cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
aphakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphakias
form: aphacia
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative prefix) + φᾰκός (phăkós, “lentil”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, noun suffix). Equivalent to a- + phakia.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.
Related terms: aphakial
aphakic
aphronia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphronias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄφρων (áphrōn, “silly, foolish”).
Senses: glosses: The lack of practical judgment.
apostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: naturally occurring cell death.
April gentleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: April gentlemen
Senses: glosses: a newly married man.
arcanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪnɪst/
Forms: form: arcanists
Etymology: From arcane + -ist; in the sense of a craftsman with secret knowledge about porcelain manufacturing, borrowed from German Arcanist.
Senses: examples: text: 1799, William Tooke (translator), The Life of Catherine II. Empress of Russia, by Jean-Henri Castéra, London: Longman and Rees, 3rd edition, Volume 1, Preliminaries, Section 3, p. 36,
The porcelain manufactory likewise entertains, excepting the modellers and arcanists, none but russian workmen […]
text: Ringler has the merit of having raised himself from a common potter to an “Arcanist,” as the Germans term one who is the sole depositor of an important secret;
ref: 1850, Joseph Marryat, chapter 8, in Collections towards a History of Pottery and Porcelain,, London: John Murray, page 148:
text: […] all the years backed up behind the history of the vase reaching back to the genius of Höroldt, and beyond him to the mastery of the arcanists who had reinvented porcelain.
ref: 2001, Ian McEwan, Atonement, London: Jonathan Cape, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 37:
glosses: A craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of porcelain manufacturing).
examples: text: [Catechumens] had Prayers for themselves, but were not admitted to hear the Prayers of the Faithful, which were peculiar to the Celebration of the Eucharist, from which Catechumens were excluded, But all this was, and might be done, without favouring in the least the vain Pretences of the Modern Arcanists: For in all this there was no Design to conceal such Mysteries as the Worship of Saints, and Angels, and Images, from the Knowledge of the Catechumens;
ref: 1715, Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ: or, the Antiquities of the Christian Church, London: Robert Knaplock, Volume 4, Book 10, Chapter 5, p. 127:
text: There were on this Occasion not far from us some of the Clergy, […] and also Arcanists or Dealers in Mysteries;
ref: 1791, Emanuel Swedenborg, chapter 21, in anonymous translator, The Apocalypse Revealed, volume 2, Manchester, page 497:
text: […] Nostradamus […] positively delighted in word-games, in arcane references subtle enough to drive even the seasoned arcanist mad.
ref: 1997, David Ovason, The Secrets of Nostradamus, London: Century, Part 2, Conclusion, p. 358:
glosses: A person who studies arcana or religious mysteries.
argil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːd͡ʒɪl/
ipa: /ˈɑɹd͡ʒɪl/
Forms: form: argils
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos).
Senses: glosses: potter's clay.
Related terms: argillaceous
aristology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄριστον (áriston, “breakfast, lunch”) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The art or science of dining.
Derived terms: aristologist
ark-floater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ark-floaters
Etymology: In reference to Noah's Ark.
Senses: glosses: An aged actor.
arkwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arkwrights
Etymology: From Middle English arkewrytte. By surface analysis, ark + wright.
Senses: examples: text: The castle arkwright put in a chequered staircase certainly. It has only one square step, to be steady, yet notwithstumbling are they stalemating backgammoner supstairs by skips and trestles tiltop double corner.
ref: 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 560:
glosses: A maker of cabinets or chests.
Derived terms: word: Arkwright
plagarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of plagiarism.
arrectary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrectaries
Senses: glosses: A vertical beam or post.
close as wax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: miserly, tight, or secretive
asmatographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asmatographers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ᾀσματογράφος (āismatográphos) (from ᾆσμα, -ματ- (āîsma, -mat-, “song, lyric”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writing, writer”)) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A song or music seller.
aspenglow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspenglows
Etymology: From Aspen + glow, modeled on alpenglow.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:aspenglow.
qualifier: Colorado
glosses: The glow on mountaintops at dawn and dusk.
atrichia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪˈtɹɪkiə/
Etymology: From a- + trich(o)- + -ia.
Senses: glosses: The absence of hair due to congenital or acquired physical reasons.
Related terms: atrichosis
autocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocides
Etymology: From auto- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Generally, autocide is most effective when applied to restricted populations (islands, etc.), but can be effective on parts of continents.
ref: 1975, Dennis S. Hill, Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and Their Control, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
examples: text: Five different autocides have been isolated from Myxococcus xanthus.
ref: 2001, “Myxococcales”, in David R. Boone et al., editors, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, →ISBN, page 1065:
topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
glosses: A suicidal person.
Derived terms: autocidal
autocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocides
Etymology: From auto + -cide; see auto (“automobile”).
Senses: examples: text: "Autocide is becoming the second most popular method for older teens to commit suicide," she said.
ref: 1993 December 13, “Northbridge Educators Alerted to Depression Among Students”, in Worcester Telegram Gazette:
glosses: An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
glosses: An act of killing someone with an automobile.
bassy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
Forms: form: bassier
form: bassiest
Etymology: From bass + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The speakers were so bassy it was almost like being there.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 119:
glosses: Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.
Derived terms: bassily
bassy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
Forms: form: bassies
Senses: examples: text: I still make man panic, true I'm way to wassy
Before I smoke, I used to step with bassy
(…)
And back then my dip dip was large
Why you think it’s bassy I called it, why you think it’s bassy I called it
And what's all the gossip
I got Madeleine and Jackson 5 in the trap house you know that I chop it
ref: 2016 June 28, “Hazards”, Loski (lyrics), performed by Loski:
glosses: A knife.
Bigfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bigfoot
Bigfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Bigfoot
Synonyms: Bigfeet
Bigfoot
zero one infinity rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The rule that a database, a user interface, etc. should allow for either zero, one, or an indefinite number of an entity.
Synonyms: ZOI
scurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scur
threatscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threatscapes
Etymology: From threat + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: 2008, The Risk Digest from Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems, archived at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.29.html#subj9, post by Barrett, Michael
"...which made me realize that perhaps there isn't a common agreement amongst the infosec industry about the threatscape and how we should prioritize our response to them."
text: 6. Survey the threatscape. To adequately secure their companies, CIOs need to understand and monitor all the dangers [...]
ref: 2001 March 1, Angela Genusa, “12 Keys For Locking Up Tight”, in CIO:
text: "In my opinion, given today's threatscape, thinking of not doing anything regarding ESM is as antiquated as thinking that a firewall or even passwords aren't needed.
ref: 2006, Brian T. Contos, Enemy at the water cooler: real-life stories of insider threats ..., page 91:
text: "When we emerge, blinking in the sunlight, from the Malware Museum, we find that some of these bots on the threatscape are still with us in some form."
ref: 2007, David Harley, AVIEN malware defense guide for the Enterprise, page 58:
text: "While the Obama administration has vocalized its intent to create a cyber security coordinator, future administrations will need to institute a more powerful role to oversee all government cyber security measures and reactions to a rapidly changing cyber threatscape."
ref: 2010, Richard Stiennon, Surviving cyberwar, pages 146–7:
glosses: The various possible threats; the spectrum of possible threats.
falcata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: falcatas
Etymology: From Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus.
Senses: glosses: A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.
dangerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dangerisations
Senses: examples: text: The promotion of cycle helmets causes the dangerisation of cycling.
glosses: The attribution of dangerous characteristics to something not particularly dangerous.
multigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multigraphs
Etymology: From multi- + graph. Compare multiset.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: pseudograph
glosses: A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
Hypernyms: multihypergraph
Hyponyms: multidigraph
Derived terms: multigrapher
Related terms: multisubgraph
submultigraph
multigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: multigraphs
form: multigraphing
form: multigraphed
form: multigraphed
Etymology: From multi- + graph. Compare multiset.
Senses: glosses: To print using a multigraph machine.
queerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queerdoms
Etymology: From queer + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: I can only speak from my experience in the Bisexual community and where that overlaps into the rest of queerdom.
ref: 1995 February 17, beth, quoting Jeff Moore & Francine Turner, “Divsions in the Queer community”, in soc.bi (Usenet):
text: The on-line world is the biggest thing to happen to queerdom in a very long time.
ref: 1997 February 27, Steve Silberman, “Wired Life;-)!”, in San Francisco Frontiers News Magazine:
text: 2018 WTF QUEER Wednesday - For Zak / Zackie Dutch Art Institute
This is the reason that the queerdom gathers, energy and strength, to not be standing on its ground like a true man, but in its fucking heels like a queen.
glosses: The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively.
examples: text: I don't believe that queerdom is at the root about homosexuality or lesbianism. There are many gay people who don't identify and who honestly are not queer.
ref: 1991 February 11, Eric R. Rofes, “My Life As A Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 11:
text: On another occasion, he felt compelled to address his girlfriend/mentor Lowney Handey's jealousy by quelling any suspicions of “queerdom”: [...]
ref: 2010, Anna G. Creadick, Perfectly Average: The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America:
text: In making the choice to get sober, though, Jordan said it allowed him to grow into his "queerdom" - gradually discovering that he was becoming more comfortable with himself, and what he brings to the table.
ref: 2022 September 6, Laura Carrione, “Actor, Instagram sensation Leslie Jordan celebrates new book with one vital message to all: ‘Do for others’”, in Fox News:
glosses: The fact or state of being queer.
vampish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vampish
form: most vampish
Etymology: From vamp + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a vamp (flirtatious woman).
counterprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterprograms
form: counterprogramming
form: counterprograming
form: counterprogrammed
form: counterprogrammed
form: counterprogramed
form: counterprogramed
form: counterprogramme
Etymology: From counter- + program.
Senses: glosses: To schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete or contrast with a program broadcast simultaneously on another station.
examples: text: The opposing political party is deploying high profile speakers to counterprogram the convention with small rallies at nearby sites.
glosses: By extension, to engage in similar competitive posturing or scheduling in any comparable situation.
redecorator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redecorators
Etymology: From redecorate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who redecorates.
chanop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃænɒp/
Forms: form: chanops
Etymology: By shortening; chan + op.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps I might now add one more piece of etiquette advice, for which all chanops will thank me. If you want ops on a channel, don't beg for them […]
ref: 1995, Stuart H. Harris, The IRC Survival Guide, page 121:
text: IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops" — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel.
ref: 1996, Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, page 404:
synonyms: chop
op
glosses: An IRC channel operator.
IDM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IDMs
Senses: topics: arts
design
glosses: Initialism of intelligent design movement.
topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
related: word: IdM
glosses: Initialism of identity management.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of intelligent dance music.
IDM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: "IDM" in general conversations is the abbreviated form of "I don't mind." It is a part of the lingo of popular networking applications like Snapchat, Whatsapp, or Instagram.
ref: [2022 February 2, Haripriya, “What does IDM mean on Snapchat and How to use it”, in Nerds Chalk:
text: While it isn't confirmed which brand of honey supplement the woman used, viewers were taken aback at the woman's brazen approach to get her partner to last longer. "idm if she made a joke or not it’s still weird asf to put something in somebody else’s drink without them knowing," one user commented.
ref: 2022 May 8, Gisselle Hernandez, “A woman made a joke about slipping her boyfriend a supplement to make him last longer in bed, sparking a debate on consent”, in Daily Dot:
glosses: Initialism of I don't mind.
finaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finalisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of finalizer.
autoboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + boxing.
Senses: examples: text: Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. Autoboxing involves the dynamic allocation of memory and initialization of an object for each primitive.
ref: 2014, Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori, Java 8 Pocket Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 28:
coordinate_terms: unboxing
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: Automatic boxing, the implicit conversion of primitive data types to wrapper objects.
Svartálfar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse svartalfar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a race of black or dark elves that populate Svartálfaheimr, one of the nine realms
mui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muis
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4).
Senses: glosses: Chinese plum
Related terms: li hing mui
irregardful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irregardful
form: most irregardful
Etymology: Probably a parody of irregardless; analyzable as ir- + regard + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Regardless.
tozy-mozy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: On the head of this we had another jug, three being cannie, after which we were both a wee tozy-mozy...
ref: 1895, David Macbeth Moir, The Life of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith - Page 109
text: Though a pattern of respectability, he can grow genial in his cups, or as he would say “a wee tozy-mozy."
ref: 1968, Cornelius Weygandt, A Century of the English Novel:
text: ...speakin about shoogly, would you believe that I've never seen more than one drunk man in Rome? and he was not exackly what you would call drunk, but just a wee thing tozy-mozy like, as Mansie would say.
ref: 2008, Catherine Ponton Slater, Marget Pow, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Drunk; intoxicated; tipsy.
Synonyms: drunk
bibblebabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibble-babble
Senses: glosses: babble
bibblebabble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bibblebabbles
form: bibblebabbling
form: bibblebabbled
form: bibblebabbled
form: bibble-babble
Senses: glosses: To babble.
common glow-worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common glow-worms
Senses: glosses: A European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca.
Related terms: Lampyris noctiluca
easy target
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: easy targets
Senses: glosses: Anything that is easy to criticize, lampoon, etc. without fear of retribution.
Related terms: sitting duck
syngenesious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɪn.d͡ʒə.niːˈziː.ʌs/
Etymology: syngenesis + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: synantherous
Related terms: synandrous
polygamia
gajo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gajos
Senses: examples: text: He will give you a job—taming his women and killing for him. That is a great compliment to a gajo—a foreigner. You should say something in reply.
ref: 1957, Ian Fleming, chapter 17, in From Russia With Love:
glosses: Alternative form of gadjo (“non-Roma”).
disbudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disbuddings
Etymology: From dis- + budding.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Removal of superfluous bud growths from a plant, done to encourage more robust growth of the fruit.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: In the raising of domesticated animals with horns, such as goats, sheep, and cows, the removal of the undeveloped horns from a young animal.
cathected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cathected
form: most cathected
Senses: glosses: Charged with mental or emotional energy.
Related terms: cathect
cathectic
cathexis
Ephesus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfɪsəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ephesus, from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek city in Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey.
Derived terms: Ephesian
Ephesians
toilet seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toilet seat
callower
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of callow: more callow
callowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of callow: most callow
Jahan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian جهان (jahân).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).
sonications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonication
underspecifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underspecify
underspecifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underspecify
underspecified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underspecify
outcrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outcross
outcrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outcross
outcrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outcross
immunohistochemistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunohistochemistry
to a fare-thee-well
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: to a fare-you-well
form: to a fare you well
form: to a fine fare-thee-well
form: to a fare thee well
Senses: examples: text: "She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark.
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
text: It will do little for the future of immunization to prepare excellent vaccines, test them to a fare-thee-well for safety and efficacy, and then not insure that they are adequately used.
ref: 1961, Geoffrey Edsall, “The Future of Immunization”, in Public Health Reports, volume 76, number 9, page 816:
text: 2007, Steve Forbes, Fact and Comment: Unindicted Blunderer, Forbes, 17 Sep.,
Market participants are painfully learning the limits to slicing and dicing mortgages to a fine fare-thee-well.
glosses: To the greatest extent or to completion; to a state of refinement or perfection.
Related terms: fare thee well
fare-thee-well
to a fare thee well
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of to a fare-thee-well.
to a fine fare-thee-well
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well.
to a fare-you-well
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well.
to a fare you well
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to a fare-thee-well.
fare-thee-well
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fare thee well.
Euboea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːə
ipa: /juːˈbiːə/
Forms: form: Eubœa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Εὔβοια (Eúboia).
Senses: glosses: An island of Greece, the second-largest, just off the eastern coast of Boeotia, in the Aegean Sea.
Synonyms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: Negropont
english: former name
translation: former name
word: Ocha
Derived terms: Euboean
stumble across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stumbles across
form: stumbling across
form: stumbled across
form: stumbled across
Senses: examples: text: This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 36:
glosses: To discover or find (something) by accident.
glosses: To meet (somebody) by chance.
Synonyms: come across
come upon
happen upon
stumble on
stumble upon
stumble on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stumbles on
form: stumbling on
form: stumbled on
form: stumbled on
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, on.
glosses: To discover or find something by accident.
raw_tags: with prepositional object
glosses: To meet somebody by chance.
raw_tags: with prepositional object
examples: text: After 1849 Lord John Russell's government—virtually a Whig cousinhood—lurched but managed to stumble on until 1852.
ref: 2009, Robert E. Sullivan, Macaulay: The Tragedy of Power, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 411:
text: The 2-1 home defeat to Everton in October was the first warning shot. Although he stumbled on for another month, that was the end for Hasenhuttl.
ref: 2023 May 13, Jacob Tanswell, “Southampton’s Premier League relegation: Sackings, staff exits and divided dressing room”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2023:
glosses: To continue with difficulty in one's endeavours; to struggle on.
raw_tags: as adverbial particle
Synonyms: sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: chance upon
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: come across
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: come upon
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: happen across
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: happen upon
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: stumble across
sense: discover or find by accident, meet by chance
word: stumble upon
EFATO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of engine failure after take off.
convivialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conviviality; the good spirits associated with a festive occasion
Ayurvedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ayurvedic
Etymology: From Ayurveda + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of Ayurveda.
Derived terms: ayurvedically
Ayurveda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑjʊr.ved̪(ə)/
ipa: /ɑjʊr.ved̪ɑ/
ipa: /aɪ.ʊəˈveɪ.də/
ipa: /-ðə/
ipa: /aɪ.ɚˈveɪ.də/
Forms: form: Ayurvedas
Etymology: From Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).
Senses: examples: text: From these are deduced the four Upavédas, namely, Ayush, Gándharva, Dhanush, and St'hápatya; the first of which, or Ayurvéda, was delivered to mankind by Brahma', Indra, Dhanwantari, and five other Deities ; and comprizes the theory of Disorders and Medicines, with the practical methods of curing Diseases.
ref: 1788, Asiatic Society of Bengal, chapter XVIII, in Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia, volume 1, Calcutta, India: Manuel Cantopher, page 340:
glosses: Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
glosses: A text on this form of medicine.
Derived terms: Ayurveda Day
Ayurvedic
allantoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allantois + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to or derived from the allantois.
Derived terms: allantoate
allantoic acid
allantoically
allantoicase
allantoic fluid
allantoic sac
allantoic stalk
allantoic vesicle
amnioallantoic
anallantoic
leucoturic acid
next generation networking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: next-generation network
form: NGN
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.
squash court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squash courts
Senses: glosses: A four-walled court used for playing squash.
antigenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antigenic + -ally.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: In the manner of an antigen
Related terms: antigenic
squash ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squash balls
Senses: glosses: A small rubber ball used in the game of squash.
squash racket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squash rackets
Senses: glosses: A type of bat used to hit the ball in the game of squash.
squash player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squash players
Senses: glosses: Someone who competes in the sport of squash, especially at a professional level.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squash, player.
bioinformatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + informatic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bioinformatics
Derived terms: bioinformatically
bioinformaticist
front wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front walls
Etymology: Because it is a wall and is located at the front of the court.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
glosses: The main and largest wall in court, located at the front of the world; the wall which the ball must hit in a rally.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see front, wall.
back wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back walls
Etymology: Because it is a wall and is located at the back of the court.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
glosses: The wall at the back of a racquetball or squash court, directly opposite the front wall.
examples: text: ... back wall of thorax S20.40 Unspecified superficial injuries of back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax D , S S20.402 Unspecified superficial injuries of left back wall of thorax D , S[…]
ref: 2016 June 16, Carol J. Buck, 2012 ICD-10-CM Draft Standard Edition -- E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1419:
text: ... back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity S21.431 Puncture wound without foreign body of right back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.432 Puncture wound without foreign body of left[…]
ref: 2015 January 1, Carol J. Buck, 2015 ICD-10-CM Draft Edition - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1319:
text: ... back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax S20.402 Unspecified superficial injuries of left back wall of thorax S20.409 Unspecified superficial injuries of unspecified back wall of[…]
ref: 2023 September 8, Elsevier, Buck's 2024 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1297:
text: ... back wall of thorax S20.221 Contusion of right back wall of thorax S20.222 Contusion of left back wall of thorax S20.223 Contusion of bilateral back wall of thorax S20.224 Contusion of middle back wall of thorax S20.229 Contusion of[…]
ref: 2021 October 9, Elsevier, Buck's 2022 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book: Buck's 2022 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1244:
text: ... back wall of thorax S20.40 Unspecified superficial injuries of back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax S20.31 Abrasion of front wall of thorax S20.311 Abrasion of right front wall of[…]
ref: 2020 September 25, Elsevier, Buck's 2021 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book: Buck's 2021 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1247:
text: ... back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.409 Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.41 Laceration without foreign body of back wall of[…]
ref: 2015 November 12, Carol J. Buck, 2016 ICD-10-CM Hospital Professional Edition - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1318:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The back of the thorax's wall
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, wall.
side wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side walls
form: sidewall
Etymology: Because each of the walls in question is located on a side of the court.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
glosses: Either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.
examples: text: The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.
ref: 1956 January, “New Permanent Way Equipment on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see side, wall.
biopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + pathology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The pathology (study of the diseases) of organs, tumours and similar biological structures
Related terms: biopathological
camptothecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Camptotheca + -in.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, derived from the tree Camptotheca acuminata, that inhibits DNA topomerase and is used as an anticancer drug
cardiothoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + thoracic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest
Derived terms: cardiothoracic ratio
noncardiothoracic
centromeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centromeric
form: most centromeric
Etymology: From centromere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, centromeres.
Derived terms: acentromeric
apocentromeric
centromerically
extracentromeric
intercentromeric
juxtacentromeric
neocentromeric
noncentromeric
pancentromeric
paracentromeric
pericentromeric
precentromeric
subcentromeric
telocentromeric
black tern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black terns
Senses: glosses: A small seabird (Chlidonias niger), of the tern family (Sternidae)
corticogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cortico- + genesis.
Senses: glosses: The organization of cells during the development of the cortex of the brain
Derived terms: neocorticogenesis
Related terms: corticogenic
equinoxe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of equinox.
black-necked grebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-necked grebes
Senses: glosses: A freshwater bird, Podiceps nigricollis, of the grebe family (Podicipedidae)
Carrol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish, a less common spelling of Carroll, derived from the Irish Ó Cearbhaill.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.
Tiziana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tiziana.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Italian.
standish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ændɪʃ
Forms: form: standishes
Etymology: From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
Senses: examples: text: An antiquarie is an honest man, for he had rather scrape a piece of copper out of the durt, than a crowne out of Plodion's standish.
ref: 1592, Thomas Nash[e], Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. […], London: […] [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, […], →OCLC:
text: [I]ndeed you muſt—deliver to Betty—or to me—your pen and ink. […] And ſo I gave my ſtandiſh to her.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII. Miss Clarissa Harlowe, To Miss Howe.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 220:
glosses: A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.
deubiquitinylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deubiquitinylating
form: most deubiquitinylating
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deubiquitinating.
deubiquitinating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitinating.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That cleaves ubiquitin/protein bonds.
Related terms: deubiquitination
ubiquitinating
deubiquitinylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deubiquitinylations
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitinylation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deubiquitination.
deubiquitination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deubiquitinations
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitination.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cleavage of ubiquitin from protein
Related terms: autodeubiquitination
deubiquitinase
deubiquitinate
deubiquitinating
ubiquitination
embryonated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: embryonate
Senses: glosses: Containing an embryo; having had an embryo develop.
Derived terms: unembryonated
2.4 children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From what was once the average (and therefore supposedly typical) number of children per household in the United Kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe their pastoral family, with their 2.4 children, is at the perfect age and life stage for that church, and yours does not seem to be (or vice versa).
ref: 1993, Carl F. George, How to Break Growth Barriers: Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth, Baker Books, →ISBN:
text: In the 1960s and 1970s it was normal to marry and have babies at a young age – girls were routinely leaving school at sixteen, marrying at eighteen and having their 2.4 children before their twenty-third birthday..
ref: 2013, Jackie Highe, The Modern Grandparents' Guide, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: The heterosexual, monogamous, married for life couple, exclusively committed to the upbringing of their 2.4 children, was the family unit that adoption was legally designed to replicate.
ref: 2015, Kerry O'Halloran, The Politics of Adoption: International Perspectives on Law, Policy and Practice, Springer, →ISBN, page 821:
glosses: A stereotypical characteristic of normal family life; frequently used ironically.
Related terms: english: the American equivalent
translation: the American equivalent
word: 2.5 kids
back-double
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-doubles
Senses: examples: text: All back-doubles, short-cuts, and roundabout time-savers became redundant.
ref: 1972, The Motor, Published by Temple Press Ltd., p.24
glosses: A favourite route through a town or city, often used as a shortcut.
haemagglutinating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haemagglutinating
form: most haemagglutinating
Etymology: From haem- + agglutinating.
Senses: glosses: That agglutinates red blood cells
Related terms: haemagglutination
back-doubles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-double
haemagglutination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemagglutinations
Etymology: From haem- + agglutination.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemagglutination.
Related terms: haemagglutinate
haemagglutinating
haemagglutinin
heparinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heparinize
heparinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heparinized
form: most heparinized
Senses: glosses: Treated with heparin
Derived terms: nonheparinized
preheparinized
reheparinized
unheparinized
heparinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heparinizes
form: heparinizing
form: heparinized
form: heparinized
form: heparinise
Etymology: From heparin + -ize.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To treat with heparin, especially so as to prevent coagulation.
Derived terms: heparinization
immunogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + genetics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the genetic basis for the immune response, and of the relationships between genetics and immunity from disease
Related terms: immunogenetic
isotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotypes
Etymology: From iso- + type.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A duplicate specimen of the holotype, from the same genetic individual.
Derived terms: isotyped
phosphoisotype
subisotype
black-tailed godwit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-tailed godwits
Senses: glosses: A wader, Limosa limosa, a type of godwit, of the Scolopacidae family
microneutralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microneutralizations
Etymology: From micro- + neutralization.
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of assay for viruses in which virus growth is reduced by neutralization with antigens.
millipore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millipores
Etymology: From milli- + pore, originally a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: Because of its use in cloud seeding it is important to know whether millipores can detect silver iodide.
ref: 1965, Proceedings of the International Conference on Cloud Physics, May 24 - June 1, 1965, page 124:
text: Calcium ions are present in this fluid. The millipores within the enamel contain this electrolyte , separated by the positive and negative poles; the cathode is the outer enamel, and the anode is the internal enamel.
ref: 1984, Lloyd Baum, Richard B. McCoy, Advanced Restorative Dentistry, page 10:
text: a new classification of pore sizes based on a logarithmic scale was proposed, which distinguishes between nanopores, micropores, and millipores.
ref: 2019, Ulrich S. Schubert, Nicola Hüsing, Synthesis of Inorganic Materials:
glosses: Any of several filters, made from cellulose acetate membranes, capable of removing very small particles.
Related terms: cryptopore
mesopore
micropore
Millepora
nanopore
ultramicropore
mononuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + nuclear.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a single nucleus.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: monocyclic.
Derived terms: lymphomononuclear
mononuclearity
mononuclearly
mononuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mononuclears
Etymology: From mono- + nuclear.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell having a single nucleus.
phosphorylatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phosphorylatable
form: most phosphorylatable
Etymology: From phosphorylate + -able.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Capable of being phosphorylated
Derived terms: nonphosphorylatable
unphosphorylatable
Related terms: monophosphorylatable
phosphorylation
preincubated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preincubated
form: most preincubated
Senses: glosses: Subjected to preincubation
preincubated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preincubate
rhizobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizobacterium
rhizobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizobacteria
Etymology: From rhizo- + bacterium.
Senses: examples: text: This study aimed to find out the effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR; Azospirillum brasilense and Azotobacter vinelandii) either alone or in combination with different doses of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers on growth, seed yield, and oil quality of Brassica carinata (L.) cv. Peela Raya.
ref: 2013 October 4, Asia Nosheen, Asghari Bano, Faizan Ullah, “Bioinoculants: A sustainable approach to maximize the yield of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata L.) under low input of chemical fertilizers”, in Toxicology and Industrial Health, →DOI, →PMID, Abstract:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with legumes via its rhizomes
serological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serology + -ical.
Senses: synonyms: serologic
glosses: Of or pertaining to serology.
Derived terms: serologically
seroreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seroreactivities
Etymology: From sero- + reactivity.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The reactivity of blood serum, especially to a virus.
Related terms: seroreactive
supernate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernates
Etymology: Latin supernatāns, supernatant-, present participle of supernatāre, super + natāre, to swim, frequentative of nāre.
Senses: glosses: A supernatant liquid.
supernate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supernates
form: supernating
form: supernated
form: supernated
Etymology: Latin supernatāns, supernatant-, present participle of supernatāre, super + natāre, to swim, frequentative of nāre.
Senses: glosses: To lie or float above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).
uncleaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cleaved.
Senses: glosses: Not cleaved
whole language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A method of teaching literacy that emphasises the recognition of words in an everyday context; often contrasted with phonics.
whoopee pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoopee pies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whoopie pie.
abortation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abortations
Etymology: From abort + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of abortion.
abscisic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɪ.sɪk/
Etymology: From abscise + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
ref: 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: abscisate
Related terms: abscission
specifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɚ/
Forms: form: specifiers
Etymology: From specify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.
ref: 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: A person or thing that specifies.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.
Coordinate terms: sense: component of a phrase
word: adjunct
sense: component of a phrase
word: complement
sense: component of a phrase
word: head
Derived terms: access specifier
Thebans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theban