cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sclerotium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sclerotia
Etymology: From New Latin sclerotium, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
Derived terms: microsclerotium
pseudosclerotium
Related terms: sclerotial
sclerotia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerotium
scleroproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scleroprotein
cymophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɪ.mə(ʊ)ˌfeɪn/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.məˌfeɪn/
Forms: form: cymophanes
Etymology: From cymo- + -phane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl.
Synonyms: cat's eye
Derived terms: cymophanous
sectator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈteɪtə/
Forms: form: sectators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sectātor, from sector, frequentative of sequor (“follow”).
Senses: examples: text: But that the Earth, Water, Air, are of a nature equally constituted immoveable about the centre, is it not the opinion of your self, Aristotle, Ptolomy, and all their sectators?
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, section II:
glosses: A follower, a disciple; someone who follows a particular school; partisan.
cymophanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymophane
sectators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sectator
screen-scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screen-scrapers
Etymology: From screen-scrape + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A piece of software that screen-scrapes.
screen-scrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screen-scraper
unskinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + skinned.
Senses: glosses: Not skinned; not having had the skin removed.
skinnily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more skinnily
form: most skinnily
Etymology: From skinny + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a skinny way.
surpliced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From surplice + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Surpliced Sirs farewell, / I can tell, my name full well.
ref: c. 1589, anonymous author, O read me for I am of great antiquitie:
text: At Westminster the surplic’d dean / The sad but honourable scene / Prepares.
ref: 1757, Richard Owen, “To Mr. Whitehead, On his being made Poet Laureat”, in Robert Dodsley, editor, A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, volume 6, London: J. Dodsley, page 338:
text: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: After Mass one sunrise the canoes entered the troughs / of the surpliced shallows,
ref: 1990, Derek Walcott, chapter 1, in Omeros, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, page 8:
glosses: Wearing a surplice.
masaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of massaman.
massaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masaman
form: mussamun
Etymology: From Thai มัสมั่น (mát-sà-màn, “Muslim-like curry”), from Persian مسلمان (mosalmân, “Muslim”), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “Muslim”).
Senses: glosses: A Thai curry of Muslim origin (or the paste used to make it), usually containing coconut milk, roasted peanuts, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, palm sugar, fish sauce, and tamarind sauce.
backtracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backtrackers
Etymology: From backtrack + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, backtracks.
backtrackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backtracker
leatherwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leatherworks
Etymology: From leather + work.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal.
ref: 2006, Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, page 65:
glosses: The making of articles from leather.
examples: text: Sympathy is stencilling
Her decorative leatherwork
ref: 1940, John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth:
glosses: Articles thus produced.
Derived terms: leatherworker
leatherworking
leatherworks
leatherworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leatherworks
Etymology: From leather + works.
Senses: glosses: A factory that manufactures leatherwork.
geotectonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + tectonic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to geotectonics.
Derived terms: geotectonically
geotechnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more geotechnically
form: most geotechnically
Etymology: From geotechnical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a geotechnical way.
flutiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being fluty.
common room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common rooms
Senses: examples: text: He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; […]
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 289:
text: Any expected permanent way checks are indicated daily on a map in the enginemen's common room.
ref: 1950 June, N. H. Bousfield, “Angers, a French Provincial Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:
glosses: A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
Synonyms: combination room
dayroom
Related terms: commons
unpolishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + polishable.
Senses: glosses: Not polishable.
you can't polish a turd
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: you can't polish shit
glosses: Something inherently unfavourable or unpleasant cannot be improved.
Related terms: polish a turd
put lipstick on a pig
common rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common room
combination room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combination rooms
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: A common room.
combination rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combination room
overrepresent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overrepresents
form: overrepresenting
form: overrepresented
form: overrepresented
Etymology: From over- + represent.
Senses: examples: text: Ms. LeCrone was the only woman, probably overrepresenting the general percentage of female ballet choreographers, but perhaps the most experienced of the group.
ref: 2010 November 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “Young Ballet-Makers Elaborate on Technique”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018:
text: “The Senate is so tough for Democrats because the Senate so overrepresents these sparsely populated rural states,” says Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University political scientist who has extensively studied the relationship between presidential and congressional voting.
ref: 2020 November 10, Ronald Brownstein, “Why the Senate is so tough for Democrats”, in CNN:
text: Asian Americans are overrepresented in both elite universities like Harvard and also in community colleges.
ref: 2022 November 3, Harmeet Kaur, “How Asian Americans fit into the affirmative action debate”, in CNN:
text: Those with more formal education are more likely to take polls, and with an electorate newly divided by education in the Trump era, those polls that didn’t adjust for it tended to overrepresent those with college degrees who were less likely to back Donald Trump.
ref: 2023 July 15, Zachary B. Wolf, “Here is the CNN polling director’s advice for reading polls”, in CNN:
glosses: To represent as being higher or greater than it is.
Related terms: overrepresentation
overrepresents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overrepresent
overrepresenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overrepresent
Kissingerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kissingerian
form: most Kissingerian
Etymology: From Kissinger + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Henry Kissinger (1923-2023), German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
optoacoustically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From optoacoustic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an optoacoustic way.
photoacoustically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From photoacoustic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a photoacoustic way.
otoacoustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oto- + acoustic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sounds generated by the inner ear.
Synonyms: otoacoustical
Derived terms: otoacoustically
Related terms: otoacoustics
fictious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪkʃəs/
Etymology: From ficti(on) + -ous, as if Latin *fictiōsus, from fictiō.
Senses: examples: text: Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]
ref: 1688, Mat[thew] Prior, “On Exodus 3. 14. I Am that I Am. An Ode. […]”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza VI, page 4:
glosses: Fictitious.
glosses: Addicted to or characterized by fiction.
Derived terms: fictiously
Refsum's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Refsum disease
Etymology: Named after Sigvald Bernhard Refsum (1907–1991), Norwegian neurologist .
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
glosses: A peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.
wikipedia: Sigvald Bernhard Refsum
Archi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːɹˈt͡ʃiː/
Senses: glosses: A Northeast Caucasian ethnic group who live in eight villages in Southern Dagestan, Russia.
Archi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɑːɹˈt͡ʃiː/
Senses: glosses: A Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Dagestan region of Russia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Archi terms
kinkinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinkiness
unscrewable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unscrew + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be unscrewed.
unscrewable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + screwable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be screwed.
screwable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more screwable
form: most screwable
Etymology: From screw + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be screwed (fastened mechanically).
synonyms: fuckable
rootable
glosses: Suitable or desirable for sexual intercourse.
promiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promisers
Etymology: From promise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who promises; a person who makes a promise; someone who makes a solemn promise to do something.
promisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promiser
mucosae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuːˈkəʊzi/
ipa: /mjuːˈkəʊsi/
ipa: /mjuˈkoʊzi/
ipa: /mjuˈkoʊsi/
rhymes: -əʊzi
rhymes: -əʊsi
Senses: glosses: plural of mucosa
mucosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucosa
mucositides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucositis
mucously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mucously
form: most mucously
Etymology: From mucous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mucous way.
dysgeusias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysgeusia
dysgeusic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːzɪk
Etymology: From dysgeusia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dysgeusia.
dyscrasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyscrasia
dyscalculias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyscalculia
alexias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alexia
cryotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryotherapists
Etymology: From cryo- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: A person who administers cryotherapy.
cryotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryotherapist
cryosurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cryosurgical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cryosurgical way.
cryotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryotherapies
Etymology: From cryo- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part, aiming to decrease cellular metabolism and inflammation and to promote vasoconstriction.
Derived terms: cryotherapist
cyclocryotherapy
Related terms: psychrotherapy
cryotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryotherapy
cryosurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryo- + surgical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cryosurgery.
Derived terms: cryosurgically
cryoablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: cryoablations
Etymology: From cryo- + ablation.
Senses: glosses: The use of extremely cold temperatures to remove organic tissue
Related terms: cryoablative
cryoablations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoablation
methylenedioxyphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylenedioxyphenyls
Etymology: From methylenedioxy + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compounds in which a methylenedioxy group is connected to a phenyl, widely found in natural products, including safrole, and in drugs and chemicals.
methylenedioxyphenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylenedioxyphenyl
methylenediphosphonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylenediphosphonate
methylguanosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylguanosine
guanosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanosine
musculoskeletally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more musculoskeletally
form: most musculoskeletally
Etymology: From musculoskeletal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a musculoskeletal way.
leukoencephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoencephalopathy
dysarthrias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysarthria
unsynthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unsynthesised
Etymology: From un- + synthesized.
Senses: glosses: Not synthesized.
pericardially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pericardial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pericardial way.
pericarditides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericarditis
thrombophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombophlebitides
Etymology: From thrombo- + phlebitis.
Senses: glosses: Phlebitis related to a blood clot or thrombus.
Derived terms: thrombophlebitic
thrombophlebitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrombophlebitis
stomatitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomatitis
unsynthesised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + synthesised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unsynthesized.
dizzinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dizziness
neuronaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuronauts
Etymology: From neuro- + -naut.
Senses: examples: text: In the film-colony of Hollywood brave neuronauts like Oscar Janiger MD charted the course of Cary Grant and hundreds of brain-settlers.
ref: 1996, John Cunningham Lilly, The Scientist: A Metaphysical Autobiography:
text: […] and everyone's favorite neuronaut, Timothy Leary, all of whom kindly consented to Steamshovel interviews before moving to the higher plane of existence.
ref: 2002, Kenn Thomas, Popular Paranoia: A Steamshovel Press Anthology:
text: One neuronaut of note, to whom Harvey gave a portion of Einstein's brain, is Marian C. Diamond, a researcher interested in the biology of genius […]
ref: 2008, Andrew Razeghi, The Riddle: Where Ideas Come From and How to Have Better Ones:
glosses: One who studies the brain and its workings, especially with regard to the effects of psychedelic drugs.
Related terms: psychonaut
neuronauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuronaut
hypogammaglobulinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypogammaglobulinemia
hypogammaglobulinaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypogammaglobulinaemia
lymphoproliferative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lymphoproliferative
form: most lymphoproliferative
Etymology: From lympho- + proliferative.
Senses: glosses: Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
Derived terms: nonlymphoproliferative
pancreatitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreatitis
pancreatitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreatitis
gynecomastias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynecomastia
oligospermias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligospermia
spermatogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermatogenesis
azotemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From azotemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to azotemia.
Derived terms: antiazotemic
nonazotemic
azotemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azotemia
azotaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of azotemic.
azotaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azotaemia
oogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: oögenetic
Etymology: From oo- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to oogenesis.
oogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oogenesis
fictiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fictious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I put the question fictiously, knowing what must be the answer.’
ref: 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book V, chapter 51:
glosses: In a fictious way; fictitiously.
indirects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indirect
indirects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of indirect
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Albert Mason Stevens and Frank Chambliss Johnson, American pediatricians who jointly published a description of the disorder in 1922.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.
cryptococcosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptococcoses
Etymology: From cryptococcus + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: The potential for use of terbafine as a combination agent with another antifungal drug for the treatment of cryptococcosis and invasive mould disease is exciting.
ref: 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.
Derived terms: neurocryptococcosis
cryptococcoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptococcosis
flucytosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluˈsaɪ.təˌsin/
Forms: form: 5-fluorocytosine
form: 5-FC
Etymology: Contraction of fluorocytosine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A white crystalline synthetic antimycotic drug C₄H₄FN₃O, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue structurally related to the cytostatic fluorouracil and to floxuridine. It is used to treat fungal infections especially by members of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus (especially Cryptococcus neoformans).
nocardiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nocardioses
Etymology: From translingual Nocardia + -osis.
Senses: glosses: An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.
nocardioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nocardiosis
antimycotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimycotic
antifungally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antifungally
form: most antifungally
Etymology: From antifungal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an antifungal way.
frontotemporally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From frontotemporal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frontotemporal way.
Planckian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: planckian
Etymology: From Planck + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Max Planck (1858–1947), German physicist and founder of quantum theory.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to the Planck length or Planck time.
Derived terms: cisplanckian
subplanckian
sub-Planckian
transplanckian
riluzole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
paramagnetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paramagnetically
form: most paramagnetically
Etymology: From paramagnetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a paramagnetic way.
costally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From costal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of the ribs or costae.
intercostally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intercostal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intercostal way.
Pentecostally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Pentecostal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a Pentecostal way.
thoracically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thoracic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: performed thoracically
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: In a thoracic way, as:
Via a thoracic approach.
examples: text: thoracically conjoined
glosses: In a thoracic way, as:
At the thorax.
qualifier: development
raw_tags: of twins
neurovascularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurovascular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neurovascular way.
qis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chēz
ipa: /t͡ʃiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: cheese
Senses: examples: text: All beings support the yin and embrace the yang; And through the blending of qis they create harmony.
ref: 1999, William Theodore De Bary, Irene Bloom, Wing-tsit Chan, Joseph Adler, Sources of Chinese tradition:
glosses: plural of qi
eversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eversion
bathless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bath + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a bath (tub for bathing).
glosses: Without a bath (wash)
glosses: Unwashed
Derived terms: bathlessness
endbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endbrain
ethnolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + linguistic.
Senses: examples: text: The principle of ethnolinguistic democracy does not require that all languages be declared equally important and equally privileged in all functions...
ref: 1994, Joshua Fishman, “On the limits of ethnolinguistic democracy”, in Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson, editors, Linguistic Human Rights: Overcoming Linguistic Discrimination, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
examples: text: Baker (1972) identified four varieties of Mauritian creole associated with different ethnolinguistic groups.
ref: 1989, John Holm, Pidgins and Creoles, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 398:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Associated with a particular ethnicity and a particular variety of language.
Derived terms: ethnolinguistically
overlordships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overlordship
eyebrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having eyebrows (of some specified kind).
Derived terms: eyebrowed thrush
eyebrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eyebrow
nanobatteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobattery
nitroguanidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroguanidines
Etymology: From nitro- + guanidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.
nitroguanidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitroguanidine
microinstability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinstabilities
Etymology: From micro- + instability.
Senses: glosses: A very small instability.
microinstabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinstability
soundlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soundlike
form: most soundlike
Etymology: From sound + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling sound or a sound.
Synonyms: noiselike
noiselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noiselike
form: most noiselike
Etymology: From noise + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling noise or a noise.
Synonyms: soundlike
xylotypography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From xylo- + typography.
Senses: glosses: Printing using the medium of wooden blocks.
Derived terms: xylotypographic
pornstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornstars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of porn star.
pornstars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornstar
demystifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demystification
demystifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demystifiers
Etymology: From demystify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, demystifies.
demystifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demystifier
demyelinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demyelination
yellowfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellowfin
lincomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lincomycins
Etymology: From translingual (Streptomyces) linco(lnensis) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A lincosamide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces lincolnensis.
Derived terms: clindamycin
headmastership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headmasterships
Etymology: From headmaster + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: He knew where he lived, for he addressed a monthly pay cheque to him. He did not even know what disease he was suffering from. That was bad. Bad headmastership.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 339:
glosses: The role or position of headmaster.
Synonyms: word: headship
headmasterships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headmastership
heteroalleles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroallele
hexamethylenediamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamethylenediamine
hexamethylenetetramines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamethylenetetramine
hexamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamine
hexamethylbenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamethylbenzene
housepet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housepets
Etymology: From house + pet.
Senses: glosses: A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.
housepets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housepet
housemartin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housemartins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of house martin.
housemartins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housemartin
housemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houseman
hydroquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroquinone
hypoventilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoventilations
Etymology: From hypo- + ventilation.
Senses: topics: medicine
pulmonology
sciences
glosses: Respiratory depression, occurring when ventilation is inadequate to perform the necessary gas exchange, which may be caused by certain medical conditions, by holding one's breath, or by drug overdose.
Derived terms: obesity hypoventilation syndrome
nikethamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of nicotinic acid diethylamide.
Senses: glosses: A stimulant which mainly affects the respiratory cycle.
get in touch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets in touch
form: getting in touch
form: got in touch
form: got in touch
form: gotten in touch
Senses: glosses: To attempt to contact, reach out. (This entry is a translation hub.)
gadopentetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound, the first paramagnetic MRI contrast agent.
veratrole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veratroles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, a dimethyl ether derived from pyrocatechol.
veratroles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veratrole
oleochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oleo- + chemistry.
Senses: glosses: The branch of chemistry that deals with oleochemicals.
pyrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyran
dihydropyran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydropyrans
Etymology: From di- + hydro- + pyran.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound with chemical formula C₅H₈O, a cyclic ether used to protect alcohols in organic synthesis.
dihydropyrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydropyran
oxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Tetrahydropyran.
Derived terms: tetraoxane
thromboxane
oxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxane
saponifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saponification
trimyristin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + myristin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An ester with the chemical formula C₄₅H₈₆O₆, a saturated fat which is the triglyceride of myristic acid, found naturally in nutmeg and other vegetable fats and oils.
tetradecanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Myristic acid.
myristates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myristate
glyoxals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glyoxal
cold trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold traps
Senses: glosses: In vacuum applications, a device that condenses all vapours except the permanent gases into a liquid or solid, typically to prevent contamination of a vacuum pump.
examples: text: The impact of a large body in the oceans would inject large quantities of water through the tropopause cold trap into the stratosphere and lower mesosphere.
ref: 1983, Christopher P. McKay, Gary E. Thomas, “Formation of noctilucent clouds by an extraterrestrial impace”, in Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth, →ISBN:
text: Since the tropopauses of these planets are very cold, there is effectively a cold trap, which in the absence of any other sources should keep the stratospheric water abundance very low, as discussed in Section 4.3.3.
ref: 2009, Patrick Irwin, Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure, →ISBN, page 97:
text: The heat input to polar areas prevents this global cold trap catastrophe from happening, but during ice ages, significant capture of the Earth's water in polar areas will occur.
ref: 2008, Donald Rapp, Assessing Climate Change, →ISBN, page 24:
text: The tropopause acts as a cold trap, dehumidifying the upper atmosphere and strongly limiting the opportunity for water vapor to escape or for hydrogen to build up in Earth's upper atmosphere through decomposition of water vapor.
ref: 2010, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Principles of Planetary Climate, →ISBN, page 547:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An atmospheric layer that is significantly colder than the adjacent layers both deeper and higher. It keeps ascending gases that have high melting points from escaping the atmosphere by freezing them to a solid which then drops back to the planet surface.
cryopump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryopumps
Etymology: From cryo- + pump.
Senses: glosses: A vacuum pump that traps gases and vapours by condensing them on a cold surface
cryopump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryopumps
form: cryopumping
form: cryopumped
form: cryopumped
Etymology: From cryo- + pump.
Senses: glosses: To employ such a device
cryopumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryopump
geraniols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geraniol
glycidols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycidol
deoxyguanosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxyguanosine
neurotransmitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + transmitted.
Senses: glosses: Conveyed by means of neurotransmission.
hydroxyacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Glycolic acid.
glyburide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaɪ.bjəˌɹaɪd/
Etymology: From gly- (“antihyperglycemic”) + b(enzamide) + ur(ea) + -ide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of glibenclamide.
swirlie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swirlies
form: swirly
Etymology: From swirl + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I gave this nerd a swirlie.
glosses: A mode of school bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.
trimethylenebromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 1,3-dibromopropane, a particular halogenated hydrocarbon.
acroleins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrolein
propenals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propenal
glutathiones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutathione
halorhodopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halorhodopsins
Etymology: From halo- + rhodopsin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A light-driven ion pump, specific to chloride ions, found in phylogenetically ancient archaea known as halobacteria.
methylglyoxal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + glyoxal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
Synonyms: pyruvaldehyde
Derived terms: methylglyoxalase
pyruvaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpaɪɹuːˈvældɪhaɪd/
Senses: glosses: Methylglyoxal.
oxoacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Glyoxylic acid.
guanidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanidine
glycogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycogen
salicylaldehydes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salicylaldehyde
dimethoxybenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethoxybenzenes
Etymology: From di- + methoxy + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric organic compounds: 1,2-dimethoxybenzene (veratrole), 1,3-dimethoxybenzene, and 1,4-dimethoxybenzene.
dimethoxybenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethoxybenzene
galactoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactose
galanthamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of galantamine.
galantamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈlæn.təˌmiːn/
Forms: form: galanthamine
Etymology: From translingual Galanthus (“genus name”) + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, obtained synthetically or from various plants, used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and various memory impairments.
unbombed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bombed.
Senses: glosses: Not bombed.
pigeon pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeon pairs
Etymology: From a folk belief that pigeons raise two eggs at the same time, a male and a female.
Senses: glosses: A pair of twins, one male and one female.
examples: text: “He has two kiddies, a pigeon pair.”
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 373:
text: Oh, please not twins! Just a pigeon-pair, a son and then a daughter.
ref: 2014, Colleen McCullough, Bittersweet, page 71:
text: Their first child, a son, was Albert Lewis, born 1893, and he became known to all of us who can remember this wonderful man, as Lew Davey. The second child was a daughter, Cora Annie, born 1895. […] There were two other children (both stillborn) and, to quote Lew, “It is sad to remember that what should have been a family of four, ended up a “pigeon pair”.
ref: 2014, Margaret Dwyer, Jewels Along The Newell, page 62:
text: “I 'ave a wife and pigeon pair,” he said. “What's a pigeon pair?” I asked him. “Don'cher know a pigeon pair? That's one of each. A pigeon pair, we calls it at 'ome.
ref: 2018, Tom Treanor, One Damn Thing After Another:
glosses: Two siblings, one male and one female.
unmined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mined.
Senses: glosses: That has not been mined (dug from the ground).
glosses: Not sown with mines (explosive devices).
unbrewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brewed.
Senses: glosses: Not brewed.
nutshotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nutshot
toxocariasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəsɪs
Etymology: Toxocara + -iasis
Senses: glosses: A zoonotic, helminthic infection of humans caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara.
life forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of life form
multi-cellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multicellular.
Bubba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbə/
Etymology: Capitalization of bubba.
Senses: examples: text: German businesses wonder what Otto Normalverbraucher will buy, while US politicians fret over who Bubba will vote for in the next US election.
glosses: The stereotypical white male; John Doe.
examples: text: Watch it, Bubba!
text: [Bill] Clinton knew and maintained a lifelong affection for the small-town Arkansans world in which he had been reared—he relished being called Bubba—and delighted in opportunities that campaigning gave him to reconnect with places like it.
ref: 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 5, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:
glosses: A generic nickname for any white male.
glosses: A nickname for a brother, usually the eldest brother and initially used only by young children before sometimes spreading to become a person's general adult nickname.
Bubba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbə/
Forms: form: Bubbas
Etymology: Capitalization of bubba.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bubba (a white male Southerner).
toxaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toxaemic
form: most toxaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toxemic.
toxemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more toxemic
form: most toxemic
form: toxaemic
form: toxæmic
Etymology: From toxemia (“organic blood poisoning”) + -ic, from New Latin toxaemia, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Senses: glosses: affected by or otherwise relating to toxemia, organically poisoned
dogmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dogmatizes
form: dogmatizing
form: dogmatized
form: dogmatized
Etymology: From Late Latin dogmatizō.
Senses: glosses: To treat something as dogma.
examples: text: the pride of dogmatizing schools
ref: 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:
glosses: To speak or write dogmatically.
Derived terms: dedogmatize
dogmatizer
crepitant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crepitant
form: most crepitant
Senses: examples: text: Pneumonia is often characterized by crepitant rales coming from within the patient's chest.
glosses: crackling; rattling
Derived terms: subcrepitant
Related terms: crepitate
crepitation
toxaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: toxaemias
form: toxæmia
form: toxemia
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toxemia, organic blood poisoning
Derived terms: toxaemic
Related terms: toxic
toxicant
toxicology
toxicosis
toxine
toxophil
cucullate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cucullate
form: most cucullate
Senses: glosses: Cucullated.
cursorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more cursorial
form: most cursorial
Senses: examples: text: The limbs of the horse are cursorial.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Adapted for running.
examples: text: The ostrich is a cursorial bird.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having legs fitted for running.
Derived terms: cursorialism
cursorialist
cursoriality
cursorially
noncursorial
cursorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: cursorials
Senses: glosses: Such an animal
Related terms: ambulatorial
fossorial
gressorial
natatorial
raptorial
saltatorial
scansorial
Bermuda rig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bermuda rigs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailing rig consisting of a single stayed mast with a fore-and-aft rigged mainsail on a boom and a jib or genoa on the forestay
toxophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toxophile
form: most toxophile
Etymology: From toxo- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toxophil.
astrapothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrapotheres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several extinct, hoofed, herbivorous mammals, of the order Astrapotheria, from Cenozoic South America.
astrapotheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrapothere
toxophil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toxophil
form: most toxophil
form: toxophile
Etymology: From toxo- + -phil.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having an affinity with an organic poison (toxin).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In harmony with a toxin.
Related terms: toxalbumin
toxemia
toxic
toxicant
toxicology
toxicosis
symbiotic
toxalbumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxalbumins
Etymology: From toxin 'organic poison' (from Middle Latin toxicus 'poisonous', from Latin toxicum 'poison (for arrows)', from Ancient Greek (toxikon), from (toxa) 'arrows', from (toxon) 'bow') + albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white').
The term was first used in about 1890 by the research chemists Ludwig Brieger (1849-1919) and Sigmund Fraenkel (1868-1939).
Senses: examples: Certain plants, viperine snake venom, resin and various bacteria contain toxalbumins
glosses: A protein which is toxic (i.e. organic and poisonous)
Related terms: albumenate
albumenize
albumenoid
albuminate
albuminose
toxaemia
toxicity
toxicogenic
toxicology
toxicomania
toxicophobia
toxicosis
toxisterol
toxophil
toxoplasmosis
albuminose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albuminoses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of albuminous.
Related terms: albumenizer
albumenoid
albuminate
albuminuria
albumose
toxalbumin
albumenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albumenoids
Etymology: From albumen + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of albuminoid.
Related terms: albumenize
albuminate
albuminizer
albuminoidal
albuminous
albuminuria
albumose
albuminoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more albuminoid
form: most albuminoid
form: albumenoid
Etymology: From albumin (from Latin albumen (“egg white”) via French albumine) + -oid. Ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).
Senses: glosses: of albumin
glosses: like albumen
albuminoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albuminoids
form: albumenoid
Etymology: From albumin (from Latin albumen (“egg white”) via French albumine) + -oid. Ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).
Senses: glosses: A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
Derived terms: albuminoidal
chondroalbuminoid
Related terms: albumenize
albuminate
albuminizer
albuminous
albuminuria
albumose
toxalbumin
scrobble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹɒbəl/
rhymes: -ɒbəl
Forms: form: scrobbles
form: scrobbling
form: scrobbled
form: scrobbled
Etymology: 1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.
Senses: examples: text: They've tried to scrobble another clergyman who was walking into Tatchester from Tineton.
ref: 1935, John Masefield, The Box of Delights:
text: We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her...
ref: 1996, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, page 73:
glosses: To waylay, kidnap or steal.