cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Xingyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪŋˈjæŋ/
enpr: shǐngʹyängʹ
Forms: form: Hsing-yang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滎陽／荥阳 (Xíngyáng).
Senses: examples: text: Wu Kuang, who had been leading another army in an attack at Hsingyang (west of present-day Chengchow in Honan province), a strategic town held by the Chin forces, was killed by a subordinate officer.
ref: [1979 February, Chao Chien, “The Chin Dynasty: Unified Fedual Rule”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVIII, number 2, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Only the teams continued to function as production units, but for them, the pre-1958 term "agricultural production cooperative" was now used again.⁶⁹ Similar provisions were suggested in a statement made by the secretary of the district (ti-ch'ü) PC of Hsingyang in Honan,⁷⁰ a move that seems particularly delicate because the district of Hsingyang includes Suip'ing hsien, where, in mid-April 1958, the first people's commune in China had been established.
ref: [1985, Jürgen Domes, “Social Developments and Problems”, in The Government and Politics of the PRC: A Time of Transition, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 216:
text: With hundreds of homes around him demolished, and fearing for his own, Zhou Jianbang, a man in Xingyang city, Henan Province, has built a half-dozen black “cannons” and stationed them around his house as warning to demolition teams to stay away, a state-run news agency reported.
ref: 2013 December 26, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Homeowner’s ‘Cannons’ Warn Demolition Teams: No Closer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022, Sinosphere:
text: The death toll has jumped to 99 from floods that hit a province in central China last week, authorities said Thursday.
An official in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, announced 26 more deaths in two outlying areas, state media reported. Of them, 18 were to the southwest in Xinmi city, and eight to the west in Xingyang city.
ref: 2021 July 29, “Death toll jumps to 99 in flooding in central China”, in AP News, sourced from BEIJING (AP), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2021:
glosses: A county-level city of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
goldplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goldplates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gold plate.
goldplate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goldplates
form: goldplating
form: goldplated
form: goldplated
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gold plate.
goldplating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goldplate
goldplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goldplate
goldplates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goldplate
pyjama party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyjama parties
Senses: glosses: Synonym of slumber party.
synonyms: word: slumber party
raw_tags: for children
glosses: A party at which men wear pyjamas and women wear nightdresses (typically, there is a certain amount of sexual activity)
raw_tags: for adults
metabiomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metabiome + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a metabiome
metabiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabiome
metagraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metagraphs
Etymology: From meta- + graph.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A graphical representation of a set of objects and the morphisms relating them
Related terms: metagraphical
metagraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metagraph
microccocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of micrococcal.
microcortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + cortical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a microcortex
microfermentor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfermentors
Etymology: From micro- + fermentor.
Senses: glosses: A very small fermentor
microfermentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfermentor
microlaryngoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + laryngoscopic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microlaryngoscopy
microlaryngoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlaryngoscopies
Etymology: From micro- + laryngoscopy.
Senses: glosses: A laryngoscopy using a very small camera
Related terms: microlaryngoscopic
microlaryngoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlaryngoscopy
microosmotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + osmotic.
Senses: glosses: Describing a very small osmotic device
microporidiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of microsporidiosis.
microspherulitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + spherulitic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of microspherulites
microventilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microventilates
form: microventilating
form: microventilated
form: microventilated
Etymology: From micro- + ventilate.
Senses: glosses: To ventilate by means of a microventilator
PuYa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PuYas
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of puya.
microventilated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microventilate
Sanamahism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanamahi + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A religion, philosophy and culture native to Manipur, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.
Puya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Puyas
Senses: examples: text: Puyas may be defined as sacred written records handed down to posterity by the forefathers of the Meiteis. They are a particular kind of old narratives which form a definite class in Manipuri literature.
ref: 2018 September 1, Madhu Chandra, “The Effects of the Burning of Meitei Puyas (The Sacred Writings of Manipur)”, in article:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of puya.
minilaparotomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mini- + laparotomic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to minilaparotomy
minilaparotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minilaparotomies
Etymology: From mini- + laparotomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: laparotomy performed using keyhole surgery
Related terms: minilaparotomic
minilaparotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minilaparotomy
minireactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minireactors
Etymology: From mini- + reactor.
Senses: glosses: A small-scale reactor
minireactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minireactor
phwoaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phwoar
phwoars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phwoar
phwoared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phwoar
monodispersability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + dispersability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being monodispersable
monodispersable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + dispersable.
Senses: glosses: Able to become monodisperse
Related terms: monodispersability
monomorpheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monomorphemes
Etymology: From mono- + morpheme.
Senses: glosses: A single, indivisible morpheme.
Related terms: monomorphemic
monomorphemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monomorpheme
monoxenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoxenic
moribundancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of moribundity.
synonyms: word: moribundity
mucopolysaccharidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucopolysaccharidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: mucopolysaccharase
mucinase
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a mucopolysaccharide
mucopolysaccharidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucopolysaccharidase
mugiliform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mugiliforms
Senses: glosses: Any mullet of the order Mugiliformes
mugiliforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mugiliform
x-radiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: x-radiates
form: x-radiating
form: x-radiated
form: x-radiated
Senses: examples: text: These same sorts of things you see even if you did not x-radiate the fish or the gonads.
ref: 1956, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Study Group on Oceanography and Fisheries, Proceedings, page 338:
text: It seemed of interest to x-radiate the 15-day mouse fetus with graded doses of x-rays and then to determine the response of the blood elements as determined 2 days later, at gestation age 17 days.
ref: 1968, Biological bulletin - Volume 134, page 320:
text: That is, should the decision to x-radiate a patient be dependent on a patient's radiation history?
ref: 1993, Compendium - Volume 14, page 396:
glosses: To irradiate with X-rays.
x-radiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of x-radiate
x-radiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of x-radiate
x-radiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of x-radiate
X-irradiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: X-irradiates
form: X-irradiating
form: X-irradiated
form: X-irradiated
Senses: examples: text: In this connection it would be of interest to X-irradiate portions of whole blood labeled with C¹⁴ or N¹⁵ in the hemoglobin molecule.
ref: 1954, Raymond Elliot Zirkle, Biological Effects of External X and Gamma Radiation:
text: If you X-irradiate animals on the 6th postnatal day and then every two days to 14 or 16 postnatal days, then it can be shown histologically that you differentially eliminate the cells which are dividing at the different stages.
ref: 1975, Arie Querido, Dick Frans Swaab, Brain development and thyroid deficiency, page 24:
text: Some people even use that as a method, but with higher doses: they X-irradiate the nuclei then fuse them, but for that you need selective markers.
ref: 2008, Gregory R. Bock, Joan Marsh, Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: To irradiate with X-rays.
X-irradiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of X-irradiate
X-irradiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of X-irradiate
X-irradiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of X-irradiate
stepping on someone's toes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of step on someone's toes
xeriphyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeriphytes
Etymology: From xeri- + -phyte.
Senses: examples: text: East Bay Mud began rationing water and implored homeowners to replace their dying gardens with xeriphytes.
ref: 2008, Christopher Grampp, From Yard to Garden: The Domestication of America's Home Grounds, →ISBN:
text: They are definitely not xeriphytes but once established they display a fair degree of drought tolerance, surviving happily on the occasional handout of greywater.
ref: 2011, Simon Rickard, The New Ornamental Garden, →ISBN, page 176:
text: Maguey (Agave spp., the century plant), a xeriphyte, was a staple of life in central Mexico, its sap a significant dietary partner and its fibers used for cordage and textiles, to cite two of its best-known uses.
ref: 2015, James G. Cusick, Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology, →ISBN, page 342:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of xerophyte.
xeriphytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeriphyte
xeri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
Senses: glosses: dry; arid.
xerosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerospheres
Etymology: From xero- + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: We do use the latter across the brook where they make a "lawn" on a rock on rock lateral moraine under big sugar maples, and where absolutely nothing else will grow but the invading pioneers of the xerosphere such as brambles.
ref: 1984, The Daffodil Journal - Volumes 21-22, page 136:
text: What about a xerosphere? Be the first on your block to fill the yard with sand, rocks and ocotillo.
ref: 2001 April 13, Don K., “What Would You Do?”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet):
text: They are the pioneer colonizers both in hydrosphere and xerosphere and occupy the base of the trophic pyramid.
ref: 2009, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Vyas, Soil microflora, page 252:
glosses: A region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
xerospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerosphere
youngfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From young + folk.
Senses: examples: text: Ropes are tied to the strong branches of a tree and youngfolk enjoy themselves swinging for hours together.
ref: 1962, Rajasthan (India), Rajasthan District Gazetteers - Volume 1, page 80:
text: In the urban areas 2(>.99 per cent of the youngfolk in the age-group 0-14 are full time students.
ref: 196?, India. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal & Sikkim, Bisweswar Ray, District Census Handbook, West Bengal: Darjeeling, page 107:
text: Kenny's customer-friendly manner and originality in preparing confectionaries in The Mercantile soda fountain attracted more sales, locals came and lingered, youngfolk occupied the counter stools while parents shopped.
ref: 2005, John R. Downes, Orphans Song, →ISBN:
glosses: Children.
examples: text: Youngfolk are sometimes seen to have placed a ' puthi-mala ' (garland of beads) of blue, white or amber colour round their necks.
ref: 1939, Minendra Nath Basu, The Bunas of Bengal, page 61:
text: At a symposium on Sport and Recreation held in Manchester recently, Mr. R. C. Macmillan, a specialist in park administration said that he sometime noticed idle youngfolk gathered in groups, both boys and girls, at the park gate where their conversation was neither good nor healthy for teenagers.
ref: 1965, Calcutta Municipal Gazette - Volume 83, page 564:
text: Even when the older people were reluctant, the youngfolk persuaded them to dispose of the lands keeping only that much as was needed for the family, thinking, of course wrongly, that it would take a long time to secure cash money by cultivation and selling their products.
ref: 1968, S. P. Sinha, The Problem of Land Alienation of the Tribals in and Around Ranchi, 1955-65, page 29:
text: Using selection headings from the book (menfolk, womenfolk, children, and youngfolk), students record related data on a web as they read.
ref: 1994, Dorothy Grant Hennings, Communication in action: teaching the language arts, page 130:
glosses: Teenagers and young adults.
Synonyms: youngfolks
youngie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌŋi
Forms: form: youngies
Etymology: From young + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: 'I don't want a man my age,' she said. 'They're too rigid. I want a youngie!'
ref: 1993, Kate Jennings, Bad Manners, page 159:
text: I'm sure they have sensitivity training there the first week and you can get demerits for even implying that a youngie might tie a better knot.
ref: 2013, Richard Phillips, A Captain's Duty, →ISBN, page 42:
text: You were definitely not as tall as Alton when you were a youngie.
ref: 2018, Vannetta Chapman, A Widow's Hope, →ISBN:
glosses: A young person.
youngies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of youngie
booyaka
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Clipping of booyakasha.
Senses: glosses: alternative shortened form of booyakasha.
Related terms: boo-ya
zip tying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zip tie
zip tied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zip tie
zip-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zip-ties
Senses: examples: text: She pulled a zip-tie out from her waistband.
ref: 2013, Erik Schubach, A Deafening Whisper, →ISBN:
text: He thought he could feel the zip-tie beginning to give, too.
ref: 2015, Patrick Lee, Only to Die Again, →ISBN:
text: As soon as he was comfortable, he examined the zip-tie.
ref: 2017, Nikhil Lodha, Diamonds Are Forever, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of zip tie.
zip-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zip-ties
form: zip-tying
form: zip-tied
form: zip-tied
Senses: examples: text: I drink a swig of it and get to work zip-tying lights inside of trusses.
ref: 2012, Brianna Kayleen, One's Story, →ISBN:
text: It was brutal, more brutal than normal. I had to zip-tie my bike to the racking just to keep it from flying off.
ref: 2016, Hollie Cradduck, Hollie's Road to Kona: A Young Woman's Ironman Mission, →ISBN:
text: Two of the terrorists point their guns at the group while Beard moves through the bodies, checking each person for cell phones, removing watches and jewelry, zip-tying hands behind backs, and duct-taping mouths.
ref: 2016, Nick Pirog, 3:46 a.m.:
glosses: Alternative form of zip tie.
zip-ties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zip-tie
zip-ties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zip-tie
zip-tying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zip-tie
zip-tied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zip-tie
ziptie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zipties
Senses: examples: text: “They started cutting off zipties, someone re-ziptied themselves to each other, and eventually just pulled them off one by on and took them into the back,” arresting all of them.
ref: 2012, Occupying Wall Street, →ISBN, page 9:
text: We drill holes in the ends of the poles and extensions, then use screws or zipties to attach the poles to our standard quick-release buckles, which click into adhesive mounts affixed to the desired surface.
ref: 2014, Bradford Schmidt, Brandon Thompson, GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking, →ISBN:
text: I was stuck to the metal shelving. With zipties.
ref: 2017, Amy Bloom -, New Haven Noir, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of zip tie.
ziptie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zipties
form: ziptying
form: ziptied
form: ziptied
Senses: examples: text: Now I start to think and I tell Red to ziptie the guys' hands behind their backs and insert our letters as I pull Starkey out and walk her back to our car.
ref: 2007, Matt Carson, On A Hill They Call Capital, →ISBN, page 77:
text: However, in .5 sec or burst photo mode, shake or vibration usually don't matter. We ziptie long poles off vehicles, which bounce around.
ref: 2014, Bradford Schmidt, Brandon Thompson, GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking, →ISBN:
text: Levi's brows creased together in dumb stupor as Reiko stepped over the still-prone figure to ziptie the guy's hands behind his back, before removing the Taser probes.
ref: 2018, Tellulah Darling, Kissed Off, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of zip tie.
zipties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ziptie
zipties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ziptie
ziptying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ziptie
ziptied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ziptie
clipnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of clip + hypnosis
Senses: glosses: The pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.
hang a uey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hangs a uey
form: hanging a uey
form: hung a uey
form: hung a uey
Senses: examples: text: You missed the turn, so hang a uey at the stoplight.
synonyms: bang a uey
flip a bitch
chuck a uey
hypernyms: turn around#Verb
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turn#Verb
coordinate_terms: hang a Louie
hang a Ralph
glosses: To make a U-turn while driving a vehicle (∩).
holy terror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holy terrors
Senses: examples: text: Your son has been a holy terror! He kept getting into trouble and refusing to mind me! After repeatedly trying to get him to behave, I finally gave up. I wimped out. I have the womb to be a parent, but not the backbone.
ref: 2006 January 29, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
glosses: A frightening person, especially a misbehaving child.
God-Save-the-Kinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God-Save-the-Kingers
Etymology: From God Save the King + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Bill does not deal with Germans only, it deals with all aliens, including those whom our friends opposite – the flag-waggers, the band players, the God-save-the-Kingers — spoke of as “our brother Allies.”
ref: 1920, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives:
text: Protestants, generally speaking, were God-save-the-Kingers and went to Mass in the afternoon or the night instead of in the morning.
ref: 1972, James Plunkett, The Gems She Wore: A Book of Irish Places, page 35:
text: But the situation is not without its humorous side; it is delightful to listen to the former red-white-and-blue people -- the bigoted Unionists-- the erstwhile 'God Save the Kingers', expressing their views on the present régime.
ref: 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 29:
glosses: An outspoken supporter of the British Government when the monarch is a king.
God-Save-the-Kingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God-Save-the-Kinger
semiglazed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-glazed
Etymology: From semi- + glazed.
Senses: examples: text: Sift a small quantity of the dust on to a semiglazed white paper about 8 by 10 inches.
ref: 1921, United States. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws:
text: The semiglazed chintz curtains are hung from a rod placed inside a painted wooden cornice.
ref: 1928, Helen Koues, Helen Koues on decorating the house in the early American, colonial, English, and Spanish manner, page 116:
text: Two-inch-square tan or turquoise-colored semiglazed tile is attractive and has the advantage of not showing footmarks or discoloration.
ref: 1946, Gladys Beckett Jones, Manual of Smart Housekeeping, page 12:
glosses: Slightly glazed; covered by a thin gloss.
examples: text: As she peered at me from semiglazed eyes, her yawn was interrupted by a rich giggle.
ref: 1957, Welbourn Kelley, Alabama empire, page 339:
text: This smaller foot is normal on examples dating at the end of the 2nd century, as well as on semiglazed bowls (see below).
ref: 1997, Susan I. Rotroff, Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material:
text: Semiglazed bowls (22) have a simple ring foot and convex lower wall that constricts and is pulled out in its upper reaches to form a concave upper wall terminating in a tapered, outturned rim. They are given the name “semiglazed” because most examples from Corinth are dipped in slip to about mid-wall on the exterior.
ref: 2014, Gerald P. Schaus, Stymphalos: The Acropolis Sanctuary - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: Partially glazed; glazed over only part of the surface or not completely glazed over.
semi-glazed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The type is part of the production of semi-glazed vessels with reserved lower exterior attested in southern Italy in black-gloss already at the end of the 3rd c. BC (Yntema 2005, 42).
ref: 2016, Francesca Silvestrelli, Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry, Joseph Coleman Carter, The Chora of Metaponto 6: A Greek Settlement at Sant'Angelo Vecchio, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of semiglazed.
splitting fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splitting field
nose-shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These will turn up their fat goggle eyes at the richness of the sky-line of the picturesque buildings, as seen from the grand parade, but another organ is elevated when they come within nose-shot of those who occupy them.
ref: 1861, John Heiton, The castes of Edinburgh, page 324:
text: It was a matter of a few minutes to dress him and soon the smell of fresh frying fish floated over the river, enticing everyone within nose-shot.
ref: 2001, William V. Reynolds, River Pilot, →ISBN, page 75:
text: These sensations constituted avoidances and anxieties of particular sites within the Centre: thus, for example, children described how they did not 'enjoy things' within nose-shot of the Centre's toilets, nappy-changing tables, hand-wash dispensers.
ref: 2010, Louise Holt, Geographies of Children, Youth and Families, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of noseshot.
marked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mark out
marking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mark out
marks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mark out
bastable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastables
form: bastible
Etymology: Unknown. It is believed by some to be a corruption of Barnstaple, which was known for manufacturing metal pots. Compare Barnstaple oven.
Senses: examples: text: There was no such thing as a bastable in those days.
ref: 1997, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, A Word in Your Ear, →ISBN, page 61:
text: Erika cooked over a turf fire and roasted meat in a bastable perched over the flames.
ref: 2001, Trevor Norton, Reflections on a Summer Sea, page 70:
text: We'd always have it stewed in a bastable hung over the kitchen fire way back in those days.
ref: 2006, Carla Blake, The Irish Cookbook, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking.
Derived terms: bastable cake
bastables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastable
bastable cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastable cake
multiaxonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + axonal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of multiple axons
multixenobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + xenobiotic.
Senses: glosses: multiply xenobiotic
myelosuppress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: myelosuppresses
form: myelosuppressing
form: myelosuppressed
form: myelosuppressed
Etymology: From myelo- + suppress.
Senses: glosses: To undergo myelosuppression
myelosuppressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of myelosuppress
nanocrystallinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + crystallinity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nanocrystalline
nanopreparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanopreparations
Etymology: From nano- + preparation.
Senses: glosses: A preparation containing nanodrugs
nanopreparations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanopreparation
nanotopographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nano- + topographically.
Senses: glosses: In a nanotopographical manner
naphthalenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthalenones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of naphthalene in which a -CH= group has been replaced by a carbonyl group (and the neighbouring =CH- has been converted to -CH₂-)
naphthospironone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthospironones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic spiro compound derived from naphthalenone
neodiosmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavone glycoside 7-[[2-O-(6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one present in bergamot
neomyofiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neomyofibers
Etymology: From neo- + myofiber.
Senses: glosses: A newly-formed muscle fiber
neomyofibers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neomyofiber
neosaxitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + saxitoxin.
Senses: glosses: A particular saxitoxin
neoteleosteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoteleostean
neovasculatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + vasculatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neovasculation
neovasculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neovasculations
Etymology: From neo- + vasculation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neovascularization.
synonyms: word: neovascularization
diarsenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diarsenates
Etymology: From di- + arsenate.
Senses: examples: text: Arsenite of silver affords a fine yellow colour. Salts which contain arsenic acid are termed arsenates. The arsenate of ammonia forms large rhombic crystals which may easily be converted into octahedral crystals of diarsenate of ammonia.
ref: 1884, National cyclopaedia, The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed, page 460:
text: With an increase in the arsenic content in the system, sodium arsenate, magnesium diarsenate, and, finally, iron diarsenate are formed in that order. Hence, the investigated arsenates can be arranged in the following sequence [...]
ref: 1994, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chemical compound containing two arsenate groups in each molecule or unit cell.
diarsenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarsenate
nephrocardiovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nephro- + cardiovascular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or affecting the kidneys and the cardiovascular system
neuroendodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + endodermal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to nerves in the endoderm
neuropetidergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of neuropeptidergic.
neuropharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropharmaceuticals
Etymology: From neuro- + pharmaceutical.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug used to treat a neurological disorder
neuropharmaceuticals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropharmaceutical
nodulapeptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nodulapeptins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclopeptide sulfate produced by the cyanobacterium Nodularia
nodulapeptins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodulapeptin
nonacosene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonacosenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 29 carbon atoms and one double bond
Related terms: nonacosane
noncoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + coiled.
Senses: glosses: Not coiled
Related terms: uncoiled
nondevalued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + devalued.
Senses: glosses: Not devalued
nonenolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonenolides
Senses: glosses: A macrolide that has nine carbon atoms and one double bond in the lactone ring
nonenolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonenolide
nonimmunodominant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunodominant.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Not immunodominant
nonliposomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + liposomal.
Senses: glosses: Not liposomal
nonneutralizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + neutralizable.
Senses: glosses: Not neutralizable
nonorthopaedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + orthopaedic.
Senses: glosses: Not orthopaedic
nonstromal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stromal.
Senses: glosses: Not stromal
nonvisualized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + visualized.
Senses: glosses: Not visualized
noroxycodone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nor- + oxycodone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxycodone metabolite (4R,4aS,7aR,12bS)-4a-hydroxy-9-methoxy-1,2,3,4,5,6,7a,13-octahydro-4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinoline-7-one
nucleobindins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleobindin
fan oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan ovens
form: fan-assisted oven
Etymology: From fan + oven. From using a fan to circulate the air within an oven.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of convection oven.
synonyms: word: convection oven
fan-assisted oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan-assisted ovens
form: fan oven
Etymology: From fan + assist + oven. From using a fan to circulate the air within an oven, to assist in rapidly heating food.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of convection oven.
synonyms: word: convection oven
forgoable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From forgo + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Luxuries, because they can be forgone without harm, may be judged to be a morally more appropriate object of taxation than necessities, which by definition are not forgoable and not dissociable from harm.
ref: 1994, Christopher J. Berry, The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation, →ISBN:
synonyms: dispensable
antonyms: unforgoable
indispensable
glosses: That can be forgone.
Derived terms: unforgoable
unforgoable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + forgoable.
Senses: examples: text: We simply worked, calm in the entire I believe, knowing the unforgoable necessity for the orderly, for concord, for the exclusion of the extraneous, links as we were in a fastidious procedure, impervious to interruption, into which we, the ship and her company, were now inescapably locked [...]
ref: 2013, William Brinkley, The Last Ship: A Novel, →ISBN, page 145:
synonyms: indispensable
antonyms: forgoable
dispensable
glosses: That cannot be forgone.
obligative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of obligatory.
synonyms: word: obligatory
Derived terms: obligativeness
occipitoatlantoaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From occipito- + atlantoaxial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the articulation of the occiput and atlas with the axis.
Hyponyms: occipitoatlantal
atlantoaxial
octreoscan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octreoscans
Senses: glosses: scintigraphy of radiolabelled octreotide
octreoscanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The generation of an octreoscan
oculoskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + skeletal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or affecting the eyes and the skeleton
odontode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odontodes
Senses: glosses: A structure resembling a tooth on the surface of some animals
odontodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odontode
olfactome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olfactomes
Etymology: From olfactory + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the olfactory compounds used by a particular organism
olfactomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olfactome
oligolysine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligolysines
Senses: glosses: An oligomer of lysine
ophidiiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ophidiiform
Hakob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hagop
form: Hakop
Etymology: From Armenian Հակոբ (Hakob). Doublet of Jacob.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Հակոբ (Hakob).
Related terms: Hakobyan
Hagop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hakob.
Vahan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Վահան (Vahan).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահան (Vahan).
optobionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opto- + bionic.
Senses: glosses: optically bionic
Related terms: optobionics
central simple algebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central simple algebras
Senses: examples: text: The complex numbers #92;C form a central simple algebra over themselves, but not over the real numbers #92;R (the centre of #92;C is all of #92;C, not just #92;R). The quaternions #92;mathbbH form a 4-dimensional central simple algebra over #92;R.
text: The concept of central simple algebra over a field K represents a noncommutative analogue to that of extension field over K. In both cases, the object has no nontrivial two-sided ideals and has a distinguished field in its centre, although a central simple algebra need not be commutative and need not have inverses (does not have be a division algebra).
text: This crossed product E#92;alphaG was introduced by Noether and played a significant role in the classical theory of central simple algebras.
ref: 1987, Gregory Karpilovsky, The Algebraic Structure of Crossed Products, Elsevier (North-Holland), page 151:
text: Because of Wedderburn's theorem it is natural to call two central-simple algebras similar if they are isomorphic to matrix algebras over the same division algebra D.
ref: 2007, Falko Lorenz, Algebra: Volume II: Fields with Structure, Algebras and Advanced Topics, Springer, page 151:
text: Let A#95;1,A#95;2 be central simple algebras over a field K. Then A#95;1#92;otimes#95;KA#95;2 can be shown to be a central simple algebra over K. Further, if A is a central simple algebra over a field K, then A#92;otimes#95;KA#92;operatorname#123;op#125;#92;cong#92;operatorname#123;Aut#125;#95;#123;K#92;operatorname#123;-Vect
ref: 2014, Jörg Jahnel, Brauer Groups, Tamagawa Measures, and Rational Points on Algebraic Varieties, American Mathematical Society, page 84:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: A finite-dimensional associative algebra over some field K that is a simple algebra and whose centre is exactly K.
Synonyms: word: CSA
Hypernyms: simple algebra
central simple algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central simple algebra
optophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opto- + physiological.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to optophysiology
orbitoprefrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orbito- + prefrontal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: orbital and prefrontal
oroalimentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oro- + alimentary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the mouth and to digestion
orobuccal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌkəl
Etymology: From oro- + buccal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mouth and the cheek
orthodentin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + dentin.
Senses: glosses: A form of dentin, composed of straight tubes, in the teeth of mammals
ortokeratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of orthokeratosis.
osmohomeostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osmo- + homeostasis.
Senses: glosses: homeostasis of osmotic pressure
Related terms: osmohomeostatic
osmohomeostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osmo- + homeostatic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to osmohomeostasis
osmoticant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmoticants
Senses: glosses: A solute that increases the osmolality of a solution
osmoticants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmoticant
otomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the cohort Otomorpha
otomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otomorph
overencapsulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overencapsulates
form: overencapsulating
form: overencapsulated
form: overencapsulated
Etymology: From over- + encapsulate.
Senses: glosses: To encapsulate excessively
Related terms: overencapsulation
overencapsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overencapsulate
it's not my fault
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It's not my fault that it's raining.
glosses: I did not cause the problem.
examples: text: It's not my fault that you're so smart!
glosses: I did not cause it (regardless of whether the subject matter is perceived as problematic).
super-sub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-subs
Senses: examples: text: Toone, who has gone from super-sub to starter since the Euros, also took her opportunity to cement her place in midfield in the absence of injured Chelsea star Fran Kirby and got a goal to show for her efforts.
ref: 2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shhotout”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Alternative form of supersub.
in a sense
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: in one sense
Senses: examples: text: A large part of duty-doing is drudgery. There is drudgery in every department of life's workdrudgery that is indispensable to success in that work. […] But there is such a thing as ennobling drudgery, as making and counting it an essential part of that which is noble and–in a sense–divine.
ref: 1889, H[enry] Clay Trumbull, “Making Drudgery Divine”, in Duty-knowing and Duty-doing, Philadelphia, Pa.: John D. Wattles, →OCLC, page 133:
text: In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
ref: 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 192:
text: In a sense, Superman's romance with Lois Lane was a subplot and [...]
ref: 2001, Dennis O'Neil, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics:
text: This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed.
ref: 2011, Thomas W. Dombroski, How America Was Financed, page xi:
synonyms: after a fashion
in a way
glosses: In one sense or interpretation, but not in all ways.
underneath one's breath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight
ref: 2017, Ed Sheeran, Perfect:
glosses: Synonym of under one's breath.
synonyms: word: under one's breath
housepants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house pants
Etymology: From house + pants.
Senses: examples: text: She wears a thin T-shirt, and housepants. It is obvious where AUTUMN got her looks.
ref: 2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Changing his plaid housepants because he didn't shake well enough after pissing and had dribbled on them and they now smelled like piss.
ref: 2016, Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier, →ISBN:
glosses: Simple, comfortable, informal pants such as are, or would typically be, worn around the house rather than when going out.
Related terms: fat pants
Christmasish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christmasish
form: most Christmasish
Senses: glosses: Christmassy
Christmassiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Christmassy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being Christmassy.
Christmasiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being Christmasy
Askari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Askaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy, “soldier, policeman”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
O.G.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: O.G.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OG.
O.G.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more O.G.
form: most O.G.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OG.
palaeoatmospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palaeo- + atmospheric.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoatmospheric.
Related terms: palaeoatmosphere
paleoatmospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + atmospheric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a paleoatmosphere
pancerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From pan- + cerebellar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to all (parts) of the cerebellum
papillionoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of papilionoid.
paraciticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of parasiticide.
paradentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradentaries
Etymology: From para- + dentary.
Senses: glosses: A small dentigerous element in the lower jaw of some atherinomorph neoteleost fish
paradentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradentary
Gio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Gio.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Giovanni, Giovani, Giorgi, Giorgio, Giuseppe, or Sergio, from Italian.
parakeratocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + keratocytic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to parakeratocytes or to parakeratocytosis
keratocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to keratocytes
Derived terms: parakeratocytic
parallelisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parallelizability.
parallellizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of parallelizable.
paramaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From para- + maxillary.
Senses: glosses: Beside or beyond the maxilla
paraneuronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + neuronal.
Senses: glosses: Besides a neuron
glosses: Relating to a paraneuron
parascarosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease (typically in horses) caused by roundworms of the genus Parascaris
Central-West Region
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Center-West Region
Senses: glosses: A macroregion of Brazil, comprising the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Distrito Federal.
pentafluorophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of phenol in which the five hydrogen atoms have been replaced by those of fluorine ( C₆F₅OH )
Related terms: pentafluorophenyl