminous”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: To cause to become foamy; to cover with foam.
Synonyms: sense: become foamy
word: froth up
heliconiines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heliconiine
wetlook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet-look
form: wet look
Etymology: From wet + look.
Senses: glosses: The look of someone with their body wet, especially seen as attractive or a fetish.
examples: text: wetlook satin; wetlook jeans; a wetlook jacket
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A glossy or shiny finish, giving an appearance of being wet.
raw_tags: of fabrics
Derived terms: wetlook gel
bichromatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + chromatism.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being bichromatic.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of being partially color blind.
examples: text: These are the pioneers of the suppressed and scorned Americans who dared to oppose the relentless bichromatism that entrapped white and black Americans alike.
ref: 1999, Martha Hodes, editor, Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History:
glosses: The tendency to view events from the perspective of two-race relationship.
sexual dimorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual dimorphism
sexual dichromatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexual dichromatisms
Senses: glosses: A plumage or fur color difference between male and female individuals of the same species.
Hypernyms: sexual dimorphism
Related terms: sexual mimicry
sexual dichromatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual dichromatism
overshapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overshape
megalopenises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalopenis
megalophalluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalophallus
macrophalluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrophallus
Aberdeen cutlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aberdeen cutlets
Senses: glosses: A cured or dried haddock.
Aberdeen cutlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aberdeen cutlet
outinfluence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outinfluences
form: outinfluencing
form: outinfluenced
form: outinfluenced
Etymology: From out- + influence.
Senses: glosses: To surpass in influencing; to have a greater influence than.
placki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Polish placki.
Senses: glosses: Polish potato pancakes.
outinfluenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outinfluence
outinfluencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outinfluence
outinfluences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outinfluence
shechita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shehitah.
shechitah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shehitah.
eggah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛɡə/
enpr: ĕgʹə
rhymes: -ɛɡə
Etymology: From Egyptian Arabic عِجّة (ʕegga), from Arabic عُجَّة (ʕujja), from ع ج ج (ʕ j j) meaning "to be overcrowded or jammed pack", as the meal is typically packed or stuffed with chop-meat and/or various vegetable fillings.
Senses: hypernyms: omelette
glosses: An Arab dish of eggs cooked in a pancake, bound to a meat or vegetable filling.
Related terms: word: ejjeh
raw_tags: as عجة in Arabic
electrowave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + -wave.
Senses: examples: text: A warehouse space with a bar blasting music from ragamuffin and hip-hop to electrowave — the sort of place where you don't have to worry about offending anyone, no matter what you look like.
ref: 1995, Berkeley Travel, Italy on the Loose, Fodor, page 349:
glosses: Synonym of synthwave.
synonyms: word: synthwave
synthwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From synth + -wave.
Senses: glosses: The electronic, synthesizer-based subgenre of new wave and darkwave music, in contrast to that based on guitars.
wikipedia: synthwave
Synonyms: electrowave
unsoftenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsoftenable
form: most unsoftenable
Etymology: From un- + softenable.
Senses: glosses: Not softenable.
geometrodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geometrodynamic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of geometrodynamics.
envelopingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enveloping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the scene below, the key enigma is the woman in the middle, who has pulled her clothing envelopingly around herself.
ref: 2007, Oliver Taplin, Pots & Plays: Interactions Between Tragedy and Greek Vase-Painting of the Fourth Century B.C.:
glosses: So as to envelop.
unacute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unacute
form: most unacute
Etymology: From un- + acute.
Senses: glosses: Not acute.
unmasterful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmasterful
form: most unmasterful
Etymology: From un- + masterful.
Senses: glosses: Not masterful.
unmasterfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmasterfully
form: most unmasterfully
Etymology: From unmasterful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmasterful manner.
ikezukuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ikizukuri.
ikizukuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ikezukuri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 生き作り.
Senses: glosses: The preparation of sashimi from live seafood.
dustbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustbaths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dust bath.
dustbaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustbath
dust bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust baths
form: dustbath
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The process of cleansing the body of parasites by rolling in sand or dust, practiced by certain birds and mammals.
Related terms: dustbathe
dust baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dust bath
heads in the clouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head in the clouds
dead man's arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Traditionally, such puddings were sometimes steamed and served in an old shirt sleeve.
Senses: glosses: A roly-poly pudding.