cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
field jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field jackets
Senses: examples: text: The morning was raw, yet he wore only summer khaki trousers, a light Army field jacket and, of all things, tennis shoes. He was shivering.
ref: 1944, Ernie Pyle, chapter 15, in Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, page 231:
text: One of the MP sergeants, in an uncommon act of kindness, strips off his own field jacket and lays it over the prisoner with the injured legs, as no one else seems ready to help him.
ref: 2007, Aidan Delgado, The Sutras of Abu Ghraib, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 4, p. 160:
glosses: A military or military-style jacket made of fabric (wool or cotton).
examples: text: Similar to a cast a doctor wraps around a broken leg, a field jacket keeps fossils from moving or breaking and protects them during transport.
ref: 1999, Monique Keiran, Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-Mimic Dinosaur, Vancouver: Raincoast, page 25:
text: Inside were various bones, still clothed in their white plaster field jackets, as they patiently waited their turn to be liberated and put on display.
ref: 2011, Richard Polsky, Boneheads: My Search for T. Rex, San Francisco: Council Oak Books, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 133:
glosses: A covering used by paleontologists to protect fossils, usually made of plaster and burlap.
Derived terms: field-jacketed
field jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field jacket
ectocrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectocrine
sciomancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciomancers
Etymology: From scio- + -mancer.
Senses: examples: text: The sciomancer called forth the ghost or shadow of the dead, which was not considered the living, active spirit, but rather an emanation from the dead which yet retained the impress of living thought, an idea akin to modern psychometry.
ref: 1874, Common Sense - Volumes 1-2, page 100:
text: Some sciomancers thought that certain types of shadows were ghosts of the departed.
ref: 2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 104:
text: This concoction is often used by mediums, seers, and prophets who wish to call on the knowledge of the dead; sibyls; and sciomancers.
ref: 2008, Jason Erik Lundberg, A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: One who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
Related terms: sciomancy
sciomancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciomancer
conacreism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conacre + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: And conacreism as certainly leads to such doings, as poverty leads to temptation.
ref: 1968, London Phalanx - Issues 1-57, page 652:
glosses: An agricultural system used in Ireland, in which land is let for a season in small patches or strips, usually for tillage
concertise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: concertises
form: concertising
form: concertised
form: concertised
Senses: examples: text: And what experience can this boy get, if he doesn't concertise?
ref: 2011, Bernice Rubens, Madame Sousatzka, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of concertize.
concertises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concertise
concertising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of concertise
concertised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concertise
Talibon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
cockleert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockleerts
Senses: examples: text: "Zee," he continued, "cockleert be on the creep."
ref: 1899, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 166, page 200:
text: Howsomever, I woke him at cockleert the next morning.
ref: 1901, Gwendoline Keats, Tales of Dunstáble Weir, page 146:
text: 'At cockleert (dawn), 'twas all mizzle an' rimy, like; but he got out of his bed, any'ow. An' he donned his clathers an' hobbled cross his courtlage to the stable – an' not expecting a cheery sight.
ref: 2016, Amrita Tezla, The Folk of the Twill, →ISBN, page 116:
qualifier: southwest England
glosses: Cockcrow; dawn; daybreak.
cockleerts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockleert
Christ Child
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Christ child.
pronoiai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronoia
pronoiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronoia
diacriticless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: diacritic-less
Etymology: From diacritic + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Solomon (2001) has shown that HIV/AIDS educational material targets gays and lesbians differently; moreover, gender-non-specific material in diacriticless printed Hebrew further dilutes the message for men.
ref: 2004, William Leap, Tom Boellstorff, Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language:
synonyms: word: undiacritized
word: ;
english: sometimes hyponymous
translation: sometimes hyponymous
word: accentless
word: unaccented
glosses: Without diacritics.
kutus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kutu
herald moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herald moths
Senses: glosses: A holarctic moth (Scoliopteryx libatrix)
paraphalangeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + phalangeal.
Senses: glosses: Opposite / Beyond a phalange
pentadecanal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aliphatic aldehyde that has 15 carbon atoms
pentamannosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + mannosyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Five mannosyl groups in a compound
pentaradiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pentaradial symmetry
periacquaductal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of periaqueductal.
periamygdalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + amygdalar.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of periamygdaloid.
synonyms: word: periamygdaloid
periamygdaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + amygdaloid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding an amygdala
mnemogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mnemogenic
form: most mnemogenic
Etymology: From mnemo- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: People liked her because she was quietly attractive with her charming dim face and soft husky voice, somehow remaining in one's memory as if she were subtly endowed with the gift of being remembered: she came out well in one's mind, she was mnemogenic.
ref: 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 69:
text: [T]hat the remembering individual may be only one mnemogenic agent marks a counterpoint to the mainstream of psychological memory studies in the twentieth century.
ref: 2008, Attilio Favorini, Memory in Play, page 103:
text: Two specific examples of mnemogenic chemical reactions have been identified as potentially maintaining long-lasting synaptic facilitation in Aplysia.
ref: 2010, J. David Sweatt, Mechanisms of Memory, page 67:
glosses: That creates or reinforces a memory.
periimplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: peri-implantation
Etymology: From peri- + implantation.
Senses: glosses: Around the time of implantation
perisarcal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a perisarc
peritumour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + tumour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peritumor.
perleidiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perleidiforms
Senses: glosses: Any extinct fish of the order Perleidiformes
perleidiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perleidiform
pharmacogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + genetical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharmacogenetic.
pharmacokinetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + kinetical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharmacokinetic.
USMCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He’s promoted the USMCA as one of his big accomplishments, claiming it’s already creating jobs – despite the fact it hasn’t been ratified by Congress.
ref: 2019 April 18, Katie Lobosco and Haley Byrd, “Trump’s NAFTA replacement would have modest but positive impact, report finds”, in CNN:
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Initialism of United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement.
topics: transport
glosses: The United Nations LOCODE for McAdoo, Pennsylvania, USA
Synonyms: word: NAFTA 2.0
word: CUSMA
sense: in Mexican sources
word: MUSCA
Coordinate terms: english: North American Free Trade Agreement; predecessor to USMCA
translation: North American Free Trade Agreement; predecessor to USMCA
word: NAFTA
english: United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement; predecessor to NAFTA
translation: United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement; predecessor to NAFTA
word: FTA
Related terms: english: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
translation: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
word: FTAA
english: Canada-Europe Trade Agreement
translation: Canada-Europe Trade Agreement
word: CETA
english: Trans-Pacific Partnership
translation: Trans-Pacific Partnership
word: TPP
english: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
translation: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
word: GATT
english: World Trade Organization
translation: World Trade Organization
word: WTO
pharmacophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + physiological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pharmacophysiology
phellogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of phellogen
photoregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoregulators
Etymology: From photo- + regulator.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A photochemical regulator
Related terms: photoregulation
Nafta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the acronym NAFTA, used in British press, not used in North America.
Senses: examples: text: Lance Fritz, the president and C.E.O. of Union Pacific Railroad, said pulling out of Nafta would harm trade, which would in turn weigh on his business.
ref: 2017 November 15, Ana Swanson, “Trump’s Trade Approach Diverges Sharply from Free Trade Republicans”, in The New York Times, retrieved 09 Jan 2018:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NAFTA (“North American Free Trade Agreement”).
photostimulon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photostimulons
Etymology: From photo- + stimulon.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: photochemical stimulon
photostimulons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photostimulon
pimaricinolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A macrolide related to pimaricin
pimelidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pimelimidate.
plamid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plasmid.
plethymographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plethysmographic.
plethymography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plethysmography.
podoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to podoviruses
polysomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From polysomal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of a polysome
postciliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪliəɹi
-ɪliɛəɹi
Etymology: From post- + ciliary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind a cilium
postimperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + imperative.
Senses: glosses: Following a command
postinfraorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Forms: form: postinfraorbitals
Etymology: From post- + infraorbital.
Senses: glosses: A group of dermal bones located posterior to the orbit (in some vertebrates)
postinfraorbitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postinfraorbital
postpubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pubic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the postpubis
proadrenomedullin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + adrenomedullin.
Senses: glosses: A component of adrenomedullin that is used as a biomarker
pseudoalteromonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoalteromonads
Senses: glosses: Any marine bacterium of the genus Pseudoalteromonas (or of the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae)
pseudoalteromonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoalteromonad
pseudotrefoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudotrefoils
Etymology: From pseudo- + trefoil.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pseudoknot in the form of a trefoil
quasicoaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + coaxial.
Senses: glosses: Describing an open-wire power transmission cable that has shielding layers above and below it
hocicudo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hocicudos
Etymology: From Spanish hocicudo ("snouted").
Senses: glosses: Any South American rodent in the genus Oxymycterus.
quinazolinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinazolinols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of phenol derived from a quinazoline
quinazolinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinazolinol
antitorpedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-torpedos
form: anti-torpedoes
form: antitorpedoes
Senses: glosses: plural of antitorpedo
radioautographed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Produced by radioautography
raffinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raffinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of galactosidase that hydrolyses raffinose.
rearticulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rearticulations
Etymology: From re- + articulation.
Senses: examples: text: This chapter examines both cultural and racial rearticulations of Buddhist ideas, beliefs, and practices.
ref: 2011, Joseph Cheah, Race and Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation:
glosses: The process, or the result of rearticulating.
regucalcins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regucalcin
remineralizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + mineralizable.
Senses: glosses: Able to undergo remineralization.
resupplementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resupplementations
Etymology: From re- + supplementation.
Senses: glosses: Renewed supplementation following depletion
resupplemented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + supplemented.
Senses: glosses: supplemented again (following depletion)
Related terms: resupplemention
reticularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being reticular
rhamphorhynchine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhamphorhynchines
Senses: glosses: Any pterosaur of the genus Rhamphorhynchus.
rhamphorhynchines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhamphorhynchine
rheomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Modified by rheomorphism
rheomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The liquefaction of rock, and subsequent flowing and intrusion into surrounding rocks
Related terms: rheomorphic
rhizoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizoxin
rostralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rostral + -ization.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The formation and development of a rostrum (beak)
rotigotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The dopamine agonist (S)-6-[propyl(2-thiophen-2-ylethyl)amino]-5,6,7,8- tetrahydronaphthalen-1-ol, used to treat Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome.
ooky-spooky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ooky-spooky
form: most ooky-spooky
Senses: examples: text: […] the newly reinvigorated Amblin presents an ooky-spooky, creepy-crawly Halloween treat for horror-fans-in-training with The House With A Clock In Its Walls.
ref: 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018:
glosses: Spooky.
ruderalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The growth of ruderal plants on disturbed land
scaleworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaleworms
form: scale worm
Senses: glosses: Any polychaete worm of the family Polynoidae
scaleworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaleworm
dark side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark sides
Senses: examples: text: When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.
ref: 1989 July 14, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally..., spoken by Harry Burns (Billy Crystal):
text: The film stumbles as its plot gets more complicated, introducing the house’s previous resident, evil warlock Isaac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan), Jonathan’s former partner-in-magic who turned to the dark side after an encounter with a demon named Azazel (Christian Calloway) during World War II.
ref: 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of All Directors, Brings Amblin Magic to the Kid-lit Horror of The House with a Clock in Its Walls”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022:
text: [P]revious finalists on the show have begun to speak out against issues they had to deal with when the cameras stopped filming. […] But just as the dark side of the genre threatened to overshadow any previous genuine highs, in 2019, buzz spread in the US around a talent show that had to be seen to be believed.
ref: 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How Talent Shows Became TV’s Most Bizarre Programmes”, in BBC Online, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of darkside.
seawhip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seawhips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea whip coral.
seawhips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seawhip
semionotid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semionotids
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Semionotidae of extinct fishes.
semionotids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semionotid
semionotiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semionotiforms
Senses: glosses: Any extinct fish of the order Semionotiformes
semionotiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semionotiform
serpentinophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpentinophytes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant that grows on serpentine rocks
serpentinophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpentinophyte
somnogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From somno- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That induces sleep
speleogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From speleo- + genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of caves
Related terms: speleogenic
spermatodactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermatodactyls
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A modified chelicera used to transfer sperm from the male to the female
spinulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having spinules
Related terms: spinulation
spinulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinulations
Senses: glosses: The formation of spinules
Related terms: spinulate
chu nom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃuː ˈnoʊm/
Forms: form: chữ nôm
form: Chu Nom
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese chữ Nôm.
Senses: examples: text: Chữ nôm was known only by the 5 percent or less of Vietnam's educated population, who used it not as a primary medium but rather as an aid to learning Chinese and for recording folk literature.
ref: 1997, Wm. C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma, page 83:
text: To write a vernacular word, Chu Nom used two Chinese ideograms—one to indicate the meaning, the other the sound.
ref: 1998, Kevin Bowen, Ba Chung Nguyen, Bruce Weigl, editors, Mountain River, page xxiv:
text: [P]olitical reforms along Western lines […] included […] developing modern science, agriculture, and commerce, and even creating a national writing system based on chu nom: ‘Have we not talented persons able to devise a script which will transcribe our national language?’
ref: 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 106:
glosses: A writing system formerly used for Vietnamese, based on Chinese characters.
staffellid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staffellids
Senses: glosses: Any foraminifer of the family Staffellidae
staffellids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staffellid
drunken boxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 醉拳 (zuìquán).
Senses: glosses: Any style of Chinese martial arts that imitates the movements of a drunk person; Drunken Fist.
Zui Quan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zui quan.
Florita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Florita.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Spanish.
pronoias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronoia
stereoviewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoviewers
Etymology: From stereo- + viewer.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stereoscope.
synonyms: word: stereoscope
stromalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stromalins
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subunit of the cohesin ring complex which encircles sister chromatids after DNA replication
stromalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stromalin
subantimicrobial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + antimicrobial.
Senses: glosses: Less than has antimicrobial action
raw_tags: of a dosage
subapex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subapices
Etymology: From sub- + apex.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary apex
subapices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subapex
subinfraorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Etymology: From sub- + infraorbital.
Senses: glosses: Below the infraorbital bone (in some fish)
suborbitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suborbital
subspecialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subspecialisations
Etymology: From sub- + specialisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subspecialization.
subspecialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subspecialisation
subtentorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + tentorial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the tentorium
superinfectious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + infectious.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a superinfection
supervesicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supervesicles
Etymology: From super- + vesicle.
Senses: glosses: A structure formed as a combination of several vesicles
supervesicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supervesicle
suppressogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suppress + -genic.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That suppresses the action of the immune system
suppressogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of being suppressogenic
symbiostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From symbio- + -stasis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: homeostasis in a symbiotic relationship
Bolshevization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bolshevizations
form: Bolshevisation
Senses: antonyms: de-Bolshevization
glosses: The action or effect of bolshevizing something; making something Bolshevist.
tapejarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapejarines
Senses: glosses: Any pterosaur of the subfamily Tapejarinae
tapejarines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapejarine
tepraloxydim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The herbicide 2-[1-[[(E)-3-chloroprop-2-enoxy]amino]propylidene]-5-(oxan-4-yl)cyclohexane-1,3-dione
teratocarcinogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From terato- + carcinogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation of teratocarcinomas
thalassodromine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalassodromines
Senses: glosses: Any pterosaur of the subfamily Thalassodrominae
thalassodromines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassodromine
thanatochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thanato- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemistry of death.
Related terms: thanatochemical
rigor mortis
thanatochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thanato- + chemical.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to thanatochemistry
thermoinduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoinductions
Etymology: From thermo- + induction.
Senses: glosses: thermal induction
thermolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Broken up by thermolysis
thiosulphinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiosulphinates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thiosulfinate.
transsclerally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From trans- + sclerally.
Senses: glosses: In a transscleral manner or direction
triterpenoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + terpenoidal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to triterpenoids
terpenoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to terpenoids
unilobular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + lobular.
Senses: synonyms: monolobular
glosses: Having or involving a single lobe or lobule.
rerecovery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rerecoveries
Etymology: From re- + recovery.
Senses: examples: text: Joseph Sheehan discusses relapse and rerecovery from stuttering in Chapter 6.
ref: 1985, Asha: A Journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association:
text: One (1) patient demonstrated recovery, remission, and subsequent rerecovery, which coincided with the commencement, cessation, and retreatment with propranolol.
ref: 2006 May, Andrew Tatham, Adrian Macfarlane, “The use of propranolol to treat central serous chorioretinopathy: an evaluation by serial OCT”, in Journal of Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, volume 22, number 2:
text: With worrisome patients, it may be in order to predict or prescribe a relapse followed by a rerecovery, a sequence which gives greater confidence in the trustworthiness of the outcome.
ref: 2014, Alan S. Gurman, David P. Kniskern, Handbook Of Family Therapy, →ISBN:
glosses: An additional recovery following a relapse.
unphotoactivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + photoactivated.
Senses: glosses: Not photoactivated
rerecoveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rerecovery
unpolymerised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + polymerised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unpolymerized.
unremineralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + remineralized.
Senses: glosses: Not remineralized
valvulopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From valvulo- + -pathic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to valvulopathy
vasoreparative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vaso- + reparative.
Senses: glosses: Thar repairs damage to blood vessels
vemoronasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vomeronasal.
vestibularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a vestibular manner
viraemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a viraemic manner
overflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overflower
overflowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overflower
voltamperogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voltamperograms
Senses: glosses: A graphic output made by voltammetry
voltamperograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voltamperogram
vomeronasally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a vomeronasal manner
wybutosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A modified nucleoside of phenylalanine transfer RNA
facsimilied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: But I was resolved to have them, somehow ; and actually facsimilied a considerable portion of the drawing in the Florentine manner, with the finest point I could cut to my pencil, taking a quarter of an hour to forge out the likeness of one return in the zigzag which my master carried down through twenty returns in two seconds; and so successfully, that he did not detect my artifice till I showed it him, -- on which he forbade me ever to do the like again.
ref: 1894, John Ruskin v, Prosperina, Ariadne Florentina, page 319:
text: Has it been facsimilied? The writing in the picture appears readable, but on applying a glass, only a very few words reveal themselves.
ref: 2015, Helena Michie, Love Among the Archives, →ISBN, page 220:
text: Nowadays, handwritings are easily facsimilied, when even bankers find it hard to distinguish between their own notes and counterfeit ones.
ref: 2016, Émile Gaboriau, Caught in the Net, →ISBN:
glosses: simple past and past participle of facsimile
Daraawiish State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daraawiish (“historical kingdom”).
Scharnhorst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/
Forms: form: Scharnhorsts
Etymology: From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.
Senses: glosses: Several locations in northern Germany.
glosses: A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.
glosses: Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.
angiospasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiospasm
sowlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sowling
gordolobo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gordolobos
Etymology: From Spanish gordolobo.
Senses: glosses: Any plant of species Bocconia frutescens.
summes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summe
pickin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of picking.
zaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaques
Etymology: From Spanish zaque.
Senses: glosses: A ruler in the northern area of Muisca.
vizcachera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vizcacheras
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of viscachera.
counter-terrorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counter-terrorizes
form: counter-terrorizing
form: counter-terrorized
form: counter-terrorized
form: counter-terrorise
Etymology: From counter- + terrorize.
Senses: glosses: To commit counter-terrorism (against somebody).
ceph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Clipping of cephalopod.
culinary art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culinary arts
Senses: glosses: The art of cooking, generally.
glosses: Synonym of cuisine: The art of cooking in particular way, a characteristic style of cooking.
synonyms: word: cuisine
extra: The art of cooking in particular way, a characteristic style of cooking
Synonyms: sense: art or study of cooking
word: cooking
sense: art or study of cooking
word: cookery
sense: art or study of cooking
word: cuisine
sense: art or study of cooking
word: culinary arts
sense: art or study of cooking
word: magirics
sense: art or study of cooking
word: magirology
Derived terms: culinary artist
cerasee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cundeamor is derived from the Spanish name for the fruit of the Cerasee (Momordica Charantia) possessing a peculiar warted appearance.
ref: 1882, Daniel Morris, Cacao: How to Grow and how to Cure it, page 13:
text: She told me how easy it was to tell cerasee, the tiny pale yellow flowers on the vine and the small bright-orange fruits, and the seeds blood-red.
ref: 2007, Jacqueline Bishop, The River's Song: A Nove, page 161:
text: I told him to drink cerasee tea. That's what the village elders had always prescribed for colitis.
ref: 2011, Ivelyn Harris, Healing Herbs of Jamaica, page 28:
glosses: bitter melon, Momordica charantia, from which a medicinal tea is made.
adeonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adeonid
adeonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adeonids
Senses: glosses: Any bryozoan of the family Adeonidae
Vinerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vʌɪˈnɪəɹɪən/
Etymology: After Charles Viner, an English jurist, plus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Vinerian Professorship of English Law, an endowed professorship at the University of Oxford.
examples: text: Vinerian Scholarship
text: The Vinerian Scholarship is the most prestigious law scholarship awarded by the University of Oxford, presented to the student with the best performance in the Bachelor of Civil Law.
ref: 2018 August 3, “QUT Law Alumnus awarded Vinerian Scholarship”, in QUT [Queensland University of Technology] Law, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2018:
glosses: Of or relating to other posts or awards endowed by the estate of Charles Viner.
dotcommer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotcommers
Senses: examples: text: There's a daughter too, Stephanie. A spoiled little dotcommer.
ref: 2002, Owen Hill, The Chandler Apartments, page 8:
text: And Traynor, an ungrateful sonofabitch dotcommer who'd wrecked himself on his motorcycle for the second time in two years.
ref: 2010, David Carnoy, Knife Music: A Novel, →ISBN:
text: But a dotcommer who was in the room with Cuban that night reports having commented, 'You're crazy, man, you've got a great thing here, why sell out?' only to get a cryptic, 'I don't know, I have a feeling,' in reply.
ref: 2012, Andrew Smith, Totally Wired: The Wild Rise and Crazy Fall of the First Dotcom Dream, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dot-commer.
dotcommers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotcommer
-chorous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Spread, or (especially) having seeds which are dispersed, by (some specified animal, etc)
Related terms: -chory
hydrochorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + -chorous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by water.
ornithochore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithochores
Etymology: From ornitho- + -chore.
Senses: glosses: A plant whose spores, seeds, or fruits are dispersed by birds.
Related terms: ornithochory
ornithochores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornithochore
verdaille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verdailles
Etymology: Compare French vert (“green”), as well as English grisaille or brunaille, from French.
Senses: examples: text: Unless the work of a skilled imitator, Pillement also executed an oil painting in monochromatic shades of olive green, called “Verdaille”, featuring a smaller procession of figures riding on elephants.
ref: 2006, Maria Gordon-Smith, Pillement, page 51:
text: Verdaille is a painting created entirely in green. Unlike other colourwork, in which a single hue is either tinted in lighter tones or shaded into darker tones, verdaille can involve many different hues.
ref: 2012 June 27, Sheila Singhal, “Elephant No. 269: Verdaille”, in An Elephant a Day:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A method of painting or other work which employs only varying shades of green, or work executed with this method.
Butig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
Aleosan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cotabato, Philippines.
Pikit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cotabato, Philippines.
North Cotabato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnoɾt ko.tɐˈba.to/
Etymology: Now Cotabato. Compare South Cotabato.
Senses: glosses: The province of Cotabato.
boutta
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊtə/
ipa: [ˈbaʊɾə]
Etymology: Contraction of about to.
Senses: glosses: about to
flowering rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowering rushes
Senses: glosses: Butomus umbellatus, native in Eurasia, considered invasive in North America.
Neptune grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æs
Forms: form: Neptune grasses
Etymology: From Neptune (Roman sea god, because it grows in the sea) + grass (from seagrass).
Senses: glosses: Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
Lagonglong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
duck's guts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducks guts
form: ducks' guts
Senses: examples: text: Senator Collins —And the ILC will support it.
Senator ELLISON —If it supports it. This is the ducks guts, as we term it in Western Australia. It depends upon whether the ILC says it is a good idea, because I will bet Senator Collins a guinea to a gooseberry that these people—
Senator Collins —Is that another thing that Western Australians say?
ref: 1994 November 9, Christopher Martin Ellison, Robert Lindsay Collins, “ATSIC AMENDMENT (INDIGENOUS LAND CORPORATION AND LAND FUND) BILL”, in Parliament of Australia, Senate Hansard:
text: A line of stationary engines, knocked up between the wars in the wheat-belt town of Wagin, is just about the duck's guts of collectibles, so far as he is concerned.
ref: 2002, Brett D'Arcy, The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks, page 208:
text: But I'm not about t'grizzle -
she was th duck's guts, me time at th Pulp.
I always believed in a good day's work fr a fair pay
and I got on there.[…]
ref: 2012, Pete Hay, “The Duck's Guts”, in Last Days of the Mill:
glosses: Something superlative, something outstanding.
examples: text: “We are at a really precarious time in our history. If we can’t get the investors in and we are not achieving a growth agenda as a country, but a consolidation agenda, we are in ducks’ guts,” he [Jeremy Stephen] said.
ref: 2018 January 31, “We are close to ducks’ guts, says economist”, in Barbados Today, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2018:
text: De cuntry in duck’s guts and wunna heah polemicizing bout how we must elect a former lady of the night cause she got potential
ref: 2018 March 27, pieceuhderockyeahright (username), “‘Natlee’ the Former Prostitute Vying to Expand Her Job Description in the City (comment)”, in Barbados Underground:
glosses: A difficult or awkward situation, trouble.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, gut.
ducks guts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duck's guts.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, gut.
ducks' guts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duck's guts.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck, gut.
carrion flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrion flowers
Senses: glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Amorphophallus spp., arums of the Old World tropics.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Rafflesia spp., of southeast Asia.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Stapelia spp., of Africa, especially South Africa.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Smilax (syn. Nemexia), herabaceous vines of North America
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Bulbophyllum spp., certain orchids
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Other plants, including Aristolochia clematitis, Arum maculatum, Asimina spp. (pawpaws), Crescentia alata, Dracunculus vulgaris, Helicodiceros muscivorus, Huernia spp., Hydnora spp., Lysichiton americanum, Sterculia foetida, Symplocarpus foetidus, Trillium sessile, Tiputinia foetida, Satyrium pumilum, Moraea lurida, Ferraria crispa
Related terms: corpse flower
Pagan's Paddock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pagan's Paddocks
form: Pagan's paddock
Etymology: In reference to Denis Pagan, the coach who popularised the tactic in the 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: While on the subject, does anyone think that the days of Pagan's Paddock are numbered? Over the weekend, a number of clubs used this tactic, but it seems to me, at least, that if the defence can't break past the centre, the ball just goes back into the attacking 50, and eventually a score will happen.
ref: 2002 17 July, Epigram (username), Connolly's Carousel, in aus.sport.aussie-rules, Usenet
qualifier: usually Australian rules football
glosses: A sporting tactic in which a large amount of space is deliberately left open in the attacking area of the ground, into which players can run.
examples: text: Given a veritable Pagan's Paddock by the Cats to work in on Friday night, Danger booted two goals in the first seven minutes to send Geelong fans into orbit.
ref: 2017 September 18, Andrew McGarry, “AFL finals week two: The heroes and villains from the elimination semi-finals”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2018:
qualifier: usually Australian rules football
glosses: A large amount of space on a sportsground, often created by this tactic.
Pagan's paddock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pagan's paddocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pagan's Paddock.
conterminous United States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of contiguous United States.
synonyms: word: contiguous United States
overcooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcoolers
Etymology: From over- + cooler.
Senses: examples: text: After leaving the quencher, the mixture entered the overcooler.
ref: 1973, Acta Chimica - Volumes 77-78, page 345:
text: From under the bath lid, gaseous nitrogen is withdrawn through the liquid nitrogen overcooler 7 into the gaseous nitrogen line 5 for compression and reuse.
ref: 2006, Boris Mikhailovich Andreev, Separation of Isotopes of Biogenic Elements in Two-phase Systems, →ISBN:
text: Also, an overcooler is provided inside the outdoor unit. The overcooler is an overcooling means for cooling down even more the coolant heat-exchanged at the outdoor heat exchanger which will be described below.
ref: 2011, IK Kim, JH Kim, JY Koh, Air conditioning system using ground heat - US Patent 7,992,403:
glosses: A device for cooling a substance to a temperature below its normal level.
overcoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcooler
soul cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soul cakes
form: soulcake
form: soul-cake
Etymology: Probably from Middle English sǒuel, souvel, suvel (“food eaten with bread; food in general”), from Old English sufel, sufol (“anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl”), from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (“juice; moisture; rain”). + cake. The practice of begging for a soul cake is related to begging for condiments (sowl or soul) from wealthy neighbours, with a Christian re-interpretation.
Senses: examples: text: All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake — a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.
ref: 1981, Geoffrey Scard, Squire and tenant: life in rural Cheshire, 1760-1900, page 93:
text: You tell them to say "A soul cake, a soul cake, I pray thee, good mistress, a soul cake", which is the old North Country refrain.
ref: 1992, Joanna Bogle, A Book of Feasts and Seasons, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Begging at the door for candy grew from an ancient English custom of knocking at doors to beg for a “soul cake” in return for which the beggars promised to pray for the dead of the household.
ref: 2018, Sharon Ely Pearson, Faithful Celebrations: Making Time for God in Autumn, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: A cake seasoned with spices or raisins given to beggars on All Soul's Eve (Halloween).
soul cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul cake
Laihia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Kirkkonummi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Uusimaa, west of Helsinki, southern Finland.
canonicalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonicalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of canonicalization.
joik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joiks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yoik (“traditional Sami song”).
Derived terms: joiker
joik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joiks
form: joiking
form: joiked
form: joiked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yoik.
joiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joik
joiker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joikers
Etymology: From joik + -er.
Senses: glosses: A singer of traditional Sami song called joik.
joikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joiker