cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prebranch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + branch.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the part of a root from which a lateral root will form
pristinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A posttranslationally modified peptide present in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis
thioviridamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioviridamides
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of peptide antibiotics (that contain several thioamide bonds) produced by Streptomyces olivoviridis
thioviridamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thioviridamide
cross-Channel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-channel.
-pristin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪ.stɪn/
Etymology: From pristinamycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of streptogramin antibacterials, pristinamycin derivatives acting as protein synthesis inhibitors.
total station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total stations
Senses: examples: text: A total station is a combination of an electronic theodolite and an electronic distance meter (EDM). This combination makes it possible to determine the coordinates of a reflector by aligning the instruments […]
ref: 2005, B. C. Punmia et al., Surveying, volume I, New Delhi: Laxmi, →ISBN, page 488:
synonyms: TS
jigger
glosses: An electronic surveying instrument, consisting of a theodolite and a rangefinder, used to evaluate an area's location, features, and topography.
protective order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protective orders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of restraining order.
synonyms: word: restraining order
glosses: An injunction.
glosses: An order restricting or setting terms for disclosure or discovery.
ad-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ad + -free.
Senses: glosses: Not containing any advertisements.
Synonyms: sponsor-free
reversing loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reversing loops
Senses: examples: text: Reversing loops at each terminal would obviate turning the car-carrying trains.
ref: 1961 December, “The Channel Tunnel—a realistic proposal”, in Trains Illustrated, page 724:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A loop provided for the purpose of turning a train or tram round to face in the opposite direction. The vehicles themselves do not have to reverse.
Synonyms: balloon loop
turning loop
behavioral science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of behavioural science.
reversing loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reversing loop
Galassi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galassis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Galassi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
crossrail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossrails
Etymology: From cross- + rail.
Senses: examples: text: The stroke of the planer is remarkably uniform, the reverse taking place at the same the same screws which carry the crossrail.
ref: 1905 March 2, The Iron Trade Review, volume 38, page 70:
text: After you have done caveletti for a little bit you should go into small crossrails about 1 foot high.
ref: 2006, Carol Jenkins, Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction, page 74:
glosses: A rail that goes across something.
examples: text: A crossrail link to Aberdeen and Stonehaven is planned.
ref: 2004, Bernard Ingham, Gerry Hassan, The Political Guide to Modern Scotland: People, Places and Power, Politico's Publishing:
text: We need to change the name of the Manchester Hub. Crossrail for the north of England is a better term, otherwise people will view it as a Greater Manchester project and will miss out on exactly what it is actually going to do.
ref: 2010 February 15, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, quoting Professor Begg, Priorities for investment in the railways: third report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 7:
text: The proposal to build a second Crossrail line would create a new high-frequency, high-capacity rail line running south west to north east across London.
ref: 2013 June 27, Great Britain: H.M. Treasury, Investing in Britain's future, Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.
crossrails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossrail
ashriek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + shriek.
Senses: examples: text: For I have swept along
To foam ashriek with gulls, and rowed behind
Brown oarsmen swinging to an ocean song
ref: 1918, Geoffrey Dearmer, “Reality”, in Poems,, London: Heinemann, page 55:
text: She took me through the apartment, through all the ten rooms—each with a chandelier ashriek, and ourselves mirrored on the windows—which I had never seen.
ref: 1954, Alfred Chester, “The Head of a Sad Angel”, in Behold Goliath, New York: Random House, published 1964, page 228:
text: 1997, Ted Hughes (translator), excerpt from Part 4 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in Daniel Weissbort (ed.), Selected Translations, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 168,
It sounded like a scythe a-shriek on a grind-stone!
text: […] the ’tween dining area […] was ashriek with excited girls
ref: 2005, Carole Nelson Douglas, chapter 26, in Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit,, New York: Forge, page 159:
glosses: Shrieking; filled (with shrieking people, animals, etc.).
silverballi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverballis
Senses: examples: text: It has the usual aromatic scent, more pronounced than in the other Silverballis.
ref: 1946, Handbook of Natural Resources of British Guiana:
text: kurokai (Protium), dalli (Virola), baromalli (Catostemma), locust [courbaril] (Hymenaea), bulletwood (Manilkara), crabwood (Carapa), the silverballis (Lauraceae of the genera Ocotea, Aniba, Nectandra and Licaria), simarupa (Simaruba) and red cedar [South American cedar] (Cedrela).
ref: 1953, Colonial, numbers 291-295, H.M. Stationery Office:
text: Mora, simarupa, tauronira, wamara, silverballi, kabukalli, wallaba rolled off our tongues with the smoothness of the seeds we savoured.
ref: 2018 December 6, Indranie Deolall, “Kit, kin and “kinnah””, in Stabroek News:
glosses: Any of various trees of the laurel family, used for their wood.
silverballis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silverballi
Middlemiss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glass parking lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒt
Etymology: A wide range of explosives can convert sand into glass upon detonation, as a temperate of only 1700 Celsius is required. The most recognized generation process was through nuclear testing with the discovery of (Trinitite), but other munition are capable of the same result, without implying the use of a nuclear attack.
Senses: examples: text: […]it is common for Americans to respond with the convictions that "they wouldn't dare" and "we'll turn them into a glass parking lot" (that is, we'll attack them with nuclear weapons until there is nothing left of them).
ref: 2015, Brad Roberts, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century:
glosses: Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
wikipedia: Trinitite
Verney Junction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a former railway junction and station, which in turn was named after Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Middle Claydon parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7327).
wikipedia: Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet
cocaine addict
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocaine addicts
Senses: synonyms: cocainist
cocainomaniac
cokehead
snifter
glosses: A person who regularly consumes cocaine.
rifa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ɹɪf.ə/
/ɹɪˈfæ/
Etymology: From rifamycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of rifamycin derivatives used as antibiotics.
spirit communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirit communications
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, Charles Mason was a loyal son of the Anglican Church, and was the spokesman of a host of others, including such weighty names as Lodge and Barrett among the laymen, or Wilberforce, Haweis and Chambers among the clergy, who clung fast to the old teachings while admitting the fact of spirit communication.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: The practice of living humans purportedly speaking or otherwise communicating with spirits of deceased individuals, as through seances, mediums, etc.
spirit communications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirit communication
raw silk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rawsilk
Senses: examples: text: In settling the price to be paid for the waste, the owner and the throwster must agree on a fair value for the raw silk.
ref: 1922, Warren Pharoah Seem, Raw Silk Properties: Classification of Raw Silk and Silk Throwing:
text: The rawsilk imports to India increased from 7,896 tons in 2001, to 10,506 tons in 2002, which is a 33% increase in one year.
ref: 2011, The Indian Textile Journal, volume 122, page 36:
glosses: Silk that has not been processed to remove sericin.
ain't that the truth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: That is very true; I agree (often with a gloomy or pessimistic tone).
bolt cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolt croppers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bolt cutter.
synonyms: word: bolt cutter
bolt croppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolt cropper
Weems
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weemses
Etymology: Variant of Wemyss.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States.
clearstoried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clerestoried.
unhefty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhefty
form: most unhefty
Etymology: From un- + hefty.
Senses: glosses: Not hefty.
unpolarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpolarizing
form: most unpolarizing
Etymology: From un- + polarizing.
Senses: glosses: Not polarizing.
total stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total station
polarization vectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polarization vector
play through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays through
form: playing through
form: played through
form: played through
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding.
wag it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wags it
form: wagging it
form: wagged it
form: wagged it
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play the wag (“to play truant from school”).
synonyms: word: play the wag
extra: to play truant from school
lake ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lake balls
Senses: glosses: A spherical growth of the green alga Aegagropila linnaei.
lake balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lake ball
foibled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foibled
form: most foibled
Etymology: From foible + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a foible or foibles; eccentric or fallible.
Norton's dome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Devised by John D. Norton in 2003.
Senses: glosses: A thought experiment that exhibits a nondeterministic system within the bounds of Newtonian mechanics. It involves an idealized particle initially sitting motionless at the apex of an idealized radially symmetrical frictionless dome of a certain form. The particle may, after an arbitrary period of time, slide down the dome in an arbitrary direction, contrary to intuition.
Nortons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norton
chuckers-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chucker-out
amborella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌam.bəˈɹɛlə/
ipa: /ˌæm.bəˈɹɛlə/
ipa: /ˌæm.bɚˈɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
homophone: ambarella (most dialects)
Forms: form: amborellas
Etymology: From the genus name Amborella.
Senses: glosses: The plant Amborella trichopoda native to New Caledonia
glycopyrrolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The quaternary ammonium cation 3-[2-cyclopentyl(hydroxy)phenylacetoxy]-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium
Derived terms: glycopyrronium bromide
hyperslow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + slow.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally slow
magnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having relatively large cells
physoxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: normoxia of tissue that is not involved in respiration (a much lower level of oxygen)
rereferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rereference
rereferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: referencing again
Covasna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Covasna.
Senses: glosses: A town and county of Romania.
Dolj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Dolj.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
Gorj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Gorj.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
Teleorman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Teleorman.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
sand timer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand timers
Etymology: From sand + timer.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.
Synonyms: hourglass
allotaxonograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allotaxonographs
Etymology: From allo- + taxonograph.
Senses: glosses: An allotaxonometric histogram
allotaxonometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + taxonometric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to allotaxonometry
Ilfov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Ilfov.
Senses: glosses: A river and county of Romania.
ceftolozane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antibiotic normally combined with tazobactam
chlorpeniramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlor- + pheniramine.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorpheniramine.
contagiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contagiograms
Etymology: From contagion + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A graphical representation of the spread of a contagion
contagiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contagiogram
counterpersuasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + persuasive.
Senses: glosses: That counters persuasion
diosgenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antimalarial compound (25r)-spirost-4-en-3-one
Bihor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Bihor.
Senses: glosses: A county of Romania.
tortoise-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tortoise-like
form: most tortoise-like
Etymology: From tortoise + -like.
Senses: examples: text: No. 320 finally drew into Paris one minute early, having run the 78.3 miles from Longueau in 65½min, inclusive of a permanent way slack and the usual tortoise-like progress from St. Denis.
ref: 1961 December, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 749:
glosses: Alternative form of tortoiselike.
-fungin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.d͡ʒɪn/
Etymology: From fungal + -in.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of antifungal antibiotics.
myc-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: -aɪk
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of myco-.
V-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From the shape of the letter v/V.
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: Referring to an internal combustion engine piston cylinder configuration, where the cylinders are aligned in a V-like shape, in which there is an acute angle between the cylinders, and the bottom of the cylinder, where the crank is, is the bottom of the V, and the top of the cylinder is where the fuel, intake and exhaust ports are located.
Coordinate terms: english: like the V-, but with an additional cylinder row up the centre
translation: like the V-, but with an additional cylinder row up the centre
word: W-
english: like the V-, but with an additional cylinder row down the centre
translation: like the V-, but with an additional cylinder row down the centre
word: Y-
english: shaped like an X
translation: shaped like an X
word: X-
english: flat, horizontal, 180-angle; boxer
translation: flat, horizontal, 180-angle; boxer
word: H-
english: like the H-, but with an additional cylinder row up the centre
translation: like the H-, but with an additional cylinder row up the centre
word: T-
alt: inline
word: I-
english: rotary
translation: rotary
word: R-
Derived terms: sense: engine configuration
word: V10
sense: engine configuration
word: V-10
sense: engine configuration
word: V12
sense: engine configuration
word: V-12
sense: engine configuration
word: V16
sense: engine configuration
word: V-16
sense: engine configuration
word: V-2
sense: engine configuration
word: V2
sense: engine configuration
word: V-4
sense: engine configuration
word: V4
sense: engine configuration
word: V-6
sense: engine configuration
word: V6
sense: engine configuration
word: V8
sense: engine configuration
word: V-8
sense: engine configuration
word: V-engine
sense: engine configuration
word: V-twin
V-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Clipping of Vietnamese
Senses: glosses: Vietnamese; used to form nouns relating to the (popular) culture of Vietnam.
Coordinate terms: word: C-
word: J-
english: Korean
translation: Korean
word: K-
word: T-
Derived terms: V-pop
-amivir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈam.ɪ.vɪə/
ipa: /ˈæm.ɪˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From (neur)ami(nidase) + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of neuraminidase inhibitors used as antivirals.
-asvir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /əs.vɪə/
ipa: /əsˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitors used as antivirals.
confessions page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a social networking platform for posting anonymous confessions and secrets, especially in school and university communities
-buvir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjʊ.vɪə/
ipa: /bjəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of RNA polymerase (NS5B) inhibitors used as antivirals.
-cavir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kə.vɪə/
ipa: /kəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From ca(rbocyclic) + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of carbocyclic nucleosides used as antivirals.
-ciclovir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɪ.klə(ʊ)ˌvɪə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.kloʊˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From aciclovir.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of bicyclic heterocycle compounds used as antivirals.
Devor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devors
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Dabhoireann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
-fovir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˌvɪə/
ipa: /fəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From pho(sphonic acid) + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of phosphonic acid derivatives used as antivirals.
Crayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Craynes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Craynes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Crayne
Devors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Devor
Dewhirst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dewhirsts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ducre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ducres
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ducré.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
-navir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˌvɪə/
ipa: /nəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From saquinavir.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of HIV protease inhibitors used as antivirals.
Ducres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ducre
Dewhirsts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dewhirst
downtitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downtitrates
form: downtitrating
form: downtitrated
form: downtitrated
form: down titrate
form: down-titrate
Etymology: From down- + titrate; compare also upregulate and downregulate.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To gradually reduce a dosage while observing the effects; (and usually, especially) to arrive at the optimal dose by so doing.
Related terms: downtitration
titration
uptitration
downtitration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downtitrations
Etymology: From down- + titrate; compare also upregulation and downregulation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The gradual reduction of a dose accompanied by observation of effects, usually and especially to arrive at an optimal dose.
Related terms: downtitrate
titrate
uptitrate
Druckenmiller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Druckenmillers
Etymology: Partly Americanized form of the German surname Druckenmüller.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
endophallite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophallites
Senses: glosses: A sclerotized element of an insect endophallus
endophallites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endophallite
Englehardt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Englehardts
Etymology: Variant of Engelhardt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Englehardts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Englehardt
Druckenmillers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Druckenmiller
extraperceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + perceptual.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Not consciously perceived
Cortazar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cortazars
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cortázar, from Basque Kortazar.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
-previr
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˌvɪə/
ipa: /pɹəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors used as antivirals.
Hlavac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hlavacs
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Hlaváč, from hlaváč.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Related terms: Hlavach
Hlavacs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hlavac
Cortazars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cortazar
hypoproductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + productive.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Less than normally productive
Related terms: hypoproduction
-tegravir
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛɡ.ɹəˌvɪə/
ipa: /ˈtɛɡ.ɹəˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From (in)tegra(se) + -vir (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of HIV integrase inhibitors used as antivirals.
Levings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Levingses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
kitome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitomes
Etymology: From kit + -ome.
Senses: glosses: Those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.
Related terms: splashome
splashome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splashomes
Etymology: From splash + -ome.
Senses: glosses: Those supposed parts of a microbiome that were accidentally introduced via splashes during analysis.
Related terms: kitome
Giacomini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giacominis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giacomini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Giacominis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Giacomini
Levingses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Levings
lubisprostone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lubiprostone.
macrospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + spheric.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macrospherical.
Kolenovic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolenovics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Kolenović.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
pact of silence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacts of silence
form: pact of forgetting
Senses: examples: text: From the late 1950s to the early 2000s there has been a Parsonian normative solidarity between the state and civil society actors, a pact of silence that guarded the extent of periodic race crimes during the Ottoman and Republican eras—that is, the Thrace events of the 1930s against Jews, the Dersim Genocide, the Kurdish deportation in the late 1930s which included the deportation of “the remnants of the sword” (the leftover Armenians), the Wealth Tax on Minorities, Twenty Class Conscriptions of Armenian, Greek, and Jewish soldiers, the Istanbul Pogrom of 6–7 September 1955, the 1964 Greek Deportation, the Çorum, Maraş, and Sivas massacres, and the internal displacement of Kurds due to the Turkish-Kurdish war over the last thirty years.
ref: 2015, Ayda Erbal, “The Armenian Genocide, AKA the Elephant in the Room”, in International Journal of Middle East Studies, volume 47, number 4, →DOI, pages 783–790:
text: The pact of silence refers to the tacit agreement that the divisive issues of the past should be removed from the public sphere (a sort of gag rule).
ref: 2020, The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: A tacit agreement not to discuss a certain topic
mesialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mesializes
form: mesializing
form: mesialized
form: mesialized
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo mesialization
mesialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mesialize
Kolenovics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kolenovic
metatarsomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatarsomeres
Etymology: From metatarso- + -mere.
Senses: glosses: A segment of an insect metatarsus
metatarsomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatarsomere
metatrochanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatrochanter
metavariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metavariants
Etymology: From meta- + variant.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A variant of a metatype
metavariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metavariant
Kulla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kullas
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Kulla.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Albanian.
Kasson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kassons
Etymology: Perhaps an Americanized spelling of the Hungarian surname Kászon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Kassons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kasson
Kullas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kulla
metaventral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + ventral.
Senses: glosses: behind the abdomen
microlattice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlattices
Etymology: From micro- + lattice.
Senses: glosses: A lattice whose elements are very small
multiorientation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + orientation.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple orientations
pararotavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pararotaviruses
Etymology: From para- + rotavirus.
Senses: glosses: A distinct form of rotavirus that does not react with antigens specific to rotaviruses
pararotaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pararotavirus
pseudoepipleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + epipleural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a pseudoepipleuron
Qiqiha'er
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qiqihaer
raw_tags: from Hanyu Pinyin
form: Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh
form: Ch'ich'ihaerh
form: Chichihaerh
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr).
Senses: examples: text: In theoretical terms, the Daqing model is applicable to the mining and construction industries while the Qiqiha'er model is better suited to the manufacturing sector.
ref: 1987, Peter N. S. Lee, Industrial Management and Economic Reform in China, 1949-1984, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:
text: P.P.S. The Party Secretary of Qiqiha'er, a hamlet up near the Siberian border, was devoured by a black bear last month it is rumoured.
ref: 1998, Nicholas Jose, The Custodians, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:
text: 'So where are you from? Sulianren? What are you doing in Qiqiha'er?' I explained that I was on my way to Mohe, and her eyes widened slightly.
'Why do you want to go to Mohe? There's nothing there. You'd be better off going to Harbin.'
I polished off a dumpling moistened in the oily surface of the soup. 'I've just come from Harbin. What about Qiqiha'er - what is there to see here?'
'There's nothing in Qiqiha'er either.'
ref: 2003, Liam D'Arcy Brown, Green Dragon, Sombre Warrior, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 257:
glosses: Synonym of Qiqihar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Qiqihar
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
PAO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PAOs
form: PαO
Senses: topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of period after opening.
glosses: Initialism of polyalphaolefin.
Related terms: sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: AO
sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: LAO
sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: LαO
sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: NAO
sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: NαO
sense: poly-alpha-olefin
word: αO
polyalphaolefin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyalphaolefins
form: poly alpha olefin
form: poly alpha-olefin
form: poly-alpha-olefin
form: poly alphaolefin
form: poly-alphaolefin
form: poly-alpha-olefin
form: poly α-olefin
form: poly-α-olefin
form: poly-αolefin
form: poly αolefin
form: polyαolefin
Etymology: From poly- + alphaolefin.
Senses: glosses: a non-polar polymer; made by the polymerization of the alpha-olefin monomer
Synonyms: PAO
PαO
Hypernyms: polymer
molecule
Derived terms: PAO
PαO
Related terms: alpha olefin
α-olefin
AO
αO
alpha
α
alpha-
α-
linear alpha olefin
LAO
LαO
normal alpha olefin
NAO
NαO
olefin
poly-
poly
burn-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burn-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from burn out.
Senses: examples: text: in the parking lot doing burn-outs
glosses: Alternative spelling of burnout.
burn-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: in the parking lot doing burn-outs
glosses: plural of burn-out
Chepiga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chepigas
form: Chepiha
Etymology: From Ukrainian Чепі́га (Čepíha), from чепі́га (čepíha, “ploughstaff”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Чепі́га (Čepíha).
Chepiha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chepihas
form: Chepiga
Etymology: From Ukrainian Чепі́га (Čepíha), from чепі́га (čepíha, “ploughstaff”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Чепі́га (Čepíha).
PAOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PAO
box of tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box-of-tricks
Senses: glosses: A box, suitcase, etc., used by a magician to carry stage paraphernalia.
examples: text: Uncle Sam has found his box of tricks heavy, and is having a whiff before going on with his white man's burden to the end.
ref: 1902 January 2, The Evening Telegraph, Charters Towers, page 3, column 2:
glosses: Anything used to perform a specific task or achieve a particular goal; the means or apparatus used to accomplish something.
examples: text: "You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A crafty person.
Derived terms: whole box of tricks
whole box of tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He can't defend Berry, and yet he is afraid to make it too lively for him, in case the "party" should, by some chance or other, believe in "the organ," and upset the whole box of tricks.
ref: 1880 October 30, The Weekly Times, Melbourne, page 17, column 1:
glosses: Everything and anything associated with a certain enterprise.
Related terms: box of tricks
brifka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brifkas
Etymology: Yiddish בריווקע (brivke, “little letter”), a diminutive of Yiddish בריוו (briv), meaning a (postal) letter. Brifka is thus a "little letter". In turn derived from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of Latin brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch, Middle High German brief, and Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin) and English brief.
Senses: examples: text: With a pair of tweezers, he removed a dazzling rose-coloured crystal from the brifka
ref: 2014, Echo Freer, Diamond Geezers:
glosses: a small folding envelope used for keeping diamonds or other gemstones in
glosses: by extension a gem envelope including its contents
Fordhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SJ9103).
dash it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: A party of his friends had met in the evening to talk over his merits, and to drink, in Scottish phrase, his Bonallie. While, about the witching hour, they were crowning a solemn bumper to his health, a figure burst into the room, muffled in a seaman's cloak and travelling cap covered with snow, and distinguishable only by the sharpness and ardour of the tone with which he exclaimed, "Dash it, boys, here I am again!"
ref: 1811, Walter Scott, “John Leyden, M.D.”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [Stevenson & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Houlston & Stoneman, published 1843, →OCLC, pages 174–175:
text: Dash it all! I thought to myself, they can’t trade without using some kind of craft on that lot of fresh water - steam-boats!
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
text: "Where did you pick that up?" "I see it before me, now." "Why, dash it, man, that is what my mother always wore! D'you tell me you can see her?"
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: damn it!
Graceffa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Graceffas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Graceffa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Graci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gracis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Graci.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dunchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4871).
glosses: A community in Whitestone municipality, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
controulment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controulments
Senses: examples: text: What talk we to these jovialists? It is liberty , with them , for a man to speak what he thinks , to take what he likes , to do what he lists ; without restriction, without controulment
ref: 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of controlment.
plays the game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play the game
playing the game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play the game
played the game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play the game
satanic panic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satanic panics
Senses: glosses: A moral panic regarding alleged satanic ritual abuse.
glosses: A moral panic about anything alleged to be satanic or demonic
satanic panics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satanic panic
value dating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of value date
value dated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of value date
queening square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queening squares
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A square on the first or eighth rank which a pawn may reach in order to become a queen (or other major piece).
queening squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queening square
G. I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of GI.
entry date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entry dates
form: date of entry
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see entry, date.
topics: accounting
business
finance
synonyms: posting date
glosses: The date when a transaction (that is, an allocation of funds) appears in an account.
Hypernyms: date
Related terms: word: enter
english: corresponding verbs
translation: corresponding verbs
word: post
word: value date
word: settlement date
word: trade date
word: spot date
entry dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entry date
posting date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posting dates
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see posting, date.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Synonym of entry date.
synonyms: word: entry date
posting dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posting date
settlement date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: settlement dates
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The date on which a trade (bonds, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.) settles.
Hypernyms: date
Related terms: entry date
value date
trade date
spot date
settlement dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of settlement date
trade date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade dates
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: the date on which a security trade occurs.
Hypernyms: date
Related terms: entry date
settlement date
spot date
value date
spot date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spot dates
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The normal settlement day when the transaction is carried out as soon as practical, i.e. "on the spot".
Hypernyms: date
Related terms: entry date
value date
settlement date
trade date
spot dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spot date
trade dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade date
set menu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set menus
Senses: glosses: A menu in a restaurant, often changed on a regular basis, with a small number of choices for each course at a fixed price.
-virine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪə.ɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹˌin/
Etymology: From -vir- (“antiviral”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) used as antivirals.
-viroc
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪ.ɹɒk/
ipa: /vɪˌɹɑk/
Etymology: From -vir- (“antiviral”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of chemokine CC motif receptor 5 (CCR5) antagonists.
-virsen
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪə.sən/
ipa: /ˈvɪɹ.sən/
Etymology: From -vir- (“antiviral”) + -rsen (“antisense oligonucleotide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of antiviral antisense oligonucleotides.
ITP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
glosses: Initialism of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
examples: text: I’m curious if in fact any Schools for the Deaf or ITPs do in fact use signwriting to teach their deaf students or their ASL/Interpreting students.
ref: 2011 March 1, Ocean [first name or username], “SignWriting”, in Deaf Pagan Crossroads, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2021:
glosses: Initialism of interpreter training program.
Related terms: sense: thrombocytopenic purpura
word: TTP
Sicknick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away after confronting pro-Trump protesters on Jan. 6.
ref: 2021 June 23, Sandra Garza, “I can’t forgive the people who won’t admit my partner, Brian Sicknick, was a hero”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Kubo-Martin-Schwinger; applied to various concepts in quantum mechanics
Related terms: KMS boundary condition
KMS condition
KMS state
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: In 1985, the Foreign Office’s South Asia head noted in a memo: “We believe only KMS pilots are currently capable of flying armed helicopter assault operations in Sri Lanka.”
ref: 2020 January 18, Jamie Doward, “Revealed: clandestine actions of mercenaries during Thatcher years”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Keenie Meenie Services.
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Initialism of kill myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).
Senses: examples: text: i left my wallet at home kms i don't wanna go back and get it
text: my mom found condoms in my room and now she wants to call me kms
related: word: kms
glosses: Used to express frustration: I am going to kill myself; fucking hell; fuck this.
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Initialism of kill myself, based on KYS (“kill yourself”).
Senses: related: word: kms
glosses: Kill myself.
KMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Kriegsmarine (“Nazi Germany Navy”) Schiff (“ship”), from Krieg (“war”)+Marine (“navy”).
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
synonyms: DKM
DKMS
coordinate_terms: SMS
glosses: Abbreviation of Kriegsmarine ship, a ship of the Navy of Nazi Germany; used as a ship prefix.
USH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States history.
glosses: Initialism of United States Highway.
bhatoora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhatooras
form: batoora
form: batura
form: bhatura
form: pathora
Etymology: From Hindi भटूरा (bhaṭūrā) or Punjabi ਭਟੂਰਾ (bhaṭūrā).
Senses: glosses: A fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from the Indian subcontinent.
bhatooras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhatoora
foscarnet sodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑˌskɑɹ.nɪt ˈsoʊ.di.əm/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A hydrated sodium salt Na₃CO₅P·6 H₂O that is administered intravenously to individuals infected with HIV to treat retinitis caused by a cytomegalovirus.
Related terms: phosphonoformic acid
in two jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "I am ashamed to say that I was out of that house in two jumps."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: In a very short time.
telephone ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone rings
Senses: examples: text: The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.
telephone rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone ring
-arabine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈa.ɹə.biːn/
ipa: /ˈæɹ.əˌbin/
Etymology: Contraction of arabinoside.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of arabinofuranosyl derivatives.
Related terms: english: cytarabine or azacytidine derivative
translation: cytarabine or azacytidine derivative
word: -citabine
sapogenaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That contain sapogenins
sarsasaponin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saponin spirostan-3-yl 6-deoxyhexopyranosyl-(1->4)-[hexopyranosyl-(1->2)]-[hexopyranosyl-(1->6)]hexopyranoside present in the root of sarsaparilla
scarabaeidologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarabaeidologists
Senses: glosses: An entomologist whose speciality is scarabaeidology
scarabaeidologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarabaeidologist
-citabine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/
Etymology: Contraction of cytarabine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.
Related terms: english: arabinofuranosyl derivative
translation: arabinofuranosyl derivative
word: -arabine
scarabaeidology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of scarabs of the family Scarabaeidae
Related terms: scarabaeidologist