cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thiolactomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A thiolactone antibiotic active against mycobacteria
tickmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tickmark
tickmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tickmarks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tick mark.
leucopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucopenias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukopenia.
Related terms: leucopenic
unscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsciences
Etymology: From Middle English unscience (“false knowledge or understanding”), equivalent to un- + science.
Senses: examples: text: It has been used in medicine from time immemorial; but until recently its use was nothing more than a species of mere unscience, shadowed in mystery.
ref: 1900, John Vosburgh Stevens, editor, The Annual of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery:
text: Misapplication of this practical connection leads to such unsciences as astrology and alchemy and, with the Romans, augury.
ref: 1973, Janet Lembke, Bronze and Iron:
glosses: That which is unscientific or pseudoscientific.
Related terms: pseudoscience
unsciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unscience
tick mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tick marks
form: tickmark
Etymology: From tick + mark.
Senses: glosses: A mark (often one of a series) made to show that an operation or task has been completed.
handballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handballers
Etymology: From handball + -er.
Senses: glosses: A handball player.
handballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handballer
tinctorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to tincture (dye or colour)
glibenclamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlaɪˈbɛŋ.kləˌmaɪd/
Forms: form: glibenclamides
form: glyburide
Etymology: From gli- (“antihyperglycemic”) + ben(zamide) + chl(oro)- + (sulfon)amide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An oral sulfonylurea antidiabetic C₂₃H₂₈ClN₃O₅S (trademarks Diaβeta, Glycovance, Micronase) used similarly to glipizide.
Hypernyms: sulfonylurea
secretagogue
leucopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucopenia
leukopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukopenia
secretagogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretagogue
glibenclamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glibenclamide
unsullying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sullying.
Senses: glosses: Not sullying; pure.
antidiabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + diabetic.
Senses: examples: text: He concludes that, in addition, as an antidiabetic regimen, he would certainly recommend a trial of benzosol in every case of this disease, especially in view of the results obtained in the cases of the three patients mentioned.
ref: 1898, The Medical Bulletin:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Countering diabetes.
Synonyms: antidiabetes
antidiabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidiabetics
Etymology: From anti- + diabetic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug that counters diabetes.
antidiabetes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + diabetes.
Senses: glosses: Countering diabetes.
Synonyms: antidiabetic
compositry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compositries
Etymology: From composite + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: This article examines issues in composite drawing and examines different methods for conducting witness interviews necessary to compositry.
ref: 1988, F. J. Domingo, "Forensic Art: Concepts and Approaches in Composite Interviewing," Journal of Forensic Identification, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 259, annotation
text: In recent decades, other attempts have been made at three-dimensional compositry, most notably by Fernado Poncé of the Los Angeles Police Department.
ref: 2001, Karen T. Taylor, Forensic Art and Illustration, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: The single most common proportional mistake in both compositry and fine art portraits is making the nose too long in relation to the face drawn.
ref: 2007, Lois Gibson, Forensic Art Essentials: A Manual for Law Enforcement Artists, →ISBN, page 41:
qualifier: illustration
glosses: The use, especially in law enforcement, of ready-made images of portions of an object to compose a picture of the entire object, such as the face of a person described by eyewitnesses.
Related terms: composite
composite sketch
compositries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compositry
perp walks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perp walk
unbounced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bounced.
Senses: examples: text: The ball may be thrown from any part of the field, but only the player standing in the field may catch it. Rules. 1. An unbounced ball counts 1 point.
ref: 1904, Henry Suder, Song-roundels and Games:
text: She did not move with that slick assurance born of unbounced checks.
ref: 1974, Lois Wyse, The Rosemary Touch:
text: You'll worry that those who might have received the unbounced messages will report you as a spammer to your ISP.
ref: 2004, Danny Goodman, Spam Wars: Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers, and Hackers:
glosses: That has not bounced (in any sense).
homesourcing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of home + outsourcing
Senses: glosses: Homeshoring.
home schooling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of home school
home schooled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of home school
homeschool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: homeschools
form: homeschooling
form: homeschooled
form: homeschooled
Senses: examples: text: Both work -- Jenny as a freelance writer from home, Marc full-time-plus as a civil engineer with a long commute. Jenny also takes care of their four sons, ages 20 months to 9 years, and homeschools the two oldest.
ref: 2007 October 30, Terry Cettina, “How to even the score on housework, kid duty”, in CNN:
text: At the same time, said Jen Reyneri, who has homeschooled two sons (ages 16 and 12), each family should embrace the opportunity to create a rhythm of life that works for them.
ref: 2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of home school.
homeschool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeschools
Senses: examples: text: All traditional school programs incorporate some sort of recess or outdoor time, and a homeschool schedule should be no different.
ref: 2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of home school.
Derived terms: homeschooler
homeschooled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of homeschool
homeschools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of homeschool
aeroports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroport
1040
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1040s
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: The main form for US individual income tax filing.
1040s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1040
W-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: W-2s
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: A form reporting one's compensation as an employee during a year at an employer or personal income taxation.
W-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W-2
ronds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rond
1099
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1099s
Senses: examples: text: […] It is going to be up to the taxpayer, if they receive a 1099 in any form for a nontaxable event, such as splitting rent among roommates, splitting a dinner bill, or even selling something on eBay for less than you paid for it, to explain to the IRS that the 1099 was received for a non-taxable transaction,” said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for tax publisher Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.
ref: 2021 November 9, Jeanne Sahadi, “If you use Venmo, PayPal or other payment apps this tax rule change may affect you”, in CNN:
text: Absolutely bewildered by the concept of taxes, he’d brought his 1099s to the nearest outpost of a national accounting chain to seek help.
ref: 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: A form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.
1099s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1099
krumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌmpə/
ipa: /ˈkɹʌmpɚ/
rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: krumpers
Senses: glosses: A dancer who performs krumping.
krumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of krumper
astroturfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astroturfers
Etymology: From Astroturf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Companies now use "persona management software", which multiplies the efforts of each astroturfer, creating the impression that there's major support for what a corporation or government is trying to do.
ref: 2011 February 23, George Monbiot, “The need to protect the internet from 'astroturfing' grows ever more urgent”, in The Guardian:
text: These Internet “astroturfers,” as they've been called, are supplemented by the hundreds of thousands of people who, in return for subsidized trips, gift cards, free samples, and modest payments, have signed up to be word-of-mouth marketers under their own names, shilling wares to the people in their personal networks or writing positive reviews of products and services.
ref: 2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 6, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
glosses: One who engages in astroturfing, the disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a “grass-roots” event.
astroturfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astroturfer
food fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food fish
FRB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɛf.ɔːɹ.biː/
Senses: topics: banking
business
economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Federal Reserve Bank.
FRB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛf.ɔːɹ.biː/
Forms: form: FRBs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Fast Radio Burst.
fisherperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisherpersons
form: fisherpeople
Etymology: From fisher + person.
Senses: examples: text: The game caters for up to eight fisherpersons all of whom must enter their names at the start.
ref: 1985, "Jack Charlton's Match Fishing" (video game review) in Crash (issue 18, page 48)
text: 2023, Judy Tobin, The Great North s3e12 "Enough Bed Adventure"
Dad, you can't be a good father and fisherperson on no sleep.
glosses: A fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher.
fisherpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisherperson
fisherpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisherperson
merperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merpersons
form: merpeople
Etymology: From mer- + person.
Senses: glosses: A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.
Hyponyms: word: mergirl
word: merlady
word: mermaid
word: mermaiden
word: merwoman
word: merboy
word: merguy
word: merlad
word: merman
sense: parent
word: merfather
sense: parent
word: mermother
sense: young
word: merbaby
sense: young
word: merchild
sense: young
word: merkid
sense: young
word: merteen
sense: spouse
word: merhusband
sense: spouse
word: merwife
merpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merperson
merpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mer- + people.
Senses: glosses: plural of merperson
merwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merwomen
Etymology: From mer- + woman.
Senses: glosses: A mermaid.
Synonyms: mergirl
merlady
mermaid
mermaiden
merwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merwoman
fishing boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishing boat
couta boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couta boats
Etymology: From barracouta, a prized food fish.
Senses: examples: text: 1993, Australian Fisheries Division, Australian Fisheries, Volume 52, Issues 1-6, page 10,
In those days, fishing was sailing mostly in a 24 four foot couta boat, hooking couta, flathead and rock cod.
text: I went out barracouta fishing at five-thirty in the morning with Grumpy and his mate Donny, in Denny′s battered couta boat.
ref: 1995, Geoffrey Dutton, Out in the Open, page 466:
text: He had a chicory kiln and a couta boat there, both of which he′d built himself, but in my time he scarcely used them.
ref: 2003, Jan Bassett, The Facing Island: A Personal History, page 5:
glosses: A type of fishing boat used in Victoria, Australia, until the 1950s, latterly reinvented as a recreational sailboat.
couta boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couta boat
barracouta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barracoutas
Senses: glosses: A snoek, any of species Thyrsites atun of foodfish.
Derived terms: barracouta loaf
barracoutas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barracouta
monotasking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + task + -ing, modelled on multitasking.
Senses: glosses: Focusing on a single task.
fourplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pleɪ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pleɪ
Etymology: From four + play, after triple play (and perhaps punning on foreplay).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quad play.
synonyms: word: quad play
exertainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of exercise + entertainment
Senses: glosses: Any form of exercise that includes aspects of entertainment, especially exergaming.
astilbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astilbes
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
astilbes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astilbe
hauntedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hauntedly
form: most hauntedly
Etymology: From haunted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a haunted way.
dauntedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dauntedly
form: most dauntedly
Etymology: From daunted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a daunted way.
avars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avar
glassworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glassworks
form: glass-works
Etymology: From glass + works.
Senses: glosses: A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
jockish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jockish
form: most jockish
Etymology: From jock + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a jock (dim-witted athletic person).
jaeger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjeɪɡəɹ/
ipa: /ˈjeɪɡə/
Forms: form: jaegers
form: jager
form: Jäger
form: jäger
form: yager
Etymology: A borrowing from German Jäger (“hunter”). Related to English yacht. Compare yager, yagger.
Senses: glosses: Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
glosses: A hunter's guide.
examples: text: The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths ...
ref: 2007 January 16, David E. Petzal, “Rifle That Made America”, in Field and Stream, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2021:
glosses: A rifle.
examples: text: These were the mounted Hessian riflemen, the dreaded Jaegers.
ref: 2010, Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser, Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory (Historical Fiction), St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
text: St. Louis, however, was not a place where such things could be kept secret for long. By early March, Democratic papers carried reports of a terrifying new battalion known as the Black Jaegers --
ref: 2011 Spring, Adam Goodheart, “Civil Warfare in the Streets”, in American Scholar, volume 80, number 2, pages 20–32:
glosses: A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.
Synonyms: sense: bird of the genus Stercorarius
word: skua
Derived terms: pomarine jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
parasitic jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
long-tailed jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
jaegers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaeger
murrelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murrelet
centrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central
constructionisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constructionism
cheque cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheque card
copulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copula
cash instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cash instrument
auklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːklət/
Forms: form: auklets
Etymology: From auk + -let.
Senses: glosses: Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ptychoramphus aleuticus
word: Cassin's auklet
taxonomic: Aethia cristatella
word: crested auklet
taxonomic: Aethia pusilla
word: least auklet
taxonomic: Aethia psittacula
word: parakeet auklet
taxonomic: Aethia psittacula
word: paroquet auklet
taxonomic: Cerorhinca monocerata
word: rhinoceros auklet
taxonomic: Aethia pygmaea
word: whiskered auklet
Related terms: auk
auklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auklet
anthropogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anthropogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anthropogenic way.
HEAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: HE
AT
HESH
glosses: Acronym of high explosive antitank, a munition using a high explosive shaped charge to breach armour.
after hours
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: after-hours
Senses: glosses: After opening hours, usually after midnight and before daybreak.
Synonyms: out of hours
after-hours
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: after hours
Senses: glosses: Taking place after legal closing time.
sandgrouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsændˌɡɹaʊs/
Forms: form: sandgrouse
form: sandgrouses
form: sand grouse
form: sand-grouse
Etymology: From sand + grouse.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes.
Derived terms: black-bellied sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis
black-faced sandgrouse
Pterocles decoratus
Burchell's sandgrouse
Pterocles burchelli
chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
Pterocles exustus
crowned sandgrouse
Pterocles coronatus
double-banded sandgrouse
Pterocles bicinctus
four-banded sandgrouse
Pterocles quadricinctus
Lichtenstein's sandgrouse
Pterocles lichtensteinii
Madagascar sandgrouse
Pterocles personatus
Namaqua sandgrouse
Pterocles namaqua
painted sandgrouse
Pterocles indicus
Pallas's sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
pin-tailed sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata
spotted sandgrouse
Pterocles senegallus
Tibetan sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes tibetanus
yellow-throated sandgrouse
Pterocles gutturalis
sand grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand grouses
Senses: examples: text: Above, a flock of sand grouse calling family to water.
ref: 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 561:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sandgrouse.
bipartisanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bipartisan + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But at least we remained bipartisanly faithful to our national habit of never joining any European enterprise until it is too late to influence its shape.
ref: 1996, Sean Greenwood, Britain and European integration since the Second World War, page 171:
glosses: In a bipartisan way.
sand-grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sandgrouse.
sandgrouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandgrouse
tomos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomoi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.
Senses: examples: text: According to the Patriarch, once UOC is granted the tomos, all bishops of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, and the Moscow Patriarchate, who addressed the Ecumenical Patriarch with a request for autocephaly, should gather for the Unification Council, TV Channel 5 reports.
ref: 2018 August 22, “Filaret announces possible terms for Ukraine Orthodox Church to become autocephalous”, in Ukrainian Independent Information Agency:
qualifier: Orthodox Christianity
glosses: An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information.
tomos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomo
Reuleaux triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reuleaux triangles
Etymology: Named after Franz Reuleaux, 19th-century German engineer, who used Reuleaux triangles in his machine designs.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A figure consisting of three circular arcs, each centered on the intersection of the other two.
Related terms: Reuleaux polygon
Reuleaux rotor
Sierpinski triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sierpinski triangles
form: Sierpiński triangle
Etymology: Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński (1882–1969).
Senses: glosses: A fractal consisting of three copies of itself, shrunk to half size, arranged in a triangular shape without rotating.
Synonyms: Sierpinski gasket
good mornings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good morning
good mornings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of good morning
cuckoo-dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊkuːˌdʌv/
Forms: form: cuckoo-doves
form: cuckoo dove
Etymology: From cuckoo + dove.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of the pigeon family.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Macropygia rufipennis
word: Andaman cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia magna
word: bar-necked cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia unchall
word: barred cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia nigrirostris
word: black-billed cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Turacoena modesta
word: black cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia amboinensis
word: brown cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Reinwardtoena crassirostris
word: crested cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Reinwardtoena reinwardtii
word: great cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia ruficeps
word: little cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia tenuirostris
word: Philippine cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Reinwardtoena browni
word: pied cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Macropygia mackinlayi
word: spot-breasted cuckoo-dove
taxonomic: Turacoena manadensis
word: white-faced cuckoo-dove
cuckoo-doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuckoo-dove
cuckoo dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckoo doves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cuckoo-dove.
bronzewing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɒnzˌwɪŋ/
Forms: form: bronzewings
form: bronze-wing
Etymology: From bronze + wing.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of bird in the genera Henicophaps and Phaps in the pigeon family, found in Australasia.
Synonyms: bronze pigeon
bronzewing pigeon
Derived terms: taxonomic: Henicophaps albifrons
word: New Guinea bronzewing
taxonomic: Henicophaps foersteri
word: New Britain bronzewing
taxonomic: Phaps chalcoptera
word: common bronzewing
taxonomic: Phaps elegans
word: brush bronzewing
taxonomic: Phaps histrionica
word: flock bronzewing
bronzewings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronzewing
CADCAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
computing
engineering
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of CAD/CAM.
CAD/CAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CADCAM
Etymology: From CAD + CAM.
Senses: topics: business
computing
engineering
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The combination of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.
quail-dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkweɪldʌv/
Forms: form: quail-doves
form: quail dove
Etymology: From quail + dove.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Starnoenas cyanocephala
word: blue-headed quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon mystacea
word: bridled quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon costaricensis
word: buff-fronted quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon chiriquensis
word: Chiriquí quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon versicolor
word: crested quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon caniceps
word: grey-fronted quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon purpurata
word: indigo-crowned quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon chrysia
word: Key West quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon linearis
word: lined quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon veraguensis
word: olive-backed quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon lawrencii
word: purplish-backed quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon montana
word: ruddy quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon goldmani
word: russet-crowned quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon saphirina
word: sapphire quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon carrikeri
word: Tuxtla quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon violacea
word: violaceous quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon albifacies
word: white-faced quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon leucometopia
word: white-fronted quail-dove
taxonomic: Geotrygon frenata
word: white-throated quail-dove
quail-doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quail-dove
quail dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quail doves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quail-dove (Geotrygon spp., Starnoenas spp.)
trilaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + laminate.
Senses: glosses: Having three layers
tobramycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɒb.ɹəˈmaɪ.sɪn/
ipa: /ˌtoʊ.bɹəˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: nebramycin
Etymology: From [Term?] + translingual (Streptoalloteichus tene)bra(rius) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A colorless water-soluble aminoglycoside antibiotic C₁₈H₃₇N₅O₉, isolated from a soil bacterium Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius and used especially against Gram-negative bacteria. When used in combination with loteprednol to treat inflammatory conditions of the eye, tobramycin is marketed under the trademark Zylet.
tolerogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tolerogenic
form: most tolerogenic
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That produces immunological tolerance
Related terms: tolerogenize
tolerogenized
tonsillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From tonsil + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the tonsils
trabeculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /tɹəˈbɛkjʊleɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more trabeculated
form: most trabeculated
Senses: glosses: marked by trabeculation; trabeculate
bleeding-hearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleeding-heart
colorados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorado
decrepitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decrepitude
unmotherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmotherly
form: most unmotherly
Etymology: From un- + motherly.
Senses: glosses: Not motherly; unmaternal.
unfatherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfatherly
form: most unfatherly
Etymology: From un- + fatherly.
Senses: examples: text: Shall we come thus far, and in such post haste,
And have our children here, and both within,
And not behold them e’er our back-return?
It were unfriendly, and unfatherly.
ref: 1602, anonymous author, A Pleasant Conceited Comedy, Wherein is shewed how a man may chuse a good wife from a bad, London: Mathew Lawe, act I, scene 2:
text: Mr. Palmer maintained the common, but unfatherly opinion among his sex, of all infants being alike; and though she could plainly perceive, at different times, the most striking resemblance between this baby and every one of his relations on both sides, there was no convincing his father of it […]
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 36, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: At first, Mr. Weller received with wry faces a proposition involving the marriage of anybody in whom he took an interest; but, as Mr. Pickwick argued the point with him, and laid great stress on the fact that Mary was not a widow, he gradually became more tractable. Mr. Pickwick had great influence over him, and he had been much struck with Mary’s appearance; having, in fact, bestowed several very unfatherly winks upon her, already.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 121:
glosses: Not fatherly; unpaternal.
Derived terms: unfatherliness
yif
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yif, from Old English ġif, from Proto-Germanic *jabai. Doublet of if.
Senses: glosses: If.
bananadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined for a hoax in the Berkeley Barb in 1967, presumably from banana + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: They conclude that the "active ingredient" in bananadine is the psychic suggestibility of the user in the proper setting.
ref: 1967, The American Journal of Psychiatry:
text: The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.
ref: 1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse:
text: The most embarrassing and ludicrous event seldom recalled in the professional literature is the story of "bananadine" or "mellow yellow," […]
ref: 1983, Michael Myslobodsky, Hemisyndromes, psychobiology, neurology, psychiatry:
glosses: A fictional psychoactive substance said to be extracted from banana peels.
wikipedia: Berkeley Barb
Synonyms: mellow yellow
ethnobotanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ethnobotanical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Regarding ethnobotany.
ethnomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnomedicines
Etymology: From ethno- + medicine.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: traditional folk medicine
Related terms: ethnomedical
ethnomedicines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnomedicine
ethnomedicinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ethnomedicinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ethnomedicinal way.
ethnomedicinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + medicinal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
Derived terms: ethnomedicinally
phorbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phorbol
croton oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croton oil
bang one's head against a brick wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bangs one's head against a brick wall
form: banging one's head against a brick wall
form: banged one's head against a brick wall
form: banged one's head against a brick wall
Senses: glosses: To waste effort on a futile project.
Related terms: beat a dead horse
flog a dead horse
silybin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪbɪn/
Forms: form: silybins
Senses: glosses: Silibinin.
silibinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silibinins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The major active constituent of silymarin, believed to possess hepatoprotective properties.
Synonyms: silybin
silibinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silibinin
silybins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silybin
silymarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silymarins
Etymology: From Silybum marianum + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of flavonolignans extracted from the blessed milk thistle (Silybum marianum), used as a source of silibinin.
silymarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silymarin
silipide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪpaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A complex of silymarin and phosphatidylcholine, approximately ten times more bioavailable than silymarin.
equinoctially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: equinoxially
Etymology: From equinoctial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: equinoctially oriented
glosses: In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
flavonolignan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavonolignans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any flavonoid lignan
acinetobacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acinetobacters
Etymology: From the genus name Acinetobacter.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Acinetobacter.
acinetobacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acinetobacter
flavonolignans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavonolignan
trachoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trachomas
form: trachomata
Etymology: From New Latin trachōma, from Ancient Greek τράχωμα (trákhōma, “roughness”), from τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”) + -ωμα (-ōma).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Synonyms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: Egyptian ophthalmia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: granular conjunctivitis
Hypernyms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: chlamydiosis
topics: medicine
sciences
word: keratoconjunctivitis
Derived terms: word: trachomatous
tractional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From traction + -al.
Senses: synonyms: tractile
tractive
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by traction.
pornified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pornified
form: most pornified
Senses: examples: text: “Not only does this pornified character perpetuate sexual objectification of girls and women, it breeds sexual entitlement by creating female characters who cater to users’ sexual demands,” said Haley McNamara, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and programs at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, in a statement.
ref: 2025 July 16, David Ingram, “Musk's Grok 'companions' include a flirty anime character and an anti-religion panda”, in NBC News:
glosses: Having undergone pornification; altered to the style or quality of pornography.
pornified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pornify
transcardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + cardiac.
Senses: glosses: Across or through the heart.
pornification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From porn + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]
ref: 2006, Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture:
text: Perhaps the logical destination of this process of pornification is the increasing production of X-rated music videos, that is to say, explicit versions […]
ref: 2007, Susanna Paasonen, Kaarina Nikunen, Laura Saarenmaa, Pornification: Sex and Sexuality in Media Culture:
text: It may be hard to talk about fauxcest, facial abuse, or the strange sexualization of hamburgers in a Hardee's commercial, but phrases that silence critiques of pornography and pornification spring easily to the lips:[…]
ref: 2023, Bernadette Barton, The Pornification of America, page 78:
text: The popularity of shows such as Love Island, where people are there to show off their bodies as a way of attracting a partner, again ties to that pornification of style.
ref: 2025 August 21, Leah Harper, quoting Shaun Cole, “The thong bikini boom: why the skimpiest swimwear is back – and suddenly mainstream”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Conversion to the style or level of pornography.
Related terms: pornified
transcardiacally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transcardiac + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a transcardiac way; across or through the heart.
transchromosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + chromosomal.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a cell or individual having one or more chromosomes (or fragments) transferred from a different species.
transconductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transconductances
Etymology: From trans- + conductance.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of the change in output current to the change in input voltage across a circuit
Synonyms: mutual conductance
Related terms: transadmittance
transresistance
pharms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharm
you know what
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Well, you know what, he's got a cloud over him. You have to live with who you are and make your peace with your maker about what you really are.
ref: 2001 May 10, "Blake's Attorney on Bakley's Murder", CNN Live (transcript)
text: Well, I guess I’ve got to say, I love the Madonna one that we did — the Drowned world tour. Actually, you know what? The first Blonde Ambition tour I loved. The “Vogue” thing — that was a memorable moment in my lifetime.
ref: 2009 March 23, Alex Hawgood, “The Three-Ring Circus”, in New York Times:
synonyms: you know something
glosses: Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.
Related terms: guess what
if you know what I mean
you know
you-know-what
you know what I mean
you know what they say
you-know-what
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɒt
-ʌt
Senses: glosses: The name of something the speaker does not want to mention, but which is known, or very likely to be known, to the listener.
Related terms: you know what
you-know-who
petrostate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrostates
Etymology: From petro- + state.
Senses: examples: text: Under subsequent democratic regimes, as we shall see, some of these features of the petrostate were to change, while others were intensified.
ref: 1997, Fernando Coronil, The magical state: nature, money, and modernity in Venezuela:
text: The petrostate relies on oil as its fiscal foundation, rather than on the taxes paid by the citizens[…]
ref: 2006, Donald S Rothchild, Edmond Joseph Keller, Africa-US Relations: Strategic Encounters:
text: A couple of years ago, while most Canadians were out shovelling the sidewalk or sipping a coffee at Tim Hortons, the nation quietly became a petrostate.
ref: 2009, Andrew Nikiforuk, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent:
text: Most delegates arriving at Cop28 will have entered the desert city of Dubai along a 12-lane highway, reeking of petrol fumes: welcome to the petrostate of the United Arab Emirates.
ref: 2023 December 1, Damian Carrington, Nina Lakhani, Oliver Milman, “Cop28 diary: expensive coffee, cheesy slogans and petrol fumes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: COPs have been held in petrostates before. But fossil fuel interests appeared truly unleashed in Baku — potentially emboldened by the imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a man who has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.
ref: 2024 November 25, Laura Paddison, “The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future”, in CNN:
glosses: A state whose wealth stems from the sale of oil.
petrostates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrostate
transcriptosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcriptosomes
Etymology: From transcript + -o- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A holocomplex of proteins involved in the transcription of nucleic acid
Related terms: transcriptosomic
transconductances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transconductance
transcriptosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcriptosome
transgenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transgenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a transgenic manner
glosses: Regarding transgenesis
bombable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bombable
form: most bombable
Etymology: From bomb + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Neither of these bombable countries was allowed the right of self defense.
ref: 1998, Institute for Social and Cultural Communications, Z magazine:
text: Here you have a country of 3 million square miles, nearly all of it empty and eminently bombable.
ref: 2001, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country:
glosses: Suitable for bombing; that can be bombed.
Derived terms: unbombable
transglutaminase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transglutaminases
Etymology: From trans- + glutamine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the reaction of lysine and glutamine groups in proteins and have a function in blood coagulation.
Hyponyms: meat glue
power tool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power tools
Senses: hypernyms: tool#Noun
coordinate_terms: hand tool
machine tool
glosses: Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.
examples: text: Most of the people in her class, even the power tools, thought that the book was totally entrenched.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 345:
hypernyms: tool#Noun
glosses: A very obnoxious person.
Synonyms: word: power tool
Hyponyms: word: air compressor
word: band saw
word: belt sander
word: biscuit joiner
word: ceramic tile cutter
word: tile saw
word: chainsaw
word: circular saw
word: concrete saw
word: cold metal cutting saw
word: crusher
word: diamond blade
word: diamond tools
word: disc sander
word: drill
word: flim
word: floor sander
word: heat gun
word: impact gun
word: impact wrench
word: jointer
word: jigsaw
word: lathe
word: miter saw
word: multitool
word: multi-tool
word: nail gun
word: oscillating tool
word: needle scaler
word: pneumatic torque wrench
word: power wrench
word: radial arm saw
word: random orbital sander
word: reciprocating saw
word: rotary reciprocating saw
word: rotary tool
word: dremel
word: side grinder
word: sabre saw
word: sander
word: scrollsaw
word: steel cut off saw
word: table saw
word: thickness planer
word: wall chaser
word: wood router
word: grinder
word: trimmer
letter carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter carrier
mangemange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋiˈmæŋi/
Etymology: From Maori mangemange.
Senses: glosses: The fern Lygodium articulatum
mangery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangeries
Etymology: From Middle English mangerie, from Old French mangerie (“eating”).
Senses: examples: text: Hollanders, Zelanders, Scots, French, Weſterne men, Northren men, beſides all the hundreds and wapentakes nine miles compaſſe, fetch the beſt of their viands and mangery from her market.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: A feast; a banquet.
mangeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mangery
power tools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power tool
transglutaminases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transglutaminase
mange-tout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mange-touts
Etymology: Borrowed from French mange-tout.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mangetout.
manghir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manghirs
Senses: glosses: A type of coin from the Ottoman Empire.
mangold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangolds
Senses: examples: text: It will be recalled that the engine (No. 6157 of the "Royal Scot" class) overturned down a bank and, together with its tender, came to rest in a field of mangolds.
ref: 1946 March and April, C. R. L. Coles, “Re-Railing the Locomotive at Bourne End”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:
glosses: mangelwurzel
Derived terms: mangold beetle
mangold fly
mangold wurzel
mangold wurzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangold wurzels
Senses: glosses: mangelwurzel
mangonels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mangonel
Manhattan clam chowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Manhattan clam chowders
Senses: glosses: A variety of clam chowder that is red due to the addition of tomatoes.
clam chowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clam chowders
Senses: glosses: A type of chowder made from clams and usually potatoes, with numerous variations.
Derived terms: Maine clam chowder
Manhattan clam chowder
New England clam chowder
Rhode Island clam chowder
Manhattanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Manhattan + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, or from, Manhattan.
Synonyms: Manhattanite
Manhattanite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Manhattan + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
glosses: Of, or from, Manhattan.
Synonyms: word: Manhattanese
Manhattanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Manhattanites
Etymology: From Manhattan + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Walter Gaskell was a tall, silver-haired Manhattanite with a narrow waist and broad shoulders, and his blue eyes had the luminous, emptied-out look of a reformed alcoholic's.
ref: 1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.37
text: The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.
ref: 2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Someone from Manhattan.
Manhattans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manhattan