cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
azeotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more azeotropic
form: most azeotropic
Etymology: From azeotrope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
Derived terms: azeotropically
deescalates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deescalate
azeotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From azeotropic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By the use of an azeotrope.
differentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differential
azeotroping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of azeotrope
sasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæs.ɪn/
Forms: form: sasins
Senses: glosses: Indian antelope; blackbuck
digitise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digitises
form: digitising
form: digitised
form: digitised
Senses: examples: text: Complying with its obligations of being a charitable organisation to provide educational material to all, the RCTS is digitising all its printed matter.
ref: 2023 January 25, “Network News: Digitisation leads to RTCS offering 95 years of history online - for free”, in RAIL, number 975, page 16:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of digitize.
Derived terms: digitisation
digitiser
digitises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of digitise
digitising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of digitise
azetidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azetidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom
Derived terms: azetirelin
ezetimibe
Related terms: azetidinone
aziridine
digitised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of digitise
seasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sease
dislocates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dislocate
dislocating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dislocate
detoxifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detoxify
detoxifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detoxify
detoxified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detoxify
azido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azidos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical N₃- related to azide
Derived terms: azidoacetaldehyde
azidoacetic
azidoacetone
azidoacetonitrile
azidoacetyl
azidoazomethine
azidobenzaldehyde
azidobenzene
azidobenzoate
azidobenzoyl
azidobicyclo
azidobutane
azidocarbonyl
azidocarbonylazepine
azidocarbonylguanidine
azidocyanatoiodate
azidocyanoiodate
azidodimethylamine
azidodimethylborane
azidodisulfate
azidodithiocarbonate
azidodithioformate
azidodithioformic
azidoethane
azidoethanol
azidoethoxy
azidoethoxymethyl
azidoethyl
azidoethylnitramine
azidoformate
azidogermane
azidoglycoside
azidohexanoate
azidohexyl
azidoiodoiodonium
azidomethyl
azidomethylbenzenediazonium
azidomethylidyne
azidomethyloxirane
azidomethyltetrazole
azidopentacyanocobaltate
azidopentafluorotungsten
azidoperfluoronaphthalene
azidophosphate
azidopropene
azidopropyne
azidoselenocyanatoiodate
azidosilane
azidosugar
azidosulfate
azidosulfonylphenyl
azidosulfonylphenylisocyanate
azidotetrazole
azidotetrazolide
azidothiocarbonyl
azidotrifluoromethane
azidotrimethylsilane
diazido
monoazido
demilitarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demilitarises
form: demilitarising
form: demilitarised
form: demilitarised
Etymology: From de- + militarise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.
demilitarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demilitarise
demilitarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demilitarise
demilitarised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of demilitarized.
demilitarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demilitarise
deprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprogram
deprogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprogram
glosses: present participle and gerund of deprogramme
deprogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deprogrammings
Senses: glosses: The removal of the programming instilled into a person by a religious, political, economic, or social group associated with the belief system.
Related terms: unlearn
deprogrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deprogram
disassembles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disassemble
Old East Slavic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.
Synonyms: word: Old East Slavonic
word: Rusian
english: refers to both Rus and Russia
translation: refers to both Rus and Russia
word: Old Russian
Meronyms: english: specific to Ukrainian or dialects different from common OES
translation: specific to Ukrainian or dialects different from common OES
word: Old Ukrainian
alt: specific to Belarusian or dialects different from common OES
word: Old Belarusian
azirino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from azirine
Rusyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruːsɪn/
Forms: form: Rusyns
Etymology: From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
Senses: glosses: A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.
glosses: An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.
Derived terms: Carpathian Rusyn
Rusyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruːsɪn/
Etymology: From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
Senses: glosses: The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.
Derived terms: Pannonian Rusyn
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Carpathian Rusyn terms
Wiktionary’s coverage of Pannonian Rusyn terms
Rusyn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈruːsɪn/
Forms: form: more Rusyn
form: most Rusyn
Etymology: From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.
Related terms: Ruthenian
Carpathian Ruthenia
Carpatho-Rusyn
Rus
Russian
deputise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deputises
form: deputising
form: deputised
form: deputised
Senses: examples: text: The 13 light Pacifics, which are able to deputise for "Merchant Navy" engines when necessary, work trains to Waterloo, Weymouth and Oxford, and have one turn over the S. & D. route to Bath with the "Pines Express" in each direction.
ref: 1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans - 30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 241:
text: […]Ollie Watkins making the most of his chance to deputise for injured captain Harry Kane by doubling England's lead from close range eight minutes later.
ref: 2025 September 9, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Wales”, in BBC:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.
deputises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deputise
azirine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azirines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated heterocycle containing two carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom
Derived terms: spiroazirine
deputising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deputise
deputised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deputise
drovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drover
twill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪl/
ipa: [twɪɫ]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: 'twill
Forms: form: twills
form: tweel
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twyll, twylle, from Old English twilīċ (“two-threaded”), a partial calque of Latin bilix, bilic-, from bis (“twice”) + licium (“thread”).
Senses: examples: text: The twill weave is always given a direction; a right-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom left to top right and a left-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom right to top left. The angle of the twill is determined by the amount of shift in the points of interlacing.
ref: 1973, P. R. Lord, M. H. Mohamed, Weaving: Conversion of Yarn to Fabric, 2nd edition, page 167:
text: Industrial uses of twill fabrics are mainly restricted to simple twills and only simple twills are described here. Broken twills, waved twills, herringbone twills and elongated twills are extensively used for suiting and dress fabrics.
ref: 2000, Walter S. Sondhelm, “4: Technical fabric structures - 1. Woven fabrics”, in A. Richard Horrocks, Subhash C. Anand, editors, Handbook of Technical Textiles, page 68:
text: Herringbone fabrics are a twill variation having the twill line reversed at regular intervals.
ref: 2002, Dianne Rose Jackman, Mary K. Dixon, Jill Condra, The Guide to Textiles for Interiors, page 98:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
examples: text: Plain cotton twills, such as canvas, sailcloth, and denim, in mediumweight fabrics, can be a good choice for informal rooms that receive considerable wear and tear, such as rec rooms, dens, playrooms, or children's bedrooms.
ref: 2006, Mark Montano, Carly Sommerstein, Window Treatments and Slipcovers For Dummies, page 33:
glosses: A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.
Derived terms: diamond twill
tackle twill
twill tape
twill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɪl/
ipa: [twɪɫ]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: 'twill
Forms: form: twills
form: twilling
form: twilled
form: twilled
form: tweel
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twyll, twylle, from Old English twilīċ (“two-threaded”), a partial calque of Latin bilix, bilic-, from bis (“twice”) + licium (“thread”).
Senses: glosses: To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Derived terms: twilled
estre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estres
Etymology: From Old French estre (“state, plan”). Cognate with some forms of be (including is and are).
Senses: examples: text: "And tomorrow, Cor," he added, "shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness: for it will be thine to guard when I'm gone."
ref: 1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 15, in The Horse and His Boy, page 239:
glosses: The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
Related terms: estate
azomethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From azo- + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest azo compound CH₃-N=N-CH₃; dimethyldiazene
gift shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift shops
Senses: examples: text: There have been some surprising successes, though - the LTM's [London Transport Museum's] online gift shop is currently selling 75% more products during lockdown than it was in the same period last year.
ref: 2020 June 3, Sam Mullins OBE discusses with Stefanie Foster, “LTM: a new chapter begins at 40”, in Rail, page 53:
glosses: A shop connected to a monument, sight, or museum or other place of interest, which sells products related to the nature of the place.
chip shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip shops
form: chip-shop
form: chipshop
Senses: glosses: A fast food outlet which sells fish and chips.
Synonyms: chipper
chippie
chippy
fish-and-chipper
fish and chippery
fish and chippie
fish-and-chippy
scientometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The scientific measurement of the work of scientists, especially by way of analysing their publications and the citations within them.
Related terms: bibliometrics
azonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azonitriles
Etymology: From azo- + nitrile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any azo compound that also contains a nitrile group in close proximity
assortiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assortiments
Etymology: From French assortiment.
Senses: examples: text: I have a floating palette showing an assortiment of symbolic objects, and the user shall be able to drag them onto the main editor frame to create new items (that he can then link together...).
ref: 1996 November 26, Stéphane Amaudruz, “ODF: need Help: drag and drop from a palette”, in comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
text: An American based company offers an assortiment of Pink Salmon and Chum Caviar. This product is made in the USA with the implementation of new technology, which improves the quality of caviar and increases shelflife of this product up to two years.
ref: 1999 October 20, Pavel Pavlishin, “CAVIAR (wholesale prices)”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
text: How can i print a report with all the information about the customer (name, place, telephone) with all its different contactpersons and with the assortiments he can pick out of.
ref: 2004 February 26, Mike, “Report with multiple groups problem”, in comp.database.ms-access (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misconstruction of assortment.
NOT operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NOT operators
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.
air mail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air mails
form: airmail
Senses: examples: text: Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1942-1943. The Directory Publishing Co. Ltd., [...] Westminster, S.W.1. [...] Price 20s. net.—[...] The compilers have used the air mails to a greater extent than ever before, and so have the railway administrations in transmitting their replies.
ref: 1942 November and December, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 383:
glosses: Alternative form of airmail.
air mail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: air mails
form: air mailing
form: air mailed
form: air mailed
form: airmail
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of airmail.
butter lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter lamps
Senses: glosses: A lamp that is a common feature of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayas.
tilt rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tilt rails
Senses: glosses: A type of wooden barrier positioned lengthwise down the center of a jousting arena (known as the list or tiltyard), used during competitive jousting events to separate the combatants and to ensure that their steeds will follow a parallel trajectory from one end of the field to the other.
compact fluorescent lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compact fluorescent lamps
Senses: glosses: A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).
Related terms: CFL
plasma lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasma lamps
Senses: hyponyms: plasma globe
glosses: A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
examples: text: The conversion of energy into light is more efficient in the high density plasma devices than in the low density plasma lamps.
ref: 2001, Shalom Eliezer, Yaffa Eliezer, The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: A type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency.
Related terms: corona discharge
high concept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ ˈkɒnsɛpt/
ipa: /ˌhaɪ ˈkɑnˌsɛpt/
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱóm
From high (adjective) + concept (noun), variously attributed to the American media executives Barry Diller (born 1942) when he was working at the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s, or Michael Eisner (born 1942) during his term as president of Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: Alternative form of high-concept.
chiro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: cheir-
form: cheiro-
form: chir-
Etymology: From New Latin chiro-, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”).
Senses: glosses: hand
examples: chireme; chirogram
glosses: sign language
glosses: chiropractics
Derived terms: cheirospasm
chiropractor
cheiro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: chiro-
form: cheir-
form: chir-
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chiro-.
cheir-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: chiro-
form: cheiro-
form: chir-
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chiro-.
chir-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: cheiro-
form: chiro-
form: cheir-
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chiro-.
Related terms: word: chirurgical
alt: chirurgy
word: chirurgie
alt: chirurgion
word: chirurgeon
uncages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncage
uncaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncage
uncaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncage
uncaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒd/
Senses: glosses: Not caged; not kept in a cage.
cutify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːtɪfaɪ/
enpr: kyo͞oʹ tĭ fī
Forms: form: cutifies
form: cutifying
form: cutified
form: cutified
Etymology: From Latin cutis (“skin”) and faciō (“make”).
Senses: examples: text: A small area of the fundus protruded between the lips of the wound and was left to cutify.
ref: 1898 May, T. L. MacDonald, “The Correction of Inveterate Hystero-Recto-Vesico-Ptosis by Laparotomy, and Implantation of the Uterus within the Abdominal Incision”, in The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume 33, LaBarre Printing Company, page 281:
glosses: To form skin.
cutify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːtɪfaɪ/
enpr: kyo͞oʹ tĭ fī
Forms: form: cutifies
form: cutifying
form: cutified
form: cutified
Etymology: From cute + -ify, perhaps with influence from beautify.
Senses: examples: text: a. 2008, June Havoc, quoted in Alex Witchel, Girls Only: Sleepovers, Squabbles, Tuna Fish, and Other Facts of Family Life, Simon and Schuster (2008), →ISBN, page 110,
“Vaudeville wouldn’t even eat in the same restaurants or stay in the same hotels as burlesque,” she was saying now. “There really were classes of people. And vaudeville was very proud, extremely proud. In Gypsy, burlesque was all cutified, not the way it really was, down and dirty, men with raw liver and milk bottles masturbating. […]”
glosses: To make cute.
immolates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immolate
gropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grope
gropes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grope
vaccary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvækəɹi/
enpr: văkʹə-rē
Forms: form: vaccaries
Etymology: From Latin vacca (“cow”) + -ary.
Senses: glosses: A place where cows or cattle are kept; a dairy farm.
Related terms: vachery
garnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of garnish
garnishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garnishings
Senses: examples: text: a dish with various sauces and garnishings
text: Seville is the home of gazpacho, a delicious cold soup of cucumber, tomato, and miscellaneous garnishings.
ref: 1964, Jan Morris, “Plural Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
synonyms: garniture
glosses: Something added as a garnish.
decompensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən/
Forms: form: decompensations
Etymology: From de- + compensation.
Senses: examples: text: Once it was determined that hyperthyroidism was the probable etiology of her cardiac decompensation, the next step was treatment of the underlying disease.
ref: 1982, Pamela Martyn, “If You Guessed Cardiovascular Disease, Guess again”, in American Journal of Nursing, volume 82, number 8, page 1239:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency, resulting in functional deterioration.
examples: text: A varying percentage of our combat soldiers reach the limit of their endurance and must leave their foxholes, not for physical wounds but because of emotional decompensation.
ref: 1945 May, William C. Menninger, “The Mentally or Emotionally Handicapped Veteran”, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 239, page 21:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The deterioration of cognitive or emotional functionality in a person who is distressed or who suffers from a psychological disorder.
Related terms: decompensate
BOFD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BOFDs
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of bank of first deposit: the first financial institution where a person deposits or cashes a check.
dolebludger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolebludgers
Etymology: The first recorded use of dolebludger was in North Queensland.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dole bludger.
CON
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CONs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Certificate of Need.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of constitution point.
CON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Conservative Party.
Certificate of Need
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Certificates of Need
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.
Certificates of Need
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Certificate of Need
diapositive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapositives
Etymology: From dia- + positive.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
hypernyms: diaphane
coordinate_terms: negative#Noun
positive#Noun
qualifier: graphic arts
glosses: An image suitable to overlay (superimpose) over another (as for example a gel for an overhead projector, a slide that complements another slide as a superimposition for it, or a digital virtual equivalent of these); its coloration is adjusted to contrast with the underlying image (for example, text may be white instead of black in areas where the background is dark).
kingfishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kingfisher
halogenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halogenides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of halide.
synonyms: word: halide
oke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊk
Senses: glosses: simple past of ache
glosses: simple past of ake
oke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊk
Forms: form: okes
Etymology: See oka
Senses: examples: text: At Constantinople, the cantaro, or quintal, contains 44 okes, or 100 rottoli; and the cantaro weighs about 123¾ lbs. avoirdupois, the oke 2lbs. 13 oz., and the rottolo 19⁴⁄₅ oz., and the chequee 11¼ oz. avoirdupois... At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois...
ref: 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo"
qualifier: historical units of measurement
glosses: Alternative form of oka.
oke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊk
Forms: form: okes
Etymology: Shortened borrowing from Afrikaans outjie.
Senses: examples: text: An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
ref: 1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book, page 106:
text: I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.
ref: 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex:
text: When that oke talked, I listened.
ref: 2009, Kevin Richardson, Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa, published 2016, page 39:
glosses: Man; guy; bloke.
oke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊk
Forms: form: okes
Etymology: From Middle English oke.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of oak.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: aso oke
anticolonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/
ipa: /ˌænt.i.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/
Forms: form: more anticolonial
form: most anticolonial
Etymology: From anti- + colonial.
Senses: examples: text: Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries.
ref: 2003, Thaveeporn Vasavakul, edited by Brown & Ganguly, Fighting Words, page 223:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing colonialism.
anticolonial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænt.aɪ.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/
ipa: /ˌænt.i.kəˈloʊn.i.əl/
Forms: form: anticolonials
Etymology: From anti- + colonial.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes colonialism.
baya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bayas
Senses: glosses: Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.
azoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azoxys
Etymology: Blend of azo + oxy
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent functional group of general formula R-N=NO-R^'; such compounds are considered the oxides of azo compounds.
Derived terms: azoxybenzene
azoxymethane
backflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backflows
Etymology: From back + flow.
Senses: synonyms: backflux
reflux
hypernyms: flow
flux
glosses: The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
backflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backflows
form: backflowing
form: backflowed
form: backflowed
Etymology: From back + flow.
Senses: synonyms: backflux
reflux
hypernyms: flow
flux
glosses: To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
benzanthrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzanthrones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic ketone, 7-oxobenz(de)anthracene, that is used in the manufacture of anthraquinone dyes
benzidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic diamine 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl that is used in testing for cyanide, and for traces of blood
Derived terms: benzidine yellow
benzidinic
diaminobenzidine
tetramethylbenzidine
benzimidazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzimidazoles
Etymology: From benz- + imidazole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle containing a benzene ring fused to that of imidazole; it is used as a pesticide
Derived terms: benzimidazo
benzimidazolic
benzimidazolium
bibenzimidazole
bisbenzimidazole
imoxiterol
mibefradil
timoprazole
benzimidazolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzimidazoliums
Etymology: From benzimidazole + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The cation formed by protonating benzimidazole; its salts have biological activity
benziodoxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benziodoxols
Etymology: From benz- + iodoxol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with that of iodoxol; its derivatives are used as pharmaceuticals etc
iodoxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodoxols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A five-membered saturated heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, an oxygen atom and a hypervalent iodine atom; its derivatives (especially the benziodoxols) are used as pharmaceuticals etc
non-intervention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-interventions
form: nonintervention
Etymology: From non- + intervention.
Senses: topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The policy of a state of not intervening in the domestic affairs of another.
Derived terms: non-interventionism
non-interventionist
remet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remeet
mises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mise
benzonitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzonitriles
Etymology: From benzo- + nitrile. Discovered and named by Hermann Fehling in 1844. This was the first compound to be named ending in "nitrile" which then became the suffix for other compounds with a similar group.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; it is used as a solvent and has many industrial applications
Derived terms: bromobenzonitrile
Related terms: benzylnitrile
transmisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmiss
transmisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transmiss
battons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batton
battues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battue
combats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combat
glosses: Clipping of combat trousers.
glosses: Clipping of combat boots.
combats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of combat
combattant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English combattant, from Middle French combattant. Doublet of combatant.
Senses: examples: text: VISCOUNT LORTON bears gu., two lions combattant, supporting a dexter hand.
ref: 1892, Charles Boutell, Heraldry, Ancient and Modern: Including Boutell's Heraldry, page 81:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: In fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
Related terms: combatant
achromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more achromic
form: most achromic
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
actuarially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more actuarially
form: most actuarially
Etymology: From actuarial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The municipal pension plan was deemed actuarially unsound.
glosses: By actuarial principles.
glosses: In a manner performed by an actuary.
examples: text: Actuarially, we can't really afford to retire.
glosses: From an actuarial perspective.
apan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apans
form: APAn
Etymology: From APA (“amateur press association”) + -n (“of or pertaining to”).
Senses: examples: text: The greatest apan of all time lives on a quiet old street rising above Hagerstown, Maryland.
ref: 1990 August 24, Guy Lillian, “'Tis the Season”, in Mimosa, number 8, page 4:
text: Most of the participants in the mundane apas are hobby printers—-and the disdain with which our fandom once viewed Xeroxing of fanzines is but a pale reflection of the way mundane apans have looked upon the mimeo and the ditto as a means of publishing "papers" (as they call their amateur publications).
ref: 1998 October 3, Brown, Rich [Dr Gafia], “Fan Terms (1)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), retrieved 13 Jun 2018, message-ID <19981003020622.14181.00000964@ng52.aol.com>:
text: I immediately began a cutback. I remained an enthusiastic apan, but by the time I gafiated around 1976, I was in only one, FAPA.
ref: 2006 May 24, Arnie Katz, “The Thin Veneer”, in confuSon, volume 1, number 4:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A member of an amateur press association.
Synonyms: apahack
Hyponyms: biapan
multiapan
omniapan
Related terms: apazine
prisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priss
benzvalene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzvalenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A highly reactive tricyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon, tricyclo[3.1-0.0^(2,6)]hex-3-ene, that is a valence isomer of benzene
tenues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenuis
glosses: plural of tenue
guardian ad litem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guardians ad litem
Senses: examples: text: Guardians ad litem are the volunteer voices for children, investigating, reporting, going to court to advocate. It is not a job for sissies.
ref: 2012 January 5, “Guardian ad litem: Sissies need not apply, only the good-hearted”, in Tampa Bay Times:
topics: law
glosses: An individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure.
retins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retin
retint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retints
form: retinting
form: retinted
form: retinted
form: re-tint
Etymology: From re- + tint.
Senses: glosses: To tint again.
glosses: To adjust the color of a paint.
ad litem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad lītem (“at, for the lawsuit”).
Senses: glosses: For the purpose of a legal case, as in guardian ad litem.
valence isomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valence isomers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a set of structural isomers that are related by a pericyclic reaction
Derived terms: Dewar valence isomer
probability density
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: probability densities
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: probability density function
réduit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: réduits
Etymology: French. Doublet of redoubt.
Senses: topics: fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: a fortified structure such as a citadel or a keep into which the defending troops can retreat when the outer defences are breached.
réduits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of réduit
benzylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzylamines
Etymology: From benzyl + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic primary amine C₆H₅-CH₂-NH₂ or its derivatives
Synonyms: benzyl amine
phenylmethylamine
Derived terms: dihydroxybenzylamine
dimethylbenzylamine
methylbenzylamine
mundanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mʌnˈdænɪti/
Forms: form: mundanities
Etymology: From mundane + -ity (“quality of”).
Senses: examples: text: Proust's novel grew and deepened into over 3,000 pages of everything and nothing: a Möbius strip of profundity twisting into mundanity, mundanity twisting into profundity.
ref: 2013 November 16, Patrick McGuinness, “Who's afraid of Marcel Proust?”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R20:
synonyms: word: ordinariness
word: plainness
word: everydayness
word: mundanity
word: normalcy
word: normaldom
word: normalhood
word: normalism
word: normality
word: normalness
word: ordinariness
word: plainness
word: sameishness
word: unremarkableness
word: usuality
word: usualness
glosses: mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane
porodinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more porodinous
form: most porodinous
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: amorphous (rather than crystalline)
bicapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + capped.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a cap (in the shape of a pyramid) at each end
raw_tags: of a prism
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having the shape of such a prism
raw_tags: of a molecule
Related terms: tricapped
adendritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adendritic
form: most adendritic
Etymology: From a- + dendritic.
Senses: glosses: Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
bicyclo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + cyclo-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A structure having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)
Derived terms: lubiprostone
Related terms: bicyclic
binuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: having two nuclei; binucleate
Derived terms: heterobinuclear
adenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: adenectomies
Etymology: From aden- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
Derived terms: dacryoadenectomy
sialoadenectomy
biocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈbaɪoʊsaɪd/
Forms: form: biocides
Etymology: From bio- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: [T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and geocide.
ref: 1991, Thomas Berry; Thomas Clarke; Stephen Dunn and Anne Lonergan, editors, Befriending the Earth: A Theology of Reconciliation between Humans and the Earth, Mystic, Conn.: Twenty-Third Publications, ISBN 978-0-89622-471-1; quoted in Cristina Vanin, “Attaining Harmony with the Earth”, in John C. Haughey, editor, In Search of the Whole: Twelve Essays on Faith and Academic Life, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-58901-781-8, page 184
glosses: Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.
wikipedia: Geisenfeld
Upper Bavaria
Related terms: biocidal
algicide
amebicide
bactericide
fungicide
germicide
herbicide
insecticide
miticide
molluscicide
pesticide
rodenticide
spermicide
viricide
adenopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æ.dəˈnɑ.pə.θi/
Forms: form: adenopathies
Etymology: From adeno- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: lymphadenopathy
;
adenitis
;
lymphitis
;
lymphadenitis
glosses: Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
Derived terms: polyadenopathy
bipyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipyridines
Etymology: From bi- + pyridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
Derived terms: bipyridinium
bismuthide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bismuthides
Etymology: From bismuth + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
Derived terms: oxybismuthide
bisulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisulfates
form: bisulphate
Etymology: From bi- + sulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt containing this anion.
Derived terms: ammonium bisulfate
sodium bisulfate
bisulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bisulfates
form: bisulfating
form: bisulfated
form: bisulfated
form: bisulphate
Etymology: From bi- + sulfate.
Senses: glosses: To react with a bisulfate
glosses: To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bitumenised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bitumenised
form: most bitumenised
form: bitumenized
Etymology: From bitumen + -ise + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Treated, or coated, with bitumen
boranamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boranamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several compounds containing a boron to nitrogen bond
Related terms: ammonia borane
borazine
alpeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpeens
Senses: glosses: A thick, knotted club or shillelagh.
borazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic hydride of boron and nitrogen made by the reaction of diborane and ammonia; it is isoelectronic with benzene.
intervenue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See intervene, avenue.
Senses: examples: text: This Crown hath now had five weak Princes, without intervenue of any one active, yet is it in no part demolished.
ref: 1650, Henry Blount, A Voyage into the Levant:
glosses: interposition
parvins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvin
apella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apellai
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλα (apélla, “assembly”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: The popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.
wikipedia: University of Chicago
parvenues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvenue
nitrifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrifiers
Etymology: From nitrify + -er.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An agent employed in nitrification.
adenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenoses
Etymology: From aden- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Benign swelling, scarring or enlargement of the lymph glands; a minor, low-risk glandular condition.
Derived terms: fibroadenosis
polyadenosis
sialadenosis
Related terms: adenose
adenous
adenine
nitrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nitrify
abortin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɔɹ.tn̩/
Forms: form: abortins
Etymology: From New Latin abortus + -in.
Senses: glosses: An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
chronique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chroniques
Etymology: From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: the Moores trust all to an Illiterate Tradition ; insomuch that the best Chronique can be now compiled of their late changes
ref: 1671, Lancelot Addison, West Barbary, or a Short Narrative of the Revolutions of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco:
glosses: A chronicle.
sauvegarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauvegardes
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A safeguard.
glosses: The monitor lizard.
sauvegardes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sauvegarde
requit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: requits
form: requitting
form: requitted
form: requitted
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of requite.
alternative hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternative hypotheses
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A rival hypothesis to the null hypothesis. Their likelihoods are compared by a statistical hypothesis test.
Related terms: null hypothesis
chlorinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorinators
Etymology: From chlorinate + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which chlorinates.
Derived terms: electrochlorinator
chlorinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorinator
khene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛːn/
rhymes: -ɛːn
Forms: form: khenes
form: kaen
form: khaen
form: khène
form: kène
form: khen
Etymology: From Lao ແຄນ (khǣn).
Senses: examples: text: There are processions led by dancers with castanets and accompanied by musicians playing the Kène.
ref: 1951, Norman Lewis, A Dragon Apparent, Eland, published 2003, page 296:
text: The khene was once used to call warriors to fight. Now it is used for ceremonies.
ref: 1997, Dolly Brittan, The Hmong, Rosen Publishing, published 1997, page 32:
text: The Lao khaen, however, is the most sophisticated of all the bamboo mouth organs – it takes great skill to play it properly.
ref: 2000, Simon Broughton et al., The Rough Guide to World Music, Rough Guides, page 171:
text: I then suggested that he should play a tune on the khène while I improvised an accompaniment on the ukelele.
ref: 2001, Mervyn Brown, War in Shangri-La, Radcliffe, published 2001, page 155:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.
Related terms: english: traditional shawm of Vietnam
translation: traditional shawm of Vietnam
word: kèn
diapering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diaper